Chapter 20: The Small-Time Star and His Short-Tempered Sugar Daddy (Part XX)
“So is everyone here now?”
Gu Yao’s gaze circled around Xiao Ji before looking at the others.
Zhao Jiatong shrugged: “Don’t know yet. If everyone is here, shouldn’t we start assigning rooms?”
Just as his voice fell, another girl walked in from outside dragging a suitcase. Everyone present was stunned upon seeing this.
The reason was simple: the girl’s name was Su Yu, and she couldn’t exactly be considered an industry insider.
But last year, in a dating show for ordinary people, relying on her unique temperament and various flirtatious methods, she not only won the favor of all five male guests in that season but also nearly caused them to fight over her.
After the program aired, she earned the title “Public Enemy of Women.” Many relationship bloggers used her as a teaching case, exaggerating that in this world, no man could resist “Su Yu’s” charm.
But at the end of the program, Su Yu didn’t choose a single male guest.
No one expected that for the sake of a gimmick, the program group would actually invite Su Yu to an all-star romance variety show.
In terms of appearance, Su Yu was definitely not as beautiful as the starlet Gu Yao. In terms of temperament, she couldn’t compare to the 178cm tall Lie. In terms of talent, she couldn’t compare to Li Yun.
But when Su Yu stood there, she had a unique charm that made people unable to help but look at her a few more times.
Everyone was sizing up Su Yu.
Except for Xiao Ji.
He blocked out many external sounds, counting the ants moving small grains of sand into the brick cracks on the ground while thinking about Fang Yinnian in his brain.
He wasn’t thinking about anything specific, just constantly thinking about Fang Yinnian’s long legs. Whether draped over his shoulders or clamped around his waist, they were just right.
And those assorted gift boxes he bought earlier—he didn’t know when he would be able to use them…
Xiao Ji’s thoughts were like a runaway wild horse, getting more and more boundless, until a slender, jade-like hand extended under Xiao Ji’s eyelids, and said to him:
“Brother, hello. I am Su Yu. Please take care of me.”
Only then did Xiao Ji withdraw his thoughts. He fumbled in his pocket for a long time, pulled out a half-used pack of tissues, drew one out, and stuffed it into Su Yu’s hand.
“Hello. There is lipstick, on your teeth.”
As he spoke, he stuffed both hands into his jacket pockets.
Outside the lens, the bullet comments exploded at this moment:
【???? What is he doing???】
【Holy sh*t, I’m dying of laughter. Miss Su Yu is going to shatter.】
【Although… isn’t this a bit bad? It seems a bit lacking in gentlemanly demeanor.】
【Before this, I never believed he was straight.】
【This posture of rejection reveals a hint of insult amidst the euphemism…】
【Can anyone tell if he did it on purpose?】
【I don’t think so. Just now Su Yu had a close-up smiling at Teacher Cheng. There really was a bit of red on the third tooth from the left of her front teeth. Someone must have clipped it. Go look at the replay later yourselves.】
【But is it really okay not to give a girl face in public like this?】
【You can tell Xiao Ji really doesn’t want to find a girlfriend…】
……….
Hearing this, Su Yu acted very normally. Taking the tissue, she even narrowed her eyes and said “Thank you, brother” to Xiao Ji.
Xiao Ji nodded: “You’re welcome.”
Just as the voice fell, a staff member wearing a long gown appeared in everyone’s line of sight carrying a tray:
“Room allocation begins now. Once rooms are allocated, unless special conditions are triggered, they cannot be easily changed.”
“Currently, in the entire house, there are two triple rooms, two double rooms, and two single rooms.”
“However, there are only seven people present. So, please send a representative to draw for rooms first until enough beds for seven people are selected. The remaining rooms will be locked temporarily.”
As the staff member finished speaking, everyone looked at each other.
Cheng Nuo spoke first: “Who will draw?”
No one wanted to take this job. If luck was bad and the draw was unsatisfactory to everyone, they would be blamed.
Li Yun suggested Rock, Paper, Scissors; whoever lost would go to draw lots. Everyone agreed.
Xiao Ji won in the first round and stood aside. The others continued.
In the second round, everyone else won, leaving Cheng Nuo as the sole loser.
The job of drawing rooms was handed to Cheng Nuo, and Cheng Nuo lived up to expectations by successfully skipping the two double rooms, drawing the worst result of two triple rooms and one single room.
Everyone fell silent seeing the result.
Li Yun pursed her lips: “Are the rooms assigned by gender?”
Staff member: “Assigned by luck.”
Three people who didn’t know each other well sleeping in the same room—and this was just the first day. If someone snored, ground their teeth, or farted while sleeping, it would take a lot of effort to salvage their image later.
In this awkward atmosphere, the staff member brought another tray over, on which seven small wooden tags were neatly arranged:
“There are numbers on the back of the tags. Whichever number you draw, go to that room number.”
Everyone stared at each other. Seeing the situation was irreversible, they began to laugh and joke, pushing and shoving each other to pick up the wooden tags first.
The draw result: Gu Yao, Zhao Jiatong, and Li Yun in one room. Cheng Nuo, Xiao Ji, and Su Yu in one room. Lie in the single room.
After getting the results, several people carried their luggage to find their rooms.
The accommodation conditions arranged by the program group were good. It was a villa with a Chinese style base tone. The first floor had a living room, kitchen, and dining room.
The guests’ rooms were all upstairs.
While going upstairs, Su Yu walked beside Xiao Ji:
“My luck is quite good. I often make wishes with my mind, and most of the time, they come true.”
Xiao Ji didn’t look at Su Yu. His gaze fell on Cheng Nuo walking in front of him: “What a coincidence. Me too.”
The voices of the two talking weren’t quiet. Cheng Nuo wasn’t far away. Hearing this, he looked back at Xiao Ji, then withdrew his gaze, lost in thought.
They arrived at the door of the drawn room and pushed it open. The room was very spacious. The first thing that came into view was a bright sliding glass door leading to a balcony overlooking the river, offering a panoramic view of the riverbank scenery.
There was an independent bathroom and a projector. But what was unexpected was that the so-called triple room only had two double beds.
Su Yu was quite a character. Seeing this, her first reaction wasn’t to ask Xiao Ji and Cheng Nuo, two men, to sleep in one bed. Instead, she suddenly smiled and threw the question to Cheng Nuo:
“Brother Cheng Nuo, do you want to sleep with me, or do you want to sleep with Xiao Ji?”
If it were anyone else, at this moment, Cheng Nuo would definitely show his gentlemanly demeanor, let Su Yu sleep alone, and squeeze into one bed with the other person.
They were both men anyway; it wasn’t a big deal.
But this person was Xiao Ji. For a moment, Cheng Nuo didn’t know how to answer.
If he chose Su Yu, how would the audience outside the lens who didn’t know the truth view him?
If he chose Xiao Ji, and Fang Yinnian found out, he was afraid he would be ground to dust and scattered as ashes.
But fortunately, Cheng Nuo’s ability to adapt on the spot wasn’t too bad. After realizing the situation, he returned the question to Su Yu, joking:
“Where is it my turn to choose? For this kind of thing, ladies first.”
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