A Milky Orange-Flavored Omega Becomes Famous Through a Dating Show [Entertainment Circle] - Chapter 23.1

Zhong Lin—she had actually broken out of the circle on a small scale!!!

Two days ago, an accident had happened on the show. A few minutes of edited footage of her and Pei Yi interacting inside the room had leaked online. The tag #PeiYiZhongLinDatingShowFakeActingTurnsRealSuspectedRealFeelingsOnVarietyShow# climbed near the top of the trending searches. Although it had only stayed there briefly, it brought a lot of traffic to the production team.

At first, many passersby, haters, and Pei Yi’s solo fans all ran to Zhong Lin’s Weibo to stir the rhythm and awkwardly blacken Zhong Lin.

But after Pei Yi personally posted a clarification on Weibo saying, “Nothing happened. It wasn’t scripted,” the group of people who had cursed at and blackened Zhong Lin before all began apologizing under Zhong Lin’s Weibo.

Now, the bloody “war of insults” beneath Zhong Lin’s Weibo had been flooded by apology comments one after another. It was practically a peaceful, years-quiet-and-good scene.

The most delightful thing was that Zhong Lin’s Weibo followers had increased by more than fifty thousand over the past two days.

The finished second episode had already been released. The production team was very sharp and had caught the direction of public opinion, adding more shots of the two most controversial people. Pei Yi’s screen time had already been the most from the beginning.

But Zhong Lin was like a dark horse. Her popularity had surged recently, and the post-production team took advantage of the situation by editing in many shots of Zhong Lin. Her face appeared almost twice as often as the other Omega guests.

Moreover, the commercial advertisements Zhong Lin had read seemed to have all “gone popular.” It could even be said that they had broken out of the circle on a small scale!

The key was that every time Zhong Lin read an advertisement, the timing was too unexpected. For example, she read the yogurt milk ad when her arm was scraped, the mineral water ad when Pei Yi was blaming her, and the cocktail drink ad to cover up when she could not control a burp after drinking sparkling wine—

The sales of the three advertisers—Youyiduo yogurt milk, Changbai Mountain Villa mineral water, and Real Love Summer Cocktail—had suddenly increased over the past two days!

And for no reason at all, many viewers especially wanted to buy, buy, buy after seeing videos of Zhong Lin reading commercial advertisements! Yogurt milk, buy! Mineral water, buy! Cocktails, buy, buy, buy!

What everyone did not know was that Zhong Lin’s true identity was a Bai Ze cub, a divine beast that sought fortune and avoided disaster. She was practically a living golden finger with “great fortune and great luck” written all over her body.

The happy advertisers earned money until their bowls and pots overflowed. They felt that this little girl Zhong Lin was silly and adorable, and she also seemed very mystical—as if even the strands of her hair were covered with “wealth and treasure” and “good luck is coming”!

Before she had even successfully debuted, she had already attracted the attention of many brands. Zhong Lin was practically about to break out of the circle by reading ads!!

The official Weibo accounts of these three brands each edited clips of Zhong Lin reading their commercial ads on Thirty-One Days Heartbeat Challenge and pinned them to the top of their Weibo pages, wanting to add Zhong Lin as their image ambassador.

In an instant, Zhong Lin became the advertisers’ mascot. Hanging up clips of her could make sales go crazy.

If Zhong Lin checked her account balance now, she would suddenly discover that a huge pile of money had appeared out of thin air—the additional fees from the advertisers and the announcement fee from the production team~

She was no longer that poor and powerless Bai Ze cub!

Meanwhile, the show’s total runtime was limited. Because Zhong Lin’s screen time increased, Zhou Xiaoduo’s appearances decreased. On top of that, Zhou Xiaoduo’s performance in the previous episode had practically become the show’s roast point and laughing point—

[Zhou Xiaoduo’s hints completely failed to reach Pei Yi, hahaha. Pei Yi—an Alpha made of steel, a true tea-identifying master!!]

[233333 Congratulations to the American community diploma-mill college for joining the Ivy League package.]

[Quick, look at Zhou Xiaoduo’s twisted face when he was called “uncle.” Ho~ Don’t let that newly done nose get bent from anger~ hahahahaha.]

…

Moreover, Zhou Xiaoduo’s fans had only increased by a tiny bit. Most of them were casual fans—the kind of casual fans who liked every AO guest on Thirty-One Days Heartbeat Challenge.

Among all the guests, Zhou Xiaoduo was the one whose fan growth was the slowest.

Zhou Xiaoduo was supposed to have been one of the editing focuses. After all, most of the viewers had shipped both Zhou Xiaoduo x Chu Yunze’s “Cloudy CP” and Pei Yi x Zhou Xiaoduo’s “One-Week CP” over the past two days.

