Chapter 6: She Is a Superstar
Jiang Xiaoya slapped her hand away and took out a bottle of mineral water to rinse her mouth, spitting out water with a series of 'bah, bah, bah' sounds.
Zhou Yuyu stood awkwardly to the side.
After rinsing her mouth, Jiang Xiaoya frowned and looked at the agitated Zhou Yuyu, staring for a long time without recognizing her.
"You are... do we... know each other?"
Zhou Yuyu pinched her palm, a look of surprise on her face.
"Xiao Ya, what kind of memory do you have? We signed up for the show together, and we even shared a room back then."
Before the show aired, all the contestants gathered in Li City. The production team provided temporary accommodation, and Zhou Yuyu, Jiang Xiaoya, and several other female contestants stayed together.
Jiang Xiaoya's memories were a jumbled mess, but at this moment, she did recall that such an event had occurred. However, she had no recollection of the person herself.
"Uh, is there something?"
Jiang Xiaoya wasn't sure if it was her imagination, but she always felt that this woman, though appearing gentle, had an unhidden shadow deep in her eyes.
"Heh heh, nothing much. I just heard you found the dismembered remains left by the murderer. I remember you were very timid, so I specially came to see you. Are you okay?"
"Don't be afraid, I'll stay with you."
Zhou Yuyu's gaze was gentle and concerned.
"Oh, I'm fine. You don't need to stay with me, thanks."
Jiang Xiaoya clearly refused. Seeing that she remained still, she glanced outside again: "Is there... anything else? If not, I'll go first?"
She needed to find a place to sleep quickly; she was dead tired.
"No, nothing..."
Zhou Yuyu reached out in time to grab the snakeskin bag in her hand.
"Aren't you scared? I'll stay with you tonight."
Jiang Xiaoya held onto the snakeskin bag, unmoving: "!!!"
She had clearly refused, why couldn't she understand?
Besides, she still remembered that they were competing contestants; how could she possibly hand her 'rice bowl' over to the other party?
Zhou Yuyu hadn't expected Jiang Xiaoya, who looked a bit silly, to be so sharp. She grabbed Jiang Xiaoya's wrist and started walking outside.
"Let's go. It will be dawn soon. We should quickly find a place to rest."
Zhou Yuyu pulled Jiang Xiaoya to a small convenience store not far from the police station, exchanged cash for some online banking credit, and then went to a shared bicycle stand.
Zhou Yuyu said she wanted to take her to a good place to stay and rest.
Jiang Xiaoya, with a few thousand yuan in her pocket, where wasn't a good place to stay?!
However, there were no buses in the middle of the night, so shared bicycles were indeed a good option. She exchanged cash for online banking credit.
Jiang Xiaoya scanned a bike and slowly rode on the road.
The gentle breeze and dim streetlights fell upon the girl's messy hair, creating a somewhat disheveled aesthetic beauty.
The viewers in the live stream were also very supportive.
"Chun Jie looks sloppy, but she actually has some charm."
"Right? This kind of person looks ordinary, and upon closer inspection, she's still ordinary. But this ordinary is not just any ordinary; this ordinary is very enduring. No matter how you look at her, at any time, she's ordinary."
"If you can't speak, don't speak. Is Chun Jie very ordinary? Can an ordinary person have such confidence?"
"Alright, I admit, she is a confident ordinary person."
"Brother, admit it, you're smitten."
"Admit it, everyone is smitten."
"Okay, okay, so we're hurting each other, huh?"
Just as the netizens were bickering endlessly, they saw in the live stream that the scene, which had just possessed a unique aesthetic beauty, suddenly showed the person making a dive. Accompanied by a "Hoo, ha, ha, hahaha..." sound, she actually started drifting in the dark night.
That demonic laughter, the trees on both sides, even the nightingales hidden within them, fluttered and fled from the trees in a panic.
Uh, not only sloppy, but also a bit abnormal.
"................."
The live stream was silent now.
Everyone quieted down.
As a flock of crows flew across the screen in the form of bullet comments, one bullet comment conspicuously appeared.
"That... don't you think the girl next to Jiang Xiaoya is quite pretty?"
Because of the sudden silence in the air, this bullet comment became a standout.
The big brothers in the live stream all saw it.
Almost instantly, synchronized bullet comments popped up.
"No."
"No."
"+1."
"..."
"+101."
"+10086."
"+1008611."
Zhou Yuyu's friend entered Jiang Xiaoya's live stream to steal fans, but she hadn't expected these netizens to be so blind. She still smiled and picked up her phone to type.
"She's clearly much prettier than Jiang Xiaoya. With Zhou Yuyu's looks, she's already a celebrity at the influencer level."
As expected, the netizens instantly became energized.
"Celebrity?!"
"Where's the celebrity?"
Zhou Yuyu's friend thought they hadn't clearly seen Zhou Yuyu's appearance in the live stream and was about to actively promote her.
But the netizens' typing speed was much faster than hers.
"A celebrity is on the show? How come I didn't know?"
"No, the celebrity she's talking about, it couldn't be that woman with the slicked-back hair riding a bike next to Jiang Xiaoya, could it?"
"Don't say it so harshly, even if it's true. Why does that woman have such a scalp-hugging hairstyle?"
"Slicked-back hair as a celebrity? Then my Chun Jie can be a superstar."
"Definitely a superstar. A superstar is more than enough."
"Does a superstar even deserve Chun Jie?"
Zhou Yuyu's friend: "????"
No, are they sick or something?
Are they blind!!!
It's infuriating.
Jiang Xiaoya had no idea that this generation of netizens was so good at creating buzz. The night breeze made her feel much more energized.
The two rode along, and under Zhou Yuyu's guidance, they arrived at a beach near the sea.
They parked their bicycles, and Zhou Yuyu introduced the area along the way.
Li City has many seas, and this area is full of small seas everywhere. This season is a good time for outdoor camping, and many people choose to bring their families, with tents, to stay and camp here.
"Someone rents tents here, and it only costs 30 yuan a night. Isn't that cheaper than a hotel? And you can enjoy the sea breeze, how pleasant is that?"
Zhou Yuyu said, mocking herself in her hardship.
Jiang Xiaoya, who had just been a little more energetic, became drowsy again from the sea breeze. She went to the tent rental place, paid the money and deposit, and carried the tent to find a place to set up camp.
She was still somewhat perplexed by Zhou Yuyu, who was following beside her.
Zhou Yuyu was very tactful. She gave her 15 yuan and also took out a small bottle of shampoo, a playful smile on her face.
"We can share a tent to save money, isn't that good?"
Not good.
Jiang Xiaoya wanted to refuse. She didn't lack 15 yuan; she just wanted a good night's sleep.
If it weren't almost dawn, would she be bothering with her here?
But Zhou Yuyu had already taken the tent from her hand and started setting up camp.
Jiang Xiaoya glanced at the night sky. At this hour, getting a good night's sleep was impossible anyway, so she might as well make do.
She took the shampoo to the sink provided by the beach to wash her hair, and after washing her hair, she carried water to the restroom to take a shower.
The sky-eye camera was dark for half an hour, and when it lit up again, they saw a girl wearing large shorts, a T-shirt, and flip-flops, walking while vigorously rubbing her head with a faded towel.
Netizens had no expectations for Jiang Xiaoya's beauty; they had never imagined that she would turn into a great beauty just by taking a shower.