The Unavoidable Main Cast

Before checking the trending topics, Qi Si thought Lin Weiwei had stirred up some new trouble again.

After checking them, well, damn! He really couldn't avoid the main cast anywhere, could he?!

This time, Lin Weiwei had not deliberately latched onto Qi Si for clout. It was because of Go! All-Round Charge Forward!.

Only then did Qi Si learn that not only was he on the show, but the production team had actually invited Lin Weiwei too.

And not just Lin Weiwei. Shen Shuyu was on the released guest list as well.

The moment Qi Si saw those two names, he truly regretted getting involved in this mess.

Why had he run his mouth for no reason?

Great. He had wanted to avoid these people, yet he had ended up running into them anyway!

He really couldn't escape them!

Qi Si stared at the official announcement posted by the production team, wishing he could burn a hole through his phone screen and make those two names disappear!

In the end, his eyes went sore from staring, but his wish still did not come true.

He tossed aside his phone, collapsed onto the bed, and wore an utterly lifeless expression.

However, Qi Si did not stay dejected for long. He quickly pulled himself together again.

He picked up his phone and messaged Augus.

[Unrestrained: Did you see the trending topics? Would you believe me if I said I didn't know anything?]

[Unrestrained: My brother happened to have a spot, and I was bored, so I signed up to have some fun. I really didn't know Lin Weiwei was joining this show too! Really! I swear!]

After Qi Si sent his explanation, there was no reply from the other side.

Qi Si was genuinely frustrated. He could not understand it. Did this world's main plot absolutely have to drag him into it?

Could the story between the protagonists not continue without him, a supporting character?

Thinking about it that way, Qi Si found it a little amusing.

Why did it sound as though he were actually very important?

But in truth, he was not that important.

In the original novel, Qi Si had secured Lin Weiwei's spot on this variety show for her.

Now, Qi Si had not given Lin Weiwei the spot he held, yet she had still gotten one.

Qi Si suspected that Bo Fuyu might have given her that spot.

But there was something else Qi Si could not understand. It was one thing for Bo Fuyu to get Lin Weiwei onto the show, but why had he brought Shen Shuyu along too?

Wasn't he afraid the two of them would start pulling each other's hair on the show?

Shen Shuyu had indeed suffered terribly in the original novel, but her temper was not especially good.

It was only because she loved Bo Fuyu too much that she seemed particularly humble in front of him.

Even so, Shen Shuyu still dared to argue with Bo Fuyu.

How should he put it?

Of all the harm Shen Shuyu suffered at Bo Fuyu's hands in the original novel, at least seventy percent of it was because of Shen Shuyu's stubborn temper.

If she had only learned to lower her head and give in before Bo Fuyu, Bo Fuyu would not have abused her so viciously.

Looking over the entire novel, Qi Si realized that Bo Fuyu was simply someone whose temper easily got the better of him.

Whenever he got angry, he could not control his temper or his actions, repeatedly subjecting Shen Shuyu to all kinds of physical abuse whenever his rage flared.

Then, after tormenting Shen Shuyu until she was barely alive, he would calm down and regret it.

In Qi Si's eyes, Bo Fuyu was the textbook type of abusive husband.

Why stay with someone like that instead of getting as far away as possible?

So when Qi Si saw that Shen Shuyu could still have a happy ending with Bo Fuyu at the end of the original novel, he frowned so deeply he could have crushed a fly between his brows.

If possible, Qi Si wanted to see whether he could help Shen Shuyu awaken.

If that did not work, then... he would respect her fate!

He himself would stay as far away from these lunatics as he could!

Go! All-Round Charge Forward! was currently the hottest easy-watching variety show around, and it already had plenty of buzz.

Combined with the highly discussed guests invited this time, the official announcement immediately sparked heated online debate.

[What?? Director, you really get it! You actually invited these two people together?!]

[Wait, isn't Qi Si the young master of the Qi Household? He's actually going on a variety show?]

