You Guys Wouldn’t Have Taken My Casual Acting Seriously, Right Chapter 11

“Each group’s pk will be scored separately.” The program staff continued: “To prevent the male and female guests from helping each other, you will be temporarily separated, and will regroup after the pk ends. Of course, you can choose to forfeit now, but in that case the other group will automatically win.”

Jiang Shu was furious. He told Wang Xuanheng that dog to make the variety segments a bit more interesting and earn back the investment quickly, he didn’t tell him to design something this twisted and infuriating!

What kind of spring date was this, was he supposed to go on a date with Wen Zhenghan?

He had just opened his mouth to explode when Shen Fu beside him already took the little program flag: “We’re not forfeiting.”

The investors of Limited-Time Heartbeat must be either stupid or loaded, because according to the prize pool rules, each point was actually worth ten million.

In today’s “One-Day Date” segment, successfully pairing up earned one point. Thanks to Jiang Shu, she already had that point in hand. Next, the men-vs-women pk had two points, and the hidden task was one point. If she completed all of them successfully, she could earn forty million in one day.

That was equivalent to two entire drama contracts for her!

Shen Fu was already using all her self-control not to let her greed show.

The women’s pk venue was right there on the beach, but the men still had to be moved to another location.

Shen Fu poked Jiang Shu, urging him the way someone urges an ATM to spit out cash faster: “Hurry up and go.”

Jiang Shu: “……”

Wen Zhenghan gave Shen Fu a meaningful glance.

After following him for a full year, she really did know how to ignite a man’s competitive spirit.

If the one standing here right now were Chu Wei, the poor fool still in the dark, his emotions wouldn’t have changed at all. That was exactly why she deliberately chose the stronger, more exceptional Jiang Shu.

And right in front of him, she deliberately acted close with this arrogant rich second-generation.

She wanted his attention that badly, huh?

Jiang Shu sensed Wen Zhenghan’s gaze, ripped off his sunglasses, and the fire surging to his head was practically about to erupt: “What are you looking at?”

Wen Zhenghan didn’t reply, only gave him a sympathetic look and walked ahead on his own.

Jiang Shu: ???

Jiang Shu: f*ck.

Right now he absolutely wanted to fight.

When Jiang Shu shot a glare at the camera crew, they hurriedly turned the camera away with cold sweat dripping down their foreheads. So the live viewers didn’t see that part, and were still fantasizing excitedly:

【D and the Film Emperor are doing a pk! Holy h*ll I’m excited, I wonder what the pk will be.】

【I feel like the Film Emperor might not lose though. Sure, the young master is younger and has hotter abs, but the Film Emperor will give his all for the Film Empress. Will he?】

After the male guests left, the camera focused on Shen Fu and Zuo Mei: “The reason we came to this quieter area of the beach is because today’s pk segment involves picking up seafood. Both actresses have played fisherman girl roles before, so you should both have some understanding, right?”

Just earlier, Zuo Mei had been worried the pk would involve singing or dancing. Shen Fu came from a girl group, if it were that, the risk of losing would be high.

But so it was just picking some seafood.

What skills did that even require?

The viewers wouldn’t necessarily care who picked up more. They only cared who was more gracious, more gentle, whose skirt fluttered in the sea breeze in a prettier, more screenshot-worthy way.

Zuo Mei tucked her hair behind her ear and smiled gently: “I did film a movie, Mermaid, which I believe most viewers watching the livestream should have seen, Director Wang’s film. Director Wang is extremely detail-oriented. We lived in a seaside village during shooting, and since the movie took two full years to film, he required all actors not only to master open-water swimming, but also to have encyclopedic familiarity with the ocean.”

She brought up that movie on purpose.

It was the highlight of her career, the movie that earned her the crown.

If she remembered correctly, Shen Fu had debuted three years ago and filmed over a dozen tacky idol dramas, and had never even been approached for a film, right?

【Holy, this movie is my white moonlight. I can’t believe it’s being mentioned again after so many years. Who hasn’t watched it?! Zuo Mei’s coronation film!】

【It really did take two years to film. I heard my Jiejie even scraped her knee on a reef in deep water and had to get more than ten stitches. Her dedication is insane.】

The camera turned to Shen Fu: “Teacher Shen Fu, it seems you also have experience filming seaside scenes.”