But there was no helping it. Zhong Lin’s topic popularity had risen too quickly this time. (:з)∠)

This was also why Zhou Xiaoduo had deliberately called Zhong Lin “little star” in the entryway. He had been incredibly sour these past two days. It felt as if he had eaten all the lemons under the lemon tree.

After Zhong Lin changed her shoes, she placed her own shoes in the shoe cabinet and walked toward the living room.

Zhou Xiaoduo followed behind her. “You came pretty early today. I remember the city People’s Hospital is quite far from here… Did you take a taxi?”

“No,” Zhong Lin shook her head while walking ahead. She turned her head to glance at Zhou Xiaoduo, her light chestnut eyes rippling with water. “Someone drove me here.”

The curve at the corner of Zhou Xiaoduo’s lips slowly pressed downward, and his brows furrowed. Alarm bells rang loudly in his heart. It couldn’t be that Pei Yi had driven her back, right?

That was absolutely impossible…

Clearly, the Omega guest Pei Yi had hated the most before was Zhong Lin!

Absolutely impossible! Pei Yi would never let this most annoying Omega into her car!

Zhou Xiaoduo asked, his tone light and casual, as if he did not care at all, “Who drove you here? You have to thank that person properly. Good thing you weren’t late today. Everyone originally thought you would arrive later…”

Zhong Lin bent down and brought over a small stool, then sat down by the marble coffee table on her own. “They really were a good-hearted person. She said she happened to be going the same way and could give me a ride.”

“Hey,” Zhou Xiaoduo joked, “you really are careless. You dare get into anyone’s car. Aren’t you afraid someone might kidnap and sell you?”

Zhou Xiaoduo’s words were sour and carried a strange hint.

However, Zhong Lin did not take it to heart at all and had no intention of saying that the person who had conveniently given her a ride was Pei Yi.

There were small sponsor ads placed on the coffee table: several bottles of yogurt drinks, egg yolk pastries, and small packaged cookies. The Bai Ze cub felt a little greedy looking at them.

Zhong Lin stretched out a finger and poked the small cookie box. “Can I eat this?”

“Of course.” Liang Shan let out a light snort. In her heart, she thought Zhong Lin’s ability to “self-hype” really was something… After one episode aired, she had switched to the “advertising demon” script. Now she had added the “foodie script” too?

The “drama queen devoted clingy Omega” script from the first episode had instead been thrown away by Zhong Lin? Heh. Was she not afraid of setting up too many personas and flipping over sooner or later?

Chu Yunze, who was sitting in the innermost seat on the sofa, moved her leg inward an inch the moment she saw Zhong Lin. Her entire sitting posture became a little stiff. That morning, she had secretly watched the official first episode.

She discovered that the heartbeat Alpha guest Zhong Lin had chosen was actually not Pei Yi, but herself! Chu Yunze felt that her entire person was a bit unwell.

Zhong Lin did not notice the strange gazes of everyone in the living room at all. She carelessly tore open the packaging paper, grabbed a small cookie, and stuffed it into her mouth.

The rich milky butter flavor danced on the tip of her tongue. The crispy, sweet texture completely stole away her taste buds. She chewed with little “crunch” sounds, nibbling small cookies one after another.

One moment she tried this flavor, the next she tasted that flavor. Zhong Lin’s movements simply could not stop. These little cookies were really too fragrant!

The way Zhong Lin ate was too cute and very eye-catching. Her pink, tender little cheeks were puffed up at this moment, like a little squirrel eating.

The cameraman understood very well and zoomed the camera in, giving Zhong Lin’s little face a huge close-up, accurately tracking Zhong Lin’s movements.

Zhou Xiaoduo’s expression became more and more awkward, and the curve of his lips stiffened more and more. He could clearly feel the difference in treatment from the cameraman this episode. Ever since Zhong Lin entered the room, the manual follow-camera had been aimed at her the whole time.

He was called the “cutest little brother on the dating show.” During the first episode’s “AO Random Date Time,” this kind of treatment had clearly belonged to him before!

Zhou Xiaoduo: “…” I hate this.

Zhong Lin suddenly felt a chill down her back, as if many gazes had already aimed at her. From the corner of her eye, she saw the follow-cameraman approaching.

Zhong Lin quickly reached out and straightened the cookie box on the table, whose packaging had been torn open and whose cookies had been eaten crookedly by her. She aimed the trademark “BITE Cookies” toward the camera.

Her little hand reached into the box again and took out a small cookie. She brought it to her lips and took a tiny bite out of it. The cookie then left her pink, tender lips and stopped just a few inches away.

