Chapter 117 Chapter 117

Chapter 117 (Exclusive)

Shen Baili slept for a long time and woke up feeling refreshed, with no hangover symptoms at all, except for a slight smell of alcohol on her body.

After she finished washing up and changed into comfortable home clothes, she happened to meet Xie Zhiyu who had just returned from morning exercise.

"Brother, when did you come to Beijing?" Shen Baili asked in surprise.

[Big brother hehe~]

Xie Zhiyu put the packed breakfast on the table: "Good morning, let's have breakfast together?"

Shen Baili pulled out a chair: "Okay."

"Brother, how many days will you stay in Beijing?"

Xie Zhiyu: "Two days, do you remember what happened last night?"

Shen Baili thought about it, and her mind went blank: "I don't remember."

"I just remember having a few drinks with my senior sisters in the hotel, and then... and then..."

She thought intently, "Then I woke up."

Xie Zhiyu: "You were drunk, I met you in the hotel when you were a little tipsy, and we came back together."

He explained why he was here.

Shen Baili gestured with her fingers guiltily, just like when she was drunk last night: "I only drank this little bit."

Xie Zhiyu nodded: "You can't drink much, next time you drink, have someone accompany you."

“It’s dangerous to be drunk.”

Drunk men and women are dangerous.

Shen Baili corrected her mistake immediately: "I was so happy at the dinner that I couldn't help but drink a glass. Next time I'll let my bodyguard accompany me."

She took a sip of the pumpkin soup and it was so sweet to her heart.

"I didn't do anything weird last night, did I?"

Shen Baili just asked this. She has always been a good drinker and would not do anything strange.

Xie Zhiyu said calmly: "Hold me and call me mom."

Shen Baili: “!!!!”

Xie Zhiyu didn't look at her. He lowered his head and drank a mouthful of pumpkin soup: "I was just kidding you."

Shen Baili patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, I'm not that wild."

Xie Zhiyu's stern eyes were filled with a smile: "You use very bold words."

…

afternoon.

Xie Zhiyu drove Shen Baili back to school. The new semester had begun, and the classmates had not changed much and were all listless.

"Happy moments are always short-lived." Jiang Zhu lay on the bed, "It seemed like I just had a holiday yesterday."

Zhu Peng: "It seems like today is the end of my vacation."

"Go to bed early. It's 8 am tomorrow."

"I turned off the lights!" Bi Yan shouted, and the next second the dormitory fell into darkness.

Shen Baili turned over and in a trance heard a familiar male voice humming a song softly.

Before she went to bed, she was still wondering, who was singing?

It sounds pretty nice.

*******

The surroundings are desolate, and the pink hairband is entangled on the dead branches.

Flowing along the turbid river, I bumped into a floating corpse, which was eerie and terrifying.

"Crack! Pass!"

As soon as these two words came out, the corpse came back to life. Xie Tingsi stood on the water, pushed aside the hair covering his eyes, and walked to the shore. The assistant immediately put a towel on him.

"It's done!"

“The last scene is over!!!”

"Thank you for your hard work."

…

The last scene was shot from the first scene of "Survivor".

This scene is very simple, with no close-ups or dialogues... Xie Tingsi was so immersed in the character's emotions that he couldn't come out of it for a while.

He was the only survivor of that battle and died on an ordinary day.

His consciousness was swallowed by the river. What was he thinking in the last second of his life?

It is liberation.

The person who survives in the end may not be lucky.

Xie Tingsi did not disturb the happy atmosphere of the people around him. He said hello to the director and returned to the RV.

He took the ginger soup that his assistant brought over and put it aside: "I'll be alone for a while."

The assistants left, and he was the only one left in the enclosed space. Xie Tingsi was stunned for a while. After he recovered a little, he opened the thermal bag, took out the note and stared at it.

"Listen, don't catch a cold in this cold weather, I added a little more brown sugar, it's very sweet. - Mom left"

Shen Baili put the note aside, drank the ginger soup in one gulp, and then drank half a bottle of mineral water.

"Sweet."

It’s so sweet that it tastes bitter, but compared to the beginning, the ginger soup cooked by Guo Yan won’t make you want to vomit.

Guo Yan and Song Xi stayed in China for half a year. One month after they flew back to the United States, they settled down in China together because of Song Xi's job change.

Over the past year or so, whenever Guo Yan was free, she would ask someone to send him handmade gifts. Sometimes they were small desserts, sometimes they were handmade items... It was as if she was making up for the childhood he had.

Xie Tingsi resisted at first, but as the days passed, Guo Yan did not give up. His attitude remained cold, but he no longer said sarcastic words.

What is not available in youth will haunt you for the rest of your life.

