The kitchen wasn't small, but with eight people crammed inside, it felt cramped. Su Tangtang was also as far from him as she could be.
Almost everyone noticed when he walked toward Su Tangtang.
Xue Ruyin's expression changed instantly, her gaze sweeping over Su Tangtang as though laced with poison.
Ever vigilant, Su Tangtang: "!"
[Which bastard is launching sneak attacks at your daddy?!]
Everyone: "..."
Looking up to see Liao Xuliang approaching her, Su Tangtang wondered, [Was it him?]
[Is he... coming over here?]
[Holy shit, he and Xue Ruyin didn't wash their hands after coming up from the basement. They haven't touched my precious veggies, have they?!]
She hurriedly dropped what she was holding and ran over to Xu Yuntong, staring at her with clear, bright eyes. [Girl, tell me she hasn't contaminated my precious veggies!]
(╥ω╥`)
Xu Yuntong: (｡•́︿•̀｡)
Girl, surely my expression tells you everything?
Su Tangtang: ｡ﾟ(ﾟ≧□≦ﾟ)ﾟ｡
[Those two menaces are my sworn enemies!]
Perhaps uncomfortable with everyone stopping what they were doing to stare, the pair paused, then said they didn't like these vegetables and wanted to buy fresh ones.
Xue Ruyin took out her phone and ordered vegetables for delivery through Some Group.
No one touched the bag of vegetables she had handled again.
Xu Yuntong washed her hands several times with liquid soap. Although she hadn't touched Xue Ruyin or anything Xue Ruyin had touched, she still washed them several times.
Xue Ruyin and Liao Xuliang went to wash theirs in the bathroom.
Only when Su Tangtang returned to her chores did she seem to notice that something was a little off.
[Why does something feel weird?]
[Didn't all of that happen a little too naturally?]
Everyone: "!"
You caught on that quickly?
Su Tangtang: [Ugh, I'm so bored my brain's making things up. Let me see who else has some juicy gossip!]
[Heehee (♡˙︶˙♡)~~~]
Everyone: "..."
We really gave you too much credit.
But the mention of gossip reminded An Ruzhi of her idol, Chen Sinian. She really wanted to know whether he was the top or the bottom!
She was very interested in this sort of thing. Chen Sinian had been part of the reason she entered the entertainment industry, but another major reason was that she thought being an insider would give her first dibs on all the gossip and shipping material!
With that thought, she put the vegetables into the basket and was about to go over to Su Tangtang, hoping to fish for a reaction and get her to spill. But just then, Su Tangtang suddenly began chanting, [Hoeing crops beneath the midday sun, working hard is never fun. Bust my ass from nine to five, for a measly two-fifty to survive.]
[That bastard director isn't human! Every one of them gets paid over ten times what I do. Serves him right for getting fooled by his wife and sister-in-law!]
[Ratatatatat!]
[(｀▽´)o━ Pew-pew, motherclucker!]
Everyone: "..."
Well, that stopped An Ruzhi in her tracks. She was afraid of getting caught in the crossfire.
She went back to sorting her vegetables, though her eyes still darted toward the director.
The director was staring intently at Su Tangtang. Good lord, you finally remembered my situation.
Hurry up and tell me exactly how those two deceived me!
God only knew how tormented he had been since waking up in the same bed as his sister-in-law that day!
He was afraid everyone would find out and condemn him, and equally afraid his wife would discover it and their little family would fall apart. His precious daughter was only five!
[Sigh~] Su Tangtang sighed.
[Still, that bastard director is pretty pitiful. The daughter he's raised for five years isn't even his. He probably has no idea his wife swapped out his real daughter, and now she's being bullied by that family in the countryside, does he?]
With a clatter, the entire stack of papers in the director's hand fell to the floor.
The noise was loud enough that Su Tangtang looked over at him along with everyone else.
He had already climbed down from his tall chair and hurried toward Su Tangtang. "Su Tangtang, what did you just say?!"
"You said I..."
Only then did he realize he couldn't seem to get the words out. They stuck in his throat, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't say them.
Su Tangtang: "???"
Utterly baffled, she nevertheless had to put on a smile. "Director, I didn't say anything just now."
"Were you hearing things?"
[Ah~ My life is so hard~]
[Bowing and scraping for a measly two-fifty~]
[No, I have to eat extra tonight. I can't let myself down!]
With that thought, she snapped the beans a little harder.
Anyone who didn't know better might have thought she was imagining those long beans were the director.
The director: "..."
After a few more attempts, he found he still couldn't say it. He gave the assistant director a few instructions, telling him to take over for a while so he could go out and make a call.
I'll make that vicious woman get her ass back from her vacation first. If Su Tangtang still doesn't spill, I'll go home and interrogate her myself!
As for the assistant director, suddenly called upon to take charge: "?"
He was initially a little bewildered, but then a goofy smile instantly spread across his equally goofy face. He knew this family-no, this show-couldn't function without him!
Holding his hands in front of him, he went over and sat in the director's seat, then reached out to take the papers a nearby crew member had picked up.
He smiled at everyone. "The head director needs to step out to make a call. We'll continue the livestream."
Seeing this, the guests stopped paying attention to them and returned to their chores. Liao Xuliang and Xue Ruyin emerged from the bathroom.
They had just returned to the kitchen when they heard Su Tangtang's inner voice again. [Let me see which village that bastard director's daughter was dumped in.]
They instinctively looked toward the cameras, only to see the assistant director.
Meanwhile, the head director rushed in from outside, phone in hand.
Su Tangtang, you're finally coming through for once!
He stared at her eagerly, only to see that she had finished snapping all the beans. She stood and carried them over to An Ruzhi at the sink. "Are you washing these, or am I?"
The director: "..."
I take back what I just said!
Su Tangtang, you always fucking drop the ball at the crucial moment!
An Ruzhi hadn't expected her to come over. Glancing sideways at that pretty face so close she could clearly see even its fine peach fuzz, her ears instantly reddened. She hurriedly reached out to take the beans. "J-just leave them to me."
Waaah, her skin is so lovely too, all fair and soft, without a single blemish. Even with her light makeup, there isn't a trace of cakiness. I want to buy her every handbag in the world!
Su Tangtang gave her another perfect eight-tooth smile. "Then I'll leave them to you."
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