A Milky Orange-Flavored Omega Becomes Famous Through a Dating Show [Entertainment Circle] - Chapter 2

The girl opposite staggered and nearly fell. She braced herself with one hand on the ground, barely avoiding landing on her butt…

Acting purely on instinct, just before the wooden box could smash into the girl’s face, Zhong Lin didn’t hesitate. She quickly stretched out her other slender arm to block the weight of the box.

A burning pain shot through her arm. Zhong Lin let out a soft “hiss.”

It hurts…

Her fair, delicate forearm had scraped against the rough edge of the box, leaving a large pink mark dotted with tiny red beads of blood.

The girl opposite steadied herself, brushed the dust off her clothes, and stood up. She lowered her gaze to Zhong Lin’s injured arm.

If this person hadn’t reacted in time and the box had smashed directly into her, it would have been her cheek and neck that got scraped.

This Zhong Lin had indeed been very annoying the past two days — a weird, rude, and clingy little pest. Why would she suddenly…

The girl’s voice carried a hint of confusion. “You…”

Before she could finish, the group of guests standing nearby rushed over.

Zhou Xiao Duo ran forward with quick little steps, reaching Pei Yi first. As Zhong Lin’s “best friend,” he didn’t check on Zhong Lin’s injured arm right away. Instead, he leaned toward the unharmed Pei Yi and asked anxiously:

“Pei Yi, are you okay??”

“It was Xiao Lin who wasn’t watching where she was going. Please don’t blame her.”

“I’ll apologize on her behalf.”

Zhou Xiao Duo was very good with words. His statement downplayed the incident, pointed out Zhong Lin’s carelessness, and showed off his own kindness by defending his friend — painting himself as a pure, wonderful boy~

Most importantly, he completely hid the fact that it was because he was talking to Zhong Lin that she wasn’t paying attention to the road in the first place.

A true master at shifting blame.

Only after saying all that did Zhou Xiao Duo turn to Zhong Lin and ask, “Xiao Lin, are you okay?”

Zhong Lin was still digesting his previous words. This cute male Omega dressed in Japanese style had been called “Xiao Duo” by the others.

In other words, this was the male lead Omega from the book — Zhou Xiao Duo.

Her eyelid twitched involuntarily. Zhong Lin suddenly felt that something wasn’t quite right. Both her divine beast instincts and her understanding of the book were telling her:

This male lead called “Zhou Xiao Duo” might not be the good friend the original owner thought he was.

He probably wasn’t as nice as he appeared on the surface??

And the girl she had almost hit with the box was called Pei Yi.

Wasn’t that the female lead Alpha from the book?!

Zhong Lin remembered that this female lead was incredibly powerful. In the original story, it was later revealed that she was the heiress of the Fang Hong Group and ranked in the top five on the hot celebrity list…

She was also the youngest ever Best Actress, having won the Golden Elephant Award for Best Actress at just 19 years old.

But for some reason, she had been silent for nearly three years?

Zhong Lin pondered to herself. With the female lead’s background and future prospects, an 18th-tier internet nobody like “Zhong Lin” was completely unworthy of her. The two of them standing together would look very strange…

One key, one lock. Zhong Lin knew she wasn’t worthy… Pei Yi was too dazzling, too far out of reach.

What no one knew was that the biggest sponsor of Thirty-One Days of Heartbeat Challenge was the Fang Hong Group. One of the reasons for the show was to pave the way for Pei Yi’s comeback.

Pei Yi already had a solid fanbase. Although her fan club “E Fans” had lost some members during her three years of inactivity, those who remained were die-hard loyal fans with strong fighting power and firm stances.

When “E Fans” heard that Pei Yi was joining Thirty-One Days of Heartbeat Challenge, there was an outcry online. Everyone was complaining:

Why would Pei Yi lower herself from her Best Actress status to suffer like this? Why let a bunch of nobodies desperately cling to her and ride her popularity?!

Is she short on money? Let’s crowdfund for the Best Actress!!

