Chapter 29 Meow meow meow meow
Paparazzi Hou Mianbao has been in a state of depression ever since he exposed Ming Ruogui during the live broadcast.
He seemed to be possessed by something. No matter what he did, he felt a chill on his back. Even when he slept, he would have the same nightmare over and over again:
A pair of dark golden animal eyes stared at him closely, bloodthirsty and cruel.
And there is always a bloody mouth in the dream, which makes him tremble with fear. He instinctively wants to escape, but he can't escape no matter how hard he tries!
"ah!"
He sat up from the bed with cold sweat on his forehead, his face as pale as death.
How strange.
Why on earth had he been so blinded by greed that he wanted to expose the romance between Ming Ruogui and Gu Xingzhou?
No, a little further.
...Why did he become a paparazzi in the first place?
The specific reasons have become unclear. Hou Mianbao only remembers that when he first filmed some celebrity's dirty laundry and posted it online, he felt so excited about being admired by thousands of people and so proud of holding the sword of justice that he couldn't stop.
He used to work an ordinary nine-to-five job, but after that incident, he discovered the way to make money in it, so he plunged into the paparazzi industry and couldn't extricate himself.
His cell phone rang. It was his colleague Lao Ma calling him: "Hello, Xiao Hou, we are following up on a big news here. Do you want to come?"
Hearing the word "aniseed" would make me very excited.
But today, the word made him flinch, and he felt those golden eyes appear before him again.
After taking a deep breath and calming himself down, Xiao Hou asked tremblingly:
"What, what's the big news? Where is it?"
"It's a story about a popular actor. His mother has cancer. We want to go to the hospital and film to see if we can dig up some explosive news." Lao Ma said excitedly, "His mother's cancer is cervical cancer. Maybe it's caused by his chaotic private life..."
Unexpectedly, Hou Mianbao felt very uncomfortable and actually objected: "What does cervical cancer have to do with a chaotic private life? Are you guys trying to spread rumors?"
This is so immoral!
Old Ma was stunned.
"Xiao Hou, you've changed," Lao Ma said, "Isn't this our job? Isn't this how we make money?"
"You sound so righteous, but you were live-broadcasting from the funeral of the actor's father. You have no respect for the deceased at all."
yes.
Hou Mianbao held the phone in his hand, thinking blankly.
Spreading rumors, making up stories, and invading other people's privacy in every possible way, isn't this what he has been doing all along?
Why do I suddenly feel unwell today?
No, it's more like... fear than discomfort.
It seemed that no matter what he did, those golden eyes were watching him lazily and carelessly, just waiting for him to reveal a flaw, and if he took one wrong step, they would tear him to pieces.
Hou Mianbao hung up the phone in a daze, walked into the street, wandering aimlessly.
He also didn't know where he wanted to go.
Many people on the street saw that he looked strange and avoided him, whispering to each other:
"This guy looks so weird, should we call the police?" "He must be mentally ill." "He's crazy at such a young age, how pitiful."
Hou Bread smiled disappointedly.
Are you crazy? To others, this may be true.
Suddenly, a clear and tender voice sounded in my ears:
"My friend, I noticed that your forehead is dark, as if you are possessed by a ghost."
Who, who is speaking?
Hou Mianbao blinked and his vision focused in front of him, but there was no one in front of him. Then, he felt someone tugging at the corner of his clothes, and he looked down carefully -
An incredibly beautiful little girl.
The little girl had an extremely delicate appearance, like a porcelain doll in a display window, with two big watery eyes that glowed with the color of a glass lamp.
What was inconsistent with her cute appearance was that she was wearing a light blue Taoist robe embroidered with exquisite cloud patterns and Tai Chi Bagua. Her long, smooth black hair was tied into two small buns with red ropes, and she also carried a peach wood sword on her back.
"You are possessed," the little girl repeated crisply when she saw Hou Mian Bao didn't say anything. She looked at Hou Mian Bao with her big eyes, "Do you need me to help you?"
Hou Bread pointed at himself: "Who? Me?"
