Going from "Fanservice" to Reality with My Goddess - Chapter 30

Yu Nianzhe froze, completely at a loss for how to react for a moment.

The room fell silent for a short while.

Shen Yan’s expression had looked so serious, yet at the same time, it seemed so casual.

Of course, Yu Nianzhe hoped that Shen Yan’s words were serious, but taking it completely at face value seemed a bit ridiculous. The other party might have just been making a harmless joke; if she took it too seriously, she would lose.

Yu Nianzhe subconsciously avoided eye contact with Shen Yan, lowering her head slightly as she smiled. “Teacher Shen, you’ve agreed?”

Shen Yan’s expression was equally relaxed. “Happy cooperating?”

“Happy cooperating.”

The two of them returned to the casual state they were in when they first started small talk, chatting idly about miscellaneous things. Before they knew it, the entire morning had slipped away.

Shen Yan glanced at the time. “It’s noon already? Shall we grab lunch together?”

The location of this juice bar was relatively secluded, and driving back would take a considerable amount of time.

Yu Nianzhe was naturally willing and readily agreed, though she hesitated. “But if we head back now, isn’t it a bit late?”

Shen Yan said casually, “Let’s just find a place around here to eat, and we can leave after lunch.”

Yu Nianzhe thought about it and said, “I know a pretty good restaurant nearby. The owner’s cooking is excellent. Do you want to try it?”

Shen Yan said, “Let’s go then.”

Thus, Yu Nianzhe led Shen Yan through a maze of twists and turns in the area until they arrived in front of a small storefront. The shop looked very inconspicuous. Next to it stood a solitary sign with two simple, large characters written on it: Restaurant.

It could be described as incredibly plain and casual.

Shen Yan followed Yu Nianzhe into the shop. Although the space wasn’t large, it was kept very clean. It was obvious that the owner was a meticulous person.

Familiar with the layout, Yu Nianzhe walked straight to the counter and called out, “Auntie Wen.”

A woman lifted her head from behind the counter. She appeared to be in her forties, with a few strands of white hair at her temples. However, her face was gentle, a smile always graced the corners of her lips, and she looked very kind. Seeing Yu Nianzhe, she smiled and said, “Little Yu is here. You must be very busy lately, right? You haven’t come by to sit in my shop for quite some time.”

Yu Nianzhe smiled. “A lot of things have been happening lately, but look, didn’t I come over the moment I found some spare time?”

Auntie Wen laughed. “You’re a big star now. You certainly can’t be like back when you were in school, always running over to my place. Just focus on your work; I often see you on television.”

Yu Nianzhe introduced Shen Yan to Auntie Wen. “This is my friend, Shen Yan. Auntie Wen, you should know her, right?”

Following Yu Nianzhe’s lead, Shen Yan greeted, “Auntie Wen.”

Auntie Wen didn’t react upon suddenly hearing the name, but when she looked closer at the features of the person in front of her, she was startled. “Oh dear, you’re the Shen Yan who played Yu涵? Look at my tiny shop…”

Shen Yan immediately smiled and said, “Auntie Wen, look at what you’re saying. Big star or not, I’m just Niannian’s friend. She told me your cooking is delicious and insisted on bringing me here to try it.”

Hearing this, Auntie Wen narrowed her eyes with a smile. “Is that so? Please sit. What would you like to eat? Auntie Wen will make it for you.”

Yu Nianzhe let Shen Yan order first. “Order whatever you like. This meal is my treat today.”

Shen Yan smiled. “Then I won’t stand on ceremony.”

Shen Yan looked over the menu. It consisted entirely of home-cooked dishes, and among them were a few items that Mother Shen frequently prepared for her.

“Let’s have a winter melon and pork rib stew, and a sweet and sour pork loin.” After ordering, Shen Yan handed the menu to Yu Nianzhe.

Hearing the dishes Shen Yan rattled off, Yu Nianzhe was a bit surprised.

