A Milky Orange-Flavored Omega Becomes Famous Through a Dating Show [Entertainment Circle] - Chapter 29

There was an extra notification in the notification bar: 5,000 yuan received.

Sender: Zhong Lin.

It was the medical fee Pei Yi had previously paid in advance for Zhong Lin.

Pei Yi pressed her lips together. Her lashes lowered slightly, and the color in her eyes grew even deeper. Why did it feel like Zhong Lin was deliberately clearing up the relationship between the two of them? As if she were intentionally drawing a boundary?

Pei Yi let out a cold laugh and stepped on the gas.

Zhong Lin gently exhaled, bowed, and walked down from the podium.

The defense had ended. The professors who had crazily thrown out a deathly chain of questions just now all nodded one after another, revealing gratified smiles. They had not expected that this child, who had skipped nearly an entire semester of classes and had such poor attendance, would actually use such an excellent model and empirical results.

They had originally thought it was a purchased graduation project—academic fraud—but she had answered everything fluently…

The unnamed top students felt their hearts clench into one tight knot. Zhong Lin had clearly never studied properly. After signing with a small entertainment company in senior year, Zhong Lin had basically never attended class again.

How had she written such a good thesis? How had her defense gone so smoothly? Even the model she used was stronger than theirs?!

The top students sitting in the first row were so angry their teeth itched. The number of model graduation theses was very limited, only the top 5% among that year’s graduates, and it was even useful to a certain extent when applying for graduate recommendation. Every spot taken meant one less spot left. How could it be taken by Zhong Lin, who had no learning or skills?!

This group of top students clearly knew nothing about the power of a divine beast.

However, Zhong Lin did not care about any of this. She also would not compete with this group for any graduate recommendation quota. As long as she could graduate smoothly and not end up like the original owner, whose thesis failed and who did not even get her diploma, that was enough…

As long as she deviated more and more from the original plotline, she could survive until the end! For example, when she had first transmigrated into the book, Zhong Lin had often been sleepy, listless, and very bad at controlling this body. But the current Zhong Lin could already be very energetic and had already gained good control over her body~

She was a Bai Ze cub who would successfully survive until the end!

Zhong Lin returned to her seat and sat down. Under the desk, she turned on her phone screen. A certain electronic payment app showed a message from someone who was not a friend—

“Received.” The message came from a person whose profile picture was in the default state. It was Pei Yi’s reply.

During the recording of the variety show, the production team restricted private communication between guests, so the guests had not even added each other on WeChat.

The stone in Zhong Lin’s heart finally fell. An important matter was finally over. She had paid off all her current debts and finally returned the money she owed Pei Yi!

Also, after hearing Li Shasha’s words outside the school, Zhong Lin checked all her accounts and suddenly discovered that there was a lot more money in them. The senders were all sponsors whose advertisements she had read.

Zhong Lin: Happy. I won’t starve to death in the future~ (^▽^)

After the defense ended, Zhong Lin went to eat a meal and stopped by her dormitory to pack some things.

After the variety show ended, she would probably graduate completely, so packing in advance would make things much more convenient when the time came.

When everything was done, Zhong Lin checked her phone. It was now 4:30 p.m. There was still time, so she could return to the villa first and eat dinner.

After squeezing onto the subway and transferring to a bus all the way back, it was already nearly 5:30 p.m. when she returned to the villa.

Tonight should originally have been Liang Shan and Zhu Ying’s turn to make dinner, but those two needed to go to their workplaces to hand over duties and had not been in the villa for almost the entire day.

So the ones preparing dinner tonight were Zhou Xiaoduo and Chu Yunze.

Zhong Lin first returned to her room to tidy up briefly. When she passed through the living room, she saw two busy figures in the kitchen from afar.

She quickly came out of her room and trotted all the way toward the kitchen, stopping beside the dining table. “What are we eating tonight?”

“Do you need my help?” Zhong Lin asked softly.

Zhou Xiaoduo let out a light snort without even raising his head and answered coldly, “No need.”

