The person who came knocking was actually an acquaintance.
Less than four hours after that morning phone call, the producer contacted Shi Yi again.
Shi Yi: …? She didn’t know if it was an illusion, but Shi Yi felt that the producer’s tone was somewhat subtle.
The producer said there were still a few minor issues with her script and recommended a senior screenwriter to her, asking if she was interested.
Shi Yi: Isn’t this a bit too coincidental?
Producer: “But Teacher Chen is going to be filming a variety show these next few days, Desert Island Survival Diary. Teacher Chen means that if you don’t mind, you can go with her, and you two can chat in person.”
Shi Yi’s first reaction was to refuse. She wasn’t a celebrity, after all.
The producer didn’t force her, only asking her to reconsider. “Teacher Chen Hongmei is a true leading authority in the screenwriting world. Even a few casual words of guidance from her can benefit someone immensely. This opportunity is very rare.”
As for the variety show, there was no need to worry. Producer Qin implicitly stated that the official broadcast would be edited.
“Does Brother Qin know who the guests are?” “Teacher Chen Hongmei and her husband Director Lu, Fang Fang, Xie Yixing, and two other female guests.” She hadn’t really heard of any of these people.
Shi Yi decided to think it over.
“What are you looking at? Come over and eat.” Seeing her spacing out, Xu Meimei called out.
Shi Yi snapped back to reality. “Coming.”
They were having barbecue for lunch.
The new chef Xu Meimei hired was an expert at barbecue, and she insisted on having Shi Yi experience it. The bodyguards placed the barbecue grill and white tables and chairs under a tree. The chef, wearing sleeve covers and a mask, stood in front of the grill holding a handful of meat skewers, skillfully sprinkling various seasonings onto them.
It smelled truly amazing.
Shi Yi walked back to the small table and sat down. She picked up a sizzling, oily meat skewer and tasted it, pleasantly surprised as she praised, “It’s genuinely delicious, but it’s a pity it’s gotten a bit cold… Give me another ten hot skewers.”
“Why don’t you see how long you were on the phone for.” Xu Meimei said to the butler, “I want vegetarian ones.” She turned back to look at Shi Yi. “Aren’t you afraid of getting fat?”
Weight was a topic women of every social class paid attention to, and Xu Meimei was no exception. She was even stricter with her own body management. Just imagining that during a banquet, while others were swaying gracefully with slender and slim figures, she alone would be wearing a gown with a bulging little tummy… She didn’t dare to imagine it.
Shi Yi picked up a second skewer and comforted her very lovingly, “Don’t worry. If you can’t eat them, I can help you eat them.”
Xu Meimei glared at her viciously. This woman right here—eating spicy food without breaking out, eating cake without getting fat; she was the public enemy of all women! If it weren’t for the fact that Shi Yi wasn’t as rich as she was, her mentality would definitely become unbalanced.
Xu Meimei: “Who called you?”
Shi Yi: “The producer. He introduced a screenwriter to me, Teacher Chen Hongmei, and I’m hesitating whether to go or not.”
Xu Meimei usually only cared about shopping and didn’t know who Chen Hongmei was. She picked up her phone and searched, only to be shocked by the massive list of titles on Baidu Baike. “Why wouldn’t you go when it’s such a great opportunity! What are you hesitating for?”
Shi Yi took a bite of her meat skewer. “For the next month, Teacher Chen is going to film Desert Island Survival Diary. If I go, I’d have to appear on this variety show.” She could actually wait until Teacher Chen finished the variety show before going, but Stop Making Trouble couldn’t wait that long. Asking Teacher Chen to stop working and come to her was obviously even more impossible. The only option was for her to go over…
Xu Meimei wanted to ask, Are you afraid of running into my Male God? But she swallowed the words back down halfway and scoffed, “What’s the big deal? Don’t just focus on the fact that you’ll be participating in the shoot; when it comes to editing, you might not even get that many screen-time cuts.”
As she spoke, she searched up Desert Island Survival Diary. “I didn’t expect this to have an elimination system based on fan votes. The bottom two guests get eliminated every seven days.” “I think what you need to worry about is whether or not you’ll get eliminated.”
Shi Yi: “…” She hit the nail on the head. She didn’t have any fans, after all. Going on there meant she was likely destined to be eliminated in seven days.
