Hating Work Already

Xu Shuangrong was very good at stirring up trouble. She originally intended to provoke a conflict between Xie Mi and Lai Bingxuan, and then gracefully fade into the background, but who could have imagined that Xie Mi completely refused to play along.

She even dragged her into the battlefield as well.

Xu Shuangrong's eyes instantly reddened. "Teacher Xie, I was only speaking up for you because I was afraid you'd be bullied."

"You helped so well, don't help next time."

Shen Yeqing interrupted out of nowhere, the tail end of his voice hooked with amusement.

"Our Teacher Xie's mouth was split nearly to her ears, yet you somehow managed to interpret that as her being bullied and putting on a brave face. Your comprehension skills really are top-tier."

"Pfft--"

A staff member failed to hold back a laugh and hurriedly covered their mouth in panic.

There was no helping it; Shen Yeqing's remark was just too savage.

Xu Shuangrong was so retorted that she was left speechless.

And just as this little drama was practically wrapping up, Lai Bingxuan-who had almost been framed-finally reacted belatedly, staring at Xie Mi in shock.

"You're actually not an indigenous person?!"

[Pfft! Is that the main point?]

[Good grief, no wonder I was wondering why she hadn't spoken for ages; she was still pondering over this matter]

Lai Bingxuan reacted once more, glaring at Xu Shuangrong with fury.

"You actually wanted to frame me?!"

[...6]

[No joke, this sister's reaction time could circle the Earth a dozen times]

[Such a serious atmosphere instantly cracked me up]

Although her reaction time was absurdly slow, Lai Bingxuan, having finally caught on, was not about to let go of this opportunity to cause trouble for Xu Shuangrong, and immediately gloated,

"Why would you want to frame me? Even though our relationship in high school wasn't good, you didn't have to target me like this, did you?"

The amount of information in this single sentence was simply too massive.

Seeing that she had no ground to stand on, Xu Shuangrong wanted to resort to her old tricks and play the pitiful victim again.

Just as the situation was about to escalate intensely, Liu Woxing-the eternal master of smoothing things over-hurriedly stepped in to mediate.

"Alright, alright, it's all a misunderstanding. Once it's all out in the open, it's fine. Everyone, please don't hurt the harmonious atmosphere."

Only then was the matter temporarily put to rest.

But netizens were not about to let the matter rest, stubbornly following the clues and blowing the incident up onto the hot search rankings.

#Xu Shuangrong and Lai Bingxuan were high school classmates#

#Love variety show female guests tear into each other#

Soon, insiders came forward to spill details, saying the two were indeed high school classmates, and their relationship was extremely frosty.

Upon seeing this news, Xu Shuangrong's fans immediately couldn't sit still anymore.

Coupled with Xu Shuangrong's submissive and timid appearance upon seeing Lai Bingxuan on the show, they instantly deduced that Lai Bingxuan must have bullied Xu Shuangrong back in high school.

Thus, the Xu Family Army mobilized collectively, tearing Lai Bingxuan to shreds with insults and even threatening the production team to cancel Lai Bingxuan's guest status, or else they would cause a collective uproar.

However, Lai Bingxuan's side was no pushover either. Capital stepped into the game, a massive wave of internet trolls flooded in, and scandal pieces loaded with dirt on Xu Shuangrong flew all over the sky.

The two fanbases officially started a turf war, featuring a mutual destruction setup where nobody was going to get off easy.

Xu Shuangrong, who had wanted to gracefully fade into the background, inadvertently got dragged right into the epicenter of the battlefield.

At this moment, the guests had arrived at Beluga Hall, sitting in a row to watch the beluga whale performance.

"Little White! High five!"

The animal trainer stood confidently at the edge of the pool and shouted the command. Hearing the sound, the elegant beluga whale surfaced, flipped its tail to kick up a heavy splash, and smacked it straight across the trainer's face with a loud thwack.

The trainer was sent flying on the spot.

He smoothly supported himself with both hands the moment he hit the ground, knocked out two push-ups, and then gracefully rose to his feet with arms spread wide. "That's right, everyone! What you are seeing right now is our hidden-edition performance-Beluga's Aquatic Frolic!"

