Chapter 68 p1
The drive from Yunshi to Fulu Village was eight hours. Since the guests’ flights were different, after picking everyone up on the first day, the program team took the guests to a temporary filming location not far from Fulu Village to gather.
The follow-up assistant briefly explained the filming arrangements for the next morning to Qi Sijia and then mentioned, “Teacher Qi, there’s something I’d like to discuss with you.”
“Go on.”
“After the live broadcast of the variety show this morning, we counted the number of views for each time slot. The footage of you has a particularly good effect. So we wanted to discuss with you, do you mind if the program team films some behind-the-scenes footage of you arriving at the temporary filming location tonight?”
The contract did not include a filming plan for tonight. The little assistant’s face was a little embarrassed, and she also felt that this request was a bit too much.
Qi Sijia leaned back in her seat, took the blanket from Ye Qianqian, and said, “Filming in the car is not allowed. You can do whatever you want with the rest.”
“Alright then,” not expecting her to agree so readily, Xiao Ya’s eyes lit up. “Then you can have a good rest.”
With that, she turned to greet Ye Qianqian and then ran to the car in front with great excitement to report the situation to the director.
In fact, the main filming of the program team was after entering the village.
The behind-the-scenes filming had no script, and the guests could improvise. The whole process was not complicated.
But the day before the program started, due to the different flight times of the guests, the time they arrived at the temporary filming location to rest was also different, and the rest time was limited.
After getting off the plane during the day, they had to take a long car ride.
After a long and tiring journey, many guests would not choose to reshoot behind-the-scenes footage on the first day of rest, especially since Qi Sijia’s flight was the last of the five groups of guests to arrive. It would take the program team seven hours to pick her up and take her to the temporary filming location.
That is to say, it was already early morning when they arrived at the destination. Under such a tired condition, her willingness to accept filming the behind-the-scenes footage of her moving in was a real surprise to the director’s team.
To show their gratitude, the program team temporarily decided to use their official website to release a set of edited videos to condemn the behavior of the netizens who had surrounded Qi Sijia today.
The content of the video was a video of Qi Sijia changing her appearance after getting off the plane. The cold and otherworldly goddess, after being reminded by the director’s team that she would be surrounded by fans, had very down-to-earthly disguised herself, and then she had walked through the crowd of black fans who had come to pick her up with sunglasses on.
During this time, a light sign fell at Qi Sijia’s feet.
The other party was a young solo stan, about twenty years old. She was holding up a Meng Jiang light sign and angrily scolding Qi Sijia to stay away from the goddess.
But due to the crowded crowd, the light sign fell to her feet and was kicked into the guardrail by someone.
The little girl lowered her head to pick it up, and I don’t know who pushed her, but her scalp was broken.
Qi Sijia stepped over the railing and walked over.
She bent down, picked up the light sign, wiped the dust off it, and handed it to the person involved with both hands.
“There are a lot of people here. If you drop something, don’t pick it up immediately. Remember that safety comes first.”
The little girl said thank you in a daze.
Qi Sijia straightened her sunglasses, stood up, and left.
The video was filmed by a station sister at the airport. The program team had bought the video from the other party and had originally planned to edit the behind-the-scenes footage and broadcast it later.
But now, such a cold person as Qi Sijia had no airs at all and had provided convenience to the crew many times.
The director was flattered and told the editing team to work overtime to edit the behind-the-scenes footage and push it out immediately.
After this video came out, there were many voices online. After the official clarification from the program team, the little girl who had dropped the light sign soon posted a long Weibo to express her gratitude.
[Here, I want to apologize to Teacher Qi. Before you understand a person, don’t be led by the nose like me. I’ve seen it with my own eyes today. Teacher Qi is a very gentle person. If she’s married to Jiang Jiang, then they are a good match. Please stay together forever.]
There were various opinions online about this matter, some apologizing, and some saying it was a publicity stunt.
But after the video came out, many netizens said that they needed to observe Qi Sijia’s character before treating it rationally.
After taking a nap in the RV, by the time Qi Sijia woke up, it was already late at night.
The little assistant was in another car. Ye Qianqian was holding her phone and waving for Qi Sijia to come over for dinner.
