Including the eight guest players, there were sixteen people total, coming to record this “Hide-and-Seek” episode.
The program team had already informed the guests and audience of the rules in advance.
Sixteen people would be divided into two groups, the “seekers” and the “hiders”.
Within one hour, as long as the seekers found all of the hiders, they would win.
As long as one hider managed to evade capture for an hour, the entire group of hiders would win.
In addition, the hiders could disguise themselves or pretend to be inconspicuous objects, etc.
The seekers would carry a small backpack. There was a button on the backpack. If a hider ambushed them and slapped it, the seeker would be OUT immediately.
“If the hiders just stay still in some place the whole time, wouldn’t they win for sure?”
To address this loophole, the program team set a “shrinking zone” rule, similar to battle-royale games. Every ten minutes, part of the area would close.
If a hider was still in a closed-off area, they would be OUT immediately.
This forced the hiders to keep moving.
And moving around constantly was when they were easiest to catch.
As soon as the rules were introduced, the audience’s curiosity shot up.
【Sounds like being a hider is more exciting. Praying my Gege is a hider.】
【I heard the flying guests are all invited friends of the eight main guests. Who are they, exactly?】
When the next day’s livestream began, the eight flying guests were already on site.
【Wen Zhenghan invited Director Feng. D*mn, worthy of a Film Emperor. Even someone this big can be invited to join a game. Xiang Lingyun invited You Xian, nice, he’s a comedy guy, should be fun later. Chu Wei invited a former teammate, is this to clear the rumor from last livestream saying he stepped on his old teammate to rise?】
Zuo Mei invited her best friend Xia Yuyun, who also retired from acting after marrying into a rich family. The difference was that Zuo Mei was now divorced and planning a comeback, while Xia Yuyun was still selling her “rich wife” persona.
Xu Tiaotiao simply didn’t invite anyone.
The earlier invited guests were relatively well-known artists without scandals, so the barrage just commented and moved on.
Everyone’s gaze shifted to the remaining flying guests.
Gu Qingshuang invited her older brother, Gu Zhidao, a composer who rarely showed his face.
He sat opposite Shen Fu, silently drinking tea, looking like a quiet type.
There was no more room on the sofa, so Wang Xuanheng could only sit on the sofa’s backrest.
He imitated Jiang Shu by wearing deep-blue mirrored sunglasses and greeted Shen Fu.
Jiang Shu found him extremely irritating and shoved him off to the side.
Under the program team’s shocked gazes, Wang Xuanheng climbed back up.
The director swallowed hard: “Why does this person’s voice sound exactly like that investor on the phone?”
Shen Fu remembered him. Back then he’d followed behind Jiang Shu, playing on a skateboard and falling till his face was bruised. Now he’d inherited the family business and become a domineering CEO?
It had been so long that Shen Fu examined Wang Xuanheng several times, until Jiang Shu couldn’t stand it and yanked the sunglasses off Wang Xuanheng’s face: “Don’t look at ugly things. You’ll become ugly.”
Shen Fu: “…”
She couldn’t help glancing at Jiang Shu.
Is there really a bodhisattva willing to be your friend for decades?
Jiang Shu didn’t understand. He thought Shen Fu was obediently listening to him. Proudly, he adjusted his posture on the sofa, showing off his perfect jawline.
Shen Fu: “…”
Wang Xuanheng lowered his voice beside Jiang Shu’s ear: “Is Shen Fu thinking I got more handsome?”
Jiang Shu began regretting inviting this walking headache: “Say one more word and I’ll chop your mouth off.”
Since they weren’t wearing mics yet, the barrage had no idea what they were saying.
They were passionately discussing.
【D*mn, are handsome guys only friends with handsome guys? The friend next to D is so handsome he could debut!!!】
【Looking around, Crown Prince is still unmatched in looks. But considering his personality is too rotten, minus ten points. I want info on his friend within a minute. This friend seems to have a decent personality, plus ten points.】
After Shen Fu spoke with Liang Xiaochun on the phone, she invited Wang Ge from the same company.
Wang Ge had been in the entertainment industry for five years. She had never imagined she would one day be sitting on the same sofa as a group of people with such insane status!
It was simply gods fighting!
