A Milky Orange-Flavored Omega Becomes Famous Through a Dating Show [Entertainment Circle] - Chapter 30

The production staff came over and handed the ticket stubs to the guests.

After taking the tickets with the seat numbers written on them, the guests’ expressions varied.

—These seats were actually completely scattered?! They were randomly spread throughout the audience seats!!

“We’re really sorry. The production team contacted the Opera and Dance Theater a little late, so we couldn’t buy seats next to each other.”

“But of course, if there’s someone you especially want to sit with, you can privately coordinate later.” After distributing the tickets, the staff member explained apologetically.

Although this Opera and Dance Theater was popular and had no empty seats, the production team had contacted the theater very early. Of course they could have bought seats together. As for why they did not…

It was all because of the director’s painstaking intentions. He wanted to make the audience dig for sugar.

Although the seats were scattered, people were living beings~ If there really was a Ta you liked and wanted to watch the musical with?

The two of you could discuss it together and find a way, or directly go ask the person beside Ta’s seat to swap seats. That process would be both people working hard for love and running toward each other. That was sweet! Double sugar!!

Zhong Lin looked at the ticket in her hand and did not care about the scattered seats. After all, what difference did it make where she sat?

After scanning her ticket at the gate, she walked into the theater entrance.

Outside the theater, the lights were bright, but inside the hall, the overhead lights had been turned off because the performance was about to begin. All the lighting was concentrated on the stage.

The surrounding light was somewhat dim.

At the aisle entrance, Zhong Lin glanced at the seat number in her hand and prepared to find her seat.

Unexpectedly, the ticket in her hand was suddenly taken away by someone. Zhong Lin turned her head in surprise and saw a familiar face.

She could make out the other person’s outline. The light was very dim, making Pei Yi’s sharp and gorgeous side profile soften. Even in this kind of environment, one could still tell that she was a beautiful Alpha with a very strong atmosphere.

“Wait for me here.” Pei Yi lowered her eyes and looked at her. She raised an index finger and lightly made a “shh” gesture before her lips. “I’ll go exchange tickets.”

“Exchange tickets?” Zhong Lin blinked, her light brown eyes staring at Pei Yi with a trace of confusion. “Why exchange tickets?”

“You don’t want to sit with me?” The curve at the corners of Pei Yi’s lips slowly pressed downward. Her red lips pressed together lightly. As her eyes shifted, she looked deeply hurt, and her voice was a little hoarse.

“We’re… friends, aren’t we?” Pei Yi deliberately emphasized the word “friends.” Her gaze moved to the floor, and a trace of cunning flashed through her eyes.

She looked as if Zhong Lin’s reaction had hurt her heart.

“Of course we’re friends.” Zhong Lin did not see the expression hidden in her eyes and felt that her reaction just now really had been a little hurtful. She hurriedly changed her words.

“Of course I’m willing to watch the musical with a friend!”

Zhong Lin nodded and obediently followed behind Pei Yi.

Not far behind them, a tall and slender girl was watching them.

She should not have hesitated. In the end, she was still one step too late. By the time she came back to herself, the position beside Zhong Lin had already been taken by someone else.

Chu Yunze shook her head lightly and sighed helplessly. Her arm slowly lowered, and her fingers gradually tightened, crumpling the ticket until it was full of creases.

What a pity. One step too late.

The ticket was clenched in Pei Yi’s hand.

“Change seats.” Pei Yi suddenly reached out and poked the backs of the two people in front of her.

The two of them were sitting side by side in the very center of the fourth row. The girl on the left was tall, while the girl on the right was petite and charming. One could tell at a glance that they were a couple out on a date.

Unfortunately, their seats were too good and had been spotted by Pei Yi.

Pei Yi took a stack of red bills from her pocket and raised the ticket in her hand. “Exchange tickets.”

Ever since Zhong Lin had paid for her, Pei Yi had started paying attention to carrying cash in her bag in case of emergencies.

The female Alpha turned around and saw a stack of money thrusting toward her. Moreover, the person giving the money was also a female Alpha.

“Who cares about your stinking money?!” The passerby female Alpha instantly became angry, feeling insulted. “Please roundly roll away!”

Her tone was very domineering, leaving no room for discussion.

Pei Yi’s brows furrowed slightly. She unhappily tightened her grip on the cash in her hand.

“Dear, who are you talking to?” Hearing the sound, the passerby female Omega turned her head and asked coquettishly. The moment she turned and saw Pei Yi’s side profile, her eyes suddenly widened. “Pei…”

Pei Yi quickly made a “keep quiet” gesture. “Keep your voice down.”

