Chapter 51: Chapter 051: Return with Local Specialities. Underground Affection? Chapter 51: Chapter 051: Return with Local Specialities. Underground Affection? The first day had ended with Shen Yan’s feat of strength topic claiming the top spot on the trending search list.
After freshening up, Shen Yan lay on the big bed prepared by the show’s crew and scrolled through an app on her phone, only to realize her popularity had stealthily climbed up a notch.
She wondered if it was because of the trending search.
She felt somewhat more invigorated, those unpleasant sensations had diminished bit by bit.
She had no way to check the state of the terminal illness of her soul, she could only guess blindly!
Talk about no after-sales service, there really was none.
Shen Yan opened WeChat.
After breaking ties with her family, the original owner of the WeChat account only had three people left.
One was Liu Su, another was Qi Si.
And, of course, the last one was her assistant Xiao Zhao.
Looking at it like this, the original owner’s life was quite a failure.
Not even a single friend?
Even classmates were deleted so thoroughly, and friend requests were restricted; nobody could add her.
Opening the chat with Qi Si, she lingered on the cold “Hmm” message.
Shen Yan realized she was a bit bored.
Otherwise, why would she have the desire to chat with someone?
As soon as she thought that, her fingers moved on their own.
[Are you busy?]
The two characters were sent, she hesitated for a moment, wanting to retract them.
Her phone buzzed.
Two cold characters popped up: [What’s up?]
Shen Yan: “…”
She’d never chatted like this with anyone before.
Without much thought, she composed another message and sent it.
[I’ll bring back some local specialties.]
After sending it, she looked and looked again, thinking the message seemed a bit silly.
She didn’t even know where he was, what kind of specialties he could bring.
Seeing no response from Shen Yan, she added another line: [Just kidding.]
The message seemed to sink into the ocean once again.
The person on the other end simply couldn’t be bothered with her.
Shen Yan thought that next time, she wouldn’t send such boring stuff again.
First, she should think about how to live a healthy life in this world.
Just as Shen Yan was about to fall asleep, the phone on the nightstand buzzed.
She picked it up, drowsy, and unlocked it to see a message lying in the chat.
[I’ll have someone prepare it.]
Shen Yan blinked, sat up, and looked repeatedly at the message still lying there on the screen.
So, he took it seriously.
Shen Yan thought, if he took it seriously, so be it.
She was sleepy, time for a good rest—to nourish her skin!
Before long, she had successfully drifted off into dreamland.
In her dreams, everything was peaceful!
*
The next morning, after washing up and putting on casual clothes, she stepped out.
Camera lenses immediately zoomed in on her.
Shen Yan was already familiar with this dodging motion, “Good morning, everyone!”
Stunned by the girl’s smile, the photographer returned a half-hearted good morning.
Shen Yan seemed to be in a good mood!
That was what everyone thought upon seeing her.
Breakfast consisted of ingredients provided by the show’s crew, for everyone to use as they pleased.
Everyone was the type who couldn’t really tell grains apart, so the crew had thoughtfully prepared sliced bread and instant noodles.
Shen Yan grabbed some instant noodles, poured hot water over them, and began eating in front of her station.
The aroma of instant noodles wafted beyond the screen first thing in the morning.
[Sob~ On my way to work on the subway, didn’t have breakfast, Yanyan is eating a seafood feast right? I can smell the delicious scent even through the screen!]
[I’m craving the instant noodles in Yanyan’s hands!]
[Eating instant noodles so early and still having such good skin, amazing!]
[Yanyan’s skin is so dewy, how does she take care of it?]
[Online tutorial, please!]
[Shen Yan: Youth is truly the best asset!]
“Shen Yan! Why are you eating instant noodles?” Xu Zishen came downstairs, looking at Shen Yan with a face full of concern, “I’ll make you a nutritious meal, don’t eat that.”
Shen Yan glanced sideways, sizing him up with a strange look.
What was Xu Zishen up to?
