Chapter 765 The Festinger Effect
Gu Shaoling's words successfully tickled everyone's funny bone, causing them to burst into laughter, though none of the laughter was malicious.
Even those Nie Yuyang's die-hard fans who initially had a bad impression of Gu Shaoling, and who viewed her with prejudice since the two went public with their relationship, believing that Gu Shaoling was intentionally riding on Nie Yuyang's popularity and couldn't wait to go public with their relationship to create buzz and profit from Nie Yuyang's resurgence, have gradually changed their opinion of this actress who is seven or eight years younger than Nie Yuyang after observing her for the past two episodes.
Compared to the lively and unrestrained banter between Zhao Xiaoyun and Nie Yuyang, their relationship is more like that of an older man and a younger woman.
Of course, this "old" doesn't refer to age, but rather to mindset.
Nie Yuyang had a somewhat old-fashioned mentality, and he tended to pamper and spoil his girlfriend, who was much younger than him.
What's remarkable is that Gu Shaoling didn't take advantage of his favor. Even when she couldn't help Nie Yuyang with his tasks, she would patiently accompany him. The admiration and love in her eyes were obvious, making it impossible to say that she didn't love Nie Yuyang.
Over time, Nie Yuyang's fans gradually came to feel that having someone like him by their idol's side wasn't so bad.
At least, the sister-in-law her brother found was much better than some women who cheat on their husbands and act all high and mighty!
Gu Shaoling was unaware that her seemingly casual remark had resonated with countless female fans and inadvertently boosted her image.
The laughter from everyone made her even more embarrassed, and she hid in Nie Yuyang's arms, unwilling to come out.
After enjoying the barbecue and the night view, the group was quite sensible and helped Ye Wanxi and her companion pack up their things before leaving.
Lian Lifan sulked all night. Although he didn't do anything outrageous, he was the first to leave after the party ended.
He left with a sour face, and anyone who didn't know better would think that Ye Wanxi and the others had wronged him during that "meal".
Jiang Yulai and Gu Shaoling followed closely behind, while Zhao Yun'er and her companion were the last to leave.
As she left, Zhao Yun'er stared at Ye Wanxi with a hesitant expression, clearly wanting to say something.
Reluctantly, considering the presence of cameras all around, she finally followed Li Guangjun.
Ye Wanxi breathed a sigh of relief as the group left.
Fortunately, Gu Shaoling and the others were quite polite. They had dinner with Ye Wanxi and the others and didn't forget to help them clean up the mess before leaving. Otherwise, with so much stuff, it would have been late at night for the two of them to finish.
During nighttime filming, guests have the right to choose when to turn off the camera and whether to turn it off at all.
Therefore, as soon as the group left, Ye Wanxi and her companion asked the production crew to turn off the cameras, saying they needed to rest.
"They're finally gone. I'm so tired after all that tossing and turning all night, my back and waist are aching."
As soon as the camera was turned off, Ye Wanxi immediately rolled into Feng Tianyu's arms, using him as a human-shaped pillow to lie comfortably.
Feng Tianyu indulged her, and took the initiative to massage her shoulders to relieve her fatigue.
Ye Wanxi felt comfortable from the massage and began to groan and drowsy.
Seeing this, Feng Tianyu couldn't help but reach out and pinch her nose, saying with a faint smile, "Like a kitten."
"Being a cat isn't so bad. You get food, water, and a human to clean up your mess. If you meet a cat lover, you can even become the master."
Feng Tianyu raised an eyebrow: "You want to be a cat?"
Ye Wanxi teased him deliberately, "Will you raise it?"
"I'll raise you, but only you."
"It will cost a lot of money to raise me."
"It's okay, I have money."
After joking and teasing each other for a while, Ye Wanxi seemed to remember something, and the smile on her face faded slightly: "That attitude tonight..."
“It does look rather strange.” Ye Wanxi suddenly turned her head.
"Just an intuition."
After the scaffold collapsed, onlookers rushed to escape, and staff were busy rescuing people, but Feng Tianyu went to look at the broken bamboo pole at the base.
Logically, after this bamboo broke, it triggered a chain reaction and should have been mixed in with other broken bamboo and couldn't be found anymore.
But for Fengtian Domain, this is not difficult.
It was precisely because it was not difficult that Feng Tianyu was puzzled. The cut on the bamboo was not neat, indicating that it had not been deliberately treated before it was kicked and broken, as if it had really only broken because it could not withstand that man's kick.
If there's nothing wrong with the bamboo, then there's something wrong with the person, or perhaps it really was just an accident.
But Feng Tianyu's intuition told him that things were probably not as simple as they seemed.
Ye Wanxi pursed her lips and frowned, saying, "Actually, there might not be any real hidden story behind this. But..."
"but?"
Have you heard of the Festinger effect?
Feng Tianyu narrowed his eyes and immediately understood what she meant: "You suspect that this is just the beginning?"
"Um."
The so-called Festinger effect is somewhat similar to the butterfly effect. It refers to how a person's mindset is affected after encountering bad luck, which may then trigger a chain reaction, leading to various other unfortunate events.
When Ye Wanxi first stepped into this town, she didn't feel anything, but after the accident during the competition, she felt that something in the town had changed, and the atmosphere of the whole town had also undergone a strange transformation.
Feng Tianyu pondered for a moment, then patted Ye Wanxi on the back reassuringly and said, "Go out for a walk tomorrow."
"good."
As Ye Wanxi spoke, she seemed to remember something and said with great interest, "Oh, right, that Ding Li..."
"Ding Li?" Feng Tianyu thought for a while before remembering who Ye Wanxi was talking about. "What happened to her?"
"She's been possessed." Ye Wanxi said this with a gloating look on her face.
Feng Tianyu was somewhat surprised. After recalling who Ding Li was, he finally remembered the faint yin energy that had been emanating from someone when he met them earlier that day.
When Ye Wanxi was around, Feng Tianyu only had eyes for his junior sister. Although he knew that this person was not quite right, he didn't care as long as she didn't bother him or his junior sister.
"Who possessed me?"
"Hahahaha, it's that foreign female ghost following her boyfriend."
"Foreign...female ghost?" Before Feng Tianyu could ask any further questions, Ye Wanxi spilled the beans.
“That Jiang Yulai…” Fearing Feng Tianyu might not remember who it was, Ye Wanxi added, “He’s that male celebrity who looks a bit mixed-race. You might not have noticed because of his heavy makeup, but he has really dark circles and bags under his eyes. He’s a very strong-willed person, you could totally call him a ‘human teddy bear.’ He must have been quite the womanizer when he was abroad, and that foreign female ghost with him was one of his girlfriends.”
Upon hearing this, Feng Tianyu understood immediately: "She followed him, was it for revenge? Or... she was unwilling to accept death and wanted to have a love affair with someone, even if it was between a human and a ghost."
“They should all be.” Ye Wanxi’s smile vanished, and a hint of coldness appeared in her eyes. “There’s a bloodline between them.”
(End of this chapter)
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