Xie Tingsi cleaned up the mess. He paused slightly as he was about to throw the note, and finally put it in his pocket, which seemed to still have the warmth of the ginger soup.

"Listen, Mommy is going to make bear cookies. Do you like chocolate flavor or strawberry flavor?"

Xie Tingsi saw the unread message and replied: "Strawberry."

"I'll go back to Haicheng tomorrow."

The other party replied quickly: "Okay, what time does the plane arrive? Mom will pick you up at the airport."

"Mom, I'll answer it tomorrow." Guo Yan put down her phone and looked happy.

Mother Guo smiled and said, "Go ahead. I'll pick up Tianci tomorrow."

"I heard that you didn't reject me for the first time." Guo Yan was a little excited.

Mother Guo laughed and said, "Listen to this child, he is tough on the outside but soft on the inside."

In this world, are there any parents who don’t love their children?

"Yeah." Guo Yan listened.

******

Campus life has different surprises every day, but there are also unchanging rules, such as getting up at 8 am.

Shen Baili finished her morning run and returned to the dormitory when she heard Jiang Zhu's wailing.

“…”

"Zhuzhu, the teacher will call the roll today. Our student numbers are 1 and 2, so we can't be late!" Bi Yan pulled Jiang Zhu up and said, "Every time you are late, you will be deducted five points. We can't afford it."

Jiang Zhu followed Bi Yan's force and sat up, saying weakly, "I give up. This semester, it's all early morning."

Shen Baili put the two people's campus cards on the table: "Today I clocked in for a half-hour campus run. I put your cards on the table."

Jiang Zhu looked at Shen Baili with her almond-shaped eyes: "Thank you, Baili, you are such a good person!"

Bi Yan smiled sweetly: "We have nothing to repay you with, except our bodies and appearances!"

Jiang Zhu: "Promise me your body!"

Shen Baili smiled and said, "You don't have to give yourself to me. Just help me get the weekend express delivery. I have something to do this week."

Bi Yan: "Of course, it's just a small matter."

Jiang Zhu and Bi Yan don't like running, but the school requires students to run around the campus and punch in every semester on the grounds of keeping fit. If they don't run enough times, they will lose credits.

Credits, credits, this is the life of a college student.

Shen Baili and Zhu Peng are not only ruthless people, but also their angel roommates, who never forget to check in for them every morning run.

Jiang Zhu said enthusiastically: "I'll treat you to afternoon tea, you can't refuse!"

Shen Baili ordered immediately: "I want the durian mille-feuille, thank you."

Zhu Peng joined in: "Thank you, I want to eat mousse cake."

Jiang Zhu: "Okay, I'll remember that."

"You all will go back to the dormitory this afternoon? I'll make an appointment."

Shen Baili and Zhu Peng nodded: "Yes."

Zhu Peng packed his schoolbag and prepared to go out: "I'm leaving first, see you at noon."

Bi Yan asked curiously, "Doesn't she have classes in the morning?"

Shen Baili: "She went to the English corner."

Bi Yan: “Oh oh.”

…

The three-hour advanced math class seemed to have drained the energy from the entire class.

Jiang Zhu was confused by what she heard. She just lowered her head and picked up her pen. When she looked up again, she didn't understand anymore.

Ashu, her old enemy!

"Ding-a-ling..."

The bell for the end of class sounded more beautiful than ever before, and Jiang Zhu was instantly filled with energy.

Shen Baili sorted out her notes, stretched her back, and looked at Lu Mingqian beside her: "Xiao Ming, lend me your notes."

There was a question she didn't understand.

Lu Mingqian handed her the notes: "What are you having for lunch?"

Meng Jiuan: "There's a new spicy hotpot restaurant in the cafeteria, shall we go eat there?"

Shen Baili: "I made an appointment with my roommate today."

Without waiting for her to decline, Meng Jiuan said directly: "We can go together."

Lu Mingqian is very active and has already asked the opinions of the two people next to Shen Baili.

Jiang Zhu and Bi Yan said in unison: "Okay."

Bi Yan smiled and said, "Eating with a handsome man and a beautiful woman makes my appetite better than usual."

Jiang Zhu: "I'll ask Zhu Peng in the group if he wants to come along."

Shen Baili: "Okay!"

Several people walked out while chatting.

Bi Yan saw Zhu Peng's message: "Zhu Peng said he was waiting for us in the cafeteria."

"Let's hurry over there too." Shen Baili quickened her pace.

The path shaded by trees was bustling with people, all of them were students finishing their classes. They walked in groups of two or three, chirping and making as much noise as sparrows.

Shen Baili and a few others were also in the crowd, chatting about study, life, and gossip.

This is a day in their youth, ordinary and precious.

