First, Bai Feifei turned off her livestream device and headed toward the place where Mu Xueyao and the others were staying. Before getting close to Mu Xueyao, she greeted her.
Mu Xueyao noticed Bai Feifei, narrowed her eyes, turned off her own livestream device, and walked over.
"What are you here for?" Mu Xueyao frowned, looking quite impatient as she stared at Bai Feifei. "Aren't you already with Mu Qingyun?"
She only found out about this thanks to the viewers in the livestream chat.
She had deliberately provoked Deng Yijie by letting Bai Feifei annoy him, forcing Bai Feifei to leave their group in a very reasonable way and go to Mu Qingyun's side.
"They don't give me any food," Bai Feifei said aggrievedly, pursing her lips. Although Mu Xueyao was no good as a person, at least here she still had meals.
"If they don't give you food, then you should find a way!" Mu Xueyao scolded sharply, a cold glint flashing in her eyes. "You better keep your mouth shut. Can't you say something nice to Mu Qingyun?"
By all rights, Bai Feifei was very skilled at flattering others. At the beginning, when they were on the same team, she had been extremely obsequious and attentive toward Mu Xueyao.
If Bai Feifei treated Mu Qingyun the way she treated Mu Xueyao, then not only Mu Qingyun, even Xiong Ruoyou would speak up for her.
"Why should I say nice things to her?" Bai Feifei muttered unhappily. Although she had once liked Mu Qingyun, she never lowered her own position.
She thought that she and Mu Qingyun were from completely different statuses—she was just someone from a trashy star. Why should she flatter her?
"What did you say?" Mu Xueyao didn't hear clearly and only saw Bai Feifei moving her lips, so she asked in confusion.
"Ah, nothing," Bai Feifei quickly shook her head and didn't say anything more.
Seeing this, Mu Xueyao felt annoyed. "Forget it, here's some protein powder for you. Go back."
Protein powder?
Bai Feifei looked surprised at the protein powder Mu Xueyao handed her, examined it carefully, and couldn't believe it. "How come Your Highness has protein powder? Wasn't it all used up?"
"Someone sent me some," Mu Xueyao frowned, then pushed Bai Feifei aside with her finger, holding a small packet of white powder. "Take this medicine powder, find a chance to feed it to them."
After saying that, she stood up without another glance at Bai Feifei, reopened her livestream, and returned to her seat.
"..." Watching her leave, Bai Feifei looked down at the white powder in her hand, sighed softly, and stuffed it into her storage bag.
Forget it, she thought, I'll find a chance. Right now, she had no choice but to follow Mu Xueyao's orders.
On the other side, Mu Qingyun took the string and secured the top of the seaweed house again, pressing the seaweed down firmly. Only after confirming everything was in place did she jump down.
"Alright, the house is built," she said, twisting the leftover string between her fingers.
[Wow, it's done?]
[Mu Ge, can you show us a wide shot? I can't see the whole thing clearly!]
[I looked it up—these seaweed houses are supposed to be super sturdy. They can last hundreds of years without collapsing. They're something from a long time ago.]
[No more talking, once Mu Ge finishes this round, I'm going to check out the house he built.]
[Me too! Let's make a group trip—I want to visit as well.]
[Sounds good! We can bring survival gear and stay there for a few days.]
[Are you kidding? As soon as they leave, the Empire will seal off the seaweed house for research. No way you guys can get in.]
"Okay, let's go in and have a look."
Mu Qingyun looked at the fairly large house, her eyes full of excitement and joy. This was her first time building a house, and it turned out so perfectly. The feeling was incredibly thrilling.
Seeing her like this, behind her Xiong Ruoyou and Fan Xuanye also couldn't hide their excitement. They exchanged glances and quickly followed her.
Pushing open the door, inside the seaweed house were five very small compartments, all separated by half-height woven seaweed partitions. The middle was a fairly large open area.
Because there was nothing inside, it looked especially spacious, making the house feel very big.
"I'll take this one," Xiong Ruoyou quickly walked to the innermost compartment, pushed aside the seaweed partition, and admired her small room for the coming months.
Though small, it felt more like home than the cave.
"Then I'll take this one," Fan Xuanye chose a compartment as well.
Mu Qingyun glanced at the remaining three compartments, which were basically all the same, nothing special to pick.
Looking down at her screen, she softly said, "Please check on Su. If he's feeling better, have him and Yi Beixuan come over."
[Got it, Mu Ge, just wait.]
[I'm heading to Su's livestream now.]
[No problem, Mu Ge.]
Seeing their comments, Mu Qingyun finally relaxed and walked toward her own compartment.
She had nothing on her; all her belongings were borrowed from others.
Looks like... she'd have to borrow some more soon.
After a while, Su and Yi Beixuan brought some sleeping bags and arrived.
"We're here," Su looked at the two remaining compartments and decisively picked the one closer to the door.
Yi Beixuan, who came later, had no choice but to take the only compartment left.
"Come here and take out the things from your storage bags. Only bring what you think can be used to decorate the house," Mu Qingyun said, looking at the bare ground and suddenly having an idea.
"Start with that."
Leaving them with this, she went straight to the shore to find Kazel.
By coincidence or fate, when she arrived at the shore, she saw Kazel sitting with his legs dipped in the water, head lowered, seemingly deep in thought.
"Kazel."
Hearing her voice, Kazel immediately turned his head, eyes showing some surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"I want to ask you to help me get some more seaweed," she said seriously. This made Kazel puzzled.
"The house is already built, why do you still need seaweed?" Kazel looked at her and asked.
"The house feels too empty. I want to weave some mats from seaweed," she explained carefully, even gesturing with her hand, "To lay on the floor so it's cleaner."
"What's in it for me?" Kazel wasn't really concerned about what she wanted, but rather about what benefit he'd get.
At this, Mu Qingyun raised an eyebrow. "What do you want in return?"
After a moment of silence, Kazel chuckled softly, "I want to be your friend. Is that okay?"