Spring City, the hotel where the Ideal Life production crew was staying.
Ji Nanshu had flown to Spring City with Liang You the night before, arriving after dinnertime. As conscientious as a mother hen, Liang You had given Ji Nanshu instructions covering every last detail, then rushed off to handle other company business without a moment's rest.
Ji Nanshu had eaten dinner, taken a quick shower, thrown on his pajamas, and fallen straight asleep.
At six thirty the next morning, someone pounded on his door with a loud bang, bang.
Ji Nanshu burrowed entirely under the covers, head and all, but couldn't block out the irritating knocking at all.
He whipped off the covers and sat up, then rushed to the door without even putting on his slippers. Yanking it open, he swept a gloomy gaze over the people outside, looking thoroughly unapproachable.
It was the production crew.
"Y-you are...?" The production crew, who had wanted to ambush the ugly side of a little-known, bottom-tier celebrity with a poor reputation who spent all day grabbing attention, sounded confused.
The hallway light fell diagonally across Ji Nanshu's face from above: delicate, fair skin, long eyelashes, beautiful peach-blossom eyes still glistening slightly with tears, a high nose bridge, slightly parted pink lips, and hair falling somewhat messily over his forehead.
What a picture of beauty.
Uh... who was this gorgeous non-celebrity? Had they come to the wrong room? Wasn't this the room of that feather duster, Ji Nanshu? The room number was right!
Seeing that it was the production crew, Ji Nanshu checked the time. Exactly six thirty.
For the moment, he couldn't find a reason to swear at anyone. The production crew had indeed told him filming would start at six thirty in the morning.
Ji Nanshu stepped aside. "Come in."
The cameraman asked cautiously, "A-are you Mr. Ji Nanshu?"
"Mm." Ji Nanshu turned on the light. "I'll go change. Sorry to keep you waiting."
Dazed by the critical hit from Ji Nanshu's gorgeous face, the production crew sat very obediently on the sofa in his room and waited.
That walking rainbow feather duster actually looked this good without makeup!! How on earth was his company managing him? How could they dress such a striking beauty like that?! What a criminal waste!
Ji Nanshu's company: What a goddamn injustice! He'd done it himself! If he weren't a friend of the boss's wife, who would let him ruin himself like that? They weren't idiots who would turn down a money tree!
The netizens who had dragged themselves out of bed early to watch the livestream were equally stunned-
[Holy shit, that's actually Ji Nanshu? Am I dreaming?! Did he get plastic surgery?]
[Are you fucking stupid, commenter above?! I hate people like you who accuse celebrities of getting plastic surgery at the drop of a hat. Could you please bring some reliable evidence when you say things like that?! I'm not a Ji Nanshu fan, but let's be fair here. Does your plastic surgery recovery take less than a week? I saw him doing a gig just a few days ago.]
[Who's Ji Nanshu? Someone tell me, pretty please!]
[I'll tell you, commenter above! He's a heavy-makeup shamatte who goes around wearing a rainbow feather duster on his head all day, some bottom-tier nobody!]
[Does he have Weibo?]
[What! Let me tell you, he's more than just a shamatte. I heard he's a homewrecker! And he's got a sugar daddy keeping him!]
[Oh? Got some gossip? Let's hear it!]
[I don't know who the sugar daddy is. But my mom's sister's aunt went to his younger brother's engagement party a while ago and said he seduced his brother's fiancé!]
[Holy shit, is he that disgusting? May that homewrecker's whole family drop dead!]
[Why did the production crew invite someone like this?! Homewreckers, get out of the entertainment industry!!]
[Exactly! Homewreckers, get out of the entertainment industry!]
[You sure know how to spout bullshit. How about some actual evidence, please?! "I heard," my ass. I also heard the commenter above went streaking in the street yesterday!]
[Okay, but can I let my morals follow his looks? That face is just too good!!!]
[+1 to the commenter above. I'm happy just drooling over his face.]
[You're so annoying! Can you quiet down and watch the show?!]
[Exactly, exactly!]
Ji Nanshu knew nothing of the argument in the bullet comments, though with his personality, he probably wouldn't have cared even if he had known.
Only after Ji Nanshu had changed did the production crew say, "Teacher Ji, here's the situation. We're waking everyone up in room-number order. Since your room number comes first among the guests, we came to wake you first today. Now we'll have to trouble you to wake the other guests one by one in room-number order."
Ji Nanshu nodded. "Are there any rules about how to wake them?"
"Uh, there aren't any rules about that."
"Got it."
No rules meant... I could improvise~
The first guest Ji Nanshu needed to wake was the award-winning actress Li Lan.
Since she was a woman, Ji Nanshu chose a very gentle way to wake her-ringing the doorbell.
Only when the doorbell rang for the fifth time did Li Lan slowly open the door. She seemed to have just finished showering, with her hair still wrapped in a drying cap.
"You're certainly punctual," Li Lan teased with a smile, turning her gaze to Ji Nanshu. "Is this a member of the production crew?"
He was far too eye-catching. If he worked for the production crew, they really didn't know how to use their staff!
The production crew said, "Ms. Li, this is one of our guests, Teacher Ji, Ji Nanshu."
Ji Nanshu greeted her politely. "Hello, Ms. Li."
"Hello, Teacher Ji." Li Lan nodded, then turned to apologize to the crew. "Sorry to keep you waiting a little. I have an image to maintain, you know. I need to get myself looking presentable!"
Ji Nanshu's eyes curved with his smile as he replied, "It's only right to wait for a lady to wash up and get ready. I'll go wake the other guests first, then."
Ji Nanshu's words greatly increased Li Lan's favorable impression of him. A handsome, polite young man really was a delight to body and mind!
Li Lan's appearance instantly sent the netizens in the livestream into a frenzy.
[Aaaaaah, it's my goddess!!!]
[My goddess is so beautiful without makeup too!!]
[Waaah, getting up early really does bring blessings! Goddess, I love you!!!]
[W-what do I do? I think Ji Nanshu is so swoonworthy!!]
[Pfft, commenter above, who can't put on an act and play a persona for a little while on a show? These minor celebrities are experts at pretending and fooling girls!]
[Whatever. As long as he's nice to my goddess, I won't hate on him!]
After waking Li Lan, the second person the production crew told him to wake was...
Bai Nanchen.
Ji Nanshu flashed a slightly wicked smile.
Oh?
Wasn't this a coincidence!!!