A Tragedy Caused by a Goose

A delicate, flawless face appeared in the livestream, still flushed with sleep. Unfortunately, her stream had such low traffic that aside from the production staff watching the surveillance feed backstage, no one saw it.

Chu Xiyue had no need for traffic. If the contract had not required everyone to livestream for six hours a day, she would have found a corner to hide in and watch the drama unfold.

She had gotten up rather late, and her phone had already been handed in. She glanced at the clock in the hall. It was already four in the afternoon.

In the first-floor hall, Li Fan'er sat in the dining room while Zhao Xizhou sat at the bar. It was as though a galaxy lay between them, and the atmosphere was bleak and frigid.

Wan Zhen and Xu Wenchong sat in the little garden outside, seemingly discussing something amusing. Wan Zhen leaned against Xu Wenchong's shoulder, and pink bubbles seemed to fill the air around them.

He Jinyuan sat alone on the sofa reading, his head tilted up at a fifteen-degree angle to present his most perfect profile to the audience.

Of course, he would have looked even cooler if he had not kept secretly changing positions every now and then.

Chu Xiyue slowly made her way downstairs and sat on the sofa opposite He Jinyuan. She picked up a pear from the coffee table and crunched into it, breaking the silence indoors.

Just then, the director's voice came over the broadcast above them. "Hello, guests. I am the show's chief director, and I have an announcement to make."

Chu Xiyue pricked up her ears.

"There was an issue with the production team's boxed-meal delivery. Tonight's dinner will be provided by the villagers of Big Well Village. However, before dinner, all guests must form pairs and help the villagers complete the corresponding tasks."

Chu Xiyue was not surprised in the least. She had guessed as much the moment the production team confiscated their phones and refused to let them order takeout.

"Now, I will announce the pairings..."

This was a romance variety show for couples, so naturally there was no reason to split up the original partners. Li Fan'er and Zhao Xizhou were assigned to one group, Wan Zhen and Xu Wenchong to another, leaving Chu Xiyue and He Jinyuan as the final pair.

Their villa had been built on the edge of a village. Walk a few dozen meters farther in, and they would enter the village.

The group headed into the village together. Perhaps because the road was uneven, Wan Zhen nearly stumbled as she passed He Jinyuan, but he caught her with quick reflexes.

"Thanks, Xiao He," Wan Zhen said with a smile.

"It was nothing. You're too polite, Sister Wan." He Jinyuan withdrew his hand and took half a step back, every bit the gentleman.

Chu Xiyue was close by, and her gaze fell on the two of them. If she had not known about their private relationship beforehand, she would not have paid them so much attention.

Chu Xiyue blinked and asked the system, "I think I just saw Wan Zhen slip something to He Jinyuan. Did I see that wrong?"

[Nope! The instant He Jinyuan caught Wan Zhen, she handed him a little note, asking him to meet her in the nearby woods tonight!]

Chu Xiyue felt that this pair of cheating lovebirds was far too bold. "The cameras are still filming. Aren't they afraid of being found out?"

The system shook its head. [You don't understand. What Wan Zhen wants is the thrill of having an affair right under everyone else's noses!]

Ellie's face appeared in Chu Xiyue's mind. "If you're going to pursue excitement, then see it through to the end?"

A Tragedy Caused by a Goose

He Jinyuan clutched the note in his hand, his heart pounding. Pretending to tie his shoelaces, he deliberately lagged behind and moved away from the cameras before unfolding the little note in his palm. It read: Meet in the woods at the east end of the village tonight at nine~

He Jinyuan put the note away, then casually returned to the group. His gaze met Wan Zhen's for an instant before he smoothly looked away.

Wan Zhen leaned against Xu Wenchong with a docile expression, the corners of her lips curling slightly.

They thought their movements were hidden, but Chu Xiyue, observing from the side, saw everything.

Chu Xiyue's peripheral vision drifted between He Jinyuan and Wan Zhen. Every now and then, she glanced at Xu Wenchong, as if she could see a gleaming green hat perched atop his head.

Still, that scumbag who had fooled around with his mistress in his wife's hospital room and enraged her to death deserved no sympathy. Getting cuckolded by his mistress was his karmic reward.

He and Wan Zhen had once shamelessly flirted with each other in his wife's hospital room for the thrill of it. Now Wan Zhen was secretly carrying on with He Jinyuan right under his nose for that same thrill. This really was—karma!

Should she tip Xu Wenchong off and let him catch them in bed? It would definitely be lively if those three started fighting!

The thought crossed Chu Xiyue's mind, but she quickly dismissed it. Scumbags were not worth it!

The group soon arrived in the village. Their task was to help the villagers pick ripe plums on the mountain. Once they had picked the required weight, they could mooch a meal at the villagers' homes.

The villagers' plum orchard was on the mountain at the village's east end, roughly fifty or sixty meters above sea level. It took about ten minutes to climb the mountain steps from the foot of the mountain to the orchard halfway up.

A ten-minute mountain hike was nothing to ordinary people, but it was especially agonizing for He Jinyuan, whose backside was injured.

At some point, cold sweat began to bead on He Jinyuan's forehead. But with the cameras filming, he could only endure the pain and grit his teeth as he kept pace with the others.

The group split into three teams, each taking bamboo baskets and heading toward their assigned areas. Chu Xiyue took a basket and walked a few steps forward, then felt the space behind her strangely empty. Looking back, she found He Jinyuan standing where he was, brow furrowed and his expression faintly grave.

The system secretly told Chu Xiyue, [While climbing the mountain, He Jinyuan accidentally took too large a step and pulled at his wound. The injury down there, which had not fully healed yet, split open again! His wound has reopened twice in a single day. Look at all that sweat on his face—it isn't from the heat, it's from the pain!]

Chu Xiyue:!

My god, was he really pushing himself that hard?

Chu Xiyue's gaze drifted slightly downward, but she quickly looked away and stared at He Jinyuan's face instead, her expression turning somewhat strange.

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Transmigration into a Book

Entertainment Industry

Female Supporting Character

Transmigration and Rebirth Romance

Tu Yanyan

Cannon Fodder