CHAPTER 131: CHAPTER 131: CAN’T ESCAPE, JUST CAN’T ESCAPE

An Yan continued her analysis. "Jiang Xiaoze and Fu Xiao once had a brief competition to join Miss Bai Zhi’s team.

"So if the idea was Jiang Xiaoze’s, then it’s highly unlikely that Fu Xiao would agree, let alone implement it!

"Therefore, we can deduce that the idea was Fu Xiao’s!

"And the reason why Fu Xiao would suggest such a thing could not be to please Jiang Xiaoze, but for Miss Bai Zhi.

"But I believe everyone can see that Miss Bai Zhi doesn’t like Fu Xiao!

"Disliking someone yet willingly allowing them to harm others’ interests for one’s own sake, that’s... a bit hard to judge.

"When trouble arises, she claims ignorance, because the idea wasn’t hers, nor did she take the items.

"But if there’s no trouble, she reaps all the benefits.

"I must say, Miss Bai Zhi is truly a master of ’tea arts’—so subtle in her approach!"

At this point, An Yan glanced up at the drone. "Are Miss Bai Zhi’s and Fu Xiao’s fans starting to curse me again?"

The bullet comments from Bai Zhi’s and Fu Xiao’s fans exploded.

[Do you think you shouldn’t be cursed? What kind of nonsense analysis is this? What does Fu Xiao’s idea have to do with our Zhizhi?]

[It’s not like our Xiao did it for himself! He’s a gentleman who just didn’t want the two ladies to be without a tent.]

[What would be the big deal if you gave one of your three tents to them?]

[Are you trying to make headlines with these remarks? Isn’t that too scheming?]

[...]

An Yan smiled on the screen. "Did you notice that in this matter, I am the victim? But since I have no fans, when my things are stolen, I can’t speak up! Once I do, people chase me with insults!

"So victims can’t have their own opinions, right?"

[Err~]

[This...]

[emmmmmm...]

An Yan continued, "Actually, this is wrong. I lost my belongings, and I’m reasonably analyzing who might have stolen them. You can’t just curse me because I guessed correctly!

"You should be condemning the thief instead! Right?

"If victims can’t get sympathy, then the perpetrators will become even more unscrupulous!

"Those who benefit will only grow bolder in their disregard, even suggesting that others harm the weak for their gain!

"I despise Fu Xiao for stealing my things!

"And I despise Bai Zhi even more for enjoying the immediate benefits while acting as if my loss has nothing to do with her!

"Go ahead and curse if you want. But after you’re done, think about whether you have someone like that around you, and whether you’ve ever felt as stifled as I do now?"

The bullet comments fell silent for a moment! Then they quickly started scrolling again.

[I feel for you, sis!]

[She’s right, Fu Xiao is bad, and that Bai Zhi, she’s the real ’tea’!]

[Right, right, right!]

[I totally relate. I encountered someone like that, damn it! Always hinting for me to buy her this and that. I’d buy it, and she’d say I was wasting money while still accepting it. Then she wouldn’t let me kiss or hug her! I just want to ask, am I just her backup?]

[Uh... Dude, you might be overthinking it. People like you aren’t called backups; they’re usually called suckers!]

[So what should I doooo...]

[Cut your losses right away!]

[Yes, go and demand everything she took from you back. If she’s used them, make her compensate you in cash.]

[No, isn’t that bad?]

[What’s bad about it? She’s shameless enough to toy with your feelings, you shouldn’t feel bad about asking for money!]

[In my opinion, not only should you get your money back, but you should also give her a slap. Vent your frustration first, then talk.]

[I agree!]

[If everyone did this, the world wouldn’t have so many ’green teas’.]

[...]

At that moment, the bullet comments were filled with agreement from the netizens.

It was one of those things you wouldn’t realize unless you looked, but once you did, it seemed like everyone knew one or two people who were masters of being ’tea’-like themselves!

An Yan watched the Yezi that had just appeared through the Bai Wu with delight, trying to control her expression so as not to seem too obviously happy. Haha, she thought. I never expected to run into Bai Zhi on a survival reality show and actually get so many Yezi. Very good, excellent! All that talking wasn’t a waste of breath after all!

Considering they were still filming, she quickly redirected her attention. As long as her words influenced someone, that was enough!

An Yan, internally bubbling with joy, went to the spring to wash the fruits she had picked.

But when she opened her bag, a squirrel darted out!

SWOOSH!

The squirrel jumped onto a nearby tree like an arrow released from a bow.

An Yan quickly emptied the fruits from her bag. As a result, none of them were intact anymore! They had all been gnawed on by that squirrel!

An Yan couldn’t hold back her anger. WHOOSH! She shot to her feet and began to stretch her limbs!

The squirrel perched on a branch, watching her movements and chittered mockingly.

An Yan snorted coldly, and while it was chittering away, she leaped up.

Before the drone could even react, she had already snatched the squirrel and landed back in the frame.

[Damn, did she just fly out?]

[Yes, yes! She flew out with a SWOOSH, then flew back with another SWOOSH, and now she’s got a squirrel in her hand!]

[Look, the Little Squirrel is stunned.]

Staring at the Little Squirrel, An Yan seethed, her chest heaving. But faced with such a small animal, she was momentarily unsure how to communicate!

The Little Squirrel was also staring at An Yan. It wasn’t worried about communication; it just couldn’t understand why this human could run faster than it! It had always managed to escape before, with no one able to catch it!

"You gnawed on my fruit, you need to pay me back!"

The Little Squirrel chittered, "CHITTER CHITTER CHITTER..."

"I said, you owe me fruit!"

"CHITTER CHITTER CHITTER..."

Seeing that communication was futile, An Yan let go of the Little Squirrel.

The Little Squirrel saw its chance and immediately bolted. But it hadn’t even gone an arm’s length before An Yan snatched it back! Then An Yan would let go, let it run, and then catch it again.

After this was repeated a dozen times, the Little Squirrel understood. This human is strong! I can’t escape at all!

Then An Yan carried it to the fruit tree.

An Yan pointed. "Up you go, pick the fruit I want!"

An Yan had originally only picked the low-hanging fruit, intending to leave some for the small animals in the forest. But this Little Squirrel clearly didn’t deserve any!

The Little Squirrel, trembling with fear, scrambled up the tree. Seeing that An Yan wasn’t immediately pouncing, it tried to dash to another tree, but An Yan caught it again.

After another dozen repetitions, whether An Yan was tired or not, the Little Squirrel certainly was.

It was the kind of exhaustion that made it lose the will to live!