He was just about to laugh, wondering whose little girl was this, playing the role of a Taoist priest here.
But the little girl's next words completely stunned him.
The little girl came closer to him and gently touched Hou Mianbao's wrist with one hand. She closed her eyes and muttered something... After a moment, the girl suddenly opened her eyes and a red light flashed in her eyes.
She looked at the bread waiting for her:
"Do you often see a pair of golden eyes and feel a huge, jagged mouth chasing you?"
Hou Bread: “!!!”
He looked as if he had seen a ghost: "How did you know?!"
The girl smiled mysteriously.
Her smile had a maturity that did not match her age, and even a strange charm that made people involuntarily believe what she said.
"You've been possessed by a glutton." The girl pinched her fingers and whispered, "You're unlucky. That person just wanted to scare you, but you've done so many bad things in the past that you were directly extinguished by the three fires..."
Speaking of the word "Taotie", even the little girl trembled, and she showed a look of fear but also some anger.
Hou Mianbao could not understand much of what the girl said and listened with only a vague understanding.
But he understood the word "damage to one's virtue".
This is absolutely true!
He has made a lot of money as a paparazzi over the years, but he has also done a lot of immoral things. Live-streaming secretly filming at someone's funeral, blocking ambulances at the hospital entrance, spreading rumors and exposing false information that ruined other people's careers...
"Master, what should I do?" Hou Mianbao knelt down crying, feeling so regretful.
It turns out that he did too many bad things and this was his retribution!
Unexpectedly, the little girl shook her head and sighed: "Alas, it's too late."
Hou Bao Mian's face turned pale in an instant.
Is he hopeless?
"Master, it's too late...what does that mean?"
The little girl touched her empty stomach and pouted: "Why did you come to see me so late? I'm hungry and need to find a place to have dinner. I don't have time to help you."
Waiting for bread: “…”
Don’t learn an idiom and use it randomly! ! !
Hou Bread didn't dare to neglect him, and immediately took out his wallet: "Master, I'll treat you to a meal. Let's eat at the most expensive Tangyan in the city. You can order whatever you want!"
The girl smiled mysteriously again: "You said so."
An hour later.
At the Tang Banquet, in the VIP box, a mountain of bowls and plates piled up in front of the little girl. There were more than twenty plates of main dishes, including squirrel fish, braised pork, sweet and sour spare ribs...all went into her stomach.
The little girl touched her full belly and commented: "It's just so-so, not that delicious."
From what she had seen of this human's memories before, she knew that he should have eaten some top-notch delicacies recently. So how come the restaurant he brought her to was just average?
Could it be that he was hiding something?
The little girl squinted her eyes and glanced at the bread inquiringly.
Hou Mianbao looked at her with fear.
What kind of stomach is this! It can hold so much food!
Besides, she hasn't eaten for many days!
This meal wiped out his six-figure savings, and the little girl only commented that it was "average".
Hou Mianbao covered his wallet with heartache.
I don’t know if it was Hou Mianbao’s illusion, but when he looked at the little girl, he sometimes had the illusion that she had sharp fangs in her mouth and several furry golden tails behind her.
But he had been in a bad state recently and often had hallucinations, so Hou Mianbao did not make it public.
"Master, can you give me some advice now? What should I do?" Seeing that the little girl had finished her meal, Hou Mianbao asked carefully, "I don't ask for anything, I just want to save my dog's life."
"Wait a moment."
The little girl drank the entire bottle of Coke into her mouth and burped.
Then, she took a deep breath, took out her peach wood sword, and swung it at him: "In the world, the king of ghosts and gods, the death of the underworld, the imperial edict is as the law, to punish the evil and eliminate the evil... Hurry and obey the law!"
Hou Mian Bao looked at her with admiration.
Five minutes later, the little girl put down the peach wood sword, and a drop of sweat slid down her forehead:
"Haha, it doesn't work at all."
She spoke with difficulty, picked up the towel and wiped her forehead.
Waiting for bread: “…”
"Well," the little girl waved her hand, "I think that the adult has no ill will towards you. As long as you admit your mistakes and correct them, you won't lose your life."