She was so tense she kept shrinking back behind Shen Fu.
Shen Fu placed her hand on her shoulder.
She instinctively turned her head to glance at Shen Fu’s always-absentminded side profile, and only then did her held breath dare to slowly exhale.
Kuang Yueyi cast a glance at Wan Ge, inwardly disdainful.
She had long said they should have invited her. With Wan Ge’s timid-as-a-rabbit personality, what could she possibly accomplish?
Even if given the chance, she would only end up as a background prop.
【What’s going on? Why are there two people from Shen Fu’s company?】
Someone explained: 【Seems like the timid one on Shen Fu’s left is the one she invited. The other should be someone invited by the production team, because Xu Tiaotiao didn’t invite anyone, so they were one guest short. This Kuang Yueyi is a girl-group member, most likely pulled in just to make up the numbers.】
Even the crew members on the filming side were quietly asking who Kuang Yueyi was.
The director shrugged: “The Film Empress’s company insisted on sending her.”
Anyway, since they were short one guest, and this girl-group member wasn’t asking for an appearance fee, they just let her come.
And they could use this to sell Zuo Mei’s company a favor.
Because the guests were too familiar with the villa, the production team arranged the venue at an amusement park.
Shen Fu was on the hiding team, and followed the staff ahead of time for makeup and styling.
Jiang Shu, unfortunately, drew the catching team. He stood at the entryway with arms folded, unhappy, and glared once at each of Chu Wei and Gu Zhidai when the two hiding-team members left the villa.
The barrage: 【Hahahaha here it comes, here it comes, the indiscriminate attacks are back.】
Gu Zhidai frowned at Jiang Shu.
Chu Wei hurriedly dragged Gu Zhidai into the elevator, whispering: “Ignore him. We can’t afford to provoke this young master.”
After a pause, he added: “Gu Ge, I’m the one dragging you down.”
Gu Zhidai carried quite some weight in the songwriting world. Chu Wei hadn’t met him before, but his company had bought Gu Zhidai’s songs, and Chu Wei had sung them.
So Chu Wei considered himself one of the male guests who had a bit of closeness with Gu Zhidai.
“What do you mean?” Gu Zhidai asked.
There were no cameramen following them into the elevator. Chu Wei lowered his voice: “Because of my relationship with Shen Fu, he’s targeting me.”
Gu Zhidai frowned deeper: “He’s also pursuing Miss Shen?”
Chu Wei: “You didn’t watch the livestream a few days ago?”
Gu Zhidai belonged to the extremely reclusive type. He shook his head: “Not interested.”
“Not really pursuing, I guess. I don’t know what he’s thinking anyway. But rich people like him mostly have a few screws loose. They think too highly of themselves and look down on everyone.”
Chu Wei thought for a moment, then confidently said: “I feel like he’s somewhat attracted to Shen Fu’s face. But someone like that young master, how could it possibly last?”
Although everyone on the show was wealthy, and Wen Zhenghan was especially well-off, in front of the Jiang family, an unfathomable behemoth, they were all nothing more than ants.
That was also why Chu Wei always acted wisely in front of Jiang Shu, and never dared confront him.
Gu Zhidai had stayed silent all along, but right before stepping out of the elevator he suddenly said: “Don’t worry, I’m not being dragged down by you.”
Chu Wei: “Ah?”
Gu Zhidai gave him a deep look: “You’d better not stay with me. It might be me who ends up dragging you down.”
After speaking, he brushed off Chu Wei’s hand from his shoulder and strode away.
Chu Wei: “……”
What was that supposed to mean? Fighting over who gets the blame?
Was this artist’s temper too good?
Having suffered long under Wen Zhenghan’s hypocritical personality, Chu Wei finally discovered a normal person. Like receiving sweet rain after drought, he hurried to catch up.
……
The amusement park was divided into five zones. Besides regular visitors, there were balloon-holding mascots and small stalls selling watermelon and cold drinks.
The barrage was very engaged: 【If a hiding-team member hides inside a mascot and mixes with the real ones, wouldn’t that be extremely hard to find?】
【If you can think of it, do you think the catching team can’t? They’ll just lift every mascot head one by one. Every lift hits the target.】
But the amusement park was huge, and lifting every mascot head was quite difficult.
