I Got Together with the Scum Gong’s White Moonlight - Chapter 7

Ten people hand over hand, working together with one heart, set up the tents. They paired up two people to a group, and the one extra tent was used to store daily utensils such as pots, bowls, ladles, and basins. By the time they roughly finished organizing, the sky had completely turned dark.

Groping in the dark, they cooked dinner and ate while surrounding the bonfire. During their casual chat, everyone found joy amidst the hardship. Yusa was the first to speak, saying that she had not seen such a clear and transparent night sky in a very long time, and that the stars were truly beautiful.

She raised her head and took a look, deeply agreeing. With no clouds or mist blocking it, the starry belt was exceptionally clear, and the sky seemed so close to the ground as if it could be touched by stretching out a hand.

Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at Gu Ming, who was right by her side, also within arm’s reach. Yet under the watchful eyes of everyone, she was so timid that she did not even dare to make an inadvertent touch.

Kang Yu felt that it was still early, so she proposed a lyric chain game. He Xin became interested, brought out a pot of water that had been boiled and cooled down, and said, “We don’t have alcohol, so let’s use water instead of alcohol. The one who can’t continue the chain has to drink water or do Truth or Dare?”

“We don’t need to be this vulgar, right?” Zeng Jiu pressed his hand to his forehead.

“The great vulgarity is the great elegance. I cast one vote,” Song Ai said with a loud laugh.

Yin Shi also raised his hand: “One vote for me too.”

Xu Wen followed closely: “Anyway, since we are idle while idle, there is no harm in playing a bit.”

Cheng Ming looked toward Gu Ming: “Do you want to play with them?”

Gu Ming smiled brightly: “Let’s play. I was just worrying that I wouldn’t have anything to do later and wouldn’t be able to fall asleep if I went to bed early.”

“Yan, are you joining?” Gu Ming did not conceal her intimacy toward her at all.

With the help of the night scenery, no one knew that her face was turning red. This was the first time Gu Ming had called her by a single character.

Covering it up by scratching her face, she nodded. Seeing Gu Ming looking at her with sparkling eyes, her heart beat even faster.

She truly hoped that her eyes would always hold her.

The first turn started from Yusa. Yusa rubbed her hands together, looking excited and competitive: “For the first serve, I’ll give you all a highly difficult one. Don’t blame me for being impolite.”

“Just sing yours,” everyone roared with laughter.

Yusa hummed, searched her mind thoroughly, and came up with a difficult line. The second in order was Kang Yu, who after all came from a singer background and quickly connected to it.

Yusa slapped her forehead abruptly, repeatedly calling it a miscalculation, making everyone laugh non-stop.

Kang Yu did not make it difficult for the next person. The next person was He Xin, who was an actress; thanks to being nailed in front of the television set when she was a child, her stomach was also packed with many songs, and she quickly connected to it.

Immediately following was Song Ai. If a host did not have broad knowledge, how could they still serve as a host? He thought of the next line in barely two seconds.

When it came to Yin Shi, Yin Shi stalled slightly for a few seconds. Just as Yusa began counting down to the final second, he finally, with stumbles and stutters, thought of a line.

As soon as he finished, Xu Wen, who was next in order, wore a weeping face, expressing that he absolutely could not connect the very last character, as he could not even find a suitable homophone. What kind of song could start with the character móu (eyes)?

He accepted the punishment to drink water, rapidly gulping down a cup while his brows were tightly furrowed.

Drinking this water really was not the same thing as drinking alcohol; it was tasteless and bloated the stomach.

The second round started from Xu Wen. The next one was Zeng Jiu, and then it was Cheng Ming. They all connected quite smoothly, and after them, it came to Gu Ming’s turn.

Gu Ming naturally would not make things difficult for Gu Yan, letting her off the hook so blatantly that it drew a collective mass of resentful looks from Yusa and the others.

“We know you two sisters have a good relationship, but you can’t play it like this.”

“This is excessive care, Gu Ming.”

“Do you have to dote on her this much? How infuriating!”

Gu Ming laughed loudly: “She is my younger sister. If I don’t dote on her, who will?”

“That’s enough, don’t show off in front of us,” Yusa chided with a laugh.

Gu Ming wrapped her large arm around her, drawing Gu Yan into her embrace right in front of everyone: “I am just showing off, what about it? If you are envious and jealous, go embrace someone else.”

