Chapter 29: The little drama queen flexes, move aside everyone!

Chi Ye: "..."

"I'll add three more packs of extra-spicy spicy strips for you!"

"Oh?!"

Jin Xia's eyes lit up, then she feigned reserve: "Spicy strips... what brand? I don't eat generic ones."

Chi Ye said casually: "Don't worry, air-freighted from France, soaked in gutter oil for fifteen days. Just eat them, you won't even make a peep once you start!"

Jin Xia was surprised: "Only fifteen days..."

Chi Ye: "Any longer and I'm afraid I'd send you straight to the afterlife."

Jin Xia watched and giggled foolishly: "Haha, Teacher Chi, you're a sore loser!"

The two chatted nonsense for a while. Chi Ye sensed that the Lao Foye was busy, so he said: "Alright, enough talk, let's chat when we meet later."

"Remember, buy them for me!"

"Don't worry, the bag is trash."

The two hung up, and the car fell silent.

"... That's it?!"

Ke Ke was dumbfounded: "Is this reliable?"

Had these two even discussed "business" just now?

According to what Brother Chi said earlier, Director Zhang's background was quite significant.

Yet, with such a background, he was hitting walls everywhere on this matter.

No matter how high Teacher Jin Xia's status was, it couldn't possibly be settled so lightly, right?

This was just... too "easy."

"Who cares, let's go first and see."

Chi Ye's main strategy was to be flashy about everything. He waved his hand: "Find a supermarket, let's get the Lao Foye some top-tier international delicacies."

"... Alright."

Ke Ke felt inexplicably uneasy. He found a supermarket nearby, bought the "top-tier international delicacies" for Jin Xia, got back in the car, and found a remote parking spot—the surrounding area was already packed, with no spots left. The two got out and walked toward the entrance of the Scream Night venue.

"Brother Chi, do you think we should give Teacher Jin Xia another call... I feel like she didn't quite understand what you meant earlier."

Approaching the entrance, seeing the dense crowd of fans, security, and media reporters with their long lenses and short cannons, Ke Ke felt insecure again.

"Look at your lack of ambition."

Chi Ye walked through the crowd without changing his expression: "Follow me."

Ke Ke hurriedly lowered his head and followed, silently praying not to be stopped, otherwise... that would be too embarrassing.

Just as he was thinking this, Ke Ke heard a commotion from the surrounding crowd, along with media platforms and various self-media bloggers' cameras, and surprised exclamations: "Chi Ye!"

"Is it real? Didn't he not receive an invitation?"

"He really came, good heavens, hurry and film!"

"Is he trying to crash the red carpet? Has he no shame left?"

"Chi Ye is here, now we have trending topics and traffic!"

Click, click, click.

In an instant, the flashes were dense. The cameras in the "red carpet pre-heating area," which had been surrounded three layers deep, all turned in unison to film Chi Ye as he passed by them.

"Should we film?"

Beside the Kiwi platform's camera position, a field director asked, both surprised and suspicious, driven by professional habit.

"... Film it, give him some screen time."

Who knew, the red carpet director, who usually hated Chi Ye, nodded upon hearing this.

Field Director: "?!"

The director glanced at him and thought, damn it, I didn't know this jerk could pull strings either. The higher-ups gave the order, saying he's a specially invited guest, what else can I do but film him?

Thinking this, the official Kiwi camera swung over kuku.

Chi Ye didn't notice this. When he reached the halfway point, his gaze stopped on an area opposite him.

That was this year's Scream Night "red carpet pre-heating area."

At this moment, the pre-heating area was "sweating profusely." Several members, wearing hollowed-out, sexy leopard-print tight-fitting outfits in the middle of winter, were twisting their bodies with "passion."

Zhang Xianming, Su Ran, Lin Zeyu...

Except for Chi Ye, the higher-status Peng Chen and Shen Qingyu, and the disgraced Jiang Yi, the remaining three of the Rise seven were all here, "dancing passionately."

"The washed-up Chi Ye?! How did he get here?"

"Hard-crashing, is he? The female version of a carpet-star?"

"It's over, Scream Night is going to become Scream-in-Agony Night. All four of the 'Four Little' are in the inner venue this year, won't he just leech off them until they're numb?"

"Washed-up Chi Ye: Initiating, hunting time!"

"The rest of Rise is right here! Ahhh, this is too exciting, right?!"

"Rise is too pathetic, coming here to edge in the middle of winter, and getting seen by their former captain, hhh."