Thus Chu Wei still chose to crawl into a dinosaur mascot, pretending to be a balloon-selling park worker.
Shen Fu was getting her makeup done.
【What is she transforming into?】
When the makeup slowly came together, the barrage was shocked: 【D*mn, a durian?】
Shen Fu put on an empty durian shell and curled up under a fruit stand. Both sides of the fruit stand were covered with drapes hiding her body. With her face turned downward, she practically blended entirely with the other durians.
No one would notice this fake durian without physically touching it.
The barrage was dying of laughter: 【Holy sh*t, this is too cute.】
Wan Ge, however, was on the verge of tears. Seeing all the other guests find hiding methods, she still didn’t know what to pretend to be.
If she were the first to be caught, she would definitely be scolded by the audience for holding everyone back.
Already, the barrage was getting impatient with her: 【Shen Fu’s friend isn’t cutting it. Can she do anything besides tear up?】
Unable to think of a plan, Wan Ge came to find Shen Fu.
Shen Fu looked at the amusement park map, traced a few marks, confirmed a location, then brought her to a stage platform and said, “Just hide in here and don’t make a sound. Hide as long as you can.”
“This, this works?” Wan Ge nearly cried again. “What if the circle shrinks? Wouldn’t I be eliminated in the first batch?”
Shen Fu said: “At least it’s cool underneath. You can stay and rest.”
Wan Ge, completely lost, thought for a moment, then nodded and crawled in.
【Is Shen Fu teaching her to slack off? But wouldn’t that make this little transparent have zero screen time?】
【And the little transparent is right. If the circle shrinks, she’ll be the first eliminated. What kind of bad advice is this from Shen Fu?】
Originally the barrage was still reasonably predicting the direction of the plot, but suddenly someone said:
【As expected of a bully】
【???】Seeing that passersby were about to become fans of Shen Fu, they all asked:【What does that mean?】
Could it be that there was some kind of dirt on Shen Fu they didn’t know about?
【It’s just an old post from a few years ago. An internal leak said there was a “bully” in Chunqiu Entertainment, that’s all.】
Zuo Mei’s professional fan-group leader deliberately worded things vaguely:【Back then, the debut spot was originally Kuang Yueyi’s. Later no one knows why it became Shen Fu’s. Think for yourselves why.】
The more adamant the tone, the more it sounded like slander.
The more vague, the more like chasing shadows, the more people believed it.
And then, three people make a tiger. As long as it keeps getting repeated, a rumor becomes the truth.
This was why they privately contacted Zuo Mei’s agency and found a way to get Kuang Yueyi into today’s game segment.
As long as Shen Fu was cold to Kuang Yueyi during the segment, or showed even a trace of a frown, the claim that she bullied Kuang Yueyi would be solidified.
In the villa, Shen Fu had never even glanced at Kuang Yueyi, leaving them with no opportunity.
But it didn’t matter.
In the upcoming game segment, with Shen Fu’s competitiveness, would she really have zero interaction with Kuang Yueyi?
A group of people, who had been suffocating with resentment, watched Shen Fu with maximum malice, waiting for her to mess up.
Why was it that since their girl went on the variety show, she not only had no highlights but even fell out with Wen Zhenghan, ending up alone in a corner with no one to talk to?
Yet Shen Fu had everything go her way and kept gaining fans?
They had to drag her down.
…
Shen Fu had no idea the barrage was arguing about her again.
After arranging Wan Ge’s hiding spot, she went straight back to her fruit stall and resumed being a durian.
She didn’t plan to hide long. Since she wanted to be MVP, she would definitely take the initiative later.
When time was up, the seekers entered quickly.
Almost immediately, the broadcast sounded: “Director Feng out, Xu Tiaotiao out.”
Xu Tiaotiao hadn’t even hidden properly before Xiang Lingyun caught her.
The barrage finally had its attention shifted a little:【I’m dying, no wonder Xu Tiaotiao didn’t invite anyone. She’s a total game black hole.】
The weather was hot. Carrying the program-issued button bags felt uncomfortable for Zuo Mei and Xia Yuyun. They chose to rest at the cold drinks shop, applying sunscreen while chatting: “It’s a whole hour. We’ll just wait until they can’t stand hiding anymore.”
