CH 24.3

Do You Still Hate Her? 14 – When Shang Lu became the prank target of the program team

That night.

Lin Yanyan went online on Weibo, and the first thing she did was change her Weibo username.

@First_In_Beauty_Lin_Yanyan(V) : [Thank you all for watching my livestream, and thank you to the many netizens who sent me encouraging private messages. I have received every bit of support and well wishes. Thank you all. Also, thanks to @Shang_Lu @Ye_Lu for accompanying me to eat barbecue (although they finished all the barbecue and I didn’t get enough to eat!). See you all in the variety show livestream tomorrow!]

Netizens : ???

[Hahaha, why did Lin Yanyan change her Weibo username?]

[Princess, wake up a little! We wanted you to be confident, not conceited!]

[But she really is beautiful, so we’ll reluctantly allow it, hahaha.]

Shang Lu liked the post and left a comment.

[The most beautiful in the world.]

Lin Yanyan replied with an emoji of two little bears hugging, which looked very cute.

Netizens : !

[Shang Lu! You’re spoiling her!!!]

[Beauty CP! Great!]

[Whew, I wish tomorrow would come faster! Let me watch the variety show! Let me watch the live broadcast! Let me watch the two of them! I can’t wait any longer!]

Because Lin Yanyan openly admitted this matter, most netizens have a relatively high acceptance of it. Instead of being shocked that she has undergone plastic surgery, more people genuinely praise Lin Yanyan for her persistence and efforts in losing weight. They feel sorry for her past experiences, and Lin Yanyan’s online reputation is mostly filled with compliments and encouragement.

Meanwhile, in another corner of the city that evening,

A man sat by the hotel bed wearing a bathrobe, with the sound of running water coming from the bathroom.

While waiting, Xia Yuan casually opened the trending topics and came across Lin Yanyan’s live broadcast.

“Tsk… she looks pretty, but it’s all artificial. Not interesting at all.”

He looked down on that kind of plastic surgery face.

Fortunately, Shang Lu’s face should be all-natural, and it looks good.

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped.

A popular internet celebrity beauty, dressed in cool pajamas, walked over and sat directly on Xia Yuan’s lap, asking him, “What’s wrong? You seem so unhappy.”

“It’s all because of that woman,” Xia Yuan said, feeling annoyed. He had planned to participate in the recording of Shang Lu’s variety show tomorrow, but when Jiang Jing found out, she actually had a big fight with him.

Xia Yuan had long stopped paying attention to such an old and faded woman, but because of her position in the entertainment industry and his own need to transition in the past two years, he couldn’t afford to make it too ugly.

So he had to back down, pretending to agree not to go for now, while secretly planning to attend the show when Jiang Jing had to attend an awards ceremony overseas in the next episode.

Although Xia Yuan had some concerns about Shang Lu’s family background, if he couldn’t casually fool around, there shouldn’t be any problem with dating, right? After all, whether it was popularity or fans, he was far ahead of Shang Lu. However you looked at it, she was the one reaching higher.

“Alright, I don’t have much time to spare. Let’s not mention her and ruin the mood.”

The fourth live broadcast of officially began.

For this episode, the production team had a small setup because Shang Lu was undoubtedly the hottest contestant of the entire show, so the episode revolved around her.

For example, in the morning recording, the production team scheduled Shang Lu to arrive at nine-thirty, while the other guests were already gathered and started recording at eight-thirty. Then the PD announced that all the guests had arrived today.

Some clever viewers had already noticed the clue.

[One, two, three, four, five people, why isn’t Shang Lu here? She has a recording schedule today.]

[Lin Yanyan looks restless, it’s really lonely without Shang Lu around.]

[Report! Shang Lu’s live stream has started, she’s still on her way!]

[I have a feeling that the program team is up to something.]

The PD announced today’s rules : “I’m sure all Teachers have noticed that today is quite special because our Teacher Shang hasn’t arrived at the venue yet. We’re already on the fourth episode of the show, and you should be quite familiar with each other by now. So today, we’ll test the friendship within our group, and the one to face this test will be our Teacher Shang!”