Zhong Lin acted as if she had only just realized the camera was aimed at her, waving her little arm in panic. “I didn’t mean to secretly eat them…”

“It’s all because… they’re too delicious! Rich milky fragrance, all in BITE Cookies. I really want to take another bite~”

The last word was dragged out long, sounding a little like a coquettish little milk cat.

“What do you want to bite?” A familiar female voice suddenly sounded beside her ear.

At this moment, Zhong Lin was sitting on a little round stool. From this angle, she could see a pair of semi-transparent laser-finish flat slippers, round toes, fair insteps, and delicate ankles…

It was Pei Yi.

It was practically an uppercase “awkward.” A social death scene. The guests watching from the side began secretly laughing.

Zhong Lin froze for an instant and realized that Pei Yi had just asked her “what do you want to bite?”

“I want to bite a cookie.” Her wit flashed, and she immediately took out a chocolate chip cookie from the box and handed it to Pei Yi.

“A cookie. I’ll share one with you.”

Pei Yi reached out and took the cookie. By accident, she touched the back of Zhong Lin’s hand. The touch was smooth and silky, and her fingertips could not help trembling lightly twice.

The cookie was brought to Pei Yi’s lips, but she did not taste it. Instead, she lightly sniffed it near the tip of her nose and lowered her eyes to look at Zhong Lin. The corners of her eyes were long and narrow; when she narrowed them slightly, they carried an especially amorous charm.

A trace of amusement flowed through Pei Yi’s gaze.

“It smells good.”

—Who knew whether she meant the cookie smelled good, or someone’s hand smelled good.

The atmosphere between Zhong Lin and Pei Yi seemed to have suddenly gained something extra, almost ambiguous, carrying a strange sense of tacit understanding—or rather, CP chemistry. But no one could clearly say what exactly had made the barrier between these two disappear in just two short days.

Zhou Xiaoduo (⊙_⊙): “…” Hehe. This fake-cute, secretly flirty Omega was leeching off Pei Yi’s popularity again.

Liang Shan (smile gradually disappearing.jpg): “…” Happiness has nothing to do with me anymore. It feels like Pei Yi is actively letting her leech popularity, and she even touched her hand! Why??

Suddenly emerging CP fans—

[Quick, look at Pei Yi’s gaze. So seductive. I feel like she’s actually saying Zhong Lin smells good!! She’s about to strip the cub’s clothes off with her eyes. [Covers face]]

[Hhhhhhhh, I thought it was going to be a “social death scene” with embarrassing lines. I was too young. This is freaking sweet. Pei Yi, hurry up and make Linlin meow!]

[Pei Yi: What do you want to bite? / Zhong Lin: I want to bite you… / Pei Yi: Bite me where? / Zhong Lin: Bite you there. [Shy]]

[(/ω＼) What is the person upstairs talking about? I’m still young, I don’t understand. Passing a pen to the person upstairs—please write more!]

[Hurry and give us something colorful… My CP better do it already!]

Pei Yi’s solo fans were furious. The CP fans had started dancing again—

[Thank you, taking our Yiyi away. People upstairs, please have some self-respect. Yiyi said she and Zhong Lin are only friends. Our Yiyi’s taste is absolutely not this kind of woman!]

[I’m not an E fan. I’m just a pure passerby. Honestly, I really don’t think there’s anything to ship. It’s all scripted. We only need to appreciate Pei Yi’s beautiful face. I hope certain bullet comments stop adding scenes for themselves.]

[Zhong Lin really doesn’t look appealing at all. Please look at dating shows objectively. They’re all scripts, thank you~]

Zhong Lin’s few newly added solo fans immediately snapped back—

[Thank you for liking her, taking away our cub. I hope the E fans upstairs show some self-respect. It’s your Yiyi looking at our cub, not my cub taking the initiative. Please go to the hospital and get your eyes checked…]

[Cub, jiayou! You’re the best!! Don’t pay attention to a certain family’s solo fans! Hmph~]

…

Chu Yunze, who was coldly watching everything from the side, gave a light cough. She turned a blind eye to the interaction over there. In any case, whatever Zhong Lin did had nothing to do with her. She was only a slightly cute little Omega sister. This kind of sweet Omega girl was very ordinary…

You could grab a handful of them anywhere. How could she compare to the sensible and lovable little puppy, little brother Xiaoduo?

Chu Yunze flipped open a card on the table and began reading the words on it aloud—

“1. Tonight is barbecue night. Let’s prepare for tonight’s wonderful outdoor BBQ together?”

“2. Guess each other’s professions. Which field is the person you’re interested in currently working in?”

…

For the first three days and the fourth day after moving into the villa, the production team required the guests to set aside their professions and family backgrounds and simply go on “Heartbeat TIME” dates. Currently, everyone’s profession was still a mystery.