Someone in the barrage was speechless:【What’s the point of playing a game with that mindset?】
But the Zuo Mei fans, who were being whipped into battle frenzy, quickly snapped back:【Mind your business, this is the smartest strategy, 】
Before they finished, a durian in front of the cold drinks stall suddenly stood up.
Xia Yuyun glanced over by accident, instantly scared out of her soul: “What is that???”
She accidentally stepped on Zuo Mei’s long dress, almost making them both fall.
The durian head was already sprinting over, effortlessly “pia pia” slapping the buttons on their backs.
Shen Fu dropped one with each hand, showing no mercy.
After the kills, she clapped the dust off her hands and returned to curl up among the durians.
Zuo Mei and Xia Yuyun hadn’t even seen clearly what that thing was.
“What was that?!”
“I don’t know either!”
Still shocked, they looked around. Since they were eliminated, the crew led them away.
The barrage was instantly flooded with【hahahahahahaha holy sh*t】.
Zuo Mei’s fans, mixed among them, angrily tried to steer the topic back to bullying, but were quickly drowned out.
The barrage was nearly laughing to death:【Scared me. When the hiders were down two at the start, I thought they were doomed. As expected, in PKs you have to count on Shen Fu.】
【Where’s Shen Fu?】
Looking again, Shen Fu had vanished back into the durian pile.
【She’s really dedicated. The temperature must be thirty degrees today.】
The amusement park broadcast announced: “Zuo Mei, Xia Yuyun, eliminated by Shen Fu, double kill.”
“That’s the Shen Fu you mentioned? She’s pretty impressive.” You Xian grew interested at once. “Which way did Zuo Mei and Xia Yuyun go?”
Pretty bad*ss indeed, always surprising. Xiang Lingyun smiled: “Cold drinks shop.”
Then Shen Fu should be around there.
You Xian immediately tugged Xiang Lingyun in that direction: “Let’s go meet her.”
Jiang Shu, carrying the button bag, was annoyed by everything.
Because he and Wang Xuanheng were too handsome, they were being stared at by park visitors and stuck at the entrance.
The visitors had been told not to disturb the stars. But since Jiang Shu and Wang Xuanheng had never shown their faces on screen before, they technically counted as ordinary people. The visitors didn’t know who they were, got curious, and couldn’t help asking for photos.
Seeing Xiang Lingyun and his buddy heading toward the fruit stall and cold drinks shop, Jiang Shu worried they would catch Shen Fu, so he shoved Wang Xuanheng into the crowd and took off himself.
“Why are you going over there?” Wang Xuanheng yelled. “Be careful or Shen Fu will tag you.”
Jiang Shu scoffed, thinking: That’s you. Shen Fu would at least give me some face.
Just as he thought that, smoke rose from his back.
“……”
Jiang Shu turned around. Shen Fu, wearing a durian head, was staring at him blankly.
Because he was too tall, Shen Fu even had to stand on tiptoe: “You’re dead.”
Jiang Shu: “……”
【hahahahahahahahaha】
Over there, Xiang Lingyun and You Xian were still looking for people.
The barrage panicked:【Crown Prince, what are you doing standing there? Hurry up and help! Call your teammates!】
But Jiang Shu either didn’t react or who knew what he was thinking. With his sunglasses on, they couldn’t see his expression.
He actually took the durian Shen Fu removed, then turned and walked the other way.
Xiang Lingyun and You Xian saw Jiang Shu carrying a durian through the crowd and instinctively pushed their way toward him.
Just as they were about to speak to Jiang Shu.
Smoke rose from both their backs at the same time.
“……”
Shen Fu finished pressing and left, never staying a second longer.
The two of them turned around, only to see Shen Fu’s back disappearing into the crowd: “……”
【Hahahahahahahahaha】
The bullet comments were laughing themselves crazy: 【Look at Xiang Lingyun and Xian Ge’s expressions.】
【Five kills, holy cr*p!】
The broadcast announced Shen Fu’s five kills. Wang Xuanheng, surrounded by the crowd, only felt extremely endangered. He was supposed to be the hunter, yet somehow ended up like he was the one being hunted.