“Tonight, we’re eating hotpot. We just need to wash and cut the ingredients.” Chu Yunze stopped cutting vegetables, raised her eyes, and smiled at Zhong Lin.

“I don’t know how many people will come back for dinner tonight, so we can only eat hotpot. If we make too many dishes, it’ll be wasteful.”

Zhong Lin nodded. “Okay. Thank you for your hard work.”

She obediently returned to the living room and sat properly on the sofa.

At this moment, the second person walked in through the entrance.

Pei Yi changed into slippers at the door. When she passed through the living room, her figure paused for an instant.

Zhong Lin hurriedly picked up the remote and turned off the TV program she had been watching. Just now, she had been watching a cartoon about a grassland, many little sheep, and a big gray wolf.

Those little sheep were white and plump. They looked very fat and tasty, making Zhong Lin a little greedy.

But at her age, still watching cartoons was really a little embarrassing, so the moment she saw Pei Yi, she immediately pressed the remote and turned it off.

“What were you watching?” Pei Yi stopped beside the marble coffee table. This position was very close to the two-person sofa where Zhong Lin was sitting.

“Eating mutton…” Zhong Lin blurted out unconsciously.

“No…” Realizing she had misspoken, Zhong Lin immediately corrected herself. “It was Little Sheep and its friends.”

Her light brown eyes blinked, looking helplessly at Pei Yi like a naturally silly little elk.

She looked especially cute, making one want to rua her soft little face.

“Want to eat meat?” Pei Yi laughed softly. As if possessed, she raised a hand and lightly touched the top of Zhong Lin’s head.

Her movement was very gentle. In fact, she was tidying Zhong Lin’s hair. A small strand of hair was tucked behind her ear by Pei Yi’s long fingers.

When the ends of her hair brushed against the back of her ear, it itched slightly. Zhong Lin felt the roots of her ears grow a little hot. At the tip of her nose, she smelled a very, very faint, smooth and mellow chocolate scent.

Zhong Lin sniffed, thinking she must have smelled wrong. Artists probably would not eat something so high in calories…

However, after the heroine Alpha became willing to be ordinary friends with her, her attitude really had changed a lot.

“I want to eat it.” Zhong Lin lightly nodded, answering softly. “I want to eat meat.”

She liked eating meat.

Pei Yi’s eyes darkened slightly, and for some reason, her heart throbbed.

—She wanted to eat meat too.

“I’ll take you to eat it in the future.” Pei Yi raised her hand and touched Zhong Lin’s slightly lifted little face with her index finger.

The touch was warm and soft.

The fingertip that touched her tingled faintly, like a tiny electric current passing through it.

Pei Yi’s finger curled slightly. She immediately withdrew her hand and turned to leave.

She returned to her own room, went to the bathroom, turned on the showerhead, and took a simple shower.

Amid the spreading water mist, Pei Yi lowered her eyes. Her long lashes were wet, carrying a few tiny droplets.

Just now, why had she touched Zhong Lin?

It seemed that at some point, the initial dislike she had felt toward Zhong Lin had completely disappeared.

Zhong Lin was no longer like other Omegas, deliberately approaching her for other purposes.

Zhong Lin did not even have an entertainment company anymore.

Zhong Lin was simple by nature. When she smiled innocently and brightly, she was like a simple yet cute little girl.

Be friends with someone like that?

The hand hanging at her side clenched into a fist. With a “bang,” it smashed against the tiles, and the back of her hand stung.

Pei Yi instantly woke up. Zhong Lin and her… they could not become friends.

Someone like her was mold that had grown in a dark, damp environment, surrounded by rotten dead branches and mud.

And Zhong Lin was like a ray of sunlight, bright and warm.

Mold and sunlight were destined not to be friends.

The feeling slowly spreading and fermenting in her heart gave Pei Yi a sense of sin. She wanted to touch that ray of sunlight, stain her with the filth on her fingertips, grasp her lonely ankle, and fall with her into the ten-zhang soft red dust…

That feeling was disgusting, yet full of pleasure.

