Chapter 94: I Am Tired; Let It All Be Ruined

Qiao Qianyi said nothing and took Bai Lu’s hand.

Bai Lu asked with a bright smile, “Want me to go with you?”

Qiao Qianyi nodded. “Mm. I’ll apologize to Liu Nana sincerely, because I was disrespectful to her and have no right to scold her. But don’t even think I’m going to change my opinion of her, and don’t say any of that nonsense about me getting along with her!”

Bai Lu nodded furiously. “Mm-hm, mm-hm, mm-hm.”

Qiao Qianyi narrowed her eyes. “Bai Lu, don’t think you can brush me off. I’m serious!”

Bai Lu looked baffled. “I’m being serious too. If our paths don’t match, we don’t walk the same road. We won’t play with her. It’s work, that’s all. Making money isn’t shameful.”

Qiao Qianyi broke into a grin. “Work?”

“Then what else? If it weren’t for work, who would pay her any mind? Just looking at her one extra time would be a loss for me.”

Qiao Qianyi jumped three feet into the air. “Bai Lu! I knew I could always trust you!”

Zuo Xinen: “Bai Lu!”

Di Jiaer: “Xiao Lu!”

Lin Ye: Oh no, oh no. How can you say something like that right in front of the cameras? Sister Xiao Lu and Sister Qiao Qiao are going to get flamed to death!

But Bai Lu and Qiao Qianyi had already run off.

They paid no mind at all to the elders at home scolding them.

Zuo Xinen and Di Jiaer exchanged a glance, then both sighed inwardly.

Children who are foolish are not frightening. What is frightening are children who know perfectly well what they are doing.

“Liu Nana.” Qiao Qianyi walked over, still a little awkward at first glance, but her attitude was already open and honest.

That was one of Qiao Qianyi’s strengths: once she realized she was wrong, she would apologize sincerely.

Of course, most of the time, Miss Qiao simply never realized she was wrong.

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have lost my temper and said those awful things to you. You and I are the same; we stand on equal footing. I had no right to yell at you.”

Liu Nana wore a faint smile. “It’s all right. I know you only wanted to do something for the team and got carried away in the moment.”

She looked especially composed and graceful, exactly like one of those veteran artists of both moral and artistic excellence, indulgently forgiving a younger generation.

Bai Lu frowned slightly. That made her feel rather uncomfortable.

But Qiao Qianyi felt nothing of the sort and tossed off one last remark: “I apologized because I did something wrong. As for whether you forgive me or not, I don’t care. Anyway, Bai Lu said it was all for work. I don’t want you as a friend, and I’m not going to hang out with you later either. We’re not the same kind of people.”

Liu Nana dragged out an “oh” and glanced at Bai Lu with a smile that was not quite a smile.

Not the same kind of people?

How nicely put.

What was the difference between her climbing with a benefactor and Bai Lu climbing with Young Master Yu?

What Wu Liping said really was not wrong at all. Bai Lu was exactly the kind of shameless woman who wanted it both ways!

Through her sunglasses, Bai Lu could still clearly feel the bone-chilling coldness in Liu Nana’s eyes.

If this were a palace intrigue drama, Qiao Qianyi would absolutely be a black-hearted iron wolf in a little white rabbit’s skin!

Still, Bai Lu had no intention of having any relationship with Liu Nana beyond work.

So, whatever.

As for that line about not being the same kind of people, Liu Nana could interpret it however she pleased.

Miss Qiao did not care about any of that. After apologizing and setting one burden down in her heart, she asked happily, “So can we eat now? I’ve been soaking in the sea for so long I’m practically starving.”

As the parents of the group, Zuo Xinen and Li Huan quickly got dinner organized.

Everyone went to help.

Thanks to the diving squad, dinner was a seaside barbecue buffet.

Not only was it plentiful, the most important thing was that there was lots of it and enough for everyone to fill up.

Shen Xinluo, determined to make a good impression and recover her reputation, had been busy at the grill the whole time.

Li Huan and Zuo Xinen each ate a little to take the edge off, then offered to take over for her.

Shen Xinluo did not even look up. “It’s fine. Brother Huan and Brother En can come relieve me after you’re full. I’m the housekeeper; that’s my duty.”

Bai Lu said, “Stop being dramatic. Come eat. We can all grill while we eat. You’re the housekeeper, not the servant. There’s no reason for us to eat and drink while you keep working on the side.”

