Chapter 301: Do Gods Not Have Face?

Regarding that basketball variety show, the general outline has basically been settled.

Wu Mofan has actually agreed.

I wonder what his motive is—perhaps after suffering several defeats against Bai Liang from afar, he wants to face him directly and reclaim his dignity?

Hmm, that's good.

Wu Mofan, Li Yifeng, and Zhou Jielun, who was just brutally crushed by Bai Liang in gaming.

The three of them can form a losers' alliance.

Bundle them up and crush them again!

And the production team pays them.

This kind of opportunity is practically like a dream job—"high pay, little work, close to home"—rare and hard to come by.

Of course, Bai Liang has no issue with Zhou Jielun—it's just luck, an easy thing to do.

Bai Liang happened to be in the mood, and Zhou Dong happened to think he's "skilled."

After the exhibition match, they won't just go home and each find their own mom.

Besides Bai Liang and Zhou Jielun, who came for endorsements, even those who signed up voluntarily still got appearance fees.

How could they just play two games and leave?

There will be other "interesting" segments afterward, plus interactions with well-known pro players from the esports scene.

There will also be fun game modes—chaos battles, solo matches, and so on.

Bai Liang lost.

Losing to a pro would be understandable, but what happened next was peculiar.

He beat a pro, then lost to Chen Duling.

The commentator insisted it was because he pitied the fair sex and held back against girls, and even the live chat was flooding: "Big Immortal, you're so good at this! Are you really letting her win?!"

But in reality, Bai Liang simply didn't "cheat"—he was playing seriously.

Esports doesn't care about gender—only victory and defeat.

Of course, they picked a hero Chen Duling excels at.

And she killed him six times in a row!

This girl was on fire today—Bai Liang was left stunned.

Lin Genxin and Wang Sichong were ecstatic, laughing and mocking relentlessly.

Bai Liang: If you're so good, you go ahead.

The two: Fine, we will!

Predictably, they got obliterated immediately.

Chen Duling didn't give them six chances—she took them down one by one, cleanly and efficiently, making them question reality.

Who could've imagined that this girl, who looks like a soft, cute little bunny, hits so hard in games?

But after getting carried away, Chen Duling suddenly realized something.

Inside: Why did I show off like this?!

Beating Lin Genxin and Wang Sichong was fine—it was just a side thing.

But why did I go so hard on Bai Liang? Doesn't the godlike one have any dignity?

Will he be angry?

"Senior, can I still invite you to play games?" the girl asked cautiously.

Bai Liang naturally didn't refuse—he rarely met a girl so skilled at gaming: "Sure, you take me up the ranks."

"No no no, you take me—you were just off your game today, I just got lucky."

Lin Genxin and Wang Sichong, who had been eavesdropping, quietly walked away.

This girl's words were insane—after beating them, she looked at them like trash.

Then she turned right around and said this to Bai Liang.

The emotional wound from hearing this hurt more than the psychological trauma from getting crushed in-game.

"By the way, Senior, when I was in school, I actually heard about you."

"You heard about me at Nanhang?" Bai Liang blinked, curious.

Chen Duling's expression turned slightly peculiar: "Didn't you date a girl from our school back then? I saw you two walking together."

"Cough cough! Really?"

Na Zha: I heard that!

But she didn't say anything—she just quietly listened a bit.

She'd only intended to eavesdrop on what the two were saying, but now Chen Duling knew about Bai Liang's "love history"?

But Chen Duling had no intention of expanding on it—she immediately shifted the topic back to gaming.

Na Zha strained her ears for a long time, realized she was losing track of their conversation again, and sulked to herself.

That sulk lasted until the entire event ended.

—

But once home, it was quickly healed.

Seeing Bai Liang slip on slippers, expertly go feed the cat and clean the litter box, then casually collect the clothes hanging on the balcony.

This scene mattered far more than any game!

"I'm mad!"

"Huh? Mad at who?"

"Chen Duling, Yang Mi, Yang Tianbao, and those two female hosts."

Nazha counted on her fingers—every single woman who had appeared by Bai Liang's side today and had any physical contact with him, not a single one was spared!

After saying that, she even puckered her little mouth, her full lips seemingly able to hang a bottle~

Bai Liang was rendered a little speechless upon hearing this—it's that absurd?

The female celebrities would be one thing, but the female host had only shaken his hand~

From today on, crown her the Vinegar Queen of Xinjiang!

