Chapter 25: Huo Chen Doesn’t Drink Green Tea
Chu Xiaoran was furious after being told off.
However, he was weak. Facing a naturally gifted player like Huo Chen—who usually didn’t speak, but when he did, could make people shut down for a lifetime—Chu Xiaoran had absolutely no idea how to counterattack. After a suffocating silence, he pinned his hopes on Lin Huaizhi.
“Lin Huaizhi, is this the person you keep saying you like?”
“I really can’t see any redeeming qualities in him. He doesn’t even have basic respect. He truly isn’t worth your affection.”
【I’m convinced! First, he blurred the relationship with Lin Huaizhi, making people think they were a couple. Then he said they were just ordinary friends. Now he’s even more incredible; he’s acting directly like Lin Huaizhi’s dad.】
【Passerby here. Not commenting on Chu Xiaoran’s acting skills, just want to critique his IQ. I mean, excuse me? Can you not ruin the atmosphere and mess with my mindset? Is letting me happily ship this CP going to kill you?】
Of course, Lin Huaizhi didn’t indulge him either.
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
“Besides, I think Huo Chen has many redeeming qualities. He is tall, strong, and extremely masculine. He is completely my ideal type, so I don’t need others to ‘think’ for me.”
Chu Xiaoran finally understood.
Lin Huaizhi was truly competing with him. And these people—they must have been incited or bribed by Lin Huaizhi specifically to anger him.
Especially Huo Chen.
He had known Lin Huaizhi for three years and knew deeply that Lin Huaizhi prioritized profit and wouldn’t make a losing deal. having invested so much money and emotion in him, the sunk cost was there; Lin Huaizhi couldn’t possibly give up halfway.
Love at first sight.
Those four words were simply impossible when applied to Lin Huaizhi. Moreover, Huo Chen’s face could be described as vicious; no matter how one looked at it, he wasn’t the type to inspire love at first sight. He looked more like the type that made people call the police at first sight.
Even if he wanted to stage a show, Lin Huaizhi should have found someone outstanding in every way. Using Huo Chen to trick him? Who would believe it?
“Since you put it that way, then I wish you well. I also hope you won’t regret it in the future.” Chu Xiaoran patted the hem of his clothes and turned to leave.
Xu Qiao: “…”
Looking at the retreating figure that even flipped his bangs, Xu Qiao felt like she was going to crack apart. She grabbed Hu Xiaoxu’s arm, her voice sounding like she was about to cry as she called out to Lin Huaizhi.
“Boss Lin! President Lin!!”
“I beg you! Ban Chu Xiaoran! Look at his retreating back! What is he trying to do? Act cool? The prerequisite for acting cool is being cool! Flipping his bangs while covered in mud! Is he trying to blind my eyes with ugliness?”
“I can’t take it anymore.”
“Thinking that this will be part of my dark history in the future, I’d rather just die right now!”
【Cheap woman! Are you saying these things to destroy my Xiao? You won’t succeed! Lin Huaizhi won’t listen to you!】
【So what if she’s an e-sports player? can an e-sports player attack people so unscrupulously? I remember most e-sports leagues prohibit players from insulting others and fighting, right? Just wait! This old lady is going to complain about you to the game officials right now!】
Xu Qiao’s mouth was a team-fight engine.
As long as she opened her mouth, even if Chu Xiaoran’s fans couldn’t out-argue her, they would jump up to curse her for three hundred rounds. Then her fans would tear into Chu Xiaoran’s fans, conveniently tearing into Chu Xiaoran along the way.
In just two short hours.
Xu Qiao’s mouth contributed sustained high heat to the livestream room. The director, watching the livestream, wished he could pass away on the spot.
He never expected that the only thing scarier than his direct boss descending upon his variety show would be Xu Qiao’s mouth. If this trend continued, the day the livestream room got banned for inappropriate speech wasn’t far off!
Punishment complete.
Next was the room exchange.
According to the prices given by the director, the room at the Village Chief’s house was the most expensive, costing two hundred a night. Based on the zero score of Fang Mo’s group, they couldn’t afford to live there even if they borrowed two hundred yuan.
