Charlie was very happy when he realized this.
He had originally thought that in Meimei's heart, he was no different from George and the others, just a male guest participating in the show.
But he never expected that Meimei would actually treat him differently from the other male guests.
Just looking at the smile on Meimei's face at this moment was enough to tell.
Looking at Meimei before him, Charlie pursed his lips and walked towards her.
At this moment, Meimei finally had a reasonable excuse to break free from George and the others' encirclement.
"Charlie!" Meimei ran to Charlie and said happily, "Didn't you go to gather firewood?"
The activities were scattered, and there were many people. After Meimei was assigned her tasks, she was surrounded by George and the others, with no opportunity to find out Charlie's whereabouts.
This actually made Meimei very unhappy.
But in front of the cameras and people like George, Meimei still couldn't show it. After all, she still had to maintain appearances.
Looking at Charlie, Meimei's unconcealable happiness was evident on her face.
"I was assigned to get the ingredients. Let me help you."
Hearing this, Meimei's face bloomed with a smile. She looked at Charlie and said excitedly, "Okay, okay, thank you, Charlie!"
"Teacher Meimei, isn't this inappropriate?"
Just as Meimei was about to pull Charlie towards her spot, the four people who had been surrounding Meimei stood up.
They still had raw meat in their hands and were stringing skewers without gloves. Honestly, it looked very disgusting.
The four of them had raw meat on their hands, sticky with seasoning, which was physically uncomfortable to look at.
Before Meimei could ask what was wrong, George said unhappily, "How long have we been helping you here?"
"We've been helping you since the beginning. Now that this person has come, you're abandoning us and going with him?"
George said, looking at Charlie unfriendlily, as if he wanted to devour him.
When Charlie came to find her, Meimei felt like she could be free. She hadn't expected George to say this, and her face was filled with awkwardness and helplessness.
"I, I'm not..."
She stammered, unable to complete her sentence. In fact, Meimei understood something very clearly: this was a dating show, and she could only date one person. If Meimei chose Charlie, she couldn't choose George.
But with Charlie standing beside her now, Meimei was momentarily at a loss for words.
In fact, Meimei also wanted to see if Charlie would speak up for her.
After all, this was a dating show. If Meimei chose Charlie, then Charlie had to pass Meimei's test. If he couldn't even speak up for Meimei or help her out of a difficult situation, then Meimei felt he wasn't worth it.
Fortunately, Charlie knew exactly how to handle the situation.
Looking at George and the others, Charlie took a step forward and shielded Meimei behind him.
"Everyone, this is a dating show, and you can only choose one guest. If Teacher Meimei chooses me, I'm afraid she won't be able to choose you."
This was a reasonable statement, but George didn't buy it at all.
He glared at Charlie and said, "Don't you understand the concept of 'first come, first served'?
Besides, this isn't the segment for choosing guests; it's a segment for everyone to work together. We kindly came to help Teacher Meimei, and as soon as she saw you, she immediately abandoned us.
How would anyone feel good about that?"
As he spoke, George threw the meat and skewers in his hands into the basin and walked towards Charlie and Meimei.
"No, we must have an explanation today. Even if Teacher Meimei doesn't fancy us, you shouldn't treat us like this, right?
As soon as he arrived, she abandoned us. How can you behave like this?"
George kept insisting on this point, making Meimei very difficult.
Many people around were watching. Even Meimei, who had experienced the scene of a concert with a hundred thousand people, was now at a loss.
"First of all, this is a dating show. Guests will naturally want to be with guests they have a good impression of.
This is not a group collaboration. Are you really forcing Teacher Meimei to work with you?"
Charlie said to George.
George glared at Charlie and said, "How do you know Teacher Meimei has a good impression of you? Wasn't Teacher Meimei's first ideal guest Su Yang?"
George then looked around, not seeing Su Yang anywhere.
"Su Yang has the right to say this. You are not Teacher Meimei's first ideal guest, so what right do you have to say this? Who would agree with you saying this?"
"Exactly, exactly."
"You're not Teacher Meimei's ideal guest, so why are you acting so high and mighty?"
As soon as George said this, the people behind him started supporting him.
This made both Charlie and Meimei feel very embarrassed.
"Although I am not Teacher Meimei's first ideal guest, this is a fair show. I believe the production team will definitely choose the guests they want to cooperate with according to the guests' own wishes."
Charlie then looked at Meimei and said, "I am not Teacher Meimei's first ideal guest, and neither are you."
"Am I the same as you? I simply wanted to help Teacher Meimei," George said through gritted teeth, looking at Charlie.
"Everyone has the right to choose. You, I, and Teacher Meimei are all the same. Although Teacher Meimei has other ideal guests at the moment, we all have the opportunity to pursue Teacher Meimei."
"Then why are you saying this?" George kept glaring fiercely at Charlie, as if he really wanted to eat him.
Charlie smiled faintly and said, "We have the right to choose, and Teacher Meimei also has the right to choose. She can choose who to give the opportunity to pursue her.
In other words, she can do activities with whomever she wants to do activities with. Teacher Meimei's right to choose is not in our hands; it is in her own hands. Do you understand?"
Looking at George's expression, Charlie felt as if George was a hooligan at this moment.
In fact, in their eyes, George was not much different from a hooligan at this moment.
Looking at Charlie, George really wanted to hit him.
He stepped forward to Charlie, and before he could speak, Charlie said, "Or do you want to violate the principle of equality and force Teacher Meimei to do activities with you?"
This was a huge accusation.
If George were to do so, not only would the production team intervene, but Meimei's massive fan base would definitely take action if they saw George forcing Meimei to work with him.
George still wanted to act in the future. He knew his reputation wasn't very good, but his acting skills were decent, and he could portray any character convincingly. This was why he could still make a living in the entertainment industry.
However, Meimei had too many fans. If one person cursed George, he would see ten such curses a day, and he would never finish them in his lifetime.
To avoid trouble, even when facing Meimei's anger, George had never behaved badly towards her.
The power of fans was immense. George had no fans to speak for him, so he could only try to minimize trouble.
However, Charlie was someone George was not afraid of at all.
George looked at Charlie with a hint of arrogance.
"What about you? Does Teacher Meimei want to do activities with you?" In fact, Charlie knew very well that Teacher Meimei definitely wanted to do activities with Charlie, otherwise she wouldn't have run to Charlie's side as soon as he arrived.
"I think you can see this very clearly. I'm not trying to target you; I just feel that people should have basic respect."