Back then, whenever they played games with Shen Fu, she always won no matter what. Everyone never let Jiang Shu be on the same team as her. She schemed, Jiang Shu supplied brute force, completely invincible.
Of course, not letting Jiang Shu team with her might have made them lose even faster. Jiang Shu was always selling out his teammates.
Wang Xuanheng bolted around like a headless fly, and his back button accidentally bumped into a passerby.
He smoked too.
“……”
The bullet comments were laughing to death: 【Traumatized by Shen Fu’s domination?】
In the blink of an eye, the seekers suffered heavy losses, and only Wen Zhenghan and Kuang Yueyi were left.
Wen Zhenghan had no heart for the game at all.
That night at Cuirujia, Shen Fu’s words were still vivid in his mind.
At first he was shocked, then angry. But after calming down for two days, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it felt.
Shen Fu said she had been acting for him the whole time.
But why would she go to great lengths to act out deep affection for him?
For money?
Wen Zhenghan considered that he hadn’t given Shen Fu much at all, and Shen Fu wasn’t bad at earning money herself.
For revenge?
But Wen Zhenghan had investigated. The Wen family and the Shen family had no ties whatsoever.
Wen Zhenghan could not believe that everything before was just acting.
Was Shen Fu’s acting really that good? Had she truly never felt anything?
He gradually began to suspect: maybe he had let her down, and she deliberately said and did those things to hurt him.
So now, if he gave up on salvaging things, then everything would end here.
If he wanted to make it up to her, then the upcoming plot would be “chasing his wife through the crematorium.”
Wen Zhenghan had always been too proud. It was impossible for him to bow his head like Chu Wei.
But thinking everything would end here made his chest ache badly.
Annoyed and frustrated, he had no intention of continuing the game. He simply found a passerby and let them bump into the button on his back, getting himself out.
Hearing OUT notifications one after another, Kuang Yueyi never imagined that she would end up being the only catcher left!
Alone and weak, a little dangerous.
But this was also good. Since she was the only one left, the audience would get to see her turn the tide.
Earlier, Shen Fu had wiped out five at once. So when she went out, the first person she had to find was Shen Fu.
The others were probably still hiding. Shen Fu must be moving around outside.
Thinking this, Kuang Yueyi cautiously walked out of the antique shop.
“What a coincidence.”
A voice suddenly came from behind.
Shen Fu!
Kuang Yueyi was startled stiff!
But before she could even turn her head, Shen Fu swiftly tapped her.
Kuang Yueyi: “……”
【Holy cr*p hahahahahaha】
The bullet comments, fully immersed in Shen Fu’s perspective, were thrilled out of their minds: 【Half an hour in and all the seekers are out?】
【How did Shen Fu know Kuang Yueyi was here?】
【It’s actually easy to analyze. After the amusement park shrinks the circle, only three areas are left. Area A is kids’ rides, not many hiding spots, so the seekers wouldn’t be there. Area B is where Jiang Shu and the others got tagged, so that leaves Area C. Kuang Yueyi came out in ancient costume today. It would look weird in other places, so she’d most likely stay near the antique shop or Hanfu shop. And look closely at the expressions of the people around her.】
The other hiders hadn’t even had time to come out.
Aside from Director Feng and Xu Tiaotiao who were out at the start, and Gu Qingshuang who didn’t make it out during the shrink, all the other hidden players were still alive.
Chu Wei was nearly fainting from the heat inside the mascot costume, and only now did he take off the head.
? That’s it?
He didn’t even get to do anything!
He had imagined a group of seekers attacking him while he resisted in his mascot suit.
Looking again, Wan Ge was also crawling out from under the stage.
She had stayed cool under there and suddenly discovered she won. She was overjoyed.
【Who said earlier that Shen Fu was trying to sabotage her? Shen Fu clearly calculated the shrinking center spot so she could hide here.】
【And she got plenty of camera time too. She won by staying hidden, and people remember her now. If she had been caught uselessly at the start, she might’ve been dragged online.】
Earlier, when Shen Fu tapped Kuang Yueyi, she only tapped, no talking.
A group of Zuo Mei’s fans were watching nervously, waiting for even the slightest subtle expression, the tiniest mocking look, or two unfriendly words, so they could screenshot it and post to alphabet station to fuel the bullying rumors.