At that point, if Shen Xinluo kept refusing, it would truly be affected.

“Don’t deliberately curry favor with the other guests. Just be yourself, like you always have.”

Her mother Wu Liping’s instructions before departure had not been forgotten.

Shen Xinluo smiled softly. “Then I’ll trouble Brother Huan and Brother En. I want garlic butter grilled scallops.”

“Sure.”

After eating their fill, everyone sprawled casually on the beach, enjoying the cool night sea breeze and the view.

Night fell, and strings of lights began to glow along the long stretch of coastline.

At the far end of the sea, the horizon merged with a sky full of stars.

Open your eyes, and there lay a painting so beautiful it stole your breath.

Close them, and listen to the sound of waves leaping and breaking, and there was another kind of charm.

The scenery was beautiful, and the people were even more beautiful.

Every one of them was handsome or lovely, and even Shen Xinluo, the least striking by comparison, could still count as a pretty girl in the entertainment world.

The phrase “pleasing to the eye and satisfying to the appetite” probably meant exactly this.

Unfortunately, Bai Lu was determined to spoil the scenery. She lay on the sand with one leg cocked brazenly over the other, a foxtail grass stem dangling from her mouth.

No one knew where she had found it.

She looked every inch like a streetwise hooligan.

“I’m so full I’m about to burst. Who knows how much exercise it’ll take to burn this meal off.” Bai Lu rubbed her bulging little belly and burst into tears.

When she got home, her father was definitely going to force her to exercise with even more ruthless methods.

She really wanted to cry.

“Don’t say such terrifying things!!!!” Qiao Qianyi shrieked, clutching her head and trying desperately to escape that horrifying reality.

As if to create some variety-show drama, the production team said, “Mr. Yu just called. For the next few days, as long as you don’t go hungry, that’s enough. You are not allowed to eat too much. Xiao Lu and Qiao Qiao, especially you two, need to be extra careful. He also told Xinluo to supervise you both closely.”

The gluttonous Lin Ye’s expression changed. “My manager...?”

The production team said, “He also sent a WeChat message saying that if Zuo Xinen can’t properly manage your diet, then next episode he’ll replace both of you.”

Lin Ye said, “You’d agree to conditions like replacing guests at the last minute without even discussing it with you? That’s disrespectful to you!”

The production team said, “It’s fine. We don’t care.”

Lin Ye said, “I’m tired. Just destroy me already.”

Everyone burst out laughing.

[Wow, you’re all so happy you’ve forgotten there’s still a guest star here, huh, hehe]

[Not the same kind of people. After all, she’s the actual guest on this variety show, and my sister is just a guest star, not worth mentioning, haha]

[Honestly, enough already. Are they in elementary school? Why do they love forming little cliques so much?!]

[Carrying the title of the nation’s daughter and relying on your passersby-friendly reputation, wow, that’s impressive.]

[In any case, they just push out all the female guests, while the male guests only need to act cute and spoiled, and that’s the end of it.]

[What a perfect act. Innocent little white rabbit? Screw you and your nonsense!]

[Everyone, may I introduce you to the “little sister bitch” type?]

[That just means the nation’s daughter has great acting skills. Who could possibly dislike the cute and soft Bai Lu?]

[Are Liu Nana’s fans sick? Wasn’t it your idol who said she was used to going to bed early and getting up early and wanted to head back to the water villa first? Everyone else took turns trying to persuade her to stay, but she insisted on leaving. How is that everyone else’s fault for forming cliques and excluding your idol?]

[She was getting insulted and excluded, so if it were you, wouldn’t you want to leave that hellhole early? Put your hand on your heart and be honest!!!!]

[And isn’t it strange? The one who scolded Liu Nana was Qiao Qianyi. What the hell does that have to do with Bai Lu?]

[Obviously they don’t dare offend the Qiao family’s young lady. You pick the soft persimmon to squeeze, and Bai Lu just happens to have no backing and no connections.]

[What do you think Yuxing Entertainment’s young master is? Isn’t that backing?]

[Wow, even Yuxing Entertainment’s young master isn’t good enough anymore. No wonder she’s the nation’s daughter.]

[Please, some fans need to understand one thing: the truly disgusting one is not the poor fool being used as a spearhead, but the one stirring things up from behind!!!]

The barrage of comments never stopped.