The rice was a little hard. Qi Sijia didn’t eat much. She took an apple, washed it, cut it in half, and gave half to Ye Qianqian.
Ye Qianqian rested her chin on her hand and waved her hand away.
Qi Sijia raised an eyebrow in surprise. “You’re not eating?”
“How dare I eat?” Ye Qianqian sighed and said, “Your wife has already greeted Shen Tunan. If I dare to flirt around again, after the program recording is over, it will be a light punishment if I can’t get out of bed when I go back.”
There was a hint of a smile in Qi Sijia’s eyes. “You’ve settled down?”
Ye Qianqian took an apple from the fruit basket herself, peeled it, and clinked it against Qi Sijia’s apple. She sighed and said, “You don’t know how crazy she is. I’m even worried in my dreams that one day when I go out to play, Miss Shen will chase me to my bed and kill me. Fuck! It’s so frustrating.”
Although she said it was frustrating, the corners of her lips were always raised.
Qi Sijia clicked her tongue. “It’s good. Being controlled by someone is more comfortable than playing around like before.”
“Comfortable?” Ye Qianqian sized up Qi Sijia and said “hehe” twice. She thought to herself, Meng Jiang is toxic. She’s even poisoned Qi Sijia to this extent.
She dared not say it out loud and took a bite of the apple, finishing it with a crunch.
“By the way, is your wife in a bad mood recently? I already have someone. Why is she eating flying vinegar for no reason?” Ye Qianqian asked.
Qi Sijia: “She’s probably just taking her anger out on me.”
“For Shu Ran?” Ye Qianqian felt sorry for Qi Sijia. Although Qi Sijia claimed to have had many exes, in Ye Qianqian’s opinion, none of them were real relationships.
They had never met, never held hands. What kind of exes were they?
The number of girlfriends she had actually met was very small, but every one of them was a weirdo.
Ye Qianqian had only heard of Shu Ran, and what impressed her was that she was just an internet celebrity at that time.
When she was dating Qi Sijia, she was also sleeping with the top donor in her live broadcast room.
Leaving aside the cheating, the second time Shu Ran and Qi Sijia met, the other party wanted to have a one-night stand.
But in the end, she was even rejected for holding hands, and the breakup was very ugly.
From an outsider’s perspective, it would have been a light punishment if Qi Sijia had slapped Shu Ran twice.
Unfortunately, Qi Sijia was sick at that time and couldn’t pursue who was the scumbag.
“The short essays online were released by her, right?” Ye Qianqian said. “Leaving aside the rumors, even if this little bitch is telling the truth, it’s not a big deal. To ban a Shu Ran, you don’t even have to do it yourself. Your sister will help you solve it.”
Qi Sijia nodded. “She probably just wants to exploit the hot topic. She released some half-true and half-false negative material, but she didn’t even dare to reveal her real name, because she’s also famous now, and the persona she has set for herself is a heterosexual.”
“Then what about Qin Huanhuan? Liang Kun? Yu Qian?”
Qi Sijia glanced at Ye Qianqian and didn’t say anything.
“I knew it wasn’t true. It’s too ridiculous.”
Ye Qianqian held her face and laughed. As Qi Sijia’s best friend, the things online were more melodramatic than a novel.
She had been too busy recently and had no time to eat melon. But now that she was really eating it, it made Ye Qianqian laugh to death.
The netizens’ imagination was running wild. The previously hidden digging posts were all pulled out. A post was summarized: “Digging into the most capable gold master exes among Qi Sijia’s exes.”
“They said that all the guests invited to this show, Sisters’ Tearing Trip, are your exes. The key is that Liang Kun, a man, is also your ex. Hahahaha. You’re already married, how can anyone still suspect your sexual orientation? It’s a great shame to the lesbian circle. Hahahaha.”
After laughing enough, Ye Qianqian’s eyes were filled with physiological tears. She comforted Qi Sijia, “I’ve collected all the evidence for you. I’ll hand it over to Ms. Wei Yunfang later to file a lawsuit. After suing a few marketing accounts, they’ll be quiet.”
It was too funny. Ye Qianqian’s eyes were narrowed, and she said with a choked voice, “Don’t be sad.”
