Black Lotus Tears Up the Script and Reaches the Top of Showbiz
Chapter 24

What Will Celebrity Bai Use to Repay the Two Lives He Owes Me?

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Long Aozhi stiffly curled his lips as he watched the snake meat that had been at his mouth slither away.

Jiang Fang happened to witness the whole scene.

These days, even snakes had become cunning. So it had all been an act just now.

An act put on for the little guy.

Jiang Fang tapped Kitten on the nose.

"Meow meow meow meow!" Big Kitty, grilled fish!

Catching the scent of his favorite grilled fish, Kitten immediately forgot about the spicy strip he had just caught and hurried Jiang Fang to grill the fish.

The little guy stared intently at the fish before him. As the charred aroma of the meat wafted out, suspiciously glistening liquid trickled from the corner of Kitten's mouth.

After the wave of snakes just now, everyone was hungry and exhausted.

Jiang Fang poured some oil onto a stone slab and prepared the rabbit meat. While keeping an eye on Kitten's grilled fish, he began cooking the rabbit.

He took the wild ginger, garlic cloves, and a few scallions he had gathered from the grove, along with whatever seasonings he had, and tossed them all onto the stone slab to fry until fragrant once the oil was hot enough.

Compared with grilled fish, this aroma was far more overpowering, enough to tempt the cravings out of Bai Ziyu and the other two.

Not to mention Qin Yan and Fang Yi, who were closest to Jiang Fang.

Qin Yan's throat bobbed uncontrollably, and he began glancing at Jiang Fang much more often. Fang Yi was even more outrageous, outright howling, "Aaaaah, Brother Fang, I love you! You're my god! It smells so good!!!"

Fang Yi had never expected that he could still eat something so flavorful out here in the wilderness.

Of course, Fang Yi's exaggerated declaration of love did not escape Qin Yan's icy glare.

The atmosphere among the three seemed completely unaffected by the snake swarm just now. It almost felt as though the snakes had been nothing but an illusion.

The scene had settled down, but the news online continued to ferment.

#Snake Swarm Attack#

[Holy shit, the Wilderness Survival livestream was attacked by a swarm of snakes! Aaaah, it's my first time seeing so many snakes. Brother Qin and Yi are still in there!]

[What Wilderness Survival? This is Wilderness Escape now.]

[If Long Aozhi and the others hadn't taken the snake eggs, none of this would have happened. Jiang Fang's trio is seriously innocent—they did nothing and still got dragged into it, then had to clean up the mess themselves...]

#Celebrity Variety Show Attacked by Snake Swarm, Narrow Escape#

[This was truly an extreme challenge and an extreme escape. I was dumbfounded when Bai Ziyu kicked over the pot and the snake eggs fell right in front of Jiang Fang. If I hadn't seen that it really was an accident, I'd have suspected that he was deliberately trying to get Jiang Fang killed.]

[I saw it too. Totally useless and only makes things worse. If Kitten hadn't been there, Fang Kitty would have been bitten! I'm so mad. And yet Lin Sen still refused to give them the mosquito repellent. When disaster strikes, everyone flies their own way.]

[What "everyone flies their own way"? They have zero sense of the bigger picture. At a time like this, they only think of themselves. They don't even understand that when the lips are gone, the teeth will grow cold. Didn't those people still need Jiang Fang to save them in the end?]

#Meow-Meow Squad Makes a Major Contribution#

[Aaaah, Kitten, I love you! Kitty made a huge contribution!]

[I'm dying. Kitten was invincible against the whole snake swarm and even brought Jiang Fang a trophy. Too bad our beautiful Fang Kitty didn't appreciate it.]

[That snake actually played dead! It scared me to death.]

#Big Kitty, This Is the Spicy Strip I Caught for You#

[Kitten is really adorable, but what's wrong with you, Kitten? Not only did you bring back a snake in your mouth, it was alive! I could feel Jiang Fang's stiffness and despair through the livestream.]

[Seeing this, I feel like my cat bringing dead mice to the door every day isn't so bad after all. At least they aren't alive! I just saw that snake's tail wrap right around Jiang Fang's ankle!!!]

[Don't mention it! My goosebumps fell all over the floor. I quietly pulled the foot I had sticking out from under my blanket back in.]

#A Rundown of the God-Tier Blunders That Held Everyone Back#

[I'm really speechless about the snake swarm attack. If they had listened even a little to Jiang Fang or the others, it wouldn't have come to this. Never mind that they couldn't even recognize snake eggs—Jiang Fang warned them, but they refused to listen. In the end, they nearly got Jiang Fang bitten too. Speaking as a passerby: Jiang Fang is really miserable.]