[What a truly thorough and refreshing trainwreck]

[Low emotional intelligence: the act tanked. High emotional intelligence: you unlocked the hidden edition]

[The beluga whale perfectly portrayed the mental state of a working stiff on the clock, hahahahaha]

[Beluga: Hating work already]

"As everyone has seen, our Little White is extremely fond of interacting with people, so now it's time for the interactive segment! Let's invite the seven guest teachers of Love Watch to come down to our stage!"

The trainer specialized in talking nonsense with his eyes wide open, forcibly cueing the schedule and ruthlessly shifting the entire audience's attention onto the guests.

Thunderous applause erupted through the venue, and scorching gazes turned in unison toward the back row.

Liu Woxing smiled unnaturally. "Fond... of interacting with people?"

Xie Mi, who was currently doing stretching exercises in preparation to properly wrestle with the beluga whale in a moment, explained upon hearing this.

"When you can openly slap your boss with a giant flip-flop of justice, just tell me whether it's fun or not."

Liu Woxing was instantly convinced.

That did sound quite fun indeed.

This stunt was clearly an arrangement by the production team, and no matter how reluctant they were, they could only walk up onto the stage. Following closely behind was an even more enthusiastic cheer from the spectator stands.

"Wow! What a big-budget move, they even invited celebrities today!"

"Ahhhhh, isn't this that super popular love variety show lately? Did I accidentally stumble into a filming set?!"

"Mom, I'm on TV!!"

Amidst a chorus of gasps, a heart-wrenching scream pierced through the crowd and accurately landed right in Xie Mi's ears:

"Why is there an indigenous person mixed in there?!"

Xie Mi jolted and bellowed back furiously, "I'm a damn guest!!"

The hall fell briefly quiet for two seconds, and then a screech even more deafening rang out.

"This is definitely Old Xie, ignoring the production team's survival just to drop foul language!!!"

"Who's Old Xie?"

"The super unhinged one from lately!!"

[Hahahahaha Sister Xie never dreamed she'd break the internet in this sort of way]

[Old Xie lost her name entirely, completely transforming from 'that indigenous person' to 'the super unhinged one']

[Sister Xie specializes in being rebellious; having been mistaken so many times, she stubbornly refuses to take off her makeup]

[Is there any chance it's because Sister Xie is genuinely very satisfied with today's styling?]

[...Mind blown]

The trainer, who had almost dismissed Xie Mi as a staff member, hurriedly reined it in. To avoid letting his cover be blown, he rushed to cue the next step.

"Actually, our Little White possesses a special skill: it can understand human confessions and help pass them along."

"To verify this ability, next we'd like our male and female guests to stand at opposite ends of the pool respectively!"

They began adjusting their positions, with the three male guests standing on the left and the four female guests on the right.

The beluga whale in the water swam back and forth, finally coming to a stop on the side of the four female guests.

The trainer smiled mysteriously. "Little White will surface in turn to listen to your whispers. Please tell it the person you like in secret, and it will swim over to the location of the corresponding person."

"Next, Miss Liu, please start first!"

Liu Woxing hadn't expected herself to be the first, and walked up with some apprehension. Seeing that the beluga whale was in a much milder state now, she cautiously leaned in close.

She whispered something, and then watched the beluga whale swim toward the opposite side.

The beluga whale circled in front of the three male guests a few times, and finally stopped right in front of Qiu Chengye.

[Ahhhhh Star Cheng CP is real!]

[Although my impression of Qiu Chengye is just average, this pair is genuinely the most stable couple so far]

[Qiu Chengye is a bit chauvinistic, and Liu Woxing happens to be virtuous and gentle-a perfect complement!!]

[You two had better sweet-talk each other to death for my sake!!!]

The chosen Qiu Chengye wore an expression of total predictability, walking toward Liu Woxing with confidence and arrogance.

Only Xie Mi, who was standing closest to Liu Woxing, caught an unhearable whisper: "Mental case."

Xie Mi couldn't help but chuckle.

Actually, the so-called beluga whale passing along whispers was nothing more than a front-merely a tactic used by the production team to attract traffic. Liu Woxing hadn't said a single thing into the beluga's ear just now, yet the beluga had swum with absolute accuracy toward Qiu Chengye.

To put it bluntly, it was all pre-arranged by the production team.