I Topped the Aloof Omega in a Scummy Alpha Novel - Chapter 33.2

Another group, Bian Yunchen’s fans, were very concerned about Yunchen’s safety.

“Don’t worry, Yunchen is doing great.” Xuan Yuchi lifted Yunchen’s left hand, then her right hand, and then turned her around, just to prove that Yunchen was physically unharmed.

Bian Yunchen cooperated physically, but couldn’t help showing exasperation on her face.

Bullet Comments: [Look quickly, I’ve never seen Actress Bian look so exasperated.]

[What do you guys know? This is called pampering, understand?]

[It’s clearly exasperation. Bian Yunchen has always maintained a reserved public image.]

[Who are you calling reserved? Our Yunchen just has class and elegant manners, okay?]

The bullet comments started arguing again.

After speaking, Xuan Yuchi went to climb the orange tree. Bian Yunchen’s eyes followed her, watching Xuan Yuchi climb the tree like a monkey, moving to a nearby branch.

“Be careful,” Bian Yunchen reminded her.

Lest she fall to the ground and cry to her later.

Xuan Yuchi picked an orange, and the branch swayed, looking precarious.

An orange hit Yunchen’s head.

She had a momentary look of displeasure, which was immediately captured by the live stream audience.

Xuan Yuchi opened her mouth: “Ah… I thought you’d catch it.”

Bian Yunchen rubbed the top of her head, her tone as calm as still water: “You didn’t say when.”

Xuan Yuchi hadn’t even looked her in the eye, simply tossing the orange down.

Bullet Comments: [Zero chemistry, hahaha.] [I’m so angry, can’t she be more careful? It hit her right on the head.] [Doesn’t Bian Yunchen ever get mad?]

“Clap, clap.”

One orange was caught by Bian Yunchen, and another hit her arm.

“Sister Bian, you don’t have to catch them. Just let them fall to the ground, we’re going to peel them anyway.” Xuan Yuchi picked one orange after another, throwing them carelessly. No matter where Bian Yunchen stood, one would inevitably fly at her within three seconds.

The hit rate was eighty percent, even messing up Yunchen’s hair.

[Is today my Chen’s day of suffering? My heart aches…] [Xuan Yuchi, look at Yunchen’s expression!] [This is also a form of chemistry, LOL.] [The Film Empress is having a day like this! Suddenly I feel Actress Bian is much more down-to-earth.]

“That’s enough.” Bian Yunchen picked up the oranges on the ground and put them in a bag, collecting twenty in total.

There was a small stream below. Bian Yunchen washed the orange peels, then washed her hands.

Xuan Yuchi had already eaten several oranges with dirty peels, but she respected Yunchen’s fastidiousness in certain areas and quietly squatted by her side the whole time.

Xuan Yuchi checked the bullet comments for a bit.

She noticed someone saying Yunchen was being pretentious, even washing the orange peels.

Xuan Yuchi faced the camera, put an orange segment into her mouth, then pointed to Yunchen beside her: “She’s mainly washing her hands, and just happened to wash the oranges too.”

Bullet Comments: [You’re already in the mountains, why be so fussy? You city people are something else.] [What’s wrong with washing hands? None of your business, go away if you don’t like it.] [Why are the fans so aggressive? Can’t we say two words? I’m going to say it!]

Xuan Yuchi watched the bullet comments for a moment, her mind spun, and she suddenly felt a need to perform.

She took the hand that had touched the unwashed oranges and held Yunchen’s still damp hand, thrusting it towards the camera with a smug smile: “Because Sister Bian needs to hold my hand, so she washed them. Sister Bian is a very detail-oriented person. Maybe some people just like touching others with dirty hands.”

Bullet Comments: [Well said. Some people just don’t know proper etiquette, hicks.] [Worthy of being our Chen protector!] [Yunchen is so thoughtful, I love her, I love her.] [Whispering: This Xuan Yuchi didn’t wash her hands either…]

Bian Yunchen didn’t look at the bullet comments, but probably guessed what they were arguing about. She had never cared about such things anyway. She held Xuan Yuchi’s hand and washed it again in the water, then patted the dirt off her body from climbing the tree.

