I'm the Biggest Insider in the Production Team

Rooftop.

Shen Yan ran all the way up, panting heavily.

The slight sweat only made his lips look redder and his skin fairer.

Pei Heng tilted his head toward Shen Yan. "I keep feeling like you're different from before."

I got transported into a novel, of course I'm different, Shen Yan thought.

According to the original novel's plot, there had never been any last-minute change of filming location.

But the director had still arranged this hand-holding segment.

The groups had been almost the same as they were now.

The only difference was that the person joining the show back then had been Pei Heng's younger brother, Pei Ning.

Pei Ning liked Xie Li and especially disliked the original Shen Yan. During the game, to help Xie Li get the ingredients, Pei Ning had nearly pushed the original Shen Yan off the roof and killed him on the spot.

Hiss...

According to the original plot, the original Shen Yan and Pei Heng had never met.

Not understanding, Shen Yan looked up at Pei Heng. "Have we met before?"

Pei Heng smiled calmly. "No. I knew about you online, but the real person feels a little different from what people said online."

So that was it.

Feeling pleased with himself, Shen Yan immediately struck a pose.

"Am I more handsome in person?"

Pei Heng's smile deepened. "Yeah. More handsome."

[Ahhh! Does President Pei like Shen Yan? This feels kind of sweet.]

[How could that be? Would President Pei have to be blind to like trash like Shen Yan? It's definitely just for the show.]

[Why are you insulting Shen Yan? Since the show started, haven't Xie Li and Lu Xingchuan been the ones constantly causing trouble?]

Satisfied with the answer, Shen Yan happily gave a tiny hop on the spot and snapped his fingers at Pei Heng.

"Good eye. I'll carry you to victory!"

Even though the filming location had changed.

The people who set up the venue were still the same people as before.

Shen Yan clearly remembered how those people had hidden ingredients in absurdly devious places in the novel.

His burning gaze immediately locked onto the flower trellis.

Shen Yan sprinted toward it. "There have to be ingredients up there. I'm climbing it now."

"No, that's too dangerous!"

Before Pei Heng could speak, Xie Li's breathless voice came from nearby.

Having just climbed up from downstairs, Xie Li leaned softly against the wall beside them. His red lips were slightly parted, his chest rose and fell, and he panted for breath.

His fans immediately started drooling all over themselves.

Lu Xingchuan stood beside him.

Unlike Xie Li's natural ease, Lu Xingchuan wore an awkward expression.

Obviously, the two of them had suddenly run off to avoid him and Xie Li, and now that he and Xie Li had followed them up, he felt humiliated.

Xie Li's concern looked utterly sincere. "President Pei, the production team wouldn't disregard the guests' safety. This flower trellis is at least three meters high. Don't take the risk. It's too dangerous."

Lu Xingchuan said stiffly, "This trellis isn't sturdy. It'll collapse if you climb it."

Shen Yan immediately laid down the ugly truth. "Then when we get the ingredients down, don't come shamelessly asking for a share!"

Lu Xingchuan's eyelid twitched in anger. "You don't know what's good for you!"

Shen Yan gave him a perfectly straight middle finger. "Then get lost already!"

[Shen Yan is seriously so annoying. He has no manners at all.]

[I feel bad for Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li. They were clearly being kind, yet Shen Yan treated their good intentions like garbage.]

Xie Li bit his lip and stepped forward. "Shen Yan, don't be stubborn. I don't know why you're angry with me, but you can't act so impulsively. Even if you win, what will it prove? You'll drag President Pei down with you..."

Before Xie Li could finish.

Pei Heng had already cut him off and asked Shen Yan, "Ready?"

Shen Yan nodded.

Pei Heng bent his knees slightly and patted the area just above his knee. Holding Shen Yan's hand, he gave a hard tug. "Up!"

Shen Yan stepped onto Pei Heng's leg and quickly climbed onto his shoulders.

Pei Heng raised both hands. One hand held Shen Yan's firmly and steadily, while the other lightly supported his calf.

Xie Li's eyes flew wide in shock. "Shen Yan, how can you stand on President Pei's shoulders?"

Lu Xingchuan's face turned livid.

Shen Yan half-bent his legs as he stood on Pei Heng's shoulders, shouting excitedly, "Quick, forward!"

With laughter in his eyes, Pei Heng followed Shen Yan's directions.

"Forward, a little more forward. Yes, yes, yes. A little to the left, left, good, good!"

Whoosh!

He pulled down a pack of salmon.

Pei Heng caught it and tossed the salmon into the basket.

Whoosh!

He pulled down a bag of mushroom and vegetable mix.

Whoosh!

He pulled down a fish!

Whoosh!

He pulled down a box of chilled chicken wings.

Whoosh!

Shen Yan jumped down from Pei Heng's shoulders.

His eyes shone with exhilarated laughter. "Hahahaha! We definitely won't go hungry now."

Pei Heng packed all the ingredients into the basket. "Should we keep looking here? If not, let's search somewhere else."

Shen Yan could not wait. "Change, change, change."

The two held hands and hurried away.

They had no intention whatsoever of exchanging pleasantries with Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li.

"Shen Yan, you're really capable. You found ingredients even in such a hidden place on the flower trellis. It's like you can predict the future, like you already knew something was hidden there." Xie Li directly blocked Shen Yan's path, his eyes and face carrying a shy smile. "Can you teach me any tricks? Otherwise, Brother Xingchuan and I will go hungry."

[Now that Xie Li mentions it, I also think it's strange. Did Shen Yan get some advance information?]

[Yeah, otherwise it would've been really hard to find that spot on top of the flower trellis.]

Facing Xie Li's delicate little white-flower face, Shen Yan bared his teeth. "Hehehehehe, that's right. I'm the production team's biggest insider. I invested money in this whole show. The director needs my approval for whatever he hides. If I don't agree, he..."

"Shen Yan!" The director, who had been monitoring the show's developments at all times, rushed over with a knife in hand. "Try talking nonsense again!"

Shen Yan immediately said to the director, "Xie Li said I have prophetic abilities, but it sounded to me like he was saying I knew some insider information. If you want me to take the blame, I can take it, but then you have to actually give me some information. Otherwise, I'm not doing it! My agent only made me join this show to be Xie Li's foil anyway."

Shen Yan was utterly fearless.

He never let things eat away at him.

The viewers who had just been wondering whether Shen Yan had received insider information suddenly remembered the screenshot Shen Yan had posted on Weibo before.

His agent had told him to behave himself on the show and act as Xie Li's foil.

[Could Pei Heng have gotten information instead?]

[That's possible. The production team couldn't possibly really let Pei Heng go hungry.]

"If you want me to take the blame, fine, but you have to give me some information too." Pei Heng held Shen Yan's hand and leaned against the wall, one long leg slightly bent as he looked at the director with a half-smile. "Otherwise, the viewers will curse me. I'm not afraid of getting cursed, but I'm afraid of getting cursed for nothing."

The director was about to die of anger!

Holding up his knife, he roared, "We're a legitimate production! It's livestreamed from start to finish! Nobody gets special treatment!"

The cameraman dutifully reminded him, "Director, don't swear."

[Hahahahaha! I feel like the director and the cameraman could be shipped too.]

[You're really starving.]

[I'm starting to dislike Xie Li. When Shen Yan and Pei Heng were looking for ingredients, he kept stopping them. Once they found them, he implied they had special privileges. So disgusting.]