CHAPTER 55: CHAPTER 55: DON’T TALK TO ME FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS

The person involved said they didn’t know, and Mu Qiu couldn’t suspect any further. She looked at the sticker several times, feeling very unwilling for not getting Shi Yuhuai’s long lifespan.

The "hunt" had ended, but the peace time didn’t mean everything was truly peaceful.

Shu Ran fanned herself and got up from the ground, smiling at Mu Qiu and Guan Yu, "Guan Yu, Mu Qiu, have you rested well? Shall we discuss how to divide that sticker now?"

Guan Yu looked at Mu Qiu. Mu Qiu raised her head with an unchanged expression, her high ponytail sweeping her back with the ends falling on the left shoulder, she said, "Sure."

Thanks to Su Yan’s scandal, Zhao Yu had told her quite a few gossips about Shu Ran, saying she was highly competitive, liked to put on airs, and often stuck to high-traffic celebrities on shows.

But after these two episodes, Mu Qiu found Shu Ran a bit strange.

The last episode’s guest was Su Yan, probably the most popular star among all the guests, yet Shu Ran didn’t cling to him to talk much. Even after the scandal broke out, there weren’t overwhelming drafts, and she denied it promptly after Su Yan spoke up. On the show, she was only enthusiastic towards Li Yang and didn’t act as the gossip said, even showing a bit of respect towards Cheng Zhirang?

Overall, Shu Ran just seemed to enjoy attention and liked to stand out for more exposure. It’s all too normal for celebrities in the entertainment industry; participating in shows is for gaining attention, like Shi Yuhuai who prefers to think silently without expressing, is rare.

So—Mu Qiu was quite curious about her.

The three female guests gathered, found a nearby bench and sat down, starting a "friendly" discussion about the sticker’s fate.

The others stood aside watching. Li Yang was quite interested in the scene, eagerly watching them discuss and push the sticker back and forth, thinking to discuss it with Shi Yuhuai standing beside him.

"Brother Huai, who do you think the sticker will end up with?"

Shi Yuhuai looked at the sticker passing around in the female guests’ hands, originally his, and didn’t much feel like talking. But seeing Li Yang’s expectant look, he reluctantly answered a couple of sentences.

"Shu Ran."

"Why?"

"Just a guess," Shi Yuhuai flicked his wide sleeves, "anyway, it’s no longer mine."

Li Yang then realized this question was quite cruel to him.

He felt a bit awkward, then turned his head to tentatively suggest, "Brother Huai, we could figure out who ends up with the sticker, and then snatch it back in the next round."

"Are you going to snatch it?"

"......" It wouldn’t make sense to not interact with the female guests at all, right? Li Yang made a tough decision, risking losing fans, "If brother you swap that sticker with mine, I’ll help you snatch it. Or, if you are willing to give me a new one as reward."

Cheng Zhirang from the side interjected, "What if your sticker’s life value is longer than what he offers?"

"No way?" Li Yang frowned deeply, expressing doubt, "I can’t be that unlucky, right?"

Cheng Zhirang wanted to remind him, but Shi Yuhuai suddenly agreed briskly.

"You help me snatch it back, I’ll give you that sticker, we’ll swap. I have a long life value, it’s a win-win for you."

Anyway, thirty years was just a ripple in his life value, and it wasn’t even his.

Shi Yuhuai’s words went through Li Yang’s mind, with emphasis on the last four words, Li Yang quickly thought it through, and decisively nodded.

By his previous thinking, this method was quite good.

Shi Yuhuai saw him nod, his gaze moved from his face to overhead, then exchanged glances with Cheng Zhirang behind him.

Cheng Zhirang’s reminder got stuck at the tip of his tongue.

On the other side, the fate of the sticker had been agreed upon.

Mu Qiu voluntarily handed the sticker over, "Sister Guan Yu, you and Sister Shu Ran can discuss it. I don’t need it for now. My character can still live for another ten years."

Shu Ran’s smile deepened, her attitude towards her became more enthusiastic, "What movie are you from, Mu Qiu? Mine should be pretty obvious, right? I met Shi Yuhuai at the beginning, he guessed my character and snatched mine."

Speaking of which, she suddenly came to a realization, eyes widening at the sticker in Guan Yu’s hand, "Could this be the one he snatched from me?"

Mu Qiu was rather happy to play along with her, "It’s possible, ten years, quite fitting for your character’s life value."

"Not impossible, we were just suspecting his life values might be extreme even if randomly distributed," Guan Yu analyzed and handed the sticker to Shu Ran, "Then let’s give it to you, my character might have a short life, but I haven’t been robbed yet."

Mu Qiu, who had already had one stolen, felt inexplicably distressed.

Shu Ran, looking at the sticker in front of her, immediately pushed it away, "But I’m not the only one who has been robbed once, forget it, better give it to Mu Qiu."

The push-and-pull action was something Mu Qiu didn’t quite like, she always felt this simple action easily irritated her.

Keeping her smile unchanged, she didn’t reach out to take it, "No, I just offended Brother Huai, and Li Yang is waiting for the second round, holding onto it makes me even less safe."

Guan Yu agreed, like elders exchanging red envelopes during New Year, she directly slapped the sticker into Shu Ran’s hand and then pushed her hand outwards, "Exactly, you take it, we don’t really need it now, keeping it with you is best, besides it might really be yours."

After speaking, she immediately stood up, switching topics, "We don’t know when the second round’s bell will ring, staying here feels dangerous, better find somewhere to hide first."

Mu Qiu strangely followed her train of thought, "And we should separate while hiding, we teamed up earlier to bully Brother Huai, once the bell rings, we’ll likely face retaliation."

Shu Ran, holding the sticker, made a pleasantly surprised face towards the camera, then slowly tucked the sticker into her bag and stood up, chatting warmly, "I agree too, the three of us girls facing Brother Cheng and them won’t stand a chance, better hide."

Thus, the "split up and go separate ways" group dissolved on the spot, deciding to lead their filming teams as far away from each other as possible.

[Finally seeing a plot that other shows have, suddenly feel a bit comforted]

[As soon as Shu Ran spoke, I knew it, here it comes, the familiar plot is here]

[Mu Qiu just... handed it over?]

[Amateur indeed, she just handed it over, was it due to others’ fans?]

[Don’t talk nonsense, Shu Ran didn’t ask her to give it anyway]

[I think she has other ideas]

[You lot just watch the plot, I’ll be responsible for watching other things for you]

[Are the other things referring to Cheng Zhirang and Shi Yuhuai’s sudden glance at each other?]

[Li Yang, this silly kid!!! He’s deceiving you Yangyang!]

[My Brother Huai’s sense of revenge is quite strong, is he going to step up?]

[I just want to know, when’s the next round, let them fight already!]