Deliberate Possession [Entertainment Industry] - Chapter 107

Chapter 107: Embarrassing or Not

After about twenty minutes, Jiang Yumian, holding two boxes, stared at the two boxes in Su Mumu’s arms, deep in thought.

Su Mumu stared back without saying a word, her expression complicated.

The quiet atmosphere lasted for several seconds. Jiang Yumian finally couldn’t hold back. “How about we open one to see?”

Finding half of the treasure chests within half an hour, and all on their side. Was it that simple? Was this a joke?

Su Mumu pursed her lips, then quickly nodded. “Okay, let’s open them together.”

Jiang Yumian reminded her, “I’ll count to three, and we open. No cheating!”

Su Mumu twitched her mouth. “Got it, hurry up.”

Jiang Yumian: “3, 2, 1…”

With two “click” sounds, the locks on both their treasure chests opened simultaneously.

As soon as Jiang Yumian opened the box, she was startled by something that popped out, letting out a yelp. It almost hit her in the face, and she instinctively threw it out.

From the small box: “Didn’t expect that! Didn’t expect that! Didn’t expect that…”

Jiang Yumian stared at the sunflower on the ground, which kept making funny noises. She took a deep breath. She was so speechless!

She picked it up indignantly, gritting her teeth. “I really didn’t expect it!”

Then she slammed the lid shut. With a “smack,” the sound inside finally stopped.

She exhaled, then reacted and looked to see what was in Su Mumu’s box. Seeing how quiet she was, it probably wasn’t a scare.

“Mumu, what do you have?”

Su Mumu expressionlessly turned the box toward her. Jiang Yumian lowered her head to look. There was only one card inside with some words on it.

“Did a silly person actually open it?”

Just as Jiang Yumian was about to burst out laughing, she saw another sentence.

“The idiot next to them wouldn’t be laughing, would they?”

The smile on Jiang Yumian’s face instantly vanished, and she stopped laughing. Her gaze moved down, and she saw a line of the smallest text. “I guess the idiot who was laughing probably didn’t dare to laugh anymore.”

Jiang Yumian was speechless with a line of black on her forehead: “…”

Su Mumu couldn’t help but laugh. She closed the box and said with a smile, “I guess these aren’t the real treasure chests. It seems impossible to keep them closed. They’re all blind boxes until we open the right one.”

The production crew wouldn’t make it that easy for them to find. They were thinking too simply.

Jiang Yumian opened the lock on the other box as well. Afraid that something else would pop out, she turned the opening away. After waiting for two seconds, nothing popped out suddenly. Only then did she turn it back to look. It was another mission card.

“Pause Card, please pause in place for fifteen minutes.”

Jiang Yumian: “…”

Su Mumu leaned over to look, instantly gloating. “Oh wow, so you have to stand there. I’m leaving.”

Watching Su Mumu leave, Jiang Yumian stood there with her arms crossed, a little tempted to leave, but also wanting to follow the rules. However, the rule didn’t mention any penalty if she didn’t stay in place.

So, should she leave or not?

Jiang Yumian thought for a few minutes, feeling a little conflicted. She suspected that if she delayed any longer, Su Mumu would find everything. She blinked, and just as she was about to lift her foot to leave, the camera crew beside her coughed.

Jiang Yumian gave a dry laugh. Fine, she wouldn’t move.

Finally, under the gaze of the camera crew, she took out her phone and called Jing Xiaoyan.

After the live stream ended, the production crew no longer confiscated their phones, giving them sponsor phones instead. Jiang Yumian hadn’t remembered she could use her phone until now.

Jing Xiaoyan was no exception, a little surprised when her phone rang.

She glanced at Lin Xi, who was looking over, and quickly answered the phone. “Mianmian?”

Jiang Yumian responded, asking directly, “How are things on your and Sister Lin Xi’s side? Did you find anything?”

Jing Xiaoyan and Lin Xi exchanged glances. She answered truthfully, “I found it. I’m the black team.”

Jiang Yumian slightly opened her mouth, her eyes full of surprise, a little disbelieving. “You’re so fast?”

Jing Xiaoyan’s tone was playful. “Yeah, I’m lucky. I found four at first, picked one randomly, and opened it. It was the one. But the subsequent boxes wouldn’t let me open them. Lin Xi is so unlucky. She opened all the others and didn’t find anything. They were all prank items. She was even penalized with a cup of bitter melon juice.”

Lin Xi’s face was completely dark. “Why would you even say that…”

Jing Xiaoyan turned her head to look at her. “It’s the truth.”

Lin Xi gritted her teeth, shook her fist at her, and walked away, continuing to look for chests. She shouldn’t listen to the couple talking on the phone.

After Lin Xi left, Jing Xiaoyan whispered to the phone, “Am I good! Aren’t I lucky?”

