The next afternoon, Lu Cheng’an’s agent and the representatives from Xia Sisters’ company rushed to Surland Island. After receiving the news the night before, by a stroke of ill luck, both parties ended up booking the same flight. If it weren’t for Surland’s visa exemption and their willingness to spend the money, it would not have been possible for them to arrive so quickly.
Somehow this incident was leaked, but because the police kept the details vague, the public only knew that an omega in the program group went into heat, causing Lu Cheng’an to go into a rut involuntarily. The domestic fans first started a war of words online, with Lu Cheng’an being thoroughly defamed, and the fans of Lu and Mi engaged in a fierce and bloody battle.
The representatives from both talent agencies were still unaware of the reasons behind the incident and started blaming each other on the plane, almost causing the flight to be canceled. It was Lu Cheng’an’s agent, Xiao Meng, who calmed down first. Regardless of Xia Yue’an’s intentions, rushing to see his own artist was more important.
“No matter what happened, I won’t let go of any dog that wants to suck blood!” Xiao Meng said this upon arrival.
The filming of the show was temporarily halted. Lu Cheng’an came out of the cabin in the morning to get stitches. He was quite ruthless when he cut himself, but became faint-hearted during the stitching process—he had a fear of needles.
Unfortunately, Mi Fei was still unable to get up after being ravaged by him, and his agent hadn’t arrived yet when he was getting stitches. Aside from a few assistants who were not very familiar with the situation and the filming crew, only Ling Che and Xu Tangzhou were left.
Ling Che was in a bad mood early in the morning. He wasn’t used to waking up early, and he had spent an uncomfortable night sleeping on a sofa where he couldn’t even stretch out his legs. So much so that even Xu Tangzhou didn’t dare to speak to him much.
The cabin still retained the alpha pheromones of Lu Cheng’an, which were more tangible than Ling Che’s abstract pheromones. His orchid scent could be distinctly smelled.
“God Che! Come over and support me!” Lu Cheng’an said, full of hope, “Please!”
Ling Che coldly turned his head, his face already covered with a mask.
He refused, saying, “You stink to death.”
Lu Cheng’an, who had clearly already taken a bath, then turned to another person: “Zhou Zhou! Can you let me hold your hand? Give me a little courage, it’ll be over quickly.”
Xu Tangzhou also didn’t sleep well last night, with faint dark circles under his eyes, but he was willing to help when he heard Lu Cheng’an’s request.
He walked towards Lu Cheng’an in a daze: “No problem.”
Just as he took a step or two, he was pulled back.
Ling Che got there first, sitting down expressionlessly and taking Lu Cheng’an’s hand, urging the doctor, “Please hurry up.”
Xu Tangzhou: “???”
Lu Cheng’an sighed: “If you had just done this earlier, there would have been no need for me to call for Zhou Zhou—”
Ling Che: “Senior Lu, shut up.”
Before Xu Tangzhou could react, someone outside called for him; it was Momo.
It was just past seven in the morning, and everyone had been given milk and bread for breakfast. Xu Tangzhou and the others receiving the same. Some people had stayed up all night, and others, like Xu Tangzhou, hadn’t slept well, so the yard was bustling with a group of zombies.
All thanks to the two sisters, it was likely that everyone had their grievances, and Xu Tangzhou noticed that the tents in the yard had already been taken down.
What would happen in the future was uncertain.
To be honest, he would rather go back to the days when everyone was happily getting along. Why would someone harbor ulterior motives, seeking to gain more attention through certain means?
This was the first time Xu Tangzhou felt what it meant to be in the entertainment industry, where appearances were deceiving and undercurrents ran deep.
No wonder many people were pessimistic about entering the entertainment industry. Fame, fortune, and wealth could blind people. In his view, even if the Xia sisters, Xia Yue and Xia Xing, were somewhat willful, they were generally quite good. At least their creative ideas made the program more interesting, yet they chose such a path.
On the other hand, as Xu Tangzhou looked at the packed-up tent, he thought that it must not have been easy for an omega to disguise as a beta all year round.
Momo asked him if he had slept well the night before and expressed her concern with a few words. She hesitated before saying, “Zhou Zhou, don’t worry about what’s being said online for now. Once we’ve discussed and reached a conclusion, our program team will immediately issue a statement.”
Xu Tangzhou was unaware: “What happened?”
Mo Mo informed him with some difficulty: “Last night’s incident was leaked, and some fans in the country think that the omega who went into heat was you. But don’t worry, we will definitely clarify everything.”
Xu Tangzhou: “…”
Xu Tangzhou: “Am I the scapegoat?”
Momo was just an assistant. She couldn’t turn the situation around.
All she could do was apologize: “Yes, that’s right. I’m sorry, Zhou Zhou.”
In the darkness of last night, photos of ambulances and police cars were taken, albeit blurry.
Once the news was released and had fermented for over a dozen hours, netizens with their own set of skills followed the trail and deduced that in the entire program group, Xu Tangzhou was the only omega. If it wasn’t him who went into heat, then who was it? Fans of Lu and Mi went crazy, hurling insults at Xu Tangzhou with comments too offensive to read. Xu Tangzhou was portrayed as an indecent and shameless person.
The freshly minted scapegoat, Xu Tangzhou, fell silent for a minute, truly feeling like a black chicken among mullets.
He could imagine what a storm of scandal and controversy it was.
An upright person does not fear a crooked shadow; he also didn’t want to add to the chaos at this time. On the other hand, while coming forward to clarify things for himself could indeed clear his name, it would inevitably lead to accusations of kicking someone when they were down. It was best to wait for an official statement.