She had assumed Shen Yan would order vegetarian dishes. Whether from a health perspective or for body management, that would have aligned better with Shen Yan’s usual standards.

Sensing her thoughts, Shen Yan explained herself after ordering, “It’s rare for the two of us to have a meal together, so of course we have to indulge ourselves. Besides, aren’t you paying? I can’t let myself lose out.”

Yu Nianzhe ordered one more dish and smiled. “Then let’s happily enjoy eating meat together for this meal.”

Shen Yan remarked, “The prices of the dishes here are quite cheap.”

Yu Nianzhe said, “Yes, and the portions are generous too. I used to come here to eat all the time when I was in school. You could say it’s a hidden treasure of a shop tucked away in the alleys.”

Shen Yan said casually, “You used to come here often back in school? Then your bond with this place is truly deep.”

Unwilling to dwell too much on the past, Yu Nianzhe lowered her head to take a bite of rice, answering vaguely, “Yes. Before, my parents were busy with work, so I generally came here to eat. Later on, after I learned how to cook myself, I came less frequently.”

Shen Yan said in pleasant surprise, “You even know how to cook?”

Yu Nianzhe nodded. “Of course. If you want to eat it, I can cook for you when you’re free.”

“It’s a deal.”

As they were talking, Auntie Wen brought the pork rib stew to the table.

Yu Nianzhe highly recommended it: “Quick, try it. This is one of Auntie Wen’s signature dishes; the flavor is absolutely unmatched.”

Shen Yan picked up a piece of pork rib with her chopsticks and placed it into her mouth. The meat was stewed until it was completely tender and crisp, leaving a lingering fragrance between her lips and teeth.

Yu Nianzhe asked, “How is it?”

Shen Yan swallowed the meat and nodded. “It’s delicious. It tastes like home.”

As she spoke, she picked up another piece.

The dishes were quickly fully served. The two of them were indeed hungry. In the end, the two people who looked like they wouldn’t eat much—completely finished all four dishes, displaying great diligence and thriftiness.

Losing weight could be dealt with later; enjoying a beautiful meal was truly a matter that made one’s body and mind joyful, especially when it was with the person one liked.

Shen Yan praised Auntie Wen’s culinary skills to the skies, coaxing Auntie Wen until she couldn’t keep her mouth closed from laughing, telling the two of them to come back often whenever they had time.

After finishing the meal, Yu Nianzhe went to pay the bill. Auntie Wen absolutely refused to accept the money, saying it was her treat for the two of them. However, Yu Nianzhe remained firm business was business and paid the money anyway.

Leaving the restaurant, Shen Yan still didn’t want to part ways with Yu Nianzhe. She turned her head to ask her, “Do you have other things to do this afternoon? Why don’t we…”

Before she could finish her sentence, Yu Nianzhe’s phone rang.

Shen Yan: … Who is trying to ruin my good fortune?

Yu Nianzhe gave Shen Yan an apologetic smile and answered the phone. “Hello, Sister Wu. Is something the matter?”

After listening to the person on the other end, Yu Nianzhe responded, “Alright, I’ll head over right now.”

Yu Nianzhe hung up the phone and said embarrassedly, “I’m so sorry, Teacher Shen. My manager called me to head over to the company right now, so I can’t…”

Naturally, she wanted to spend more time with Shen Yan, but there were always certain people intent on tearing people apart.

Shen Yan felt a bit displeased inside, but she couldn’t prevent Yu Nianzhe from attending to her professional duties.

“It’s fine. Go handle your proper business first. We can gather again next time when you’re free,” Shen Yan said, pretending to be magnanimous.

Yu Nianzhe’s heart was sorrowful: No, staying with you is my proper business.

Just before leaving, Shen Yan asked another question, “By the way, who is your manager?”

“Wu Lian.”

“Oh, Wu Lian.” Shen Yan noted down this name, firmly marking a negative tally against her in her mental ledger.

Yu Nianzhe waved goodbye to Shen Yan. “Goodbye, Teacher Shen.”

“Goodbye.”

