After Transmigrating as a Scumbag Alpha, I Ended Up with the Movie Queen - Chapter 21.1

[Hahaha, as far as I know, among this group of guests, quite a few have publicly said they’re afraid of the dark and ghosts.]

[I hope it rains, thunders, and the power goes out these next few days. I’m sorry, but I really want to watch that.]

[I checked. The ones who publicly said they’re afraid of the dark and ghosts are Shen Zhibei, Bai Rui, and Tang Ling, right? (doge)]

[Afraid-of-ghosts CP confirmed.]

[It was originally a countryside slow variety show, and now it instantly turned into horror. But why am I laughing so loudly? Hahaha.]

[Although I feel bad for them, I really want to watch +1. This humble believer is willing to offer twenty pounds of flesh to the heavens. Please give us the rain-thunder-power-outage package these next few days.]

The production team looked at the sky and the ground, stubbornly refusing to look at the guests, and that attitude made everyone understand.

The answer they had gotten was correct.

After they finished asking how to get to the old building, the group kindly sent the children away before advancing on the production team together.

“We’re participating in a countryside slow variety show, right?”

“Why did it suddenly turn into Adventures in a Haunted House?”

Gu Nan and Lu Xuehai, the two Alphas, led the charge and directly began interrogating the production team.

“I’m afraid of ghosts.” Bai Rui lowered her head and secretly wiped her tears.

“I’m afraid of the dark.” Shen Zhibei looked delicate and weak.

“I’m afraid of ghosts and the dark.” Tang Ling’s face was full of resentment.

Peng Yushu pointed at the three people saying they were afraid and said to the production team, “Look at how pitiful they are. Can you really bear to make them stay in a haunted house?”

The production team looked at this entire set of perfectly coordinated moves from the guests, despite there being no rehearsal at all, and were simply stunned.

But stunned or not, what needed to be said still had to be said.

The chief director hurriedly comforted the guests. “This is all feudal superstition. Our people have already inspected the place on-site. It’s just a normal residence. ‘Haunted house’ is only what the locals call it. It has everything it should have, and nothing it shouldn’t. It’s very suitable for everyone to live in. Please, everyone, you must believe in science.”

All the guests no longer believed a single word of the chief director’s claim that it was suitable for living.

But they had already signed the agreement, and it was impossible to quit halfway. Right now, they were only making the production team understand everyone’s attitude.

“Then will the next episode also be haunted-house play?” Gu Nan continued pressing.

“We haven’t decided on the theme for the next episode yet.” The chief director smiled very honestly. “But we promise everyone that next episode will definitely allow you to enjoy a true countryside life.”

“I don’t believe you.” Lu Xuehai looked at the staff surrounding them. “Your credibility has already gone bankrupt with us. Chief director, swear it. Make a poisonous oath.”

“Swearing is useless. Sign it in writing,” Shen Zhibei said sharply.

The chief director had originally wanted to follow Lu Xuehai’s words and make an oath, but once Shen Zhibei brought up putting it on paper, he immediately pretended to be deaf and mute.

“They’re panicking. They’re panicking.” Gu Nan pointed at the chief director, who was pretending not to hear. “Confirmed. Next episode, there’s definitely something as exciting as a haunted house waiting for us.”

“Director, are you sure next episode still has to be like this?” Peng Yushu also began pretending to wipe his tears, but as a singer, his acting really could not compare to the three actors from earlier.

“I’m already past fifty. My heart really can’t take too much stimulation.”

The other five people called out Peng Yushu’s honorific title and gathered around him, each beginning to act.

The ones with strong professional skills, Shen Zhibei and Bai Rui, directly began crying along with him.

The remaining ones without professional skills began dry-howling and comforting him.

The chief director was dumbfounded. It was his first time seeing a guest group full of drama queens cooperating this perfectly.

[Oh my god, this is my first time seeing this kind of guest group. They’re really so coordinated and so good at acting.]

