The Film Queen Is Cold and Ruthless, Only Sends Money - Chapter 29.2

【Mentioning last night… I think I can guess what happened, haha!! “In disarray” is the perfect description!】

Dear Sisters had already produced several viral moments in its livestreams over the past few days, and even on weekdays, viewership remained high.

But by nighttime, fewer people stayed up to watch.

So, the production team thoughtfully compiled a special edition of last night’s events and posted it on the show’s official Weibo.

Thus,

Those who woke up in the morning were treated to the sight of the guests, who had solemnly sworn to sleep peacefully, sneaking around in the dead of night.

–

Rewinding to the previous night.

After the groups made their peace pact, Su Xue returned to her room and checked that the money in the box by the door hadn’t been touched before saying to Jing Zhaozhao, “When we were sitting with them earlier, I kept feeling like they were about to snatch our money at any moment.”

Jing Zhaozhao also sighed in relief but wasn’t entirely convinced. “We should still spread out the risk hide the money in different places.”

Even when they had allied with Lin Yan’s group before, they had gone so far as to sign an electronic contract.

A mere verbal agreement like this one was far from enough to put their minds at ease.

“You read my mind! That way, even if they search, it’ll take them a lot of time.” Su Xue was evaluating potential hiding spots around the area.

They couldn’t leave the money inside the house that would be too obvious so they had to look outside the courtyard.

Thanks to her recent task of searching for farming clothes around the yard, Su Xue came up with several hiding places in less than a minute. “Let’s wait two or three hours until they’re all asleep, then stash the money outside the courtyard. Ideally, we should find thirty different spots.”

No normal person would expect them to hide the money in thirty different places.

The remaining viewers in the live stream went wild when they saw this move, flooding the chat with comments.

[Hahahaha!! I knew you wouldn’t disappoint us!]

[Xuexue is going all out to win! Thirty spots? That’ll take at least half an hour to hide everything!]

[This is brilliant! Hiding it in thirty places means even if some gets found, not all will be lost. A solid strategy!]

[I’m gonna check the other streams, I have a feeling none of them are asleep yet!]

After returning to her room, Lin Yan first took out the menthol oil she always carried with her. She unscrewed the cap, and the sharp scent instantly cleared her mind.

Xu Zhi saw this and said, “Give me some too.”

They had already planned their strategy before leaving the house to stay awake all night, keeping an ear out for any movement outside.

They would deal with whatever came their way, and if necessary, take the initiative to strike first.

As for Ye Ying, the one who proposed the peace agreement, she was now hesitating in her room, saying to Liu Yangran, “Should we really sleep?”

Liu Yangran blinked. “I was pretty tired earlier, but now I don’t feel sleepy at all. It’s like there’s someone right outside our door.”

“Same here. Maybe we should take turns napping,” Ye Ying suggested.

Ultimately, the tasks from the past few days had given them a thorough lesson in the complexities of human nature.

None of them could be trusted!!

[Hahahaha!! I never expected their trust in each other to be so fragile!]

[The peace agreement was broken before it even started! I can’t stop laughing at them!]

[Wait, hold on there’s one pair actually keeping it!]

[Su Yun and Jiang Zhi are discussing sleep like nothing’s wrong not a word about the package.]

[What?? Are they seriously that relaxed??]

After returning to their room following the agreement, Jiang Zhi said to Su Yun, “They’ll probably make a move tonight.”

Her tone held no doubt or hesitation, just absolute certainty.

Su Yun laughed but nodded. “They definitely won’t give up on the task funds.”

From their own experience, thirty yuan was nowhere near enough, whether for transportation or supplies.

But if that amount increased to fifty, victory in the task would be within reach.

As she spoke, Su Yun yawned again.

She couldn’t help it, her sleep schedule was perfectly synced with the rooster behind the courtyard.

Now that even the rooster had settled down for the night, here she was, worrying about whether the thirty yuan at the door would get stolen.

“Tired? Go to sleep first,” Jiang Zhi said, handing her a cup of warm water.

Su Yun took it. “Mhm. We’ll wake up a little after five in the morning.”

In those few hours of the night, the amount of money in each group was bound to fluctuate significantly. By the time they woke up at five in the morning, leaving her an hour would be more than enough to retrieve the money.

They settled on this simple plan, then turned off the lights and went to sleep.

The live stream screen abruptly turned black.

[“Really asleep? Just like that?”

“At 5 a.m., is there really still time to get it back?”

“So carefree! That’s Su Yun for you, but I don’t think it’s a loss! At least Su Yun and Jiang Zhi can get some proper sleep!”