“These oranges are really delicious.” Xuan Yuchi peeled two for Yunchen, and one each for the camerawoman and A Fan.

Since they rested in this forest last night, they didn’t have to go to the forest the production team had reserved for them today and could head straight to the village.

Bian Yunchen received a mission card: “Please proceed to Shoucun (Guardian Village).”

She showed the mission card to the camera, while Xuan Yuchi was busy packing up the tent behind her.

Bullet Comments: [Isn’t this an outdoor adventure show? Why are they going into a village?] [Of course, it’s to take care of the Omega.] [What are some people saying? This season is much more dangerous than any previous one, okay?] [Haters, disperse!]

Xuan Yuchi, as usual, let everyone get into the car first, placing the luggage on the road. A flashing light vehicle appeared in the distance.

A special agent in uniform stepped out of the special operations vehicle.

“Are you Ms. Xuan Yuchi?”

Xuan Yuchi: “I am.”

Special Agent: “Please come with me and Ms. Bian Yunchen.”

The camerawoman also started to follow, but the special agent stopped her.

Xuan Yuchi got into the car and asked, “Special Agent Sister, what is this about?”

She considered herself a law-abiding citizen, and Yunchen was too.

The special agent in the passenger seat said, “A witness saw a woman releasing venomous snakes towards you. The person involved, a Ms. Mo, is currently receiving treatment at the hospital. We are here to take you to the Special Operations Bureau for evidence collection.”

Xuan Yuchi was stunned. She thought the two venomous snakes were from the forest. It turned out someone was trying to harm her again.

Bian Yunchen’s heart sank, and she already had the answer.

Her phone screen lit up with another email from a stranger.

Bian Yunchen clicked it open—a photo.

The background was a Southeast Asian restaurant. Xuan Yuchi was sitting next to a woman. The woman was smiling brightly and feeding Xuan Yuchi fruit with a fork.

The woman’s smiling face in the forest flashed through Bian Yunchen’s mind. She suddenly looked at Xuan Yuchi, her eyes carrying an ambiguous meaning.

A Fan.

She knew she looked familiar. She had seen this person in the collection of photos Jessica had initially gathered.

Bian Yunchen opened the email again and replied to the person on the other side for the first time.

“What is your goal?”

Soon, she received a reply.

“You are not suitable for her.”

Bian Yunchen closed her phone, gripping it tightly. She was so angry she laughed.

Xuan Yuchi saw her expression and thought she was angry because someone had deliberately harmed them. She patted her hand: “I’m here.”

Bian Yunchen gripped her hand, pressing Xuan Yuchi’s hand underneath hers, fingers tightly interlocked. Her brooding eyes seemed to want to trap the person in front of her.

Yet, such insane possessiveness vanished instantly as rationality surged through her.

At the Special Operations Bureau.

As soon as Xuan Yuchi walked in, she saw a familiar face. She narrowed her eyes, imagining Bai Fu’s despicable actions during this period.

The special agent took Xuan Yuchi into a room and questioned her for twenty minutes, then questioned Bian Yunchen. Although neither of them had personally seen Bai Fu release the snakes, combining the human and material evidence available, Bai Fu could be locked in as the suspect.

“Thank you for your cooperation. I’ll take you back,” the special agent said.

After seeing the two off, the special agent who was the eyewitness, Christine, was called into the office by Director Anya.

Anya: “Don’t make this matter public.”

Christine nodded.

“Go back to work.”

After Christine left, Anya called Bai Yi.

How could she ensure Bai Yi would bail her out? If she had evidence of Bai Fu’s crimes, that would be different…

Outside the Special Operations Bureau, Bian Yunchen did not rush back to the car. She wanted to buy water. Xuan Yuchi followed her.

Bian Yunchen made a phone call.

“I can cooperate with you, but I have one condition. I am in Pingyan City. Bai Yi’s daughter, Bai Fu, released venomous snakes to bite me. The evidence is conclusive. I do not want this evidence to suddenly disappear tomorrow.”

“This is not just my stance, but the stance of the entire Bian family.”

