Chapter 32: Scumbag Wan Wan, he is not worth it

The second episode is mainly based on playing games, earning points and winning the competition.

The location is in a nearby ancient town.

Places like this all have one characteristic: the houses are very crowded, and the alleys are numerous, narrow, and complicated.

Fortunately, due to the need for filming, there were not many other people around except for some vendors.

Wen Nian played a number of mini-games that morning, and in the afternoon, they entered the final phase. Players had to search for hidden quests in the town, and the one with the most points within the allotted time would win.

Facing the camera for the first time, Wen Nian felt a little awkward.

It just so happens that this kind of program requires participants to talk more and put all their inner thoughts on the table.

In the end, I was still a little unsure of the severity of the situation, and the words just popped out without thinking.

Look, I just saw two people not far away.

She faced the camera and shouted, "Hey, there are two people over there, go check it out."

After saying that, I realized that Chunchun was asking for trouble, but words are spoken and spilled, so I could only bite the bullet and move on.

"What are you doing?"

When I got closer, I found that it was Liu Pingyi and a female celebrity. They seemed to be doing some cooperative task. Their legs were tied together and there was a pile of balloons on the ground in front of them.

Hearing Wen Nian's voice, the female star immediately let go of the hand she was holding with Liu Pingyi. She felt guilty almost subconsciously and forgot that she was in front of the camera.

Seeing Liu Pingyi's expression, she quickly hid her annoyance and said aggrievedly, "I'm on a mission. This ball is really hard to step on."

This scene fell accurately into Wen Nian's eyes. She frowned slightly, but then thought that this was a variety show, and some intimate contact was normal.

After chatting with them for a while and knowing that this kind of game can only be opened once, I hurried away.

After working hard for a long time, she finally found a hidden task in a photo studio.

The clerk reminded: "Hello, here we need a man and a woman to work together to take a photo that meets the requirements to be considered successful."

"Need two people?" Wen Nian said, "Oh," and said, "Then I have to find a partner."

Just as he was about to go out to look for her, he bumped into Xu Zhijian the next second.

"What mission? It's just right for us to team up." He asked with a smile.

The two looked at each other for two seconds.

Although he really wanted to refuse, Wen Nian had no other choice for the time being. After all, this was a show.

And she took the money.

Soon I started preparing for makeup.

Wen Nian sat in front of the dressing mirror, letting the two shop assistants tidy up her look. She asked, "How long does it take to finish my makeup?"

"About half an hour."

"So soon?"

"Yeah. It might be a little sloppy though, mainly to get the job done quickly."

"That's true."

Wen Nian was speaking hard, and she glanced at Xu Zhijian beside her and found that he was silent. The photographer behind him also looked helpless.

Noticing her gaze, Xu Zhijian was stunned. Others might not be able to see it, but he knew clearly that this look was not a good one.

I sighed again in my heart, he is like this even on the show, it seems I really hate him.

But the next second, she asked, "How many points did you get?"

Xu Zhijian's heart, which had just sunk, rose again, and he quickly replied, "About ten."

idiot!

Is this something that can be said?

"Oh, good luck to you then."

"Good luck to you, too."

Feeling that there was nothing much to talk about with him, Wen Nian continued chatting with the clerk: "Sister, how many points can each of us get for completing this task?"

"It's five points a person."

"Fifteen points per person!?"

"Yes, five points."

"Oh, okay. Why do you have to do the makeup? Can't we just shoot directly?"

"This is also part of our show. Several tasks require makeup. Most likely everyone will have a turn, and they have to wear the makeup until the end of the show."

Wen Nian understood: "What are we doing here?"

"Young men and women from Miao areas."

She paused. "Wow. Actually, I've always loved photoshoots. You can wear beautiful clothes, put on beautiful makeup, and take lots of beautiful photos. I just never had the chance to try it."

Hearing this, Xu Zhijian's heart skipped a beat and his hands tightened unconsciously.

He remembered that Wen Nian had mentioned this to him once before. At that time, he said that he hated taking pictures the most. She said "oh" in a muffled voice, a trace of loss flashed across her eyes, and then she returned to normal in an instant.

She never mentioned it again, not even in the last year when she was the most spoiled in front of him.

She took his words to heart, but he didn't even know what she liked most.

My chest suddenly felt stuffy and painful.

It turned out that from the beginning to the end, his love for her was far less than her love for him.

The voice that overlapped with the one in his memory echoed in his ears. Every word was like a sharp sword, cutting into his heart and causing him excruciating pain.