Later in the original book, “Zhong Lin” relentlessly chased after the most popular guest, Pei Yi, without caring about the other participants’ feelings.

In the end, the original “Zhong Lin” was hated across the internet, thoroughly exposed, and met a tragic BE ending.

Lacking fire in her five elements and destined to be unpopular, the fandom said she brought it upon herself — “self-inflicted.”

To the original “Zhong Lin,” the female lead Alpha Pei Yi was an unreachable luxury.

The most critical issue was that she had almost disfigured the female lead Alpha just now… If that had happened, she would’ve been cyberbullied and hated by the entire internet even faster and more brutally!

Zhong Lin let out a soft sigh: “Sigh~”

So scary…

Being a little Bai Ze cub sure made life difficult.

The arm holding the box trembled slightly. A small milk bottle near the edge of the wooden box slipped out and rolled onto the floor with a clatter.

While she was still dazed, the weight pressing on her arm suddenly disappeared. Someone took the box from her hands.

The cameraman, staff, and director had all rushed over. Someone took the heavy wooden box from Zhong Lin.

“Why are you still holding the box?” The director looked at Zhong Lin and suddenly felt that today’s version of her was very different. She looked much purer and cuter than before. Maybe the heavy smoky makeup she used to wear had been hiding this beautiful jade?

The director secretly waved his hand, signaling the cameraman to move closer and give Zhong Lin a big close-up of her small face.

At this moment, the director mouthed to Zhong Lin: Quick, say why you got hurt?

Zhong Lin was stunned. She misheard it as—

—Quick, read the commercial.

Seeing the milk bottle that had rolled to her feet, she quickly bent down to pick it up. She remembered this was one of the sponsors of Thirty-One Days of Heartbeat Challenge.

Tilting her head slightly, Zhong Lin pressed the milk bottle against her cheek and obediently began reading the advertisement:

“Yoyi Duo Yogurt Milk. Fresh milk. Healthy milk.”

The inner side of her milky-white arm, still holding the bottle, showed a large fresh scrape. It looked especially obvious under the camera. Like a well-behaved little girl who, even though injured, wouldn’t cry or make a fuss.

—She had to obediently read the sponsored ad.

—She had to be a useful person, not just a lazy little scheming princess.

Pei Yi looked at that small arm with its red scrape, then at the girl’s side profile. Those almond-shaped eyes were clear and bright, her curled lashes fluttered gently, and her light pink lips obediently recited the commercial…

A strange feeling arose — the person in front of her seemed different from before?

Pei Yi slightly turned her head away, her eyelids twitching. She stopped looking at the suddenly pure and adorable little girl.

This must just be an illusion caused by Zhong Lin blocking the box to protect her, right?

Definitely an illusion!

The director was shocked. Why was Zhong Lin suddenly so professional?

This… Was this really the same little scheming princess Zhong Lin from the past two days?!

The cameraman was also shocked. He looked up at the director and whispered, “Should we cut this part later?”

The director shook his head and whispered to the staff beside him: “Make sure Yoyi Duo pays extra for the ad placement later.”

The bullet comments exploded:

【Why is she suddenly so cute? My heart just got critically hit!!!】

【Yoyi Duo, pay up!】

【Poor girl… She’s injured but still remembers to do her job. Her arm is even bleeding…】

【Scheming Zhong Lin suddenly acting professional? Is she building a hardworking persona? I don’t buy it… She must be faking it!】

【Zhong Lin, get out of the entertainment industry! Drama Queen does everything wrong! Stop trying to leech off our Yi Yi! Hating you for ten thousand years!】

【U1S1, if Zhong Lin hadn’t blocked it with her arm just now, it would’ve been Yi Yi who got hurt!】

【I think so too. Has Zhong Lin actually changed? She looks so pretty? Did she really not get plastic surgery? Why didn’t I notice before?!】

These few slightly positive comments about Zhong Lin were quickly drowned out by her professional anti-fans:

【Zhong Lin, get out of the entertainment industry】

【Zhong Lin, get out of the entertainment industry +1】

【Zhong Lin, get out of the entertainment industry +10086】

…

At this moment, a staff member wearing a pink-and-white striped shirt came over. When she saw Zhong Lin, her voice was surprised: “It was you?!”