[The camera is really amazing. It let me see the director team’s dumbfounded expressions.]

[Good heavens, tears came just like that. Am I really watching a countryside slow variety show? Isn’t this some acting-skill test variety show?]

[Hahaha, actors’ tears are worthless.]

[I’m laughing myself dead. Is this the team spirit of Season 3? Drama-queen team spirit? Hahaha.]

[Then I have to comment: the two actors’ crying scenes are very good, and they cry beautifully. But as for the others, what exactly are they acting? Pointing fingers.]

The chief director’s head ached from this group of drama queens.

However, the village for the next episode had already been inspected, the deposit had already been paid, and the script had already been written. Changing it now was not realistic. So he could only activate the skill of changing the topic and urge the guests to rein in their emotions and stop acting.

“Since everyone already knows the route, aren’t you going to hurry and see the house you’ll be staying in for the next few days?”

The chief director advised earnestly, “It’s getting late. You’ll have to make dinner yourselves later. The vegetables also need to be picked by yourselves, and meat ingredients can only be obtained by playing a game. If you still don’t set off now, you may end up going hungry.”

After the chief director said this, Lu Xuehai looked around at everyone, who was still acting very seriously, and carefully suggested, “How about we let this part pass first? Otherwise, we won’t get dinner.”

“That’s true. How about we go take a look first?” Gu Nan also stopped.

She was definitely going to be responsible for cooking. Who knew what the kitchen there looked like?

If she also had to learn how to start a fire, it would definitely take a lot of time. If they did not go over early to take a look, they might end up having to take out instant noodles and gnaw them raw.

“Then all right. Let’s clean up first,” Peng Yushu said while wiping his tears. “Otherwise, it’ll be bad once it gets dark.”

With Peng Yushu setting the tone, the remaining three people’s emotions were withdrawn as soon as they said so.

“Thank you.” Shen Zhibei took the tissue Gu Nan handed her and wiped away her tears.

The two of them both acted as if they had not seen that Bai Rui also wanted a tissue. They began openly discussing what to do if the stove later really required burning firewood.

Bai Rui could only turn and take the tissue Tang Ling handed her, wiping the tears from her face.

But inside, she was puzzled by everything that had happened today.

This shouldn’t have developed like this.

She pretended to drink water and once again secretly glanced at Gu Nan and Shen Zhibei. This time, she carefully observed their expressions and behavior.

After confirming that the way the two of them interacted really did not look fake, she felt even stranger.

Clearly, clearly after that incident happened, their attitude toward each other should not have been so friendly.

Bai Rui tightly crumpled the used tissue.

Just as she wanted to throw the tissue ball onto the ground, she remembered that she was currently on a show and countless cameras were aimed at her. She could only lose interest and stuff it into her pocket.

She gloomily discovered that some things had begun to slip beyond the range of her expectations.

After the group sorted out their appearances, they continued setting off.

The more they walked, the steeper the road became. The path also changed from a gravel road into a dirt road. In the end, even the dirt road disappeared and directly turned into large steps made from tree roots.

“Is this really a slope? I feel like we’re climbing a mountain.”

Peng Yushu was panting hard while carrying his suitcase. Lu Xuehai, who was walking beside him, saw that there was still a long stretch of road to go and hurriedly tried to take Peng Yushu’s suitcase over to help him carry it.

“No need. I’ll carry it myself. You’re very tired too.”

Although Alphas had strong physical constitutions, Lu Xuehai had dieted for years to maintain his figure. He already felt somewhat strained carrying his own large suitcase. If another large suitcase was added now, Peng Yushu was also afraid he would exhaust himself badly.

Lu Xuehai had originally wanted to say that the two of them could carry it together.

But when he looked back at Gu Nan, she was carrying two large suitcases and was even asking Shen Zhibei to hand her the backpack as well.

And Tang Ling, who was walking in front, was carrying his own suitcase with one hand, while using the other hand to carry Bai Rui’s suitcase together with Bai Rui.

