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This also gave Victor and Skr a chance to fix up their house.

Victor and Skr gathered several loads of thatch and spent over two hours thatching the roof properly.

Then they fixed the broken windows and divided the cleaning tasks. They scrubbed every corner of the house, inside and outb, /bbuntil /beverything was spotless.

The once ramshackle house now looked considerably tidier, at least livable now.

Exhausted after all the cleaning, Victor and Skr just made a simple dinner and went to bed early.

Early the next morning, the cameras started rolling.

The production team assigned a different guest each morning to wake everyone up, and today it was Elianna’s turn.

Elianna recorded while walking. “Hey guys, my mission today is to give everyone a wake–up call and then have them all meet bat /bmy ce bto /bcollect today’s assignment cards.

“Alright guys, now I’m heading to Mr. Yates‘ ce. Since his team came inst, their house isn’t exactly the best. I wonder if the new guest is adjusting well to the living conditions.”

[Who’s the new guest? What’s her background?]

[Last time, it was the heiress from the richest family. Who will it be this time?]

[Whoever she is, have some dignity. Stop throwing herself at every man she sees. Thest one was an heiress, but even she had zero boundaries. She always clung to Caden.]

Elianna nced at the livements, a faint smirk on her lips. “Honestly, I don’t really know who she is either. Let’s have her introduce herselfter.”

Elianna stood outside the newly thatched hut, her eyes betraying a sh of disdain as she surveyed the renovations.

Elianna, with condescending grace, tapped twice on the door and called out, “Mr. Yates, are you awake?”

After calling out repeatedly with no response, Elianna started to lose her patience.

Elianna scoffed inwardly, ‘What the hell? Does he really think he’s all that just because he’s a movie star?

‘What a nobody. He has no connections or backing. If I wanted him gone, I could make it happen in a second.‘

Elianna deliberately put on a dejected look for the viewers and sighed dramatically, “Well, looks like I can’t wake him up. We’re on a tight schedule, so I’ll have to move on to the next house.”

[How could he not be up? Caden never sleeps in. He should’ve been awake by now, right?]

Victor’s fans were still defending him, but the haters jumped at the chance to stir up drama.

[A guy and a girl are alone together. Did Caden getseduced in there?]

[Stop your nonsense. Caden will never do that.]

“Mr. Yates won’t do that, but who knows about the other one?” Elianna deliberately steered thements in ba /bsuggestive direction.

Just as she turned around, Elianna came face–bto/b–face with Victor and Skr, fresh from their morning jog.

They happened to catch herst remark. They never thought that just going for a morning run could get them caught up bin /bsuch bridiculous /bbrumors/b,

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3

Elianna was warned bby /bFreya that Skr wasing, but getting caught badmouthing her was still super embarrassing.

“I have to go. I still have assignments to finish,” Elianna said hastily.

Victor frowned and stopped her, “Ms. Stone, aren’t you going to apologize?”

Elianna’s face flushed as she stammered, “It was just an offhand remark. I didn’t mean anything by it. iSorry/i.”

“Apologizing to me won’t cut it,” said Victor.

Elianna bit her lip, turning reluctantly to Skr. “Sorry.”

Skr said, “Ms. Stone, you’re a grown adult. You should know better than to make such inappropriate remarks.”

Elianna forced ba /bcasual smile and shrugged. “Come on. It was just a joke. Can’t you even take a joke?b” /b

Skr shot her a cold look. “Can you justugh off being targeted with sexual rumors like that?

“Do you iknow /ihow many girls have been trapped in constantly proving their innocence, fallen into depression, and lived in distress because bof /bbfalse /bsexual rumors?”

Before Skr could finish, Elianna’s tears suddenly streamed down. “I’m sorry. I truly didn’t realize the consequences would be this serious.b” /b

Elianna’s fans were heartbroken seeing her in tears.

[What’s wrong with that new girl? Elianna didn’t say anything bad. How did that turn into spreading sexual rumors? She even made Elianna bcry/bb./bb] /b

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