Chapter 10: Following the rich woman means you'll get to eat meat...
Yun Qingqing's sincere words of defense for Meng Xian almost made the viewers in the live stream burst into laughter:
"She was only cyberbullied for a little while, but Teacher Meng lost an endorsement that never belonged to her!" Yun Qingqing's words are so funny, I can't help but laugh.
[Haha, the key point is that Yun Qingqing seems to be saying these things quite sincerely.]
[To kill someone is to destroy their spirit; this is the ultimate goal.]
[Actually, thinking about it carefully, it's a bit chilling. The rumors about stealing the endorsement have blown up so much that fans have even gone offline to berate Gu Mingyan, yet Meng Xian is acting like nothing happened.]
[Is she using her fans as pawns? I used to think Meng Xian was gentle and kind, but now... well, she seems a bit scheming.]
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Meng Xian clearly saw the trend of the comments and realized that if she didn't say something, she would lose a lot of the goodwill she had worked so hard to build.
Meng Xian suppressed her resentment and put on a guilty and sincere expression as she said to Gu Mingyan, "I really didn't handle this matter well. I failed to clarify the false rumors online in a timely and clear manner, which led to misunderstandings among the fans. I'm sorry, Mingyan."
She adopted a very humble posture, but inside she felt extremely aggrieved.
This is only the first day of the broadcast, and she has already apologized on camera twice!
The other guests had various expressions, but since the live broadcast was still ongoing, they smoothed things over by saying:
"It's good that we've talked it out. Let's go, the production team's bus is still waiting for us."
Gu Mingyan had always disliked Meng Xian, but her arrogant personality made her too lazy to argue with her, so she just snorted and let it go.
Yun Qingqing, who successfully reversed the plot and caused the female supporting character to be humiliated, kept her achievements hidden, tucked her hands into her sleeves, and thought happily:
She has a clear conscience about accepting the 100,000 yuan salary she received today!
Just as I was secretly pleased, a fair hand suddenly reached out from the side, with a necklace hooked on the fingertip.
Yun glanced down and saw that it was the vintage necklace that Gu Mingyan was wearing, valued at 800,000 yuan.
She looked up in surprise and met Gu Mingyan's awkward gaze.
“Here you go.” Gu Mingyan’s tone was stiff, but her words were incredibly pleasant. “I didn’t bring anything valuable with me when I came out to record the show, so I’ll give this to you to play with.”
Yun Qingqing: "!"
She frantically typed in her mind, "System, did you see that? This is the kind of vision a sugar daddy should have!"
The system, seeing the plot twist once again, closed its eyes and pretended to be dead: [...]
What else can it say? It can only blame Gu Mingyan for giving it too much.
As Yun Qingqing honestly put the necklace into her pocket, she pretended to refuse, saying, "Oh dear, Mingyan, I couldn't possibly accept this. I was just casually saying a few words of fairness..."
Gu Mingyan didn't even turn her head: "Just take it, what's with the fuss?"
"Okay." Yun readily zipped up the pocket.
The group boarded the bus prepared by the production team, and after a bumpy ride, they finally arrived at their destination.
In front of a magnificent and exotic luxury castle.
As everyone got out of the car, they were all awestruck by the grand scale of the filming location set up by the production team, gazing at the towering spire and exquisite reliefs.
Because of the special consideration given by investor Ye Jinyan, Meng Xian was assigned the role of host for the first day's events in order to give her more screen time and opportunities to perform.
Meng Xian adjusted her mindset quickly, and now her face has regained its gentle and dignified smile.
Anyway, the show has only just started filming, and there's plenty of time for her to salvage her image.
"Welcome everyone to the place where we will be living together for the next few days." Meng Xian held the microphone, her voice gentle. "To make it more fun, our room assignments tonight will be decided by drawing lots."
As she spoke, she took a delicate bamboo stick container containing several bamboo sticks with their feet wrapped in silk.
"The fortune slips are divided into three levels: the best, the medium, and the worst, corresponding to different room types. Good luck to everyone!"
Upon hearing this, the guests became interested and eagerly rolled up their sleeves.
After all, we're staying in the room for several days, so who wouldn't want to draw the best possible lot?
The draw begins.
Ji Sihan and his partner Nan Xu were the first to act, and their luck was incredible. They actually drew the only top-tier lottery ticket and won the right to use the master suite with the best view and the most luxurious decoration in the castle.
The two high-fived in celebration, their faces beaming with joy.
Next, Jiang Mingqian and his partner Yu Ran, as well as Meng Xian and Ding Manni's group, drew lots in turn. Both groups of guests drew the winning lot, and the corresponding rooms were located on the middle floor of the castle. They were fully equipped and were standard guest rooms, not bad but not particularly good either.
Yun Qingqing examined the slip of paper in her hand with a blank expression and found three characters clearly engraved on it:
"The worst possible outcome."
Ding Manni, with her sharp eyes, saw it and immediately laughed gleefully: "Oh dear, you two are really unlucky, you'll have to stay in the worst room."
Meng Xian felt secretly pleased, but her face was full of sympathy.
As she handed out the keys, she softly comforted them, "Qingqing, Mingyan, I'm so sorry to have to put you through this. The rooms for the next few guests might be in the attic or annex, where the conditions will be a bit more difficult, but it will also be a unique experience."
Yun held the bamboo skewer gently, remaining motionless for a long time.
