Chapter 108: Love Variety Show Strategy System (26)

Lin Xiaoning has crashed and burned.

Although the production team cut the live stream, among the friends and family invited to the Ancient Town for the wedding banquet, there were many young people who liked to record their daily lives with cameras.

Even if they hadn't watched the production team's live stream earlier and didn't know what had happened, once they saw the police cars arrive and block the entrances and exits of the Ancient Town to prevent them from returning home overnight, they knew the gossip tonight was no small matter.

They held up their phones, filming here and there, their excitement palpable, and inadvertently captured the scene where Lin Xiaoning was slapped by Gu Qiaoxi and sternly interrogated.

Then, the hot search exploded.

Some netizens dug up an interview with Lin Xiaoning from four years ago.

In the interview, she sorrowfully mourned the passing of her good friend, blamed herself for not discovering her friend's depression sooner, and said she would always remember her good friend Qiaoxi, that she would keep the phone charm she had gifted her forever and ever, and would bring it with her to every stage she performed on in the future, as if Qiaoxi had never left...

【Ugh! This woman is so disgusting!】

【Witnessing Qiaoxi being abducted with her own eyes, clearly knowing Qiaoxi didn't commit suicide, not only did she not call the police, but she could also say such high-sounding words afterward—this woman's scheming is truly too deep! It's a waste that I previously thought she was the most innocent and least scheming of the five female guests.】

【After Gu Qiaoxi went missing back then, the internet was flooded with surveillance footage from the night she disappeared. If she didn't have the intention to commit suicide, why would she appear by the sea in the middle of the night?】

【That girl group was filming in the coastal city, isn't it normal for the hotel they stayed in to be near the sea?】

【I heard from the girls in Gu Qiaoxi's dormitory that she received a call from home that night and seemed very depressed. Later, they said she couldn't sleep and went to the seaside to get some air. The next day, her disappearance was reported, and everyone thought she had jumped into the sea because she couldn't face life.】

【That was right on the eve of their girl group's final night. If she hadn't had an accident, the champion would undoubtedly have been her. As a result, she had an accident, and the one who laughed last became Lin Xiaoning. You guys ponder that! Ponder it carefully!】

【Thinking about it is terrifying!】

【Could that man have been intentionally found by Lin Xiaoning?】

It wasn't exactly intentional.

Just as some netizens guessed, Lin Xiaoning was indeed wary of and jealous of Gu Qiaoxi's popularity back then.

Witnessing Gu Qiaoxi being abducted by a strange man, her first reaction was indeed to think about calling the police, but after calming down, she thought more about how Gu Qiaoxi's absence from the final night would be advantageous to her and cause no harm. After weighing it repeatedly, she chose not to call the police and pretended to be ignorant.

Seeing a criminal suspect commit a crime and choosing not to report it does not constitute a crime under the law; at most, it is subject to moral condemnation.

Consequently, following the announcement posted by the police late at night, the agency Lin Xiaoning belonged to had to step forward and issue a statement: unilaterally terminating the management contract with Lin Xiaoning.

Lin Xiaoning was abandoned by the company.

Burdened with a moral stain, her acting career ended right there.

The Love Variety Show, which was halfway through filming, naturally could not continue.

The director was even considering whether to mosaic her in the previous episodes she participated in, or simply cut this person out entirely, as if she didn't exist.

But while a regular variety show can manage with one less guest, a Love Variety Show can't even form pairs if one guest is missing. How is this supposed to work?

The director was so stressed he was going bald.

He called the staff together late at night to discuss countermeasures.

After Xie Yang and the other guests cooperated with the police to finish their statements, they returned to the "homestay."

Lin Xiaoning was not among them; she had left with a haggard expression after receiving a call from her manager, and even her luggage was packed by her assistant who came to help.

Ten people went, but one less returned.

Although it was already late into the night, everyone had no sleepiness at all, nor were they in the mood to analyze the collected Clue Cards or discuss who the remaining "fugitive" was.

"Sigh, how could such a thing happen..." Xiao Chenglei sighed heavily.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Liu Yang considerately took up the conversation: "Indeed, coming to the Ancient Town to record a variety show, who would have expected to encounter such a thing? Truly, the world is unpredictable."

The four words "the world is unpredictable" fell into Xie Danni's ears, making her feel irritable and depressed.

For the past two days, she had been thinking that since she couldn't harvest Resentment Value from Xie Yang, she might as well switch to another female guest to complete the Task.

But it seemed the only way to stimulate the other female guests to generate resentment in a short time was through matters related to the male guests.

Liu Yang and Xiao Chenglei had taken a liking to each other, and she really couldn't say she had any good feelings for Xiao Chenglei, so Liu Yang was the first one she passed on;

Chen Anqi hadn't clearly shown who she liked yet;

But Lin Xiaoning, through her secret observation, clearly had a crush on Zhou Hanqing, and she was also determined to get Zhou Hanqing. She had just confirmed Lin Xiaoning as the next target for harvesting Resentment Value and hadn't even found an opportunity to implement it, when Lin Xiaoning, damn it, was out of the game...

This was truly a frustrating matter.

There was an even more frustrating discovery: why did Zhou Hanqing follow Xie Yang to that dilapidated courtyard?

Xie Yang didn't bring a camera herself, but Zhou Hanqing's cameraman happened to record the scene of Xie Yang beating up the suspect, letting that little bitch show off again!

So annoying!

"Xie Yang, come, come, sit here and chat for a while!"

Xiao Chenglei saw Xie Yang come out of the washroom and hurriedly called out to her.

The entire production team had gone to a meeting tonight, and the cameras arranged in the "homestay" had been withdrawn, so they could chat boldly and relax.

Xie Yang had just finished showering, and her hair was still wet.

She had been wearing long sleeves and trousers tonight, racing against time and fighting with a suspect, and then she had a good cry while being held by Gu Qiaoxi; she was covered in sweat and tears, so she ran to take a shower as soon as she got back.

She didn't expect that when she came out of the washroom, everyone would still be sitting in the living room.

Her movement of drying her hair paused, she looked up at the wall clock temporarily set up by the production team in the living room, and twitched the corner of her mouth: "It's almost three o'clock, why aren't you guys sleeping yet?"

"Oh, after such a thing happened, how could we sleep? By the way, how did you know Gu Qiaoxi was locked in that cellar?"

Xiao Chenglei asked the question that was on all the guests' minds.

Xie Yang shook her head: "I didn't know there was anyone locked in there when I went. I just felt that the succulent arrangement by the wall of that courtyard looked a bit peculiar, but I had no proof at the time, and you might not have believed me if I told you, so I decided to go over at night to take a look."

"Then what about Teacher Zhou? How did he discover Xie Yang had left so promptly? Unlike us, we were just busy dancing; if the director hadn't suddenly cued us, we wouldn't have known you had left," Xie Danni bit her lip and asked softly.

She noticed that Zhou Hanqing's gaze was always lingering on Xie Yang, and she almost couldn't maintain the gentle smile on her face.

However, Zhou Hanqing didn't even look at her, rubbing the water glass in his hand, his eyes lowered, not knowing what he was thinking.

Instead, Jiang Tuo said lazily: "I noticed it too, but I'm not as smart as Han-shen, and I didn't think Sister Yang would be so bold as to run to the Ancient Village Site in the middle of the night."

"..."

Xie Danni hated Jiang Tuo to death!

I was asking about Zhou Hanqing, who the hell told you to open your mouth?