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Chapter 346: Chapter 344 What is He Afraid Of?
Though she is the precious daughter of XJ Group and the wife of the president of Song Group, it is normal for her to be a bit assertive.
They had actually been worried before that Lu Zhaozhao, because of her dual identity, would throw her weight around on the set.
Unexpectedly, she remained just as she had been before, without much change.
Everyone was even more willing to get along with Lu Zhaozhao.
Who wouldn’t like someone who is wealthy, influential, good-looking, and has a good temper?
Lin Baiyu sneakily glanced at Sun Qian. After Lu Zhaozhao dragged her chair away, Sun Qian left the set straight away.
It seemed she was quite upset, and it was unclear if she would still shoot her part later.
Lin Baiyu looked at Lu Zhaozhao with some worry and asked softly, "What happened just now?"
She had just asked casually, never expecting Lu Zhaozhao to answer her.
After all, their argument could be considered private.
It made sense if she didn’t want to talk about it, especially if it involved something sensitive, which would make things even more complicated.
Lu Zhaozhao curled her lips, "Some people are saying that the current rumors about my family are bad for Pei Huai, telling my brother to stay away from him to avoid affecting Pei Huai’s reputation."
Lin Baiyu and Yan Gui exchanged glances, both totally showing a "grandpa watching smartphone on the subway" bewildered expression.
What the hell was this?
What do family rumors have to do with you?
Besides, Sun Qian and Pei Huai are not even in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, so why meddle so much?
Lin Bailu pursed her lips, "Zhaozhao, could it be that Sun Qian likes Pei Huai?"
There are a lot of handsome men and beautiful women in the entertainment industry, and liking someone isn’t anything to be ashamed of.
But for her to start controlling someone’s behavior even before establishing a relationship, that really ruins the goodwill.
Lu Zhaozhao noncommittally curled her lips, "Brother Pei rejected her."
She definitely didn’t want to add fuel to the gossip about Pei Huai and Sun Qian.
Sun Qian liking Pei Huai is her business, but the source of the rumors must be nipped in the bud from her side!
Lin Baiyu nodded understandingly.
Yan Gui quietly munched on popcorn, staring at Lu Zhaozhao’s annoyed face, and suddenly asked, "Zhaozhao, did your fourth brother tell you he was going to be on a live variety show today?"
Lu Zhaozhao was clearly taken aback.
Xia Wenyan went to participate in a live variety show?
How come she didn’t know?
Yan Gui, seeing Lu Zhaozhao’s confused face, knew she wasn’t aware of it.
Now he was torn between telling her or not.
Yan Gui’s pleading eyes turned towards Lin Baiyu, wanting her to light the way.
Lin Baiyu looked just as helpless. 𝔫𝖔𝖛𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝖈𝖔𝔪
Finally, both of them simply gave up and pulled out their phones to watch the live broadcast, "Here, it just started not long ago. Do you want to watch?"
Lu Zhaozhao initially didn’t intend to watch, but when she saw that Xia Wenjin was also in the broadcast, she immediately leaned in.
Recently, Xia Wenjin was trending unprecedentedly because of revelations about being abused in the Xia Family.
She had been relentlessly pursuing the Xia Family over the past few days and had even released an edited recording of a phone call with Xia Wenyan.
Though Xia Wenyan had released the complete recording, it hadn’t had much effect.
If it weren’t for Xia Wenyan’s fans being numerous and supportive, her fourth brother could have been smeared already.
Now the matter still hadn’t been resolved. How had her fourth brother and Xia Wenjin ended up together again?
Lu Zhaozhao was at her wit’s end.
She clearly remembered asking Song Sinian about the Xia Family before.
He had told her that the Xia Family side was fully prepared and would launch a counterattack in the next few days.
Unexpectedly, just at this time, Xia Wenyan and Xia Wenjin happened to run into each other.
Her eyes were glued to the video of the two, fearing that Xia Wenyan would be provoked by Xia Wenjin and do something outrageous in the next second.
Yan Gui, who was sitting beside her, seemed to notice what she was thinking and whispered, "In addition to Xia Wenyan and Xia Wenjin, this episode also features Pei Huai. Mr. Pei is a stable person, there shouldn’t be any problem, right?"
"Probably." Lu Zhaozhao didn’t know what else to say.
Because she wasn’t sure herself.
Lin Bailu propped her chin and looked at the phone, puzzled, and asked, "Given Mr. Pei’s connections in the industry, it’s unlikely he didn’t know Xia Wenyan would be on this reality show, right?"
Unless there was a last-minute issue within the production team and they had to find a substitute.
But even if a substitute was used, they would have been arranged in advance, it’s not possible for an artist to join the production team on the same day.
Lin Bailu’s words reminded Lu Zhaozhao.
If Pei Huai knew Xia Wenjin was going to be on this live reality show, and still joined the program with Xia Wenyan.
Then their purpose...
Lu Zhaozhao’s eyes narrowed as she suddenly remembered what Song Sinian had said about the Xia Family being prepared.
She had thought the Xia Family would hold a press conference to clarify.
Now, if they were to reveal it themselves in a live reality show, tsk tsk... it really would attract more eyeballs.
Lu Zhaozhao couldn’t help but admire the Xia Family’s plan this time.
Xia Wenjin, having recently tasted the benefits of popularity, would definitely be leeching off the Xia Family members.
The closest Xia Family member she could contact was Xia Wenyan.
So she was definitely going to target Xia Wenyan, executing the plan through him indeed seemed like the best approach.
Thinking this, Lu Zhaozhao’s gaze towards the live reality show carried a bit more expectation.
"Here Comes the Island!" was a reality show that air-dropped several guests onto a scarcely inhabited island, letting them live there for a week away from electronics and modern technology, following the lifestyle of the ancients.
The show’s purpose was to let the audience learn about some ancient lifestyle habits and tips through the program.
Of course, that was the original purpose of the show.
But when everyone saw Xia Wenjin and Xia Wenyan together in the same frame, all the viewers’ gossiping spirits awakened.
[Ah Man, Love Me a Billion Times More: Hahaha, isn’t this the legendary bitter enemies green with envy at seeing each other? Director, you really know how to stir things up!]
[CocoaCocoaCloud: Xia Wenjin was previously abused by the Xia Family, and now has to suffer mental torment being on a show with her foster brother, how heartless, Mr. Director!]
[Cloud Apparel Longing Pei: Brother Pei, come quickly, some b*tch is trying to cause trouble and bully Yanyan!]
[Sen’s Laughter: Hahaha... I’m laughing! I too want all kinds of limited edition torture, spare Xia Wenjin that little b*tch, let me handle it all!]
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The director, seeing the ratings shooting up, was over the moon.
When Xia Wenjin approached him at that time, he immediately contacted Xia Wenyan.
After all, he’s the rich supporter of his program, he certainly wouldn’t jeopardize his prospects for an internet celebrity.
Unexpectedly, Xia Wenyan not only didn’t mind but also let him boldly follow Xia Wenjin’s instructions, disguising her as a mystery guest to come to the program.
With the financial backer’s approval, what was there to worry about?
Now he was grabbing traffic, financial backers, and fame all at once!
He raised his hand to press the earpiece and instructed, "All departments, be attentive, when Xia Wenyan and Xia Wenjin start fighting later, be sure to get close-ups!"
