Chapter 71

Chapter 71

“That was a scam! It was a total setup, wasn’t it?”

Jiang Sheshe finally snapped out of it and looked at the cameraman beside her.

The cameraman gave Jiang Sheshe a look that was hard to describe.

“No, I have to get my money back! That was all the money I had!”

Jiang Sheshe chased after the direction where the old woman had just disappeared.

But after walking around for a bit, there was no sign of her.

“Strange, there clearly isn’t anywhere to hide around here.”

“Oh, Jiang Sheshe, you’re here too? What a coincidence!”

Just as Jiang Sheshe was wondering what happened, a familiar voice rang out.

Jiang Sheshe looked toward the source of the sound.

“Ning Xi?”

She looked Ning Xi up and down, feeling more and more that something was off.

Why wasn’t Ning Xi wearing any makeup?

Moreover, the hair at her temples was a bit damp, as if she had just washed her face.

“Phew, I was just helping a family settle an argument. It made me sweat like crazy,” Ning Xi said, pretentiously wiping droplets of water from her forehead.

Jiang Sheshe was instantly convinced by this excuse and asked Ning Xi, “Did you see a woman in her fifties just now? The kind who runs really fast?”

Ning Xi shook her head with a look of pure, innocent confusion. “No. Why? Did something happen?”

Jiang Sheshe said crossly, “She scammed me out of my money!”

Ning Xi immediately looked even more furious than Jiang Sheshe. “That’s awful! She’s totally undignified for her age! How could she just go around bullying idiots like that?”

“Exactly… Wait, what?!” Jiang Sheshe realized something was wrong halfway through her agreement.

What did she mean by “bullying idiots”?

Did Ning Xi think she was an idiot?!

Ning Xi sighed. “Let’s not talk about that for now. You should go look for her. After all, that was money you earned through your hard work.”

Jiang Sheshe huffed, thinking that Ning Xi had finally said something remotely human for once.

From beginning to end, she never suspected that Ning Xi was actually the old woman who had scammed her.

After all, in Jiang Sheshe’s eyes, no scammer would dare to reappear in front of their victim.

[Is Jiang Sheshe the real-life version of someone who gets cheated and then helps the scammer count the money?]

“Bye-bye~”

Ning Xi watched Jiang Sheshe’s retreating back while slowly backing away herself.

She was prepared to bolt the moment Jiang Sheshe noticed something was wrong.

However, after only a few steps backward, her back hit something hard.

Her nose caught a faint, cold, and slightly bitter scent.

Ning Xi turned around quickly and saw Shen Yibai looking down at her.

His gaze was devoid of emotion, neither cold nor warm, but Ning Xi somehow sensed a hint of condescension in it.

Ning Xi took a deep breath and then stomped hard on Shen Yibai’s white casual shoes.

“What is your mouth for? I don’t have eyes in the back of my head, but don’t you have eyes in the front of yours? Just because you don’t talk much, do you really have to act like a mute?”

Always acting so cool!

Shen Yibai looked at the footprint on his pure white shoes. His eyelid twitched slightly as he said in a flat tone, “You’re the one who backed into me.”

“Then why didn’t you warn me? Are you missing a tongue?” Ning Xi shot back directly.

Shen Yibai stopped talking, his expression indifferent and detached.

He didn’t look guilty in the slightest.

[? Are the two of them actually that close?]

[Before, we only knew that Ning Xi, Fu Zhi, Shen Yibai, and Ning Mingyue probably all knew each other. Looking at it now, they must have a really good relationship.]

Ning Xi rolled her eyes and prepared to leave.

Only then did Shen Yibai speak again in a low voice. “Fu Zhi’s phone got water damage. He asked me to tell you that he’s gone to the village clinic.”

Ning Xi tried her best to control the corners of her mouth from curling up. “Oh? How did that happen? Is the phone okay?”

This news was like a cool breeze in the middle of summer; it made her feel wonderful.

Shen Yibai choked for a moment before saying coldly, “The phone is likely broken, but the person is fine.”

Ning Xi sighed, her voice laced with genuine disappointment. “What a shame.”

The corner of Shen Yibai’s mouth twitched imperceptibly.
[Is Ning Xi feeling sorry for the phone or the person? (System Crash)]

[I suddenly feel like Shen Yibai has a kind of deadpan humor. Does anyone get me?]