But who knew Shen Fu didn’t show a single extra expression!
Not only that, some passersby enjoyed the game so much they clipped Shen Fu’s six-kill moment and uploaded it to alphabet station.
Now the bullet comments were nothing but a sea of “hahahaha” and praise for Shen Fu being a game king.
The fan leader, furious, forced herself to stay calm in the group chat: “Don’t worry, she’ll slip up eventually.”
The game ended, and Shen Fu earned another three points.
Hearing the production team tally points for her, her always expressionless face finally showed a little emotion.
【Uwu uwu, Fufu is actually kind of cute. She heard she won and immediately got happy. This is such a childlike temperament.】
Look at these people.
When they like someone, they can turn black into white.
They can praise anything?
This is clearly a money-grubber hearing she made more money and her eyes lighting up!
Kuang Yueyi never expected that after going through so much trouble to get on this show, she would end with no highlight moments. Just like that.
She even had fewer camera moments than Wan Ge, who had been following Shen Fu around and holding her bag!
Sitting in the car, she stared at Shen Fu’s back. Besides jealousy, she felt a surge of helplessness.
The entertainment industry was truly cruel. They had clearly trained together in the same company, but now she and Shen Fu were worlds apart.
Only a few rows of seats separated them, but Shen Fu was in the same row as people of Wen Zhenghan and Zuo Mei’s level, while she and Wan Ge were at the back, in the same row as the staff.
Jiang Shu always felt eyes on his back. He frowned and glanced backward.
Kuang Yueyi accidentally met Jiang Shu’s displeased gaze, got startled, and quickly looked down.
At the same time, she felt something strange. Why did she feel like she had seen this crown prince somewhere before?
She had watched the live broadcast a few days ago. When she opened it, Jiang Shu had felt familiar.
But he wore sunglasses most of the time, so she couldn’t remember clearly.
Now, she suddenly remembered something and her heart jolted.
No wonder he looked familiar.
She had seen him before!
…
A group of guests returned to the villa.
Shen Fu heard the system finally come online. She didn’t bother greeting the production team and went straight to her room.
“You went for another test?”
“Assessment failed.” The system sounded weak: “The system world has become too competitive. Some systems, only three years old, already have multiple hosts. I’m almost seventeen, and I still only have you, and you’re not fully developed. Other hosts are impressive, some in transmigration, some in rich families, some finish their missions in half a year. You’ve dragged it out until now.”
“How have you been recently?”
Shen Fu counted her saved money, plus what she earned from the recent variety show: “I have over four hundred million now. By the end of the show, I should make half of that. I can borrow the rest from the company. That should be about right.”
“Why not just go after Jiang Shu directly?”
The system couldn’t understand Shen Fu’s thoughts: “I feel like pursuing him shouldn’t be that hard. Why don’t you try?”
Shen Fu refused: “I don’t want to do a humiliating thing a second time.”
System: “What do you mean?”
Shen Fu said: “I mean I feel earning money is still more reliable.”
Jiang Shu seemed to have changed a lot recently, yet Shen Fu still couldn’t figure out his thoughts.
She remembered that back then, he had despised her to the point of glaring even when she went downstairs at midnight for water.
When she first entered the Shen family, Shen Fu thought he disliked her. Later, she wavered, wondering if he didn’t dislike her so much. Then, when she left the Jiang family, Shen Fu was sure, he really hated her.
But now, upon meeting again, they seemed able to get along as friends without mentioning the awkward incident before she left the Jiang family?
Shen Fu wavered again.
Could it mean that Jiang Shu now no longer viewed her as he did in their youth?
Shen Fu felt a little restless.
After updating the system on recent events and letting it log off to hurry back to do its homework, she opened the door to prepare dinner.
…
Meanwhile, Wang Xuanheng entered Jiang Shu’s room, looking around, a little surprised: “Where’s the camera? Doesn’t every room have one?”
Jiang Shu didn’t care. He went into the bathroom to change: “I took it down early and threw it away.”
“You’re unstoppable.” Wang Xuanheng gave him a thumbs up.
“This is still here.” Wang Xuanheng suddenly noticed, in Jiang Shu’s black suitcase full of black clothes and sunglasses, a pink water cup standing out.
