Chapter 120: Pliers: I’m A Clown
【 The farce of the “Epic Poisonous Bean 2.0” at the Mushroom House dragged on all night.
Everyone didn’t get much rest.
But in the morning, they still had to get up and go for a morning run with Teacher Huang.
Shang Youshu voluntarily wanted to join the morning run – because she had deceived herself a bit too much last night, she sadly discovered upon waking up that she had gained another pound!
So, she had to run.
She was wearing a white tracksuit and a black baseball cap, the brim slightly pulled down, revealing only the outline of her delicate chin and high nose bridge. As she ran, she exclaimed, “The oxygen I breathe automatically synthesizes fat!”
“Unfair, this world is unfair!”
Chi Ye easily ran past her from behind and turned back in surprise, “What kind of physique do you have? You were almost dead last night, and you’re still so energetic now?”
Sister Shang was wearing wireless Bluetooth earphones. She could only see Chi Ye’s mouth moving, her breathing hitched slightly, and fine sweat beads dotted her fair collarbones, radiating heat.
She paused, then hurriedly took out a bottle of warm water from her bag and handed it to Chi Ye, “Here, I’m returning it to you. What happened last night was done by my cousin, Shang Guagua, it has nothing to do with me, Shang Youshu!”
After saying that, she sped up and passed Chi Ye, leaving Teacher Chi full of questions.
Chi Ye: “?”
He shook the warm water in his hand, looking a bit puzzled, “You were poisoned last night too? Is your brain not working properly?”
On the other side.
Shang Youshu’s heart raced. She was sure it was due to her inconsistent running pace. She decided to go to the #Chi Pan Xia Yu# CP supertopic and post a “confession of guilt” as soon as she got back.
What happened last night was just an accident. Stay away from me, stay away from me!!
Don’t get any closer to hell, Teacher Xiao Chi!
Chi Ye was unaware of Sister Shang’s roaring and emotionally charged inner world. He genuinely thought Sister Shang’s thought process was a bit abnormal.
However, no matter how abnormal she was, she wouldn’t be staying much longer.
The morning run ended, and the 【Meng Xi Yuan》 film crew finished their first breakfast. Shortly after Mom Wen and Jiang Cheng returned, they embarked on a new “journey.”
After two days of announcements, they had to go for other drama promotions.
Before parting, Mom Wen held Shang Youshu’s hand, her voice tinged with sadness, “Why did Sister have to go for a stomach lavage yesterday? You’re leaving just as you arrived…”
“Can you stay a few more days?”
“I can’t stay, Mom Wen. I’ll come visit you again next time I have the chance.”
Sister Shang smiled and hugged Wen Lijuan, asking with concern, “By the way, Mom Wen, are you feeling better? Are you okay?”
“Ah.” Mom Wen smiled slightly, “You don’t know, Sister was the only one who didn’t cry out during the stomach lavage last night. So, to put it in perspective, Sister had her stomach lavaged eight times last time, so eight times this time is a small matter.”
“The Mushroom House isn’t eating tripe today, why did you wash yourself so clean?”
Chi Ye walked over, “Don’t be too ridiculous, Mom Wen.”
“Ah, you child, you always know what to say.”
Mom Wen smiled slightly and looked at the two of them again, blinking, “Then you two should say goodbye too?”
“No need, Teacher Xiao Chi and I have a spiritual connection… No time, I’m leaving first.”
Sister Shang glanced at Chi Ye with her bright eyes, as if Chi Ye were going to eat her, and turned to run outside.
Chi Ye: “?”
“Is she sick?”
“Xiao Chi, how can you say that about Xiao Shang?”
“Then why is she acting so strange today?”
“She’s sick.”
Chi Ye: “Huh?”
“It’s a girl’s special time of the month, her emotions are always a bit strange, it’s normal you don’t understand.”
Chi Ye squinted at Wen Lijuan, “You understand, Mom Wen?”
