A Top-Tier Green Tea Actress Enters a Dating Reality Show - Chapter 57

A joint photo of Meng Ziqing and Qin Yue with their backs to the “Sunlight on Golden Mountain” appeared on their Moments and Weibo.

As if pre-arranged, their posting time and even the caption were identical.

The caption was just one word.

— “lucky”

In the photo, the two are wearing thick down cotton jackets, smiling, with the magnificent and radiant ‘Sunlight on Golden Mountain’ behind them. The floating gold shimmers, and the light reflects in their hair, bathing them in a soft glow. They lean against each other, the sun gently enveloping them, making them look inseparable.

Their demeanor is intimate. Meng Ziqing rests her head on Qin Yue’s shoulder, smiling brightly. Qin Yue, like the moon in the sky, has a gentle expression, looking at Meng Ziqing with tender affection. Her arm is draped around Meng Ziqing’s shoulder, as if she is about to become a cage, encircling the canary in her arms forever.

Even through the photo, one can see pink bubbles floating around, not to mention their rosy, slightly swollen lips and faint lipstick marks at the corners of their mouths, all symbolizing the kind of intimacy they had just experienced.

As soon as the photo was released, Weibo and reality exploded.

Most people participate in dating reality shows, which feature non-celebrities, primarily to increase their visibility, and secondarily to find romance.

Setting aside Wen Siliang, who wanted to use the show to latch onto Gu Yang, take Zhang Ke, for example. She’s a student and a pet blogger with seventeen cats. If she doesn’t find love on the show, she can at least earn some cat food money for her cat masters.

Su An’an, a designer, intended to start her own brand. She joined the show to expand her visibility and prepare for her future venture, bringing along her childhood friend, Jian Weilin.

Zhou Feng’s gym business was struggling, so he joined the show to attract some customers. Failing that, he hoped a wealthy woman might take an interest in him after the show, or at least that more people would come to his gym for workouts.

Everyone had their reasons.

Some were active on Weibo, while a very few were completely silent.

Such as Meng Ziqing and Qin Yue.

Netizens went wild shipping them in the live broadcast room and on the platform show, but the two principals on Weibo hadn’t posted anything in two months.

Compared to the flourishing Weibo accounts of the other guests, theirs were simply a wasteland of weeds.

The only thing moving was the continuously rising number of followers; the Weibo activity was stagnant.

This was also the reason why some people speculated they were following a script: they were so sweet in the live stream, yet they wouldn’t even post on Weibo in reality—it had to be a script.

The sudden appearance of “business operation,” especially sugar this sweet, poured straight down the throat, not only proved the skeptics of the show’s authenticity wrong but also drove their CP shippers insane.

They weren’t posting, but when they did, it was super sweet candy.

What did this prove?

It proved that—

The CP they were shipping is! Real!

The absolute truth!

Ah ah ah, the first time, the first joint photo of Meng Fairy and the cool, aloof sister ahhh!

So beautiful, so beautiful. Mom asked me why tears are flowing from my mouth.

What’s in the background? ‘Sunlight on Golden Mountain’? It’s so dazzling!

To see the ‘Sunlight on Golden Mountain’ at this time, what kind of luck is this? They must be so lucky!

“Sister Qingqing and Sister Qin Yue went to see the ‘Sunlight on Golden Mountain’!”

In the hotel, Zhang Ke exclaimed, holding her phone.

She looked at the photo in her Moments, a hint of awe flashing in her eyes. “It’s truly beautiful.”

“The ‘Sunlight on Golden Mountain’ in July or August. Shouldn’t they save this luck for buying lottery tickets?” Su An’an leaned over, her eyelids drooping, her tone tinged with sourness.

Maybe she’d had too much sour candy.

“The chances of seeing the ‘Sunlight on Golden Mountain’ increase significantly after October. I’ll go with you then,” Jian Weilin comforted her.

At the mention of October, Su An’an momentarily stiffened. She shook her head. “Forget it. I don’t like coming to Tibet.”

Zhang Ke blinked beside her, feeling like there was a story behind Su An’an’s words. She asked doubtfully, “Sister An’an, you don’t like Tibet. Is it because of altitude sickness?”

“Mmm… that’s part of the reason.” Su An’an nodded reluctantly and shrugged. “I came to Tibet once with my roommates just before graduating from university. That experience wasn’t very good, so I have a bit of a psychological shadow over this place.”

“Oh—I see.”

Zhang Ke nodded, suddenly enlightened.

She turned to the staff and said, “Now you don’t have to worry about them anymore. They’re probably on their way back.”

She glanced at the sky outside and speculated, “It looks like it will be dark in about two hours. They should be able to drive back to the hotel by the time it gets dark…”

The executive producer sighed in relief upon seeing the photo. “It’s good that they are safe now.”

“Then let’s wait here for a while. Everyone is free to move around during this time. The live broadcast filming will proceed as planned tomorrow.”

The dating show’s executive producer clapped his hands. The stressed look he had been wearing for half the day finally eased, showing two parts relief.

These two parts of relief grew less and less as the sky darkened.

