DTBS - Chapter 171

Chapter 171: Parenting Show 23: Black Liquid

"Tell me, what's your plan?" Qin Qingshang moved a chair in front of Tao Qiuyun, sat down, and leaned forward, creating a strong sense of pressure. "Also, why do you think this island shouldn't exist?"

"Children's futures should be chosen by themselves, shouldn't they?" Tao Qiuyun finally decided to temporarily step out of her script persona. If she didn't drop the "fiancée Ayin" act, her real wife would get fired up. "And the actions of this training institute, under the banner of destiny, who knows if behind the so-called destiny is someone who thinks they are a god?"

"After the island master died, this Destiny Training Facility is still operating," Lü Fangting strongly agreed with the idea that children's futures should be freely chosen. "This indicates that the mastermind behind it isn't actually the island master, but someone else. CEO Tao, do you have any thoughts on this?"

"Or have you heard anything before?" Gu Yunfei joined the discussion. "Like, did the previous island master mention anything?"

"We have to go to the Witch Shrine again," Tao Qiuyun had just finished speaking when she saw Cat showing her claws. She quickly explained, "Analyzing from a rational perspective, besides needing to get the key to examine the deceased young lady, we also need to go to the altar to get the secret technique book. Qingshang, don't be like that. When I was looking for the secret technique book back then, I saw there were other documents there. I believe this should be related to Destiny Island. To uncover the truth, we have to solve the mystery."

There must be deeper secrets on Destiny Island that haven't been uncovered yet.

Unfortunately, her character setting is solely focused on resurrecting her fiancée. The script only briefly mentioned that she had seen documents placed with the secret technique book but never read them. So, she doesn't know what's recorded inside now, but it should also be something they need to get their hands on.

"Furthermore," Tao Qiuyun spoke again, "the person giving orders to the men in black is hidden. I'm not sure whose orders the men in black would follow if I disagreed with that person. This is a hidden danger."

"So the children should stay at the training institute," Mu Kaitai nodded in agreement. "Anyway, protecting the children is definitely the men in black's primary mission. So, let's stick to the previous division of labor: the six of us investigate clues, and Fangshu and the others look after the children?"

"Right," Lü Fangting suddenly realized, remembering she hadn't seen her missing husband. She looked down at her son, "Where's your dad?"

"Don't know." He Ruotang shook his head. He felt it didn't matter if his father was there or not. "Master Cat will take care of us."

Everyone: "...?"

What master?

【Hahahaha, Brother He and Kong Fangshu are completely forgotten】

【Seriously, those two actually believed the production team. They haven't noticed anything unusual even now and were just enthusiastically doing manual labor for the men in black】

【Just came from that livestream channel, they're already lying down getting ready to sleep (dog head emoji)】

【Dying of laughter, only these two are treating this show as a real kid show】

【The babies are all establishing kingdoms and revolting under the leadership of Master Cat, and you're still doing manual labor!】

【Might as well not come for now, you'd have to explain everything again if you did. Sisters, hurry up, it's already 10 PM, you'll miss your beauty sleep】

【Isn't staying up late normal for celebrities?】

【They actually made CEO Tao stay up late, don't wanna live anymore (dog head emoji)】

It was already very late. The six people (Tao Qiuyun was temporarily released by Cat) reached a consensus: let Qinqin, who had inexplicably become the leader, take the babies to sleep, while they planned to sneak into the Witch Shrine while everyone was asleep and have the "Sheep-Leading Queen" - Ming Siwen - swipe the key.

Unfortunately, just as Zhou Linwan said, the Great Witch really didn't sleep at night and caught the female guests on the spot.

"You came back again, are you trying to play a trick on me?" Ding Yuyan's acting was on point, looking like she had no idea what happened in the backyard. Her face showed anger, "Or did you break my jars and run away feeling guilty?"

Qin Qingshang had a flash of inspiration and turned the tables: "Great Witch Sister, a group of men in black suddenly appeared just now. They broke your jars. We wanted to get justice for you, but we couldn't catch them. Oh, right, do you know about the group of men in black on this island?"

"Men in black?" Ding Yuyan frowned. "I've never seen any men in black, let alone a group of them."

Cat poked Tao Qiuyun and whispered, "Is she telling the truth?"

"...Qingshang, I truly don't know about this. The Great Witch on the island has always been very mysterious. I know very little about her." Tao Qiuyun also leaned close to her ear and whispered softly.

Ming Siwen, Mu Kaitai, and the others also whispered among themselves:

"She doesn't know about the men in black?"

"No way, has she never been to the training institute?"

"But aren't everyone on this island from the training institute?"

"Is she lying? Could it be that she thinks we don't know and are outsiders, so she's unwilling to say?"

"What are you talking about!" Ding Yuyan interrupted them with some dissatisfaction. "Tell me, what exactly are you few doing sneaking around here late at night instead of sleeping?"

"To be honest, it's like this," Ming Siwen stepped forward. "Our friend has a persistent fever. We heard Linwan say she once came up the mountain late at night to ask for medicine, and you cured her..."

"Nonsense!" Ding Yuyan slammed the table, clearly furious. "Linwan? That painter from down the mountain? She came up the mountain for medicine? How would I not know? She wasn't asking for medicine at all, she clearly wanted to steal from my Witch Shrine! If I hadn't caught her late at night while I was awake and ordered her to get out, who knows what treasure she would have stolen from me!"

She was visibly angry, and these few sentences were spoken with gritted teeth and wide eyes. It didn't look like she was lying at all; she was clearly genuinely furious about Zhou Linwan's actions.

"What!?" x6

The six were shocked. The accounts of Great Witch Ding Yuyan and the painter Zhou Linwan were completely contradictory.