“Can you admit your mistakes and correct them?” Hou Mianbao was stunned.
The little girl nodded: "Yes. You have to pay back all the bad things you did before and all the dirty money you earned. You have to apologize one by one and ask for forgiveness for making up stories to defame others... That's basically it."
These words were like an eye-opener to me.
All the dirty money he made from selling other people's privacy as a paparazzi must be returned to those people, or returned in the form of donations to charity; he must also publicly apologize and tell the truth about the rumors he spread about others.
The fog in front of him was cleared, and Hou Mianbao knew what to do. He thanked the little girl again and again: "Thank you, Master. I know what to do now! Thank you, Master!"
"You know what to do. I'll leave first. I have something urgent to do."
As soon as the little girl finished speaking, Hou Mianbao saw a flash of golden light before his eyes, and it was as if a breeze was blowing and bamboo leaves were falling.
In the blink of an eye, the scene in front of me was empty. There was no little girl there. Only a table full of empty bowls and plates.
Then Bread began to tremble all over.
——He has met a real god!
Facing the little girl's original position, Hou Mianbao hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed several times.
God bless him, he will definitely turn over a new leaf and become a new man!
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Paparazzi Hou Mianbao suddenly went crazy and exposed all kinds of inside information and negative information about his peers on the Internet. He also apologized to all the stars he had followed and spread rumors about. This incident caused an uproar in the domestic entertainment industry.
This incident had a huge impact, exposing the past of almost all paparazzi in the domestic entertainment industry, and the entertainment journalist industry also ushered in a major reshuffle.
In addition, there are some stars who were once blacklisted by the entire network or even retired because of spreading rumors. This time, they finally got their injustices vindicated and made a new debut amid the calls of fans and entered the public eye...
Live broadcast room of all worlds.
What’s up with this paparazzi? What did he encounter? ! How come you suddenly changed your ways?
[You must be scared by Lord Taotie, hahahaha, in the mountain and sea plane, who doesn’t know the reputation of Taotie?]
[Wait, did you find out?]
[Fuck=口=New achievement badge? ? ? ? 】
On the plot cracking list, ever since Jian Yunlan's live broadcast room made it into the top ten with an unstoppable momentum, his cracking level has remained unchanged, remaining at 45%.
But 45% is already very high. You know, 60% is the basic cracking line for conquering a plane. However, "Paranoia" has never been completely conquered, that is, no streamer has ever crossed the 60% gap.
Therefore, Jian Yunlan's live broadcast room has remained in the top ten, without crashing, but also without continuing to rise.
But this time, his live broadcast room attracted countless people's attention again because...
Next to the achievement badge of "Character [Ning Sheng] cracked 75% of the plot", another light blue badge was hung in the upper right corner of Jian Yunlan's live broadcast room:
'Unlocking the branch quest of the same series of works by the author' achievement badge.
Light blue means that this is a hidden badge and it is unlocked for the first time. No host who has challenged "Paranoid Exclusive" has unlocked this badge before.
What does "Unlocking branch quests in the same series by the author" mean? 】
[Okay, I went to research and came back with this: this talented singer who retired from the entertainment industry because of rumors spread by paparazzi was actually one of the protagonists in another old article written by the author of "Paranoia Monopoly", which was called "Rebirth of a Bright Star"...
The paparazzi Hou Mianbao suddenly turned against him and told the truth, which directly brought forward the entire plot line of "Rebirth: Bright Star Road"]
[Isn’t this too much of a coincidence?] ? ! 】
Yes, anyone who sees this can’t help but sigh at how coincidental it is.
In "Paranoia Monopoly", the fact that Hou Mianbao spread rumors that caused a singer to quit the entertainment industry was only mentioned in the background description. Who would have thought that the person being rumored was the protagonist of another article?
Even if we can think of it, who can happen to cause Hou Mian to change his mind and suddenly repent, so as to trigger the plot of the series of articles...
But the fans, led by Mashu, were extremely happy.