[Bai Ziyu is seriously triggering my aversion to stupidity! Run, run, run! All he knows is how to run! Didn't he see that no one else moved? You think you're so impressive! He directly provoked the snake swarm's aggression. And Lin Sen, can you please hold things steady? Oh, right, your hand was perfectly steady when you were holding the mosquito repellent.]

More than half of Weibo's top ten trending searches were taken up by the show, and almost every trending topic had an "explosive" tag after it.

Throughout the afternoon, the discussion index for the Weibo topics kept rising, and the buzz continued to climb. More and more passersby clicked in, fans from every side kept speaking up, and comments came one after another until Weibo itself crashed.

So netizens could only move to other platforms.

In the end, the other platforms crashed one after another. Every platform issued statements and apologies, but then—oh, Weibo had crashed, so it could not post an explanation.

Every platform: What a headache!

The director, meanwhile, gradually went from flustered and helpless to calm.

When the snake swarm had attacked, Jiang Nan felt like the sky was falling. He had nearly dialed the police, and half of the production crew's rescue team had already set out.

He prayed desperately that nothing would happen. Luckily, Jiang Fang and his little Kitten were there!

From then on, in Jiang Nan's eyes, Jiang Fang transformed from a troublesome civilian guest into a great hero, while Kitty became his super kitty hero!

Once the variety show ended successfully, he would treat Jiang Fang and Kitten to a lavish meal!

"Director, are we still continuing the show?" a staff member beside him asked.

So many snakes lived on that island. Just thinking about it made his goosebumps rise.

Continue or stop?

Looking at the livestream's steadily rising viewer count, Jiang Nan fell into deep thought. There was no way he could willingly give up like this. It had taken great effort to invite Qin Yan, and there would not be such luck next time.

"Continue!" He made the decision!

"Prepare some highly effective snake-repellent medicine and equipment, then airdrop them to the guests immediately." He just did not know whether anyone would make a fuss, so Jiang Nan decided to take it one step at a time.

Deserted island.

Jiang Fang's belated lunch was finally ready, and the fragrance made Kitten meow nonstop beside him.

On the other side, the trio could no longer sit still. Without the snake eggs, with the pot kicked over by Bai Ziyu, and with the seafood gone, they were left with only one fish.

But how could one fish be enough for three grown men?

After repeatedly hitting a wall with Jiang Fang, the trio turned their attention to Qin Yan and Fang Yi.

The three walked over.

"Movie Emperor Qin, could you spare us a little food? We really don't have the heart to go look for food after what just happened. Besides, after such a major incident, the production crew probably won't keep filming."

Bai Ziyu thought he was appealing to both emotion and reason, his eyes glistening with tears.

Unfortunately, he was batting his eyelashes at a blind man.

Qin Yan cooked his seafood expressionlessly. "I'm just someone living off others. The food isn't mine."

The livestream immediately burst into laughter.

Even Qin Yan's fans nodded repeatedly.

[That's right! Brother Qin really is living off others here. The wild rabbit was caught by Jiang Fang and dragged back by Kitten. The potatoes were found by Jiang Fang. The fish was caught by Jiang Fang and Kitten. Only low-skill stuff like gathering seafood could Brother Qin manage.]

[Hahahahaha, at least Brother Qin gathered seafood. The stuff Yi got wasn't even his—he could only do some work in exchange for lunch.]

[Jiang Fang has worked hard carrying two people. Brother Qin and Yi, the two professionals at living off others.]

Seeing Qin Yan say this, Bai Ziyu had no choice but to look at Fang Yi.

"Don't look at me. I'm just someone freeloading on meals—I didn't even catch any seafood." Fang Yi immediately distanced himself from the matter. What a joke. He still needed to cling to Jiang Fang's thigh to eat delicious food. He would never do something that smashed someone else's rice bowl.

The food-begging trio: So you two are proud of living off others now?

Thus, they had no choice but to set their sights on Jiang Fang again.

They still had to face the final boss.

Bai Ziyu decided to go all in. Thinking that the show was about to end, his arrogance rose again.

"Jiang Fang, spare me some food. Consider it a debt I owe you, and I'll repay you as soon as the show ends. How about ten thousand yuan?" That should be enough to buy this whole pile of yours.

Bai Ziyu did not say the last sentence aloud, but Jiang Fang could see it.

He looked Bai Ziyu up and down for a long while, making the other man's scalp prickle.

A bad feeling rose in Bai Ziyu's heart. He instinctively knew that Jiang Fang's next words would not be pleasant. He wanted to interrupt him, but it was too late.

A sharp glint flashed through Jiang Fang's eyes. He smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes.

"Celebrity Bai owes me far more than that. For example, two lives? How is such a big star planning to repay them?"

"Or, to put it your way, how much do you plan to pay to buy them?"

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