Being mocked was nothing new to Shen Fu, so she simply accepted it: “Mm, in the drama Legend of the Pearl, our crew also stayed by the sea for a few days, and the cast received emergency training then.”

【LOL, Legend of the Pearl? You mean that 4.4-rated mess on Douban? She really dares to say that in front of Zuo Mei.】

Rong Xiaozhen couldn’t help speaking up for her fans: 【Not everyone has the luck to debut directly into film resources, okay? No need to act like you’re at the top of the food chain.】

【LMAO please, films have both commercial and artistic value. No one thinks dramas have artistic value. Sorry, but those of us who shoot films are superior to your ancient-idol-drama crowd.】

Rong Xiaozhen was about to explode.

But some bystanders had different opinions: 【Shen Fu really is honestly weak, but at least she’s not pretentious. If you’re weak, you get beaten. That’s fair.】

“Then the two actresses may begin.” The crew handed Shen Fu and Zuo Mei each a bucket, a small metal spade, and a pair of gloves: “There are no specific rules. Before dinner, whichever actress picks up more seafood wins. Since crabs move quickly and are harder to catch, crabs are worth more points.”

Zuo Mei immediately took the sturdier metal spade.

Shen Fu could only take the remaining one, and as required by the show, strapped on a live-broadcast GoPro so the audience could see her first-person view.

She tossed the crooked little iron shovel into the bucket and asked, “Does the program team provide any other tools?”

“No, the program team only provides these. If you need something else, you can go buy it, there’s a market right next to us.” The program team said, “But be careful, the time you spend going there and back to buy things might already put you far behind your opponent.”

Shen Fu nodded.

After the program team announced that the pk officially began, Zuo Mei immediately tied up her skirt hem, took off her heels, put on white gloves, and barefoot carried the bucket onto the tidal flats. Her footsteps swayed gracefully, every frame beautiful as a painting.

【Uwu my jie’s figure is just perfect.】

【Is the Film Empress taking the lead?】

【Take the lead my *ss, it’s already been announced to start, how can you not let people move? Is it bad to have competitiveness? If everyone were like Shen Fu, what’s the point of watching?】

On the barrage they only saw Shen Fu not moving for quite a while, even walking to the umbrella shade to put her supplies down.

【? What is she doing? Don’t tell me she’s afraid of tanning?】

The barrage was baffled: 【She’s giving up already?】

Rong Xiaozhen and the other Shen Fu fans were also a bit anxious for her. The most precious thing in this pk round is time, why isn’t Shen Fu hurrying to get started?

Running Lighthouse hadn’t commented in a long time since the medical expenses incident, but he had been watching the livestream all along.

At this moment Chu Wei was in the villa making a cake, fiddling with it for one or two hours and still failing to get the mold right. Even as a diehard fan, he couldn’t help feeling a bit bored.

He couldn’t hold back and switched the camera to Shen Fu’s side, to see what kind of mischief she was up to again.

The barrage was confused by Shen Fu’s slow, unhurried movement, while Running Lighthouse was somewhat curious.

The cameraman assigned to Shen Fu’s side also asked, “What’s wrong?”

“I’m checking the supplies,” Shen Fu said. “The tools aren’t enough, and this kind of knitted glove tears easily. I’m going to the market the director mentioned to buy some things. Can the program team send a car?”

Most people who watch variety shows are comfortable young people; who has actually gone to the seaside to pick seafood?

At most they’ve seen some videos on the letter-site.

Seeing those vloggers casually picking up big conch in just a few steps, while Shen Fu was here being picky about gloves, they couldn’t help stepping on her.

【So this is the delicate pampered female celebrity? There are people picking with bare hands, why is she the only fragile one? Besides, the Film Empress didn’t complain about the gloves the program team provided.】

Running Lighthouse happened to grow up by the sea, and he couldn’t help wanting to argue.

【Are you guys brain-dead? What if you get stung wearing gloves with holes in them?】

But before sending it out, he suddenly remembered he was a Shen Fu anti!

He hurriedly deleted it.

After negotiating with the program team, Shen Fu quickly got in the car and headed to the market.

Meanwhile, Zuo Mei was working hard to recall the gleaning techniques the local fisherman had explained back when filming her movie, struggling to find holes on the beach.

Octopus, mantis shrimp, and moray eels all make holes in the mudflats.

She remembered some holes could be dug with one shovel to get seafood.

Although most times she dug up nothing and wasted effort, in less than twenty minutes she still managed to dig up two small prawns.

