DTBS – Chapter 77
Chapter 77: There's a Side Couple
"We're done chatting, sorry to keep you waiting." Tao Qiuyun first said goodbye to Su Qingxiang. She turned on her microphone and walked towards Zhou Linwan, explaining, "That was a friend of mine just now. I didn't expect to run into her here, so we chatted for a bit longer."
"It's fine," Zhou Linwan smiled. "Did she not know you were live streaming?"
"She really didn't know. Oh, right," Tao Qiuyun looked at the camera in front of her and said politely, "She actually doesn't really want to be on camera, so could you please blur her out during the subsequent editing and broadcast? Thank you."
【Ahhh! Sister Qiu's beauty attack!】
【Hahahaha, it's so much more comfortable watching the stream without the trolls.】
【No idea which righteous hero reported them, they were cleared out instantly! That tech is amazing.】
【Thank you, big shot! Thank you, big shot! I'll kowtow to you first.】
Tao Aiqin, who was building blocks at the kindergarten, scanned the light screen in front of her and continued speaking to the System, "Sys, if there are any more bullet comments cursing my CEO mom, check their accounts immediately. If they're bots, hack them!"
System: "You can rest assured. But this male lead is truly disgusting. While the stream was off yesterday due to the police investigation, he used his phone to contact his secretary and even hired bots specifically to smear Tao Qiuyun. Why bother?"
Tao Aiqin: "Because the female lead is getting very close to my CEO mom. He's jealous. Aren't those old-school romance male leads all like this? Possessive and full of paranoia. Anyone who tries to take the female lead from him gets an evil smirk and a 'You're asking for death,' right?"
System: "...You're right."
Tao Aiqin: "Sigh, but looking at the female lead now, it seems they've made some progress! Ahhh, I really want to rush in and help them!"
System: "Are you going to ride Big Bold over?"
Tao Aiqin: "...I was just talking big. With this face of mine standing next to them, I'd be completely unable to explain myself! This face is both my making and my undoing. Now they can only rely on themselves."
The System was full of energy: "I'll keep a close eye on the male lead."
Tao Aiqin praised it: "Sys, you're the best!"
"What rides are you planning to go on? Our rides are the Ferris wheel, carousel, and haunted house." Ming Siwen looked at Tao Qiuyun and proactively started a conversation. "I heard Lesheng Castle's haunted house is a specialty. When I was filming with Qingshang before, someone mentioned the haunted house here is famous. It's just that Qingshang and I are both quite scared of those things. If your rides also include a haunted house, we could team up."
Qin Qingshang looked at Ming Siwen. No one in the crew had ever said such a thing, but she had excellent facial control, ensuring the netizens wouldn't notice.
"Right, Qingshang?" Ming Siwen was certain she wouldn't expose her in front of the camera.
"Yes," Qin Qingshang nodded, smiling as she replied, "But Sister Ming, can you go into the haunted house now?"
"I just need to rest for a bit," Ming Siwen smiled, then turned back to Tao Qiuyun and said, "How about it? Qiu Yi, what are your rides?"
Tao Qiuyun wouldn't refuse this suggestion. Her face was serious as she said, "Our rides are the drop tower, roller coaster, and log flume. But since the haunted house is famous, we can try that too."
Zhou Linwan looked at Tao Qiuyun and Qin Qingshang and suddenly realized Ming Siwen's true intention. She pursed her lips and said, "The show requires us to complete the amusement park rides, but it didn't say we couldn't play with others. It's more lively with more people, we can play the remaining rides together."
After speaking, she looked at Qin Qingshang and asked, "Qingshang, what do you think?"
"I have no objections." Qin Qingshang couldn't have wished for more. This way, she could observe Tao Qiuyun up close without having to follow her. It was perfect.
Since they agreed to explore the haunted house together, Tao Qiuyun and the others sat on chairs chatting while waiting for Ming Siwen to calm down.
【Is it just me? I always feel like Ming Siwen and Zhou Linwan...】
【Hahahaha, they're wingmen! They're shipping QiuQing on the front lines!】
【Dying of laughter, are Qiu Yi and Sister Qin so obvious that even the guests have noticed?】
【First of all, Jiang Lihe definitely hasn't noticed (dog head emoji).】
【Please, please, go watch Jiang Lihe's stream. He's about to be driven mad by the 'green tea' guy, quack quack quack.】
【When are you getting married? Marry! Marry! Please!】
【So was that super charming beautiful older sister who flashed by just now really Qiu Yi's friend? Don't tell me she's her girlfriend?】
【Huh? Why? My friends and I also put our arms around each other's shoulders. What's wrong with girls hugging?】
【No, my gaydar is pretty accurate. Of the five women present just now, I feel like none of them are straight (confirmed).】
【Are there really any straight women on this romance show?】
【Ding Yuyan turned on her microphone.】
【Dying of laughter, Sister Ding probably isn't straight either.】
Su Qingxiang said goodbye to Tao Qiuyun and quickly headed to the coffee shop where Chang Suiyou was having a blind date today.
