Chapter 105: Variety Show Strategy System (23)

Xie Yang was thinking about the night's operation, so she specifically chose a set of long sleeves and long pants that were easy to move in—

A black shirt paired with black jeans, with the hem of the shirt tucked into the waistband.

"Xie Yang, are you wearing that to the bonfire party?"

Chen Anqi saw her outfit and twitched the corner of her mouth.

Lin Xiaoning also looked at Xie Yang in confusion: "Why aren't you wearing a dress? I remember you have a nude-pink sleeveless dress that really suits your skin tone."

"……"

Could Xie Yang say that a dress would get in the way?

She casually made up an excuse to brush it off: "I'm afraid there will be a lot of mosquitoes at night."

"That's true." Chen Anqi turned and went back to her room, "I remember I brought mosquito repellent; do you want to spray some?"

At this moment, Xie Danni and Liu Yang also came out of their room.

One of them was in a glamorous bohemian-style spaghetti-strap long dress, and the other was in an incredibly sexy tight-fitting short skirt.

Honestly, Xie Yang's outfit wasn't actually bad, but in comparison, her all-black long-sleeved, long-pants look was indeed a bit unconventional.

Xie Danni was eager for her to make a fool of herself and felt a sense of schadenfreude, but she asked aloud:

"The director told us to go to the square early, saying the bonfire party venue provides local snacks, so are we still eating dinner?"

"Then let's not eat."

"I won't eat either. The food has been too good lately, and I've eaten a bit too much. If I don't control it, my agent will start nagging again."

Except for Xie Yang, the other female guests all said they wouldn't eat dinner.

The male guests didn't care whether they ate or not.

For people like them in the entertainment industry, having irregular meals was the most common thing.

It was only when their three meals became regular that they should start to worry—it would mean they had fewer gigs and more time idling at home.

Only Xie Yang held a bowl of cooked noodles and ate with gusto, head buried in the bowl.

Among the guests present, she was the only one who wasn't a proper entertainer and hadn't signed with an agency; no one managed her, so she ate what she wanted and how she wanted.

Besides, she still had work to do at night, so how could she not eat her fill!

After eating and drinking her fill, she took a chair to the courtyard, picked a spot in the shade of a tree to sit, and sipped tea while enjoying the scenery, which was quite pleasant.

Jiang Tuo was the first to run over and sit next to her to chat.

Before long, Fu Yichen and Zhou Hanqing also sat over.

Xiao Chenglei simply brought the tea table out to the courtyard and called for Lu Ming: "Brother Lu, let's go! Let's go sit outside for a while; the air is good outside."

Influenced by Xie Danni, and having been thrown over the shoulder by Xie Yang a few days ago, losing all face, Lu Ming's impression of her could be described as terrible to the extreme.

But the other male guests were all sitting in the courtyard chatting, and the cameras were set up in a circle around them; it seemed the fans loved watching their daily chats.

If he didn't go, when it aired, he might not have any screen time for this segment.

Thus, when the four female guests finished their makeup and came out, they saw everyone sitting around Xie Yang.

Xie Danni almost couldn't maintain her "little fairy" persona.

For the first time, she felt regret—she shouldn't have invited Xie Yang to this show.

She hadn't earned any Resentment Value, and instead, Xie Yang had hooked so many top male entertainers.

Taking a deep breath, she put on her signature smile and said to the male guests: "Why are you all sitting here chatting? Aren't you going to change your clothes?"

Liu Yang chimed in: "Yeah, you guys should hurry back to your rooms and change. We discussed it and felt there's no need to wait until dark. The sunset glow is so beautiful, and we can take some group photos along the way to post on Weibo."

Lin Xiaoning and Chen Anqi nodded repeatedly upon hearing this; if they waited until dark to go over, who would be able to see their beautiful makeup?

"That makes sense." Xiao Chenglei was the first to respond, "Then let's go change our clothes too."

Fu Yichen and the others also stood up one after another, went back to their rooms to tidy up, changed into outfits suitable for the bonfire party, and set off together.

Along the way, Xie Danni and the other female guests were very keen on taking photos.

So much so that when they arrived at the bonfire site, it was already dark, the bonfire in the center of the square had been lit, and the bride and groom getting married today were leading the singing and dancing with beaming smiles.

The sound of drums, music, and laughter... multiple sounds intertwined, and the scene was very lively.

"There are quite a lot of people, but with it being this noisy, how are we supposed to do the Task?" Xiao Chenglei was still thinking about the Clue Card.

Jiang Tuo swayed his body to the drum music: "Forget it, let's just play for a while first."

He improvised a dance.

"That's a great dance!"

A young man who had come for the wedding feast had his eyes light up; he was clearly also a master of dance and started a dance-off with Jiang Tuo.

The guests spontaneously formed a circle to cheer them on.

Jiang Tuo's competitive spirit was ignited, and he had a thoroughly enjoyable battle with the other person.

It wasn't until the intense music ended and was replaced by a melodious, lyrical tune that he stopped.

By this time, it was completely dark, and he lifted the hem of his T-shirt to wipe the sweat off his face, subconsciously looking for Xie Yang.

As a result, he looked around but didn't see her; instead, he saw Xie Yang's cameraman.

"Where is she?" He walked over and asked.

"She said she had a bit of an upset stomach and went to the restroom." The cameraman pointed to the public restroom not far behind him.

He certainly couldn't follow a female guest into the restroom to film.

"But she's been in there for over ten minutes."

"She hasn't come out after ten minutes?" Jiang Tuo said in surprise.

Just then, an older woman went to use the restroom, so he asked the woman to help check, worried that Xie Yang didn't have any paper and was trapped inside.

As it turned out, the woman came out after using the restroom and said there was no one else inside.

Jiang Tuo's face changed instantly, and he turned to go find the director.

……

Compared to the clamorous gongs and drums and the boisterous, lively New District Square, the Old Village of Chunhe Ancient Town was so tranquil it seemed isolated from the world.

In the pitch-black night, only a narrow beam of moonlight shone through the high skylight into the pitch-black cellar.

In the corner of the cellar, a woman with a petite and exquisite figure, her hands and feet bound by chains, sat curled up with her knees hugged to her chest.

Her disheveled hair not only covered her face but also nearly obscured her entire upper body.

She remained motionless, as if she had fallen asleep pillowing her head on the cool moonlight.

The cellar was so silent that one could clearly hear the joyful drum music and the occasional cheers drifting over from the square.

"Knock, knock, knock—"

Three light taps on the window came from the direction of the skylight.

The woman's body stiffened, and her hands, which were hugging her knees, involuntarily clenched into fists, causing the lightweight stainless steel chains to emit a harsh dragging sound.

"Are you alright?"

Xie Yang, separated by a three-finger-wide window pane, spoke through the gap in the glass to the woman inside the cellar: "I see you. You're tied up, aren't you? Wait there, I'll find the cellar entrance."

Only then did the woman in the cellar realize that someone had come to save her!

It wasn't that demon! It was someone here to save her!

She had actually waited for a rescue!

Four years!

Four whole sets of three hundred and sixty-five days!

She had wanted this moment so badly she had gone mad!

She stumbled to her feet and pointed toward the direction of the cellar entrance, her voice as hoarse as if her vocal cords had been sliced by a knife: "There! The entrance is there! Be careful!"

"Alright."