[No, absolutely not!!!]
Su Tangtang almost reached out in a dramatic plea: [I can't let her fans tear me apart all the way onto the trending list! They'll dock my pay!]
She pulled back the envelope she had already half extended. "This should go both ways, right? Neither of you has shown me yours."
[Why should I show mine? No way!]
"Oh." An Ruzhi grinned and exchanged a glance with Xu Yuntong, who immediately showed her the envelope in her hand. One of the names signed on it was Qiao Yufan.
Su Tangtang: "?"
[Wait, why aren't they following the script?]
[Shouldn't they think a bottom-tier nobody like me doesn't deserve to know who wrote their letters?]
After some hesitation, Su Tangtang showed them hers anyway.
[Girls, don't tear me apart. Please don't tear me apart. It's all that bastard Chen Sinian's fault!]
[He already has a sugar daddy, but he's still writing me letters. Isn't he just picking on a bottom-tier nobody who wouldn't dare say anything?!]
Chen Sinian, the bastard: "..."
Before he had even finished being speechless, he heard Su Tangtang continue: [Wait, I haven't checked out the stuff about him and his sugar daddy yet, have I? I've decided! Once I get back to my room, I'm going to find out which one of them tops and which one bottoms!]
An Ruzhi: "!!!"
Holy shit, girl, you know me so well!
"Tangtang, I'm sleeping with you tonight!"
"Come on, I'll move my stuff over right now!"
She linked arms with Su Tangtang and hurried her toward the stairs.
Su Tangtang: "???"
[What the fuck just happened now? Why does she suddenly want to sleep with me?]
[Don't tell me she's after my body?]
Among those left behind, Xu Yuntong smiled, her cheeks slightly flushed, and followed at a leisurely pace.
Qiao Yufan and Qi Zhaoyi glanced at Chen Sinian, coughed through their smiles, and slowly headed back to their rooms.
Chen Sinian: "..."
The cameras were still following them. Filming wouldn't end just yet.
While An Ruzhi was moving her things over, the cameraman gave Su Tangtang a meaningful look, prompting her to open the envelope.
This would undoubtedly be a major highlight.
When she had shown An Ruzhi and Xu Yuntong the envelope earlier, the camera had also caught Chen Sinian's name.
Although it had only flashed past, sharp-eyed viewers had still spotted it.
A heated argument was raging online, and plenty of people had flooded into her livestream to see exactly what Chen Sinian had written to her.
Su Tangtang gave him an acknowledging look, walked over to a nearby chair, and sat down, raising the envelope to open it.
Just then, however, her manager suddenly called and told her to check her WeChat messages.
"?"
Su Tangtang checked them and saw that Sister Du had said her livestream was currently getting more attention than at any other point that day. She told her not to waste the opportunity: remove her makeup, show her bare face, and see if she could change viewers' minds and gain a few fans.
Su Tangtang: "..."
She hadn't expected there would come a day when she, too, could make a living off her looks.
As the saying went, taking advice kept you well fed.
Fine, she'd take it off.
She set down the envelope and made a show of looking for makeup remover.
Although the cameraman didn't know what she was about to do, he followed her with the camera anyway.
He couldn't help being startled when she began removing her makeup right in front of the lens.
Once she finished, though, it seemed only natural. With a face like that, not removing her makeup on camera would have been a waste!
So when she went into the bathroom to wash her face with cleanser, the cameraman followed her in.
After she rinsed off all the foam, water still clung to her face. She had one eye closed because water had gotten into it when the cameraman suddenly called, "Su Tangtang?"
"Hmm?" Su Tangtang paused in the middle of pulling out a disposable face towel. Seeing him point at the camera in a hint, she dabbed at her eye with the towel and leaned toward the lens. "What?"
She could open that eye now, and she blinked at the camera.
[Holy shit, what's going on? I just got here and got hit with a beauty knockout?!!]
Chen Sinian's fans were also stunned by her beauty. They had come to check the contents of his letter to her, hoping it would be extremely impersonal so they would have proof to accuse her of pulling strings and tell her to leave their Chen Sinian alone. Who knew they would see this when they entered?
Holy fuck, she dared to get this close to the camera without makeup?
And just how close was she? Viewers could make out every individual eyelash!
[Su Tangtang, cherish that face of yours! If you stop chasing clout everywhere, I'll absolutely become your fan!!!]
[Mom, I didn't want to become a fan either, but she's so pretty!]
[Aaaaaah, I can't take it, girls! I'm joining her fandom first. With a face like that, forget chasing clout-even if she ate shit, I could defend her!?!]
[Su Tangtang: ??? Is that supposed to be polite?]
Watching the reactions in the chat, Du Lanxi nodded in satisfaction. She had known no one could withstand the knockout blow of Su Tangtang's face. She certainly couldn't.
If not for that face, she wouldn't have stuck with Su Tangtang this long!
She felt it was time for the company to step in and buy her a more favorable trending topic.
Unaware of Du Lanxi's thoughts, Su Tangtang leaned closer to the camera. Finding nothing wrong, she dried her face, said, "That feels nice," and immediately went out to open the envelope.
Chen Sinian had written her one simple sentence: Su Tangtang, you're very interesting.
Su Tangtang: "..."
I know I'm interesting, and funny too, but do I need you to tell me?
After showing it to the camera, she told the cameraman she was going to wash up.
The cameraman replied, "Okay."
Before leaving, he reminded her that there were still fixed cameras in the room.
Su Tangtang nodded. "I know."
As for Chen Sinian's fans still in her livestream: "???"
What was going on? Why wasn't this turning out the way they had imagined?
After reading the letter, wasn't Su Tangtang supposed to immediately latch onto their Chen Sinian and keep milking him for attention?
That was it? She read it, and it was over??
How were they supposed to trash her now??
They had all drawn their swords, only to look around in bewilderment.
[Well, I've already drawn my forty-meter-long sword. What do I do now?]
[Peel an apple for Su Tangtang?]
[Then I'll peel a pear.]
The little incident soon passed. Seeing that she hadn't latched onto their Chen Sinian, his fans left.
Still, their opinion of Su Tangtang had improved a little.
Of course, those who were going to hate her still did.
When An Ruzhi moved her things over from next door, Su Tangtang was looking for clothes.
Spotting the towel in her hand, An Ruzhi asked, "Are you going to take a shower?"
"Yeah," Su Tangtang answered. Seeing her carrying so many things, she paused. "Do you need a hand?"
"No, no, I can manage." An Ruzhi waved her off, came in, closed the bedroom door, and told her to go shower first.
Seeing that, Su Tangtang left her to it.
Knowing there were fixed cameras in the room, she chose very conservative pajamas and kept her bra on underneath.
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