Jiang Jing seemed lost in thought, looking a bit unwell.

Song Zeqian leaned back on the sofa, holding a cup of coffee, waiting for the production team to explain the specific challenge.

Lin Yanyan furrowed her brow, clearly worried. Xu Ze raised his head after hearing the rule, while Ye Lu was different—

His eyes instantly lit up upon hearing those words.

Fans : “!!!”

[Hahaha, Shang Lu : ? How could this be?]

[Ye Lu, what’s wrong with you? Can you stop being so out of place? Can you please control the expectations on your face?]

[Shang Lu will beat you up when she sees this episode of the variety show (serious).]

On the other side,

Shang Lu had just arrived at the recording location, only to find the main hall empty. Suddenly, a producer exaggeratedly exclaimed, “Teacher Shang, you’re here?”

“Yeah,” Shang Lu replied. Before he could ask anything else, he heard the sound of an argument coming from a side hall.

It was Lin Yanyan’s voice that rang out first. “Ye Lu! Are you crazy? What does it matter to you?”

To which Ye Lu replied even more confidently, “Why doesn’t it matter to me? It seems to me that you’re the one meddling!”

That’s right, this was the challenge that the production team had arranged for Shang Lu. Ye Lu and Lin Yanyan were pretending to argue in front of Shang Lu, and Shang Lu was supposed to intervene and reconcile them.

Shang Lu didn’t understand why these two were fighting on a variety show recording. She reminded them, “Excuse me for interrupting, but do you both know this is being broadcasted live?”

With a pout, Lin Yanyan answered, “Of course, we know! I don’t care about this kind of live broadcast! I’m not afraid!”

Ye Lu also shouted loudly in response, “Yeah! Who’s afraid of who! It’s her fault in the first place!”

After the two of them finished shouting, they locked eyes and felt a bit awkward in that moment.

“Oh…”

Unable to continue their argument, they even felt like laughing a little.

So both of them turned their gaze towards Shang Lu.

“Ah…”

Being suddenly stared at by the two of them, Shang Lu waved his hand and said, “Sorry for the interruption, I was just passing by. Please continue, continue.”

After saying that, Shang Lu carried her luggage and went upstairs without any intention of mediating.

Lin Yanyan & Ye Lu : “?”

Netizens : ?

[Ah? Shang Lu just left like that?]

[Shang Lu : I was just passing by, don’t blame me.]

[This is not what I expected, hahaha. Shang Lu, you know this is being live-streamed, at least try to mediate.]

[Shang Lu : Neither of them is pretending? Then I won’t either.]

After Shang Lu entered the room and put down her luggage, the program team naturally couldn’t leave her alone in the room. So they reminded her, saying, “Teacher Shang, you should go downstairs to the living room.”

There was obviously some hesitation on Shang Lu’s face as she asked, “Aren’t they arguing? Wouldn’t it be inappropriate for me to go down now?”

PD : “…”

—It’s because we want you to see them, that’s why they are pretending to be arguing!

However, the PD could only say, “The program team has requested it.”

“Fine.” Shang Lu nodded, then opened her suitcase and took something out of it, stuffing it into her pocket. She then headed downstairs.

The two heard Shang Lu’s footsteps.

Ye Lu and Lin Yanyan immediately switched back into their acting mode, continuing their quarrel. They put even more effort into their performance than before, just to catch Shang Lu’s attention.

As per the PD’s request, Shang Lu walked over to the sofa near the long table where they were arguing and sat down.

Shang Lu looked at Lin Yanyan and Ye Lu, then reached into her pocket and took out…

A pair of earplugs.

Everyone : “???”

Then they watched as Shang Lu calmly put the earplugs into her ears, picked up a book from the table, and started flipping through it, completely ignoring Ye Lu and Lin Yanyan.

Great, her world suddenly became quiet.