【Hey, the weirdo is being weird again】
【Can’t really blame A’Lin for doubting it, right? I also feel like the lottery results this time seem a little too coincidental?】
【Could it be the production team’s ping-pong balls aren’t the same? Like maybe different weights, or some have smooth surfaces and others have special markings?】
【Yeah yeah yeah, there’s no way A’Lin’s luck is always this terrible】
【I’m dying, please look carefully, this is a live broadcast, you idiots. The production team needs to make money. They aren’t crazy enough to cheat under the eyes of over a hundred million people】
【Lol who knows though】
【After all, everyone knows a certain Movie Emperor’s new movie was a huge success, right? The entertainment industry sucking up to capital isn’t exactly rare】
【Lmao, can the fans of a certain top star please figure out who the real capital of this variety show is】
【I’m just a passerby, but I’ll say one thing: if the production team really wanted to curry favor with Chi Yan, that singer’s scandal last episode would’ve been enough for a contract termination already】
【It’s already been clarified! Can you guys stop clinging to our Brother’s past?!!】
【You guys are so mean! We’ll protect the best Brother in the whole world!!】
The bullet screen started arguing again. The assistant director felt a headache coming on, but with so many people questioning the fairness of the show, they couldn’t just ignore it.
He leaned over to the director, and after some whispering, they decided to let Fu Shilin inspect all the ping-pong balls.
“Teacher Fu, since you insist we’re cheating, then please check for yourself whether these ping-pong balls are identical.”
“Hah, don’t think I can’t see through your tricks.”
Fu Shilin let out a cold laugh. Absolutely convinced of his own imagined conspiracy, he really took all the ping-pong balls.
Ha.
He finally caught them red-handed.
Watch him expose Chi Yan’s true face in front of everyone! A beggar is a beggar, he should stay in the dark sewers where he belongs instead of dreaming about rising through the entertainment industry to bask in the sunlight again.
Does he even deserve it?!
Fu Shilin examined each ball one by one, already picturing how he’d personally tear Chi Yan’s mask off, letting the whole internet condemn him.
He was going to show that bastard Chi Yan that he wasn’t worthy!
Not worthy to stand in front of him!!
And definitely not worthy to fight him for the world’s best Du Qingqing!!
He checked them one after another… but unexpectedly, the balls really were no different from each other…
How could that be?
Seeing that only one ball remained, his expression grew worse.
This was live.
If he couldn’t expose the production team, he didn’t even dare imagine how badly the internet would flame him.
When he picked up the last ping-pong ball, his fingers couldn’t stop trembling.
No… there has to be something!
There must be something!
Teeth clenched, he examined the final ball over and over—and finally—
He found a tiny, tiny dent on the surface!!
There it is!!
Fu Shilin’s eyes lit up. He raised the ball triumphantly, face full of smug mockery:
“Look.”
Slowing his voice deliberately so everyone would hear every word, he declared:
“I found it.
“This is the evidence your production team tampered with the balls to favor Chi Yan. Don’t think you can get away with this—”
And then—
He abruptly stopped.
In his imagination, everyone should’ve been stunned, or turning to mock Chi Yan.
But for some reason… everyone was just staring at him speechlessly.
Even Chi Yan’s annoying cat somehow managed to look mocking, through all that fur.
“???”
What was happening?!
Fu Shilin’s eyes widened, his expression twisting:
“The evidence is right here! Are you still going to take Chi Yan’s side?!!”
“……”
After a moment of silence—
The director finally had enough. He closed his eyes hard, took a deep breath, and stepped forward.
“Teacher Fu, are you joking?”
His voice grew more and more gritted:
“The ‘evidence’ you’re talking about has your number on it. Number ①!
“You’re accusing us of cheating with marked balls to favor Teacher Chi, so we marked this ball to give him first pick?!”
Fu Shilin froze. His mind went blank.
How…
But looking at it closely, the ball did indeed show ①.
This was the ball he drew earlier.
Realizing what had happened, panic flooded over him, even making his words stumble:
“No! I— I must have grabbed the wrong one! Or maybe—”
A sudden ‘inspiration’ hit him like a drowning man clutching a floating branch:
“Right! That’s it!
“You marked this ball on purpose so Chi Yan’s team wouldn’t draw it! You’re trying to frame me!! You’re disgusting!!
“Don’t forget who the investors are! You’re going against the Fu family!!!”
【……uh.】
【I can’t watch this anymore. Who the hell even stans this idiot, I’m speechless】
【He really acts like he has some kind of brain disease】
【Do his fans like him because they… admire disabilities?】
【Wait, why disabilities?】
【Lol let me explain: because Fu Shilin is brain-damaged】
【Please stop embarrassing yourselves】
【For the sake of my eyes, can the production team just throw this thing out already】
For a moment, the barrage of comments on screen speaking up for the production team made up the overwhelming majority.
