Chapter 781: Scandal Queen vs. The White Lotus Actor 52

When Shang Baitong and the others saw the traffic actress and the middle-aged actor coming over, they were all somewhat surprised.

"Brother Zhang, what happened to you?" They both looked completely dispirited.

Looking at the tent Shang Baitong's group had pitched on high ground and the homemade meat skewers roasting over the fire, the two couldn't help drooling.

However, the middle-aged actor was ultimately too embarrassed to directly ask for food.

The traffic actress was different.

What did she have to be embarrassed about now? She was practically starving to death!

So she immediately stepped forward ingratiatingly and said, "Movie Emperor Shang, we haven't eaten for almost two days. Could we have a little of your food?"

As she spoke, she put on a pitiful expression.

Hearing this, the male guests on Shang Baitong's side immediately became wary.

How could they do that?

There were still two days left before the show ended.

Although they didn't have to worry about food and drink with Movie Emperor Shang around, they still had to ration their supplies carefully, didn't they?

……

But ultimately, the final decision still rested with Shang Baitong.

After looking at the two of them, Shang Baitong nodded.

"Our food is limited too. We can only spare you a little."

Hearing this, the two were overjoyed.

"That's fine! As long as we have something to eat!"

They quickly sat down.

Because of the rain, their clothes were still wet. Sitting in front of the campfire, they ate while drying their clothes by the fire, and the two felt completely refreshed.

At this moment, Shang Baitong casually asked, "What about the others in your group? Why didn't they come with you?"

The reason he had come to participate in this show was, first, to tell Wan Jie that Tang Wan was now the woman he cherished in the palm of his hand and that she was living very well after leaving that scumbag.

Second, he wanted to tell everyone that only he was worthy of Tang Wan. No matter what circumstances they were in, he would always create the best life possible for her.

And finally, he wanted to use his own abilities to highlight just how useless Wan Jie was.

After all, wilderness survival was the perfect environment for testing a person's willpower, authenticity, and humanity. Wan Jie loved putting on an act, didn't he? Then let him try keeping up that act for seven days in an environment like this.

……

Very soon, the traffic actress who had been scolded by Wan Jie earlier immediately began pouring out all of her complaints about him in front of Shang Baitong and the others.

"You didn't see it. We originally agreed that Brother Zhang would be the group leader, but as soon as we got to the island, that guy started ordering us around. That would have been bad enough, but the problem is that everything he said was wrong! Especially that tent. Brother Zhang had already said that it was too unsafe to set it up there, but he insisted that there wouldn't be any problem…"

The traffic actress continued complaining nonstop.

After listening, Shang Baitong didn't join in and echo her complaints. Instead, he simply said淡ly, "The most important thing about surviving on a deserted island is learning to cooperate as a group and help one another. You can't just think about yourself. Whenever something comes up, everyone should discuss it together."

Yet in his heart, he saw the situation perfectly clearly.

It was obvious that Wan Jie wanted to use this show to demonstrate his abilities, win the audience's favor, and gain another wave of fans.

After all, on a program like this, once you established an image of being clever, brave, and responsible, it was easy to win the goodwill of casual viewers.

Unfortunately, he clearly didn't have the abilities or methods to match that image, yet he still wanted to play the lone hero.

Naturally, the result was internal conflict.

But this was also within Shang Baitong's expectations.

Because when simply surviving became difficult, that was also when a person was most likely to reveal their true nature.