The fans and viewers watching the livestream on the Kiwi platform instantly rioted.

Over here, the three "lead dancers" of Rise also saw Chi Ye walking toward them.

They were stunned.

"Chi Ye?!"

The handsome guy in the lead, covered in muscles, saw Chi Ye and was shocked: "You're playing hardball? Hard-crashing?!"

Chi Ye glanced at him: "Long time no see, how did you get so pathetic?"

Zhang Xianming's expression changed, embarrassed and angry.

Indeed, the Rise boy band had disbanded. Some had soared, some had developed into actors, and even someone like Chi Ye could leech off popularity on variety shows, transforming into a "variety show personality."

Only they had to twist their hips and edge in the middle of winter, with their heads hanging and swinging hard.

Others came to Scream Night to receive awards; only they were here to warm up the stage!

Chi Ye saw everyone looking "steaming hot" and was surprised: "So this is how Rise 'reunites'..."

Everyone: "?"

Chi Ye was puzzled: "Reuniting by twisting hips."

"..."

"Hmm..." He then acknowledged: "But you guys have improved. From working alone to teamwork, from edging on Little Red Book to Scream Night, that counts as a high-level edge."

The others: "..."

They didn't dare speak; the captain's "lingering prestige" remained.

Zhang Xianming sneered: "Likewise. At least we have invitations. You are truly shameless, coming uninvited with so many people watching."

"Who are you trying to leech off inside? Or do you want to be deliberately stopped, make a huge fool of yourself, and then eat another wave of black traffic?"

Chi Ye glanced at him in surprise and strolled into the main entrance. The Kiwi security and red carpet director nearby didn't stop him at all.

Everyone: "??!"

"No, by what right can he get in?"

Zhang Xianming pointed at Chi Ye: "He doesn't have an invitation!"

The director ignored him, and the field director frowned and scolded: "Keep warming up the stage, we're live!"

Zhang Xianming: "..."

He gritted his teeth, puffed out his massive chest muscles, and said angrily: "Fine!"

"Come on, 3-2-1, keep twisting!"

Boom, boom, boom, boom...

The BGM started again, and the three Rise members began twisting energetically again.

"They are too pathetic, selling flesh in the middle of winter, does everyone really like watching this?"

Walking into the venue, the warm air conditioning enveloped the two. Ke Ke had lingering fears: "Leopard print, tight-fitting, hollowed-out... let's take a step back and ask, do girls really like this?"

"I think so too." Chi Ye thought for a moment and nodded: "Female viewers are truly pitiful, they can't eat anything good."

Ke Ke: "..."

"Let's go, I didn't expect we could actually get in."

Chi Ye waved his hand and walked toward the rest area inside the venue first.

The path was smooth and unobstructed. It seemed the Lao Foye wasn't bragging; she really could help him settle it!

Hmm... next time I should buy the Lao Foye more spicy strips, she's so capable!

The two walked all the way to the backstage of the venue. In front was the red carpet and the main ceremony area, and behind were the rest areas where top celebrities and guests did their makeup and styling.

Walking into the rest area, many round tables and sofas appeared. Many artists who had finished their makeup and styling were waiting to walk the red carpet, chatting in groups of three or five.

After Chi Ye walked in, he instantly attracted the gaze of most people.

But the inner venue was the inner venue; it wasn't as noisy as the outside.

Of course, the surprise and shock in everyone's eyes were visible to the naked eye.

—Unlike those in the circle and outside, those who could sit here knew all about the rotten business in the circle.

How could Chi Ye appear here?!

This was the home turf of Kiwi and Sheng Ning, how did he get in?

Especially the latter.

Not long ago, there were rumors in the circle that Kiwi originally saw Chi Ye's popularity in "See You" and wanted to invite him, but Sheng Ning declared: "If he's here, I'm not."

Subsequently, everyone knew that Chi Ye had been sentenced to death and was "soft-banned" by the Sheng Ning team.

But now...

You just appeared so vividly?

This guy didn't climb over the wall to get in, did he?

Just to leech off Sheng Ning one more time... don't doubt it, the former "Chi Ye" had really done such dramatic things.

"Hello everyone."

Chi Ye saw everyone staring at him and waved his hand in a very socially confident way to greet them.

Everyone immediately withdrew their gazes, each avoiding him like a snake or scorpion.

"Brother Chi, don't do this, it's so embarrassing."

Ke Ke, beside him, lowered his head and tugged at Chi Ye's sleeve, reminding him not to go crazy.

"It's fine, we're all colleagues."