But Fu Shilin’s fans weren’t pushovers either, some of them were still stubbornly holding on.
【What are you mocking him for? Do you guys not have brains? If the production team really cheated, of course it wouldn’t be that easy for A’Lin to find out.】
【What did A’Lin do wrong to deserve this? He was just too impulsive.】
Even though anyone with eyes could see that Fu Shilin was just being a stubborn idiot making trouble for no reason, the truth was that capital had power, so much so that even the production team couldn’t do anything about him.
After the two directors discussed it, they finally decided to let everyone draw lots again.
Fu Shilin had calmed down by now. His face still looked terrible, but at least he had gotten a result he was satisfied with.
He absolutely did not believe there was no manipulation involved. And he was certain he couldn’t possibly draw No. 1 again.
As long as he drew anything else, it would prove everything he did was ‘worth it.’
The ping-pong ball he previously exposed as different had been removed, and the team replaced it with a new one. Just in case, before putting the balls into the box, they even let Fu Shilin inspect them first.
While inspecting, Fu Shirin practically looked down his nose at everyone, acting unbearably arrogant.
He wanted everyone to see it, that he was the young master of the Fu family. No matter how dissatisfied they were with him, the production team still had to bow and scrape before him.
Li Wan was disgusted just looking at it. She simply rolled her eyes and buried her face into her butler’s arms to avoid the sight.
Chi Yan didn’t show any particular reaction. When it was his turn, he casually drew a ball from the box.
It was No. 3.
Not bad luck.
As he looked at his result, he felt a gaze full of anger lock tightly onto him.
A flicker of amusement flashed in Chi Yan’s dark peach blossom eyes, and whether intentionally or not, he turned the ball so the written number faced that direction.
Fu Shirin saw it clearly. His fingers clenched instantly, blue veins bulging across the back of his hand.
That bastard Chi Yan was deliberately showing off!!
F*** your mother!!
But he also knew that making a scene with Chi Yan in public would look terrible. He forced himself to hold back his rage and calm down, somewhat.
Now the middle three numbers had all been drawn. Only No. 1 and No. 5 were left.
And the only guests who hadn’t drawn yet were him and Li Xiaoyun.
Which meant the two of them were definitely getting either first or second.
Fu Shirin took a deep breath, staring at the box with a solemn expression.
He refused to believe that even after redrawing, he’d get the same result.
After the director urged him, he finally reached into the box and pulled out a ball.
But before looking at it, something suddenly hit him. “No—wait!”
The staff stared at him in confusion.
Fu Shirin immediately put the ball back and took another. “I’m changing it.”
“The rules didn’t say you can’t switch before looking, right?”
The smile on the staff member’s face was barely holding together.
F***. This idiot.
The rules said you could only draw once, why didn’t this idiot follow that?!
But there was nothing they could do. Fu Shilin had already switched, and with the Fu family behind him, a little staff wasn’t about to argue. He could only nod.
Fu Shi;in relaxed, confident he had escaped No. 1.
But when he lifted the ball and looked…
He froze.
The bright red ‘1’ was staring right back at him, practically radiating mockery.
“……”
The front of the villa fell silent, so quiet the wind sounded unusually loud.
“……”
【HAHAHAHAHAHA I can’t hold it in anymore!!】
【Truly… luck can’t be changed, even money can’t save you, tsk tsk tsk.】
【I don’t even need to say it, right guys? Fu Shilin really became the clown!!】
【Wuwuwu my poor A’Lin!!】
【Poor what? Let your A’Lin order the production team to redraw again.】
【Bro upstairs, don’t joke like that. You think you’re kidding, but Fu Shilin’s fans will take it seriously!!】
Not gonna lie—
Li Wan was shocked.
How was God this good at arranging things? Fu Shilin’s luck was insanely ‘good’!!
Li Xiaoyun couldn’t hold it in anymore. She dragged her Dahuang over, gave Fu Shirin a very polite salute, and said, “Thank you, Brother Fu, thank you! You’re too nice, actually giving me the last spot—*pfft*—no, really, thank you! You’re such a good person!!!”
Du Qingqing added lazily with a smile, “Teacher Fu truly has such gentlemanly manners.”
“……”
Fu Shi;in’s face twisted.
If it was only Li Xiaoyun, he could pretend not to hear. But since Du Qingqing had spoken, he couldn’t possibly throw away his dignity in front of her.
So he could only accept reality with a dark, ugly expression.
Li Wan was about to pass out laughing, and thankfully her butler kindly supported her.
When she looked up, she realized he seemed to be in a good mood too. There was a faint trace of amusement in his eyes.