Please Like Her 24
Meng Li widened his eyes and said, “He’s really too skilled at this.”
Lin YanYan explained to him, “You don’t understand. Before, Ou Yi went to a variety show and made a child cry, claiming he was named Ye Lu. He taught the child that revenge is a dish best served cold. When he grows up, he can become Ye Lu’s black fan.”
Shang Lu agreed, “You don’t understand friendship.”
Meng Li : “…”
He really didn’t understand.
Shang Lu glanced at Xu Ze with a hint of frustration in her eyes. What’s going on? She distinctly remembers that Ou Yi wanted to be friends with Xu Ze. Didn’t they play basketball together?
Xu Ze : “…”
Though he seemed to have figured out what Shang Lu wanted to say, this was the first time in his life that he wanted to ignore her.
While an awkward silence hung in the air on one side, on the other side, after mentioning Ou Yi’s name, Ye Lu became even more arrogant. He engaged with the people enthusiastically, even taking the initiative.
Anyway, once he leaves this village, the only thing that will be ruined is Ou Yi… Oh, no, Ou Yi’s image.
Netizens chimed in.
[Let’s educate everyone, this is not friendship, it’s a rivalry.]
[There’s a fierce competition among the top idols going on recently. Last week, the official held a preliminary vote with a 24-hour limit. Over a million netizens voted, and they were separated by less than a hundred votes. It completely overshadowed other idols.]
[So, they are now the kings of the idol world (?)]
[Rumor has it that the winner of this idol competition gets a super luxurious music production opportunity, working with master-level producers. It’s the ultimate goal in every idol’s life.]
[So, I’m curious now. Who will win in the end, Ou Yi or Ye Lu?]
Song Zeqian couldn’t stand it anymore, not wanting to waste any more time. He took the initiative to walk up and, as agreed with the program team, pretended that all these people were shooting through his arrangement.
After learning that a big star was coming to the village to shoot, especially at his own house, the village chief had some reservations at first. However, after the program team talked to him and negotiated the price, he happily agreed.
Not only did he earn a substantial sum of money, but the fact that the TV station was filming at his place gave him a lot of prestige.
After agreeing, though, he secretly took his son aside and whispered a few words to him.
The village chief’s son then locked the door to a certain room.
In the living room, it seemed like no one noticed this detail, and the recording of the program officially began.
Director : “Let’s have Teacher Meng Li, our guest today, greet everyone!”
Meng Li : “…”
He really didn’t sign a contract for this show.
Meng Li didn’t show much emotion, but he reluctantly nodded and introduced himself.
Naturally, viewers could tell that he wasn’t too thrilled about it.
[Meng Li might have just come for training, but ended up being forced to become a variety show guest.]
[By the way, this seems to be Meng Li’s debut in variety shows, quite casual indeed.]
[Meng Li’s expression is really sour, comparable to Song Zeqian’s in Xiao Taoyan’s first episode.]
Then the director cued Ye Lu to share his thoughts on seeing everyone after such a long time and to acknowledge Song Zeqian’s training progress.
Yelu looked at Lin Yanyan : “You wear so much makeup today.”
Because she couldn’t get up in the morning, she wore full makeup on the first day, and from the second day onwards, she gave up on makeup and just applied lipstick to brighten her complexion. Lin Yanyan said, “Do you want to die?”
[Lin Yanyan didn’t even bother to draw her eyebrows! What a straight guy!]
[It’s clear the princess really wants to kill someone, hahaha.]
Ye Lu : “?”
Did he say something wrong? Forget it.
Ye Lu then looked at Song Zeqian : “Why are you wearing sunglasses again?”
Song Zeqian’s sunglasses were originally used to hide his emotions, so as he got more familiar with everyone later on, the frequency of him wearing sunglasses decreased significantly. Now, he’s wearing an even bigger pair that covers almost half his face.
Song Zeqian had no expression on his face: “No one asked for your thoughts on me.”
Ye Lu : “…?”
Did he say something wrong again? Never mind.
Ye Lu looked at Xu Ze, this time examining him seriously: “You’ve gotten a lot darker.”
As he said this, he took a bottle of sunscreen from the bag he had placed on the luggage and handed it to Xu Ze : “Don’t be polite!”
Finally, Ye Lu looked at Jiang Jing and smiled: “Sister Jiang Jing, you’re as gentle and beautiful as ever.”
Nonsense, he’s not a beast.
After spending so much time recording together, Jiang Jing had always been very accommodating to them, so in Ye Lu’s mind, Jiang Jing was naturally impeccable.
Jiang Jing smiled helplessly and said, “Thank you.”
Evaluation complete.
Then Ye Lu summarized, “You guys don’t seem to have changed much. Director Song doesn’t seem to be doing well. You should have invited me to guide…”
Ye Lu stopped halfway through his sentence.
Wait, isn’t there someone missing in this ‘you guys’?
Ye Lu’s expression became confused as he looked at the people in front of him and asked, “Where’s Shang Lu?”
Others : “??!”
Lin Yanyan, like a child who has lost something important, became anxious in an instant, “Where’s Lulu? Wasn’t she just here?”
Everyone immediately started looking for Shang Lu.
Jiang Jing and Lin Yanyan went to Shang Lu’s room.
Ye Lu began to search high and low, “Shang Lu, are you here?”
Netizens were speechless.
[…]
[Ye Lu, stop it, Shang Lu definitely wouldn’t hide in the refrigerator 🙃]
Ye Lu was very anxious to find Shang Lu because the program team had given him a special task, which was to make Shang Lu produce a scream that exceeded 100 decibels.
But as soon as the recording started, Shang Lu disappeared. How was he supposed to complete his task?
Song Zeqian noticed two bags of small bread left on the ground at the entrance and said, “Those seem to be what Shang Lu brought. Did she just go out?”
Xu Ze understood and walked to the door, asking the elderly people who were still watching, speaking in a softer tone, “Excuse me, did you see a girl come out just now?”
The elderly people didn’t answer and all looked towards one of the ‘elderly’ people in their midst.
*Crunch*
Shang Lu, wearing a large floral cotton coat that seemed to have come from nowhere, a scarf wrapped around her head, slightly hunched over, munching on melon seeds, slowly raised her head. She smiled at Xu Ze and placed her index finger on her lips to signal him to keep it a secret.
Xu Ze : “…”
—Where did she get those melon seeds?
[It caught me off guard.]
[Good gracious. That’s just like you, Shang Lu.]
Shang Lu pointed to Ye Lu, who was still searching inside the house, and then pointed to herself, gesturing for Xu Ze to bring Ye Lu over.
Although Xu Ze didn’t understand what Shang Lu intended to do, he had always listened to her, so he walked back and patted Ye Lu on the shoulder, saying, “Go and ask the grandmothers at the door.”
Ye Lu : “?”
Why should he be the one to ask?