Chapter 206: Undercurrents Surging
The pickup truck got back on the road, but before it had gone far, Xuan Xia suddenly asked the driver to pull over again.
This time, without Xuan Xia saying anything, everyone in the truck except the driver saw Jiang Feng and Cui Xiaobai ahead by the roadside, borrowing transportation from an islander.
An Qi and Gu Sun were very self-aware and had no objections at all.
Zhou Shiqing was different; unlike his attitude toward Song Yuhan, he had a big problem with Jiang Feng.
He immediately brought out his sarcastic skills again, “Is this the friendship from past cooperation?”
Xuan Xia felt helpless for a moment, then smiled and shook her head: “Sort of, but not entirely. Because Teacher Jiang and I are also going to cooperate again.”
Zhou Shiqing: “…”
“So consolidating the friendship a bit, no problem, right?”
【Good grief, what did I just hear?】
【Let me sort this out: does Xuan Xia mean that Jiang Feng will also star in Worldly Fireworks? Damn, what role will he play?】
【Real or fake? I’ve seen the plot summary, and there doesn’t seem to be any role suitable for Jiang Feng, right?】
【Unexpected joy, this is practically a huge disclosure, heh.】
【Didn’t Jiang Feng already have his next drama lined up? It can’t be Worldly Fireworks; the timing doesn’t match.】
【Yeah, I just saw a marketing account saying his next drama is set, and it conflicts with Worldly Fireworks’ filming time. Besides, the male roles with substantial scenes in Worldly Fireworks are the male lead and the father; Jiang Feng can’t possibly play the father, right? If he plays the male lead, then what does Song Yuhan play?】
【Maybe the role Xuan Xia is taking isn’t Worldly Fireworks, but Jiang Feng’s project?】
【Then what did she mean by soon cooperating with Song Yuhan? Cooperating on what?】
Bullet comments erupted into intense discussion.
At the same time, Xuan Xia’s disclosure was quickly reposted to Weibo, rapidly sparking a series of discussions.
The discussion content was basically the same as the bullet comments, all curious whether she was really starring in Worldly Fireworks or doing a second cooperation with Jiang Feng on a new drama.
Additionally, whether Jiang Feng would star in Worldly Fireworks and whether Song Yuhan was truly the male lead of Worldly Fireworks also became hot topics of heated netizen discussion.
Because of this, topics like “Xuan Xia Live Broadcast Huge Disclosure,” “Xuan Xia Song Yuhan Cooperation,” “Xuan Xia Jiang Feng Second Cooperation” quickly rose up the hot search list.
The two words “Xuan Xia” unexpectedly became the top trending presence.
At the rest area, Ji Ziyao was stunned for a moment when he learned about the hot searches.
If he hadn’t confirmed he didn’t buy any topics or traffic, he almost thought he had spent money to push these hot search topics.
After understanding the whole story behind the topics, Ji Ziyao lightly praised: “You’ve made it.” She can create topics on her own now.
However, Xuan Xia still didn’t know about the hot searches.
After generously making the disclosure, just like she had asked Song Yuhan earlier, she turned to Jiang Feng and asked: “Teacher Jiang, want a ride?”
Jiang Feng looked at the people in front and behind the truck, and exchanged a look with Song Yuhan at the back.
He then looked at Zhou Shiqing in the truck, who had a deadpan face, staring him down intensely, as if advising him to know better and refuse Xuan Xia’s kindness.
The corner of Jiang Feng’s mouth twitched, he hooked his lip, averted his line of sight from Zhou Shiqing, looked at Xuan Xia, and gladly said: “Sure.”
Only after agreeing did he remember he had a partner, so he turned back and asked Cui Xiaobai: “We’re all heading to the dock; how about we hitch a ride too?”
Cui Xiaobai forced a smile, but felt dissatisfied inside: he agreed first and only thought to ask her now? So perfunctory!
Moreover, Wen Zhu had also hitched a ride; she really didn’t want to be in the same truck as Wen Zhu right now!