Two days flashed by, and the entire cast of Let’s Travel Together assembled to begin recording the second episode. Shen Yan and Yu Nianzhe, who had just parted ways a couple of days ago, met once again.

The recording location for this episode was chosen at  (Happy Kingdom), one of the three most famous amusement parks in the country. This amusement park spanned a massive area, featured a wide variety of advanced amusement facilities, and was an excellent choice for shooting variety shows and going on trips.

The opening sequence was still the interactions among the guests. With Chen Yanqing and a few others acting as the designated comedic relief, the atmosphere wasn’t awkward.

Once the opening chat ended, a staff member delivered today’s task cards.

Since they were at an amusement park, the activities were naturally related to the park’s attractions.

Chen Yanqing took the task card and read it aloud with his signature booming voice: “The theme of the second episode is ‘Happy Park Tour.’ The eight guests will be divided into four groups of two. You must search for hidden task silk pouches within the amusement park. Inside the silk pouches are cards describing the task requirements. Guests must proceed to the corresponding amusement facilities to complete the tasks. Completing different projects will yield different points. Failing or abandoning a task will yield no points. The points will accumulate, and the group in last place will face a severe punishment.”

[Severe. Punishment.]

[Inexplicably looking forward to it.]

Gu Ming still carried some psychological trauma from pedaling the small tricycle last time. She immediately asked, “What punishment?”

[Carry your teammate on a tricycle and pedal three laps around the amusement park.]

The director gave a mysterious smile. “The secrets of heaven must not be revealed.”

Gu Ming: …

The first step was still splitting into groups. Having gone through the grouping process last time, everyone generally wanted to pair up with the person they had worked with before. Therefore, the groupings this time remained identical to the previous one.

Once the groups were set, the competition officially commenced.

The very first step was to find the “silk pouches” mentioned on the task card. It had to be said that the production crew had indeed set up many hurdles to increase the difficulty of the competition. Just finding the silk pouches in the first step was no easy feat.

The amusement park was so vast, and the silk pouches were tiny. There was no specific description of what the pouches looked like, and they could be hidden anywhere, making the search incredibly tedious.

Yu Nianzhe and Shen Yan walked east and strolled west, conducting a carpet search that fell just short of overturning trash bins, before finally managing to find one.

Yu Nianzhe picked up the exceptionally small bag and remained silent for two seconds.

It really is small enough.

She opened the hard-won silk pouch only to see written inside: Super Big Pendulum. Guests must ride one round on the Big Pendulum while each holding a cup filled to the brim with water in their hands. If more than half the water remains in the cups when the project ends, the challenge is successful, earning 50 points.

Yu Nianzhe: …

Just seeing the name “Super Big Pendulum” started making her head spin, let alone having to hold cups of water.

Shen Yan leaned over to look. “What project is it?”

After reading it, Shen Yan similarly fell into silence.

A few seconds later, Shen Yan opened her mouth to speak, “Are you okay with this project?”

Yu Nianzhe shook her head hesitantly. “I think… I’m not okay with it.”

Hearing this, Shen Yan immediately said forthrightly, “Let’s go. We’ll find the next silk pouch.”

[Agreement reached.jpg]

[Hahahahaha what is wrong with you two! Are both of your courage levels this small?]

Yu Nianzhe and Shen Yan commenced a new round of searching. Perhaps the two of them were simply too unlucky—an encounter between two unblessed souls making their fortune doubly bleak—as they searched for a long time without finding another one.

Instead, they ran into Gu Ming and Xie You. Gu Ming took a brief look behind a row of seats, discovered something, and then dragged out a silk pouch, shouting loudly toward Xie You, “Youyou, I found another one! What about your side?”

Xie You similarly held a silk pouch in her hand as she ran over to Gu Ming’s side. “I found one too.”

Gu Ming said excitedly, “Fantastic! Which number is this for us?”

“The fifth one.”

“Let’s go, let’s go. We’ll complete the tasks first and then keep searching.”

