The Beautiful Female Supporting Character is Flirtatious and Amorous [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 30

Chapter 30: I’m Convinced After Being Severely Educated by My Rival (7)

Fu Ying looked like a protective mother hen as she glared at Ying Chen with a fierce expression, as if she would rush forward and scratch his face if he dared to refuse.

Ying Chen’s face turned livid as he stared back at her for a long while. He looked over at Duan Qingli, who showed no intention of smoothing things over or saying anything helpful for him, and couldn’t help but take several deep breaths. “I apologize. My tongue slipped in the heat of the moment; I hope you won’t take it to heart.”

After squeezing those words out from between his teeth, Ying Chen felt that his face and his dignity had been tossed onto the ground to be trampled upon at will.

He looked at Xu Yangyang, resentment flashing in his eyes.

It was all her fault. If she hadn’t started it, how could Fu Ying and Duan Qingli have become as cold-blooded and heartless as her, turning their backs on him? If it weren’t for her, his hard work finding ingredients yesterday wouldn’t have looked so mediocre and incompetent by comparison, making him an object of ridicule.

Ying Chen clenched his fists. If looks could kill, Xu Yangyang would have already died ten thousand times over.

Xu Yangyang didn’t miss Ying Chen’s reaction. She chuckled inwardly and spoke to 0357 in a lazy, relaxed manner, “Is this all the male lead of this world amounts to? There’s hardly any challenge.”

After a moment of silence, 0357 gave her a subtle reminder: “Host, you seem to have forgotten that besides Fu Ying and Duan Qingli, there are many other rich women behind him.”

Xu Yangyang was noncommittal. “Since I can incite a rebellion and straighten out one, there will be a second and a third.”

“Once I’ve turned all the women supporting him against him, I’ll see who he can rely on.” Contempt seeped into Xu Yangyang’s words. “If his so-called ‘male lead halo’ is built on the backs of countless women, then he might as well stop being the male lead.”

Xu Yangyang’s tone was serious, not at all like she was joking.

0357 felt a chill in its heart and silently lit a candle for Ying Chen.

Fu Ying now admired Xu Yangyang to the point of total devotion. An accidental glance caught Ying Chen’s face full of defiance and calculation, and she immediately mocked him: “If you don’t want to apologize, then don’t. Why are you making that face like you want to kill Manman?”

“Could it be that just because Manman is more outstanding and stronger than you, you’ve started to resent her?”

“There are so many people in the world more outstanding than you; do you intend to find every one of them an eyesore and wish to pull them down from their heights?” Fu Ying crossed her arms, her combat power soaring at this moment. “I used to think you were alright, but why do you look so disgusting now?”

Fu Ying frowned, already starting to consider whether to use her family connections to kick Ying Chen off the show.

After all, she got along quite well with the other four guests. If the jealous Ying Chen weren’t here, they would likely help each other and get along harmoniously.

But Ying Chen had good traffic; keeping him would be good for the livestream data. Moreover, if they didn’t keep him, how would they expose his true face and knock him back to his original form? With this warning, Ying Chen likely wouldn’t participate in similar variety shows in the future, so if they missed this chance, they might not get another.

After wavering for a while, Fu Ying finally decided to let nature take its course.

In any case, Xu Yangyang could handle him.

Xu Yangyang glanced at Fu Ying with surprise, suddenly finding her incredibly useful. She was like a sentient gun in her hand; without needing a word, she knew to strike at Ying Chen proactively.

Xu Yangyang liked Fu Ying more and more.

Being targeted by Fu Ying over and over again, Ying Chen also felt a surge of anger. He looked coldly at Fu Ying, his face terrifyingly dark.

Fu Ying was startled, but after realizing what was happening, she became furious. Her lips moved, and she was about to start shouting when Duan Qingli lightly tugged at her.

Turning her head, she saw the other woman shaking her head almost imperceptibly.

Although a bit unwilling, Fu Ying knew that Ying Chen had already lost all face after being scolded by her in front of so many people in the livestream. It wasn’t that she was afraid of Ying Chen; she was just afraid that Ying Chen might become desperate, take this debt out on Xu Yangyang, and do something disadvantageous to her.

