Chapter 424: Who Else If Not Me?

The production team also came over to check on Wu Moufan's condition, since they still counted on him to contribute more "interaction" with Bai Liang.

We can't escape like this, okay?!

Being so suddenly "cared for" by so many people, Wu Moufan actually felt warm inside.

Then he boldly said, "I'm really fine, just a minor injury, not that fragile."

These days, criticism against overreacting to minor injuries by young idols is still very severe.

After all, Brother Cheng, this senior elder, often takes the lead in publicly scolding them.

If it weren't for Bai Liang's incident interrupting his spell, he'd probably have topped trending lists again with another fierce rant against young idols.

So Wu Moufan didn't really want to appear too fragile over this "minor injury."

Though his head did feel a bit dazed right now, he felt no serious problem—just a faint red mark on his forehead.

But at this moment, he suddenly received a WeChat message.

When he opened it, he found it was from a former "ex-girlfriend" he'd once been involved with, and she was bombarding him with questions.

The gist was: Why haven't you replied to me all this time?

In the past, Wu Moufan always pretended not to see them—cold silence, letting it drag on longer, and most of these girls with unrealistic hopes would eventually give up on their own.

For the more persistent ones, giving the team some money usually sufficed to get rid of them.

Generally, he wouldn't delete someone's WeChat right away, mainly because he didn't want to push them to the brink.

Letting the fantasy fade gradually, rather than vanish abruptly—there's a big difference between the two.

The latter risks triggering irrational behavior from those girls, while the former lets time smooth over many things, like impulsive emotions.

So his main strategy was read but not replied.

But this time, perhaps because his head had just hit the glass, he suddenly felt irritable.

He couldn't help but send a question mark back.

That question mark caused trouble!

Previously, if he never replied and sensed the other person's emotions weren't spiraling out of control, time would naturally dull the matter.

But he just had to send back a meaningless question mark at this exact moment.

Instantly, it ignited all the bottled-up emotions of the girl on the other side!

Watching her voice messages and texts flood in like a bombardment, Wu Moufan finally realized what a stupid thing he'd done.

But in his panic, he committed a second stupid act.

He immediately blocked her, then deleted her as a friend.

After doing this, he vaguely sensed something was off, but the quiet WeChat also brought him a sigh of relief.

He felt his head wasn't as painful as before.

He glanced in the mirror again and saw the injury was indeed minor—no swelling, just a faint red mark.

The production team now brought him an ice pack; applying it to his forehead, the cool sensation made him feel much better.

Oh right, earlier someone said they'd order something to eat?

Wu Moufan: The hell? Why didn't anyone ask what I wanted to eat?!

Yang Tianbao seemed to sense it, glanced at him, and couldn't help snickering.

Sorry, I forgot about you~

But he didn't feel too guilty for long, because Zhao Jinmai now sidled up, pointing at the table in the corner.

Her innocent little face clearly read: Sister, you still owe me a table to eat from~

Yang Tianbao:

Little brat, suddenly acting all high and mighty?

Originally, Zhao Jinmai had been somewhat restrained on the show, but now she was running around wildly, laughing with everyone.

Too sweet!

Little girls are little girls—their expressions can't hide much.

But Yang Tianbao declared she was a bad woman and didn't have to keep her word.

Eat the table? She not only planned to dodge it, but also pinched Zhao Jinmai's cheek.

Hmph~ Her skin felt great—smooth and soft. No wonder Bai Liang pinched her so easily just now.

Still, it was hard for Yang to judge exactly what kind of relationship Zhao Jinmai and Bai Liang had.

When they first met, that should've revealed the most—but Bai Liang just grabbed Zhao Jinmai's face with his hand outright; that wasn't how a couple usually interacted.

It wasn't entirely unheard of, but it didn't resemble the typical dating routine between a twenty-something guy and a teenage girl.

But if it were a normal older-brother-younger-sister dynamic, that would make perfect sense.

Yet Zhao Jinmai herself was acting strangely~

That's why Yang Tianbao still couldn't judge correctly.

She could secretly ask her "best friend" Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni, but~

Yang Tianbao's eyes darted around, then warmly linked arms with Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni and started catching up properly.

Only then did she casually steer the conversation toward Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni and Bai Liang.

She asked about their previous drama set life.

Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni blinked and immediately said:

"Yeah, yeah, we're here promoting 'Twelve Hours in Chang'an.' I'm sort of a guest lead actress, but this drama has great production quality—don't forget to watch it on Youku next month, okay?"

After giving the TV drama promo, she also remembered to thank Yang Tianbao, saying she'd almost forgotten without her reminder.

Yang Tianbao: Really? Then you definitely owe me thanks, good sister.

The two exchanged glances, brimming with "sisterly affection"!

"Are you already doing live product promotion on TV drama?"

At this moment, Bai Liang and Zhao Jinmai also arrived, and upon hearing Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni's words directed at the camera, they asked.

As he spoke, Yang Tianbao immediately shifted her buttocks and sat down snugly beside Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni.

She vacated the sofa spot for them.

"You sit in the C-position and do another live promo~"

C-position?

An interesting C-position.