"What are your plans for National Day?" Bi Yan looked at Shen Baili: "Do you want to travel together?"

Jiang Zhu's eyes lit up: "We can go to Liucheng, to Zhu Peng's hometown."

Lu Mingqian and Meng Jiuan didn't say anything. Compared with traveling, they cared more about who they were traveling with.

Shen Baili refused: "I have other plans during the National Day holiday and can't spare the time to travel."

Bi Yan and Jiang Zhu looked at each other, a little disappointed: "Okay, let's make an appointment next time."

Bi Yan politely asked Meng Jiuan and Lu Mingqian what they thought, and as expected, they both refused.

After eating the spicy hot pot, the group drank soda, walked around the campus to digest the food, and then returned to the dormitory.

A month has passed quietly, and the much-anticipated National Day holiday is here.

Shen Baili packed up her things early in the morning and joined Hong Congshuang. The group flew to Yuncheng in the southwest for recording.

On the night of their arrival, Shen Baili and her friends received the outline and the final script, titled "Pawnshop No. 7".

Legend has it that there is a magical pawnshop in the fourth dimension where the devil makes deals with people and one wish can be fulfilled in exchange for one's precious things.

One day, the devil invited six guests who had made deals with him to come to Inn No. 7 to hunt for treasure. Whoever found the treasure could not only realize a wish, but also get back the things they had pawned.

Guests were invited. They came from different worlds, including a wealthy businessman, a powerful king, an invincible general, a beautiful star, a genius scientist, and a supermarket cashier...

On the first day of the gathering, the devil died.

Who killed the devil?

…

After the background introduction, the six guests drew their roles.

Shen Baili drew the king, and another girl, Han Wushuang, drew the genius scientist...

Han Wushuang raised his eyebrows: "Who among you drew the big star?"

"Please call me beautiful." Li Bai held his face and blinked at the two girls.

Hong Congshuang didn't expect this result, but then he thought it was a good result: "She's very beautiful. Who says men can't be beautiful? Refuse stereotypes."

The program team is very efficient. The first day is for selecting roles and deciding on makeup, the second day is for immersive acting training, and the third day is for formal recording.

Shen Baili and Han Wushuang had a lot of fun playing together. No character was innocent and the plot kept twisting and turning!

The king was born in a small country, kind and gentle, but the Iron Knights trampled her homeland, her parents died in the war, and her people were reduced to slavery...

She traded her sincerity for indestructible power.

The king drove away the invaders, became a tyrant, enslaved her subjects with increasingly harsh and cruel means... and was finally abandoned by her subjects.

The king had a script in which the dragon slayer eventually became the dragon. She came to the pawnshop for power, not to get her heart back.

…

Li Bo plays a beautiful and charming superstar who trades true love for a beautiful appearance. She is very successful in the entertainment industry. Countless people love her, but they only love her appearance...

The general sacrificed his life to achieve victory in battle and to protect the border. After his death, the emperor confiscated all her property.

The merchant exchanged his wife and children's lives for his wealth, but his wealth was robbed and he became a beggar.

The genius scientist traded his legs for his intelligence, was exploited by evil forces, and ended up in jail.

They all believed that they were seduced by the devil and were suspected of committing a crime.

The supermarket salesperson used his unparalleled talent in exchange for the health of his loved ones and the happy life of his family.

However, the one who killed the devil was the unsuspecting salesman, who was mediocre but happy before he and his family saw the glorious scientist.

The salesman felt a little regretful but not remorseful. However, his relatives felt very guilty and eventually committed suicide due to depression.

Their miserable experiences are the devil's entertainment when he is bored.

Humans killed the devil?

No, the devil was killed by his own arrogance.

…

Each person's script is unique, revolving around greed and desire, vividly reflecting the danger and complexity of human nature.

At the beginning of the role-playing, no one knows who the murderer is, not even the murderer himself. Through layer upon layer of deception, deception, misleading, suspicion...

All the guests performed exceptionally well, and the whole process was not boring at all, with many golden sentences and interesting reasoning.

Hong Congshuang has a feeling that the show will be a huge hit!

…

After the National Day holiday, Jiang Zhu saw his two roommates and was shocked: "Bai Li, Zhu Peng, are you moving bricks?"

Both of them got a lot tanned.

"Yeah, I went to move bricks." Shen Baili did get tanned, as the ultraviolet rays in Kuncheng were particularly strong. However, the recording of the variety show was finally over, and she felt relaxed, with a particularly genuine smile on her face.

"I didn't go to move bricks. I took a tutoring job." Zhu Peng smiled brightly when he thought of the generous remuneration.

"Don't tutors work indoors?" Bi Yan wondered, "Can I still get a tan?"

