Chapter 109

Chapter 109

Fu Zhi struck a pose as if he were about to gnaw the succulent raw.

A sleepwalker mistaking a succulent for food was perfectly normal, right?

Fu Zhi felt there was nothing wrong with his logic.

[Just dance already. One move and everyone goes silent.]

[Fu Zhi’s mental state is ahead of its time.]

[Succulent: Good lord, my living nightmare. Someone’s actually trying to eat me raw.]

[Princess, they’re all laughing at you, and yet you’re the funniest one here.]

At the doorway.

Ning Xi pinched hard at an arm, trying to keep herself from laughing out loud.

But it didn’t seem to be working.

The ever-unflappable Xie Lanchen smiled faintly. “Because you’re pinching my arm.”

“…”

Ning Xi quickly withdrew her hand. First, she rubbed the spot on Xie Lanchen’s arm that she had pinched, then stretched out her own hand.

“Fine, you can pinch me back.”

But Xie Lanchen, standing opposite her, didn’t move at all.

Ning Xi looked up in confusion, only to find that Xie Lanchen seemed to be practically steaming all over. Even the tips of his ears had gone bright red.

Ning Xi: ? Is it really that hot today?

[When Ning Xi rubbed Xie Lanchen’s arm, Xie Lanchen’s face visibly got redder bit by bit.]

[Holy crap, Xiao Xie is that innocent? He doesn’t look it. I thought he’d be the smooth type.]

[That contrast makes them even better to ship. [crying]]

[This is just what Xi-Lan Flower is like. At first glance, they look like veteran love experts who’ve seen it all, but in reality they’re just a pair of pure-hearted puppy idiot lovebirds. Like a toy gun-when you pull the trigger, what bursts out is candy and roses.]

[Sis, if you can talk like that, then talk more.]

Ning Xi was just about to ask Xie Lanchen what exactly was going on.

Suddenly, a furious shout rang out behind them.

“Who gave you two permission to get all handsy and date in front of my house?! Are your own houses too small for your romance or something?!”

The moment those words came out-

Ning Xi and Xie Lanchen at the door, along with Fu Zhi inside, all froze at the same time.

Only Jiang Sheshe used her left hand to push Ning Xi aside and her right hand to shove Xie Lanchen away, then peered through the crack in the door to see what was going on inside.

Damn it! It was bad enough those two were dating at her front door, but they were both so tall that they were blocking her view of the drama!

Did short people have no human rights?!

Jiang Sheshe looked angrily into the courtyard, only to discover that aside from Fu Zhi standing there like a wooden post, there was nothing worth seeing at all.

“What exactly are you here for?” Jiang Sheshe asked Ning Xi.

Ning Xi coughed. Her eyes shifted, and instead of answering, she asked, “Where did you go? Why are you only back now?”

[What a beautiful reversal of guest and host.]

And sure enough, Jiang Sheshe’s attention was diverted.

She pushed open the door and lifted her chin. “I contacted my assistant and asked her to bring over my audio equipment and microphones.”

Ning Xi poked her head out like a curious puppy. “Doesn’t the Program Team provide equipment and microphones?”

Jiang Sheshe clicked her tongue. “That crappy equipment from the Program Team? Who are they trying to fool? My equipment is Acous, the highest concert-level spec. Back then, it cost tens of millions-anyway, it was really expensive.”

Only when she got to this point did Jiang Sheshe remember there were cameras around, and she hastily changed her wording.

[It cost tens of millions? Holy crap, Acous really is the Rolls-Royce of the audio world.]

[I know this brand. Apparently their top-tier equipment can cost over a hundred million.]

[Jiang Sheshe even deliberately changed “tens of millions” to “really expensive.” Was that to keep us from feeling inferior?]

[It’s fine, it’s fine, it’s fine. Rich people become honest when they run into a bumpkin like me. I can’t even tell a Maybach from a taxi. I’m so poor that if you flaunted your wealth in front of me, I wouldn’t even notice.]

[Give me back my rich second-gen life. Give me back my wealthy parents. Give me back my chance to study abroad. Reincarnation system, I will never forgive you. You made me dirt poor and let me feel inferior for over a decade.]