Jiang Yumian’s mouth twitched, unable to hold back a laugh. “Good, you’re the best…”

She silently complained that she was just as unlucky as Lin Xi. Jing Xiaoyan must have stepped in dog poop somewhere.

Since Jing Xiaoyan was done, she thought for a moment and said, “I’ll send you my location. Come find me.”

Jing Xiaoyan looked up at Lin Xi, who hadn’t gone too far, and nodded dishonestly. “Okay. Haven’t you and Mumu found anything yet?”

Jiang Yumian twitched her mouth. “No. Mumu isn’t with me. Hurry up and come.”

The call ended. Jing Xiaoyan looked at the shared location on her phone and walked towards Jiang Yumian. It was just a little strange that Jiang Yumian wasn’t moving.

Lin Xi was with her. When Jing Xiaoyan answered the phone, she found a chest. Her luck wasn’t that bad either. After opening it, she also found her medal. She was the white team.

After walking for about ten minutes, they finally saw Jiang Yumian. A person was standing next to her. It wasn’t Su Mumu, but an unfamiliar face.

“Mianmian, did you find it?” Jing Xiaoyan asked, looking at the treasure chest in Jiang Yumian’s arms as she walked.

Jiang Yumian turned to look at her, wanting to complain a little, but remembering that she hadn’t forgiven her and they were filming the show, the smile that was about to appear quickly faded. “Sort of. I haven’t opened it yet.”

Jing Xiaoyan walked up to her. Before she could speak again, the person standing opposite Jiang Yumian greeted them warmly. “Hello, both of you. I’m the owner here, Yin Youbing.”

Hearing the surname “Yin,” Jing Xiaoyan paused, but quickly recovered her thoughts and greeted her along with Lin Xi. “Hello.”

Jiang Yumian also realized she should introduce her. “Oh right, I forgot to introduce her. She gave me this box.”

Her tone was still calm. This time, it wasn’t because she was trying to maintain composure towards Jing Xiaoyan. As a businesswoman, she couldn’t casually interact with her partner’s sister and automatically became serious.

Not to mention it was her partner’s sister that her partner didn’t like. She still couldn’t figure out the other party’s intentions, and she couldn’t give her a smile.

Yin Youbing smiled politely. “The director placed a treasure chest with me. I couldn’t sit still, so instead of waiting for you to find me, I came out for a walk.”

Lin Xi quickly nodded, staring at the treasure chest in Jiang Yumian’s arms and asking her, “Boss Yin, what color medal is in this chest?”

She was a little curious whether Jiang Yumian was on her team or Jing Xiaoyan’s.

Yin Youbing spread her hands. “I’m sorry, I don’t know either.”

Jiang Yumian looked at the box, not deliberately meeting Jing Xiaoyan’s eyes. Yin Youbing still hadn’t left. She had a misconception that Yin Youbing was deliberately staying there to observe her, or to be narcissistic, she wanted to stay longer and build a good relationship with her.

Lin Xi knocked on Jiang Yumian’s treasure chest. “Mianmian, I’m on the white team. Hurry up and open it to see if you’re with Jing Xiaoyan or me.”

Just as Jiang Yumian was about to refuse, Yin Youbing spoke again. “The box you took from me has to be opened in person.”

Jiang Yumian was stunned for a moment, wanting to ask her camera crew if there was such a rule, but asking would seem disrespectful. She had given her the box, and she was doubting her.

Jiang Yumian no longer hesitated. Her finger hooked the lock on the chest. With a “click,” it opened. She opened it expressionlessly, her eyes momentarily dazzled by a flash of white inside. Fine, white team.

She took out the medal. There was identity information on the back. She only glanced at it, then directly put it in her pocket, not giving anyone else a chance to see it.

Lin Xi laughed out loud. “Jing Xiaoyan, Mianmian’s CP this season is with me, hahaha.”

Sensing Yin Youbing’s gaze, Jiang Yumian also smiled, moving a step towards Lin Xi. The two of them stared at the expressionless Jing Xiaoyan.

Jiang Yumian didn’t act like she had a special relationship with Jing Xiaoyan. Instead, she smiled proudly, waving her hand at Jing Xiaoyan triumphantly. “Hurry up and find your teammate. Sister Lin Xi and I are leaving now. Bye-bye~”

Jing Xiaoyan: “…”

Yin Youbing withdrew her gaze and tactfully said, “Then I’ll leave too. I hope you have a pleasant experience.”

By the time she left, Jiang Yumian had already been pulled a few meters away by Lin Xi. Jing Xiaoyan was still following them, with no intention of finding her teammate.

Jing Xiaoyan sped up a few steps to catch up to them, reaching out to grab Jiang Yumian’s arm.