“Look at what you’re saying.” Wen Lijuan was displeased, “Back when Sister was young, she always…”
“Don’t say anymore, Mom Wen, I don’t want to hear it.”
Chi Ye covered his ears and turned back into the house.
He was only staying one more day today and would be returning tomorrow morning.
Mom Wen stared at his retreating back resentfully, spreading her hands, “What Sister wanted to say was, how many such situations have I seen from my youth until now?”
A fond smile spread across her face as she reminisced, sighing, “Youth is truly wonderful.”
……
Being young is not good.
Shi Jinwei intensely hated her age. If she were already a senior figure in the industry, perhaps she wouldn’t have so many announcements and would live more freely?
But this was a path she had chosen herself. If she truly lost her busy work, she would feel an unprecedented sense of fear.
When she was young and naive, she signed with a small company, was cheated, and signed an exploitative contract.
The senior executives at the company, seeing her outstanding looks and figure, and that she was mixed-race, tried to exploit her several times, but she forcefully rejected them all.
She was blacklisted.
After finally breaking through, she spent years honing her singing and dancing skills, debuting successfully through a talent show, and seemed to be entering her spring.
—Then outsiders said she resembled Sheng Ning, calling her “Little Sheng Ning.”
Shi Jinwei was unconvinced. She was herself, and how could that old woman Sheng Ning compare to her?
She worked even harder and more diligently. Others became complacent and indulged in pleasure after becoming popular; she did not.
Her schedule was the most packed among the Four Little Flowers, no less than Sheng Ning in her early years.
Because of her past experiences, she cherished everything she had now, desperately trying to hold onto it.
But even robots need maintenance, and pliers need lubricant periodically.
This collaboration with Chu Han Zhou on 【Deep Sea》 had exhausted her.
“You want me to wear flats? Why doesn’t he wear flats himself? Does he think he can?”
【Mushroom House》 Outside the camera.
On the way to the program team, Shi Jinwei heard her assistant and became furious, “If his own hardware isn’t good enough, he should go for bone setting and plastic surgery. How many times has it been? He keeps pressuring me, asking me to give up makeup, height, camera shots, and billing order. If I told him to eat shit, would he eat it?”
“That’s Lin Jingyi’s hobby… he probably doesn’t like eating.”
After speaking, the assistant felt Sister Shi’s anger and quickly turned to express to Chu Han Zhou’s assistant, “Tell Chu Han Zhou to learn from Peng Chen and walk on stilts.”
Chu Han Zhou’s assistant gave a cold glance in their direction and walked back.
Yes, the two had already arrived outside 【Mushroom House》, but for some reason, they had a dispute and stopped.
“She’s unwilling? Damn it, even in flats she’s almost 180cm, does she really want to overshadow me?!”
After receiving the reply, Chu Han Zhou was furious, “This woman is truly sharp-tongued, big-breasted, brainless, and utterly excessive!”
“Then what should we do?”
The assistant hesitated, “Maybe… I can communicate with the program team and ask them not to film you two standing together?”
Chu Han Zhou: “?”
“Then what am I here for? To eat? How many lives do I have?”
Assistant: “…”
He lowered his voice and said, “I’ll have the program team photoshop you later, ten centimeters taller!”
Chu Han Zhou was suspicious, but then he thought that even if it was photoshopped, it would still be seen during the live broadcast, which made him agitated.
He wasn’t short, at least taller than Xiao Juren Peng Chen and Meng Yixun, but he wasn’t exceptionally tall either.
—The main issue was that Shi Jinwei, that brainless idiot, was too tall. Due to her mixed-race heritage, Sister Qianzi’s figure surpassed all other women. Every time she wore high heels, she made the male actors around her seem dim by comparison.
How could Chu Han Zhou accept this?
He was one of the Four Great Young Actors, and Shi Jinwei might not even be as famous as him!
“Get me those shoes, I’m going to be taller than her today!”
Chu Han Zhou thought for a moment and added, “Get the hairpieces too, I want my hair volume to exceed hers!”
