Joining A Dating Show With Five Exes - Chapter 11

Chapter 11: I Naturally Belong to Cheng Cheng

Wang Shu tossed and turned all last night.

Early in the morning, she stood outside the door of the opposite villa.

Thinking of her Little Aunt’s difficult personality and how much she must have harassed poor Cheng Cheng, she couldn’t help but pace back and forth, almost wearing a layer off the stone steps, yet she never pressed the doorbell—

She was afraid of disturbing her beloved’s sweet dreams.

Wang Shu repeatedly took out a small mirror, ensuring not a single strand of hair was out of place.

However, all her careful grooming paled in comparison to the person who pushed the door open and emerged.

She was simply wearing a printed loungewear set, her hair still tousled and unmanaged, but when she looked up and her eyes curved in a shallow smile.

For a moment, Wang Shu was dazzled, feeling that the sun in the sky had come out from this very door.

Like a moth drawn to a flame, she rushed toward the sun without hesitation, until her senses were jolted by a striking and abrupt injury in the scene.

“Morning, Cheng Cheng… What happened here?”

Her initially sweet gaze suddenly froze. Wang Shu looked at the slightly swollen corner of her lips, which bore a damaged, deep red mark.

A bite mark.

It had even broken the skin slightly, making one imagine just by looking at it how wantonly those red lips had been trifled with and aggressively claimed last night.

—Who was it? Was it Little Aunt? Or that perpetually cold Xie Zhiqing?

Her reason was working to follow the clues, but Wang Shu could almost hear the fierce burning of jealousy in her own hollow chest, which had dropped to freezing point.

But the next second, she heard herself, wearing a smile, feigning an innocent inquiry.

It was like listening to a script meant for another person.

“Oh dear, did a bug bite Cheng Cheng last night? That’s terrible… It seems like the bugs on this island are especially poisonous. I killed several yesterday.”

Wang Shu’s voice was full of pity. She picked up Cheng Shiyuan’s wrist, which showed a mark similar to the bite, and gently chided the annoying pests, saying she was going to buy bug spray to eliminate them all!

It was the kind of adorable, childlike tone.

It made Cheng Shiyuan pause.

To clean up after the person who was usually more rational than anyone but completely uninhibited when she went crazy, Cheng Shiyuan had deliberately woken up early today and applied special effects makeup to her neck and arms, simulating an allergic reaction.

She hadn’t expected that before she could even start acting, Wang Shu had already picked up her script.

…It makes sense. Little Moon is still a pure, good kid; she wouldn’t connect it to that, right?

Cheng Shiyuan breathed a sigh of relief, raised her hand to rub the other’s head, but still politely declined Wang Shu’s offer.

Even a “bug” that caused her constant trouble was one of the only two existing beings that could extend her life, so she had to protect it well.

After all, those two troublesome figures had given her quite a bounty last night.

Cheng Shiyuan glanced at the value above her head: [Remaining Life Duration: 82 hours 54 minutes 33 seconds]

It was an unprecedented wealth.

But it was still far from her wish for a long life.

Remembering that Xia Ziran had left the villa late last night, Cheng Shiyuan looked at the innocent and pure Little Moon before her, who was free from her troublesome guardian.

Her tone became gentle and friendly: “You’re up so early, have you had breakfast?”

She planned to use the breakfast Xie Zhiqing had left behind as bait, tempting the little animal to jump willingly into her nest.

But to her surprise, Wang Shu also seemed to have been planning this breakfast for a long time.

An extravagant white truck slowly drove up to the villa—

Chefs filed out, and a long table was quickly filled with various breakfast items.

The red rice rolls, crystal shrimp dumplings, and golden siu mai released their aromas, as fresh flour was sprinkled on the countertop nearby. There was even fresh bluefin tuna meat, thinly sliced and laid out on a beautiful dry ice platter.

Cheng Shiyuan suddenly had the illusion that she was the one being hunted.

She crossed her arms and looked with interest at Wang Shu, who was trying to capture her with this lavish breakfast: “What’s the process now?”

This composed and relaxed demeanor, as if she were merely treating her as a child seeking attention, made Wang Shu’s throat constrict.

A sense of unconquered competitiveness clamored within her, wanting Cheng Shiyuan to physically experience that she was, in fact, a mature woman.

On the surface, however, she could only wear this gentle and harmless mask more securely: “I wasn’t thoughtful enough yesterday.”

“People’s tastes might change. I’d like to get to know you again, starting with this breakfast, if that’s okay?”

“Don’t worry, I prepared enough for everyone. Cheng Cheng just needs to choose what you like to eat, okay?”

Hold on, just a little longer.

Once this sun fell into her arms, she would no longer allow any “bug” to so brazenly place violating marks on her possession.

Wang Shu looked gloomily at the terrible wound on the red lips, and pretended to be generous, placing a cold dessert in front of her:

“This pastry isn’t hot, so it’s easier for you to eat now. Would you like to try it?”

However, this overly extravagant courtship scene attracted other unwelcome moths and butterflies.

Just as Cheng Shiyuan accepted the pastry, an arrogant voice cut across them: “You prepared such a luxurious breakfast, why didn’t you inform me?”

The uninvited guest sat down unprompted, her eyes fixed on Wang Shu.

