Oh, so that's how it is, Lu Youqi!

But who would have thought she would actually find one addressed TO: Su Tangtang.

"???"

[There really is one for me?]

[Who has such good taste?]

[Let me take a look later. Maybe I'll stop cursing you in my head from now on.]

[No, forever is too long. I'll just refrain from cursing this person tomorrow.]

The other seven exchanged looks, apparently trying to figure out who had written to her.

Chen Sinian raised a fist to his lips and gave a light cough.

Oh~

Everyone looked as though they understood as they watched Su Tangtang return with the envelope.

She put the envelope away and obediently sat off to the side, going back to being her inconspicuous little self.

Seeing that she had no intention of opening it on the spot, the assistant director called the next person up.

Unexpectedly, An Ruzhi and Qi Zhaoyi were the ones who ended up without envelopes.

An Ruzhi's situation was understandable. After all, Xue Ruyin had received two, so one of the female guests was bound to come back empty-handed.

But what was going on with Qi Zhaoyi?

When he came back empty-handed, there was still an envelope hanging on the Peach Blossom Tree.

Apart from those who had seen who that envelope was addressed to, everyone, including the assistant director, looked baffled.

[What's going on? I saw that each male guest only took one envelope, so I thought everyone would get one.]

[Who's the last one for? Don't tell me it's Xiao Ziyao?]

[I just want to know who on earth wrote to Xiao Ziyao. Hasn't he already left the show?!]

The production crew probably hadn't expected this either. The assistant director hurriedly summoned the staff member responsible and asked him what was going on.

The staff member replied, "We don't know either."

They had simply followed instructions and hung the guests' letters on the tree, without even daring to check the names on the envelopes. "You said you'd dock our pay, so none of us looked."

The assistant director nearly blacked out. "I only told you not to read the contents! I didn't tell you not to look at who the envelopes were addressed to!"

The staff member said, "Oh. Then please be clearer next time. It's hard for us to do our jobs when the instructions are vague."

┑(￣Д ￣)┍

The assistant director: "?"

Are you telling me how to do my job?

[Hahaha, this guy must have been born in the 2000s.]

[Here they come! The post-2000 generation is here to straighten out the workplace.]

[Forget what generation he's from. Arbitrarily docking pay is illegal in the first place. Everyone should stand up for their rights like he does!]

While the comments erupted into another argument, the staff member on set asked the assistant director what they should do now.

The assistant director told him to fetch the envelope still hanging on the tree.

He walked over, only then noticing the words on it: To Xiao Ziyao.

When the assistant director took it and saw the name, the corners of his mouth twitched. He looked at the four female guests and asked, "Who wrote this?"

Everyone exchanged looks. Finally, Su Tangtang slowly raised her hand, barely lifting it. If they hadn't been staring at the four women, they wouldn't even have noticed her hand going up.

She asked in a small, timid voice, "Was I not allowed to write to him?"

๑•́₃•̀๑

Inside, she roared, [Oh, so that's how it is, Lu Youqi! You've come to settle the score with me, huh? You never said I couldn't write to him!]

[Who can you blame when you didn't even lay out your own rules properly? I'll write to him next time too!]

[He's not on this show anymore anyway. I can write whatever I want, and he'll never see it. Plus, I can keep my distance from everyone here without leeching off their popularity. It's perfect!]

!( ･∀･)つ＝≡≡ξ)Д｀)

Assistant director Lu Youqi: "..."

If he hadn't been able to hear her thoughts, her pitiful, aggrieved expression might really have fooled him.

After thinking it over, he decided that since she was talking about him like that in her head, he ought to mess with her a little too. He paused, then asked, "Are you serious?"

"Huh?" Su Tangtang didn't immediately understand what he meant.

The next second, he continued, "If you're serious, we'll overcome every obstacle to deliver this letter to Xiao Ziyao. Better to tear down ten temples than ruin one marriage!"

Su Tangtang: "???"

Su Tangtang, once it sank in: "!!!"

[He's really going to do it. I'm crying!]

[Other directors keep manufacturing drama for attention, yet he actually cares about the love life of a nobody like me!]

[Still, this doesn't change the fact that, in my mind, you're a man who loves licking his wife's feet!]

[Don't think I don't know, Lu Youqi. You lick your wife's feet every night!]

Lu Youqi: "..."

"Pfft." Someone failed to stifle a laugh.

It was Qiao Yufan.

When everyone turned to look at him, he quickly covered his mouth. "Sorry, sorry. I just thought of something really funny."

He looked at Su Tangtang, using every ounce of strength to suppress the corners of his mouth as they kept trying to rise. "Go on. Just pretend that little part never happened."

Su Tangtang: "..."

[What was I about to say? I've completely forgotten. It's all this guy's fault!]

[Once I get back, I'll look up what happened when he and his ex-girlfriend got down and dirty!]

[Let's see just how short it is!]

( *・ω・)✄╰ひ╯

Qiao Yufan: "?!!"

Come on, I only laughed once! Do you really have to go that far?

And Su Tangtang, do you have no shame? You're even going to look that up!

Wait, no, no! I said I'm not short! I'm not short! I'm not short at all!

His expression darkened visibly. The corners of his mouth, which he hadn't been able to force down a moment earlier, no longer curved upward.

The others were quietly covering their mouths and snickering again.

Only Su Tangtang was still seriously considering the assistant director's question. [Oh, I remember now!]

[I wrote down where Xiao Ziyao's Childhood Friend was in this letter, but it looks like he's already found her.]

[Guess he doesn't need my help anymore.]

She replied, "Director, actually, I'm not all that serious. He just owes me five hundred yuan. See what you can do. If it's convenient, deliver it. If not, never mind."

The assistant director: "..."

[Thought romance had arrived. Turns out she's collecting a debt. /facepalm/]

[What was that person above talking about? Do you really think Xiao Ziyao would be interested in her?]

[Even if he were, it'd be pointless. I heard Xiao Ziyao is some rich family's young master. He'd marry someone of equal standing anyway. /doge/ What does Su Tangtang have besides that face?]

[A figure too. /snicker/]

After hearing her answer, the assistant director nodded and dismissed them, telling them to go back and read the letters they had received.

Everyone got up and headed into the house together.

Xue Ruyin and Liao Xuliang walked in front. The remaining three women walked together, and An Ruzhi tried to make conversation by asking Su Tangtang who had written the letter in her hand.

Su Tangtang was about to show it to her when she suddenly remembered: [She seems to be a fan of Chen Sinian. If she finds out he wrote to me, will she tear me apart?]