Therefore, Fu Ying slowly closed her mouth, ignored Ying Chen, and knelt down to help Xu Yangyang peel the bamboo shoots.

Duan Qingli feigned a few words of comfort to Ying Chen and successfully persuaded him to leave. Looking at the back of Fu Ying’s head, she felt a bit of a headache; she really was an innocent, artless young lady.

She had just made Ying Chen lose so much face; who knew how he would hold a grudge and retaliate in the future.

While an open attack is easy to dodge, a hidden arrow is hard to guard against. Although Ying Chen was just a mantis trying to stop the Fu family’s carriage, he had great luck with women; perhaps there was another rich woman equivalent to the Fu family willing to help him.

Lost in thought, Duan Qingli was absent-minded as she peeled the bamboo.

Ying Chen’s fans had exploded the moment Fu Ying started scolding. They united to pressure the production team and Ying Chen’s company, determined to get justice for him.

Unfortunately, Ying Chen’s company was always aggressive. Besides, “black popularity” is still popularity. Regarding the massive discussion Ying Chen currently generated, the company was only too happy—how could they let him leave and waste such a perfect opportunity to grow his fame?

The production team was even more indifferent. Backed by the Fu family, why would they fear a few measly fans?

Thus, after the fans made a scene, it had no effect. Instead, several of Ying Chen’s rivals took advantage of the situation to hit him while he was down, pretending to be fans of Fu Ying and the other guests to scold them severely.

In this battle, Ying Chen’s fans suffered a total defeat.

The internet finally returned to peace. Many of Ying Chen’s fans were utterly disappointed, while many others were scolded so badly their faces turned red; in a fit of rage, they unfollowed him, not intending to continue following such a scandalous artist.

Of course, the vast majority still stayed.

Xu Yangyang listened to 0357’s real-time report, her eyes curving into a smile.

Once the ingredients were processed, since neither Gan Duanling nor Deng Bokai knew how to cook, Fu Ying volunteered and raised her hand, “I’ll do it, I’ll do it!”

Back then, to please Ying Chen, she had spent a fortune hiring several five-star chefs to teach her. From the beginning, when her cooking was worse than pig slop, to now, when it was full of color, aroma, and flavor, no one knew how much sweat and effort she had quietly put in behind the scenes.

Fu Ying was extremely relieved; luckily she had learned this skill, or she and Xu Yangyang would have gone hungry.

Duan Qingli knew a little about cooking, but not much, so she helped prep the vegetables in the kitchen. Xu Yangyang originally planned to follow them in, but was stopped by Fu Ying: “You rest for now; our dinner relies on you.”

Hearing this, Xu Yangyang didn’t insist. She lay leisurely in the rocking chair by the main door, closing her eyes comfortably while holding the two cats.

Ying Chen was nearby, but neither addressed the other until Fu Ying finished making lunch.

Fu Ying’s skills were quite good. Gan Duanling and Deng Bokai went into “praise mode,” making Fu Ying’s tail curl up with pride, her expression extremely happy. Duan Qingli also joined in at the right time; there was no harm in getting on good terms with Fu Ying.

Xu Yangyang ate quickly. Fu Ying’s eyes widened, and she also sped up her eating. Seeing this, the others quickly shut their mouths and ate like a whirlwind.

Ying Chen, immersed in his own calculations, snapped back to reality— “…”

The plates in front of him were clean; not even a scrap was left. The veins on his forehead throbbed violently. Were these people the reincarnations of hungry ghosts? He hadn’t even eaten two bites!

Gan Duanling and Deng Bokai were stuffed and felt very bad about it. After volunteering to handle the dishwashing, they found Fu Ying and said very cautiously: “Miss Fu, how about we swap tasks with you?”

“This afternoon, you go to the mountains with them to find ingredients, and the two of us will help you plow the field.”

“Of course, after you finish cooking, the dishwashing will still be left to us.” Gan Duanling asked nervously: “What do you think?”

Fu Ying agreed without hesitation, “Okay.”

She had originally been disgusted by Ying Chen. Now that there was a chance to stay away from him and stay with Xu Yangyang, she was almost giddy with joy. On the surface, Fu Ying remained relatively calm: “Don’t worry, since you’re looking after me, I won’t let you lose out.”