“Thank you for helping me move the boxes this morning.”

She opened the first-aid kit, took out alcohol, and carefully disinfected Zhong Lin’s wound with a cotton swab.

The cool sensation on her arm stung a little. Zhong Lin bit her back teeth and said in a soft, sweet voice: “No need to thank me.”

The staff member in the pink-and-white striped shirt looked up at Zhong Lin and gentled her movements. This female guest looked so well-behaved, like a little sister.

“You’re a guest… Next time, don’t get involved in this kind of thing.”

After putting a band-aid on her, the staff member stood up. Her tone became very gentle, as if speaking to a younger sister: “Be good and listen to the director, okay?”

It was the first time so many people were surrounding her and caring for her. Zhong Lin felt a little nervous. She slowly clenched her fingers and rubbed them against her knee. Her small, delicate chin nodded obediently: “Okay.”

She looked down at the neatly placed band-aid on her arm. The pink cat pattern on it caught her attention.

Another staff member carrying a makeup bag squatted down. Having heard that this guest wasn’t wearing makeup, she had rushed over to help. “Lift your head a little.”

“You… You’re not even wearing foundation?!”

Zhong Lin: …Foundation?

“Then please help me apply some.” Zhong Lin politely made the request.

The makeup artist stared at Zhong Lin’s small face for a moment, then shook her head repeatedly: “No need. This is… actually really good.”

She rummaged through her makeup bag for a while and pulled out an unopened clear lip balm. “Just do regular skincare in the future and apply this. It’ll be enough.”

This female guest used to wear extremely heavy smoky makeup, super long fake eyelashes, and exaggerated thick black eyeliner like a cat girl. No one could tell that her natural appearance was like this?!

Her bare face had a youthful transparency to it.

Even her lip color was perfect. A natural bean-sand colored lipstick wouldn’t show up too strongly.

The makeup artist felt that this “I see, I pity” youthful face was very suitable for a dating variety show even with just bare skin.

A fresh, natural beautiful girl with adorable doe eyes.

A very rare type of Omega guest.

Zhong Lin hesitated for a moment. Wanting to refuse the makeup sister’s suggestion, she repeated what Zhou Xiao Duo had said earlier: “We’re filming the show. Isn’t it bad if I go bare-faced…?”

The makeup artist sister got a little excited and nodded repeatedly: “Good, very good, extremely good!”

“Just like this. Trust me!”

Most celebrities she had worked with had dull complexions, scars, and imperfections when bare-faced due to exhaustion. The makeup artist had rarely seen such delicate, fair skin…

It was like a freshly ripened little peach — milky white with faint pink blush. In short, super cute (#^-^#)~

Zhong Lin looked up at the director, seemingly asking for his opinion.

Stared at by those bright, deer-like eyes, the director suddenly felt like he had gained a daughter?!

Where was that drama queen Zhong Lin who loved causing trouble and giving the editors tons of material?

The director: “……” Why did this scheming female guest suddenly become so adorable?!

The director nodded awkwardly and echoed: “Uh… yeah, it’s pretty good. Listen to the makeup artist. For this show, you don’t need to wear heavy makeup like before.”

His tone was like coaxing a little girl at home.

Zhou Xiao Duo, who was wearing delicate light makeup, still had a few visible acne scars and pigmentation on his chin.

He subtly raised an eyebrow, feeling inexplicably cold inside. He refused to believe it!

—Zhong Lin, this scheming female Omega, must have secretly used some super expensive skincare products for the makeup artist to praise her like this…

So infuriating!

Another female Omega guest named Liang Shan, wearing a white dress, subtly pressed the corners of her mouth downward. Previously, she only saw Zhong Lin as a vulgar, low-tier internet celebrity…

She didn’t expect her bare face to be so stunning.