The system glanced at her petrified expression and couldn't help but feel a little worried.
As originally planned, Gu Mingyan and her partner Zhang Ying also drew the worst possible lot. Gu Mingyan flew into a rage because she couldn't stand the poor accommodations and kept complaining about Zhang Ying's bad luck, which made her seem spoiled, willful, and unreasonable, causing her popularity with the audience to plummet.
Seeing Yun Qing's slight hesitation, the system asked, "Are you worried that Gu Mingyan will throw a tantrum like in the original storyline?"
Yun Qingqing snapped out of her reverie and replied, puzzled, "Why should I worry about that? Gu Mingyan is quite easy to talk to!"
system:【……】
You're probably the only one in the whole world who thinks she's easy to talk to!
It couldn't help but ask: "Then what were you staring at just now?"
Yun said calmly and confidently, "I'm reflecting on myself! I actually feel that this shabby room is no longer worthy of me, who has an 800,000 yuan necklace and a daily salary of over 100,000 yuan. Sigh, this is not good. I can't get arrogant just because I have a little money."
The system was utterly speechless and chose to remain silent once again.
It should have known long ago that the host's thought process cannot be understood from a normal person's perspective.
As soon as the draw results were announced, the live stream chat immediately became active.
All eyes were on Gu Mingyan and Yun Qingqing, the "worst luck" couple.
I bet five cents that Miss Gu will turn on me right away.
[I feel sorry for Yun Qingqing for a second. She was just unlucky and had to bear the wrath of the young lady.]
Sigh, I really like Yun Qingqing. I hope Gu Mingyan won't make things too difficult for her.
However, to everyone's surprise, Gu Mingyan merely glanced at the fortune slip and showed no sign of taking any action.
Her gaze fell entirely on Yun Qingqing, who was frowning beside her.
Gu Mingyan felt that Yun Qingqing's expression must be one of guilt, guilt for her bad luck, which caused her to stay in the worst room.
For some reason, she felt a pang of pity when she looked at Yun Qingqing's dejected profile.
"Hey," Gu Mingyan gently nudged Yun Qingqing with her elbow, "You wait here, I'm going to make a call."
Seeing this, Meng Xian showed just the right amount of worry: "Mingyan, are you alright?"
Ding Manni smiled and pulled her aside: "Xianxian, just let her go. She must be upset about drawing that kind of room, she probably just wants to find a place to calm down."
Ding Manni wasn't in a hurry to go upstairs to pack her luggage. She made an excuse to stay in the lobby, just to watch the show after Gu Mingyan "calmed down" and came back.
Meng Xian naturally knew what she was thinking, and she was happy to see Gu Mingyan suffer a setback, so she went along with it and stayed.
About half an hour later, just as Ding Manni was getting a little impatient, Gu Mingyan finally returned.
Her expression was calm and expressionless, revealing neither joy nor anger, as if she had already accepted the cruel reality.
She walked up to Yun Qingqing and naturally took her hand: "Let's go."
"Huh? Oh." Yun Qingqing was pulled upstairs, still a little confused.
Ding Manni glanced in the direction they left and called out to remind them, "Hey, Mingyan, Qingqing, your rooms aren't upstairs, they're in the annex next door!"
Gu Mingyan raised her chin at her: "But I just want to live upstairs. The production team didn't stipulate that we have to live in the room we were assigned."
Meng Xian looked worried and gently reminded her, "But you don't have a key. Do you intend to sleep in the hallway?"
Yun Qingqing was also confused by Gu Mingyan's actions and asked softly, "Yeah, Mingyan, we can't get into the other rooms without the key..."
Gu Mingyan was much more patient with Yun Qingqing.
She released Yun Qingqing's hand, and then, as if by magic, flipped her wrist and pulled out a large bunch of bronze keys from behind her back with a "whoosh".
"Don't worry. I just bought this castle." She waved the bunch of keys in her hand and said lazily, "Now, we can stay in whichever room we want."
Yun Qingqing: "!!!"
Meng Xian and Ding Manni: "..."
The guests: "???"
The comments section was also filled with surprise:
Holy crap, that's incredibly extravagant! They just bought someone's castle without a second thought?
[I knew Gu Mingyan was rich, but I didn't expect her to be this rich!!! This is a fucking castle! Not a castle model!]
[Having some knowledge of real estate, a castle of this size and in such good condition must cost at least several hundred million US dollars, right? And you'd need connections to even buy one!]
Hundreds of millions of dollars... just to change rooms??? Poverty limits my imagination, I'm speechless.
Does money mean you can do whatever you want? This shows absolutely no respect for the show's rules!
[To the person in the previous post: If I had hundreds of millions of dollars, I could do whatever I wanted! Besides, the production team didn't actually stipulate that we had to stay in the assigned rooms.]
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Yun Qingqing was also stunned by Gu Mingyan's reckless spending spree.
She quickly asked the system, "System! Is this part in the original book? Gu Mingyan is so bold, she just bought the castle?!"
The system was also utterly bewildered: [...This part of the story is indeed not in the book. Strictly speaking, this castle belongs to Gu Mingyan's half-brother. Gu Mingyan's relationship with her brother seems to be quite poor; she would rarely stoop to his level.]
Yun blinked gently and decided to give up thinking.
Why worry about so much? Just remember, following the rich woman means you'll get what you deserve!
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