APCF -Chapter 8 (1)

3 days later, all the official announcements of the guests of《Let’s Budget Travel!》had been released. The addition of Bo Ye unsurprisingly ignited a round of crazed discussion, pushing 《Budget Travel》to the first position on the hot search.

Riding on the good start, the recording of the programme officially began.

《Budget Travel》used a live shoot production format. This season consisted of a total of 6 episodes, requiring them to film at 6 locations. Each episode would take a week to record, and once the first episode has finished filming, it would be broadcasted the next weekend. Following this pattern, each episode would be aired on the weekend of the following week.

The recording period took up one and a half months; it was an onerous challenge, be it to the guests, or to the post-production staff.

Before leaving that weekend morning, no matter how Qi Yuji thought, she still felt uneasy, “Xingxing, let jiejie send you to the airport, okay?”

Qi Xingchen hesitated: “The filming starts at the airport.”

“Then I’ll just drop you off at the parking lot and you can go up by yourself,” Qi Yuji said pitifully, “If you don’t let me, since you’ll be gone for so long, jiejie will miss you.”

Qi Xingchen: “……Alright.”

He had no choice but to agree. He then went upstairs, kicked away the Supreme co-branded suitcase that Qi Yuji bought for him and swapped it for his own ordinary suitcase.

Previously in the acrobatic troupe, whenever he left for a show, he never brought a suitcase and would always settle everything with one backpack.

He didn’t wish to bring it this time either, it was Qi Yuji who feared that he would go hungry or cold and stuffed him with a pile of snacks and clothing, thus he was forced to replace it with this big guy.

He threw the suitcase into the trunk and opened the car door. He abruptly realised that not only Qi Yuji was in the backseat, but even Dad Qi was also in there!

“……Dad,” Qi Xingchen almost never used this address, holding back for quite a while before forcing out one line, “When did you come in?”

“When you were packing your things just now,” Dad Qi chose an extremely awkward excuse, “The airport is on the way to the company, I’m hitching a ride.”

Because of his rebellion, the original owner and his father were not very close. Hence, Qi Xingchen did not expose him, hopping into the car.

Throughout the entire journey, Qi Yuji kept enjoining Qi Xingchen to pay attention to this and pay attention to that. When they arrived at the airport, it was Dad Qi’s turn.

“Xingxing, Dad put some money in your card for travel expenses — don’t refuse yet,” Seeing Qi Xingchen’s expression change, Dad Qi hurriedly said, “Dad watched a few episodes of that show and know that they don’t allow you to spend your own money. But one should be frugal at home but have abundant funds while travelling, even if you don’t spend it, just keep it on yourself, Dad can rest easier.”

A sixty-year-old man, researching on variety programmes specially for his son. Qi Xingchen bit his bottom lip, “En, okay.”

“Don’t be so hard on yourself, if you are aggrieved, tell us, Dad will bring you back home. Not like we cannot afford to feed you.”

“……I know,” Qi Xingchen took a deep breath, “Okay, it’s time for me to go.”

Dad Qi and Qi Yuji nodded in unison. Even the driver showed a reluctant look.

Qi Xingchen turned to leave, and he did not look back.

There were a total of 3 guests departing from H City, namely Bo Ye, the female protagonist of 《Peach in the Night》Tao Tao, and him. The programme team had already bought their tickets on their behalf for the trip, and the initial meeting place was at the VIP lounge.

Thinking about the impending contact with the female protagonist, Qi Xingchen could not help but furrow his brow. That was when a message was sent to his phone, 【RMB 5000000.00 yuan was transferred into your bank card5 ending with 9999, your current balance is at 7633254.21 yuan. [Construction Bank]】

One, two, three …… six zeros, that’s five million. This was the “travel expenses” that Dad Qi was referring to?

Qi Xingchen sighed as he walked into the airport lounge, then swiftly stopped in his tracks.

It was the spring tourism off-season, there were not many travellers around, about a dozen scattered about.

But the moment he raised his head, it was as if he could not see anyone else, his line of sight drawn completely to the girl in the corner.

The girl was reading a book, wearing a white t-shirt with light-coloured jeans and her ponytail tied up high. Even if you couldn’t see her face with her head down, she was emitting a “she must be very beautiful” soft light from head to toe.

No, immediately afterwards, Qi Xingchen shook his head and all the hairs on his body stood on end!

This was not some “she must be very beautiful” soft light — this was the f*cking protagonist halo ah!

Qi Xingchen had seen this girl’s photograph before, she was evidently the female protagonist of 《Peach in the Night》, Tao Tao!

At this moment, the cameraman of the programme team noticed him coming in, shouldering the camera as he ran over, “Xingxing, say hello to everyone ba.”

“Hello everyone, I’m Qi Xingchen. It’s currently ten o’clock in the morning, have you guys had lunch yet?”

The following shot assistant sputtered: “Who eats lunch at this time?”

Qi Xingchen said, “If you don’t eat proactively, your thinking is faulty.”

This warped logic of his amused the following shot assistant and the cameraman. Tao Tao seemed to have heard the commotion over here, placing down her book and raising her head.

Qi Xingchen felt as if he saw a gardenia quietly blooming; it was that pure, shy, and beautiful.

He had to say, the female protagonist’s halo was certainly powerful. Although Tao Tao’s looks were not gorgeous, it still made others feel like she was extremely good-looking.

“You must be Qi Xingchen, right?” Tao Tao placed down her book and walked over, speaking a little timidly, making her seem especially pitiful, “I am Tao Tao.”

“Just call me Xingxing,” Qi Xingchen maintained his smile, “Nice to meet you Tao Tao-jie.”