Chapter 1335: Sharp‑tongued, tsundere entertainer & ultra‑rich insecure wife 12
The guest team was eating when the wall that originally bore a line of writing suddenly vanished, replaced by a picture slowly emerging on the screen, drawing everyone's gaze.
Xiang Xiaoyu: "Is this triggering some memory?"
"Shh." Lin Cheng gently covered her mouth, signaling to look seriously.
On the screen, they finally got to see the boy's true appearance.
The noble-born boy stood in the rose garden not far from the dining hall, head bowed as he was scolded.
The Old Master, furious, exclaimed, "How many times have I caught you doing this? If it happens again, I'll break your legs!"
"This is unreasonable! You… you two! You absolutely cannot be together!"
The boy stubbornly lifted his head, eyes blurred with tears, retorting: "I share the same fate as him—why can't we be together?"
"You're sick! You really are sick!"
The Old Master snapped, "I don't care what you think; if you want my approval, it'll only happen when I'm dead!"
The boy watched his father leave, then sat alone in the rose garden crying, plucked a rose to play with in his hand, and soon tossed it away.
"I don't like roses."
He drew up his legs, wrapped his arms around himself, and cried softly.
A faint footstep sounded; a butler in a pure white tailcoat stood by the restaurant's rear window, gazing toward the boy through the flowerbed.
The two suddenly locked eyes, but the boy quickly looked away, lowering his head in silence.
The scene shifted; the boy, no longer crying, sat in another room where a cake decorated with white petals—no roses—sat on the table.
The scene ends here.
"Ah!"
An Yun, sitting by the rear window, suddenly screamed, startled by the butler appearing at the window.
The butler, wearing the same tailcoat as in the picture, placed a slice of cake on the windowsill with a suppressed smile, then left.
Immediately, the entire room plunged into darkness.
Shen Shi instinctively leaned into Jin Chen's embrace, his eyes in the dark alert and panicked.
Jin Chen tightened his hold on the person in his arms; when the bloodied boy appeared on screen, he raised a hand to cover Shen Shi's eyes.
The embrace felt safe; Shen Shi relaxed his body, leaning in, and gave a slight nod.
Though highly inappropriate, at that moment Shen Shi suddenly realized.
In their past interactions, he had believed he could protect Jin Chen, sheltering him under his wings, forgetting that Jin Chen was never the type to rely on others.
Recalling what Jin Chen had said outside the punishment chamber just earlier, Shen Shi leaned into him again, his usually aloof face suffused with a faint blush.
"... I, I'm a little scared."
The fear is real, but voicing it also takes courage.
"Don't be afraid, don't look."
Jin Chen turned his head, kissed Shen Shi's ear, and said, "I'm here—what's there to fear?"
The ear's temperature was scorching, yet his heart felt soothed.
Shen Shi lowered his eyes in contentment, preferring not to think about any outside information, and rested peacefully in the embrace.
On the screen, the boy streamed blood and tears, wailing: "You guys have to help me!! You have to help me!"
"Go find… hurry and find……"
He kept his hand raised, pointing in a certain direction.
Jin Chen kicked Lin Cheng's chair: "Go check the corner for anything."
"Me? You're not afraid, so why don't you go?"
Lin Cheng shrank his neck.
Jin Chen put on a serious face: "I need to comfort someone."
"You……"
Lin Cheng glanced at Xiang Xiaoyu, who was completely unafraid and even attracted by the boy's looks, and suddenly fell silent.
Thus, he could only resign himself to rummaging through the corner.
Lin Cheng hauled back a machine with a task card inserted inside.
Lin Cheng said: "
"【Here it comes! The segment no couple can escape!】"
"【Just love watching some awkward scenes!】"
The eight guests had varied expressions; ultimately, four pairs decided the order by rock‑paper‑scissors.
The first team was the Steady Rise combo.
Bai Qing put on the device's wristband, gave a low cough, perhaps for show effect, and came out swinging a bomb.
"Actually… I lied about my first love being real; I've had an ex in the industry."
An Yun scrunched her cute face, shocked by that remark; amid the other guests' surprised gazes, she barely kept her composure.
"Fine, fine, judging by your looks you don't seem like someone who's never dated."
An Yun pondered, then blurted: "Actually… I didn't fall for you at first sight; back then I liked another sister from the crew."
Bai Qing: "……"
"Oh——"
Lin Cheng and Xiang Xiaoyu were purely the mood‑makers; startled by that couple's words, the restaurant nearly got overturned by their screaming.
"【That's how you play to make it fun!! Can't wait to see the Auspicious Day team!】"
The second team is the main couple, Chu Yin and Cheng Yi, who were originally just hype, with no reservations between them.
But when Chu Yin gazed at Cheng Yi's eyes sparkling like stars, his heartbeat unconsciously quickened.
Chu Yin even felt fortunate that this segment didn't require wearing a heart rate monitor.
The third group, Sincere Towards Rain, is completely just a comedy group.
Xiang Xiaoyu: "Actually I… secretly replaced the potted plants you were raising, because I killed them all by overwatering, so I just bought fake ones as replacements."
Lin Cheng: "Xiang Xiaoyu??"
He slammed the table in astonishment: "No wonder I said those few green plants were growing so lush! Turns out they're fake!"
"Actually I…… have secretly eaten many cakes placed in the fridge! The cat is just taking the blame."
Xiang Xiaoyu: "You're just as despicable, not giving an inch!"
She faced the camera and accused: "When I go back I have to give the cat a check-up; how can the cat take the blame for such a huge pot!"
〖hahahahaha! 〗
〖You guys really don't let each other off. 〗
Finally it's Jin Chen's team's turn.
Six guests all watched the show, all wanting to see what kind of show effect this most talked-about CP could bring.
Sincere person Shen Shi hesitated a moment, never having thought that in a variety show one could say something harmless; he only selected from the matter of concealing Jin Chen.
Shen Shi: "Actually… I've turned down many of your shows myself; it's not that others snatched them away."
Guests present:!!!
Lin Cheng immediately looked at Jin Chen, almost writing fear and trepidation on his face.
After all, who in the circle doesn't know? Although Jin Chen married a tyrant CEO, she is constantly controlled by others, with no freedom at all, quickly becoming a counterexample of wealthy marriage.
Jin Chen had no reaction, merely asking: "Is there no reason?"
Shen Shi looked into his eyes and spoke frankly.
Because I think those shows and scripts aren't suitable for you; better to lack than to excess.
End of Chapter