Gan Duanling and Deng Bokai looked at each other with guesses in their hearts but didn’t pry. After a series of grateful words, they tactfully withdrew.

Thinking that she could go out with Xu Yangyang in the afternoon, Fu Ying hopped over to Xu Yangyang like a rabbit, impatient to tell her the good news.

Xu Yangyang feigned a bit of surprise. “They’re quite smart.”

“Aren’t they? You’re capable and find many things. I’m a good cook and make tasty food. Letting us work together is the optimal solution.” Fu Ying said, “Even though they have thin arms and legs, they are men after all. It’s impossible for them to be worse than me.”

The more Fu Ying spoke, the more it made sense. She and Xu Yangyang were simply natural teammates.

Xu Yangyang smiled and remained noncommittal.

In the afternoon, Xu Yangyang led Duan Qingli and Fu Ying in a busy session, and they again returned fully loaded. Gan Duanling and Deng Bokai were amazed, and even Ying Chen rareley questioned his life.

Was he… really that useless?

It was clearly the same mountain; why could Xu Yangyang find so much food?

Therefore, after a new round of task drawing, Gan Duanling handed over the slip without thinking. “Sister Yan, Miss Fu, we’ll leave our meals to you.”

Xu Yangyang and Fu Ying weren’t polite and agreed to the task swap.

Ying Chen wavered, and to salvage his image, he simply said, “How about we don’t draw straws anymore? The three of us will do the farm work, and the cooking tasks will be left directly to you.”

“That works.” Xu Yangyang scanned Ying Chen with an unreadable glance, and Ying Chen instantly became vigilant.

Actually, he didn’t want to do this, but the impact of the gift-giving incident was too great. He had to find ways to restore his reputation to avoid losing resources. It was just a bit of physical labor and hardship; at worst, he could slack off. With Gan Duanling and Deng Bokai as a comparison group to lower the bar, even if he slacked off, the netizens wouldn’t criticize him.

After a day passed, Ying Chen was extremely glad for this decision.

Since the three female guests gathered together, not only had they never gone hungry again, but their taste buds were fully satisfied. Fu Ying’s skills were quite good. After a few meals, they felt like they were filming a food show.

The bullet chat praised Fu Ying once again. Fu Ying’s fans puffed out their chests with pride just like their idol, feeling extremely smug.

Coming to this show was a good move!

Not only did it overturn Fu Ying’s “love brain” persona, but it also made her a focal point because of her good cooking skills, gaining her a lot of love from netizens. Fu Ying’s fans almost wanted to set off firecrackers in celebration.

Six days passed in a flash.

After dinner ended, Director He gathered the six of them and announced: “Tomorrow is everyone’s ‘indulgence day.’ The production team will distribute a total of five hundred yuan in living funds to the guests. You can go to the town’s market to buy the vegetables, fruits, meat, and so on that you want to eat.”

As the words fell, Fu Ying was the first to cheer, followed closely by Gan Duanling and Deng Bokai, giving Director He a lot of face.

Director He’s lips moved, and after a moment he continued: “However, a mysterious guest will arrive tomorrow. So this five hundred yuan in living funds is not just to satisfy your own appetites; you also need to properly entertain the mysterious guest.”

“Five hundred is too little.” Fu Ying was the first to protest. “You need to add more money.”

Director He looked at her. “It’s not little. Prices at the town’s market are cheap. Five hundred is enough for the seven of you to eat until you want to vomit.”

“Alright, if there are no other questions, everyone hurry up and pack, wash up, and go to bed.” Director He ignored Fu Ying’s glare. “Goodnight, see you tomorrow.”

Director He slipped away quickly. Even if Fu Ying wanted to pester him to scrape some money out of him, she couldn’t.

Helplessly, Fu Ying gave up and turned to ask Xu Yangyang, “Manman, who do you think the mysterious guest will be tomorrow?”

Xu Yangyang already knew the person’s identity from 0357. Speaking of which, it was an old friend of both Fu Ying and the original host named Liu Xuehe. She had a family background similar to Fu Ying’s, and the two were very good friends.

But Xu Yangyang searched through the memories in her mind, and the corners of her lips curled up with interest.