And looking at her appearance, she was likely telling the truth. This meant Zhou Linwan was lying to them?

The five female guests, who were almost backstabbed by Tao Qiuyun, felt lingering fear and immediately pressed, "She came to the Witch Shrine to steal? But she clearly said she came to ask for medicine."

"What a joke!" Ding Yuyan laughed in anger, taking a piece of paper from a drawer. "Back then, I caught her, and only let her leave after she wrote me a guarantee letter. See for yourselves."

Ming Siwen quickly took it and opened it... Sure enough, it was a guarantee letter.

"Is this Sister Zhou's handwriting?" Qin Qingshang found it hard to trust NPCs now and said cautiously, "She definitely has paper with writing on it at home. Should we take this back and compare?"

"I recognize her handwriting," Ming Siwen confirmed. "This is her writing. She actually deceived us."

After speaking, she didn't forget her character setting and added, "I'll go back and divorce her."

Qin Qingshang and Tao Qiuyun selectively ignored her words...

No way, they couldn't bear to divorce over something like this.

But after being stimulated repeatedly this night, especially by the consecutive backstabbing from two acquaintances, Tao Qiuyun and Zhou Linwan, Qin Qingshang and Ming Siwen were both fired up, their fighting spirit completely ignited.

"Tell me honestly," Cat pulled Tao Qiuyun and whispered to her, "Do you know Sister Zhou? Did you two conspire or collude on anything?"

"...No, I really don't know her. This is the first time I've met her today." Tao Qiuyun knew her trust level with Cat was temporarily zeroed out, so she could only smile helplessly, answering every question to try and get a "reduced sentence."

"Are you on good terms with Zhou Linwan?" Clearly, after this incident, Ding Yuyan became wary of the six. "You aren't also trying to steal from me, are you? You say you're helping me find medicine, but I've waited so long and haven't seen you find it."

"We'll go look right now," Mu Kaitai immediately defended. "What we promised, we will definitely do."

"Forget it," Ding Yuyan waved her hand and looked at Mu Kaitai. "You three aren't reliable. This time, swap with your companions. They'll go to the backyard to find the medicine, and you stay here. I'll also teach you how to get the islanders to accept you."

Hearing this, Lü Fangting and Gu Yunfei knew this was intentional by the production team, likely wanting Qin Qingshang and the other two to also experience the "joy of dancing." So they remained silent, quietly waiting for their teammates' "social death."

Tao Qiuyun, on the other hand, felt this was a good opportunity to perform, so she quietly leaned towards Qin Qingshang and said in a low voice, "Qingshang, she'll make you..."

"Cough cough!" Ding Yuyan interrupted her and urged, "Hurry up and go! Hurry up and go! Otherwise, all of you leave!"

Tao Qiuyun: "..."

The chance to earn points slipped away. CEO Tao sighed inwardly and silently followed Lü Fangting and Gu Yunfei towards the backyard, quietly feeling the jars.

It's unclear if she was the chosen one, but the very first jar she picked contained the medicine the Great Witch needed, shocking the audience in the livestream and the director in the observation room.

【Damn! As expected of the Chunjin heir, she had good luck with her reincarnation back then, and that luck hasn't diminished since】

【And she even married Sister Qin. Their social backgrounds should have been completely unrelated. What kind of luck is that?】

【Not to mention having such a cute daughter!】

【Cute? (eating melon emoji)】

【How is our Qin Cat not cute!】

【When she was smoking CEO Tao with garlic, CEO Tao definitely thought her daughter was cute too】

【Dying of laughter, don't make me remember that!】

【The internet has a memory, this is Qin cub's dark history (dog head emoji)】

【Help, she's only five years old, don't do this hahahaha】

Having gotten the medicine, the three immediately returned, just in time to see a scene of chaotic dancing. Ming Siwen was doing a peacock display, Mu Kaitai was doing a carp tail wag, and Qin Qingshang... Tao Qiuyun didn't dare look closely, afraid she wouldn't be able to help but laugh out loud.

She always kept in mind that she needed to save her wife's face to get a "reduced sentence," so she decisively stepped forward, wanting to give the medicine bottle to Ding Yuyan.

But who knew that Qin Qingshang at this moment happened to be doing a move called "Diao Chan Worships the Moon," turned around, waved her hand, and slapped her face with a paw. Tao Qiuyun didn't dodge and deliberately took the hit.

"Qiuqiu!" Qin Qingshang exclaimed, quickly stopped her movements, and gently rubbed her face, saying tenderly, "Are you okay? I didn't hurt you, did I? Why didn't you say anything~"

"It doesn't hurt," Tao Qiuyun held her hand and smiled. "You didn't use any force, it felt like a spring breeze."

Ming Siwen: "..."

Good heavens, Tao Qiuyun's mouth... you'd say she can't talk, but sometimes she's quite good with words.

Unable to stand seeing Qin Qingshang being deceived by the 'bitter flesh' tactic, and seeing the two of them being so lovey-dovey, Ding Yuyan coughed twice. "Did you get the medicine? Bring it over then."

Tao Qiuyun stepped forward and placed the large medicine bottle on the table. It was filled with a dark liquid, and she didn't know what it was.

Ding Yuyan took out six small saucers from a drawer and lined them up on the table. She opened the medicine bottle, poured the liquid into each saucer, and then motioned for the six people to come forward. "Come on, drink it. Complete your island entry ritual."

The six: "..." Can this stuff really be drunk?

Cat picked up a saucer, sniffed it lightly, and immediately frowned.

Good heavens, it's Huoxiang Zhengqi Water!

Ugh—

This must be the production team's revenge!

Qin Cat is still quite easy to coax (Cat is certain)

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