But seeing Nazha puffing up her cheeks, muttering away to herself in such a cute way, Bai Liang couldn't quite help but smile.

Yang Mi's subconscious feeling wasn't wrong at all.

A purebred big dummy—that's the unreasonable kind of "impressive."

A girl who's smart and capable is certainly cool and very much a big-female-lead type, but a dummy also has her own unique charm—especially when she loses all her IQ in front of just one person.

Nazha of course wasn't that dumb; she was just habitually not using her brain in front of Bai Liang.

Because there was no need~

"Then what should I do?" Facing Nazha's "anger," Bai Liang humbly asked for a solution.

Because Nazha rarely pulled that "I'm angry but I won't say it, you have to guess" move.

Just like a venomous snake—within seven steps there is always an antidote.

Sure enough, the moment he asked, Nazha lifted her face, her expression rather tsundere: "Hurry up and hug me, hug me and I won't be angry anymore."

So Bai Liang unhesitatingly tossed the little kitten he had just been holding in his arms straight out.

The little thing was enjoying being petted, and the next second it was airborne.

After landing, it stared blankly for a moment, turned its head in confusion, and found its two-legged owners already "intertwined" together, making smacking sounds.

In the cat world, they strengthen bonds by licking each other's fur.

This behavior is similar to humans hugging or shaking hands, releasing soothing pheromones and enhancing trust and a sense of belonging.

Generally, it's the higher-ranking cat that grooms the lower-ranking one.

So the little kitten could easily tell that its female owner was clearly "very high-ranking."

Because she was the one actively "grooming" the male owner.

Faced with this situation, although the little kitten couldn't speak, it already knew what it should do.

Disappear, quick!

There was one time before in this kind of situation, it ran out to join the fun, and ended up getting its head washed.

However, just as one little kitten left, another "big kitten" was now clinging to Bai Liang.

Her smooth face nuzzled against Bai Liang's chin and neck, seemingly especially enjoying this intimate contact.

She even buried her face in the back of Bai Liang's neck and took a big whiff.

She looked just like a little kitten after getting into some catnip.

It's always said that pets imitate their owners, but with Nazha it seemed to be the other way around—she seemed to be imitating the little kitten.

Clearly the two were sitting on the sofa together, but she insisted on putting all her weight on Bai Liang, wishing her feet could tangle up with his too~

"Not angry anymore?"

"Mm, then kiss me again." Nazha took the chance to "push her luck."

After a loud smooch, she stared wide-eyed at the ceiling, playing dumb and not speaking, seemingly wanting to "hold back" a little longer.

So Bai Liang kissed her again.

This time she completely couldn't hold it in.

"Eep~"

Not long after, when the familiar sound rang out, the little kitten chose to burrow under the bed.

But before long, its two owners went back into the room, and then the bed started shaking and rattling.

The poor little kitten could only choose to relocate once more.

It refused to believe there was no place for it in this house!

But just as it crawled out from under the bed, its ears suddenly twitched.

You have to know, cats can easily catch the high-frequency parts of human screaming, and high-frequency screaming may cause a cat's eardrum to vibrate too strongly, triggering brief discomfort, similar to how humans feel hearing fingernails on a chalkboard.

So being "frozen in place" is also very reasonable.

The result was that just from being frozen like that, it got its head washed again.

Luckily the amount wasn't too much this time~

"Huh? How did this little thing end up here?"

Bai Liang was reaching for a tissue, preparing to wipe Nazha down a little.

!

Mm. Wiping sweat.

At this moment Nazha's skin was slightly flushed, she had sweated quite a bit, fragrant yet also sticky.

Then she lowered her head and saw the unlucky little kitten.

She simply pulled out an extra tissue and wiped this little thing's head too.

Little kitten: You're so nice~

Also unclear how much time had passed, when the house finally quieted down, the little kitten felt quite a sense of relief.

The female owner's screaming was really a bit uncomfortable for it.

Cats prefer boys for this reason—girls' voices are a bit too piercing for them.

Especially since Nazha kept going on and on, like a loudspeaker.

And Nazha herself clearly had no such self-awareness.

After she felt comfortable, she took a bath, put on her pajamas, and hugged the cat, kissing it repeatedly.

Bai Liang saw her behavior and opened his mouth to speak, then stopped himself.

He thought better of it—after all, it was her own cat, and she'd already kissed it.

"I'll give it a bath later~"

"No need! Our Xiao Bao is perfectly clean, and even smells nice, huh?"