[And he doesn’t seem to talk back when Ning Xi scolds him?]

[Fu Zhi: Don’t even mention it. So what if he talks back? He still wouldn’t be able to win an argument against Ning Xi.]

[Summary: No one can out-talk my Sister Ning.]

Despite what she said, Ning Xi still checked in with her cameraman to confirm Fu Zhi’s situation.

It turned out that a child from the village had gone swimming in the river and started drowning. Fu Zhi happened to be passing by and saved the child. With the help of the Program Team, the child was rushed to the nearest hospital to Ling Village for an examination.

Ning Xi clicked her tongue. “That useless snack actually performed pretty well today.”

Surprisingly, nothing had gone wrong in the middle of it-no leg cramps, no sudden fear of water, or any other way of dropping the ball.

One had to know that back when Fu Zhi, Shen Yibai, and Ning Mingyue were taking private swimming lessons as kids, he was the one crying in the corner of the pool, so scared he didn’t even realize his leg was cramping.

It was Ning Xi who had noticed Fu Zhi’s predicament when she went to bring clothes to Ning Mingyue.

Back then, Fu Zhi was only five years old. He didn’t have his current talent for being a total prick; back then, when he was saved, he actually knew how to say a sweet “thank you.”

Comparing that to the current Fu Zhi… Sigh, the past is too painful to look back on.

Ning Xi shook her head, patted her pants off, and headed back to the house arranged by the Program Team to rest.

At the hospital.

“Did Shen Yibai tell Ning Xi I’m at the hospital?”

Fu Zhi held back for a few minutes before asking the cameraman for the nth time.

“He did.”

“Then why hasn’t Ning Xi come over yet?”

“…”

“Could it be that Shen Yibai didn’t explain the situation clearly? Or is Ning Xi already on her way and just stuck in traffic?”

“…”

The cameraman looked conflicted, unsure whether he should tell him the truth: that Ning Xi was currently at home eating her second dinner of the night.

Fortunately, the parents of the drowning child arrived at the hospital just in time, leaving Fu Zhi no time to obsess over the matter.

“The doctor said it’s thanks to Mr. Fu performing CPR on Xiaobao so quickly, otherwise Xiaobao might have been in danger.”

“Thank you, Big Brother, for saving me!”

After the child finished his physical examination and it was confirmed he wasn’t experiencing any discomfort, his parents brought him over to thank Fu Zhi.

Fu Zhi patted the child’s head. Recalling the past, his expression softened significantly, losing its usual violence and irritability.

“Someone once saved me from drowning. I didn’t expect that many years later, I would use the same method to save someone else.”

The world was truly a mysterious place.

[Holy crap, this is the first time I’ve seen Fu Zhi make that kind of face.]

[He’s not actually a bad person, his mouth is just way too toxic. (Shakes head)]

On the other side.

While Ning Xi was eating at the house temporarily arranged by the Program Team, she received a message from Li Hua.

Li Hua: “Sister Xi! Meimei and I finished our KFC and headed home! Thank you so much for your help! I’m going to go boost your rankings right now.”

As if to prove it, Li Hua also sent a high-definition photo of a ten-wing KFC bucket, along with a photo of him and Han Meimei making a heart shape with their hands.

Ning Xi: “…”

Why did the rice in her bowl suddenly stop tasting good?!

“My god, seeing a young couple dating and holding hands at KFC… I’m so envious,” Ning Xi sighed deeply.

Wei Xuan took the initiative to put some food into Jiang Sheshe’s bowl.

He had made tonight’s dinner all by himself, and every dish was tailored to Jiang Sheshe’s tastes.

At this moment, Jiang Sheshe still hadn’t realized that Ning Xi was the one who had scammed her out of her money. She complained to Wei Xuan at the dinner table about being cheated while simultaneously giggling at the food in her bowl, feeling blissful again.

She looked at the sighing Ning Xi. “What are you envious of? Do you want to date and hold hands too?”

She knew it. No matter how dense a block of wood was, as long as they saw someone else being happy, they would eventually see the light.

Ning Xi slumped back in her chair. “I really want to eat KFC too!”

Everyone: “…”