Chapter 91: Not Even a Single Ice Cream for Me

People immediately started a poll on Weibo.

With more than seventy percent of the vote, the Ho-Lu pairing surged far ahead, leaving the rest in the dust.

London, the Financial District.

Tang Xing watched helplessly as his boss fumbled around for more than ten minutes before finally managing to register a Weibo account, and then used it to vote for the Ho-Lu pairing.

Well, all right then.

Tang Xing’s eyelid twitched again.

His boss’s ID: Ho-Lu Is Real.

It was absurd beyond words.

During a break in the meeting, Xu Yi asked Tang Xing, “What does that mean?”

“...” Tang Xing said, “It means what it sounds like. It’s just a shorthand for ‘is real.’ The last time Boss Ho was scrolling through Weibo and saw fans posting Ho-Lu Is Real, he asked me what it meant. How would I know? So I asked Ye Jingyan, and that’s what he told me.”

Xu Yi: “........”

Tang Xing pinched the bridge of his nose. “Honestly, maybe we should just find a way to have Movie Emperor Lu killed.”

Xu Yi: “........”

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After finishing the hardest tasks in one breath, Bai Lu collapsed on the beach, her little face white as a sheet, her stomach roiling, sour water rising in her throat again and again.

Deng Jiaer looked completely at ease. He played these extreme sports all the time, and they barely affected him anymore.

Lin Ye was glowing with excitement. If the program team had been willing to pay more, he would have happily done it several more times.

Zu Xinen and Li Huan, meanwhile, were gathered around her, shading her with a parasol, wiping her sweat, and offering her water.

Xinen and Huan are so pitiful, hahahahaha.

Bai Lu and her two useless brothers.

My story of taking care of two useless brothers.

Hahahahaha, I’m dying laughing.

You’re still laughing? I’m heartbroken. They’re all girls, and the other three went off to do the diving task, but Little Deer ended up doing so many deadly tasks all at once.

No need to feel that sorry for her, really. The child has grown up; she has to go out and temper herself sooner or later.

Little Deer is really strong.

And she has such a good sense of values!!

She’s beautiful too!!

This kid, I’m going to support her forever!

After resting for a while, Bai Lu rolled her eyes and said, “I suspect there’s an anti-fan in the director’s team who’s determined to kill me.”

The follow-camera PD said, “Don’t talk nonsense! Everyone on the director’s team is your fan!”

“...” Bai Lu smiled sweetly. Though her face was still a little pale, that sly glint had returned. “If they’re my fans, then words alone don’t count. They should show some real sincerity. Little Deer wants ice cream!”

The follow-camera PD said, “Not a chance.”

Bai Lu said, “Camera uncle, film him, film him! Film his face! Let everyone in the livestream see that he says he’s my fan but won’t even buy me a single ice cream!”

The follow-camera PD said, “I’ll buy it! Out of my own pocket!”

Bai Lu immediately said, “Then I want eight!”

The follow-camera PD: “........”

Lin Ye instantly asked, “Are there any of my fans in the director’s team? I want to eat—”

“No!”

Everyone burst out laughing.

The livestream: laugh to the point of collapse.

Bai Lu, the con artist and swindler.

Very soon, the production crew bought back the ice cream.

Unfortunately, the three girls, Qiao Xianyi and the others, had already gone by speedboat to the diving site and still hadn’t returned.

Just as the ice cream was about to melt, Bai Lu licked her lips. “What a waste. This was bought with my fan’s own money. Why don’t we split it—”

Zu Xinen swatted her hand away. “You’re a girl; don’t eat too much cold stuff. I won’t let Little Deer have a second one, so I should keep her company too. Xiao Ye, the three of you can divide them.”

As the oldest, Zu Xinen always instinctively took care of the younger ones.

Actually, Li Huan was the same age as him, but Li Huan was too embarrassed to keep eating. “Xiao Ye, you eat.”

Lin Ye was the youngest and had always been looked after by his older brothers, so he was used to it and did not stand on ceremony. He took it and bit into it with a couple of quick crunches.

That angered Zu Xinen, who scolded him, “You little fool, if I gave it to you, then eat it. Why don’t you know how to care about people at all?”

Li Huan hurriedly stepped in. “It’s fine, it’s fine. Xiao Ye is the youngest.”

Zu Xinen said, “Little Deer is only a year older than him, and look how sensible she is. He’s been spoiled rotten!”

Li Huan said, “Spoiled rotten? He’s just a little greedy, that’s nothing. Don’t be too harsh on Xiao Ye.”

Bai Lu rolled her eyes and poked Deng Jiaer’s arm. “Brother Jiaer, look at Brother Huan and Brother En. Don’t they look like parents arguing over their son’s education?”

Deng Jiaer held back a laugh. “Then I’m the eldest son, you’re the second daughter, and Xiao Ye is the youngest.”

Zu Xinen and Li Huan exchanged a look, then shook their heads helplessly.

Bai Lu and the other two laughed themselves into a heap like the foolish sons of a rich household.

Mother and father, together with three children, waited on the beach for quite a while longer. The sky had already turned orange-gold, yet Qiao Xianyi and the other two still had not come back.

Zu Xinen grew a little worried and called them, but none of the three could be reached. Probably there was no signal.

So he had no choice but to ask the production crew, “What’s going on over there with Qiao Qiao? The diving photo task is very simple; they should have been back by now.”

“They’ll be back soon. They’re already on the way.”

Zu Xinen said, “Thank you.”

Deng Jiaer, with the camera on his back, mouthed, “Probably a fight.”

They all nodded.

They must have fought.

Bai Lu patted Zu Xinen and Li Huan on the shoulders with grave sincerity and mouthed, “Mom and Dad, it’s up to you.”

Zu Xinen & Li Huan: “........”

More than ten minutes later, Qiao Xianyi and the others returned by speedboat.

Everyone hurried over to meet them.

Qiao Xianyi was the first to jump down, her face full of anger, the corners of her eyes and the tip of her nose red, as though she had been crying. “I’m not filming anymore! I’m going home!”

Bai Lu waved her over, and she threw herself into Bai Lu’s arms. “They’re bullying people too much!”

Liu Nana and Shen Xinluo got off the speedboat slowly, helped by the instructor.

Zu Xinen cast them a glance and said, “Qiao Qiao, don’t keep saying you won’t film anymore. That’s not good. First tell us what happened.”

The moment she heard Zu Xinen ask in that cool, distant way, Qiao Xianyi’s nose started stinging again. “Brother En...”

In that short stretch of time, the sky had darkened.

With the sea breeze, it had turned a little cold.

Li Huan took Qiao Xianyi’s large bath towel and draped it over her shoulders. “It’s all right. Don’t cry. Whatever happened, tell us slowly.”

Qiao Xianyi must have felt deeply wronged, because she cried especially hard.

Liu Nana stood a little farther away, her expression hard to make out.

Shen Xinluo walked over awkwardly. Before she could say anything, Qiao Xianyi pointed at her nose and cursed, “Get lost! I don’t want to see you!”

Deng Jiaer held Shen Xinluo’s arm, his tone rather stiff. “Qiao Qiao is very upset right now. It would be better if you stepped away for the moment.”

Though Qiao Xianyi had the temperament of a pampered princess and a spoiled young lady, after so many days together, everyone had seen clearly enough.

She was only a little delicate; she was absolutely not the sort to be unreasonable and deliberately pick a fight.

To make the proud Miss Qiao cry like this, the fault had to lie with the other two.