“Are you wandering around my stuff? Get out.” Jiang Shu annoyed, hair still damp, strode over and slammed the suitcase shut.
He wanted to throw him out.
Wang Xuanheng tried to hold onto the doorframe: “Come on, the hallway has cameras. If you throw me out now, tomorrow I’ll get scolded by my family. And if someone thinks we’re not getting along, they might try to kick me out of the company.”
Jiang Shu shot him a dark look before letting go: “Just stand there, don’t touch anything.”
When Shen Fu left the Jiang family years ago, she didn’t leave anything behind.
Jiang Shu lay in bed sickly for a month.
She had left decisively, only forgetting a water cup on her school desk.
Speaking of why Shen Fu started using a water cup, that was another ridiculous story.
Wang Xuanheng: “Who told you to yell at her?”
Jiang Shu also remembered that night a few years ago.
In the same villa, the old master flew abroad, the butler and servants went home at night.
He was playing games at midnight, went out for snacks, and ran into Shen Fu in the kitchen.
Moonlight shone through the gauze window. The summer night was cool as water.
Her pajamas were an old cotton T-shirt and capri pants, loose. When she raised her hand to pour water, the curves of the girl under the clothes were fully visible.
Although Jiang Shu had never interacted with girls his age, he immediately realized:
She wasn’t wearing a bra to sleep!!!
Jiang Shu blushed furiously, immediately turned away and left.
He almost tripped over the bar counter.
She heard the noise and apologized: “I’ll go upstairs immediately.”
Was the question whether to go upstairs?
It was the problem of her appearing in his house!
Jiang Shu felt both embarrassed and angry, more so because he didn’t know why his blood was suddenly rushing and his face felt as hot as a fever.
And if she took another step closer, his heart would jump out!
He turned his head and glared at her fiercely.
Shen Fu froze, then ran upstairs immediately.
After that, she always brought her water cup wherever she went.
She no longer went downstairs at night to get water.
Seventeen-year-old Jiang Shu was still a prideful prodigy, never considering others’ feelings. He felt uneasy, wanted to apologize, but didn’t know where to start.
Because, even he himself didn’t know why his heart was racing so wildly that night.
Later, when he slowly sorted out his thoughts and ground down his bad temper, the person had already left.
……
The flying guest had to leave before dinner.
When Kuang Yueyi saw Shen Fu come out of the room, she couldn’t hold back. She stood up from the sofa and took the initiative to walk over.
It wasn’t as if Shen Fu didn’t know the little schemes of the people around her. She just usually ignored them whenever she could.
So she pretended not to see and brushed past her directly, heading behind the kitchen bar.
Kuang Yueyi was embarrassed for a second.
But the cameras were still filming, so she quickly adjusted herself.
She walked over with a smile and greeted Shen Fu: “Shen Fu, the flying guest is about to leave, chat with me for a bit?”
Shen Fu looked up at her, thought for a moment: “Okay.”
Kuang Yueyi had watched the livestream before and knew there was no camera in the storage room, so she and Shen Fu first walked outside the villa for a bit. Silent all the way, then finally circled into the storage room before starting to talk business.
Kuang Yueyi looked at Shen Fu with a faint gaze, and asked: “Do you know why I was able to get on the show?”
Shen Fu: “Not very interested.”
Although she had already picked a side in her heart, seeing how Shen Fu was always indifferent to every trap around her, Kuang Yueyi still couldn’t help but grit her teeth.
It made her look, whether before or now, really like a clown.
Over there, Zuo Mei put down the flower she was arranging and signaled to the cameraman beside her.
Her agent had said that Kuang Yueyi and Shen Fu had a grudge. She didn’t need to make a move herself, she just needed to reap the fisherman’s benefit.
Now that the two had gone into the storage room, they were definitely tearing into each other. If they didn’t livestream it now, then when?
“I don’t need to go over, Sister Mei.”
The cameraman whispered to her: “After the audience found out there was no camera in the storage room, the director arranged to put one in. They just didn’t have time to inform you guests yet.”
“Is that so?” Zuo Mei relaxed and continued leisurely arranging flowers.
Meanwhile, the barrage watching Shen Fu and Kuang Yueyi talk in the storage room was utterly shocked.