Wearing a red suit jacket and dark lipstick, the beautiful Chang Suiyou had completely changed from her usual gentle appearance, dressed like an extremely assertive career woman.
Su Qingxiang put on a wide-brimmed sun hat and took out a small pair of binoculars, silently observing the expression on her face.
The waitress standing beside her pursed her lips and showed an awkward but polite smile: "Hello Miss, would you like to order?"
Help, did I just stumble upon a scene of catching someone cheating? I really want to sit down and watch!
"A latte first, wait!" Su Qingxiang stopped her. "I'd like to ask you, how long have that woman and that man over there been here?"
"About twenty minutes, I think." The waitress recalled, then tentatively added, "Is there a problem?"
"Do you know what they were talking about?"
"No, that's the customers' privacy, we don't eavesdrop." Although she really wanted to eavesdrop right now, she had to maintain professionalism!
"Okay, thank you." Su Qingxiang let her go and continued observing with the binoculars.
Until she saw Chang Suiyou preparing to get up and leave, and the man opposite seemed to be trying to hold her back, repeatedly stopping her.
She immediately took off her hat, then walked forward, pretending to be passing by. She looked at Chang Suiyou and said in surprise, "Youyou, why are you here too? What a coincidence!"
Su Qingxiang sat down smoothly. Her appearance was captivating, and her movements when sitting down were graceful and elegant, immediately diverting both their gazes.
"Your eyes are glued, Mr. Hu." Chang Suiyou frowned. "Could you please not stare at girls with your lecherous gaze?"
"Me, lecherous?" The tall, thin man in the suit turned to look at her, narrowing his eyes slightly. "Miss Chang, you are being too harsh."
"Yes, towards a man who immediately says I'm a kindergarten teacher and very suitable for staying home with children as a full-time wife, I always have this attitude." Chang Suiyou seemed to have reached her limit and didn't want to tolerate it anymore.
032: "Host, the plot characters are right next to you. It's best if you don't go OOC."
Chang Suiyou: "I've had enough, I don't need to tolerate it anymore. The fact that I haven't splashed a cup of coffee on him shows my good upbringing. I don't care about plot characters. Isn't she the female lead's fiancée? It has nothing to do with me. I don't need to follow the romance plotline with the female lead now."
"Is this the upbringing of someone from a teacher's family?" Mr. Hu picked up his coffee and took a sip. "It seems we really aren't compatible. My family has good values, and my parents wouldn't allow me to be with a girl who has no manners and just curses without reason."
"Ah, how could that be?" Su Qingxiang covered her mouth, asking in confusion, "Does your family allow you to be with a boy who curses without reason?"
"I'm a normal person, not a homosexual." Mr. Hu frowned and explained.
"Mr. Hu," Chang Suiyou stared at him. "I hope you don't doubt my upbringing. My rudeness towards you was entirely intentional, because you... are simply not worth it. You looked down on me first, and I don't have the habit of fawning over people who give me the cold shoulder."
"Your conditions, your arrogance, that's why you're single," Mr. Hu finished, then turned to Su Qingxiang and continued, "Are you her friend? I hope you can persuade her. If she misses out on me, it will be hard for her to meet a better man. And I actually like her a bit. I hope we can try dating."
"Wait!" Su Qingxiang held back the fuming Chang Suiyou and looked at him. "Why do you think your conditions are so good?"
"I work at a bank, stable job, high salary, high housing provident fund, I'm presentable, and many girls at my workplace pursue me," Mr. Hu smiled confidently. "As for Miss Chang, although she's a kindergarten teacher, just based on her decent looks and her love for children, she stands out among many women. I also saw this point. We're not young anymore, it's time to enter a marriage and start a family."
"I can overlook her rudeness. It's okay if she doesn't like me now. After all, a fierce woman fears a persistent man. I believe that as long as I'm sincere, I can move mountains. As long as I pursue her relentlessly, she will agree to marry me."
"You're dreaming!" Chang Suiyou clenched her fists, repeatedly telling herself: This is a novel world, this is a novel world, it's normal for people inside to be weird!
Ahhh! I can't stand it anymore!
"Huh? Working at a bank," Su Qingxiang held the hand of the woman beside her, turned her head, and asked in confusion, "Is the housing provident fund at banks high?"
"It is high," Chang Suiyou nodded first, then said to Mr. Hu, "Let me tell you, give up. I won't marry you. Do you know why..."