[So what if he's a young master? Is that supposed to make him special? He's still a useless freeloader living off his brother. (picking nose)]

[I know! Qi Si must have seen that Lin Weiwei was going on this show, so he deliberately followed her here, right?]

[Reasonable! That totally fits a certain young master's identity as Lin Weiwei's lapdog. (dog head)]

[Director, hurry up! I can't wait anymore, hahaha!]

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Qi Si roughly skimmed through the netizens' comments and stopped paying attention.

The contract had already been signed. It was not as though he could not afford to breach it, but Qi Si did not think it was necessary.

Qi Wang, on the other hand, was furious after seeing the production team's guest list.

"What does Xiang Qianchong mean by this? Is he deliberately trying to disgust me?"

Originally, Qi Si had indeed asked him for that spot to prepare one for Lin Weiwei. Now that Xiang Qianchong had invited Lin Weiwei after Qi Si had already joined, was he deliberately trying to go against him?

Qi Wang immediately called Xiang Qianchong to question him.

The reply from the other end was equally helpless.

"Chairman Qi, I'm sorry about this. I never expected things to turn out this way."

"What do you mean? It's your show. Isn't it up to you who gets to go on it?"

"Chairman Qi, I really wasn't the one who invited Lin Weiwei. She was forced on me by someone else, and I truly couldn't refuse! You traded such a huge favor for that spot, Chairman Qi. How could I possibly dare to fool you? I truly had no choice in this matter. How about this—consider Young Master Qi's participation this time a personal invitation from me. If there's ever anything Chairman Qi needs my help with in the future, just say the word!"

With Xiang Qianchong putting it that way, Qi Wang could only suppress the anger in his heart.

"Who forced Lin Weiwei onto the show?" Qi Wang pinched the bridge of his nose, unease stirring in his heart.

Qi Si had finally come to his senses and decided he would no longer like Lin Weiwei, yet now Lin Weiwei had moved right back in front of him.

Qi Wang did not dare be so confident. He worried that after Lin Weiwei hovered around Qi Si for a few days, Qi Si's already unsteady resolve would rise from the ashes again.

"I never expected Lin Weiwei to latch onto the Bo Household so quickly either. This time, it was Bo Fuyu's people who sent her over. Chairman Qi, you know it too—I'm just a small-time director. How could I possibly fight the Bo Household?" Xiang Qianchong complained miserably.

But what he said was also true.

Xiang Qianchong dared to bargain with Qi Wang because he knew Qi Wang was a reasonable man.

As long as it did not involve harming Qi Si, Qi Wang was usually easy to talk to.

People in the circle even knew of a foolproof method: if they accidentally offended Qi Wang, they could try currying favor with Qi Si.

As long as they made Qi Si happy, they were basically safe.

Unlike Qi Wang, Bo Fuyu was completely unreasonable.

He was the typical domineering CEO from a novel—his word was law, and if he was unhappy, it was all "the sky is cold, let the Wang family go bankrupt."

Although Bo Fuyu was not yet as powerful as he became in the later stages of the original novel, he was still extraordinarily difficult to deal with.

Xiang Qianchong did not want to offend Bo Fuyu over one Lin Weiwei and invite trouble for himself.

"Bo Fuyu?" Qi Wang frowned, a trace of disgust flashing through his eyes.

"If that's the case, Ah Si's contract is void."

The moment Xiang Qianchong heard that, he hurriedly said, "Chairman Qi, don't! I've already released the official announcement!"

"That's your problem." Qi Wang's gaze turned cold. "You knew Lin Weiwei was joining but failed to notify me in advance. You should have anticipated the consequences."

"But... but the contract never stated that Young Master Qi couldn't appear on the show with Lin Weiwei." Xiang Qianchong's voice grew quieter and quieter. "If you don't let Young Master Qi participate now, Chairman Qi, that would count as a breach of contract."