Caught Showing Off by Shen Ranxin Again

Shen Ranxin was having the time of his life selling earplugs off to the side, while Gu Yifei sang until his throat was practically smoking. During the intermission, Shen Ranxin thoughtfully handed him a cup of milk tea.

Gu Yifei took a sip, his satisfied peach-blossom eyes narrowing as he chewed the pearls like a hamster. "As expected of me. No matter how crappy the equipment is, I can still make it sound like heavenly music!"

Shen Ranxin said, "Mm-hmm, sure, sure."

"But how are we supposed to make money?" The silly kid finally realized something. "Why are they just listening without paying?"

Shen Ranxin said, "You're right."

Gu Yifei said, "Then should we tell them... You go tell them. My status makes it a little inappropriate, right? If we tell them we need money for filming a dating show, they won't laugh at us, will they?"

Shen Ranxin said, "Truly, absolutely brilliant. Damn, it's like hearing celestial music—my ears are temporarily enlightened!"

Gu Yifei said, "?"

[I'm dying, what kind of random reply is this after pretending to have read it.]

[No, he replied without even reading it. Honestly, those earplugs must be amazing. Shen Ranxin completely can't hear what Little Gu is saying, hahahaha!]

[What brand are those earplugs? I want a pair too. The people upstairs have been renovating lately...]

[I'll name a number! 321! Drop the link!]

[Shen Ranxin's handpicked selection—you deserve it.]

Gu Yifei frowned and stared at Shen Ranxin for two seconds, then suddenly reached out and brushed aside the hair by his ear, revealing the black earplug inside.

Gu Yifei said, "..."

Shen Ranxin said, "..."

They fell silent. Shen Ranxin quietly removed the earplug and sighed. "Sometimes, knowing less makes you happier."

Gu Yifei was furious. He turned and ran off, not even finishing the second half of the performance.

But it did not matter. Everyone who was going to buy had already bought during the first half.

Shen Ranxin leisurely returned the equipment, then went around to the various shops to collect his share of the profits before asking the cameraman, "Where did he run off to?"

The cameraman froze at the question and shook his head. "I don't know..."

Shen Ranxin nodded. "Let's look for him. He shouldn't be hard to spot. He'll be wherever there are lots of people."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard screams from not far away.

Gu Yifei had not run far before fans surrounded him so tightly that not even water could pass through. His small figure looked utterly helpless, trapped in the crowd.

Shen Ranxin walked over and shouted, "My gold necklace is missing! Who took my gold necklace?!"

Hearing that, everyone scattered and began searching the ground.

Shen Ranxin shoved through the crowd, grabbed Gu Yifei by the wrist, and pulled him out.

Gu Yifei pouted. "That hurts, you jerk! Would it kill you to be gentler?!"

"Stop whining and run!" Shen Ranxin grabbed him and took off. Only then did the people searching for the gold necklace raise their heads and see two figures darting away at high speed!

"Gu Yifei!" someone in the crowd shouted. Everyone immediately began chasing the two of them. The security guards hurried over to stop them, but the crowd was too excited, and they could not hold them back at all.

Shen Ranxin dragged Gu Yifei into a clothing store.

Before Gu Yifei could say anything, Shen Ranxin had bundled him up with a hat, mask, and sunglasses—not one item missing.

Only after a while did two sneaky figures emerge from the clothing store.

"It's all your fault," Gu Yifei said. "You're awful. I'll never like an Alpha like you."

"Yes, yes." Shen Ranxin pulled him briskly out of the mall. "Wait here for me."

Gu Yifei nervously grabbed Shen Ranxin's sleeve. "What are you doing? Don't leave me behind!"

"I have something to do." Shen Ranxin patted his head. "Stand quietly here. As long as you don't cause trouble, no one will recognize you. I'll be back soon."

With that, Shen Ranxin turned and walked back into the mall.

He was not much of a target himself. In fact, if it were not for Gu Yifei, he would not even have needed a disguise.

Gu Yifei waited outside for nearly half an hour before Shen Ranxin finally came out and pulled him into the production crew's car.

"You made me wait again! Next time, I'm never teaming up with you!" Gu Yifei grumbled, looking utterly wronged. "You're so bad. I hate you!"

The next moment, a box of ice cream appeared before him: three plump scoops in red, yellow, and green, with adorable rabbit-shaped spoon and fork stuck into them.

Gu Yifei's eyes widened slightly, and he instinctively held the box in front of him.

"What I promised you. Three servings," Shen Ranxin said. "The large ones, too."

Gu Yifei's nose suddenly stung. "...Did you go in there just to buy me ice cream?"

"While I was at it." Shen Ranxin leaned against the back seat, casually propping up his chin as he looked at the scenery outside. "Eat quickly, or it'll melt."

Gu Yifei bit the fork and whispered, "...You're actually really nice."

But his voice was too soft, carried away by the wind.

Shen Ranxin narrowed his eyes at the distance, lost in thought.

The spring breeze had meant nothing by it.

[Tsk tsk tsk, if you're not going to marry him, why are you flirting with him, Shen you scumbag!!!]

[Shen Ranxin's game is seriously on another level. He's hooked President Lu so hard, while being ambiguous with Cheng Cheng, and now he's flirting with our Little Gu too!!]

[After all, he got away unscathed despite having two lives on his hands. Who knows how powerful the forces behind him are? It's normal that he has these kinds of methods.]

Gu Yifei finished all three large servings of ice cream in the car and hummed softly, in a very good mood.

Shen Ranxin turned to look at him.

Gu Yifei had his eyes half-closed, like a cat content after a meal. He seemed to be in an excellent mood.

The words that were about to leave Shen Ranxin's mouth were swallowed back. He took out his earplugs and silently put them in.

Shen Ranxin's team had actually completed their task early enough.

When he returned at three in the afternoon, he went straight to Fleeting Moments' finance department to settle the day's earnings.

At the exchange rate of ten yuan per point, Shen Ranxin slapped a bank card onto the accountant's desk. "There's 39,300 yuan on this card. I withdrew 130 yuan to buy Gu Yifei ice cream, so the rest should be exchanged for 3,930 points. Thank you."

The finance staffer's expression became extremely colorful.

Based on the contestants' past money-making experience, the highest record had been one thousand yuan in a day.

Yet Shen Ranxin had somehow made over thirty thousand without investing a thing!

The finance staffer had never expected Shen Ranxin to be this outrageous, so they had not prepared more than three thousand point coins at all. In the end, they could only write Shen Ranxin an IOU.

After splitting the points with Gu Yifei and adding the more than two hundred points he had earned that morning, Shen Ranxin had a total of 2,165 points.

Given the production crew's prices, those two thousand-plus points would be enough for Shen Ranxin to spend until the dating show ended...

Director Chen had already grown accustomed to Shen Ranxin's unexpected stunts. After steadying himself, he said, "Don't panic yet. We still have other ways to take back the points in Shen Ranxin's hands."

As soon as Shen Ranxin got his points, the first thing he did was rush off to buy Lu Zhi a complete four-piece bedding set.

Yet when he carried the bedding set back to the dormitory, Lu Zhi was already sitting on the sofa in the room, applying medicine to himself in front of a mirror.

Shen Ranxin set the things down, only then seeing several cuts on Lu Zhi's face and a split at the corner of his mouth. He looked like someone had beaten him up badly.