Qi Sijia: “I’m not sad.”
Ye Qianqian rolled her eyes and thought to herself, Meng Jiang’s solo stans have even come to throw eggs at you, and you’re still not sad.
A real couple not being recognized by the public was really too shameful.
Ye Qianqian couldn’t help but feel pity for this pair.
“It’s okay. You guys can show off your love more on the variety show this time. As for those ex-girlfriends, they are all internet celebrities who can’t make big waves. As long as they are not at the level of Qin Huanhuan and the others, no matter how they torment you, your sister can help you handle it.”
Qi Sijia glanced at Ye Qianqian and decided not to tell her the truth. She lowered her head and finished her apple, then said, “Thank you.”
At this time, the sky was already dark. In the temporary filming location, the four groups of guests who had arrived earlier were all not yet asleep.
The program team had prepared a welcome party around a stove for all the guests in advance. It was planned to start at eight and end at ten.
Barbecue around the stove, with lights and sand. After relaxing, they would participate in tomorrow’s program recording.
But after ten o’clock, the program team sent a follow-up director to arrange for the guests to go back to their rooms to sleep.
“Don’t we still have one more guest who hasn’t arrived?”
Shu Ran was helping Qin Huanhuan with her nail polish. As the two of them were chatting happily, Qin Huanhuan suddenly asked the director.
At the same time, the other three guests present all looked up in unison.
Being stared at by four pairs of eyes, a hint of surprise flashed across the director’s eyes. He paused for a moment and then explained, “All the teachers have received Teacher Qi’s message. She just contacted us and said that her schedule is delayed, so she can’t participate in the bonfire party tonight.”
The director said that the program team would send someone to wait in the living room to welcome Teacher Qi’s arrival, and the guests could go back to rest.
“How late?” The one who asked this was Professor Yu Qian from the botany department of the research institute, who had just come back from the bathroom. Her assistant handed her a soft tissue.
Yu Qian took it and began to wipe her rough fingers.
She looked rather serious and looked at the director without smiling.
The director was so nervous that he didn’t hear clearly. His lips opened and closed twice. “Huh?”
Yu Qian frowned and repeated her question, “How late will Qi Sijia be?”
“Oh, this…” The director lowered his head and looked at the time. He let out a long sigh of relief and said, “Teacher Qi is about an hour’s drive away.”
“Alright,” Yu Qian walked to the stove, found a sofa, and sat down. Her student, Zhou Lu, followed her, poured a glass of water, and handed it to her.
The two of them sat by the stove and took out a few sweet potatoes from the seed suitcase they had brought with them and began to roast them.
The director’s team looked at each other and were about to speak, but they found that Liang Kun had also picked a raw sweet potato, thrown it into the stove, and was sitting on the side playing with his phone.
“Don’t you all want to sleep?” Shu Ran clicked her tongue. In fact, she also wanted to meet Qi Sijia. They hadn’t seen each other in half a year. She had originally thought that she had become a big star that Qi Sijia could never reach.
But the circle was too small. Before she could show off, she found that her ex, Qi Sijia, was a person she couldn’t even reach by climbing a high branch.
It turned out that the words she had cursed at the breakup were all light. This bitch had not only pretended to be a straight woman and a lesbian back then, hidden her talent and resources, but had also pretended to be poor and miserable.
Shu Ran was absent-minded. A reprimand came from above her head.
“The nail polish is smudged.”
Qin Huanhuan’s well-made-up face instantly wrinkled. She disgustedly withdrew her hand. The assistant next to her, Xiao Lizi, quickly took Qin Huanhuan’s hand from Shu Ran and carefully cleaned off the smudged nail polish.
Shu Ran: “…”
Ah, so hard to serve.
Few people in the circle didn’t know that Qin Huanhuan was the most moody, snobbish, and eccentric director of Harper’s Bazaar in the fashion circle.
Many glamorous big stars had to look at her face. Even if they were humble, they might not be able to please her. Now it seemed that the rumors were not false.
“Sister Huanhuan, I’ll repaint it for you,” Shu Ran said, enduring the humiliation.
“No need. What’s ruined is ruined. An old friend once told me that professional people do professional things.”