【The storage room has a camera livestreaming now? Do they know?】
【Woc they definitely don’t know, it’s over it’s over, feels like another trending topic incoming.】
Zuo Mei’s professional fan group stared excitedly at the screen.
They never expected heaven to help them like this, exactly what they wished for!
They had thought the rumor-spreading momentum that afternoon hadn’t picked up at all, and that sending Kuang Yueyi onto the variety show was basically a wasted chess piece.
But they didn’t expect Kuang Yueyi to be this bold, directly going to tear with Shen Fu in private!
The next second, Kuang Yueyi said: “It was Yinghua Media that contacted me and put me on the show.”
Zuo Mei’s fans: ?
Barrage: 【？】
Kuang Yueyi had no idea there was a camera in the storage room. Seeing Shen Fu silent, she continued: “Back then, when I and the other teammates ostracized you, that was our fault. But since it’s been so long already, after the show ends, can you maybe say something to Sister Liang…”
The barrage was stunned: 【？？？ Didn’t someone say this afternoon that Shen Fu bullied others?】
There was no time to think about why Zuo Mei’s agency would send someone who had a past conflict with Shen Fu onto the show, everyone was already shocked by Kuang Yueyi’s own words.
Zuo Mei’s professional fans were trembling with anger.
No way, this pig teammate, does she not know there’s a camera in the storage room?
That afternoon they were still discussing: if the dirty water really landed on Shen Fu, and the rumor turned into “truth,” then unless Kuang Yueyi personally clarified it, no one would believe Shen Fu was innocent.
And even if Kuang Yueyi personally clarified it, the audience might not believe it, thinking she was forced by Chunqiu Film behind Shen Fu.
But now…. ？？
The rumor hadn’t even begun, and Kuang Yueyi stabbed herself first!
Seeing Shen Fu remain silent, Kuang Yueyi felt unsure.
Before coming on the show, she had indeed planned that if she couldn’t stay in Chunqiu Film, then helping Zuo Mei this time would allow her to switch to Zuo Mei’s agency.
But after recognizing Jiang Shu in the car, she changed her mind instantly.
Would that person spare someone who betrayed Shen Fu?
“Do you remember that time you were shut outside the door with a high fever? Didn’t you wake up in the hospital?” Kuang Yueyi tried hard to curry favor with Shen Fu.
Shen Fu’s eyes did move at that, finally showing a trace of interest.
It had indeed happened, though many years ago, when Shen Fu had just entered the industry.
She didn’t get a fever because Kuang Yueyi and the roommates shut her out. It was because she danced and caught a chill from the cold wind, and was already feverish when she returned to the dorm.
But after waking up in the hospital, Liang Xiaochun not only froze Kuang Yueyi and the others, but never gave them any resources again.
Kuang Yueyi took out her phone from her pocket and handed it to Shen Fu: “Taken back then.”
Shen Fu’s gaze fell on the phone screen, and she suddenly froze.
And not only she froze, the barrage trying hard to see what it was also stared, dumbfounded.
【F*ck? What the h*ll?】
Even though it was through the screen, and the angle made it hard to see clearly, they could still barely recognize it. The tall back of the person hurriedly carrying Shen Fu away looked extremely familiar to those who watched the livestream daily, Jiang Shu’s back.
Three years ago, Jiang Shu carried Shen Fu away.
Judging by Shen Fu’s expression, she didn’t know.
Here comes the question: wasn’t there gossip five years ago saying Shen Fu was kicked out of the Jiang family?
So what on earth happened and what happened?
In that moment, the audience’s attention completely shifted. They didn’t even bother discussing Zuo Mei and her agency possibly targeting Shen Fu anymore. The whole screen was filled with shocked and desperately curious question marks.
【D and Shen Fu, what exactly was their relationship back then?】
Author’s note:
The hide-and-seek game segment referenced Running Man (Korea), Japanese disguise hide-and-seek, and the domestic show “Younger Ge, Go Go Go.”
The guests dressed up as cleaners, seaweed, fruit, made up as elders and all sorts of things. It was very fun, everyone can take a look.
She vaguely remembered that in some episode, a guest hid inside a wall, and literally no one noticed hahahahahaha.
