You're not son-in-law material

The two of them were surrounded by a crowd, with praise and exclamations of admiration coming nonstop.

Between cries of "So pretty!" and "You look perfect together!" Lu Yiyi was practically floating.

Her brows lifted, and she could barely contain the smile tugging at her lips.

The drama they had starred in together was one of the year's hits, and their popularity had soared among middle-aged drama fans.

Their characters had shared a passionate, heartbreaking romance, so seeing them in person sent the aunties straight into shipping mode.

"Does Yuan Chen treat you well? If not, divorce him and make him regret it!"

"Yue'er is such an understanding girl. You mustn't bully her like you did in the drama!"

Everyone chattered away, taking photos and chatting with them as though this were a huge fan event.

Catching sight of the deserted space around Song Yunxing out of the corner of her eye, Lu Yiyi smiled even more brightly, basking in everyone's praise as she posed for photos with the crowd.

As the crowd continued to grow, the production crew began calling for security.

Luo An responded politely to everyone while discreetly tugging Lu Yiyi back, reminding her that they still had oranges to sell. They weren't here to hold a fan meet.

Lu Yiyi's brows knitted slightly, clearly displeased by his sudden intervention.

When she refused to cooperate, Luo An could only give the crowd a polished smile. "By the way, would any of you lovely folks like some oranges? We're here on a filming assignment today, so if you'd like some, please take a pound home. We picked them all ourselves."

Only then did the onlookers turn their attention to the oranges behind them.

The pile wasn't large, but green fruit was mixed in with the orange, making it obvious that these weren't particularly good oranges.

The aunties might love their dramas, but they were shrewd, too-the oranges had clearly been picked before they were ripe just to make up the numbers.

A few kindhearted aunties and uncles stepped forward to pick out the edible ones, but most of the crowd were simply passersby holding up their phones to record videos rather than buying anything.

Luo An weighed the oranges and collected payments all by himself, run off his feet.

Lu Yiyi couldn't be bothered to move. She had dressed beautifully today, with carefully styled curls, an off-the-shoulder top, and a fashionable miniskirt paired with heels. Her outfit wasn't suited to work.

Maintaining her perfect appearance was her job.

She stood beside the payment QR code, checking customers' payment records without much interest.

Before long, all the passable oranges had been picked out, leaving just under half a cart of green, unripe fruit.

After that, no matter how enthusiastically Luo An pitched them, no one came forward to buy.

Looking at Lu Yiyi posing off to the side, Luo An couldn't stop an inexplicable anger from rising inside him.

All thanks to the fruit she picked. I never should have let her help! She picked nothing but inedible fruit to make up the numbers!

Luo An let out a long breath. Glancing back, he saw that Song Yunxing and Shen Yanci still had a whole cartload of oranges. He was about to speak when someone interrupted him.

"Come buy some! We can't leave until you've bought them all." Lu Yiyi frowned, ordering the hesitant passersby around as though it were perfectly reasonable.

"Your oranges are all green. How are we supposed to buy these?" A woman stepped back in disgust.

Lu Yiyi lifted her chin with a scornful smile. "I picked these myself! You're getting a bargain just being allowed to buy them, and you're still being picky? Besides, I even took a photo with you for free!"

At those words, the passersby who had been wavering immediately abandoned any intention of buying the green fruit.

Most were only there to watch the excitement. Although some recognized her, she wasn't a particularly big star, just the second female lead in a drama. Her tone was so unpleasant that nobody was willing to indulge her.

For a while, no one would step forward, leaving the scene painfully awkward.

[Seriously, where does she get all that confidence?]

[I've seen plenty of mediocre men with inflated egos, but this is my first time seeing a woman like that.]

[I mean, it's not like Omegas are completely incapable of working. Is she seriously just standing there posing?]

[Suddenly feeling a little sorry for poor Luo An.]

In the end, Luo An had to smooth things over and tell everyone to buy from the other stalls before the incident finally blew over.

Meanwhile, business was equally dismal for Lu Ran's team. Gu Nianzhi was so bored that he had started tearing off sticky notes and folding them into little animals.

Seeing the customers at Luo An's stall about to disperse, Lu Ran couldn't sit still any longer!

Deciding to go all in, she got up and headed straight over to poach some of Luo An's customers.

"Hello, are you looking to buy oranges?" The cutely dressed young Omega woman tapped a woman at the edge of the crowd.

Hearing her sweet voice, the people turned and met her smiling face.

"We have oranges over there, too! If you buy some, you'll also get a one-of-a-kind origami animal created by a world-class designer. There's only one of each!" She placed a little frog in a child's hand.

Children cared about looks, too. Seeing a pretty young woman offering him a present, the boy instinctively accepted it.

He poked the lifelike little frog and fell in love with it, clutching it and refusing to let go.

The woman looked helplessly at her son. Oranges weren't expensive anyway, and he could eat them, too, so she followed Lu Ran.

Once one person moved, the others followed out of curiosity.

[Hahaha, "one-of-a-kind origami created by a world-class designer." Lu Ran, you really know how to dress something up!]

[But she's not exactly wrong. Her Alpha really is a world-class designer.]

[They can't sit still anymore. They're pulling out every trick in the book to steal customers.]

[I'm dying. Yu Wan's team is even putting on comedy sketches. A best actor famous for action films has turned comedian.]

[People have bought loads from Shen Yanci's stall, but the pile doesn't seem any smaller. And who knows where Xingxing's gone.]

The livestream camera switched over to Song Yunxing hurrying back to the stall with a large speaker and a microphone.

Shen Yanci was once again trapped among the matchmaking-obsessed aunties, helplessly explaining that he already had a partner while coaxing them in a low voice to buy some oranges.

Song Yunxing glanced at Shen Yanci, who was shaking an auntie's hand and smiling obligingly, and for some reason, an uncomfortable feeling stirred inside him.

In his mind, Shen Yanci had always been proud and arrogant. He shouldn't have to do this sort of thing.

He grabbed Shen Yanci by the collar and said evenly, "All right, fall back and handle support. Watch me."

Caught off guard, Shen Yanci stumbled back two steps before coming to a stop behind Song Yunxing.

Song Yunxing addressed the aunties before him with utmost seriousness. "Ladies, our oranges are very sweet. Buy some if you'd like, but don't feel obliged if you don't. He might look like a fine young man, but his brain doesn't work properly. His favorite thing to do at home is crawl around like some twisted creature lurking in the dark. It wouldn't be good if he scared your daughters."

The aunties clearly didn't believe him. Shen Yanci looked so gentle, handsome, and poised. How could he be mentally ill?

Song Yunxing heaved a long sigh, found a video online, and held it out for the aunties to watch.

As they watched the video playing on his phone, their expressions gradually soured.

Before the video even ended, they thrust the phone back at Song Yunxing and, with terror in their eyes, scrambled away after making some flimsy excuse.

Shen Yanci glanced over curiously. The paused image on the phone was a scene from a film in which he had played a psychiatric patient suffering a hysterical episode.

But how did he have a cached copy of that film clip? This phone belonged to the production crew.

Light gleamed in his obsidian eyes as he fixed an unusually intent gaze on Song Yunxing.

"Hmph. Consider that a point won back. See? You're not son-in-law material either." Song Yunxing grinned smugly and adjusted his headset microphone. "Just stay back there and watch. I'll show you how to bring in customers properly!"