Besides having a good relationship with Fu Ying, Liu Xuehe actually interacted frequently with the original host as well. On the original host’s birthdays, Liu Xuehe would even prepare a generous gift to celebrate, never missing a year.

It was common knowledge that Fu Ying and the original host didn’t get along. Under these circumstances, for what purpose did Liu Xuehe approach the original host?

Xu Yangyang stroked her chin, suddenly becoming interested.

“We’ll know tomorrow.” She gave Fu Ying a casual answer. Fu Ying tilted her head and thought, “True.” She didn’t press further.

“It would be great if it’s a female guest.” She said expectantly, “That way, when we’re free, we can play mahjong together, or boil tea around a stove and talk about girl stuff.”

Hearing this, Xu Yangyang lifted her eyelids and looked at her innocent appearance, shaking her head inwardly.

I hope you can keep thinking that way when you see Liu Xuehe tomorrow.

Liu Xuehe was clearly not right, but as for exactly what was wrong, Xu Yangyang closed her eyes—it would become clear after meeting and testing her out a bit tomorrow.

The weather the next day was very good.

Fu Ying made a point to wake up early and sat at the dressing table to put on a beautiful makeup look. She was already beautiful and her technique was good; after she finished, even Xu Yangyang couldn’t help but look at her a few more times.

Noticing Xu Yangyang’s actions, Fu Ying proudly straightened her back. Habitually, she wanted to mock her for a bit but then realized they had already cleared the air.

She suddenly felt embarrassed and awkwardly brushed her long hair with her hands. “I’m ready. Let’s go.”

Xu Yangyang gave her a half-smile and nodded.

Fu Ying felt even more self-conscious and hurriedly walked ahead of Xu Yangyang. Then she grabbed Duan Qingli, who had just come out, and urgently chattered about nothing in particular. Duan Qingli was bewildered as she was led along. She had wanted to say a few words to Xu Yangyang but ended up giving up due to Fu Ying’s excessive enthusiasm.

Ying Chen looked up when he heard the movement in the stairwell and saw the three of them looking very close.

His gaze darkened instantly. Although Ying Chen appeared calm and rational on the surface these past few days, he was actually nearly driven mad by anxiety. Duan Qingli wouldn’t cooperate with him to create hype, and both Fu Ying and Xu Yangyang had betrayed him—each one being lukewarm toward him as if they were strangers.

If this continued, his status in this show would become like Gan Duanling and Deng Bokai—a background character that only fans cheered for.

In that case, why would he come to this kind of show to suffer instead of going to other variety shows or joining a film set?

Ying Chen sat upright on the sofa, his face exceptionally ugly due to his bad mood.

Xu Yangyang gave him a faint glance but didn’t pay him much attention. First, there was no need, and second, given Ying Chen’s current reputation, even if he wanted to do something, he couldn’t stir up much trouble.

Furthermore, she had more important things to do now. During this period, she had only successfully harvested the task progress bar from Duan Qingli once. No matter what she did the rest of the time, Duan Qingli remained as steady as an old dog, unmoved.

Xu Yangyang stroked her chin. Was it because the relationship between Duan Qingli and Ying Chen hadn’t reached the point she had imagined? If so, then everything made sense.

Duan Qingli was indifferent to Ying Chen. So, no matter how badly Ying Chen’s reputation collapsed, she was just a cold bystander and wouldn’t feel much of a real impact.

If Xu Yangyang wanted to complete the task as quickly as possible, she could only try to matchmake Duan Qingli and Ying Chen to get them together quickly.

But… Xu Yangyang squinted at Ying Chen’s hypocritical “gentlemanly” appearance and crossed out this option without a second thought. Doing such an immoral thing to put someone into a fire—she was afraid of divine retribution.

Once the six guests arrived, they sequentially boarded the business vehicle sponsored by the Fu family. Fu Ying originally wanted to sit next to Xu Yangyang, but since Duan Qingli was in between, she was too embarrassed to ask Duan Qingli to swap seats. She could only turn her head and stare silently out the car window.

After looking at the scenery for a while, she belatedly realized her mood wasn’t quite right. Shouldn’t she feel happy to be separated from that person?

Although their relationship had become much closer during the filming, in the final analysis, the other person was the rival she had competed with and compared herself to for several years. Had she really let go of everything from the past so easily?