Shen Yan would never think that just because she once saved Xu Zishen’s life, he would be sincerely grateful to her.
On the contrary.
Shen Yan could see the filth in Xu Zishen’s eyes.
He was probably scheming something against her right now.
Xu Zishen reached out to snatch the cup of instant noodles from Shen Yan’s hands.
“No need, I think the instant noodles are quite good,” Shen Yan moved away, leaving Xu Zishen grasping at air.
Xu Zishen blinked and leaned in to sit close to Shen Yan, “They smell delicious, seems different from when I make them, may I have a taste?”
He said as he moved closer to Shen Yan.
Shen Yan was very repulsed by this unfamiliar closeness.
Seeing her dodge, Xu Zishen put on a hurt expression, “Shen Yan, given our relationship, can’t you even let me have a taste?”
Shen Yan raised an eyebrow.
The people who had come down behind her heard what Xu Zishen said and gave them curious looks.
Their eyes became a bit odd.
Their relationship?
What kind of relationship?
Could there be some unspeakable secret relationship between them?
Even the viewers caught onto this remark and began furiously typing comments.
[Why does Xu Zishen seem a bit flirty with Shen Yan?]
[Shen Yan saved Xu Zishen’s life before, and now they are on a dating show together, something’s off.]
[They couldn’t possibly be dating, could they?]
For a moment, the comments flew with various speculations.
And finally, they just settled on the “fact” that the two were in a secret romance!
Liu Su was in the car, on the way to the set.
Watching the live broadcast from the morning, his expression grew darker.
Playing these tricks when the CP binding failed.
Does this youngster match up?
*
Xu Zishen was still sticking close to Shen Yan.
Shen Yan finished her instant noodles and tossed the leftover soup to him, “Have a taste.”
Looking at the soup residue, Xu Zishen: “…”
Shen Yan wiped her mouth and stood up to keep her distance from him.
Rejected!
The first activity of the morning was to take couple photos, striking various poses for the camera.
Xu Zishen, like it was free, stuck close to Shen Yan.
Shen Yan, without politeness, gave him a kick and, with an apologetic face, said sorry, it wasn’t on purpose and moved on.
Xu Zishen got kicked twice and finally became much more behaved.
But his mouth did not hold back, spewing flirty words recklessly.
During the afternoon mini-games, Xu Zishen kept intentionally or unintentionally getting close to Shen Yan, smiling tenderly at her.
If it weren’t for being on camera, Shen Yan would’ve thrown up right then.
He probably thought he looked quite handsome.
Xu Zishen is sick!
At night, Shen Yan lay in bed and stumbled upon a trending topic on social media, #XuZishenAndShenYanSuspectedSecretRomance, her face darkened.
Liu Su was doing overtime at the company and asked the PR team to clamp down on this baseless gossip.
Shen Yan received a comforting call from Liu Su, but she didn’t really say anything.
On the other side.
Xu Zishen was thrilled with his handiwork.
Thanks to this maneuver, indeed his fan base had grown; a good sign.
It proved he was moving in the right direction.
Next, even if Shen Yan clarified things, it wouldn’t affect him.
After all, he had never publicly acknowledged any romance between them.
If Shen Yan did have such feelings for him, he wouldn’t mind having a secret romance.
The Fireworks fans ran to Shen Yan to ask whether she was truly in a romance with Xu Zishen.
Shen Yan flat-out responded: Focus on studies, no time for love.
[Does that mean it’s all unrequited on Xu Zishen’s part?]
[Pfft, you believe that Fake Princess? She might be secretly lying in Xu Zishen’s bed right now.]
[Trolls, get lost. Yanyan is beautiful like a flower; Xu Zishen doesn’t deserve her.]
[It’s obvious to anyone with eyes that Xu Zishen is the one sticking to Shen Yan.]
[Suddenly I feel Xu Zishen is really beneath her.]
Public opinion fermented rapidly.
Even though Xinyu’s PR was trying to control it, the gossip still splashed quite a bit.