Chi Ye turned around happily, passed this rest area, and continued walking inside.

"No... why is he still walking inside?"

"Damn, he's not really going to hard-crash, is he?!"

After he left, the quiet rest area erupted in chatter.

Everyone watched his retreating back as he went deeper, and for a moment, they were all "shocked."

The Scream Night waiting rest area was mainly divided into three zones.

The outermost area near the entrance was the largest and had the most people. The artists arranged here didn't have high status or traffic, and most were newcomers or minor celebrities.

Walking further in, there were big names with famous names in the circle, both first and second-tier. Further in, there were the personal rest rooms of top celebrities, capital bigwigs, and big directors.

The Four Big Double-Explosives and Four Small Three-Greens, who were the most eye-catching both inside and outside the circle, were all there.

Chi Ye walking straight in like this instantly made people think of the "bad" scenes from the past.

"How did Kiwi security let him in? If Sheng Ning gets leeched off again, that'll be a huge joke."

"A god-like person."

"I want to go in and see..."

Some wanted to go in, but thinking of their own status, they wouldn't even have a place to sit if they went, so they hesitated and felt embarrassed.

Of course, there were also minor celebrities with good connections who stood up and followed in "as if nothing happened."

"Brother Chi, it seems like someone is following us behind."

Ke Ke reminded him.

"Oh, if they like to follow, let them follow."

Chi Ye didn't care about this. He took out his phone and sent a WeChat message to the Lao Foye, saying he had arrived, and then sent one to Director Zhang.

The Lao Foye replied quickly: 【OK, received! Makeup and styling are still a bit off, Teacher Chi, wait for me!】

Director Zhang replied: 【Damn, brother, you really pulled it off? What kind of background do you have?】

Chi Ye replied to the Lao Foye: 【Don't send 'received' in the future, it's not very good.】

Lao Foye: 【?】

Chi Ye: 【Cows moo, horses neigh, cattle and horses say 'received'.】

Lao Foye: 【There's such a saying?! 【Shocked】】

Chi Ye: 【Remember, you are not cattle or horses.】

Lao Foye: 【Alright, received!】

Chi Ye: 【...】

He replied to Director Zhang: 【Adult matters, kids shouldn't ask blindly, come find me.】

Director Zhang: 【Where are you?】

Chi Ye glanced around and found that he had walked into a rest area with a better environment. Everyone inside was looking at him with extreme astonishment.

【I'm in the second rest area, come over.】

【Fine, you really have your ways, I'm convinced.】

After the two finished communicating, Chi Ye had already walked into the aisle of the rest area. He glanced around and found that this rest area was indeed much smaller, and those sitting here were basically familiar faces.

He often saw them on TV and in movies.

He wanted to find a place to sit down, but found that it was different from the outer rest area. Outside, there were big sofas where you could squeeze in, but here the conditions were better, all single seats, and there was no place for him to sit.

"Hello everyone."

Chi Ye waved at the few people looking over. They were stunned, but none of them had any expression.

Chi Ye didn't change his expression and walked to a familiar person: "Imperial Sister, squeeze over."

Chu Luanyu blinked her eyes, moved half her butt away, and lowered her voice: "You... how did you sneak in?"

"What kind of talk is that."

Chi Ye was unhappy: "Can't I just walk in?"

Chu Luanyu thought for a moment and actually nodded: "Hmm, as expected of you, even Kiwi was pulled into your strings."

Chi Ye: "..."

He turned his head to look at the seat next to him. Shen Qingyu was staring at him with a livid face, not saying a word.

"What are you looking at?"

Chi Ye frowned and looked at Chu Luanyu: "Why is there a dog here?"

Damn!

Shen Qingyu cursed, but he was extremely shocked inside.

No, how did Chi Ye "transform into a living person"?

Wasn't he "wanted" by Sheng Ning?

Thinking of the various outrageous things Chi Ye had done for popularity in the past, he relaxed and stared at Chi Ye: "Did you climb over the wall again?"

Chi Ye: "?"

"No, brother, have some shame. Sheng Ning is scared of you leeching off her, and you're not even on Kiwi's list. Tell me, what are you here for? To be a clown?"

Shen Qingyu was not polite to Chi Ye at all: "The entertainment industry is not a place for someone with your brain to hang out. Listen to me, go back, don't embarrass yourself here."

Chi Ye: "Are you a moron?"

Shen Qingyu: "?!"

Chi Ye stared at Shen Qingyu and said bluntly: "You really aren't a good thing."

