In three hours, the time given to complete the mission came to an end. Surprisingly, Le Yang and Na Yun were able to complete their mission despite all the argument and endless discussion which distracted them from their mission.
When they were given the chance to choose anything from the supermarket to take away as the reward, the two got into another discussion and after a debate of around thirty minutes, finally chose to take some meat back.
Tucker and Derrick brought different types of winter fruits and flowers back. The one who did the most today would be the pair_ Bryson and Ming Ruo Xuan. The two worked hard in the dirt and brought back many veggies.
Chun Hua and Viviana, both were foreign to what was needed in the kitchen, so they chose to exchange their hard work with points, so that they can exchange anything they need later with the points which later turned out to be seasonings.
And lastly, Daniel and Lyra brought the catch from their fishing. Although not much, it was enough for a dish to be added on the table. The two, feeling that they made the list, decided to make lunch.
Maybe being with Viviana for a while made Chun Hua feel that the actress was not as bad as rumored, the chess player offered to do the dishes with her partner of the day. The latter did not have anything to complain about so they two went ahead and cleaned the dishes.
In the meantime, Derrick, Bryson and Ming Ruo Xuan gathered in the living room from where they could see the two women doing the dishes. Their eyes fixed on who seemed to the most mysterious person in the group. Viviana.
"What do you think is going on in her head?" Ruo Xuan asked.
"Nothing…" Came Bryson's unsure answer.
The staff and crew members had gone to have their lunch, giving them a free environment without any surveillance. Hence the reason why they could talk freely.
"Probably. It does look like she has nothing in her head." Derrick agreed. "Her face looks so blank"
The comedian looked at the two companions of his and questioned,
"She doesn't seem to be that bad, does she?"
"The media are just shading her." Ruo Xuan then looked at the direction of Lyra's room. "And her company too…"
"Yeah! She's pretty and has good acting skills…" Bryson commented. "I wonder what the Han Entertainment is thinking."
"Huh…." Ruo Xuan sighed. "The Entertainment Industry is very complicated. Looks and skills barely matter nowadays…"
"Hmm…"
Both Derrick and Bryson understood the underlying meaning behind her words.
After the production team returned from their short break, they declared that they were done with making the guests perform missions and that they could relax or have fun in their own ways. After hearing this, the boys gathered up and went outside to play sepak takraw*. There was a play area in the villa, with net and all.
(*Sepak takraw also called buka ball, kick volleyball or foot volleyball, is a team sport. It is played with a ball made of rattan or plastic between two teams of two to four players on a court resembling a badminton court.)
Seeing that they were planning to play on their own, Ming Ruo Xuan was quick to remark.
"What? You guys are going to play on your own. What is this? Gender discrimination?"
The permanent guests knew each other well enough to know that she was just joking.
"You could've just said you wanted to join instead of sounding so sour." Derrick preached.
"Well… Isn't it a gentleman's job to offer first to a lady?" Ruo Xuan hinted.
"Wow! Who's discriminating against gender now?" Bryson exaggerated his voice as he exclaimed.
'Who's the comedian here?'
People wondered as they watched Bryson and Ruo Xuan bicker with each other. Even Viviana who was usually disinterested was watching them with an interest. Especially the rattan ball in Bryson's hand.
"Quiet now. Quiet now." Tucker Lee calmed down the two who were jumping like monkeys. "We can play this game or switch to something else which everyone can play." He offered, looking at the remaining three girls who had been quiet.
He knew that Ming Ruo Xuan could play this game. The actress was a sports student before she suddenly decided to become an actress instead of competing in the competitions.
But he did not know about the rest of the girls. Chun Hua, whom he had known for a few months now, was someone who used her head more than her muscles. So, this game was out of the question. As for Lyra, in the retired sportsman's eyes, she was comparable to a walking stick. In fact, she looked like she could be blown by a strong gust of wind.
That leaves with only Viviana. Tucker Lee had heard a lot about how bad this actress was. But in his eyes, she was better than many who were in the same profession. From the short time he 'interacted' with her, he knew that she was someone who minded her own business.
And she was a beauty. Not the kind that looked unhealthy. But a perfect and healthy beauty. Her skin did not look pale. It was radiant, meaning that she was fair by birth and was exposed to a healthy amount of sunlight. When she moved, he could see the shadow of her muscles. Although it was not prominent, it added to her beauty…
As a person who was health conscious and loved working out, he respected Viviana who maintained a healthy amount of muscle despite being in a choosy industry. Especially for a woman like herself.
"I… don't want to join. I'll be in the audience seat." Chun Hua responded to Tucker's suggestion.
"Me too…"
Lyra did not want to join and become a laughing stock of the show. She had enough of it the previous day.
"I'll chair you guys from the side." She added.
Then, everyone's eyes fell on the only remaining person. Viviana.
Maybe it was because of the weird and mysterious aura that the actress carried, even the most blunt Ruo Xuan did not say anything but simply stared at the woman, observing what she would do or say…
But the lady in question just stared blankly at the rattan ball and said no word.
It must've been for at least three minutes that the rest of the guests, including Lyra, watched Viviana sitting quietly. The actress seemed to be in a debate with herself in her mind as her eyebrows kept on twitching now and then.
Then. She stood up abruptly and went to her room.
Everyone: "???"