"We've said it before, God Jian has his own arrangements~" "All of this is in God Jian's plan!!!" "You bunch of ignorant mortals, hurry up and join my religion, and pay homage to God Jian!"
Other audience members: “…”
Superstitious.
Compared to this, ordinary audiences are more concerned about another thing.
This incident also directly ignited the enthusiasm of the old audience, and many people smashed
And this thing is——
[Ahhh, the top student from Kyoto University finally discovered Boss Jian’s new stall! ! 】
[This means that Ning Sheng has to go downstairs of Yuanzhou Group... to queue up to buy fried rice... and... Gu Gou didn't get to eat fried rice yesterday, so he will probably have to queue up today as well? 】
【……】
[They won’t meet at the fried rice stall, right? 】
[Yes, a little exciting]
It's quite strange.
In other anchors' live broadcast rooms, the main characters, Ning Sheng and Gu Xingzhou, have met each other at least several times. Because the primary task of other anchors is to promote the plot! But how to promote the plot of an old, melodramatic BL novel?
Of course, it is to let the protagonist and the bottom meet more often, improve their relationship, and work hard towards a bright future with a happy ending.
The above is the thought process of a normal plot anchor.
But Jian Yunlan is different.
His first task is to set up a stall.
Because of setting up the stall, many plots that should have happened were accidentally obstructed. Because the camera mainly follows the anchor's perspective, in Jian Yunlan's live broadcast room, what the audience sees every day is buying vegetables, cooking, setting up stalls...
In this live broadcast room, the top and bottom protagonists have never met each other!
But with this development, in order to eat Boss Jian's fried rice, Ning Sheng took the initiative to queue up downstairs of Yuanzhou Group, and Gu Xingzhou naturally wanted to avenge his previous shame and eat the fried rice that was snatched away by his father yesterday.
Judging from the situation...it seems like the two of them will be in the same frame?
The audience was very excited.
I wonder what kind of fierce clashes and love-hate entanglements will happen between the top and bottom protagonists at Boss Jian’s snack stand?
[The melodrama lover is here. After waiting for so long, I finally get to see my favorite melodrama plot! Ahhh, I have waited for this day for too long (wiping tears)]
[They love so deeply, and hate so truly. This meeting will surely bring many exciting and tangled plots, hehehe~~]
[Fuck, I feel a little sad.]
Led away by Jian Yunlan’s live broadcast, many people have forgotten that they initially paid attention to the book-crossing challenge of "Paranoia" just to see this bloody and sour taste!
In other anchors' live broadcast rooms, there may not be other things, but there will definitely be plenty of melodramatic and sour things.
But in Jian Yunlan's live broadcast room, not to mention the melodrama, even something as simple as a top and a bottom meeting has never happened...
This is too sad!
[But anyway, we have made it through. 】
[After Ning Sheng and Gu Xingzhou meet, the anticipated and popular plot will come, right...]
【Bar……】
The audience stared at the screen.
Thinking of the past events and scenes, I suddenly had a bad feeling.
Would Jian Yunlan take this astray?
Noooooooooooooooo! !
.
The plane of "Paranoid Monopoly".
At four o'clock in the morning, Jian Yunlan woke up to the sound of the alarm clock.
The sound of rain drops hitting the window.
…It’s raining.
A little worried.
Jian Yunlan sets up his own stall, rain or shine, and even a little rain can't stop him. What he is worried about is that there will be much less food sold in the wet market.
There are only two days left to set up the stall downstairs of Yuanzhou Group.
Although there are only two days left, he will do his best to bring the best food to the diners!
Jian Yunlan covered the tricycle with a tarp and rode out. She planned to see what vegetables were available for purchase when she arrived at the destination so as to decide what kind of fried rice to make today.
Before he left the house, the housekeeper suddenly came in and said to him, "Master, Ms. Ning is here to bring you chili sauce."
Jian Yunlan: “!”
"Let her in quickly." Jian Yunlan was extremely surprised. Aunt Ning had not come to deliver the chili sauce in the past few days. I heard that it was because her mother was hospitalized and she went to take care of her. It was only after the old lady was discharged from the hospital safely these two days that she finally had time.