His dignity as an Alpha blazed up.

“It’s fine. I can do it.”

Lu Xuehai patted his chest and said he had no problem. Then he took Peng Yushu’s suitcase and even gave him a confident smile.

Peng Yushu was not infected by his confidence. He watched in fear as Lu Xuehai carried two suitcases and walked unsteadily.

Gu Nan and Shen Zhibei were walking at the very back of the entire group, so they did not notice this little episode ahead.

Between the two of them, a tug-of-war over the backpack was currently taking place.

“Give me the bag too.” Gu Nan reached out. “Isn’t your shoulder hurting from carrying it?”

“It doesn’t hurt. I can do it.”

Although Shen Zhibei said this, she still reached out and secretly shifted the shoulder strap of the backpack to another spot.

This single-shoulder bag did not match her dress at all. On top of that, it was not light, so she had originally placed it on top of her suitcase and dragged it along.

Only when they reached the steps did she carry it herself to avoid adding to Gu Nan’s burden.

Now that the backpack had been carried in one spot for a long time, because of its weight, it had indeed started to hurt from the pressure.

“I saw you secretly shifting the shoulder strap.” After Gu Nan finished speaking, she reached out like lightning and grabbed the backpack strap. “Give it to me.”

“You’re already tired enough carrying two suitcases.” Shen Zhibei also gripped the backpack strap and refused to let go.

“I’m not tired.” Gu Nan tugged. “Don’t worry. I won’t force myself.”

Perhaps it was compensation for her being replaced by the shadow for more than ten years, but her physical condition was astonishingly good. Even carrying two large suitcases, she still had plenty of ease left, her face not red and her breathing not labored.

Gu Nan was telling the truth, but Shen Zhibei clearly did not believe her and said to her, “Hurry up and walk. We’ve fallen far behind.”

Gu Nan’s brain heated up, and she said, “Then how about I let you experience a move that can show off my strength? But if I do it, you have to forgive me.”

“What are you going to do?” Although Shen Zhibei did not know exactly what Gu Nan planned to do, she also knew it definitely would not be something she wanted to see.

She hurriedly tried to stop her. “Forget it—”

She had only said three words when she heard Gu Nan say, “Watch your skirt.” Then she was carefully scooped up horizontally.

When Shen Zhibei heard Gu Nan’s words, she subconsciously did as she said. But immediately afterward, the sudden movement made her scream in fright.

Seeing that Shen Zhibei would not be afraid of the wind generated when she rushed forward, Gu Nan directly half-squatted, picked up the two suitcases on the ground, and charged upward.

Attracted by Shen Zhibei’s scream, everyone looked back at the two people at the very end. Then they saw this astonishing scene.

Dumbfounded, they watched as the distance between the two of them and the rest of the group rapidly shrank.

Gu Nan could even make turns to avoid the people standing in the middle of the road, leaving behind one sentence: “We’ll wait for you up there.”

At this moment, Shen Zhibei could no longer control her expression at all. Her face was dark as she used a murderous gaze to cut Gu Nan to pieces.

“Young people really do have good stamina,” Peng Yushu, who had been quickly passed by Gu Nan, said.

Lu Xuehai, who had originally been stubbornly holding on, saw this scene and silently put down the two suitcases.

He prepared to discuss with Peng Yushu whether they should just carry them together after all.

As for an Alpha’s dignity, that thing did not exist.

[Gu Nan: I’ll let you know how powerful I am. Shen Zhibei: I want to kill someone.]

[Hahaha, I really can’t. I’m going to laugh to death. It’s my first time seeing the goddess lose control of her expression and show a fierce look. It’s that kind of gaze that really wants to kill someone, hahaha.]

[This truly is beautiful love. It perfectly embodies: she chases, she flees, and she can’t escape disaster. Hahahaha.]

[A brain is a good thing. Unfortunately, Gu Nan doesn’t have one. (doge)]

[Let’s just say, after the show ends and Gu Nan goes home, will she still have a way to live?]

