Chapter 253: Chapter 253 She Hit My Head Three Times, I Hit Hers Seven Times
Wen Jiaojiao immediately lost her composure, leaping up from the bed and wildly waving her hands.
“Ah, Lili, Lili is waving to me.”
“When are you finally coming back to the Capital to hang out with me? I’m so bored at home all by myself.”
Qi Tianyu couldn’t even continue eating his chicken leg with her commotion, and directly shouted across the room to He Yun.
“Mr. He, what on earth happened in the days after I left? How did she become ?”
He Yun pondered for a moment.
“It might be because of that toxic fungus.”
Qi Tianyu nodded in agreement.
Otherwise, how could Wen Jiaojiao go from being the person who hated Jiang Li the most to becoming her overzealous fan?
Shu Yan continued to gently remind her on the side.
“Jiaojiao, that’s a camera Jiang Li is in front of, not a phone screen; she can’t hear you.”
“Ah?” Wen Jiaojiao cried out in disappointment, “I thought I could interact with Jiang Li.”
Then she looked at Director Sun with a face full of grievance.
“Director Sun, you really should improve the live broadcast room. It’s so boring to only watch without being able to speak.”
How did it become his fault again?
After greeting everyone, Jiang Li returned to her reading.
The viewers in the live broadcast quickly recognized that she was actually reading a book on criminal psychology.
[Has sis’s range of interests become this broad? Just a few days ago, she was still reading the Encyclopedia of Plants.]
[I’m getting schooled here; I need to get out my books too. There’s still an exam to study for when school starts.]
[See, I told you Jiang Li genuinely loves to study. You didn’t believe me and said she was just trying to create a persona. If she had been pretending, she would have given up long ago.]
It wasn’t just the people in the live room who felt like they were being schooled.
Qi Tianyu felt conflicted inside as well.
Jiang Li, a community college student, was putting in so much effort, whereas he, a graduate from one of the top universities, was here munching on chicken legs.
What was more, “All-Round Brain” would start filming in a month.
It was an intellectual competition variety show where the production team set up various challenging problems for the celebrity contestants to solve from different fields.
The person with the highest cumulative score at the end would be crowned the All-Round Champion.
When he first participated in the first season, it was right after his college entrance exams, and he was full of confidence. However, he ended up being completely overwhelmed by experts in other fields.
Now he was making a comeback, and if he left in defeat again, just like before, wouldn’t it be too embarrassing?
After all, he was now representing Yan University.
The more Qi Tianyu watched, the more ashamed he felt. He simply threw away his chicken leg, picked up an encyclopedia from the shelf, and started brushing up on his knowledge.
The viewers who were cheerfully watching his mukbang just a second ago were now watching this kid bury his head in a book and study hard.
Isn’t this supposed to be a comedic transformation variety show?
Why are all the guests suddenly starting to study?
The first night’s broadcast ended amidst a mix of ridicule and laughter, as well as the diligent studying sounds of two individuals.
It was quite profitable; the interaction on Weibo was even more than during the broadcast of “Flash Change.”
Many directors and producers had originally watched with the attitude of expecting a spectacle, as live broadcast varieties without edits typically saw quickly diminishing popularity once they stopped airing.
Everyone fell silent after seeing their unyielding high scores tonight.
Maybe they should also start a live stream and interact more with the guests?
In Chixia Village, Jiang Li, who had quickly finished reading a book, also stood up and started to move her limbs.
——She threw a series of combination punches on the spot.
Her brisk figure and sharp steps once again dumbfounded the online audience.
[Holy shit, Sister Li can actually fight???]
[Damn, did I just hear the sound of the wind from her punches?]
[No wonder Jiang Yan cried out so loudly when he was beaten before. I thought he was just overreacting, but it turns out to be real….]
[Pfft, it’s just Yong Chun Boxing. In terms of fists, it’s like she has three and I have seven. With her three punches, my head would be gone.]
After finishing her boxing, Jiang Li felt refreshed all over and then opened the door to go out.
She looked up to see the nearly lifeless figure sprawled on the wooden post.
Hearing the noise, Jiang Yan struggled to raise a hand, almost choking with emotion.
“Jiang Li, I was wrong. I won’t take off my clothes carelessly anymore, please, just give me back my clothes. Your brother is really getting eaten alive by mosquitoes.”
Only then did Jiang Li smile with satisfaction.
The child was teachable.
As the night deepened in Chixia Village, silence settled like death, even the barking of dogs gradually became faint.
However, in the depths of Chixia Mountain, some noise began to emerge in the dead of night.
A cave near the cliffside slowly lit up with firelight, carrying the cursing voices of several people.
“Damn it, I really can’t stand staying here another minute, eating these wild vegetables and fruits every day, I’m about to lose all taste in my mouth.”
The speaker was the bearded man who had refused Jiang Yan’s offer for shelter and had a brief encounter with Jiang Li.
He spat out phlegm and continued to curse, “Boss, how much longer do we have to hide here? I haven’t seen the sun for days, and that I could live with, but we’re also not getting enough to eat. Why don’t we just take a bird from those goods to satisfy our craving?”
The leader with the scarred face gave him a kick.
“Eat, eat, eat, that’s all you think about! If it wasn’t for your carelessness, letting those TV people film our faces, would we have to hide in this godforsaken place?!”
“Those goods are not for you to touch! If even a single hair is missing, both of us will be in deep trouble!”
After being scolded, the bearded man quieted down and went back to smoking his suffocating cigarette.
The other underlings nearby hurriedly passed clean water to their boss.
“Boss, have some water to cool off. Brother Three is also considering our situation, staying here all the time is really not the way to go.”
“Yeah,” another chimed in, “these villagers, I don’t know what’s gotten into them. They’ve been running up the mountain every day recently, coming up before dawn and not going down until it gets dark. It’s made it so we don’t dare take a single step outside.”
The man with the scarred face gave a cold snort, his face full of anger.
“I already know all that. I made inquiries in advance. In five days, it’ll be the Daton Festival. That’s why these people are going up the mountain every day to prepare. On that day, all the villagers will gather at the foot of the mountain for a banquet. Then we’ll leave under cover of night from the other side.”
“The boss is wise; we’ll finally be able to escape this hellish place!”
Unknown to them, their every word and deed were being recorded by the surveillance equipment Zhao Lang had installed nearby.
Listening to the endless stream of voices coming from his phone, a light laugh escaped from Zhao Lang’s thin lips.
He then opened his phone, scrolled through the contacts to find Jiang Li’s number, and sent her a message—
“Everything is proceeding as planned.”