Shen Qingyu: "..."

He was furious, pointed at Chi Ye, and his voice rose by several decibels: "What the hell did you say?!"

"Hey, hey, what are you doing, you two pay attention to your image!"

Chu Luanyu frowned as she listened from the side and protected Chi Ye: "There's no livestream here, but with so many people in the circle, do you want to be a laughingstock?"

Shen Qingyu didn't expect Chu Luanyu to "protect" Chi Ye. He was stunned, calmed down again, and looked at Chi Ye in surprise.

You still have this connection?

"Dogs don't have an image, don't insult dogs like that."

Chi Ye gave a simple evaluation and had already seen a young man running toward them.

Running while waving, it must be Director Zhang.

"No, brother."

Shen Qingyu exploded here, pointing at Chi Ye: "Have some shame, besides leeching off popularity, what else can you do? Do you see a seat for you here? Squeezing in like this, isn't it disgusting?"

He spoke very loudly, not caring at all that these were colleagues in the circle. For a moment, those who were already paying attention to this side looked over frequently.

Some even whispered and pointed.

"Is that Chi Ye?"

A certain film actress looked over and shook her head: "It's a bit outrageous, no one invited him, and he actually climbed over the wall to get in."

"I didn't believe it before, but I believe it now." Another traffic-starlet chuckled.

"Tsk tsk, the relationship in Rise is so good, if the fans outside saw this, wouldn't they be happy to death?" A middle-aged actor watched the fun, not fearing trouble.

Chi Ye glanced over there and turned back to meet Director Zhang's panicked gaze: "You're here."

"Brother... damn, you're really tearing into each other here?"

After Director Zhang arrived, he heard Chi Ye and Shen Qingyu frantically outputting at each other and was stunned.

Hearing the pointing and whispering of the people around, his shock turned into numbness.

"It's fine, just exchanging feelings normally."

Chi Ye didn't care and looked at Shen Qingyu, who was still pointing at him and angry that he hadn't ignored him: "Stupid dog, what are you looking at?"

Shen Qingyu: "?!"

"Don't, don't, don't..."

Director Zhang hurriedly blocked the two, just wanting to speak.

Da, da, da.

A burst of light footsteps suddenly came, and then, a girl wearing an exquisite and gorgeous high-fashion dress, beautiful to the extreme, walked out from the inner room of the first rest area.

Her sneaky appearance instantly straightened her back and chest the moment she entered, looking reserved.

She looked around, instantly locked onto the "liveliest" place on the field, her charming peach-blossom eyes lit up, and she waved her small hand, calling out sweetly: "Teacher Chi, Teacher Chi!"

"Hmm?"

The people around turned their heads upon hearing this, and the moment they saw Jin Xia, they were all stunned for a second.

"You..."

Chi Ye also saw the Lao Foye, and his eyes instantly lit up.

Hmm... lit up in the literal sense.

He saw the Lao Foye wearing a floor-length gown custom-made by a famous French designer.

The dress was a brilliant starry blue, with vast galaxy patterns outlined in delicate silver thread and Swarovski crystals.

At this moment, as she walked over briskly, the hem of the dress swayed gently, like a flowing galaxy.

Chi Ye had never seen the Lao Foye like this; she was stunningly beautiful, charming but not vulgar. Two completely opposite temperaments, beauty and nobility, appeared on one person at the same time.

"You... your dress and makeup..."

"How is it? Is it very beautiful?"

Jin Xia spun around him happily.

"So expensive."

Chi Ye envied: "So many gems and diamonds, could sell for a lot of money, right?"

Jin Xia didn't take the bait this time, because she keenly sensed the strange atmosphere at the scene.

She glanced at Shen Qingyu, who was still pointing at Chi Ye with his expression constantly changing, then looked at the people around, and was puzzled: "What's wrong with you guys? What were you doing just now?"

Hearing this iconic sweet tone in the circle, everyone came back to their senses and stood up subconsciously.

"Xia Xia."

"Teacher Jin Xia."

"Xia Xia, why did you come out? I wanted to find you just now... your team said your makeup and styling were in a rush..."

"Xia Xia, you look so beautiful today."

Except for a few who hadn't worked with Jin Xia and weren't very familiar, almost a large group of people stood up in the small inner venue, each greeting Jin Xia with a smile.

"Hmm... I came out to pick someone up... hmm..."

Jin Xia's peach-blossom eyes blinked, she glanced at Shen Qingyu, who was smiling awkwardly, and suddenly affectionately took Chi Ye's arm, saying sweetly: "I came to pick up Teacher Chi. Teacher Chi and I agreed to go out and play together."