[I never expected this. I originally wanted to nitpick these two, but now I’ve already started imagining all kinds of little play scenarios after the two of them go home.]

[Could you lend me one of those scenarios to talk about? Holding rose in mouth.]

Gu Nan ran all the way to the top. Only when they reached flat ground did she put Shen Zhibei down.

Shen Zhibei also knew that, during that short period just now, the image she had maintained had probably completely collapsed. So at this point, she fully let herself go.

First, she straightened her clothes. Then she looked at Gu Nan expressionlessly and gave her a “death notice.”

“You. Just. Wait.”

Gu Nan had done that without thinking. Afterward, hearing Shen Zhibei say this expressionlessly, her heart trembled.

I—I was clearly doing a good deed.

No, I need to make her forget that scene quickly.

“Sis-ter~” Gu Nan leaned closer with a tone full of twists and turns. “Just now, I only wanted to end our boring argument quickly, so I thought of showing you my muscles.”

“Sophistry.” As Shen Zhibei spoke, she placed the single-shoulder bag on top of her suitcase, then snatched her suitcase back.

Gu Nan did not dare provoke Shen Zhibei again, deeply afraid that her crimes would be added together, so she let Shen Zhibei drag the suitcase back. In any case, they were on flat ground now. Although the road conditions were still not great, dragging a suitcase was no problem.

Shen Zhibei’s suitcase happened to block Gu Nan on that side, so Gu Nan changed to the other side, leaned closer, and continued, “I know, I acted without thinking just now. I apologize. I’m sorry. But Sis-ter~, considering that I’m young, forgive me.”

Shen Zhibei did not even look at Gu Nan and sneered, “Then considering that I’m older, please be considerate of me too.”

Looking at Shen Zhibei, who seemed determined to be “cold and ruthless” to the end, Gu Nan felt her scalp go numb. “Sister, don’t be unhappy anymore. Look, the weather is so beautiful, the scenery so lovely…”

“Shut up,” Shen Zhibei said mercilessly.

Gu Nan immediately choked and could not help thinking:

Sister, why don’t you care about your image in front of the audience anymore?

[As Sister’s fan, this is really my first time seeing Sister with this expression in daily life instead of in a movie. Shocked cat head.]

[Holy crap, Sister’s expression killed me with handsomeness. I need Sister to kiss me before I can get up.]

[Although—but, the way Gu Nan called her “Sister” was so coquettish. Covering face.]

[From now on, whoever says these two are acting, I’ll go fight them to death!]

[So this is their normal state at home? Did the two of them differentiate wrong?!]

[Sister, although I’m also an Omega, I really don’t mind having an OO romance. Top me! Hurry and top me! Wriggling like an earthworm on the bed.]

After reaching the top of the slope, there was only one road. Following this road, they could also see a building not far away.

Knowing that their destination was nearby, the two of them slowly walked along the path while waiting for the remaining four guests to catch up.

They did not wait long before the four people finally arrived, panting.

“We’re finally here.” Bai Rui let out a long breath and finally took out a tissue to dab away the sweat on her forehead.

Because she still wanted to maintain her image, she did not sit directly on her suitcase to rest like Tang Ling and Peng Yushu did. But she still leaned on her suitcase and stopped moving, trying to recover her strength quickly.

Shen Zhibei had already taken the sponsor’s bottled water from the production team and was handing one bottle to each person. At this moment, she happened to reach Bai Rui.

“Drink some water,” Shen Zhibei said very gently.

“Thank you, Sister Zhibei.”

When Bai Rui saw Shen Zhibei handing her water, her first reaction was: There wouldn’t be something in this bottle, right?

Although she suspected this, she still wore a sweet smile and accepted the bottled water. She simply did not immediately twist it open.

Shen Zhibei also noticed that Bai Rui did not make another move, but she did not care. After saying, “We’re almost there. We can already see the destination,” she returned to Gu Nan’s side.