From behind, Zhong Lin saw Pei Yi take out a stack of money. Her intuition told her things were about to go badly, so she also walked a few steps forward and poked her head over. “Sorry.”

“We’re very good friends, and today we wanted to watch the musical together, but unfortunately, the tickets we bought weren’t next to each other.” Zhong Lin pressed down on Pei Yi’s hand holding the stack of money. “Could you exchange tickets with us? We’ll compensate you.”

“If it makes things difficult for you, then… forget it.”

The passerby female Omega saw Zhong Lin’s cute little head suddenly peek over, then lowered her eyes and noticed Zhong Lin’s hand pressing against Pei Yi’s arm.

She raised her brows, and a kind, auntie-like smile bloomed on her delicate little face. “Exchange, exchange, exchange! No money needed!!”

The passerby female Alpha said through gritted teeth, “Exchange what? Why should we exchange?!”

“Because… if you don’t exchange, you’ll sleep in the living room tonight!” The passerby female Omega snatched the ticket from her Alpha’s hand and, with extremely fast movements, exchanged ticket stubs with Pei Yi.

“We can sit separately, but the CP I ship must sit together!”

The passerby female Alpha scratched her head, stood up, and helplessly accepted the new ticket stub. She hated these CP-hyping things the most. Even her wife was threatening her! QAQ

[Hahaha, the true portrayal of CP fans. I can be single, but the CP I ship must be locked together!!]

[Meeting a sister who ships the same CP in the musical theater—this is fate. Fate, wonderful beyond words~]

[This sugar is kind of funny, haha. Look at that female Alpha being so cowardly and afraid of her wife. She’s just like my wife~]

…

In the other channels.

Liang Shan and Zhu Ying negotiated together and also sat down not far away, though Liang Shan kept looking around from her seat, as if searching for someone.

Chu Yunze gave up exchanging tickets and sat alone in the seat she had been assigned.

Not long after she sat down, another figure also sat beside her.

It was actually Zhou Xiaoduo.

“I exchanged tickets with the person in this seat~” Zhou Xiaoduo’s tone was light. Although Pei Yi taking the initiative to seek out Zhong Lin had made Zhou Xiaoduo feel down for a long time, he had seen Chu Yunze left alone.

He immediately followed over. At least there was still a lone Chu Yunze.

“Suit yourself.” Chu Yunze’s tone was indifferent, as if this Zhou Xiaoduo was not the heartbeat Omega she had chosen during the initial heartbeat pick.

At some unknown point, Chu Yunze had completely lost interest in Zhou Xiaoduo.

She was even a little annoyed.

[Speechless. Can’t Zhou Xiaoduo tell that Yunze isn’t interested in him anymore? During the day at the villa, Yunze clearly stayed in her own room the whole time. She was obviously avoiding Zhou Xiaoduo…]

[Right. Yunze should have been like this long ago! What is there to like about Zhou Xiaoduo? I like Zhou Xiaoduo staying farther away from Yunze!!]

[Really, in the previous episodes, you could clearly see Chu Yunze was sad. Zhou Xiaoduo is truly unfathomable. He flirts with Chu Yunze on one side, while choosing Pei Yi as his heartbeat Alpha on the other.]

[I really don’t know what the capital behind Zhou Xiaoduo sees in him. He clearly doesn’t look refreshing at all…]

[Waiting to eat melons. [/Eating melon]]

[Don’t talk nonsense. Taking away my little brother Xiaoduo. Don’t slander him! [/Angry]]

…

Zhong Lin turned her head, wanting to see where the other guests were sitting.

The Bai Ze divine beast had very good eyesight. From far away, Zhong Lin saw Zhu Ying and Liang Shan sitting together.

Zhou Xiaoduo could not get a response from Chu Yunze, so his gaze kept drifting two rows forward, hoping to find Pei Yi’s position. It just happened to meet Zhong Lin’s eyes.

Zhou Xiaoduo glared at her, his eyes wide like copper bells.

Zhong Lin tilted her head slightly. Why did it feel like Zhou Xiaoduo was glaring at her?

Maybe his eyes were just naturally shaped that way… (:з」∠)

Zhong Lin turned her head back and sat obediently in her seat.

The musical began.

The lights above the stage suddenly went out, and a full moon rose on the screen in the back.

A female dancer stood at the center of the stage, her waist swaying nimbly. Her slender wrists turned, leaving a silhouette in the deep night like a peacock, stepping gracefully and dancing with the wind.

The speakers played Phoenix-Tail Bamboo Under the Moonlight. In the quiet moonlit night, the music flowed faintly.

When many dancers formed a flock of peacocks and appeared, the audience let out soft exclamations. The scene was too shocking.