Her voice was full of resentment. “Wait for me.”

Jiang Yumian looked at her, not caring if Yin Youbing had gone far, and indulged Jing Xiaoyan hugging her arm.

She just didn’t want Yin Youbing to look at her and Jing Xiaoyan with a judging eye. Although Yin Youbing wasn’t obviously showing it, she sensed it. Perhaps it was because she had been an actress for so long and was sensitive to all kinds of looks. Anyway, she didn’t like it and felt uncomfortable.

Probably because her mother had outed her, Yin Youbing likely also knew that she liked girls. As for whether she knew that she and Jing Xiaoyan were together, if her observation just now wasn’t an act, she probably didn’t know. She was probably just guessing.

Hopefully, her intention was just to get their program to advertise for her. Jiang Yumian didn’t want to over-analyze her.

Jing Xiaoyan didn’t know Yin Youbing, so she didn’t overthink it. She hugged Jiang Yumian and squeezed. Lin Xi on the other side was squeezed almost into the greenery.

Lin Xi angrily squeezed back. “Jing Xiaoyan, can’t you walk properly!”

Jiang Yumian was in the middle, squeezed back and forth. Her back teeth were almost ground to dust. She forcefully pulled her two arms back. “Stop squeezing!”

Then she stepped out from between them, standing behind them, grabbing their arms and linking them together. “Squeezing, huh? Fine, you two are locked together. Squeeze now!”

Jing Xiaoyan turned her head, looking at her with a wronged expression.

Jiang Yumian crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow. “Squeeze, why aren’t you squeezing?”

Lin Xi also stared at Jing Xiaoyan, snorting disdainfully. “Yeah, why aren’t you squeezing?”

The camera crew nearby were all holding back their laughter, not daring to laugh out loud. However, Su Mumu and Chu Qianyuan, who had secretly crept up, laughed.

Su Mumu unceremoniously mocked them. “Mianmian said you were childish before I left. It seems it’s true.”

Chu Qianyuan crossed her arms, scrutinizing Jing Xiaoyan. “Are you embarrassing yourself?”

She didn’t know where they had popped out from, but hearing these people mock Jing Xiaoyan with her, Jiang Yumian became displeased. Only she could bully Jing Xiaoyan.

“Childish ghost, walk properly.” She pulled Jing Xiaoyan to her side, quickly changing the subject for the publicly humiliated girl, looking at Chu Qianyuan. “Sister Qianyuan, why are you over here?”

Jing Xiaoyan didn’t feel publicly humiliated and was about to retort, but Jiang Yumian had already pulled her and asked about something else, so she quickly settled down.

Chu Qianyuan patted her pocket. “Found it early, so I was just walking around and ran into Mumu on the way.”

Before they could ask which team Chu Qianyuan was on, Su Mumu immediately said, “I’m the black team, she’s the white team.”

Lin Xi’s inappropriate laughter rang out again. Even the couple was separated. “Hahaha, Mianmian and I are white, Jing Xiaoyan is black. Your CP fans are going to cry this season.”

Jing Xiaoyan nodded miserably. She was about to cry too.

Su Mumu shook her head with a half-smile. “Not necessarily.”

She took out a card from her pocket and continued, “Forced Exchange Card. I can exchange with anyone I want, and the other party has no right to refuse.”

Her tone was extremely proud.

Jing Xiaoyan looked at Chu Qianyuan’s face. No wonder she wasn’t worried at all. She was waiting for this.

Su Mumu fanned herself with the card, looking smug. “Oh my, should I exchange with Mianmian or Lin Xi?”

Jiang Yumian: “…”

Lin Xi twitched her mouth. She was making her an enemy here.

She covered her pocket, shaking her head directly. “I won’t exchange with you. If I exchange with you, I’ll be on the same team as Jing Xiaoyan. She’s a childish ghost. I don’t want to.”

Jing Xiaoyan glared at her. “Do you think I want to be with you.”

Lin Xi widened her eyes. “Hey! How ungrateful!”

Wasn’t it a good thing for her to let Jiang Yumian be with her!

Su Mumu raised her hand to interrupt them. “Oh, alright, alright. Your refusal is useless. I can exchange with anyone I want.”

She waved her hand, no longer teasing them, and said directly, “I’ll exchange with Mianmian.”

Jiang Yumian touched the medal in her pocket, having a question. “If I exchange with you, are our identities also exchanged? Will we be playing with open identities afterward?”

Su Mumu was also stunned. She only just realized that their identities were supposed to be hidden.

Both their eyes showed hesitation. Su Mumu lowered her gaze to the card, contemplating for a moment, and asked uncertainly, “Then, should we just forget it?”

Jing Xiaoyan: “No!”

Chu Qianyuan: “No!”

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