"Youyou," Su Qingxiang interrupted her buildup. "What's the use of a housing provident fund?"
"You don't even know the use of a housing provident fund?" Mr. Hu said proudly, explaining, "Commercial loan interest rates are very high. Housing provident fund loans have the lowest interest rates. This is a big advantage when buying a house. Property in Tianhua City is extremely expensive. People with high housing provident fund contributions are very popular in the marriage market. That's why I advise her not to miss out on me. Given her conditions and living environment, it's hard for her to meet someone better than me."
"Ah, I didn't know that~" Su Qingxiang looked at him with eyes full of admiration, and just as Mr. Hu was getting smug, she added, "You know so much because you've never considered buying a house outright, have you?"
"Sigh, it's no wonder I'm not clear on it, because I always buy houses outright. I've never known what the interest rate for loans is."
Mr. Hu: ...?
Are you humblebragging?
"Youyou," Su Qingxiang took her hand and said seriously, "Look at your blind date. He's actually thinking about getting a loan even for buying a house, and he's still so confident. Suddenly, I feel confident too."
"Huh?" Chang Suiyou was confused. "Confident about what?"
"I've always been afraid to confess to you before, thinking that someone like me, who has no skills and is only left with money, isn't worthy of being with a pure, kind girl like you who doesn't care about fame or fortune. But... I was wrong."
"You! You two!" Mr. Hu was shocked. "Le... lesbians?"
He slammed the table and stood up. "You're scamming a marriage!"
"Scamming what marriage?" Su Qingxiang leaned back in her chair. She was also disgusted and stopped being sarcastic, going straight for the attack. "Someone like you wants to marry her? And you talk with such confidence? Where do you get the nerve?"
"You..."
"If you keep pestering her, fine, you can compete with me fairly," Su Qingxiang stood up. She was beautiful, and her aura was even stronger when fully unleashed. "What do you have to compare with me? Because you're taller than me? I'm taller than you in heels. Can you wear heels and be taller than me?"
"Because you have less hair than me? Your nearly bald head probably needs a wig to compete with me, right? Compete in money? I can buy a building in Tianhua City outright. Can you? Compete in looks? You couldn't reach my level even with plastic surgery. What do you have to compete with me?"
"I'm a man!"
"I'm a lesbian," Chang Suiyou held Su Qingxiang's hand back and also stood up. "On this point, you lose too."
032: "Isn't your family very conservative? Even if it's legal, they don't want you to like women. Besides, the coming out plot is much later. What if this man..."
Chang Suiyou: "It doesn't matter. I'm sick of them introducing men to me anyway. Might as well just lay it all out and have them introduce women to me so I can develop a romance plotline."
"You two!" Mr. Hu stormed off in anger.
"Wait, you're not going to leave without paying and make Youyou pay, are you?" Su Qingxiang stopped him.
"Didn't you say you could buy a building outright? If you have money, pay up!" He was furious and abandoned all pretense of gentlemanliness.
"I'll only pay for Youyou's. Don't expect me to pay for yours. Waiter!" Su Qingxiang waved. "Check please, split the bill!"
"You're something else!" Mr. Hu glared at her.
Seeing the man pay and leave, Chang Suiyou let go of her hand and thanked her. "Thank you for helping me, Miss Su. And... you're quite good at arguing."
"This is all skill honed from arguing with those idiotic medical protesters." Su Qingxiang waved her hand. "I can't stand these kinds of people either."
"So," Chang Suiyou looked at her, her gaze slightly assessing. "Miss Su, why are you here? Were you deliberately here to watch my blind date?"
"Oh, Qiuqiu asked to meet me here, but she stood me up. I didn't expect to run into you," Su Qingxiang skillfully blamed her friend, continuing, "Since we're already at the amusement park, why not have some fun? You don't have anything else planned today, do you?"
"Nothing." Chang Suiyou shook her head. "What should we play? Let me say first, I can't do things like drop towers and roller coasters. I'm a bit afraid of heights."
"Are you afraid of ghosts? Lesheng Castle's haunted house is very famous." Su Qingxiang suggested.
"Okay."
"So we have to split up?" Qin Qingshang was shocked. "Isn't this a group game?"
"Everyone has a different entrance," the staff member explained to her. "There are different storylines."
"Then can we meet inside?" Zhou Linwan felt it would be a bit scary if she was alone.
"Uh, actually, the space inside is very large. It might be a bit difficult to meet up, you'd have to rely on luck."
Tao Qiuyun: I will definitely go find her.
Qin Qingshang: I'm the novel's female lead, destiny is on my side!
Ming Siwen: Speechless, why do we have to split up?
Zhou Linwan: Ah, this...
Then what's the point of us going to the haunted house together!
Haunted house, pitch black, perfect.
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