A Top-Tier Green Tea Actress Enters a Dating Reality Show - Chapter 54

On the vast and boundless land, several vehicles drove along the highway, heading toward the distance. The blue-gray sky gradually revealed waves of golden-crimson, as the sun began to rise.

Meng Ziqing woke up bathed in the sunlight. The intense waves of sun poured into the car, drowning her features and causing a painful sting.

Meng Ziqing rubbed her eyes, a residual grogginess and confusion lingering in them. Her voice was low and lazy, “Sister, have we arrived?”

In the distance, a cluster of small, dark buildings had already appeared.

Checking the time, it was almost nine o’clock.

“Almost…”

“Have some water to wake up, we’ll be there in a moment.” Qin Yue pinched the little girl’s red, just-woken cheek. She had been awake much earlier than Meng Ziqing and had used the time to handle some company matters.

As the executive officer of RY, Qin Yue was always busy.

This trip to Tibet came too suddenly, and she hadn’t arranged many things. Even though she was the type to delegate power, she still felt a lack of time for such sudden events.

Even Qin Yue felt a little overwhelmed and exhausted.

“Okay…”

Meng Ziqing obediently drank the water. After putting the bottle down, she didn’t bother Qin Yue. She naturally sat beside her and massaged Qin Yue’s shoulders, which had become a little sore.

Right now, Qin Yue was busy with work, and there was nothing else she could do, but she could at least make her more comfortable.

A smile appeared in Qin Yue’s eyes. She cleared her throat, said nothing, and continued to process documents while enjoying Meng Ziqing’s thoughtfulness.

She just found the tedious documents inexplicably more pleasing now.

Upon arriving in Nyingchi, the group tidied up at the hotel. After eating lunch, they immediately went to film the mysterious mission and the segment where Wen Siliang was unexpectedly injured.

As they left the hotel, Meng Ziqing and Qin Yue ran into a scowling Tao Tao.

Meng Ziqing greeted her, “Good afternoon, Director. Are you sober yet?”

“Didn’t sleep. I want to kill someone,” Tao Tao replied dejectedly. Her dark circles were covered with concealer, but the bloodshot lines in her eyes were visible.

She held a script with alternating red and black text in one hand, while occasionally taking a swig of black coffee with the other. It looked like she had stayed up all night.

The director, who had originally planned to drink herself into oblivion on this trip, was forced to temporarily devise a script and arrange a mysterious mission and emotional changes. Her raging emotions were concealed beneath a tired, sickly exterior.

“Oh—” Meng Ziqing nodded, then smiled, “It’s okay, you can kill whoever you want after the filming is over.”

“Heh…” Tao Tao was amused by this. She used the script in her hand to pat her shoulder, her expression arrogant.

“I won’t wait until the filming is over. I’ll still go on a killing spree!”

If Wen Siliang dared to use tricks under her nose, he had to be prepared to be cut.

If the script she stayed up all night to write didn’t include some past and present grudges, she wouldn’t be Tao Tao.

Watching the furious Tao Tao climb into the RV, Meng Ziqing and Qin Yue exchanged a glance, a hint of expectation in their eyes.

Don’t mess with a woman—this saying was completely true.

During the subsequent filming, Meng Ziqing and Qin Yue truly witnessed the full power of that statement.

What if Wen Siliang had an injury on his face? What if he couldn’t move easily? Tao Tao’s script directly arranged for him to be utterly miserable and thoroughly tormented. He had to comply, even if he couldn’t.

Some segments were shot twice if once wasn’t enough. In any case, in Director Tao’s script, Wen Siliang, this already wilting little cabbage, was so thoroughly messed up that there wasn’t even a few cabbage stalks left.

Didn’t Wen Siliang want a good reputation and public sympathy? Thanks to Director Tao’s overnight efforts, Wen Siliang was successfully portrayed as a continuous string of bad luck—a completely innocent, white-lotus scapegoat.

Pure, bright, and unpretentious, with no fault whatsoever. He was simply unlucky, the kind of unlucky person who gets hit by a car when leaving the house and steps in dog poop while walking.

At the end of the script, under the brilliant afternoon sun, amidst the terrible acting and crying of the non-professional cast, the tormented Wen Siliang was successfully lifted onto a stretcher. He was taken away by the emergency services, concluding his participation in the subsequent filming.

“Cut!”

Tao Tao waved the script, her megaphone blaring.

Meng Ziqing instantly stopped crying and used her phone to check if her makeup was smeared.