Xuan Yuchi didn’t hear the end. She went into the convenience store and bought an Iced Americano and a bottle of peach-flavored sparkling water.

She unscrewed the sparkling water and handed it to Bian Yunchen.

“The opposition party?”

Bian Yunchen took it and drank a small sip: “Yes.”

Xuan Yuchi grinned, linking her arm through Bian Yunchen’s: “Let’s go.”

Before that election, the Bian and Xuan families had overtly and covertly favored the opposition party.

Xuan Yuchi also hoped the opposition party would win the next election; the country needed a breath of fresh air.

She was even happier that she and Yunchen could agree on this point.

It was already afternoon when they returned to the mountains. The two walked a long way before finding a stream and were lucky to catch a small fish the size of a palm.

Before coming, Xuan Yuchi had deliberately learned how to grill fish in the wild online. Scaling, skewering, lighting a fire, grilling—her skills were as practiced as an old master who had done it for decades.

Bullet Comments: [It looks so tasty, I’m drooling.] [Seriously, I can smell the fish through the screen.] [It’s such a small fish, how are these two eating it with such enjoyment…] [Master Xuan’s great cooking!]

After eating, Xuan Yuchi gave the last wet wipe in her bag to Yunchen and went to the riverbank to clean herself.

The water in the river wasn’t very clean, but she didn’t mind.

However… she rubbed her belly, the sorrow of not being completely full overflowing in her eyes.

When one is hungry, even the most cheerful person feels downcast.

Fortunately, there were the oranges they picked in the morning. She ate two, barely managing to comfort herself.

The three-wheeled vehicle puttered along the mountain road, running out of gas halfway.

Unfortunately, today’s lottery draw chances were used up. Xuan Yuchi tried all sorts of coaxing, provocation, and goading on System 456, but System 456 remained immovable.

Thankfully, at seven in the evening, the group, dragging their exhausted bodies, arrived at the entrance of Shoucun.

All the production team members were waiting in Shoucun.

Bian Yunchen received a mission card: “Please find lodging by negotiating with the villagers.”

Bullet Comments: [Hehehe, the production team is cutting them slack.] [Isn’t this easy for big stars?] [The villagers of Shoucun are so lucky, sob sob.] [Is it too late for me to go to Shoucun now?]

With the two camerawomen, Xuan Yuchi and Bian Yunchen could split up.

Xuan Yuchi volunteered to leave Yunchen to wait for her while she went to find lodging.

It was only seven in the evening, but the main road in Shoucun was already deserted, although the surrounding houses still had lights on.

Xuan Yuchi confidently walked up to the first house and knocked on the door.

“Knock, knock, knock.”

“Who is it!”

A middle-aged woman in a red jacket opened the door, looking displeased.

Xuan Yuchi held up the oranges they picked in the morning: “Good evening, Sister. We’re here to film a show in Shoucun. Could we possibly stay the night? Just two of us.”

“No, you can’t.” The woman shut the door with a stern face.

“Who was it?” another voice asked from inside.

“Beggars.”

Xuan Yuchi faced immediate rejection in her first attempt. The camera was aimed squarely at her face, magnifying her awkward expression infinitely.

Bullet comments mocked her relentlessly.

However, she wasn’t discouraged. She immediately adjusted her attitude, held the oranges, and went to the next house.

The door was answered by a woman holding a child. Xuan Yuchi explained her purpose, but was shooed away with several “Go away! Go away!”

Bullet Comments: [Seriously, I’m dying of laughter. I understand why the production team chose this place.] [I’m from this county, and I can testify that the people of Shoucun are notoriously unfriendly.] [Maybe they’d have a chance if they brought Yunchen along.]

Xuan Yuchi asked three more houses, getting the cold shoulder every time.

The production team wouldn’t let her use money, and Xuan Yuchi was getting frustrated.

Even in a place like Yuebei, she had encountered kind people like Sister Ah Lian. This Shoucun didn’t look that poor. Was refusing lodging a local custom?

Xuan Yuchi was reflecting on her approach to asking for lodging when suddenly an old woman smiled and waved at her.

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