Zhu Peng: "I am not only responsible for teaching, but also taking students out to play."

"It must be hard to take care of a child." Jiang Zhu thought of her naughty nephew who almost died of his annoyance at home.

Zhu Peng smiled shyly: "It's not hard work, and the reward is generous!"

"My students' parents brought me a lot of snacks. I can't eat so much by myself. Let's share them together."

Shen Baili came over: "Zhu Peng, you are so nice, I am just hungry!"

Jiang Zhu picked up a few pieces of chocolate: "I'm trying to lose weight recently."

Bi Yan: "I won't lose weight, give me her share."

Zhu Peng is very happy. After going to college, she met many nice people.

Although her roommates came from wealthy families, they never looked down on her and always protected her self-esteem in their own way.

After distributing the snacks, Zhu Peng took out a gift from his schoolbag: "This is a gift."

Four angels hang, one for each person.

After receiving it, Shen Baili immediately hung it on her schoolbag: "Thank you, Zhu Peng."

“I like this gift very much.”

Bi Yan and Jiang Zhu also hung on the schoolbag: "Wow, if we go out together, people will know that we are good friends at a glance!"

Jiang Zhu asked casually: "Why do you want to give this pendant?"

It sounds like she is disgusted, which is the eldest lady's usual style of speaking, offending people everywhere.

But the eldest lady herself is confident and is not afraid of offending others.

Bi Yan explained immediately, but Zhu Peng didn't care. She knew Jiang Zhu was just speaking his mind.

"Because you are all angels." Zhu Peng said sincerely: "Kind, beautiful, strong, shining angels."

The praise from an honest person is very simple and more touching.

Jiang Zhu was surprised: "Are you going to a language school for further studies?"

Bi Yan blushed: "You are also an angel."

Shen Baili continued: "We are all angels."

There was silence for three seconds, and then the whole dormitory burst into laughter.

“Hahahahahahahahaha.”

******

After the variety show recording ended, Shen Baili's campus life returned to normal, and the group chat "Famous Detectives Are Coming" formed by the six guests also fell silent.

The variety show is currently being edited and the broadcast date is yet to be determined.

For the six students, this was a novel experience that also brought them considerable rewards. They were very curious about the final product, which they would be able to watch with their family and friends.

Shen Baili thought so too. The whole family could watch the film together in the home theater. It would be great if it was released before the Spring Festival so that they could watch it as part of the Spring Festival Gala.

In the evening, Shen Baili and Shen Wan chatted via video and shared each other's lives.

"Song Tianci had a fight with a classmate and was sent to the hospital."

Shen Baili had met Song Tianci once. He was fair and chubby, and it was obvious that he was a child loved by his family.

"Why are you fighting?"

"Is the injury serious?"

That child doesn't look like someone who would be bullied.

Shen Wan knew the inside story: "He punched the classmate's nose and made it bleed, and then he fainted when he saw the blood."

Shen Baili: “…”

As for why Shen Wan knew this, it was because the classmate who was beaten by Song Tianci was a child from the Lu family, and his parents refused to stop.

Guo Yan could only ask Xie Zhiyu for help. She was afraid of this eldest son who looked like her ex-husband and rarely contacted him. But when she really needed help, she used the weapon of blood relationship.

This matter is not difficult to resolve. Originally, it was Song Tianci who was wrong. As long as Guo Yan puts aside her pride and takes Song Tianci to apologize, the other party will not refuse to give in.

But Guo Yan couldn't let go of her pride and asked Xie Zhiyu to take action.

In the end, Xie Zhiyu forced Song Tianci to apologize and give up some of his interests.

After Xie Tingsi knew about this, he had a quarrel with Guo Yan.

Guo Yan didn't think she had done anything wrong. She thought it was normal for an elder brother to educate his younger brother, and she was even complacent about having both her sons under her control.

She didn't stay happy for long, because the part of the benefits that she gave up had always been given to the Guo family.

When Guo Yan ran over to question him, Xie Zhiyu asked back calmly, "What's Song Tianci's last name?"

Guo Yan was speechless and looked at Xie Zhiyu as if he were a monster.

After this incident, Guo Yan never contacted Xie Zhiyu again, but contacted Xie Tingsi more frequently.

Compared to her cold-blooded and rational eldest son, Guo Yan likes her second son who is tough on the outside but soft on the inside more.

*******

After the Spring Festival, the weather warmed up.

"CSI" has been scheduled to be broadcast on the Grape Video platform at 12:00 on the day of Qingming Festival.

This time...it seems like it's about to run out.

However, no one expected that this variety show, which had almost all the elements to be a hit, would become a huge hit, with skyrocketing ratings and audience ratings close to full marks, leading to a surge in Grape Video's shares.