But if they didn’t hitch, they’d have to keep borrowing transportation from the islanders with whom they couldn’t communicate, wasting who knows how much more time; maybe Wen Zhu’s group would reach the location and complete the mission by then.
Cui Xiaobai thought for the mission’s sake, she’d endure it.
She nodded and deliberately replied in a gentle and generous tone: “Of course.”
However, Jiang Feng had zero reaction to her gentle generosity; once he got her response, he was already eagerly heading to the side of the truck.
Cui Xiaobai really wanted to yell at Jiang Feng’s back: where’s your gentlemanly demeanor?
Jiang Feng walked so fast, of course, to ask where he should sit; although he already knew in his heart he’d probably have to keep company with Song Yuhan.
But if he could also drag Zhou Shiqing to the truck bed to get some wind, that wouldn’t be bad either.
With this idea in mind, after getting the expected answer, Jiang Feng immediately proposed a personal suggestion based on his thoughts.
His suggestion was naturally rejected by Zhou Shiqing, abstained from by Gu Sun, and as for Xuan Xia and An Qi, Xuan Xia inwardly refused, but An Qi thought the proposal was pretty good.
However, An Qi ultimately followed Xuan Xia’s lead; since Xuan Xia didn’t agree, she refused too—who made their two groups form an alliance, and they were the ones who got the transportation.
On the bullet comments, someone immediately criticized Xuan Xia.
【Jiang Feng’s proposal is pretty good; why doesn’t Xuan Xia agree? Is she deliberately targeting the two female guest performers?】
【Clearly the four girls could sit more comfortably; why doesn’t Xuan Xia agree? Does she just want to squeeze with Zhou Shiqing? That’s a bit bitchy.】
【She just wants to squeeze with Zhou Shiqing! Male-pleasing, huh!】
Some viewers didn’t understand these critical bullet comments and immediately spoke up for Xuan Xia.
【Are you kidding? The hitchhikers are getting uppity? Did you borrow the truck? Letting you hitch is already good; so many demands?】
【Those saying the hitchhikers must sit inside: hope when a girl hitches your boyfriend’s car, you smartly give up the passenger seat because the back is more spacious!】
【Everything okay? Just this and you’re escalating to male-pleasing? Isn’t Jiang Feng a guy?】
While the bullet comments were noisily arguing again, Jiang Feng had already dropped his plan and respected Xuan Xia’s decision.
Amid Zhou Shiqing’s face almost grinning itself to pieces, he went around to the back of the truck with Cui Xiaobai.
By the time Jiang Feng, Cui Xiaobai, and their follow-shot young man got on, the truck bed space was already cramped and crowded; the two follow-shotters couldn’t even get a proper angle to film normally, with scenes almost shoved right into the guests’ faces.
Plus the undercurrents between Wen Zhu and Cui Xiaobai, their two groups’ live broadcasts had to temporarily stop, resuming only after reaching the dock.
Seeing this, viewers immediately switched to Xuan Xia and Zhou Shiqing’s live broadcast room to watch their brother and older sister in the cracks.
Also because of these viewers joining, the previous arguments in the bullet comments were drowned out, and the bullet comment topics became more diverse.
Nearly twenty minutes into the ride, the live broadcast room’s bullet comments were very harmonious.
Dual fans and multi-fans even evolved to the point of recognizing kin.
Until they arrived at the destination and the guests got off one after another, with Song Yuhan and Jiang Feng’s live broadcast rooms restarting, did the fans return to their original live broadcast rooms.
Before leaving, they didn’t forget a friendly goodbye.
【Friends, see you later! Welcome to drop by Song Yuhan’s live broadcast room anytime.】
【Jiang Feng live broadcast room welcomes dual fans and multi-fans, of course, passerby friends are welcome too; see you all again if fate allows.】
【Hahaha, I think Gu Sun and An Qi’s live broadcast room can merge; after all, we’ve formed an alliance.】
