Chapter 572: Thanks for Nature's Bounty

Reba's judgment of Meng Jie was wrong, one-sided, and not based on any actual investigation.

If one insists on comparing "not being bright," Nazha still leads by a wide margin—even Sister Tian Tian can't beat her in that regard.

It's just that having a dumb head doesn't necessarily mean you'll act dumb.

Now Nazha's various displays actually give people the impression of someone patient and secretly scheming.

Because the her who used to always seem foolish and impulsive was actually able to restrain herself so well at that super-massive Shura field that was the previous premiere.

That really makes people look at her in a new light, makes them feel like she seems to have evolved!

But anyone who knows a little of the inside story would know—bullshit evolution, her dumb skull just got put to use in a different direction, she dressed herself up in a whole set of fake skin.

But it seems that because fools beat experts, her suddenly acting like this makes people feel like she's hiding something, like she's got a few tricks up her sleeve.

Anyway, Reba's evaluation of her has risen quite a bit—she's already gone from "stupid little hometown girl" to "not-very-bright little hometown girl."

But now another contestant has popped up who's just as "stupid" as the previous little hometown girl

Reba, who had never taken Meng Jie seriously before, didn't know why, but suddenly found her very disagreeable!

Perhaps because... you remind me of her.

Of all people to imitate? Imitating that stupid woman Gulnaza?

Taking a slightly more careful look at Meng Jie's appearance—even her style seems to be in the same lane, she's got the face of a bad woman who lures men in, even more extreme than Nazha, one look and you can tell she's a bad woman!

Summary: a stupid bad woman!

In the shortest possible time, Reba quickly updated her intel on Meng Jie, frowned slightly, a hint of irritation on her face, and a touch of viciousness hung over her carefully groomed pretty brows.

She seemed to have lost some weight recently, the originally relatively soft lines of her face had hardened a bit, and a high ponytail actually looked quite dashing, but inevitably lost that chubby-cheeked air of goofiness.

So... right now she looks a bit fierce.

It made Meng Jie's heart skip a beat, but her arms only tightened their hold.

Hmph! I'm not afraid of you!

But at that moment, Reba was the one who let go first.

Because she knew that if the other party were a fool like Gulnaza, she'd only dig in and refuse to back down, she would absolutely not be the first to let go and yield.

The old Nazha would always be spouting things like "I'll blow up with you," which gave people quite a headache—fortunately she almost never says that anymore these past two years, she seems to have matured quite a bit.

But this Gulnaza No. 2 isn't very old, god knows whether she's inherited the "blow up" part too.

So Reba figured she might as well be the sensible one first, not give Bai Liang any more trouble—after all, there are still plenty of people around.

Sure enough.

Reba let go, but Meng Jie didn't show the slightest intention of letting go.

She and Nazha were the earliest of the Misses to get to know Bai Liang in the entertainment circle—five years, and the two of them have indeed "grown" quite a bit.

Just in a rather strange direction.

It always feels like the Nazha of five years ago has become the Meng Jie of now, as if the two of them swapped places.

After the greetings were done and they sat together, big eyes staring at bigger eyes, that familiar sense of déjà vu grew even stronger for Reba.

Damn it, it's exactly the feeling Gulnaza used to give her.

No real skills whatsoever, just knows how to stick her neck out and act tough!

That Wang Churan, on the other hand, is much more self-aware, doesn't dare come anywhere near this side at all.

Sometimes smart people are actually much easier to deal with than idiots.

After all, Reba can't really just throw a punch

She took a deep breath, glanced at Bai Liang, then instinctively looked at his neck again—her gaze held a certain grievance, but also a hint of danger.

"Fight, fight, fight"

"Jing-ge, what are you mumbling about?" Guo Fan, squatting next to Wu Jing, asked knowingly.

"I've wanted to see that kid Bai Liang's drama for a long time now!" Wu Jing didn't hide it at all, a smile on his face as he sneakily peeked toward Reba and the others who had already sat down.