These words sounded familiar, as if someone had said them to Shu Ran before.
Just as Shu Ran was trying to remember who had said it, she found that the other two people who were roasting sweet potatoes by the stove had also looked up.
Shu Ran: “…”
“Miss Shu is the champion of this season’s girl group 308. She must be very good at singing and dancing. Why don’t you show us some talent?”
Shu Ran narrowed her eyes. “…”
Her long nails dug into the palm of the assistant next to her until it bled. The assistant’s feet were unsteady, and he trembled with pain.
Just as he was about to speak, Qin Huanhuan’s eyes swept over to Shu Ran. “You’re not willing?”
Shu Ran forced a smile and said, “Of course not, sister. What do you want to hear? I’ll sing it for you.”
…
At midnight, the flames in the stove were just a few scattered sparks.
The program team’s assistant reminded, “Teachers, everyone can really go to sleep now. You don’t have to wait for Teacher Qi to come. We don’t require a group filming for the behind-the-scenes footage.”
The group of big shots present had no reaction.
Qin Huanhuan had found a makeup artist to come over and do her nails. She raised her hand and showed off the pink diamonds on her nails. The implication was that the nail polish was not dry, and she was not waiting for anyone.
On the other side, Yu Qian’s eyelids did not even lift. The sweet potatoes she had roasted were a little undercooked. She poked at the scattered sparks.
Liang Kun was playing a game. When the program team spoke, he was experiencing a “game over.”
Immersed in a game and being killed, he didn’t care about sleeping at all.
Only Shu Ran was relieved. She had participated in this program to solidify her fan base. Before she came, her manager had repeatedly told her to build a good relationship with the big shots in the fashion and film circles.
From beginning to end, Shu Ran had been suppressing her temper and trying to please everyone. Even after singing and dancing for an hour, and her voice was almost hoarse, she did not dare to take the initiative to stop.
Ten minutes later, finally—
“She’s here, she’s here,” the assistant at the door said excitedly.
The moment the door opened, the few big shots who were not sleeping and were waiting for Qi Sijia to arrive all looked at the door, and then they all lowered their eyes in unison.
The one who was painting her nails continued to paint her nails.
The one who was roasting sweet potatoes continued to roast sweet potatoes.
The one who was eating chicken continued to eat chicken.
It was as if the two people standing at the door were just passersby, not welcome.
But you could clearly feel a slight change in the atmosphere. For example, the famous actor Liang’s game had just started and it was directly “game over.”
The fashion circle’s she-devil, who was painting her nails, her fingers trembled, and the color smudged.
The professor’s sweet potatoes were roasted, but he hadn’t had time to take them out.
The student, Xiao Lizi, reminded Yu Qian, “Professor?”
“Professor?”
Yu Qian lowered her head, opened the tongs, and took the sweet potatoes out of the already extinguished fire pit.
None of them paid any attention to Qi Sijia and the other person. The scene was extremely awkward for a moment.
Ye Qianqian coughed dryly, but still no one paid any attention to them.
Not welcome?
She poked Qi Sijia’s arm with her elbow.
Ye Qianqian asked in a low voice, “Do you have a grudge against them? Why are they giving us the cold shoulder as soon as we arrive?”
“Or did that bunch of short essays online make them feel that you’ve offended them?”
She couldn’t figure out why even Liang Kun was silent, his expression subtle. Ye Qianqian muttered and asked.
Qi Sijia didn’t even lift her eyelids. She said gracefully, “Exes meet, it’s like this.”
“Mmm?”
“What?”
“Exes?”
“Shu Ran, your ex-girlfriend? What’s there for her to be dissatisfied with? Was the breakup gift not heavy enough?” Ye Qianqian looked at the big shots by the stove again with an incredulous look and asked tentatively, “Then what about this group of people? What reason do they have to give you the cold shoulder?”
“Yes, they are too,” Qi Sijia’s tone paused. She looked at Ye Qianqian. “Exes.”
You have yours. No wonder Meng Jiang was so angry. But why is there still Liang Kun? Qi Sijia, I didn’t expect you to be like this, not picky about gender.
Ye Qianqian was speechless for a moment. “…”