Liang Shan’s heart tightened. The competition had just gotten harder. She slightly turned her head and quietly glanced toward Pei Yi while no one was paying attention.

—The highest-quality Alphas required the highest-level techniques and strategies.

Pei Yi disliked overly enthusiastic and desperate pursuit. The kind of shameless clinging Zhong Lin had done before looked very cheap and only caused disgust.

So Liang Shan held back and didn’t bother Pei Yi directly. Instead, she tried to build her presence subtly in front of her.

She originally thought her only competitor was that green tea male Omega Zhou Xiao Duo. She never expected Zhong Lin’s natural look to be this pure?!

Moreover, she had this strange feeling — Zhong Lin seemed to have become prettier, less scheming, and less stupid?

Liang Shan sensed a faint sense of crisis.

Zhong Lin’s sudden abandonment of her exaggerated smoky makeup caught the netizens off guard. For a moment, they didn’t even realize that this pure-looking girl was Zhong Lin—

【Oh my god? Zhong Lin is actually bare-faced? She didn’t get plastic surgery?!】 (A comment accusing her of plastic surgery instantly got slapped in the face)

【Suddenly feel like Zhong Lin… is so cute!!!】

【awsl, why is she so adorable?! Want her as my daughter!】

【This cub suddenly became so well-behaved~】

【srds, have you all forgotten what kind of person she is?!】

【What’s with the fake cuteness? She’s definitely doing it to get Yi Yi’s attention and keep riding her popularity! Playing pitiful!】

【Zhong Lin, get out of the entertainment industry】

【Zhong Lin, get out of the entertainment industry +1】

【Zhong Lin, get out of the entertainment industry +100 million】

…

Meanwhile, a girl stood near the sofa on the left. She wore a white short blazer over a simple retro little black dress, one hand resting on the back of the sofa, watching everything with a cold expression.

Pei Yi’s eyes darkened slightly. Her gaze lingered on Zhong Lin’s cheek for a few seconds. She suddenly understood why she had felt something was off earlier — Zhong Lin was bare-faced today.

Her bare face was indeed… a little beautiful.

But so what?

She was still that Zhong Lin. The weird, overly enthusiastic clout-chaser. Most likely just trying to ride her popularity again… So annoying. This kind of Omega with zero self-restraint, willing to throw away all dignity just to gain some resources!

Adjusting her white blazer, Pei Yi stepped aside and turned her body.

Her eyes no longer lingered on Zhong Lin.

Everyone participating in Thirty-One Days of Heartbeat Challenge had their own agendas. Pei Yi joined for two reasons: the interests of her family’s company, and herself.

After winning Best Actress at the peak of her career, she had gone silent for three years. Participating in this dating show was to solidify her fanbase.

None of the guests here had pure intentions.

Especially Zhong Lin, who had aggressively pursued her the first two days — fully displaying her ambition to ride the “Best Actress comeback” hype and revealing her inherently stupid nature.

But everything was quietly changing.

Pei Yi stood sideways, her slender, smooth legs visible beneath the black satin dress. She tucked a strand of fallen hair behind her ear. A trace of imperceptible gloom flashed in her eyes.

Her gaze seemed to casually sweep across the seemingly innocent and clueless girl on the sofa — Zhong Lin.

Looking in Zhong Lin’s direction, the corners of Pei Yi’s crimson lips slowly curved upward. However, her cold white cheeks remained unmoved, forming a cold, surface-level smile. A trace of doubt suddenly rose in her heart—

Had the clingy, scheming Zhong Lin suddenly changed her script?

She wanted to see what tricks this person still had up her sleeve.

At this moment, Zhong Lin stood up. She lifted her eyes and happened to meet Pei Yi’s gaze.

Pei Yi was coldly smiling at her.

Their eyes met in mid-air.

Zhong Lin blinked, feeling a bit dazed. She didn’t seem to notice the sarcasm in Pei Yi’s smile.

The only thing she knew was—

Why was the female lead Alpha smiling at her???

This… made her a little shy. (/ω＼)