Chapter 22 Maria and Demi Are a Team
Maria’s fanbase was known for being fiercely protective. “Will Demi agree?”
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“Aldela. Deinland Maria will beina team. What about the other?” Malt tumedlis attention to the rest of the group
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domed to trircidioze. For instance, he would bow frequently and liked addressing people by their
be could handle single conversation, but more complex dialogues were a struggle. He had openly mentioned this
“Next up is one of the most classic parts of variety shows, We’ll be dividing op the moms. In this box, we lane the numbers for the different courtyards. Barfi fram will send one person to draw lots,” Mati austeril.
After a short pause, be contid, “Before you draw, let me belly introduce the features of each courtyard. First is courtyard one. The main feat in that it ha lot of chickens and docks. So, you can eat the reps. Second iscountyard. There are three pigs inside, but the pigs can’t be slaughtered for food.”
“The director’s got quite the sense of lunod!”
* Seriously, slaughtering the ples? I doubt any of them en kw how to do that
“What If somer know how to? Maybe Demi can
“Thanks for the vote of confidener in Demdl”
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“Don’t worry. We’d love to, but we’re just not capable,” Deorge sald,
Matt chuckled and said, “You’ve given me an ideal Next time, I’ll bring you all a pig and let you butcher it yourselves.”
Everyone, including the netizens, was spredile
“Mr. Hahn, could you at least pretend to be mune” someone blurted ou
“Alright. Drooghclatter, Let’s move on. Courtyard three has a persimmontree. You can eat the persistere if you like. Finally, courtyard four has no electricity.”
Everyone froze in disbelief.
“No electricity? How are we supposed to live in that a few of them asked in unison.
“You’ll figure it out,” Matt said nonchalantly. “Now, line up for the dow”
One by one, the guests headed toward the staff member holding the box. They lined up in order of age.
Maria insisted that Demi pick the draw. She reasoned that Demi requined more screentime and she couldn’t always be hogging the spotlight.
Ahead of Demi, Chad clasped his hands together in a silent prayer.
“Look at how scared Chad is
“Don’t worry. He can just borrow some candles from Demi.”
Eventually, Demi drew courtyard two–the one with the plas
“Thank goodness we dodged courtyard four,” Maria said gleefully.
Nigel and Wendy drew courtyard one, while Chad and George picked courtyard there. So, Ana ended up with courtyard four.
Ana stared at the paper in her hand, on the verge of tears. Her luck couldn’t possibly be worse.
“Okay. The draw is done. Everyone can head to your courtyards for lunch,” Matt announced, clearly enjoying the mix of reactions.
“Wait. What are we supposed to eat?”
“Is lunch provided by the show?”
“You’ll cook for yourselves. The ingredients have already been prepared and are in your kitchens. But from now on, you’ll have to earn your meals through labor.” Matt explained
Nobody seemed particularly surprised. It was a reality show, afterall–these setups were part of the game.
Following the directions from the production team, everyone set off to find their assigned houses.
“Demi, do you know how to cook?” Maria asked eagerly while holding Demi’s arms
