"Are you sure it wasn't you who made the move?"
The woman smiled, then rolled her eyes: "I'm not stupid. I know Wen Zhiyan has never let this matter go, yet I'd still run headfirst into the line of fire."
"So someone else really wanted to harm Wen Zhiyan."
"I don't know." The woman got up from the ground and impatiently dusted off non-existent dirt from her clothes. "I'm a bit busy lately, don't call me so often."
The man fell silent for a moment, watching the woman leave.
Even after receiving Wen Zhiyan's call, Fang Miaomiao still felt uneasy.
This had gone beyond her memory of the plot.
In the novel, Wen Zhiyan had only been in one car accident, which resulted in his legs losing all sensation.
But how could there be another car accident?
It shouldn't be.
"Miaomiao, what are you thinking about?" Cui Mantong asked, looking at Fang Miaomiao, who was poking her food with chopsticks and hadn't taken a bite for a long time. "Did something happen?"
"I'm fine." Fang Miaomiao snapped back to reality and forced a smile. "I'm just not hungry, perhaps."
Cui Mantong gave Fang Miaomiao a knowing look: "I told you to eat less spicy and sour noodles last night, but you didn't listen. Well, don't forget to take a digestive aid later."
"Okay."
Fang Miaomiao knew Cui Mantong was concerned about her and obediently agreed.
After lunch.
Chen Tianming announced that this was the last episode of the third season.
"Director?" Cui Mantong's eyes were full of uncontainable excitement. "Why did you suddenly decide to shorten our filming days?"
"Because there's a major festival in a few days." Chen Tianming added with a smile. "Don't worry, the episodes we're short of this season will be added back in the next one."
The smile on Cui Mantong's face froze instantly: "Director, that joke isn't funny at all."
"Do I look like I'm joking with you?"
With that, Chen Tianming wore a mischievous smile: "Come on, everyone, a prize quiz, where do you think our final destination will be for this season?"
Cui Mantong felt her right eyelid twitching uncontrollably.
Zhou Jiaxin and Chen Huan also exchanged glances, a bad premonition dawning in their eyes.
[Hahaha, seeing them dumbfounded like that, why do I find it so cute.]
[Looking at your demeanor, it seems like you all know where the next episode is going. Hurry up and tell us, I'm really curious.]
[Just check the official Weibo for this variety show. They posted a poll yesterday, and in just one afternoon, the desert was far ahead when I saw it. I'm not sure if it's changed since then.]
[Good heavens, are you sure the person upstairs isn't lying? Chen Tianming actually dares to go that big? I know Chinese variety shows have scripts, but I didn't expect them to let us viewers choose the script.]
[I'm back from watching. While I offer three seconds of condolences for my Miaomiao, I'm inwardly bursting with laughter. Let them all go plant trees in the desert, hahaha, the sadness I felt when I learned the third episode's live broadcast was shortened has instantly vanished.]
"Director, you might as well just give us a quick death." Zhou Jiaxin propped her chin on her hands, feigning a bitter smile.
"You adults are so boring." Chen Tianming shifted his gaze to the children. "Come on, kids, a prize quiz, guess where we're going next. There's a prize if you guess correctly."
"Uncle Tianming, what's the prize?" Wu Yueyuan asked Chen Tianming with sparkling eyes.
Chen Tianming shook his head, pretending to be mysterious: "That's something I can only tell you after you've guessed."
"Is it the sea?" Wu Yueyuan hesitated for a moment before saying crisply, "If it's the sea, can you not make us eat seafood again?"
"Hahaha."
Chen Tianming burst into laughter: "Little Yuan Yuan means she doesn't like eating seafood anymore."
"Seafood is delicious." Wu Yueyuan said for a long time before lowering her head.
But after eating seafood for such a long time last time, she now felt uncomfortable looking at seafood.
"What a shame." Chen Tianming shook his head. "Our final destination this season isn't seafood."
"Then is it the grasslands?" Ye Nan asked.
"Abroad?"
"A tourist attraction?"
Chen Tianming continued to shake his head.
"You don't mean to tell us to go to a big forest, do you?" Cui Mantong couldn't help but say after he denied her guesses.
Chen Tianming glanced at her, then shook his head.
"The desert."
"The desert."
Chen Huan and Fang Miaomiao said in unison.
"Who leaked the information?"
Chen Tianming pretended to be fierce as he glared at the surrounding staff.
Assistant Director Yang shook his head, indicating it was impossible.
"How did you know?" Chen Tianming was perplexed.
The phone he gave Fang Miaomiao this morning didn't have Weibo on it, so Fang Miaomiao shouldn't have known.
Chen Huan chuckled: "Director Tianming, have you forgotten? You mentioned in the group chat before that you wanted to send all of us to suffer in the desert. Although I don't know why you changed your mind later, the desert was always one of your options.
"Combined with various other guesses, the desert should be the most likely option."
Chen Tianming: "..."
Had these people all become spirits now? They could guess people's thoughts with such accuracy.
"So," Chen Huan leaned back in her chair and said nonchalantly to Chen Tianming, "did we guess correctly?"
Chen Tianming's eye twitched, and he said with a straight face: "You did guess correctly, but it's only for you. Fang Miaomiao doesn't count."
Meeting Fang Miaomiao's half-smile, half-smirk gaze, Chen Tianming remained resolute: "Ahem, Chen Huan gave a reason, and besides, there's only one spot."
Without waiting for Fang Miaomiao to speak, Chen Tianming quickly changed the subject: "Today is the last live recording of this season. You can split up and choose any two locations to visit."
Zhou Jiaxin looked at the limited number of entertainment options: "Director, your calculation is better than anyone else's."
Chen Tianming pretended not to understand: "Alright, now it's time for you to discuss and prepare. Kids, good luck."
On the last day, the director said that they could leave after checking in at their two chosen locations.
The audience, while grumbling about Chen Tianming's manipulative tactics, still watched the group discuss their plans in the live stream with curses.
Considering Fang Miaomiao and Wen Yan'an had been to Tianshan last time, they didn't let the two of them go on the relatively longer journeys this time.
Fang Miaomiao didn't stand on ceremony and accepted their kind gesture.
After Chen Tianming returned everyone's phones, he waved his hand and retreated behind the scenes.
Upon receiving her phone.
Fang Miaomiao immediately sent a WeChat message to Wen Zhiyan.
After receiving confirmation that he was fine, she finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Mom, let's go."
Fang Miaomiao put away her phone and patted the little one's head: "Good boy, let's go."
Their chosen location this time was very close to the hotel. Fang Miaomiao took a taxi directly to their destination.