When Chen Sinian put on disposable gloves, transferred the huge crab body onto a fresh plate, and set it before her, she actually refrained from stopping him for once.
At the sight, Su Tangtang immediately whistled: [Woohoo~]
[If I didn't know he was one of my girls, I'd seriously suspect he had a crush on me!]
Chen Sinian: "..."
Was he never going to shake off that "one of the girls" label?
"Ahem." Du Lanxi knew the reason, and although she had already accepted how unfiltered Su Tangtang had become, hearing her call him one of the girls still gave her a fright.
You've got some nerve, calling Chen Sinian one of your girls!
Everyone else turned bewildered gazes toward Chen Sinian. What was that supposed to mean?!
Did even getting the gossip require solving riddles now?
Couldn't they just spell it out?!
Su Tangtang still didn't notice their looks. Her eyes were fixed on the huge crab body. She stole a glance at Du Lanxi out of the corner of her eye and, seeing that she had no objections, immediately reached out and lifted the shell.
A generous mound of crab roe came into view. Its delicious aroma made her swallow eagerly, and she scooped up a heaping spoonful and popped it into her mouth: [Wow! This is so good!]
[I'm going to work hard and make money so I can have one every day!!!]
"..." Everyone: Crab is cooling in traditional medicine. Can your stomach really handle eating it like that?
[Oh, right! I still haven't checked out those two's gossip!]
She sneaked a glance toward the assistant director and the writer-director.
Both men practically shuddered, especially when they met everyone else's curious, mischievous looks.
We gave you the whole huge crab. Can't you just eat nicely and leave our secrets alone?
Su Tangtang: [Woohoo! Eating while digging up gossip feels amazing!]
The assistant director and writer-director: "..."
No, it doesn't feel amazing at all.
[Let me see, let me see. Oh, wow, the assistant director is actually such an innocent romantic. He's dating someone online?!]
[His online boyfriend... holy shit! His online boyfriend is actually his nephew!]
The assistant director: "???"
Everyone else shot him probing, teasing looks. What the hell? Dating his nephew online? Wasn't that incest?!
[Ohhh, it's his nephew's doing. He doesn't know a thing about it. He's just a complete sucker.]
The assistant director nodded repeatedly, looking silently around at everyone: Did you hear that? It's my nephew's fault. Stop looking at me like that!
Everyone: ...Seriously? At his age, he's actually willing to admit his nephew tricked him into an online relationship? He'd be better off saying he knew!
The assistant director: "..."
[Turns out his nephew became obsessed with a female gaming streamer. After sending her a few gifts, he lost his head over her sweet calls of "handsome" and decided to become her top donor! But what could he do without money? Target his sucker of an uncle, of course.]
[This uncle is rich and easy to fool. A voice changer with a cutesy setting had him wrapped around his finger. He even fell for the whole "my grandpa is sick, so I'm selling tea" scam... He transferred hundreds of thousands without receiving a single box of tea, and somehow didn't think anything was wrong? He even said, "Give your grandpa my regards"? Ha! Bet you didn't realize his grandpa was your own dad!]
The assistant director: "..."
Suddenly, he really did feel he would have been better off saying he knew.
He raised a hand to cover his face. His lifelong reputation had just gone up in smoke.
Su Tangtang had serious objections to this piece of gossip: [Seriously, how did someone with his IQ become an assistant director? Does this production crew just hire anyone?]
Everyone: "..."
How do we tell her we're very selective about hiring? There was absolutely no sign he was this gullible before! Advice needed ASAP!
Su Tangtang dropped the assistant director's gossip and went digging into the writer-director's. They might not be picky about hiring, but she was picky about gossip. She had no appetite for stupid, rotten stuff like this.
[Well, well, this writer-director has plenty of dirt on him. He could give my young sponsor's dad a run for his money. Affairs everywhere, and enough kids to field a soccer team!]
Everyone: Wow! We never knew you were that kind of writer-director!
The writer-director: "..."
He curled his hand into a fist and held it to his lips, intending to clear his throat, but Su Tangtang's excited inner voice rang out first:
[Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit! His daughter with his first wife is dating her biological older brother, who hasn't even been acknowledged by the family yet!!]
[Girl, get a clue! That's your actual half brother on your dad's side!!!]
The writer-director: "?!!"
He nearly blacked out. Please tell me this isn't true!
Everyone: What a sin! Thank goodness we haven't been fathering children all over the place.
Su Tangtang hurriedly dug further: [Thank goodness, thank goodness. They only just got together, and nothing's happened yet. Seriously, why should the children pay for their father's sins?!]
Everyone nodded: Exactly, exactly!
[If those two find out later that they're brother and sister, how are they supposed to face each other? Being a lousy husband is bad enough, but he can't even be a decent father. What's the point of keeping him around? Sentence him to a brutal beating!]
Everyone continued: Exactly, exactly!
[They're all such rotten people. Aside from the assistant director being a little stupid without anything actually happening, everyone else's secrets would shock the world if they got out. Is this production even going to work?]
Everyone: Exactly, exact... huh??? What did you just say???
The assistant director: "..."
Can we please skip this part?
I didn't want to get scammed either, but with that cutesy voice calling me "handsome" over and over, who could resist?!
"Take your time eating. Something's come up, so I'll be leaving first." The writer-director was the first to stand.
Before anything happened between those two, he had to go back and put an end to that ill-fated relationship.
Seeing this, the assistant director stood as well. "Something's come up for me too. I'll head back first."
He felt it was time to bring his long-stashed Septwolves belt out into the light.
Soon, only Chen Sinian, Su Tangtang, and Du Lanxi remained in the private dining room.
Looking at her half-finished crab roe, Su Tangtang turned toward Chen Sinian. "Chen Sinian, are you leaving too?"
[Remember to pay before you go!]
Chen Sinian: "..."
Since he was the one who had arranged the meal, he said, "I'll leave once you've had your fill."
The others probably all believed it now. Bai Zhitao was going to lose her female lead role. His goal was accomplished, so he was in no hurry to head back.
Su Tangtang answered, "Oh."
Knowing he was one of her girls, she wasn't afraid in the slightest. Besides, Du Lanxi was still here. Completely at ease, she went back to eating.
But she had only taken one bite when Du Lanxi raised a hand to stop her. "That's enough."
Earlier, with so many people present-important figures, no less-she had spared Su Tangtang the embarrassment. But now there was only Chen Sinian, and he was one of the girls...
As soon as the thought occurred to her, Du Lanxi herself froze for a moment. Honestly, Su Tangtang was even warping her thinking.
Su Tangtang immediately looked at her with wounded eyes: [I haven't had enough yet!]
๑•́₃•̀๑ Not happy~
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