As the two talked, their figures gradually drifted into the distance.

Leaving behind only Shen Yan and Yu Nianzhe, who hadn’t completed a single task, standing in the spring breeze in desolate silence.

[Hahahahahahaha sorry, I laughed out loud.]

[Don’t laugh! Do our Yuyu and Shen Yanyan not care about their dignity hahahaha]

Having suffered ten thousand points of critical damage, Shen Yan and Yu Nianzhe could only continue their search, finally finding one near a patch of bushes after a long time.

Yu Nianzhe carefully opened the silk pouch, silently praying that it wouldn’t be another thrilling and terrifying one like the “Super Big Pendulum”; they really couldn’t handle those.

Then she saw written on the card: Drop Tower. Guests…

Yu Nianzhe: …

Shen Yan took a glance and let out a sigh. “Let’s go, there are still opportunities.”

Thus, the “Cowardly Duo” could only abandon the task once again and continue searching for the next one.

By the time she grabbed a silk pouch for the third time, Yu Nianzhe was truly a bit scared.

She handed the pouch to Shen Yan. “Teacher Shen, why don’t you do it? I’m worried my bad luck is affecting the contents of the cards.”

Shen Yan’s expression was also very helpless. “My luck isn’t very good either…” As she spoke, she still opened the silk pouch, and the latter half of her sentence instantly lost its sound.

Vertical Roller Coaster. Guests must ride one round on the vertical roller coaster while simultaneously calculating a math problem provided by the staff. If they endure until the end of the project and the result of the math problem is correct, the challenge is successful, earning 50 points.

This was already the third one. If things continued like this, they would probably end up with a big fat zero.

Shen Yan said, “How about… we go give it a try?”

Yu Nianzhe and Shen Yan simultaneously looked toward the vertical roller coaster not far from them. The tourists sitting on it were currently passing through the bend with the steepest incline, their piercing screams constantly battering their eardrums.

Yu Nianzhe swallowed her saliva. “How about… the next one?”

Shen Yan immediately nodded in agreement. “Let’s go.”

[Roughly speaking, this is just fate.]

[Let us observe three seconds of silence for the two beauties.]

[This luck is truly unparalleled.]

Shen Yan rubbed her temples, thinking to herself: Am I really getting old? Why do young people nowadays like pursuing thrills so much?

The two of them commenced their fourth round of searching.

This time, their luck was finally a bit better. Within a few minutes, the two managed to find a silk pouch.

Yu Nianzhe opened it to look and let out a slight sigh of relief.

The task this time was to proceed to the Haunted House. Passing through it within twenty minutes would count as a successful challenge, and they could also net thirty points.

Originally, finding silk pouches wasn’t easy for them, and they had already wasted three opportunities in a row. If they continued wasting them, their points would likely hit rock bottom. This project wasn’t as highly stimulating as the previous ones; the things inside a haunted house were either props or staff members dressed up, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

Yu Nianzhe felt that they could challenge this project.

Yu Nianzhe said, “This task should be fine, right? Shall we go try it?”

The moment Shen Yan saw the words “Haunted House,” her expression stiffened for a split second, but she immediately covered it up with a smile. “Alright, let’s go check it out.”

The two arrived at the entrance of the haunted house, found a staff member to hand over the task card, and then walked toward the haunted house, with the dedicated cameraman following closely behind.

Just as they were about to step through the entrance, Shen Yan backed out again and asked the staff member, “This haunted house isn’t too scary, right?”

The staff member smiled and said, “Rest assured, the design of the amusement park’s haunted house takes into account the needs of various age groups. It isn’t very terrifying.”

Only then did Shen Yan feel slightly more at ease, walking into the haunted house together with Yu Nianzhe.

The interior of the haunted house was illuminated by a few dim yellow or fluorescent green lights, allowing them to see their surroundings well enough.

The two walked forward along the path. The surrounding walls were covered with various bizarre, abstract ghost heads and symbols, alongside a chaotic mess of props.