Bai Rui watched Shen Zhibei go back before pretending to fiddle with the bottle and began checking whether it had been tampered with.

After turning it over and over, she concluded that nothing had been done to it before daring to twist open the cap and drink.

“We didn’t come here to participate in a countryside slow variety show. We came to participate in a transformation reality show, didn’t we?”

After drinking water and resting for quite a while, Peng Yushu finally recovered and began condemning the production team.

“She probably thinks we’re all Alphas,” Bai Rui could not help saying.

Hearing that Bai Rui had actually formed that impression, Lu Xuehai hurriedly corrected her. “Our Alpha physiques aren’t all this abnormal, okay?”

After saying that, he looked at Gu Nan aggrievedly.

Gu Nan was innocently hit by stray fire. Her physique was not this good just because she was an Alpha.

All the guests had already made it up, and only the last short, flat stretch remained before they reached the destination.

With no more points the guests could seize on to attack them, the production team gained confidence.

Completely ignoring the group’s insignificant questioning, the chief director merely repeated like a recording, “The sun is about to set. Dear guests, please work a little harder. Victory is right in front of you.”

Facing this “recording machine” that did not resist and only repeated itself, there was no fun in arguing.

Sure enough, after saying a couple more lines, the few people who had tried to criticize the production team again could not get a response, so they chose to stop talking and focus on recovering their strength.

After resting, the six of them made one final push and finally arrived at the building at the end of the path.

Through the wooden fence, they could see the machines set up in the yard, easily letting the guests know that this was their destination: Elder Tang Chunhua’s home.

Knowing that this really was the destination, they finally carefully observed the house they would be living in for quite some time.

The more they looked, the less confident they felt.

This was a three-story gray-brick building with not a single light or wisp of cooking smoke. It had windows and doors with peeling paint, messy and broken roof tiles, and an old wooden fence that creaked in the wind.

Paired with the rays of the sunset that were about to disappear falling on the building—

It really did look like a haunted house.

The throats of the few people who had said they were afraid of the dark and ghosts moved up and down with difficulty.

Shen Zhibei had already unconsciously and quietly grabbed the hem of Gu Nan’s clothes and hidden behind her.

Everyone looked at one another.

Seeing that no one was stepping forward, Gu Nan could only do it herself.

She stepped forward and called loudly, “Is anyone here?”

“Is anyone here?”

Everyone waited for a long time, but no one came out.

“No one’s here. Why don’t we go in and take a look first?” Tang Ling said nervously.

“That works.” Gu Nan was about to push open the small courtyard gate and enter.

But Shen Zhibei behind her still had not let go. Gu Nan had only taken one step when she felt a tugging sensation from behind. Turning back, she finally realized that Shen Zhibei had been holding onto the hem of her clothes the whole time.

Only when she noticed Gu Nan’s gaze did Shen Zhibei let go of Gu Nan’s hem as if she had been electrocuted.

Eh?! She seemed to know how to make Shen Zhibei forget what happened just now.

Gu Nan’s eyes lit up, and she immediately became even more proactive.

“I’ll lead the way. You all follow behind.”

The moment Shen Zhibei heard “follow,” she grabbed the hem of Gu Nan’s clothes again, showing that she was right here.

Lu Xuehai’s sense of Alpha dignity surged up again, making him automatically raise his hand to indicate that he could guard the rear.

The first and second positions were taken, and even the rear guard was settled.

Peng Yushu stated that he was not very afraid and walked second from the back, leaving the middle positions to Bai Rui and Tang Ling.

The six of them lined up in a row.

Seeing that everyone behind her had discussed it, Gu Nan stepped forward, pushed open the small courtyard gate, and took the lead into the small building.

The sunset had already sunk even lower, and the moon was about to rise.

The lighting inside the building was poor, and everything looked indistinct.

Gu Nan searched around the spacious living room on the first floor, but she did not find a light switch.