Lin Yuxuan said, "Wow, being a fan of Wanqing really does sound pretty nice."
Suddenly remembering the airport task, Chi Shuran turned to Song Wenjing and asked, "What was the airport task again?"
"Board the plane successfully without being spotted by fans. Is your brain broken? How could you forget that?"
Giving Chi Shuran a disdainful look, Song Wenjing quietly moved a few steps aside, revealing the two mascot heads behind him.
As though she had only just noticed Song Wenjing, Lu Wanqing covered her mouth in surprise, looking as if she had just come to her senses.
"Wenjing, long time no see!"
Her gaze accidentally strayed behind him and lingered on the Ultraman head for a while. A bad feeling arose in her heart, and she turned toward the two men standing nearby. She knew neither of them, but the Ultraman mascot suit one of them was wearing certainly looked familiar.
"Then, going by that, she's in last place?"
Chi An tossed out the remark, then turned to look for the production team, only to find his view completely blocked by a hulking figure.
[What does he mean? What does he mean, last place? That's a pretty tactless thing to say.]
[Exactly. What did Wanqing ever do to him? Why deliberately bring that up?]
[What's wrong with last place? Doesn't she know how she got first place?]
[I was just about to say that. Didn't they say Chi Shuran had the most haters? I haven't seen many so far. Her haters didn't come, and there weren't many fans either, so why should she get first place?]
[She just walked through the airport normally and got first place. What a joke.]
[Wait, so having lots of haters means they should show up and trash her? She hasn't even done anything so far, has she? Do you seriously think people online hate on others for absolutely no reason? Do you think none of us have brains?]
[She was in last place. Why can't he say it? She's willing to entertain her fans, but she's afraid of hearing someone say she came last?]
[If we're talking about something being wrong, isn't Lu Wanqing the most questionable one? Going by fan numbers and fame, Song Wenjing should come first out of everyone here, right? But the whole airport was full of Lu Wanqing's fans? Are you kidding me?]
"I came last, but at least I lived up to my fans' expectations. I wouldn't let them make the trip for nothing."
"Save that speech for when the livestream starts."
Not bothering to pretend, Chi An simply lowered his head. There were irritating people on either side of him. Nothing ever went his way, no matter where he was.
"Chi Shuran, get me the water from your suitcase."
"So you're Chi Shuran's older brother?"
Lu Wanqing looked enlightened. She glanced at Chi Shuran, then at Chi An and the man standing beside him. "I heard Shuran doesn't have a very good reputation online. You didn't run into any trouble at the airport today, did you? Having no fans come to welcome you is pretty nice too. Doesn't that make it easy to come first? Oh, right, did you come first? Without any fans, getting first place should be easy, shouldn't it?"
Chi An hated people putting on an act in front of him more than anything. Why was this woman going out of her way to get an earful?!
"Are you determined to make me tear into you? Don't you know perfectly well where those people who came to welcome you came from? Don't you know how famous you actually are, or whether your fan count is real?!"
"You keep going on about living up to your fans' expectations. If you really cared, you wouldn't have told them your itinerary. You did something rotten, and now you're standing here pretending to be a good person. Even Chi Shuran isn't as shameless as you."
"Why didn't many other people's fans come to the airport? Do you seriously think you're that popular? Are you pleased that the whole airport was full of your fans? Do you know how many people couldn't board on time because of what you did?"
"The director warned us over and over not to reveal our itineraries, but you just had to play innocent and kind and run off to tell your fans you'd be boarding at such-and-such airport. How scared are you of having no fans?"
After saying all that in one breath, Chi An saw Lu Wanqing's expression growing uglier. He took a breath and continued, "Guess why the director arranged this task? When they said without being spotted by fans, they meant fans among the people passing by, not fans you called over. I really don't know what you're trying to show off here. How many fans you have? Or are you proud of holding up so many people?"
His eyes stayed fixed on Lu Wanqing's face, as though he were interrogating her and demanding an explanation.
"Oh, I was just wondering who you were. Now that you've mentioned the airport, I remember. You're the one who misheard things and had the nerve to act so full of yourself, right?"
"I reported you as soon as I boarded the plane. The result should be out soon. You haven't reflected on it at all, and you're actually proud of it?"
"If you're uneducated, you can learn. If you're ugly, you can get plastic surgery. But there really is no cure for that rotten heart of yours. You're beyond saving."
After saying this, Fu Yanci's expression relaxed slightly. His eyes remained fixed on Chi An's face, and his lips curved into a smile. He looked no different from a big dog begging for praise.
[Show mercy where you can. These two guys have such a way with words, each better than the other. How does everything they say sound so sweet? Lu Wanqing didn't enjoy it, but I sure did. I've thought she was fake for ages.]
[Are you okay? Two men talked to a woman like that in front of so many people, and you seriously think there's nothing wrong with it? They didn't spare her any dignity at all.]
[I think you're the one who's not okay. Wasn't Lu Wanqing the one making snide remarks? She told her brother his sister had a bad reputation, then said they had no fans to welcome them, when she'd called all her own fans over herself. If that were me, and someone dared bad-mouth my sister in front of me, I wouldn't even bother keeping my language civil.]
[Exactly. If someone talked about my sister like that in public, who cares who they are? Dare say that about my sister, and I'd write her name on my underwear and blast her to death with farts every day!]
[You really don't have to go that far (awkward laugh)(awkward laugh)]
[So this was the guy who talked to Wanqing like that at the airport today? Is he that desperate to get famous? Well, Wanqing will definitely remember him now. How calculating.]
[Exactly. His looks barely make him good enough for Wanqing, but his manners are terrible.]
[You're actually getting picky now? How terrifying. Creatures like you, from the same era as the dinosaurs, should've died out ages ago. Either drag yourselves off to the crematorium or go back to your own planet. Just stop staying here and scaring us (playful)(playful)]
[Now I've seen what Lu Wanqing's fans are like.]
Her hands clenched into fists at her sides, Lu Wanqing was left feeling utterly ashamed by their words for a moment. The Ren siblings nearby had long since noticed something was wrong with the atmosphere. Ren Anwen huddled behind Chi Shuran, trying her best to make herself less noticeable.
Without his sister beside him, Ren Wuyang could only hide behind Lin Yuxuan and Gu Zijin, terrified of getting caught in the crossfire.
But the two men standing in front of him were also trembling a little at that moment, not daring to say another word for fear the flames would spread to them.
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