Gu Ming was open and upright, so no one would think mistakenly. Only she, the person involved, had burning hot cheeks, and her cooperative smile held both sweetness and bitterness.

Not wishing for any more behavior of letting someone off the hook, everyone began to draw straws to change positions for the third round.

In the wild, everything was done resourcefully. They used tree leaves to draw straws, utilizing a calcified oyster shell to write simple numbers on the leaves, and then arranged themselves clockwise starting from Yusa’s position.

When it came to her turn, she prayed secretly, but unfortunately, Heaven did not comply with her wishes. She was separated from Gu Ming, and on the contrary, Cheng Ming sat at her original position.

She did not know whether she should use ‘the feng shui wheels turn’ to describe her current situation. Previously, it was Cheng Ming at this position facing her and Gu Ming directly; now, it was switched to her being on the opposite side. Even though Gu Ming maintained a certain distance from Cheng Ming from beginning to end, their interactions, every word and every action, whether in her eyes or in the eyes of others, were all interpreted as another kind of meaning.

The other people in the team also seemed to know about the drama they were currently starring in that was hitting the airwaves. Having heard a fair share about this ‘Shuang Ming CP’ of theirs, they did not tease them any less by taking advantage of it.

The atmosphere was very lively, with joyous laughter and cheerful voices continuing non-stop. Only she was so stiff that she almost could not bring out a smile, feeling as if she were sitting on a bed of nails.

Without Gu Ming letting her off the hook, she lost several times. At first, it was nothing; drinking water was much easier to accept than drinking alcohol, as she could not stand the smell of alcohol.

But very quickly, her stomach bloated up. In this round, she still failed to connect. When accepting the punishment, the water she had just drunk regurgitated up after a short while. She could not press it down, so covering her mouth, she hurriedly said an “I’m sorry” and ran a bit far away to vomit.

Footsteps came from behind her. She felt both rejoiced and shamed, feeling a bit like she was losing face.

She recalled back when Feng Wu Jiu Tian had just started filming; after holding the opening ceremony, the director said he would treat everyone to a meal. It was her first time playing a role of such weight as the second female lead, so it was not easy to refuse the wine toasted by the director. She reluctantly drank a cup, and before long, she could not help but go to the restroom to vomit.

She had never expected that it would be such a coincidence to run into Gu Ming, who had just finished washing her hands. Your awkward state was completely laid bare to view, and she was so embarrassed that she almost had no place to hide herself.

On the very first day of meeting, she had successively let Gu Ming see her most distressed and most wretched appearances…

“Are you alright?”

Overlapping with the voice in her memory, she turned her head wanting to say that it was nothing, but she saw an unexpected face Cheng Ming.

Her heartbeat cooled down instantly.

“Wipe yourself,” Cheng Ming handed over a clean all-purpose cloth.

Due to the constraints of the conditions, it was not that no one brought paper tissues, but thinking that they had to survive for twenty-one days, consumable goods naturally should be saved as much as possible. It was also thanks to Cheng Ming having foresight that he directly brought a large pack of coral fleece all-purpose cloths, which could both wash and scrub, and be used as towels or handkerchiefs.

She did not particularly want to accept his kindness, but she also did not want to look too wretched in front of him, so she took it.

“I have heard Yan Ling mention you.”

Her action of wiping her mouth paused, and she uncontrollably gripped the corner of the cloth tightly.

“Listen to a piece of advice from me. Gu Ming is not someone a person like you can think of possessing. To avoid getting hurt, you had better keep your distance from her.”

Her fist clenched even tighter.

Seeing her silence, Cheng Ming thought of something and fished out his microphone: “Rest assured, they cannot hear us.”

She raised her eyes to look at him, and took off her microphone right in front of him: “A person like me what kind of person am I? What did Yan Ling tell you?”

Cheng Ming did not answer directly, but merely said: “Everyone has witnessed Yan Ling’s actions in the circle, and Gu Ming has probably also heard a bit about them. After all, before you, there were already several others who debuted as ‘Little Gu Ming’.”

“It is just that only you—” Cheng Ming sized her up thoroughly and meticulously, and had to admit that this one was the most resembling of Gu Ming, and it was still completely natural. Those who were not in the know might truly think she was Gu Ming’s younger sister who had been separated for many years.

“I hold no malice toward you. I simply want to advise you, do not fail Gu Ming’s trust in you. She deeply detests and is utterly sick of Yan Ling ‘causing blockages’ for her.”

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