It was all the pheromones’ fault.

Her pheromones were sweet to the heart, tempting people to commit crimes.

A little over ten minutes later, Pei Yi came out of her room. After showering, she changed into a pair of white suit pants and a blue-and-white striped shirt. The style was simple, but the cut was ingenious. The tightened high waist made her slender waist and long legs stand out even more.

Her whole person looked especially fresh and clean.

Pei Yi walked into the living room and saw three people already seated at the dining table.

Her figure paused. She sat down in the empty seat between Zhong Lin and Zhou Xiaoduo.

The hotpot was already ready.

It was a divided yin-yang pot. The spicy side was already bubbling, the broth gurgling and rolling. A layer of beef tallow floated on top, boiling out a very fragrant aroma.

Zhou Xiaoduo first picked up a slice of tripe and swished it in the red broth for a while, intending to put that slice of tripe into Pei Yi’s bowl.

“Try this soup base. The production team customized it at a hotpot restaurant. It’s very fragrant, and they added a lot of beef tallow.”

Pei Yi raised her hand and pressed the back of it against the edge of her porcelain bowl, blocking Zhou Xiaoduo’s approaching chopsticks. “I don’t like others serving food to me.”

Pei Yi’s voice was cold, and her gaze was cool.

The action was full of rejection.

Zhou Xiaoduo’s lips curled almost imperceptibly. He withdrew the chopsticks hanging in midair and put the tripe back into his own bowl, saying awkwardly, “Sorry.”

Zhong Lin suddenly raised her head and looked at Pei Yi sitting on her right, her eyes somewhat confused. “Really? But last time at the supermarket… you exchanged food with me.”

Pei Yi: “…”

Zhou Xiaoduo ⊙_⊙, speechless.jpg: “…”

[Pei Yi: &@# Do I not need face!?]

[Hahahahahaha, I’m dying of laughter. Cub actually exposed her to her face. Is this really okay?? [/Snicker]]

[Quick, look at Zhou Xiaoduo’s expression. His expression management failed just now. The corners of his mouth twitched several times, and his face froze. I’m dying of laughter!!!]

…

After dinner ended, the four of them got into the nanny van prepared by the production team and headed to the downtown Opera and Dance Theater to meet the other guests.

Because of the unpleasant conversation just now, the atmosphere was extremely awkward for a while.

When Zhou Xiaoduo first got in the car, he still wanted to awkwardly chat with Chu Yunze, but Chu Yunze seemed to have no interest at all. She only responded with single words like “right” and “mm,” completely perfunctory.

Zhou Xiaoduo discovered that Chu Yunze did not seem to be in a good mood. He curled his lips and did not continue.

There was no conversation the whole way. Fortunately, the road conditions on this stretch were rather good, and the vehicle drove steadily.

Zhong Lin paid no attention at all to the oppressive atmosphere in the car. She had been busy at school for almost the whole day and was exhausted. Sleepiness and fatigue surged over her like a tide. Her head was heavy and muddled, and her small chin nodded slightly.

Her long, dense lashes trembled. Those light brown eyes seemed covered in a layer of mist, and her blinking grew slower and slower…

In the next instant, Zhong Lin’s little head tilted slightly backward, and she fell asleep completely.

Pei Yi sat beside her and saw Zhong Lin’s side profile from the corner of her eye.

This little girl seemed to have gotten sleepy not long after getting in the car. In order to perform properly in front of the camera, she had forced herself to stay awake until now.

Drowsiness and sleepiness were contagious.

Even Pei Yi felt a little sleepy because of her. Her head leaned back against the leather seat, eyes slightly narrowed, the corners of her eyes becoming long and narrow…

At the intersection, the light turned red. The cars ahead stopped one after another, and the nanny van suddenly braked sharply.

Zhong Lin’s little head, which had been leaning against the seat, bounced slightly and tilted to the side.

It just so happened to lean against a place of suitable height.