As a singer, Ning Xi heard Jiang Sheshe say she actually had audio equipment worth tens of millions, and for a moment, her feet refused to move.
Jiang Sheshe looked at her like that and snorted. “Well, since it’s already been moved here, I guess letting you sing one song won’t hurt.”

Ning Xi let out a shrill, explosive squeal. She grabbed Jiang Sheshe in excitement and shook her back and forth. “Sister Jiang! My one and only sister!”

Jiang Sheshe felt like her brains were about to be shaken into a smoothie. She bristled. “Shake me one more time and see what happens!”

Ning Xi behaved herself in one second flat.

She followed Jiang Sheshe inside, then stared intently as the staff set up the speakers.

She had completely forgotten about a certain Mr. Fu, who was still standing there like a post after publicly dying of embarrassment.

It wasn’t until Jiang Sheshe found that certain Mr. Fu a little in the way that she finally couldn’t help saying, “Hey, you over there. Can you go bask in the sun somewhere else?”

Only then did Fu Zhi slowly turn his head, like a robot that had finally received a command.

Ning Xi looked up and greeted him with a bright, radiant smile. “Hiii!”

A tiny spark of hope immediately rose in Fu Zhi’s heart again. What if Ning Xi hadn’t seen the sleepwalking act?

He tried to speak. “When did you get here just now? Did you see anything?”

Ning Xi put on a thoughtful expression.

Fu Zhi held his breath and looked at Ning Xi with hope in his eyes.

Ning Xi clapped her hands. “I got here right when you started dancing.”

Then she began imitating Fu Zhi’s dance moves, which had all the flexibility of reinforced concrete.

A moment later, she seemed to be possessed by Lam Ching-ying himself. “And I saw you walking around like you were sleepwalking.”

Finally, she opened her huge, bloody maw at the succulent. “And you were going to eat it!”

After finishing the performance, Ning Xi doubled over laughing.

“Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, Zhizi, what on earth are you doing every day?!”

Seeing Ning Xi laugh so happily, Xie Lanchen couldn’t help the corners of his mouth from curving up too.

This moment was captured with perfect precision by the shipping scholars.

[Good grief, does anyone remember Xie Lanchen’s face when he saw Fu Zhi doing his abstract nonsense? He was clearly disgusted, speechless, and confused. So why is he smiling so happily when Ning Xi performs it?]

[Can his wife and his love rival be the same?]

[Xie Lanchen watching Fu Zhi act absurd: psycho. Xie Lanchen watching Ning Xi act absurd: you’re so cute.]

[That’s Xi-Lan Flower for you.]

Jiang Sheshe laughed so hard that tears came out. She hadn’t expected Fu Zhi to be this unhinged too. No wonder Ning Xi had invited Fu Zhi onto this variety show back then…

The heart Fu Zhi had been holding in suspense stopped beating altogether.

And Ning Xi just had to pour oil on the fire by comforting him. “Sis, I get you. I’m also a certified nutcase.”

Fu Zhi: …

Without saying a word, he returned to his room, squatted in the corner, shut himself off from the world, and fell into deep thought.

Didn’t they say there weren’t that many spectators in this world?

The three people in the courtyard continued testing the sound system.

Only after Ning Xi had finished singing a few songs did she finally remember Fu Zhi.

“Huh? Where’s Fu Zhi? Doesn’t he love hogging the mic more than anyone?”

The Danmaku didn’t let Fu Zhi off either.

[Fu Zhi has already shattered in his room.]

[He looks fine on the outside, but in reality, he’s already in pieces.]

[Can he shatter into 88 pieces? I want to exchange them for a Xiao Qiao skin.]

[Fu Zhi is in his room thinking about how to resolve this matter: should he get rid of Ning Xi, Xie Lanchen, and Jiang Sheshe, or should he get rid of himself?]

[It’s okay, princess. Go ask Wei Xuan for advice. He knows better than anyone what it feels like to embarrass yourself in front of the person you like.]

[Wei Xuan: ?]

Just then, the guests received a message from the Program Team.

“Youai Village Chief: Dear guests, tonight will be our final night in Ling Village. Were you satisfied with the guests you lived with last night? Would you like to continue living with them tonight?

If your answer is yes, then the House Defense Battle officially begins!”