The story was a sad one.

The flock of peacocks danced under the moonlight. The dancers’ figures were slender, and every movement resembled peacocks spreading their wings. Their long lashes fluttered, quiet and peaceful.

“Bang—”

A gunshot sounded, extremely piercing, cutting through the night.

One peacock fell. The flock of peacocks fell into chaos.

“Bang, bang, bang—”

Many gunshots cut across the sky.

The peacocks scattered and fled. Some escaped, while some failed to get away.

Hunters full of wildness and wrapped in animal skins appeared carrying long guns, going to count their prey.

They picked up the bodies of peacocks one after another.

Among them, beneath the tightly folded wings of an adult female peacock, there was something hidden—

She had tightly protected a tiny peacock chick.

The peacock chick was not dead yet. The young dancer’s body shrank into a small ball, her two arms trembling weakly like the wings of a shivering young bird.

The hunter let out a snickering laugh. Tonight, they could have an extra meal.

Then another sharp gunshot rang out.

When that final gunshot sounded, Pei Yi’s figure paused, and her head tilted slightly backward. It seemed she had empathized with it, and something suddenly surfaced in her mind…

An inexplicable fear, or rather, an immense sense of sorrow, swept toward her.

A cool line of liquid slid down from the corner of her eye, leaving a trail on the side of her face and hanging at the edge of her thin, fair jaw.

Pei Yi suddenly regretted exchanging tickets.

She should not have sat with Zhong Lin. She should not have let someone see this scene…

Truly, she regretted it very much.

A tissue was handed over.

Zhong Lin’s voice was low and soft. “Do you want to wipe it?”

Pei Yi reached out and took the tissue, lightly wiping away the tear tracks on her face. She remained silent. The scene just now had indeed suddenly reminded her of some unpleasant past.

Many people around them were sobbing and crying—

“Wuwu, I regret not bringing more tissues.”

“Peacock Mama died to protect little peacock, but little peacock died too. It’s too heartbreaking, QAQ.”

“I’m going to send blades to the screenwriter. The screenwriter isn’t human, wuwuwu.”

…

Emotions among humans were very easy to resonate with. Even Zhong Lin, as a Bai Ze divine beast, could feel the deep sorrow hidden within the musical.

At this moment, the overhead lights came on, and white light illuminated the entire hall. The musical had completely ended.

Zhong Lin understood Pei Yi’s current feelings. Perhaps at this time, she should give Pei Yi a little time to adjust her emotions…

Pei Yi had always been hiding her true thoughts, burrowing into a cold and hard shell.

Zhong Lin could sense this.

The last time she had seen Pei Yi’s emotions exposed seemed to be… during the time Zhong Lin’s pheromones lost control and she underwent secondary differentiation.

At the edge of the hospital rooftop, Pei Yi was smoking.

It was already late then. From the rooftop, one could see the cold white streetlights. The wind was strong, and her black hair was blown into disorder. Her beautiful brows and eyes were blurred by the hazy smoke.

She had been like a painting, so beautiful yet fragile to the extreme, as if she would shatter with one touch.

It seemed one could touch the sorrow belonging to Pei Yi, hidden deep inside.

That scene suddenly made Zhong Lin’s heart throb faintly.

Alphas, this kind of species, loved competing and being strong the most. Zhong Lin deliberately lowered her head, her fingers rubbing helplessly together, and did not stare at Pei Yi.

She did not want to embarrass her.

When the song ended, the crowd dispersed. People bustled about, gradually leaving the venue in order.

Pei Yi lowered the arm propped against the side of her face. The tissue had been clenched into a wrinkled ball in her palm. She lowered her voice to explain, “It seems a little hot here.”

“Just now, I was sweating.” Pei Yi’s final tone was somewhat hoarse, yet she was still trying to cover it up.

“It is pretty hot.” Zhong Lin answered obediently and did not expose Pei Yi’s cover-up. “Why don’t you go to the bathroom first? We can go out later?”

“Okay.” Pei Yi got up and went to the restroom.

Zhong Lin quietly sat in the seat from before, waiting for her to return.

In the restroom, Pei Yi stood before the mirror and briefly reapplied powder to hide the traces of crying from earlier.

The phone in her pocket vibrated.

It was a new text message—

[Director]: “The other guests are all here… Where are you two?”

Lowering her head and catching sight of this message, Pei Yi’s lips slowly curved upward. Her brows lifted lightly, and her fingers swiftly typed a line on the screen:

[EVE]: “We left first. We got separated by the crowd just now and couldn’t find you.”

[EVE]: “No need to wait for us. See you at the villa later.”