Director Niu: "NO!!!!!"
Director Niu and the entire crew howled in anguish.
The next second, the livestream was banned.
A livestream with nine-digit viewership was shut down just like that.
The final shot before the screen went black was Xie Mi saying, "Yes, he ended up at the police station, but before that, he made a trip to the proctology department. You know, he screamed pretty badly back then. About as badly as Director Niu is screaming now."
Absolutely unhinged!!
The production team rushed to post on Weibo to reassure the viewers, saying the ban would only last five minutes and the livestream would resume afterward.
But in those five minutes, Weibo had already been turned upside down.
[Here Comes the Dumb Beauty]: Fun fact: don't stab Xie Mi, folks. She really will stab you in the butthole.
[Sad GG Burst]: Is that guy doing okay now?
[AAA Level Ten Welder]: Am I the only one who found that satisfying? That's exactly how those deranged obsessive fans should be handled!
[Cherry Little Screwup]: I can't hate on her anymore. I really can't. You hate on other celebrities and they get depressed and jump off buildings. You hate on Sister Xie and she just sends you to proctology.
[You Look Like My Husband]: Sister Xie is a badass! Give this little entertainment industry a taste of real shock!
[Devilish Khorosho]: Holy shit, Xie Mi has fans now?! Fine, I admit it, I'm one too. Sister Xie is a badass!!
[Holy Shit]: The internet has finally lost its mind.
The livestream soon resumed. Rather than dropping, the viewer count rose, and its popularity remained sky-high.
Director Niu didn't dare continue the previous topic. He hurriedly announced that the game was over. The losers, Qiu Chengye and Liu Woxing, would prepare dinner, while everyone else was free to do as they pleased in the villa.
So Qiu Chengye and Liu Woxing went out to buy groceries.
Since the rooms hadn't been assigned yet, those who stayed behind could only hang around the common areas for now.
Xie Mi gazed at the sky and contemplated life.
Why hadn't You Hongxuan joined the dating show? And who was this Shen Yeqing?
Had her arrival caused a butterfly effect and changed the plot?
...Oh well.
She would just focus on going nuts and leave the rest to fate.
"Teacher Xie! Teacher Xie!!" Someone was calling to her from below, his voice cracking from the shouting.
Xie Mi poked her head over the eaves. "Looking for me?"
"Holy fucking shit!"
The assistant director clutched his heart in fright. When he saw where Xie Mi was, he was even more shocked. "Teacher Xie, when did you get onto the roof?!"
No wonder he hadn't found her anywhere in the house. Was she a monkey or something?!
With a blade of foxtail grass dangling from her mouth, Xie Mi gave it a lofty explanation. "Admiring the moon."
The assistant director glanced at the blue sky and white clouds overhead.
You look more like a loon.
The production team hastily deployed a drone, finally getting Xie Mi back on camera.
[Holy shit! So that's where Xie Mi is??]
[I was wondering why Xie Mi suddenly disappeared. She climbed onto the roof?]
[That's a three-story villa!!]
[How... did she get up there?]
"Teacher Xie! Come down, please. I have something to tell you!" the assistant director shouted from below.
"Just tell me from there. Coming down is such a hassle." Xie Mi refused.
The assistant director looked embarrassed and stammered, "Well... look, just come down for a minute. I can't really say it here!"
Always happy to be contrary, Xie Mi said, "Nope."
The assistant director paced anxiously. Unable to get her to budge, he could only call out as quietly as possible, "You have a mission..."
"Louder. Can't hear you."
The assistant director gritted his teeth and raised his voice just a little. "You have a mission..."
"Still can't hear you."
"YOU HAVE A SECRET MISSION!!!!"
With that one bellow, the whole world heard him.
[Great. Now the whole world knows Xie Mi has a Hidden Mission.]
[Hahahahaha, I'm dying. Why is everything this woman does so dramatic?]
Xie Mi finally remembered. There had been a scene like this in the original novel.
After the finger-folding game, each guest would receive a Hidden Mission. Those who completed theirs would get first pick of the rooms.
That was no small privilege.
"Teacher Xie, your Hidden Mission is to feed cookies to three male guests before nine tonight, without letting them discover that you're carrying out a mission."
In the production team's little room, Xie Mi received her assignment.
What a drama-filled mission.
Having to feed someone on the very first day was bad enough. Everyone knew her relationship with Xiao Jingxi was utter shit. How could he possibly eat anything she fed him?
They were clearly targeting her.
"Okay!" Xie Mi agreed readily.
The women of the Xie family never admitted defeat!
[Things are starting to get interesting.]
[The production team is stirring up trouble on purpose. Best Actor Xiao can't stand Xie Mi. There's no way he'll eat anything she feeds him [snicker].]
[I can already imagine how badly that bitch Xie is going to embarrass herself.]
At four in the afternoon, Qiu Chengye and Liu Woxing returned to the villa with their groceries.
The instant Qiu Chengye stepped through the front door, he saw a dark blur flying toward him.
"Here comes the airplane-"
That familiar feeling?!
It was as though he had returned to his toddler days, sitting in his high chair and refusing to eat. Faced with a spoonful of baby food offered by Daddy, he couldn't help opening his mouth...
Back then, Daddy had also said fondly, "Here comes the airplane-"
Chomp!
Qiu Chengye ate it in one bite and began chewing blissfully with his eyes closed.
"M-Mr. Qiu?" Liu Woxing's trembling voice came from beside him.
Puzzled, Qiu Chengye opened his eyes to find Liu Woxing staring at him in horror.
What was she making such a fuss about? He'd only had a bite of baby food...
Wait!!
BABY! FOOD?!!
Qiu Chengye whipped his head around and found himself facing Xie Mi's kindly smile.
"Good boy. Eat up. Daddy will feed you again next time."
Qiu Chengye: "?!!!!"
He had actually eaten something Xie Mi fed him?!
He needed to go to the hospital and get his stomach pumped!!!
By now, the live comments had been utterly fried by the shock.
[Wait, Brother Qiu, were you born to be her son?]
[I thought he was joking. He really does see Xie Mi as his dad.]
[Could Xie Mi be... a dad-type female celebrity?]
[Honestly, that feeding-and-catching routine was so smooth, I thought they really were father and son.]
[Such a deep father-son bond...]
The hashtag #XieMiBecomesADad shot up the Hot Search list.
Plenty of nosy netizens assumed someone had exposed Xie Mi's pregnancy and immediately came to the show, eager to watch the drama.
Only to discover...
She really had become a dad.
All right, then. They wouldn't watch a merely crazy show, but a show this insane? Now they had to stick around and see what was going on.
Mission progress: 1/3.
Xie Mi brought a plate of cookies out of the kitchen and headed straight for the second-floor study without hesitation.
Shen Yeqing looked easier to fool, so she would start with him.
In the back garden on the ground floor.
Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong were putting on a show together, watering the flowers as a sweet, lovey-dovey pair.
Suddenly, Xiao Jingxi caught sight of the second-floor windows out of the corner of his eye.
Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing were alone inside.
And they were actually...?
Bang!
Xiao Jingxi slammed the watering can onto the table. "It's getting late, and it's a little chilly outside. Why don't we go rest in the study for a while!"
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