A sob rose unconsciously at the tip of my nose.

Almost instinctively, Xu Zhijian desperately wanted to search his memory for any bad things she had done to him, even if it was only a tiny bit.

But he couldn't find it.

Wen Nian is completely different from him. She is very good at loving someone, so much so that he, who never believes in love, chooses to believe in her.

But she is so nice... Why is she so nice...

The overwhelming powerlessness and self-blame almost overwhelmed him. His fingers trembled involuntarily, and with panic, Xu Zhijian suddenly became very scared, afraid that he would never be able to win her back.

He didn't want to lose her, not at all.

In the past year, he was in a daze every day, doing what a living person should do step by step, but his heart was filled with endless emptiness.

Wen Nian disappeared so completely.

I can't find her no matter what, and sometimes I even feel that meeting her is just a dream.

A beautiful dream that did not belong to him.

No one in this world will love him.

The scenery on campus remained the same. He walked alone through the spring, summer, autumn and winter without her, and every look in his eyes was subconsciously looking for traces of her existence.

When I see a figure that looks like her from behind in a crowd, my heart stops for a moment.

From the initial anger to hatred and then to the depleted pain, in the end he just wanted her to come back, no matter what the reason, he didn't care.

He just wanted her, just wanted to see her again.

But when they really met again, Xu Zhijian was at a loss when he saw her for the first time. At that moment, he suddenly didn't know how to face her.

She appeared in his house, and the moment he opened the door, she was staring at him from behind the door. He had never imagined such a reunion.

At the most unlikely time, in the most unlikely place.

Begging?

There seemed to be no reason. He just thought that she was angry about a trivial matter and chose to abandon him completely without explaining anything to him.

Hate? Revenge?

No, he didn't hate her, and he didn't want to take revenge on her.

He just wanted to be with her every day and never be separated again.

But when he saw her extremely disgusted look, which made her want to escape quickly, he couldn't control himself and hit her. Rather than being angry, he felt more aggrieved at that moment, just like when he was a child and was cruelly abandoned by his parents. He childishly grabbed her and asked why.

But she still wanted to provoke him, still said nothing, and inexplicably had a strong hatred for him. He just felt powerless, with uncontrollable emotions and a nearly broken heart, which eroded his remaining will inch by inch. On the one hand, he wanted to vent his long-accumulated resentment on her, and on the other hand, he restrained himself from hurting her. In the end, he could only swallow his anger alone.

This unexpected reunion was thought to be a gift from heaven. He began to pester her every day, and he always relied on this in the past, thinking that she would forgive him after pestering her for a long time.

But that night on the cruise ship, he saw Wen Nian like that for the first time. Every word she said and the look in her eyes when she looked at him hit his weakest spot precisely.

At that moment, Xu Zhijian woke up from his dream.

It turned out that she left him simply because she didn't like him anymore. She was only disappointed in him and disgusted with the past.

The punishment that was three years late finally fell on him.

Xu Zhijian didn't know what to do right, nor did he know if this was any use, and he didn't know how many times he would be able to see Wen Nian in the future.

They said not to pester him, but she didn't want to say a word to him.

"Did I poke your eye?" the makeup artist asked.

Xu Zhijian looked in the mirror and realized that his eyes were bloodshot, with tears that were about to fall.

He didn't dare blink for fear it would fall out, so he had to wait for it to dry.

After a long while, he hummed softly.

"Sorry, I'll be more careful next time."

—

The two of them finished their makeup almost at the same time. When Wen Nian stood up and saw Xu Zhijian, she was obviously stunned.

His facial features are strong and colorful, which suits him very well. He really looks like a Miao person who can cast poison on people. It's rare that he has lost his laziness.

When Xu Zhijian was about to look back at her, she moved away first.

Wen Nian: "Let's start, how should we shoot it?"

Led by the staff, the two came in front of the camera and were separated by a piece of cloth.

"You two need to each choose one of the designated actions, until you both choose the same one and take a coordinated photo together."

"Sure. Come on."

Looking at the cards in front of him, Wen Nian knew what Xu Zhijian would choose without having to guess.

Universal Scissorhands.

The moment the camera shutter sounded, the staff member's voice was heard with regret: "Well, take another one."

Wen Nian:?

It’s not Scissorhands?

That would probably be touching the chin, the second hardest one.

Not really!

Xu Zhijian was also confident. Although he had not taken many photos before, he had seen Wen Nian take quite a few, most of which were cute photos of her making a heart shape with her hands and supporting her chin.