【Holy crap my jie is amazing, not afraid of dirt at all. She’s really dedicated, really has deep understanding of fishing villages.】

【Shen Fu still isn’t back, lol. Isn’t she going to lose at this rate?】

Zuo Mei glanced toward where the program team’s car had driven off, feeling she had the victory in hand.

By the time Shen Fu returned, she might already have half a bucket.

Although she was tired, her feet swollen pale from seawater, it was exactly this that would win audience favor.

Shen Fu didn’t return until a full forty minutes had passed.

In the group chat some fans cried in despair: “We’re done for. Look, Zuo Mei already got four pieces of seafood.”

Shen Fu bought everything she needed, put a layer of rubber gloves over the knitted gloves provided by the program team.

She tucked her long pants into waterproof rubber boots, then tied hemp rope around the boots for traction, before picking up a small rake and heading toward the beach.

【The delicate soft princess finally came back. All wrapped up like this, hope she doesn’t lose.】

The barrage was ready to start mocking, when suddenly they saw the tide retreat, and Shen Fu walked as she bent down, using the small rake to easily lift stones on the mudflat, picking something off the stones and dropping it into the bucket, instantly harvesting a huge pile.

The aura was like she was clearing a mountain, effortless.

【??? What is she doing? Throwing stones to fake it?】

As the camera moved closer, the barrage saw inside the bucket a low layer of octopus and conch.

A dense heap too many to count, at least a dozen.

【Holy cr*p!】

【What the h*ll?】

The barrage was stunned.

Running Lighthouse held back for so long, but now finally couldn’t hold it anymore. He switched to a small alt account and recharged super vip.

Villa With Backyard Pond By the Sea: 【A bunch of ignorant people on the barrage. She was waiting for low tide. What are you digging before the tide retreats? No matter how hard you dig it’s useless.】

A knowledgeable netizen explained on the barrage: 【During low tide, shellfish that don’t make it back with the tide get stranded on the beach.】

【Because the sand is soft with no grip, they can only cling to stones. So when the tide retreats, flipping wet stones gives you a very high chance of finding seafood.】

Off-screen, Rong Xiaozhen never expected such a plot twist and jumped up in excitement.

Shen Fu guessed that there should now be more people in her first-person livestream room, so she slowed down and used the small rake to check the crevice between two stones.

“Take a look here.”

“Between two stones you’ll often find things like sea cucumber hands or mussels; compared to conch, these have a stronger seafood flavor and are more delicious.”

“This one doesn’t have anything, but no rush, let’s look at the next one.”

The barrage was drooling from her commentary.

【Holy sh*t, seeing these things in first-person view is so d*mn fresh.】

【I want seafood soup for dinner. Is what Shen Fu dug up mussels? Throw these into soup with some scallions, ginger, and cooking wine, the flavor is insane.】

Although the seaside had already been cleared of bystanders before the livestream began, inevitably some people still came from afar to watch.

Zuo Mei was fully focused on playing her “beautiful dummy” act, when she suddenly noticed the viewer count in her livestream dropping sharply.

And over on Shen Fu’s side, who had just returned from the market, photographers and bystanders were gathering, bursting into excited laughter.

She couldn’t help glancing over. “What’s going on?”

The follow-cam photographer beside her said, “Shen Fu seems to have flipped a bunch of stones during low tide and found a lot.”

Zuo Mei’s heart instantly jumped.

Shen Fu was using the trick of pretending to be weak then striking?

If she knew this method, why didn’t she share it?!

Wait, there’s still time to catch up.

Ignoring the stinging pain of her water-soaked hands, Zuo Mei hurriedly copied the technique and began flipping stones with her small shovel.

Although the barrage felt uncomfortable watching her copy someone else’s homework, since Zuo Mei had good public favor and popularity, no one said anything.

Now it was Zuo Mei’s fans who were nervous and anxious.

On the phone screen linked to the livestream, a fan couldn’t help giving her tips: 【Jie, go find crabs. Flipping mussels has no technical value, the program only counts 1 point. One crab is 10 points.】

Right, it wasn’t lost yet.

Zuo Mei, desperate, squatted down to dig at any hole she saw on the mudflat.

Author’s Note:

Before setting out, Shen Fu said to Jiang Shu: “Fighting.”

Jiang Dog: Holy sh*t why is my tail spinning like a propeller.

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