I just didn’t expect Aunt Ning to come so early, even in the rain.
Jian Yunlan was very touched.
"Boss Jian." Ning Menglian took off her raincoat at the door and handed over a large can of chili powder and a separate large can of chili oil. These two things were what Jian Yunlan had mentioned to her that he wanted to buy.
Jian Yunlan took a look with the Eyes of the God of Cooking.
The chili powder and chili oil even revealed a hint of gold in the lavender light.
The ordinary chili sauce that Ning Menglian had made before was already of high-quality purple grade, but these two cans were actually of better quality than all the previous chili sauces!
Ning Menglian smiled and said, "I thought you might have to set up your stall very early, so I came early in case I couldn't make it. Did I wake you up?"
"How could it bother you?" Jian Yunlan took the chili sauce, looked left and right, and was very happy. He said sincerely, "Thank you, you came just in time, I will definitely not let you down--"
Ning Menglian waved her hands repeatedly: "Oh, don't be so polite~"
"——I will not let these two cans of delicious chili sauce go to waste and make the most delicious fried rice!" Jian Yunlan added the second half of the sentence.
Ning Menglian: "..."
She thought Jian Yunlan was going to say that she would not let her good intentions down.
Turns out the chili sauce is not to be missed.
…How much he loves chili sauce!
Ning Menglian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Jian Yunlan held the chili sauce, wishing she could kiss it twice, and said:
"Butler, help me settle the bill with Aunt Ning."
Just as the housekeeper was about to step forward and hand over the check, Ning Menglian waved her hand hastily and said with a bit of embarrassment, "Consider these two cans as a gift from your auntie, Mr. Jian, you really helped our family a lot..."
On the second day after moving, Ning Menglian saw news reports about people being injured by falling objects due to renovation work in the old town where she used to live and on the route she took to work every day.
Ning Menglian didn't dare to think about what the consequences would be if she didn't move in time.
It would have been fine if the brick hit her, but what if it had hit her mother or Ah Sheng? Every possibility made her break out in a cold sweat.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Jian Yunlan, who helped them move, was the Ning family's savior.
Moreover, even Ning Sheng, who had been depressed before, has been smiling more often recently. His relationship with his classmates has improved, he has made many friends, and he no longer carries injuries all the time.
Ning Menglian found out after asking that it was because of Boss Jian’s wontons.
Ning Menglian has so much to thank Jian Yunlan.
"We are poor and have nothing else to repay you. This chili sauce is really not worth much money, so you can just keep it," said Ning Menglian.
Seeing Ning Menglian's firm attitude, Jian Yunlan no longer forced him and thanked her earnestly: "Then I'd better obey your command. Thank you, Aunt Ning."
"Housekeeper, please send a car to escort Aunt Ning back." Jian Yunlan said, with deep worry in her eyes. "It's raining so hard today. Aunt Ning, next time you come to deliver chili sauce, just let me know in advance. I'll send a car to pick you up so you don't run into danger on the road..."
Ning Menglian was very touched. She didn't expect Jian Yunlan to be so considerate. She said a little embarrassedly: "Hey, I'm fine. Auntie has thick skin and flesh, so I'm not afraid of getting hurt--"
Seeing the real worry in Jian Yunlan's eyes, Ning Menglian was suddenly stuck.
She suddenly realized:
Jian Yunlan was not worried about her at all.
He was worried that the chili sauce would be in danger!
Ning Menglian held her forehead and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Jian, don't worry, I will definitely protect the chili sauce."
Jian Yunlan smiled with relief and relaxed: "Of course, you have to take care of yourself too."
Ning Menglian: "..."
really.
Thank you.
As Ning Menglian looked on with a grateful and speechless look in her eyes, Jian Yunlan rode his tricycle, left the villa and headed for the vegetable market.
Ning Menglian's chili sauce helped Jian Yunlan decide what kind of fried rice to make today.
Just make spicy potato fried rice!
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