Chapter 133

Chapter 133

“Why don’t I see Fu Zhi?” Jiang Sheshe asked curiously, blurting it out directly.

The smile at the corners of Ning Mingyue’s lips paused for a moment before she explained, “Because Ah Zhi and I didn’t have any inspiration for a couple shot, we chose solo photos first. In the end, we found the solo photo turned out pretty well, so we decided to use this one.”

Back when they were taking photos, by the end, both of them had been nursing their own little grievances.

Considering her persona for the livestream, Ning Mingyue had taken the initiative to suggest taking a photo together with Fu Zhi.

In the end, Fu Zhi had only sneered, casually taken a few solo shots of her with a stand, then dusted off his hands and walked off on his own.

So in the end, Ning Mingyue could only choose one of her own solo photos and submit it to the Program Team.

She hadn’t thought much of it when she submitted it. After all, the Program Team’s requirement was “no limit on the number of people in the photo, as long as it was completed through cooperation between the two.”

Fu Zhi had helped take the photo for her, so how did that not count as a photo completed through their cooperation?

What she hadn’t expected was that the other three groups had all submitted photos where both people appeared on camera at the same time.

So when Jiang Sheshe asked that question, Ning Mingyue did feel a flicker of guilt and panic, and secretly resented Jiang Sheshe a little for pointing it out.

Fortunately, no one else took it seriously, and they all believed Ning Mingyue’s explanation.

Only Fu Zhi himself, after hearing Ning Mingyue’s “polished” explanation, openly rolled his eyes, let out a scoff, and clapped mockingly.

“As expected of you, Ning Mingyue.”

Miss Fake really had mastered the art of language from childhood to adulthood. She only knew how to describe things in whatever way benefited her most.

When they were taking photos earlier, when had Ning Mingyue ever said they would take solo shots first and then a couple shot?

Oh. She had said it when they were almost done.

Seeing Fu Zhi’s cold, cutting attitude, Ning Mingyue seemed a little at a loss. “What is it? Wasn’t it just as I said?”

Fu Zhi let out a laugh. “Whether it was or not, you know perfectly well.”

Ning Mingyue looked around in silence, as though she didn’t know what to say.

The atmosphere instantly grew a little stiff.

Fortunately, Fu Zhi did not say anything else after that.

He simply treated Ning Mingyue like she was invisible, then lowered his eyes, took out his phone, and started clacking away at the keyboard.

Several “ding ding ding” notifications rang out.

Ning Xi’s phone started buzzing nonstop.

A little confused, she opened her phone and discovered that it was a long string of messages from Fu Zhi, that childish little brat.

There were too many messages, so after they were collapsed, only the first one was visible.

Never Be a Sycophant Again: Fake woman fake woman fake woman

With a smack, Ning Xi slapped Fu Zhi on the back of the head.

“Try cursing me in private messages again!”

She still remembered how he had specifically @’d her on Moments and called her “fake” before.

Fu Zhi: “…”

This damn girl was finding excuses to hit him on purpose again!!!

Still, Ning Xi eventually read all the messages Fu Zhi had sent. They were basically all him complaining about Ning Mingyue this and Ning Mingyue that.

Along with how annoying it was to be teamed up with Ning Mingyue, and how it was still better to be grouped with someone familiar, blah blah blah.

By the end, for the nth time, he asked when Ning Xi was going to add his personal WeChat back. He was very anxious.

After pondering for a while, Ning Xi replied to Fu Zhi seriously, one message at a time.

Before long, Fu Zhi received her messages.

When he saw the four words “WeChat Red Packet” in the message preview, he was a little confused. Why was Ning Xi sending him money? It wasn’t exactly raining blood outside.

But after he tapped open the message and read the contents, his face instantly darkened.

Don’t Let the Dishonest Off: Your pain hurts my heart too. I want to solve it for you.

Don’t Let the Dishonest Off: [WeChat Red Packet] And unlike other people, I don’t just talk. I also copy and paste.

That “WeChat Red Packet” was just text Ning Xi had copied out!!!

Fu Zhi: Enough. Seriously, enough!