Yu Nianzhe whispered, “This looks too fake.”

Suddenly, several tightly closed doors appeared ahead. Just as Yu Nianzhe was planning to pass through the only small open door in the middle, the doors flew open with a swish. Several skeleton bodies inside vibrated continuously, while simultaneously emitting an eerie, grinding creak-creak sound of bones rubbing against each other.

Seeing this sight out of nowhere, Yu Nianzhe was startled, but she reacted quickly, calling back to Shen Yan as the two rapidly passed through the small door. The moment the door shut, the strange noises were cut off behind them.

Yu Nianzhe let out a breath. “Those doors opening so suddenly really gave me a fright.”

She asked Shen Yan again, “Teacher Shen, you weren’t scared, right?”

Shen Yan didn’t make a sound.

Only then did Yu Nianzhe realize that ever since they entered the haunted house, Shen Yan had been extremely quiet, not uttering a single word.

At first, she had merely assumed Shen Yan was very calm and viewed these things as child’s play, which was why she remained silent.

Now, she looked at Shen Yan with a hint of concern. Whether it was due to the surrounding lights or something else, Shen Yan’s face was starkly pale.

Yu Nianzhe called out softly, “Teacher Shen?”

“Ah,” Shen Yan snapped back to her senses. “What’s wrong?”

Yu Nianzhe asked, “Why haven’t you said anything this whole time? Are you alright?”

Shen Yan said, “I’m fine, I’m fine. Those doors opening suddenly just now gave me a fright. I’m okay now.”

Seeing that the other party’s expression was still reasonably peaceful, Yu Nianzhe finally set her mind at ease. “It’s good that you’re fine. Let’s keep walking forward then.”

As a result, the two had only walked two steps forward when a “human head” suddenly dropped down from above, landing right in front of Shen Yan.

Shen Yan locked eyes with it for one second, then violently grabbed the hand of Yu Nianzhe beside her.

She nearly screamed out loud directly.

Suddenly being grabbed, Yu Nianzhe was also startled. She hurriedly pulled Shen Yan away from the “human head” to her side, asking caringly, “Teacher Shen, are you alright?”

Shen Yan took a deep breath, taking advantage of the poor lighting here to work hard at maintaining her image.

She pretended to calmly ignore Yu Nianzhe’s question, asking the other party instead, “Why are your hands so cold?”

Suddenly being asked, Yu Nianzhe failed to react. “Huh?”

Shen Yan continued, “Did you not wear long johns? Spring has only just begun, and the weather hasn’t warmed up yet. How could you have already taken off your long johns?”

Yu Nianzhe: …

She wanted to say her hands were cold because the temperature inside the haunted house was low, and they had only become cold after staying inside for a while. But seeing as she indeed hadn’t worn long johns, it wasn’t easy to counter, so she could only answer obediently, “I understand. I’ll put them on when I go back.”

Only then was Shen Yan satisfied. “That’s more like it.”

The terrifying atmosphere from just now was instantly wiped clean.

[Hahahahahahaha Shen Yanyan, why are you so focused on health preservation?]

[Despite such a gloomy atmosphere, can you two please not discuss this kind of topic so seriously? Where is my scary atmosphere (even though it wasn’t that scary)!]

[Listen to Shen Yanyan’s words, go put on long johns quickly!]

After smoothly obliterating the tense, terrifying atmosphere, Shen Yan and Yu Nianzhe continued forward.

It remained Yu Nianzhe in front and Shen Yan behind.

Shen Yan’s nerves were highly taut as she stared at the path ahead, terrified that something strange would pop out again unexpectedly. Suddenly, something damp and slippery brushed against the back of her neck.

Shen Yan’s body froze instantly.

Her muscles rigid, she slowly turned her head around, locking eyes directly with a deathly pale face and cascading, pitch-black long hair.

Shen Yan could no longer hold out. Stepping forward a few paces, she fiercely hugged Yu Nianzhe.

Yu Nianzhe’s movements froze instantly.