Everyone: "...?!!"

Shen Qingyu was stunned the moment he heard this.

Especially seeing Jin Xia's affectionate movements, his scalp went numb.

People outside the circle all said Jin Xia was dramatic; she had the worst public reputation among the Four Little Actresses.

But in the circle, who didn't know that Jin Xia's background was "heaven-reaching"?

Sheng Ning was capital now, but Jin Xia's mother was probably N times higher than Sheng Ning's current capital!

No, Chi Ye really got involved with Jin Xia?!

He felt more and more terrified, jealous, and hateful.

"You guys didn't bully Teacher Chi just now, did you?"

Here, Jin Xia saw that everyone was silent, was slightly startled, realized something, scanned everyone present, and the playful smile on her small face gradually disappeared, becoming a bit cold.

A pair of exquisite and beautiful peach-blossom eyes looked at Shen Qingyu: "Did you bully Teacher Chi?"

Shen Qingyu was stunned, thinking, sure enough, dramatic enough!

Can you ask such things directly?!

Isn't she afraid of any impact?

But he was already panicked and hurriedly waved his hand: "Uh... no... Teacher Jin Xia, Chi Ye and I are teammates, we..."

"You what?"

The Lao Foye was indeed not afraid of bad influence, because her reputation was already rotten to the streets. The little drama queen put her hands on her hips and pointed at Shen Qingyu: "What kind of teammates, what kind of teammates owe people loan money and don't pay it back?"

"You are so annoying, who invited you here? I don't want to see you here!"

Everyone: "?!"

Everyone was stunned, but reacting that it was Jin Xia who said this, not someone else, they felt it was incomparably natural.

Then...

Everyone looked at Shen Qingyu in unison.

"No... I..." Shen Qingyu was angry, his face was aggrieved, embarrassed and red, but he didn't leave.

"It's fine, we are communicating normally, what are you doing."

Chi Ye saw this and pulled the Lao Foye, signaling her not to worry about these rotten things.

He was also a bit stunned now—he had never seen the Lao Foye like this, the aura of a first-tier actress.

Hmm... this was the second time in just a few minutes that he had "never seen her like this."

Jin Xia glanced at him, still a little angry.

This matter wasn't about whether to worry about it or not, it was about how someone she invited could be "bullied"?!

As long as it was something she took a fancy to, it must be the best!

Back then, Yang Zi's persimmons were like this, cola was like this, spicy strips were like this, and people were naturally like this too!

"You're not leaving, right? If you don't leave, I'll call someone to make you leave!"

The Lao Foye took out her phone playfully.

"Hey! Xia Xia, what are you doing!"

Just then, the manager, Sister Mi, walked out from the inner room, glanced at everyone present, her expression ugly, and walked over quickly to snatch Jin Xia's phone: "Don't mess around!"

"Sister Mi, they bullied..."

"Don't mess around." The manager waved her hand, glanced at Shen Qingyu, who had raised his head, and was even more displeased: "You're an artist from Yuenar, right? How did you make our Xia Xia angry?!"

Shen Qingyu: "...?"

I made her angry?!

It was clearly her "touching porcelain" with me!

He felt more aggrieved than Dou E, but Jin Xia's team had no interest in listening to his "explanation."

—Xia Xia was unhappy, so it was someone else's problem, it had always been like this, no ifs.

"Stay honestly, don't cause trouble again, otherwise even if you are an artist from Yuenar, you will have to suffer a bit, understand?"

Shen Qingyu: "..."

He nodded aggrievedly: "Alright, I know, Sister Mi."

Sister Mi didn't look at his reaction at all, turned her head to glance at Jin Xia's arm holding Chi Ye's, and her eyes narrowed.

"!!"

The Lao Foye hurriedly let go, her charming peach-blossom eyes turned, and she secretly pulled the manager's sleeve: "Sister Mi... let's go, let's go back first... we'll talk when we get back."

Sister Mi: "..."

"Alright, let's go."

The Lao Foye breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly pulled Chi Ye: "Teacher Chi, let's go, let's go inside and talk in detail!"

Chi Ye: "..."

Talk about what in detail?

Like discussing state secrets.

Thinking this, he greeted Chu Luanyu, who had eaten enough gossip to be full, and Director Zhang, who had been watching in a daze and trembling, and then followed Jin Xia into the innermost rest area. ===== CHAPTER 30 =====