The crackling sound continued for several times, and finally stopped with a knock on the wall.

"Okay, it's quite beautiful."

The staff divided the photos into two packages and handed them to the two of them: "You can take them back as souvenirs."

Wen Nian breathed a sigh of relief: "No, thank you."

Then he thought of something and added, "It's not very convenient to take it."

"Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll go somewhere else first." As she said this, she had already walked a few steps out the door, and even faced the camera only, as if she was talking to the audience.

Xu Zhijian looked at her fleeting figure, opened his mouth, and hesitated to speak.

"Give it to me, thank you."

—

When the show ended, the sky was covered with dark clouds and a cool breeze began to blow.

The leaves rustled in my ears, and the hot air became more humid.

It looks like it's going to rain.

This place is not far from the hotel, so there is no need to organize everyone to go back together. After the show is over, everyone can do whatever they want.

Wen Nian had seen the rain in the south before; it came quickly and violently.

She decided to go back early.

The roads in the ancient town are winding and the field of vision is narrow. No one knows whether they will encounter something incredible in the next second.

The next second——

Wen Nian stood there, his eyes wide open.

After seeing the scene clearly, she took a deep breath and quickly hid behind the wall with her heart about to jump out of her chest.

That was... the female star Liu Pingyi met in the afternoon.

Why did she seem to see them hugging each other?

Everything that happened next made her believe it.

A woman's coquettish voice echoed behind him, "Why are you here? Looking for excitement?"

"Yeah, you don't want to?" Liu Ping also smiled dotingly: "No other place is allowed either. The anti-peeping measures here are good. I haven't touched you for almost two months. I miss you so much. Let's make do with it."

As he spoke, he was about to put it in his mouth.

The female star giggled twice and pushed him away again: "Wait, you have to give me a definite answer today. When are you going to break up with that guy surnamed Shen? You said you would only date him for two years, how long has it been now?"

"You're not really in love with her, are you? Do you want to marry into a wealthy family?"

"How is that possible?" Liu Ping also kissed her on the cheek and said, "Baby, I love you the most."

"Look, with her, both of our careers will flourish. She guides me, and I guide you."

"Wait a little longer. Once I get two more good notebooks from her, I'll find a reason to break up with her peacefully. Then our good days will begin."

Wen Nian leaned against the wall, his face pale and full of disbelief.

The hand holding the phone recording could not help but tremble.

How could it be...

The bright smile of Shen Wan appeared in her mind, and she felt distressed. She wanted to go up and slap the two of them.

But she couldn't, because it would be of no benefit to Shen Wan if this matter became a big deal.

We can only keep the evidence and think of countermeasures later.

Wen Nian didn't know how she left in the end. She only remembered that if she heard one more word of those disgusting dirty words, she would vomit.

On the way back.

Wen Nian was worried and hesitated for a long time, but finally called Shen Wan.

The call was answered quickly: "Dear~ Why did you bother to call me? How was your trip? Isn't the scenery in Ningcheng super beautiful?"

"Wan Wan."

Hearing her voice tremble, Shen Wan immediately became serious: "What's wrong? ...Did that bastard Xu Zhijian bully you again?"

"No." Wen Nian took a breath and said it out loud: "I have something bad to say, and you need to be mentally prepared in advance - it's about your boyfriend."

"What?" Shen Wan joked, "From your tone, is he a jerk to me?"

Wen Nian didn't say anything.

Shen Wan was also silent, and it took a long time before he spoke: "...Really? Don't lie to me."

As she asked this question, her heart skipped a beat.

Wen Nian couldn't possibly joke about this. Suddenly, she felt an indescribable feeling. This news came too suddenly, and no one could digest it all at once.

Thunder exploded overhead and traveled through the phone to the other side, accompanied by a mild "hmm".

Wen Nian heard the sound of a wine glass breaking.

Then there was a dead silence that lasted for several seconds.

"Wan Wan..."

She didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only remain quiet on the other end of the phone and accompany her silently.

"How did you find out?"

"I made a recording."

Shen Wan: “Send it to me.”

"……good."

Wen Nian listened to the voice coming from the other side, over and over again, and unknowingly, his heart tightened.

"Wanwan, he's not worth it."

A low, hoarse laugh, full of self-deprecation.

"Sure, that's great! I've been fooled by this couple for so long."

Wen Nian knew she was upset, and he was eager to vent her anger immediately, "What do you want to do? I'll accompany you."

"Send me the address."