But then Guo Fan stroked his chin and said, "That little Meng is in for it then, the current Reba can really fight~"

"Huh? How would you know?" Wu Jing asked in surprise.

"I'm the one who had her train in martial arts, every so often she sends me a clip of her practice results, she looks pretty legit."

No one knows Reba's combat ability better than Guo Fan.

Even though what she's practiced is still mostly fancy show拳绣腿, mainly for looking good when fighting, but regardless, the improvement in combat ability is real, and she's trained herself quite lean and sharp, with a crisp, capable air about her—that's already met Guo Fan's original requirement of her.

With Meng Jie's skinny little arms and legs, one hit and she'd probably be on the ground twitching.

Once Guo Fan explained it like that, it took a lot of the fun out of Wu Jing's mood to watch the show—after all, if the combat power is too lopsided it obviously won't be interesting at all, just like that time on the beach when he was practicing with Bai Liang and got pinned straight into the sand.

"You guys just don't know how to watch a show~ how could they possibly fight, the great immortal is still right here, and besides, the best part is the verbal sparring, you've never seen Nazha and Reba argue before, right? Those tongues are sharp~"

Xu Zheng also came over with a smile and chimed in—he had the "honor" of seeing Nazha and Reba go at it once, it was the Xinjiang-accent version, and listening to it was like two bodhisattvas chanting sutras.

Mention Nazha, and Wu Jing had more to say—he kind of missed Nazha's "bandit" look from when they were filming.

Too bad that even though she'd played around shooting guns in Africa, once filming wrapped Nazha dropped that female bandit aura completely, seamlessly switching back to soft girl mode, as if she'd never filmed at all.

Hard to say whether she should be praised for snapping out of it so fast, or whether she just doesn't really take acting to heart

If she'd held onto even a little of it, she might've won against Reba long ago.

Wu Jing was closer to Nazha, although he wouldn't go so far as to take such a boring side, he still leaned a bit toward her—he really thought back then that Nazha was Bai Liang's girlfriend, but looking at it now

"Oh no, how is Sister Tian Tian supposed to fight them."

Su Lun was actually starting to worry for Sister Tian Tian—when filming "How I Live My Life with You," she'd always hoped her male and female leads would get together both on and off screen.

As a director, and one making a romance film at that, if the leads fall for each other because of the drama, that means her storyline is good!

The bad news was, the two didn't make any relationship progress while filming; the good news was, they kept collaborating afterward, so they definitely ended up together.

But looking at it now, the good news has turned bad too—given the intensity of competition around Bai Liang, how could that goofball Sister Tian Tian possibly handle it.

If Sister Tian Tian knew Su Lun looked down on her like this, she'd probably argue back fiercely.

She's also improving, she's also working hard! How can you look down on someone?!

And soon it will be her turn!

Han Han, who had been silently acting as the audience and frantically eating melon, almost opened his mouth and helped Bai Liang sell two more.

Back when filming "Riding the Wind and Waves," he already felt that Dou Dou Xiao Zhao's gaze at Bai Liang was a bit off. Later, Li Yitong popped up in the crew, and after the shoot started, she specifically came over, like she was delivering ammunition.

When she first arrived, she was still somewhat restrained, but a few days later, she was directly drinking milk tea from the same cup as Bai Liang—these details had too much that could be sold.

But these two he knew about, Li Yitong and Bai Liang still had quite a bit of entanglement, there should be follow-ups, but Dou Dou Xiao Zhao seemed to have no more connections.

But even setting aside Dou Dou Xiao Zhao, combined with the perspectives sold by several other directors, good lord—is this guy Bai Liang really "running a harem" in the entertainment circle?

Han Han felt his own thoughts were actually quite radical already. If some of his past statements were said now, he'd probably get beaten to death by the feminists.

But he found that Bai Liang seemed even more valiant than him. Felt like he still had to call out "Liang-ge," otherwise it wouldn't seem very respectful.

But after knowing more, an even bigger doubt arose.