Fu Ying felt it was unbelievable; this wasn’t like her personality. She quietly let her thoughts wander, and in the middle of it, she took a stealthy peek at Xu Yangyang. As a result, not only did the other person not notice her dejection, she was actually chatting and laughing happily with Duan Qingli.

Those who didn’t know would think the two of them were close best friends who had known each other for years!

Fu Ying suddenly became angry, gritted her teeth, and turned her head back.

She’s just like those straight men.

Xu Yangyang sneezed without warning. She stared thoughtfully at Fu Ying. Fu Ying sensed her gaze and her body stiffened slightly, her expression becoming unnatural. Fortunately, her side was toward Xu Yangyang, so the other person couldn’t directly see her abnormality.

Only when the burning gaze on her slowly moved away did Fu Ying quietly breathe a sigh of relief. She quickly swallowed the words she had been grumbling about Xu Yangyang in secret and lowered her head to play with her phone.

Liu Xuehe hadn’t replied to her messages for several days. If it weren’t for the fact that there were no major updates in her friend circle, she would have suspected the other person had been kidnapped or gone missing.

She couldn’t help but “click-clack” and type out a long paragraph to her: “Listen here, Liu. If you don’t reply to my message again, we’re through!”

“Don’t think I’m joking. I, Fu Ying, mean what I say!”

After a small essay of five or six hundred words was sent successfully, Fu Ying finally felt a bit better.

Xu Yangyang had already scouted out Duan Qingli’s attitude toward Ying Chen. As she had thought, the current Duan Qingli only regarded Ying Chen as an ordinary colleague they could mutually use.

As for love… Duan Qingli didn’t have a single thought in that direction. Not to mention she hadn’t known Ying Chen for long, the revelation by Xu Yangyang and Fu Ying about Ying Chen shamelessly accepting nearly nine-figure gifts from Fu Ying was enough to drive Duan Qingli away.

Duan Qingli wasn’t a rich young lady like Fu Ying who was naive, artless, and treated money like dirt. If any man dared to cheat even a single yuan out of her, Duan Qingli was the type to fight them to the death. Under these circumstances, it would be strange if Duan Qingli had a good impression of a gold-digger like Ying Chen.

Xu Yangyang nodded with satisfaction and said to 0357: “Even though she’s a ‘iron rooster’ who won’t give up a single feather, she’s a bright and clever girl. She definitely won’t be easily cheated by men in the future.”

0357’s eyelids jumped, and it tactfully advised her, “Host, you should focus more on how to complete the task quickly.”

“The tasks assigned to you by the main system have now become like ‘tanghulu,’ strung together one after another.”

Xu Yangyang: “?” That’s uncalled for.

They arrived at the market. The six of them briefly divided into teams and then prepared to act separately to buy ingredients to entertain the mysterious guest.

Fu Ying scanned the surroundings and was about to pull Xu Yangyang to buy snacks when she suddenly froze her gaze and called out with uncertainty, “Xuehe?”

The distance between the two wasn’t far, so after hearing her shout, the other person sped up her pace without warning.

Fu Ying was stunned, and her usually not-so-bright brain rarely caught on: “It’s the mysterious guest!” Fu Ying excitedly grabbed Xu Yangyang’s hand, “The mysterious guest is my friend, Liu Xuehe!”

“Quick, go catch her!”

After confirming the person’s identity, the group swarmed toward Liu Xuehe. Liu Xuehe had limited room for movement in her high heels and was caught in a moment.

Fu Ying walked over both happily and angrily and hugged Liu Xuehe: “I was wondering why you brat didn’t reply to my messages. You wait, I’m not finished with you for this!”

Liu Xuehe gave a helpless smile. “I signed a non-disclosure agreement with the production team; I wasn’t allowed to reveal my identity beforehand.”

“Excuses are useless.” Fu Ying glared at her a few times but noticed that Liu Xuehe’s gaze drifted toward Xu Yangyang on the side.

She froze, then suddenly stiffened as she realized a problem—during this time… had Liu Xuehe watched the show? Did she know that she had already betrayed her, not only sleeping in the same room as Xu Yangyang but also helping each other, reconciling, and becoming close sisters?