Don't tell me these lunatics are all Shen fans

Shen Yunzhi brought it out.

Xiao Yao took the first bite.

His expression remained unchanged. "Didn't get any."

Ji Nanxian took the second bite.

His face twisted, but he still insisted, "Didn't get any."

Chi Zong looked at the two of them in confusion. After a moment's hesitation, he took a bite too.

Chi Zong swallowed with great difficulty. "Didn't... didn't get any."

An Zhizhi cautiously tried some too.

Then, "No, didn't get... get any, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough!"

That left Jiang Yunli. "..."

She thought, So many people didn't get any. Maybe there won't be any in my bite either?

Jiang Yunli hesitantly took a mouthful.

One second later.

She turned her head and spat it straight onto Ji Nanxian's face.

"..." Ji Nanxian's head was covered in shredded ginger.

Shen Yunzhi's eyes lit up as she looked at Jiang Yunli. "Did you get any?"

Jiang Yunli hurriedly waved her hands. "N-no!"

Shen Yunzhi was puzzled. "That's not right. I clearly used nothing but shredded ginger."

Everyone: "..."

The live comments: [Impressive.]

[Without Shen Yunzhi, who else would torment the guests like they're Japanese for our entertainment?]

[That move of Shen Yunzhi's was downright vicious.]

[Fine, I'll tell her off in a minute.]

[I rarely use "evil" to describe a dish.]

[Ginger!! I fucking hate you the most!!]

[This stuff is magical. Shred it and put it in shredded potatoes, and it blends right in. Put a chunk in braised pork, and it blends right in too.]

In the end, everyone except Shen Yunzhi did the dishes.

Jiang Yunli once again assumed the position of Shen Yunzhi's biological older sister and lectured her.

"Shen Yunzhi, don't you think acting like this will make it hard for you to make friends on the show?"

Jiang Yunli was half a day older than Shen Yunzhi.

Back then, Jiang Yunli's mother had been transferred to a village as a teacher through the Three Supports and One Assistance program to pad her résumé, which was why she had given birth to her daughter in the same hospital as Jiang Yunli's biological parents.

The two children had reportedly been switched because of a nurse's oversight.

Shen Yunzhi was utterly baffled. "This show's called All Villains. Who comes on a show like this to make friends?"

Shen Yunzhi's words left Jiang Yunli momentarily speechless.

Once she recovered, she explained, "But if you keep handling things the way you did in the countryside, it'll be hard for you to make friends anywhere, never mind on this show. Won't you be lonely?"

"Why would I be?" Shen Yunzhi smiled. "There are 7.7 billion people in the world, but 25.3 billion chickens, three times as many as humans. If chickens went to war with humanity, I'd have to fight three chickens. Even if one died, another would take its place. Even if I didn't have a single friend, I'd still have three chickens as enemies. How could I be lonely?"

Jiang Yunli: "..."

What on earth had happened to this lunatic Shen Yunzhi?

Shen Yunzhi had been crazy before, but it had been a brainless sort of crazy.

Now Shen Yunzhi was actually crazy with brains.

[Teacher Shen is right, but Vatican City has eight hundred permanent residents, and Australia has forty-seven million kangaroos. If the kangaroos decided to invade Vatican City, every Vatican resident would have to fight 58,750 kangaroos. You don't know. You don't care. All you care about is those three chickens being your enemies.]

[I'm shaking with rage and freezing cold. Your point is indeed correct, but the sour spiciness of Lao Gan Ma can't enhance the flavor of pork stewed with glass noodles. Soup dumplings, on the other hand, taste better to me. Of course, if I feel like wearing a suit, a tie would still be more appropriate.]

[That's right, but in Asia, one minute is sixty seconds. According to statistics, everyone who's pregnant is female. If you save a pack of cigarettes every day, you'll save ten packs in ten days. Who could have imagined that twenty-year-old Teacher Shen was only sixteen four years ago, and to this day, she still hasn't lived to twenty-one?]

Casual viewers: [...]

[Don't tell me these lunatics are all Shen fans.]

[So far, that does appear to be the case.]

Shen Yunzhi was incredibly skilled at reading messages and replying with nonsense, and her fans weren't far behind.

Shen Fans were very relaxed about it all.

Their reasons for becoming Shen Yunzhi's fans fell into three main categories.

The first category.

They felt that as long as she stopped fawning over Ji Nanxian, that was a victory. Nothing mattered more than them and Shen Yunzhi living their lives well.

The second category.

As long as Shen Yunzhi opposed that archvillain Xiao Yao, they were willing to be her fans, vote for her, and boost all her metrics.

Then there was the third category.

It was also the category that brought in the most fans.

-Shen Yunzhi's outstanding mental state had them nodding like chickens pecking at grain.

But with a mental state like Shen Yunzhi's, could the fans she attracted be anything decent?

[Please, Teacher Shen, follow me back. I cried in bed for twelve hours, had eight hundred breakdowns, slammed into the wall twenty times, had fifty auditory hallucinations, and slapped myself two hundred times. I only just woke up, and I've broken down again because no matter how hard I think, I can't understand why you're soooo charming, Teacher Shen. Teach me teach me teach me teach me.]

[I'll remember you forever (eyes.JPG) I'll keep stalking you online (eyes.JPG) you can't get away (eyes.JPG) I'll watch you forever (eyes.JPG) you can't leave (eyes.JPG) don't even think about running (eyes.JPG)]

This disgusted Shen Yunzhi's haters so much they nearly went mad.

Fuck.

If Shen Yunzhi really managed to make a living off the internet.

That would feel worse than killing them.

Ji Nanxian was going crazy too.

Shen Yunzhi's behavior had made Ji Nanxian furious.

He messaged Shen Yunzhi that night.

[If you still want me to have anything to do with you, either quit the show or come apologize to Yunli within two days!]

[Don't forget, when I promised you we could honor our engagement in the future, I was only willing to officially acknowledge you on the condition that you didn't cause trouble!]

Had Shen Yunzhi gone insane?

She actually dared to speak to him like that on the show?

Shen Yunzhi, who had always replied to his messages instantly before, had unusually failed to reply this time.