“This… we just had hair transplants not long ago, isn’t it not good…”
“…Then forget it, but you must wear the shoes!”
Saying this, the team members brought out a pair of Peng Chen’s custom “Little Giant Essential Height-Increasing Shoes” with an external heel of 10cm and an internal heel of 8cm — these were the indispensable “battle boots” for several short male stars in the industry.
After putting them on, dignity +18cm!
Chu Han Zhou put them on shakily and immediately gained confidence, walking forward.
As a result, when he saw Shi Jinwei’s appearance ahead, he was stunned.
He saw Sister Qianzi at that moment wearing a pair of heels that could be described as “hated-sky-high Plus” at 15cm. Even more absurdly, she had styled her hair into a high ponytail, making her appear to have exceeded 180cm in height.
She turned back and looked at him mockingly.
“Little trash.”
Chu Han Zhou: “?!”
“Fuck your mother, is that how we’re playing?!”
He gritted his teeth, noticing Shi Jinwei’s lush jet-black long hair.
He slandered, “She definitely had hair transplants, she’s using hairpieces!”
“…Brother Chu, Shi Jinwei’s hair is naturally beautiful…”
“Naturally what kind of lychee? Does lychee grow on her head?”
Assistant: “…Shall we go in?”
They had already seen the members of the Mushroom House program team and Teacher Huang and a few others emerging.
Chu Han Zhou cursed Shi Jinwei internally for being shameless. “You’re a woman, why do you need to be so tall?”
“Standing in front of you, I look like a little figure, damn it!”
But since people had already come out and the cameras were following, any feud had to be kept off-camera. Chu Han Zhou put on a smile and walked to Shi Jinwei’s side, and they walked together towards the crowd at 【Mushroom House》.
However, because the two had gained 18cm and 15cm respectively, and were on a dirt road in the mountains, their walking was extremely awkward and dangerous. Their wobbly appearance stunned Chi Ye, who had just come out.
“Two giants?!”
“No, what circus is this? Why are they all walking on stilts to participate in the show?”
Everyone: “…”
Already unstable, Chu Han Zhou, whose “basic skills” were inferior to Shi Jinwei’s, stumbled. Fortunately, he had a suitcase beside him to lean on, otherwise he would have fallen face-first.
Even so, his right foot twisted severely, and he let out a scream, “Ah… fuck… mm…!”
“Holy crap.”
The Mushroom House members, who had been walking slowly, were startled and quickened their pace.
Chi Ye exclaimed from behind, “A civil champion isn’t as good as a martial champion, huh? He’s already injured before even entering the house.”
Ran Qiao tugged at him, “Brother Chi, watch your mouth.”
Chi Ye glanced at her, “Want a cigarette?”
On the other side, Teacher He and Teacher Huang, showing concern, helped Chu Han Zhou up, “Zhuzhou, are you okay?”
“Oh dear, you were too careless.”
“Do you need to go to the hospital?”
“Go to the hospital quickly, or the injury will heal before you get there.”
Chi Ye leaned over and pointed at the shoe heel, “Your foot should be fine, the heel is crooked.”
“Hey, that’s not right, these shoes look familiar, aren’t these…”
“Ahem.”
Chu Han Zhou quickly coughed twice, “It’s nothing… Shall we go in first? I’ll change my shoes.”
He avoided the camera and stared at Chi Ye with malice in his eyes.
Chi Ye: “?”
He paused and said bluntly, “Did you come with an external prosthetic body like Peng Chen’s?”
Everyone: “…”
“Let’s go in, let’s go in.”
Teacher He smoothed things over. Shi Jinwei, not far away, crossed her arms and watched the spectacle with a mocking expression.
“Lao Qian.”
As everyone walked into the small courtyard together, Chi Ye greeted her.
“Hmm?”
Shi Jinwei was stunned, then let out a cold laugh, arching her swan-like neck, and said nothing.
The main point was to be visibly haughty.
“What’s your star power? How dare you speak to me?”