Just after praising the kitten, she sensed something was off, sniffed again carefully, "Why does your head smell strange, Xiao Bao? Where did you rub against? It's kinda fishy."

Bai Liang said nothing, silently holding back laughter, and casually ordered takeout.

Poor little Xiao Bao was still washed, dried, and turned into a fragrant, soft, cuddly kitten again.

Over dinner, Na Zha casually asked about Bai Liang's upcoming work schedule.

"A cameo in a movie, voice acting for another movie, joining a TV drama shoot, appearing on a variety show, attending some Weibo Movie Night. The rest I don't know—I'd have to ask Sister Yanzi."

Na Zha wasn't particularly interested in the rest, but she couldn't help asking about the movie: "Whose movie? What big favor did they do to get you to cameo?"

"Does it take a big favor to get me to cameo?"

"Doesn't it?"

"Doesn't it?"

"Stop it!" Na Zha put her hands on her hips.

"Fine, fine, let's say it does—Han Han's new movie, called 'The Wandering Earth.'"

"Why doesn't he let you play the lead?" Na Zha said, sounding displeased.

She was surprisingly concerned for Bai Liang, even though she herself hadn't landed any decent or reliable films.

"The lead is Shen Teng—he can do the films I can't."

"I think your acting is better than Shen Teng's!"

"What if the truth is, I don't have his face, weathered by years of hardship?"

There was a role in 'The Wandering Earth' that suited Bai Liang well, but Han Han didn't dare bring it up.

Mainly because Bai Liang had risen too fast—could he really be cast as a supporting actor to Shen Teng?

At first glance, it didn't seem wrong—Shen Teng was currently the leading mid-generation actor, one of the few in the industry with box-office drawing power.

But coincidentally, Bai Liang was too.

And from a certain perspective, this newcomer might even have stronger box-office appeal, since his fan girls would blindly rush to theaters just for his face.

So Han Han didn't put either of them in an awkward position—he simply asked Bai Liang for a cameo.

It's a racing film, after all—how could the legendary "Track Demon" and "Phoenix" not get behind the wheel? ~

As for the role Han Han thought suited Bai Liang, it was played by Huang Jingyu.

This kid nearly lost his role to Bai Liang again.

After all, if Han Han had really opened his mouth and begged, "Please, Great Immortal!" Bai Liang would likely have agreed.

As long as he could convince Sister Yanzi.

Han Han: I can't handle her—I'm a little afraid of this girl.

Regarding movies, Na Zha was genuinely anxious for Bai Liang.

Because after a few questionable sci-fi projects, he only had one animated film left for voice work.

One scheduled for Spring Festival, one for summer.

Both sounded a bit frivolous.

Bai Liang was too popular now, too big a target—countless people were waiting to see "how he built his tower, then watched it collapse."

From Na Zha's experience, Bai Liang's TV drama base was already rock-solid—he was landing only the industry's top-tier projects.

But his movie resources still felt strangely scarce.

Something had to be done!

Bai Liang: Should I nudge Guo Fan and Jiao Zi?

Honestly, before these two were released, who could've predicted they'd unleash such insane energy and make such a huge noise?

Even industry insiders didn't see it coming, let alone netizens.

Right now, Jiao Zi's 'Ne Zha: The Demon Child Comes Into the World' hasn't made much noise yet—only Bai Liang's fans know their Great Immortal is voicing it, which has drawn some attention.

As for 'The Wandering Earth'—what's coming will come soon.

Because this might be his rivals' "best chance!"

Sci-fi? Haha, who else would die but you?

Finally, it's our turn!

This time, it's truly vengeance for grievances, payback for grudges.

Some had already lost patience.

Even before the movie trailer dropped, before any large-scale promotion began, people were already jumping out to analyze, dismissing it endlessly.

As if they'd already seen the full film.

Bai Liang: I actually have seen it. Where the hell did you watch it? Are you time-travelers too?

These current stirrings didn't need attention—Bai Liang's fans could easily handle these clowns.

But they did give off a sense of storm clouds gathering, wind filling the tower.

Sister Yanzi was already preparing—she never fought a battle unprepared.

She was in charge of part of the promotion and PR for 'The Wandering Earth.'

No choice—since she'd been tricked by Guo Fan, she had to roll up her sleeves and get to work.

——

Three watches, muah, begging for monthly tickets!

(End of this chapter)