Shi Yi glanced at the frankly desolate view counts of previous episodes of Desert Island Survival Diary. It seemed… it wouldn’t have much of an impact?
“…”
Shi Yi was stuffed. It had been a long time since she ate this much.
After the two finished eating, they moved to the sofa. Shi Yi played a few previous episodes of Desert Island Survival Diary.
It was very ordinary. You couldn’t call it boring, it just lacked any highlights.
Shi Yi forgot it right after watching. The only memorable part was a certain guest’s salted fish behavior. This guest guarded a coconut from start to finish, sleeping when full and eating when rested. The other guests, who were working hard to talk and joke, didn’t leave any impression on her.
Xu Meimei tapped out after sticking it out for ten minutes.
She took out some nail polish and had a servant do her nails. While picking out colors, she asked Shi Yi, “How long are you going to stay in the country?”
Shi Yi: “Probably over two months.” Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but think of Gu Zhan. She had successfully slipped away this time, but what about next time? What if Gu Zhan came looking for her again?
Xu Meimei: “Then where are you planning to stay?” “Are you going to buy a house?” She remembered Shi Yi’s family properties. Back then, Shi Yi had entrusted her to sell off a lot of them, and she wondered if there were any left.
Shi Yi looked up, sizing her up a few times before smiling sweetly. “With you, of course.” It saved her from buying a house, let her freeload off the butler and nanny, and could effectively prevent Gu Zhan from showing up at her door. It killed multiple birds with one stone.
Xu Meimei: ????? “Did I say I was going to take you in?”
Shi Yi was calm. “I’m not leaving either way.”
Xu Meimei: “Shameless!”
“…”
Two minutes later, Xu Meimei changed her tune. Stretching out her fingers for the servant to paint them, she said faintly, “Unless you tell me what’s really going on between you and my Male God.”
Shi Yi: So she was waiting for her here.
Seeing Shi Yi stay silent, Xu Meimei gave a side-eye and sucked in her sour drool. “I don’t mean anything else, I just want to know, are my Male God’s eight-pack abs nice to touch?”
They were quite nice to touch, indeed. Shi Yi couldn’t help but recall the feel of Gu Zhan’s abs—firm and smooth, containing immense explosive power, dangerous and wild.
Shi Yi answered, “Unfortunately, I haven’t touched them.”
“I don’t believe you.” “I really haven’t touched them.” “Keep pretending.”
Shi Yi: “If I answered, would you get sour?”
Xu Meimei: “…Of course.”
She would.
Xu Meimei wouldn’t be able to control herself from eating lemons.
“Then tell me, how did you manage to woo my Male God?” Xu Meimei looked at her from the corner of her eye. “Be serious.”
Shi Yi: Did not want to recall. Unfortunately, looking at Xu Meimei’s unblinking stare, she probably wouldn’t accept that option. Shi Yi pursed her lips. “I don’t know how I wooed him, but I do know what kind of person your Male God likes.” “What?”
Shi Yi: “First, pretty, with eyes that curve like crescent moons when she smiles.”
“Mhm, and then?”
“Second, sly and cute, like a little bird flying down from the mountains.”
“Mhm.”
“Smart and intelligent.”
“Mn.”
“Also understanding and considerate. When gentle, she’s like soft water that can soothe all of the male lead’s pain; when acting coquettish, she’s like cotton candy, soft and sweet, melting your Male God’s heart completely.”
The original book described that the moment Gu Zhan saw the female lead, everything else faded away, and he felt that his life had found new meaning from then on… The original book’s description was very exaggerated. The book wrote that he was destined to fall in love with the female lead. The moment he saw the female lead, all his instincts would awaken.
Xu Meimei couldn’t “mhm” anymore. With a dark face, she asked, “Are you just taking this opportunity to praise yourself?” She had just realized—wasn’t the person her Male God liked exactly her? What ‘smiling like crescent moons’ and ‘sly and cute’, it was all just her boasting about herself. Why didn’t she just straight up say the person had to be named Shi Yi?
Shi Yi: ??? The unknown emotion in her heart was instantly suppressed.
She was falsely accused. The original book described the female lead exactly like that. She was quoting it word for word.
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