She waited for a moment, only to find that Chi Ye surprisingly didn’t “mouth” her, which felt unaccustomed. She looked back and saw that Chi Ye had already disappeared and was now talking to Ran Qiao up ahead.
Sister Qianzi: “?”
She raised an eyebrow and thought about it, wanting to approach him to ask the question in her mind, but felt it was too beneath her. For a moment, she stood frozen.
Last time on 【Voice of Nature》, she had constantly mocked Chi Ye for his good luck in not being targeted by Shen Qing Yu.
But combined with the news she had just received…
No, she had to clarify!
“Let’s go, Weiwei, what’s wrong?”
“Isn’t this Yangyang’s first time at the Mushroom House?”
Teacher He and Teacher Huang treated Sister Qianzi with great warmth. The former even used Sister Qianzi’s nickname.
“Oh… go, go.”
Shi Jinwei snapped back to attention, her sapphire blue eyes swept over Chi Ye, feeling inexplicably angry. She walked into the small house in her “hated-sky-high” heels.
“Brother Chi, Teacher Shi seemed to want to talk to you just now…”
Ran Qiao curiously asked Chi Ye after discussing the next drama promotion, “Didn’t you participate in 【Voice of Nature》 together? Why didn’t you talk more?”
“You mean Qianzi?”
Chi Ye thought for a moment and said, “Her brain is a bit sick. You can’t indulge people like that, it’s fine.”
“Ah…”
Ran Qiao listened, shocked.
Shi Jinwei was a popular first-tier little flower… how could Chi Ge speak so… so impolitely about her.
She thought again about Chi Ye and Shang Youshu’s interactions, and suddenly understood.
That’s right, when Chi Ge is with Sister Shang, he also seems more casual.
Hmm… this is what it means to be unpopular but not lacking in popularity. Chi Ge’s big heart is indeed perfect for riding on popularity!
“Let’s go, let’s go inside too, and try to do less work today!”
Ran Qiao: “…”
The two finally entered the house and found them engaged in polite greetings.
《Mushroom House》 The treatment for popular first-tier stars is indeed different; at least Teacher Huang and the others had smiles visible to the naked eye.
“I heard last night… something happened?”
Chu Han Zhou seemed curious, but was actually considering his own safety.
“Ah, it’s nothing, I just ate some poisonous lamb, but I’m fine now.”
Mom Wen waved with a smile: “We didn’t even go to the hospital.”
Chi Ye nodded: “Didn’t go to the hospital, almost went to the morgue.”
Chu and Shi: “?!”
“You guys chat first, I’ll go prepare lunch, hehe.”
Teacher Huang had already stood up. After last night’s incident, he felt his “Huang Xiao Chu” reputation could be salvaged a little.
He ambled into the kitchen to begin preparations.
In the living room.
After several rounds of pleasantries, Chi Ye helped tidy the table and saw Shi Jinwei still sitting there motionless: “Excuse me, let me wipe the table.”
“Oh? What did you say?”
Chi Ye was taken aback: “Excuse me.”
“Excuse… are you asking Yue Na, whom Shen Qing Yu made?”
Chi Ye: “?”
He glanced at the camera, found it wasn’t filming them, and asked strangely: “Are you sick?”
Shi Jinwei’s expression turned cold: “Why are you talking to me proactively? Do you want to get close to me?”
Chi Ye: “???”
“Then since you want to talk, I’ll listen. Was that last incident your doing?”
Chi Ye squinted: “Do what? Do pliers?”
Shi Jinwei was inexplicably a little annoyed, her sapphire eyes fixed on Chi Ye: “In your eyes, have you always thought I was an idiot?!”
Chi Ye paused, then nodded: “Yes.”
Shi Jinwei’s chest visibly rose and fell slightly, looking at Chi Ye: “It wasn’t you, you don’t have that strength!”
“Correct.”
Chi Ye was delighted: “You’re right, everyone outside is framing me!”
Shi Jinwei: “…”
Am I the clown?!
