Chapter 12: Mountain Caves, Lakes

But Qin Yu wouldn't want to harm her employer. She squeezed out a shy, forced smile, "Hmm, I am a bit hungry."

Fruits cannot replace the nutritional value of meat and eggs, besides, fruits are not filling enough.

"I saw a brook when we passed by earlier, there should be fish and shrimp in there. Let's go and check it out."

The brook was neither too big nor too small, with moss-covered rocks lining its bed. The water wasn't particularly clear, but murky water usually had fish.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

All three of them were excited, as it was already midday and they hadn't had breakfast, catching sight of fish meant they would have meat to eat!

"Catching them by hand is hard, we should fish... Do we have a fishing line?"

They didn't. Qin Yu considered what she had in her bag, only clothes and pants.

Or maybe her underwear.

"We have. I've got a small bundle with me." Su Qing whispered, pulling them to the side. She snuck into her backpack and pulled out a small bundle of fishing line with a few hooks.

And floaters too.

How could she hide these? The cat grumbled: "Did she hide them in her underwear? That's real perversion."

Rubbish! You're the pervert!

"I'm not the only pervert. Wu Han, who was pretending to be so innocent just now, thought the same. Look at him, he's blushing."

Oh? Qin Yu took a look, sure enough, Wu Han was blushing and avoiding their gaze.

Oh, men...

"Hey, cat. I've just realized you're male."

Probably a female cat wouldn't be so perverted.

Cat: Damn it!

But can they use the fishing line? The three of them looked towards the PD.

Fearing he would say they couldn't.

The PD quickly said: "No, you can't!"

Their faces fell immediately.

"But you can exchange half of the fish you catch later for a fishing line. It's only three meters long with one hook."

This was extreme exploitation!

But then.....

Qin Yu: "So if we don't catch any fish, we win."

Your mindset is quite dangerous, girl.

It's better than getting something for nothing. The three of them quickly agreed and then...

"Let's dig for earthworms. We need bait, and we also need to find a bamboo stick or wooden pole as a fishing rod."

It wouldn't be hard to find a fishing rod, bamboo sticks and wooden poles are everywhere. But earthworms...

"We don't need to dig for earthworms, there should be insect eggs in these rotten woods."

Having grown up in the countryside, Qin Yu knew about these things. It was also quicker than digging for earthworms.

In the jungle, there's plenty of rotten wood, especially near the stream. They quickly found a bamboo pole and rotten wood by the stream. They peeled off the rotting bark and indeed found insect eggs attached underneath it.

And they were extremely fat!

"You want to do it?" Wu Han glanced at Su Qing.

Su Qing suddenly changed her expression, but trying hard to maintain a cool and glamorous posture, "If it has to be done...."

However, Wu Han raised his eyebrows, "Forget it, I'll do it."

As he collected the fat insect eggs, he added a sentence when Su Qing looked surprised, "If you faint, Qin Yu and I combined would not be able to carry you."

Wow, that's venomous.

She might be dark, but she's slim!

"You don't need to carry me; if I did faint, it would be a fake faint."

Su Qing's cold and self-deprecating joke left Wu Han in an embarrassing and contemplative silence, watching her.

"What's she referring to? Some dark history?" Qin Yu asked the cat. The cat replied, "I just checked. She once fainted for no apparent reason on the red carpet. She went to the event even after overworking and being ill for days. The weather was cold that day, and she couldn't hold up and fainted. As a result, she was greatly criticized online and her agency didn't come to her defense... Wu Han was there that day."

That was indeed pretty dark.

Qin Yu felt a strange emotion when she looked at Su Qing.

"Sister Su, do you like drinking water?"

"Hm? No, I like eating meat."

"..."

Qin Yu choked and said, "Thank goodness you don't. If you get criticized even for drinking water, that would be something. Sister Su, you're not famous enough yet ~~"

A normal woman probably wouldn't like this kind of talk and would find it offensive. However, being accustomed to these things, Su Qing could discern words defending her.

"Haha, then I will have to work harder."

While they talked, they finished making a fishing rod.

However, Su Qing didn't have the patience, so she handed the fishing rod to Wu Han and told him to fish. She and Qin Yu wandered off to find other things to eat.

Is she a fool?

The crew were bewildered. Didn't she want to use Wu Han to gain more screen time? Why did it seem like she wanted to distance herself from him instead?

Wu Han seemed indifferent to her attitude.

"These two are definitely hiding something." Qin Yu and the cat both agreed, but suddenly, "What's that up ahead?"