Why couldn’t they live there even if the rent was two hundred and they borrowed two hundred?
Of course, it was because the Village Chief’s wife was unwilling!
Not only Fang Mo’s group, but none of these guests would likely be able to live in the Village Chief’s house for the rest of the filming.
Why?
Because Sister-in-law Wu didn’t want to rent to them anymore.
Fang Mo successfully aroused Sister-in-law Wu’s strong aversion single-handedly, causing her to blacklist all the guests indiscriminately.
Truly incredible.
With one less accommodation option, the program team could only supplement with a tent. Of course, it was purely a tent; there was nothing else, and they had to pitch it themselves.
It is worth mentioning that in this room exchange game, no group of guests chose to switch rooms.
Fang Mo took the tent given by the program team and walked up to Huo Chen, worry written all over his pale face: “Huo Chen, do you guys really not want to switch to the tent?”
“Although it’s not deep autumn yet, the nights in the mountains are very cold. I saw the house you’re staying in; it can hardly be counted as a house. The windows and doors are broken. It will definitely be drafty at night.”
From the outbreak of the conflict until now, Fang Mo had thought a lot. Along the way, Su Rui acted like an NPC; he basically couldn’t hear what was said to him and liked to give orders, showing absolutely no respect.
Although Huo Chen looked scary and ignored people, his attitude was much better than Su Rui’s; he didn’t make Fang Mo feel disrespected.
He wanted to make friends with Huo Chen.
Besides, they definitely had common topics. The entertainment industry was so dark; back when those people eyed him hungrily, he held his bottom line. Now that Lin Huaizhi wanted to force Huo Chen, Huo Chen must be very helpless too.
And they had chatted happily in the first season.
Hadn’t they?
Fang Mo looked at Huo Chen eagerly, appearing to look forward to his answer. However, Huo Chen was not considerate; he was concise and concise only.
“Not switching.”
Fang Mo was stunned for a moment: “Huh?”
Huo Chen ignored him. Fang Mo was relentless; he blocked Huo Chen: “Is it because Lin Huaizhi won’t let you switch? You don’t need to listen to him. If you catch a cold, you’re the one who suffers, and you’re the one who feels terrible.”
【What is Fang Mo trying to do?】
【Before, he tried to curry favor with Chu Xiaoran in every way and mocked Huo Chen. Now seeing Huo Chen getting close to Lin Huaizhi, he’s unhappy again and wants to jump out to seek a second chance?】
【Purely eating from the bowl while staring at the pot.】
Huo Chen frowned: “What do you mean?”
Fang Mo bit his lip, revealing his most innocent expression: “I didn’t mean anything else, I just… just worried about you. Love is free; if you don’t want to, no one can force you. It’s wrong for Lin Huaizhi to treat you like that. Don’t be afraid of him just because of his status, okay?”
【Yuck, disgusting enough to make me vomit.】
【What a pure little white flower~ Green tea pretending to be tender all over the branch~】
Having seen many demons and monsters, Huo Chen was not moved by Fang Mo’s concern: “It has nothing to do with him. It’s my own choice not to switch.”
Fang Mo pressed a step closer.
“Then what about love? He’s acting like a hooligan toward you, forcing you to be in love with him. Do you not care about that either?”
Huo Chen looked at Fang Mo, still concise.
“Don’t care.”
Fang Mo was struck dumb.
He looked at Huo Chen. They had clearly spent some time together, but for a split second, he felt as if he was meeting Huo Chen for the first time.
Those eyes shone with a wild light. Fang Mo wanted to speak again, but found he couldn’t open his mouth.
【Playing the green tea card? Sorry, Huo Chen doesn’t drink tea!】
【Huo Chen and Lin Huaizhi are the real deal! Don’t come looking for a sense of presence! And don’t think about breaking up my forced CP!】
【Wait, this ‘don’t care’ from Huo Chen—does he not care about Lin Huaizhi, or does he not care about Lin Huaizhi flirting with him? Why does it not sound like a good thing no matter how I listen to it?】
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