“This foundation is pretty good, it adheres well to the skin,” Meng Ziqing gave a favorable review and promptly ordered another bottle.

Qin Yue had the same skin type as her, so they could use it together.

Tao Tao watched the ambulance drive away with satisfaction. She turned to the other guests and said, “Perfect wrap! Everyone worked hard. Have fun on the rest of your trip, I’ll cover the travel expenses.”

“Great! Thank you, Director.”

Whether sincere or not, the guests who had played along all afternoon, receiving an acting experience card, clapped and cheered.

After the filming, the guests rested at the hotel.

“I didn’t expect that only the two of us men would be left in this variety show,” Zhou Feng sighed while taking oxygen from a tank.

While sighing, he glanced at Jian Weilin next to him.

Gu Yang and Wen Siliang were gone. Will Jian Weilin be next?

After all, though he, Zhou Feng, might be a bit stingy, he was a good citizen.

Jian Weilin was different. He was a rather famous lawyer, and people who knew the law best were the most likely to walk on the edge of the law…

His expression was too obvious, and Jian Weilin’s expression shifted slightly.

“How could there only be two guys left?” Jian Weilin noticed what Zhou Feng was thinking and rolled his eyes unceremoniously. “This is a dating show. It’s impossible for the gender ratio to be so unbalanced.”

He asserted, “Just wait. At most, before we head back from the trip, the director will definitely bring in new guests.”

“Probably…” Su An’an agreed, smiling, “With Director Tao’s efficiency, we might see new guests in the next two days.”

“New guests, huh? I hope they’re not all men.” Zhou Feng, as a straight man, shook his head.

In this dating show, Jian Weilin and Su An’an clearly had a spark. Zhang Ke wasn’t his type. As for the remaining two girls, there was no need to mention them—Meng Ziqing and Qin Yue were a couple. He had come here for nothing.

Thinking of this, Zhou Feng froze, sat up straight, and looked around, asking curiously, “Where did Meng Ziqing, Qin Yue, and Zhang Ke go?”

“Did you see Sister Qingqing and Sister Qin Yue?”

Zhou Feng and Zhang Ke’s voices sounded almost simultaneously.

Zhang Ke walked over, “Did you see Sister Qingqing and Sister Qin Yue? They told me where they were going before I went upstairs, but I didn’t hear clearly. I thought they went to look for you guys.”

“No, they didn’t come over,” Su An’an shook her head, denying it. “Ten minutes ago, I saw Meng Ziqing pulling Qin Yue out and driving away. I thought you were in the car with them.”

“They left?!”

This wasn’t said by Zhang Ke, but by a rushing staff member of the production team.

The staff member was breathless and quickly asked Su An’an, “Miss Su, did you see where they went?!”

“In the moment we weren’t watching, they disappeared! One of the crew’s off-road vehicles is also gone!” the staff member said anxiously.

After dealing with Wen Siliang’s matter, they should have continued the live broadcast and filming. But now, Meng Ziqing and Qin Yue had run off privately.

How could this happen?

The director had acted like a hands-off manager and went back to sleep after hearing the news, but they couldn’t ignore it.

What if they got into danger?

“Did you call them? Try calling,” Jian Weilin suggested.

Staff member, “We called. Meng’s phone is off!”

“Then call Qin Yue.”

The staff member’s eyes lit up. They had been too anxious, and after Meng Ziqing didn’t answer, they completely forgot about Qin Yue.

“Doo—”

The phone started connecting, and hope ignited in the staff member’s eyes.

“Hello?”

Qin Yue’s call was answered. The clear, cold female voice had a strong electronic, metallic quality, mixed with the sound of howling wind.

“Miss Qin, Miss Meng, where are you?”

“We’re outside.” The voice changed, and Meng Ziqing took the phone from Qin Yue. The car sped on the road, taking a slow turn in a leisurely manner.

She said casually, “Didn’t we tell the director that we were going out for a drive and would be back tonight? Please don’t disturb our time alone anymore.”

After speaking, she didn’t give the person on the other end a chance to reply, hung up the phone directly, and handed the phone to Qin Yue in the passenger seat.

Qin Yue took the phone. Outside, the snow-capped mountains beneath the azure sky, she smiled with a trace of indulgent helplessness, “Are you still not going to tell me where we’re going next?”

Meng Ziqing turned her head, a smile involuntarily rising at the corner of her lips, “We’re going to Baifeng Terrace.”

—To see the Sunlight on Golden Mountains.