Her rare moment of privacy was disrupted, and Wang Shu’s expression darkened slightly.

Damn it. Why did I forget to send this clingy person who followed me to the show away in advance?

However, trash can occasionally be a resource if placed correctly.

Wang Shu awkwardly replied, “You can eat too,” and then, as if unable to deal with the aggressive attitude, she subconsciously looked at the person who could help her escape:

“Cheng Cheng is going to shoot the ‘Meko’ commercial later, right?”

She gave Cheng Shiyuan a trusting and expectant look: “I happen to be the background model invited for that commercial. I’ll rely on your guidance later, Cheng Cheng?”

And this look, predictably, triggered the bystander.

Realizing that Wang Shu’s likes and dislikes were so obvious, and that he didn’t even bother to pretend with her, Ji Sheng’s face couldn’t help but darken.

“Just shooting a commercial, posing for a few photos, what’s there to teach?”

“If you like shooting commercials, I just invested in a small brand. How about I hire you as a spokesperson and put a five-minute ad on the major city landmarks?”

The words were direct, explicit, and aggressively throwing money at her.

Wang Shu scornfully scoffed inwardly.

She could almost hear the words her Little Aunt would say: “Only an idiot would spend money to do something that also offends people.”

She was certain that Cheng Shiyuan, who had seen far more aggressive courtship attempts, would dislike this attitude even more than she did.

Indeed, Cheng Shiyuan, standing nearby, slowly raised an eyebrow, and it wasn’t just because of the nouveau riche dialogue.

—Why is Ji Sheng here?

Although one was surnamed Cheng and the other Ji, their surnames were unrelated, they were family.

If she remembered correctly, this cousin, Ji Sheng, had already held an engagement ceremony with the eldest son of a prominent family abroad.

What’s this now, does she want to switch orientations and try something new?

But Wang Shu was not some toy that could be played with, paid for a smile when happy, and discarded when bored.

If a certain difficult and vengeful person found out that she had allowed her little niece to be “bullied” like this by her own family, there’s no telling how much anger she would unleash.

Watching Wang Shu’s tall figure now trying so hard and pitifully to hide behind her short chair, frightened.

Cheng Shiyuan slowly closed her chopsticks, placed them in front of Ji Sheng, who was about to chase after Wang Shu, and looked at her scholarly-looking glasses:

“Is your eyesight still as bad as before? Cousin.”

She smiled, reminding her with full concern: “If you can’t even see clearly who you’re chasing, you could easily suffer a loss.”

Ji Sheng heard the implied warning in her words but was unconcerned. No matter who Wang Shu was, she wouldn’t escape her grasp.

“Who do we have blocking the way? Turns out it’s the big star, Cheng.”

Seeing Cheng Shiyuan, as always, adopting the air of a legitimate heir, naturally lecturing others, the long-dormant feeling of nausea surged up in Ji Sheng’s heart.

She had already been abandoned by the family, just a low-class actress. What right did she have to tell her what to do?

Especially that face, like her actress mother’s, so beautiful and alluring, always plotting how to seduce people.

Was Wang Shu captivated by this kind of empty-headed beauty?

Ji Sheng sneered, determined to settle both old and new scores. She would ensure this person, who actively sought trouble, would have her reputation ruined starting with this show.

“I apologize for not recognizing you right away. I haven’t seen the loser in the competition for a long time, so I needed a moment to recall.

“Let me think, who was it who lost to me in the heir competition? It wouldn’t be you, would it, Sister?”

Her gaze swept past Cheng Shiyuan’s shoulder toward the fascinating new prey, who was destined to be hers, and whom no one could steal.

She patiently and gently advised:

“Wang Shu, you haven’t entered society yet. Don’t be so easily blinded by some mere pretty face.”

“Because some people, from the past until now, can’t win against me in anything, you know.”

Hearing this arrogant pursuer speak such presumptuous words, Wang Shu nearly burst out laughing.

But she held it in.

Because Cheng Cheng, the softest-hearted person, who always favored and protected her when she showed weakness, was still here.

Wrapping her arms around Cheng Shiyuan’s shoulders from behind, Wang Shu, like a clingy cat, pressed her face against her beloved’s neck. Instead of looking at Ji Sheng, she asked Cheng Cheng:

“I heard someone mention that because Cheng Cheng gave up the family inheritance, your family lost its most favored heir and had to pick from the remaining misfits, choosing the best of the worst, which allowed someone who took their maternal family’s surname to pick up the slack… So that’s her?”

“Then the Cheng family elders’ taste has become a bit too poor in recent years.”

Completely ignoring Ji Sheng’s existence, Wang Shu closed her eyes and gently rubbed her cheek against Cheng Shiyuan’s neck, her lips brushing against the most tender and vulnerable skin.

Feeling her body temperature, as if she could hear the flow of blood, she almost sighed out loud, giving rise to the delusion of merging with that heartbeat.

“—But Cheng Cheng, I’m different, okay?”

Reluctantly lifting her face, Wang Shu smiled brightly, gazing up at her beloved’s eyes, like a moth staring at a fatal yet dazzling flame, unable to escape her adoration.

“There’s no need to fight with anyone. I naturally belong to Cheng Cheng.”