A weight settled on her shoulder. Pei Yi turned her face slightly and lowered her eyes to see a little head resting against her shoulder.

The little girl was sleeping quite soundly. Half of her little face was revealed through her hair, pink and tender. Her soft pink lips were lightly pressed together.

Pei Yi’s mind instantly became clear. She hesitated for a moment, but could not bear to wake the little girl.

She must be tired.

The roots of her ears heated. Pei Yi maintained the posture of crossing her arms in front of her chest and turned her head to face forward.

But her sitting posture did not move even one bit.

The photographer in the front passenger seat instantly grew excited. He had not known what had gotten into these guests today. As soon as they got into the car, they were lifeless, without a single interaction.

But this moment had finally arrived, the scene all sisters loved to see!

The camera gradually zoomed in, magnifying the image of Pei Yi and Zhong Lin leaning against each other.

The bullet comments became a CP carnival—

[Ahhhhhhh, I’m shipping to death! Shipping to death!]

[This is the taste of love. I lost this heartbeat challenge. I lost completely. Even if there’s a script, I accept it…]

[Just now, cub started getting sleepy as soon as she got in the car. She was clearly so sleepy but forced herself to keep her eyes open. Her fluttering lashes were like little brushes. Too cute~]

[Actually, Pei Yi seemed sleepy just now too and was about to sleep, but once cub leaned over, she stopped sleeping and kept holding her arm still. Wuwuwuwu, peerless love~~]

[I stand Pei Yi x Zhong Lin, “Yi-Lin CP, body and soul united”! Everyone ship it. Mama sheds gratified tears.]

[I stand “Yun-Lin CP,” but allow me to climb the wall for one second…]

…

The car arrived at its destination: the downtown Opera and Dance Theater.

“We’re here.” Pei Yi turned her face slightly and softly called her.

“Meat…” Zhong Lin’s side face pressed against the shoulder of the person beside her, her voice very low.

“What meat?” Pei Yi’s lips lifted slightly, somewhat unable to hold back a laugh.

Did she really want to eat it that badly?

“Big lobster…” Zhong Lin’s eyes were still closed, her lips opening and closing as she let out a faint murmur.

“You really know how to eat.” Pei Yi laughed softly. She bent her arm and lightly tapped Zhong Lin’s forehead with her fingertip. “I can’t satisfy you right now.”

Her fingertip touched Zhong Lin’s forehead. The sensation was warm and smooth.

Zhong Lin’s eyelids slowly lifted, her light brown eyes hazy with sleep.

“Awake?” A familiar female voice sounded beside her ear.

Zhong Lin gave a low “mm” and blinked.

A hand came toward her, fingertips holding a tissue, wiping toward her soft, moist lips.

By reflex, Zhong Lin leaned backward, but she could not dodge.

Pei Yi was wiping her mouth. Her movements were gentle. When the tissue left the corner of Zhong Lin’s lips, it pulled up a very fine silver thread.

She had slept in front of the cameras? And even drooled?!! This was too embarrassing!

It was practically social death. The Bai Ze cub really wanted to cry. Wuwuwu…

Maybe it was because this human body had only just turned twenty and was growing wisdom teeth… making her lose face like this! Zhong Lin’s gaze gradually turned blank. Suddenly, she felt like she no longer wanted to be human.

Pei Yi unfastened her seatbelt. “Everyone has gotten out… why are you still spacing out?”

“Still not awake?”

Zhong Lin raised her eyes and looked toward the front row, only to discover that the follow-cameraman in the passenger seat had already gotten out. So the scene just now had not been filmed.

Zhong Lin gently exhaled. Fortunately, it had not been captured by the camera.

After getting out of the car, the guests gathered at the location designated by the production team. They had to head toward the special passage prepared for the show by the Opera and Dance Theater.

It was already late, but for office workers, nightlife had only just begun.

The streets were brightly lit. Not far away was the Central Opera and Dance Theater. The building was circular, and at this time, all the lights were on. Beams of light scattered around it like a pearl, dazzling and brilliant.

