CH 19.2

The group waited in the lobby for about twenty minutes until the others slowly came down with their luggage, all looking tired from being woken up forcibly. The girls had only thin layers of makeup on their faces, while the boys simply walked down with messy hair.

The guests participating in the program were not well-known in the entertainment industry, so they naturally had no pressure.

Soon, the program team arranged for them to board the car.

Before getting on the car, Su Chengyang handed his luggage to Xiao Lu and sat in the same car with Han Songxue and Song Mingan. They were exactly nine people, three people per car. The program team probably saw that the three of them could chat together last night, so they arranged them together.

“I wonder where the program team will take us,” Han Songxue sighed.

“Don’t worry, ladies…”

Han Songxue glanced at him and said, “Wake up, it’s already early morning.”

Song Mingan: “…”

One is too deep into the role, the other has no filter, and Su Chengyang became the person to warm up the atmosphere between them.

“And there were no hints before we left,” Su Chengyang sighed.

Song Mingan said, “Do you know a saying?”

The two looked at him in confusion and asked, “What saying?”

Song Mingan sat in the passenger seat, turned to face them, and said, “This should be a hidden rule in the variety show industry. If a variety show fails to invite popular celebrities, it cannot guarantee ratings, so the program team will sacrifice some unknown guests to create explosive points.”

“Ah…”

“Get to the point.”

“To entertain the public, the program team will deliberately arrange some plots to make guests look bad, in order to satisfy the audience’s twisted psychology.”

The two looked at each other and asked, “What twisted psychology?”

Song Mingan said, “Building one’s own happiness on the suffering of others is similar to a clown. The funnier and more ridiculous the clown is, the happier the audience is. This is the inferior nature of ordinary people.”

Han Songxue rolled her eyes and said, “Don’t talk nonsense. Variety shows are meant to entertain the public. If you don’t let the audience see your funny and pathetic side, do you want them to watch you eat, drink, poop, and sleep?”

Su Chengyang nodded in agreement and said, “Also, speak normally. The Qing Dynasty is really over.”

Song Mingan closed his mouth, turned his head, and looked out the window without saying a word.

Han Songxue said seriously, “You spout so many grand theories but none of them are useful.”

Su Chengyang wanted to nod in agreement but saw Song Mingan’s tense jawline and refrained from speaking.

“You can’t gang up on me just because I’m a man.”

After a moment, Song Mingan turned his head and looked displeased at the two of them.

Han Songxue said seriously, “No, even if you were a woman, I still think your words are unreasonable.”

Su Chengyang nodded and said, “Yes.”

“Chengyang, you can’t team up with her against me. Our relationship is deeper than hers,” Song Mingan looked at Su Chengyang.

Han Songxue frowned and asked, “Do you two know each other before?”

Su Chengyang thought for a moment and nodded, “I’ve known him for about ten minutes longer than you.”

“Then from now on, you break off your relationship with him for ten minutes, and our relationship will be the same.”

“Are you childish?” Song Mingan was angry.

“Are you not childish for talking about relationships like that?” Han Songxue retorted.

Su Chengyang sighed and quickly changed the subject, asking the driver in front, “Mr. driver, do you know where the program group is taking us?”

The driver looked at her through the rearview mirror, pointed to his mouth, and then waved his hand.

Song Mingan looked regretful and said, “We were rude, Mr. driver. We shouldn’t have asked.”

Han Songxue sighed, “So Mr. driver is a mute.”

Su Chengyang said, “I apologize on behalf of her.”

The driver’s mouth twitched, “What I meant was that the program group doesn’t allow me to reveal it.”

Along the way, the driver master occasionally used the rearview mirror to observe the sleeping passengers in the car, wondering if they had noticed the cameras inside.

Their conversation gradually shifted from “variety shows entertaining the public” to how to secretly eat without getting caught by their managers.

Su Chengyang listened carefully to this topic, almost taking notes on all the key points. After all, both people present were her seniors, and they surely had the authority to manage their physique.

At first, Su Chengyang intended to follow the company’s regulations and manage her figure properly, but after struggling for a month, she thought she had succeeded, only to be met with a negative response. For someone who loved meat as much as Su Chengyang, this was definitely a heavy blow.

Su Chengyang was originally very curious about the filming location of the program group, but after more than three hours of driving on the highway without reaching their destination, all three of them became tired and stopped talking, taking a nap in the car.

After waking up, the bright sunlight outside the window and the stuffy smell inside the car made them all feel groggy.

“Mr. driver, haven’t we arrived yet?” Su Chengyang rubbed her eyes and asked.

The driver responded with an “um” and said, “We’ll be there soon.”

“Oh.”

Upon hearing this, Su Chengyang sat up and looked out the window.

The car was driving on a winding mountain road surrounded by lush forests, with one mountain peak after another in the distance, resembling a spine.

Su Chengyang widened her eyes in amazement, opened the car window, and a refreshing breeze rushed in.

The air was filled with the fragrance of grass and soil, which was refreshing and invigorating.

Han Songxue and Song Mingan woke up one after another, and looking at the beautiful scenery around them, they also opened the car window, letting the fragrant air blow away their fatigue.

“The air here is so fresh,” Han Songxue exclaimed.

Song Mingan said, “The program group has thoughtfully arranged it.”

“Look, there are squirrels!” Su Chengyang pointed to the trees on the roadside, shocked.

“Where? Where?” Han Songxue immediately leaned over and looked out through the car window.

“Over there, can you see it? Two of them!”

Before, Su Chengyang never had the chance to come to a place like this. Even when some scenes required filming, most production crews would take the easy way out and use post-production editing.

“Wow! It’s really there!” Han Songxue exclaimed in surprise.

Because there were many curves in the mountain road, the production team’s fleet was traveling relatively slowly. The car that Su Chengyang was riding in was behind them. Perhaps Xiao Lu had heard Su Chengyang’s voice, she stuck her head out of the sunroof and shouted ahead, “Chengyang, what did you see?”

Su Chengyang heard the voice and stuck her head out of the window. “Pine squirrels!”

“Pine squirrels? Are there pine squirrels here?”

“Yes, there seem to be a family of three.”

Xiao Lu glanced in the direction she was pointing and saw many figures bouncing and running around in the forest. She said to Su Chengyang, “There should be more than just pine squirrels here. There are many other small animals too.”

“Really?” Su Chengyang held onto the window with both hands and stuck her head out a little more.

Han Songxue also leaned over to her side. “What other small animals? Let me see.”

“I haven’t seen any yet.”

Just then, Xiao Lu seemed to have been called by someone in the car. She retreated back into the sunroof and seemed to have exchanged a few words with the other people in the car before crawling back out.

“Chengyang.”

“Huh?”

Su Chengyang was carefully looking for other small animals in the forest when she heard the voice and looked back in confusion.

“Ahem…” Xiao Lu cleared her throat and then shouted, “Boss Lin told you to put your head back in.”

Su Chengyang was stunned and instinctively turned her head to look out the back window. She saw a familiar figure sitting in the co-pilot’s seat, frowning at her through the windshield.

Su Chengyang: “…”