“Hahahaha, exactly! Meanwhile, Director Lin is still dripping with essential oil over there, LOL!!!”

Different moods can make people perceive time differently.

For instance, time during holidays always seems to fly by, as if riding a rocket whooshing past.

But once work or study begins, time suddenly drags, as if slowed down to 0.5x speed.

Take the other three groups of guests pulling an all-nighter right now, for example.

To avoid exposing their plans too easily, they turned off their lights one after another, leaving only a faint glow.

Su Xue and Jing Chaochao, to pass the tedious waiting time, started listing dishes.

They had already gone from the snack street outside their university to the full Manchu-Han Imperial Feast.

“Steamed pig trotters,” Su Xue called out another dish, urging Jing Chaochao, “Your turn, next dish.”

“Roast duck,” Jing Chaochao glanced at the time, only half an hour had passed. “This is making me a little hungry.”

“Me too,” Su Xue rubbed her stomach. “How has so little time passed? They probably aren’t asleep yet, so we can’t go out either.”

“Let’s wait two more hours,” Jing Chaochao said.

–

The night deepened, the clock’s hands pointing to one. The crescent moon, now barely a hook, emerged from behind the clouds, casting a faint glow.

The first to move was Su Xue’s group.

When they returned to their room earlier, they had deliberately left the door ajar to avoid repeating the earlier mishap.

Peering out into the equally dark courtyard and confirming no other guests were around, they slowly crept out of the room.

Doing their best to muffle their footsteps, Su Xue and Jing Chaochao first retrieved the money from the package at their door, then stuffed it with paper scraps as decoys.

Only once they were in the courtyard did they dare make slightly bolder movements.

Each took fifteen dollars, hiding the money as quickly as possible in corners, between bricks, beneath haystacks, and among tree branches.

Even though they deliberately chose spots far from the rooms, minimizing the chance of being heard, they still moved with extreme caution, ensuring not a single sound escaped.

After securing the last dollar with a hairpin on a tree branch, Su Xue and Jing Chaochao regrouped, whispering, “We hid them so well, they shouldn’t find them, right?”

The courtyard now looked different from yesterday’s shabby state, its value had skyrocketed by a full thirty dollars!

“Probably not,” Jing Chaochao finally let out a sigh of relief.

But then they glanced at the package in front of their door.

Still pink and cute, outwardly unchanged, but now completely empty inside.

Jing Chaochao looked at the boxes in front of the other three rooms, silent, but her eyes conveyed the question to Su Xue: Should we take a little?

[Didn’t expect Chaochao to have such bold ideas!]

[There are still so many people in the livestream, don’t any of you sleep?]

[Can’t sleep, and I feel like the guests are about to make their move any minute now!]

“I woke up in the middle of the night and logged in, only to see two people sneaking around the courtyard, moving so fast they nearly gave me a heart attack!”

Su Xue nodded.

Her money was safe for now. If they could get the others’ money, it would be a bonus. If not, no loss.

They chose the nearest target Lin Yan’s room.

As they approached, they even took off their shoes, treading carefully with each step.

However, the moment their hands touched the box, a voice came from behind: “What are you doing?”

Of course, Jing Chaochao noticed something else first not the voice, but the overpowering smell of menthol oil.

It made her sneeze uncontrollably.

“Help, this is so intense!”

“Lin Yan’s menthol oil is already more than half gone in just half an hour, hahaha! Everyone’s just toughing it out!”

Jing Chaochao quickly withdrew her hand from the box and forced a smile. “Xue’er and I were just checking to make sure your money wasn’t missing.”

“Mm-hmm, not a single bill is gone.” Su Xue immediately pulled Jing Chaochao back to their room, avoiding a full-blown confrontation.

After Lin Yan confirmed the money was untouched, she returned inside.

Xu Zhi asked, “Who was it?”

They had heard the faint sound of someone touching the box so quiet they initially thought it was just exhaustion playing tricks on them.

But unable to shake the unease, Lin Yan went out to check and spotted Su Xue and Jing Chaochao.

“Xue’er and Chaochao, but they must have just come out, they didn’t take anything,” Lin Yan replied.

She had no idea the two had already made a big move before attempting to take the money.

Xu Zhi chuckled. “Seems like staying awake was the right call.”

“But if we keep this up, we might start hallucinating. You sleep first, we’ll take turns.”

Lin Yan figured that after what just happened, Su Xue’s group wouldn’t dare try again.

Taking shifts would at least give them some rest.

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