Liang Shan and Zhu Ying, who had returned from work, waved at everyone from afar. The lights behind them pulled out long, narrow shadows in front of the two of them.

Although the production team had required the Opera and Dance Theater to keep this cooperation confidential and try not to reveal the guests’ schedule so as not to interfere with filming,

some fans had still somehow gotten wind of it and squatted here in advance.

“Ah!! Pei Yi~ Yiyi! Yiyi!”

“Pei Yi, Pei Yi!”

“Yiyi, never abandon, never give up! E fans depend on you through life and death!”

…

Pei Yi curved her lips in a faint smile and lightly waved at these fans, nodding at just the right degree, like an old cadre going down to the countryside.

A crowd of fans squeezed along both sides of the passage, all holding high light signs with the character “Yi,” shaking them frantically and shouting “Pei Yi” in messy voices.

The large sea of “Yi” light signs had almost formed an ocean.

On both sides, there was also a small patch of people holding “Yun” light signs. They were clearly Chu Yunze’s fans. Although she had shifted from modeling into the entertainment industry,

Chu Yunze still had a bit of a fan base.

The guests entered the passage two by two.

Zhong Lin obediently followed behind Pei Yi.

“Lin cub, Mama loves you~”

“Linlin, you have to be well!”

…

Zhong Lin paused and stopped walking. She discovered that between the large sea of “Yi” signs and the small patch of “Yun” signs,

there were also a few “Lin” characters. Although there were only a handful of fans holding light signs, and their figures were almost drowned out by Pei Yi and Chu Yunze’s fans,

they stubbornly squeezed at the edge of the passage, raising their “Lin” light signs high, wholeheartedly waiting for Zhong Lin’s arrival.

Zhong Lin stopped. Seeing that several girls were dressed thinly, she turned sideways and greeted the fans. “Hurry and go inside! The wind is strong tonight.”

The fans nodded repeatedly.

One girl lightly sniffed. “Wuwu, cub is so good.”

Another tall girl hurriedly answered, “Cub may be flop, but she’s super cute.”

Zhong Lin revealed an awkward yet polite smile: …So being flop is my fault?

Zhong Lin waved her little hand and said goodbye to them. “I’ll go in first.”

The handful of fans all shook the light signs in their hands. Their movements were unusually neat. “Zhong Lin, fly with ease! Little Bells will always follow!”

Zhong Lin followed the other guests into the special passage. Suddenly, her nose felt a little sore again.

She had already known that she was someone with fans, but seeing her own light signs and those cute fans still made her heart feel sour.

Happy. She was too happy.

She no longer needed to walk the original “Zhong Lin’s” BE dead end.

It was so good to have people like her.

She was truly very moved.

After chatting with the fans for a few sentences, Zhong Lin was the last one to walk into the special passage.

Not far away, Zhu Ying’s puzzled voice sounded. “How are the seats assigned?”

“It should be arranged according to the connections formed yesterday, right?” Liang Shan nodded along and answered somewhat hesitantly.

Chu Yunze and Zhou Xiaoduo had not formed a heartbeat connection last night. Neither of them had received a single reply letter.

Zhou Xiaoduo’s expression was gloomy, and his gaze drifted uncertainly, lingering between Chu Yunze and Pei Yi.

In the end, neither of those two was looking at him.

Zhou Xiaoduo: …I’m furious. (╬◣д◢)

Chu Yunze raised her eyes and glanced in Zhong Lin’s direction, wanting to speak but stopping.

Pei Yi turned slightly, using the corner of her eye to secretly observe Zhong Lin’s reaction.

Zhong Lin… who would she sit with later?

The director revealed a gloomy, strange, sly, and unpredictable smile. This expression was extremely similar to the emoji [/Slippery], fully showing the production team’s sinister intention to stir up trouble again.

Arrange seats according to heartbeat connections?

How could that be possible?

“Lovers” were meant to be broken up, weren’t they?