The filming principle of Thirty-One Days Heartbeat Challenge was: try not to affect the guests’ work and lives. Normally, not all guests would necessarily be present.

But today was Sunday, so all the guests had arrived.

Everyone gathered around the coffee table and began today’s division of labor.

“I’ll go check what ingredients we have first.” Liang Shan stood up and walked toward the kitchen refrigerator.

“It feels like there aren’t many types of things in the fridge. BBQ might not be satisfying enough.” A few minutes later, Liang Shan returned with paper and pen.

“Everyone write down what you like to eat first. Later, let’s go to the supermarket together to buy things.”

Everyone wrote down the ingredients they wanted to eat one by one.

Pei Yi suddenly asked, “Besides me, who can drive?”

“Me.” Zhu Ying raised his hand.

Pei Yi said, “Good. Then we’ll drive later.”

“Not really possible,” Zhu Ying said with some difficulty. “My car was sent to the 4S shop for maintenance two days ago. I took a taxi here today.”

Everyone, speechless ing: …Then why the heck did you say anything?

Zhou Xiaoduo suddenly took half a step forward, raised his hand, and said, “Then I’ll go buy ingredients with Pei Yi.”

“Zhong Lin’s arm is injured. I remembered there’s a scar-removing ointment that works especially well. It wouldn’t be good for an Omega to leave a scar…”

The calculations in Zhou Xiaoduo’s heart clicked rapidly. Using the excuse of buying scar ointment for Zhong Lin was simply seamless—

It would both show his kind and beautiful Omega image of always caring for his friend, and allow him to take the chance to be alone with Pei Yi, increasing their contact.

As Zhou Xiaoduo calculated this, he raised a pair of innocent, pure, and kind eyes, only to suddenly collide with Pei Yi’s dark brown ones.

“What medicine is it?” Pei Yi looked at him coldly, her gaze indifferent and unmoved, like a deep pond without the slightest ripple.

Zhou Xiaoduo’s heart skipped. “…” He had only been making an excuse. How would he actually know the name of the ointment!

“Let me check my notes. It’s been a long time, so I don’t remember too clearly.” Zhou Xiaoduo lowered his head and hurriedly unlocked his phone, not even caring that the cameras were filming him.

Zhou Xiaoduo pulled his phone screen brightness to the darkest setting and opened Baidu Q&A to search: “good scar-removing ointment.”

One minute later, Zhou Xiaoduo hurriedly raised his head. “I found it. It’s ** brand scar-removing ointment.”

Pei Yi answered faintly, “You don’t need to worry about it. She already has that medicine.”

“Right, Zhong Lin?” Pei Yi glanced at Zhong Lin and asked lightly.

Zhong Lin was holding a cookie box. When her name was suddenly mentioned, she was like a student who had zoned out in class and been called on by the teacher. Her shoulders unconsciously jolted.

Zhong Lin nodded repeatedly in agreement. “Yes.”

Pei Yi’s eyes curved slightly, a smile spreading at the corners. Her gaze unintentionally swept over the other Alpha guests present, carrying a bit of smugness.

Of course Zhong Lin had that ointment. When they were at the hospital, it was Pei Yi who had asked the doctor to prescribe scar-removing ointment for Zhong Lin!

A young girl with a scar on her arm would not look good…

Pei Yi had been thinking about the scratch on Zhong Lin’s arm all along.

Pei Yi lowered her eyes and saw the scratch on Zhong Lin’s arm. Now, the scab had already fallen off, leaving a pale pink mark across the inside of Zhong Lin’s slender, fair arm.

Her heart ached, and she felt an inexplicable sense of guilt.

CP fans were overjoyed—

[How does Pei Yi know Zhong Lin has it? Could it be Pei Yi’s??]

[[/Shy][/Shy] What is the person upstairs saying? I really don’t understand…]

[Why does it feel like Zhou Xiaoduo wanted to go out with Pei Yi, but Pei Yi is finding excuses to push him away?]

[Hahaha, cold Pei Yi stir-frying green tea online!]

Passerby fans discovered the mystery—

[I keep feeling like the way Zhou Xiaoduo recommended scar ointment to Zhong Lin looks like a certain scheming, vicious foot-washing maid secretly sending Shuhen glue to Huanhuan.]

Zhou Xiaoduo’s solo fans began whitewashing—

[People upstairs, don’t maliciously speculate, okay? Little brother Xiaoduo was already pitiful enough after being edited into a laughing point by the production team last episode, QAQ~]

However, no one cared what Zhou Xiaoduo’s solo fans said—

[Linlinzi hugging her cookie box is just like Winnie the Pooh hugging his honey jar. So cute!! Dokidoki feeling!!]

[Taking away cub, giving her a big MUA~]