With Yang Tianbao's move, it was now her sitting beside Bai Liang, while Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni got squeezed to the very edge.

Bai Liang had no idea what kind of situation these two "besties" were in—since they told him to sit, he sat.

But this sofa was still too small, and with Zhao Jinmai, this little girl, naturally squeezing in too, Bai Liang felt half of Yang Tianbao's buttocks pressed against him.

Her upper body leaned toward Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni, as if trying to avoid closeness, but this motion actually brought her lower body even closer to Bai Liang, her right buttock even slightly lifting up.

Such a move made one want to slap her.

She was still wearing hot pants; besides those pure white thighs, Bai Liang seemed to catch a glimpse of black lace.

Just a tiny sliver of it—but enough for him to judge the material.

Damn, the kid's mom really knows how to let loose!

This made him think of Big Mi Mi and other rich moms—sometimes, they gave off a strangely similar vibe.

But back then, on the rooftop with Big Mi Mi, Bai Liang could still say he was "not hungry."

Now, with so many people around, he could only pretend not to see.

He glanced at Zhao Jinmai on his right, and between sitting right next to her or right next to Yang Tianbao's buttocks, this upright gentleman unhesitatingly chose the latter.

To protect the minor, who else but me will descend into hell!

After he gave a brief live promo, Yang Tianbao made no effort to adjust her posture or position.

She turned and asked: "Has Student Student Mai Mai told you how our show works? Are you confident?"

"You mean boosting sales? By the way, do we have more Chinese customers or Japanese customers here?"

"The shop is in Japan, so naturally more Japanese customers. Tomorrow's going to test you, hey?!"

After saying this, Yang Tianbao sat up straight, her eyes lighting up, "You speak Japanese too?"

"Just a little~"

"Your proficiency isn't just 'a little'!"

Yang Tianbao, of course, spoke Japanese—she had once signed with a Japanese agency and was a exclusive model for the fashion magazines Ray and Dear.

She essentially debuted as a model in Japan, and even left behind some scandalous drinking photos.

Of course, these "unimportant" things!

What mattered was that she suddenly remembered a trendy thing in the entertainment circle these past two years!

Encrypted calls.

This trend was started by this guy Bai Liang and those two Xin Jiang Misses.

Previously, Yang Tianbao had just seen it as a joke, but now she suddenly realized—if she chatted with Bai Liang in Japanese, wouldn't everyone else be completely unable to understand?

Bai Liang had also thought of this.

But his thought took a slightly twisted turn.

Combining the local video style, he suddenly realized that encrypted calls were actually perfect for affairs.

One could literally make a call in a foreign language right in front of one's husband, who wouldn't understand a word—just imagining it felt incredibly thrilling!

And Yang Tianbao, besides Japanese, seemed to know Korean too.

Of course, this raised the bar for lovers—they'd need to know at least one foreign language her husband didn't understand.

Bai Liang: I seem quite suitable… but this isn't appropriate.

And unfortunately, she probably doesn't even have a husband anymore.

To Cao Cao, who had this particular taste, her appeal had clearly dropped significantly.

—

Due to the typhoon, today's filming clearly couldn't proceed normally.

After the delivered takeout arrived, everyone collectively moved to the villa rented by the production team.

They ate, chatted.

At one point, Bai Liang wondered if he'd accidentally come to film the Tokyo version of "Go Fighting!"

To the production team's disappointment, Bai Liang and Wu Moufan didn't spark any further tension.

Because Wu Moufan seemed to be having a run of bad luck today—nothing went right.

After bumping into glass, he tripped and fell again when leaving the shop.

His posture was awkward—he tripped his left foot over his right foot and suddenly crashed into Bai Liang.

When getting into the car, his hand got caught in the door, making him scream in pain.

By the time they finally reached the villa, he carefully stepped out—and no further strange accidents occurred.

But while eating, he nearly got "single-killed" by the pizza Yang Tianbao ordered!

He actually choked!

Fortunately, Bai Liang punched him, making him spit out the pizza.

His aloof-god image shattered completely.

Instantly transformed into Tokyo's unluckiest man.

At this point, the filming was clearly impossible to continue.

The production crew looked at Wu Mofan as if he were a ghost. Could this kid be doing this on purpose?

Protest Bai Liang's arrival as a flying guest by using this method?

Wu Mofan: The person who accuses you knows better than you how wronged you are.

Production crew: We don't understand! But this is way too suspicious!

Among this series of misfortunes, one incident was relatively "light."

It only annoyed Wu Mofan a bit and caused no consequences.

What's going on with all those female fans who had ties to him? Are they having a collective breakdown?

Several came looking for him.

He got so angry he blocked and deleted a whole bunch—over a dozen people!

After doing this, his world finally grew quiet.

He then told the production crew he still wasn't feeling well and went to rest early.

He didn't stay at the villa—he directly took a car to the hotel.

The production crew didn't stop him, because the real recording was tomorrow; the typhoon had nearly passed, and they could resume business.

They had already planned: pit Wu Mofan against Bai Liang, split into two teams, and see whose sales are higher.

Since no conflict arose naturally, they'd manually create some tension.