That afternoon.
The eight guests each returned to their own courtyards to continue preparing for that evening’s performance.

On Ning Xi and Xie Lanchen’s side, they ran into a slight complication.

Director Qin wanted them to work a bit of advertising into their skit.

At first, Ning Xi was very reluctant. “Our skit is this amazing. Who would want to watch ads?”

Director Qin said, “I’ll pay you.”

Ning Xi replied, “Well, it’s not impossible. After all, our skit is pretty explosive. Some viewers might need an ad break to catch their breath.”

Director Qin: “…”

The products that needed to be placed were a certain brand of sushi and a thermos. Director Qin also knew it would be difficult, so he told Ning Xi and Xie Lanchen to pick one of the two, whichever was easier.

Xie Lanchen looked at the two items in silence.

Ning Xi, meanwhile, let out a long sigh. “Had Heaven not given birth to Xiao Xi, advertising would have been trapped in eternal night!”

Then she looked at Director Qin. “What if I can place both of these in the skit?”

Director Qin was a little skeptical, but he still said, “Then I’ll pay you double!”

Ning Xi said, “Deal!”

After Director Qin left, Xie Lanchen finally said hesitantly, “I don’t think there’s any part of our performance where we can add sushi.”

A lawyer could drink water from a thermos, but surely he couldn’t eat sushi while drinking water during a legal consultation, right?

Ning Xi patted Xie Lanchen on the shoulder. “Xiao Xie, do you trust me?”

The moment she said that, Xie Lanchen smiled.

The corners of his mouth curved lazily. “I forgot. Teacher Ning is omnipotent. You’ll definitely come up with a solution.”

Ning Xi nodded in satisfaction. “So trust me. Everything will go horribly wrong!”

Xie Lanchen: “…”

Seeing Xie Lanchen’s expression instantly turn to stone, Ning Xi burst into laughter. Only then did she rub her hands together and say,

“I’m kidding. I’ve already figured out how to seamlessly work both ads in. I’ll go revise the script right away. It’s just that my hands suddenly feel a little weak. I might need a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice to recover my strength…”

Xie Lanchen understood at once, then laughed helplessly.

“Little Assistant, reporting for duty.”

And so, while “Little Assistant” diligently squeezed juice, Ning Xi revised the script at lightning speed.

Her new script might require the addition of a female character with only two or three lines.

Ning Xi’s first thought was Jiang Sheshe. After all, Jiang Sheshe was uninhibited, and the acting workload would not be heavy either.

She sent Jiang Sheshe a message asking if she wanted to join, but to her surprise, Jiang Sheshe, who usually seemed to live beside the router, actually did not reply instantly this time.

Ning Xi simply went straight to Jiang Sheshe’s livestream to see what she was doing.

After opening the livestream, she fell silent.

Time rewound to ten minutes earlier.

Jiang Sheshe had opened her phone, wanting to continue checking the voting progress.

Then she discovered the sky had collapsed. There were actually netizens accusing her of being stupid, saying she had caused Shen Yibai to be cyberbullied, that she was unpleasant when she spoke, and telling her to quit the variety show and get out of China while she was at it.

Ever since Jiang Sheshe had joined the variety show, she had often been scolded, but the commotion had never amounted to much.

Basically, before she even saw it, the Jiang family and her company had already dealt with it.

So this was Jiang Sheshe’s first time seeing so many nasty comments.

The young miss couldn’t quite take it and actually started crying right there in the livestream.

She cried for one minute. When she lowered her head, she accidentally caught sight of herself reflected on her phone’s dark screen.

After one second of silence, she sighed in public. “How do I look this good even when I’m crying?”

Then she immediately held up her phone and started snapping a nine-shot crying selfie set.

[…………………… Why did she suddenly start taking selfies? I hadn’t even finished typing my comforting words.]

[Jiang Sheshe is actually pretty good at cheering herself up. She was crying a second ago, and now she’s taking pictures and cackling.]

[Jiang Sheshe annoys me so much, but sometimes I really do think this little thing is kind of fun.]

[Who invented Jiang Sheshe? I can’t bring myself to hate her, but I can’t bring myself to love her either. [stunned]]