They were gradually replaced by anxiety again.

The dating show’s executive producer paced in circles outside the hotel door.

He looked down at his watch; it was nearly 9:30 PM.

Qin Yue and Meng Ziqing still hadn’t returned.

This shouldn’t be happening. According to the time stamp on the photo they provided, it was 6:40 PM. Even if they had uploaded it right after taking the picture, they should have started their journey back by 7:00 PM.

The sky wasn’t completely dark then; it was still a dim yellow.

The drive should have been relatively smooth.

Even driving slowly, they should have been back in two hours, meaning they absolutely should have returned by 9:00 PM.

Could it be!

That something had happened?

The executive producer’s mind was consumed by various theories of misfortune, startling him so much that a cold sweat broke out on his back.

In a flustered state, he called Meng Ziqing’s number.

The call was answered quickly. “Hello.”

It was Qin Yue’s phone, but Meng Ziqing’s voice came through.

It seemed they were together.

The executive producer was slightly relieved.

“Miss Meng, Miss Qin, how are you two? Haven’t you reached the hotel yet? Did something happen on the road, or did the car break down? Do you need the production team to come out and get you?”

“Miss Meng, please don’t be nervous. Tell us your location, and we’ll come and pick you up right away!”

The executive producer was personally very nervous but still urged Meng Ziqing to keep calm.

Things are prone to happen at night; he was genuinely scared.

“Our car is fine.” Meng Ziqing let out a helpless laugh over the phone. She exchanged glances with Qin Yue, being unusually patient. “It’s just that after watching the Golden Mountain in the Sunlight, we wanted to see the night view, so we delayed for a while on the mountain.”

Meng Ziqing sat in the driver’s seat of the SUV, holding Qin Yue’s hand, unconsciously squeezing it.

“We won’t be returning tonight. It’s too late, and driving back now wouldn’t be safe.” Meng Ziqing said to the person on the other end of the line. “I brought enough cash with me. We’ll stay at a hotel down the mountain after we descend and return tomorrow morning to continue filming.”

“Don’t worry, it won’t delay the show’s recording,” she guaranteed.

“Then please be very careful. There are many wild animals in the mountains at night, so you must be extremely cautious.”

Hearing that Meng Ziqing and Qin Yue were safe, the executive producer felt a little less anxious.

He said thoughtfully, “The live stream doesn’t start until noon tomorrow. You don’t have to come back in the morning; I’ll have the production crew go to Lulang.”

“Rest a little more; you’ll have more energy for the daytime filming.”

Meng Ziqing smiled and accepted. “Then I’ll trouble the producer and the production crew staff.”

“Not at all, not at all.”

After Meng Ziqing hung up the phone, she noticed Qin Yue was smiling, resting her hand on her chin and looking at her.

“Sister, what are you looking at?” Meng Ziqing tilted her head and asked.

“I was just thinking that when we were arriving, a little kid said with a look of disdain that the production crew people were idiots and couldn’t even understand wordplay,” Qin Yue said unhurriedly, casting a gentle glance at Meng Ziqing.

She turned back to look at the stars. “Now that the production crew called, the little kid has turned into a polite, well-behaved child.”

“No choice. Only you truly understand me, Sister,” Meng Ziqing shrugged, showing no embarrassment whatsoever.

Qin Yue chuckled, sighing helplessly with a single word: “Fox.”

Meng Ziqing adjusted the seat behind her, comfortably half-lying down.

Under the dim yellow light inside the car, one of them was half-lying, and the other was slightly reclined, their postures clearly different, yet their hands were connected and intertwined.

Just like the two of them, two drastically different individuals, yet possessing similar core essences, entangled in a bond that couldn’t be untangled.

They were destined to be wrapped around each other.

Fusing into one entity.

The two watched the stars and chatted idly, laughter occasionally spilling from inside the car.

“It’s a pity there’s no moon tonight,” Qin Yue said regretfully as they prepared to descend the mountain.

“Is that so…” Meng Ziqing narrowed her eyes, focusing her sight out the car window.

The sky in Tibet was undoubtedly beautiful. There were no clouds, just a dazzling expanse. The stars were scattered like crushed diamonds on black velvet cloth, or like glowing sesame seeds. Whether like crushed diamonds or sesame seeds, every star-diamond had its own place, shimmering brightly on the night sky.

The night sky was black with a hint of purplish blue, magnificent and mysterious, inexplicably making Meng Ziqing think of…

Qin Yue’s eyes.

Meng Ziqing suddenly remembered the meaning of Qin Yue’s name.

Yue : A divine pearl.

Meng Ziqing couldn’t help but smile. Isn’t that right?

Qin Yue—she was a precious, shining divine pearl gifted by the heavens.

“There’s nothing to regret,” Meng Ziqing shook her head.

“?” Qin Yue turned back, confused.

Meng Ziqing ignored her, started the engine, and drove.

There’s nothing to regret.

Because—

I have already seen my own “Yue” (Moon/Pearl).

However, Meng Ziqing would not tell Qin Yue this point right now.