Rich Side Character Goes Viral for Gossiping on a Laid-Back Reality Show Ch. 28

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Next, she threw her assistant under the bus, blaming her styling and outfit change on them. She claimed the whole look ended up accidentally resembling Yu Qianxia's, which led to the paparazzi snapping those misunderstood pics.

Bottom line: she had nothing to do with Yu Qianxia's scandal. She was 100% innocent.

After this string of damage control, the fans who were still on the fence slowly started following her back.

Watching her follower count creep up again, Yan Zhirou finally let out a sigh of relief.

But when she looked at the over 30,000 followers she'd already lost, her mood dropped again. The recovery was way too slow—this time, the hit to her image was serious.

Who knew how long it would take to earn those fans back.

She clenched her fists, her eyes full of resentment.

Damn that Yu Qianxia!

Once the scene calmed down and the livestream shut off, Director Qian gave everyone a half-day break. No filming in the afternoon.

Yu Qianxia sat down and started munching on the now slightly cold soup dumplings.

Ji Minghan plopped down beside her, all smiles and totally fishing for praise. He grinned and joked, "So, Sister Qianxia, pretty smart of me, huh? I picked up on your mental signal in, like, one second flat. Look at us out there—total double act! We played them like a fiddle!"

Yu Qianxia had just thought of something when she blurted out, "Yeah, real smart—smart enough to eat sea dog pills like they were candy."

Ji Minghan's face instantly fell. "Come on, Sister Qianxia, can we not bring that up again? I messed up once, and you just happened to catch me in the act. I swear I didn't know what they were at the time! I tossed 'em the second I figured it out."

Yu Qianxia quickly stuffed another dumpling in her mouth. She really shouldn't be talking right now—whatever weird truth-spilling glitch she had going on still wasn't over.

And of course, Ji Minghan just had to push his luck. "Slow down, Sister! Save me a couple, I'm still hungry..."

She finished chewing and swallowed—then blurted out again, totally out of her control, "Maybe you should stop eating so much. You used to be 270 pounds—aren't you scared of gaining it all back?"

Plop—

The dumpling in Ji Minghan's hand dropped. Suddenly, it didn't smell so good anymore.

His jaw dropped as he stared at her, horrified.

What the hell?! How does she know that super-private info?!

Yu Qianxia glanced up, smiled, and added with a smirk, "What? Did I get it wrong? I clearly remember you used to be so chubby you didn't even have a neck, and your belly rolls had, like, five layers."

Ji Minghan covered his face and groaned dramatically, "Aaahhh stopppp! You're literally stripping me down to my underwear here!"

Yu Qianxia twitched a smile, looking helpless. She didn't want to say it. But she just couldn't help it.

She was realizing this weird truth-telling bug she had... was lasting way longer than usual. Even by the next day, when filming resumed—it still wasn't over.

After Liu Chuyang's epic downfall, he totally lost the face to keep filming the show. He quit the crew immediately and vanished from the public eye in a hurry.

The next day, the livestream kicked back on. Director Qian told everyone to do a final rehearsal—the guests would be performing on stage that evening, with local Hengcheng background actors as the judges. They'd score each guest's performance.

Since the guys' team lost Liu Chuyang, the reward rules had to change. The sponsor decided to narrow it down—now only one person would win.

Out of the five guests, the one with the highest score would score the Mu Hua Jewelry endorsement.

Yu Qianxia didn't really care much about the jewelry endorsement. She just wanted to act her part well. Whatever score she ended up with, as long as she did her best, that was good enough for her.

She had already run through the scene with Xu Qian the day before, and today's practice felt even smoother. Their chemistry was clicking—the emotions and beats were perfectly in sync.

To make the visuals pop even more, Zhang Qing was busy directing her team to set up the stage props, while her assistant Xiao Wu ran around helping out too.

The makeup artists were prepping everything ahead of time, waiting to glam Yu Qianxia up before the show officially kicked off that evening. The whole crew was buzzing with energy.

Once she finished rehearsing with Xu Qian, Yu Qianxia suddenly found herself with some downtime.

She picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of water.

Just as she set it down, someone walked in through the door and stopped right next to her. She looked up—met eyes with Si Churao.

A flash of surprise flickered in Yu Qianxia's eyes. "You looking for me?"

Si Churao hesitated, lips pressing together like she was still figuring out how to start. Her expression was tangled.

Yu Qianxia glanced around and stood up. "Wanna go to my dorm and talk?"

Si Churao nodded. "Yeah."

Yu Qianxia brought her back to her room. After shutting the door, Si Churao spoke in a sincere tone: "I came to apologize. I'm sorry, Yu Qianxia. I misunderstood you before and said some awful things. I hope you're not too mad."

Yu Qianxia hadn't expected her to apologize. Honestly, from Si Churao's point of view—it made sense. First she thought Qianxia stole her big audition, then someone accused her boyfriend of being trash with zero proof. All things considered, Si Churao had every reason to hate her.

Si Churao avoided her gaze, clearly uncomfortable under Qianxia's direct stare. She awkwardly turned her head away. "Um..."

"I get it," Yu Qianxia blurted out, completely unfiltered. "You thought I stole your audition spot, so you were salty, gave me the cold shoulder during the show—that's fair."

She didn't even bother sugarcoating it. Her thoughts just slipped right out, and she didn't care if it made Si Churao feel awkward or not.

Yu Qianxia reached up and touched the corner of her mouth, letting out a helpless little laugh.

Si Churao clearly didn't expect her to say that. She froze, face flushing red from the neck up—ears, cheeks, all pink.

Fidgeting with the hem of her clothes, she mumbled, "Honestly... yeah, I did misunderstand you."

Yu Qianxia raised an eyebrow. "You found something?"

At the mention of it, Si Churao's expression calmed down a bit. Her voice turned serious. "Yeah. After everything that happened yesterday, I started having doubts. So I asked my manager to dig into it."

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