Chapter 66: Is It Finally Time for the Hot Springs?

Bai Lu was startled, “Dad, weren’t you going to the Tokyo Film Festival as a judge?”

“Does the Tokyo Film Festival have to be held in Tokyo? Bai Lu, you’re an actress—how can you not know this? How could I have a fool like you as my child!” Her father rattled off scoldings for several minutes.

When he finally finished, Bai Lu softly asked, “Dad, will I be able to see you?”

Lu Yiting was silent for a few seconds before he gave a brief grunt of assent.

“Dad, I love you so much. So when can I—” Her father had already hung up.

Oh well, her dad was just shy.

Who knows, maybe she’d wake up tomorrow and ‘bump into’ him! She wondered what kind of ‘coincidence’ it would be. The thought made her a little excited.

With that expectation, Bai Lu went to sleep.

But to her disappointment, neither the next day nor the day after did she ‘run into’ her father.

What she did see, though, was her dad popping up in news articles on her phone as a judge, attending various events and giving interviews. He was incredibly busy.

When she called him, Bai Lu didn’t bring it up again.

Thanks to the coupons Tang Xing gave them, they had a car and their travels were very convenient. By the third day, they’d already checked off all the tourist spots ahead of schedule.

That night, they could finally head to the hot spring inn and no longer stay in this remote, cramped hotel.

Shen Xinluo awkwardly said, “It’s fine, you all can have fun. I’ll just wait for you at the hotel.”

Over the past few days, Shen Xinluo had behaved very well, dutifully carrying out her role as caretaker, running around serving the six guests.

She kept her posture low, as if she were a maid.

Six-person group chat.

[Princess Qiao: Shen Xinluo is kind of pitiful]

[Super Adorable Little Bai Lu: Then give your spot to her]

[Princess Qiao: Retracted a message]

[Zu: After all, we still have five more episodes to film together. Let’s not make things ugly. She is Bai Lu’s sister, and we haven’t spent any money lately. Why don’t we all chip in and bring Shen Xinluo along?]

[Di Di Di Di: En-ge seems aloof, but he’s actually very warm-hearted]

[Huahua: Yeah! En-ge is so often misunderstood!!]

[Super Adorable Little Bai Lu: En-ge is so kind!!!]

[Zu: If Bai Lu doesn’t like it, we won’t bring her]

[Super Adorable Little Bai Lu: I don’t care. If we have enough money, let’s just bring her]

[Zu: Everyone, come to our room to meet up]

Seven-person group chat.

[Zu: @everyone, come to Xiao Ye and my room and bring whatever money you have left]

Bai Lu put down her phone and squinted her eyes.

She hadn’t interacted with Yu Fuqing these days. Yu Fuqing thought she was angry about Shen Xinluo, so he went to investigate how Shen Xinluo got onto the show.

The director said that someone had made a call and forced Shen Xinluo into the program, but he wouldn’t reveal who it was, who was willing to use their influence for her.

Yu Fuqing found out it was one of the Four Young Actresses.

This young actress had never been close with the Shen family, and had only worked with Yu Xing Entertainment a few times.

Yu Fuqing was puzzled—how did Wu Liping and Shen Yanghong convince the young actress to help Shen Xinluo?

Bai Lu suspected it was the video the production coordinator had.

She packed her luggage while pondering.

Wu Liping was cautious by nature and would never tell Shen Xinluo about dirty business like this.

If Wu Liping really had the coordinator’s secret video, she likely wouldn’t keep it on a computer or cloud storage. Wu Liping often hacked into shady circles’ computers and gathered plenty of dirt, so she trusted computers the least.

Most likely, Wu Liping kept the video on a USB drive hidden at the Shen house.

When she returned to the capital, she’d have to make a trip to the Shen home.

By the time Bai Lu arrived, everyone else was already there.

Shen Xinluo was tearfully thanking everyone.

“If you keep making noise, I won’t chip in for you,” Bai Lu threatened, finally shutting Shen Xinluo up.

Di Jia’er contacted the hot spring inn and asked for the lowest price.

Pooling their money together, they could only afford the cheapest room.

The cheapest room didn’t include meals.

Shen Xinluo used the leftover cash to buy three rice balls.

When they arrived at the hot spring inn, everyone began enjoying a sumptuous dinner.

Shen Xinluo sat in her room gnawing on rice balls.

The comments on the livestream rolled in: So satisfying!!!

At first, people were furious when they heard the group was going to chip in to bring Shen Xinluo to the hot spring inn.

But seeing her eating rice balls with tea, they instantly felt—it was right to bring her along!

If Shen Xinluo had stayed at the hotel, she’d have had money to eat something good.

Watching her chew rice balls was so much more entertaining~~~!

And her room only gave access to the public baths.

The other six guests stayed in the most expensive private courtyard, with three hot springs in the yard—no need to use the public bath at all.

Meaning, Shen Xinluo came with everyone to the inn, but she was still all alone, never appearing with the group.

Nothing could be more satisfying!

[Ha ha ha, I almost suspect the six-person group did this on purpose]

[No way, they didn’t even know the courtyard had private hot springs. How could they do it deliberately?]

[Still need to be careful, or it’ll stir up drama]

[Yeah, yeah, don’t give the gossip accounts a chance to profit off the drama]

Bai Lu, full and content, lay back and sprawled out on the tatami.

Qiao Xianyi lay back too.

Lin Ye also lay down.

The three of them, stiff as dried fish.

Zu Xinen went and fetched a pillow for each of them.

Lin Ye: “En-ge, if I call you ‘Mom,’ will you massage my legs?”

Zu Xinen laughed, “Alright, you go ahead and call me.”

Bai Lu jumped in, “Mom!”

Zu Xinen: “…………”

Huo Yanfang slowly put down his teacup, “I’ll help you.”

Bai Lu sat up in alarm, “No, no, it’s fine.”

Huo Yanfang glanced her way, lifting his beautiful brows.

Bai Lu was all seriousness, “You look so good, how could I let you do such rough work? Qiao Xianyi, come give me a leg massage.”

Miss Qiao was rather odd—having enjoyed being waited on too much, she wanted to try something different.

The more Bai Lu teased her, the more she stuck to Bai Lu, happy to be her little maid and tagalong.

“Alright.” Qiao Xianyi scrambled up and cheerfully went over.

Huo Yanfang let out a soft laugh and began massaging his own legs.

“A-Sui, don’t move, let me do it!” Bai Lu pushed Qiao Xianyi aside, scooted over to him, her smile so big her eyes curved like crescent moons. “Let me help you.”

Huo Yanfang stretched out his long legs.

Qiao Xianyi: “Bai Lu, why are you so humble and eager to please Sui-ge? With me, you just come and go as you please. Do you like Sui-ge?”

Bai Lu gently massaged his legs, not even lifting her head. “You didn’t know I’m a face fanatic? If you looked as good as A-Sui, I’d massage your legs and shoulders every day, bring you tea and water.”

Qiao Xianyi clasped her hands, “Farewell!”

When it comes to looks, she really couldn’t compete.

She didn’t even have the qualifications to compare.

Soon, Lin Ye began clamoring to go soak in the hot spring.

Live comments:

[Is it finally time for the hot springs? I’ve been waiting all night!]

[Ha ha ha ha, so excited!!!!]

[Aaaaaah, swimwear!!!!]