But this was still within the rules—no reckless antics.

The audience would still love watching these two top streamers compete this way on the show.

——

After Wu Mofan slipped away, Pan Weibo and Fu Kesi also found excuses to leave.

Though they really wanted to get closer to Bai Liang, this was still a show—they had to mind their image.

At the very least, they couldn't "stab Wu Mofan in the back" like this~

So the villa was left with only Bai Liang and three women.

More accurately, two women and one little girl.

"Still recording?"

"Let's not. All the camera lights are off, and the crew have all gone to rest. Why don't we go to bed early too?" Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni suggested.

"Are you going to the hotel, or sleeping here?" Yang Tianbao asked.

Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni replied: "You and Student Student Mai Mai stay here. My luggage and his are still at the hotel."

Hearing this, Yang Tianbao furrowed her brow slightly, then immediately switched to a coquettish tone: "I haven't seen you in so long—let's catch up tonight, baby~"

"But I'm so tired! Today's flight was disrupted by the typhoon—I was terrified, my heart was pounding! Otherwise, I'd have slept with you~" Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni said, looking reluctant.

"Then let me go with you to the hotel."

"What about Student Student Mai Mai? Won't she be scared sleeping alone here at night?"

Zhao Jinmai:??

Hey, why be scared? Besides, how could she sleep alone? This villa has two floors—there are several female assistants downstairs.

Still, she was reluctant to leave Bai Liang—but she didn't imagine any weird nonsense in her head.

She simply wanted to spend more time with Bai Liang.

"Then let's all go to the hotel together—we can leave for the store together tomorrow morning," Yang Tianbao said bluntly.

Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni: Okay okay okay, so you're glued to me now, huh?

As "best friends," she didn't even know whether Yang Tianbao was divorced yet.

But from her current behavior, even if she wasn't divorced, she was close to it.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be this clingy.

After all, they were "best friends"—Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni thought: I know exactly what you're up to, sister! You're a mother! You can't handle this~

Yang Tianbao: Precisely because I'm a mother, I can handle it. Women who've given birth have felt pain, so they know how to care—you don't know?

Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni: I know for sure that women who've given birth aren't tight.

Yang Tianbao: Sister, you seriously underestimate modern medical restoration!

Forget about tightness—even a full layer of tissue could be rebuilt, but since she's already had a child, there's no real need for that.

Besides, though married and a mother, Yang Tianbao pointed out she was actually one year younger than Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni~

Just three years older than Bai Liang—perfect match!

Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni blinked: I'm a Dragon.

Yang Tianbao: I'm a Snake. So what?

Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni: Then take out your little snake stone and let me see it~

Yang Tianbao:?? What?! You have one too?!

She had "fortunately" seen Zhao Jinmai's before.

Clearly, they couldn't reach agreement.

They couldn't even agree to set aside differences and collaborate.

So no chance at all!

The warm, affectionate bond between these two best friends moments ago now seemed ready to shatter.

Bai Liang came back from using the toilet and saw the two staring each other down.

He asked casually: "Have you decided?"

"Yes."

"No."

Two completely different answers left listeners stunned one after another.

Bai Liang simply said: "How about you two go to a hotel, and Ma Ma and I stay here?"

Zhao Jinmai, who had just finished bathing and changed clothes, perked up at this: "Great~"

But she was immediately met with collective opposition from the two older sisters, who now teamed up instead.

Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni directly confronted Bai Liang: "Sleeping under the same roof with an underage girl? Is that appropriate? Watch your words and actions!"

Bai Liang thought it over—it really wasn't appropriate.

Word might get out and make people think he was no better than Wu Moufan.

Yang Tianbao pulled Zhao Jinmai aside and whispered: "You can't do this. No matter how much you like him, you can't be this forward~"

Zhao Jinmai's face flushed crimson, as if her secret thoughts had been completely exposed.

How could a teenage girl's inner feelings be so brutally laid bare like this~

So she could only huff: "I didn't."

Yang Tianbao said: "Don't pretend, little sister—I can see it clearly now. You're just a little girl secretly crushing on a handsome older guy."

Then she soothed her: "It's completely normal. No need to be shy—didn't every young person once have a secret crush on some inner god?" I did too."

But you're still too young—you can't handle this. Let me help you test the waters first."

Given Yang Tianbao's warm, kind, and caring older-sister image on the show, Zhao Jinmai truly trusted her.

Even though she had no idea how the sister planned to help her test things, she decided to believe her for now.

"I'm fine sleeping alone!" Zhao Jinmai patted her chest.

Hearing this, Yang Tianbao beamed with delight, while Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni's internal alarm blared at full volume.

Fine, fine, fine—you insist on clinging? Fine, I'm giving up on you tonight—I'm going down with you!"

At this moment, Unlike Unlike Unlike Ni Ni suddenly felt as if she'd received a transmission of that's ultimate technique.

I'm going to spill it!

Even if she had to grind tofu with Yang Tianbao all night, she'd keep a firm eye on her.

She would not let this sudden feverish mother get even a single bite! —

Received a patron today—thank you, great lord.

Three extra chapters for the patron—I'll try to finish them within a week!

(End of chapter)