Xu Tangzhou then said, “It’s not your fault, you don’t need to apologize. Don’t worry, I just won’t look at it. After all, the people who are cursing aren’t cursing me.”
After Lu Cheng’an got his stitches, his fear of needles didn’t overshadow his heroic actions from the previous night. He had everyone spellbound, with people fussing over Senior Lu this and Senior Lu that.
“Zaizai.”
Xu Tangzhou was sitting under a banana tree drinking milk.
He looked up and saw Ling Che, bathed in the morning light, walking into the yard, calling out to him while fiddling with the mobile phone distributed by the program team.
“Are you done with the stitches?” Xu Tangzhou asked.
Ling Che’s face looked even more displeased than someone who had just fainted from needles, and he just grunted in response, then commanded, “Say hello for me.”
Xu Tangzhou’s expression was full of confusion.
But still, he tried to say, “Good morning?”
Was this some newfangled daily question? He didn’t think too much about it and handed over another bottle of milk, “Want some milk? Today’s breakfast is on the house!”
Having grown accustomed to three days of free food and lodging, Xu Tangzhou had been prepared to embrace a new day of frugality, but then this incident happened. He thought to himself with particular self-satisfaction that the only upside to the suspension of filming was that eating didn’t cost anything now!
Ling Che took the milk, opened the lid, and finished it in just a few gulps.
In the morning light, his brown hair appeared a shade lighter, and as he tilted his head back to swallow, his Adam’s apple moved up and down with the motion. It was a very ordinary action, but because it was he who was doing it, it was simply impossible to look away.
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Ling Che caught Xu Tangzhou staring at him.
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To everyone’s surprise, when the agents from both sides arrived at the recording site’s cabin in the afternoon, Xia Xing, who was originally staying at the hospital, also came. The person in charge arranged a small meeting to discuss how to handle the situation.
The program team’s opinion was that Xia Yue’s sudden differentiation into an omega was an accident, and the program team would compensate for Lu Cheng’an’s loss. Xia Yue’s talent agency should also bear some responsibility. However, the filming should still continue. After all, half of it had already been recorded, and there was no reason to cancel it midway. Doing so would disrespect the schedules of all the guests, especially Ling Che.
This could very well be Ling Che’s only variety show appearance. Also, the program team couldn’t afford to pay the penalty fee for breaching the contract with Xing Jing, nor could they miss such an opportunity.
“Xia Yue will be hospitalized for one day and can be discharged tomorrow,” Xia Yue’s agent said. “We can rush out today’s work, and just edit an extra day to make up for it. We are truly sorry for the inconvenience caused to everyone. But no one wanted this to happen, and our Xia Yue is also injured, with a bump on her head that may not be lighter than Mr. Lu’s injury.”
Xiao Meng let out a cold laugh: “Is that so? Then why did she go into heat precisely when our Brother Lu arrived?”
Xia Yue’s agent retorted angrily: “Don’t talk nonsense.”
Xiao Meng continued, “Let’s assume even if I’m talking nonsense. I’ve already asked, and this is the house where God Che is staying. Could it be that the original target wasn’t our Brother Lu, but God Che?”
The other party was so angry that they slammed the table and stood up: “Your Lu Cheng’an didn’t come out of this without benefits either! It’s just a minor injury, I bet you’re so happy you could laugh out loud!”
It looked as though a fight was about to break out.
Finally, Ling Che spoke up: “Have you had enough?”
Xiao Meng was reluctantly seated again, being pulled by Lu Cheng’an.
Everyone could feel the low pressure emanating from Ling Che.
He and Xu Tangzhou were not originally required to attend this small meeting, but no one objected to their presence. Everyone thought that Ling Che had spoken up so coldly because Xiao Meng’s reckless words had turned the heat onto him.
Unexpectedly, Ling Che then said, “Xia Yue didn’t just differentiate suddenly. She has always been an omega.”
Xia Yue’s agent’s face changed color: “God Che, you can’t just say things like that.”
Ling Che gave him a look: “If you’re interested, let’s watch a video first.”
On the tablet, Ling Che opened a surveillance video that Situ Ya had sent earlier.
After the video was played, everyone was shocked.
Xia Xing had been out of sorts from the beginning, appearing neither willing to defend Xia Yue nor to fight for anything on their behalf. She likely knew about this matter all along.
When she saw the person in the video clearly taking Xu Tangzhou’s belongings and putting them into their box, she suddenly cried, “We didn’t do it on purpose…”
The Xia sisters debuted in their teens as beta twins, but their popularity plummeted after it was revealed that they were fake twins with an age difference. That was when Xia Yue started thinking about publicly revealing her omega status. This secret had been well-kept since their debut, and naturally, the company rejected the idea. Their careers were being restricted. They had long wanted to terminate their contract with the company and had planned this big show, only to lose everything due to a small oversight.
Xia Yue’s heat was indeed part of the plan, and for this, they had contacted a doctor in Surland well in advance to certify their so-called “temporary differentiation.”
But as a result, Xia Yue also suffered a lot, having to take injections to induce her heat early.
Situ Ya was already scared to the point of weak knees during her conversation with Xia Xing last night.
First, they accidentally harmed Lu Cheng’an and almost caused Xia Yue to be marked, and then they found out that they had also harmed Xu Tangzhou. They weren’t that bad; all of this was beyond their plan. Xia Xing’s tears were overflowing as she said, “I’m sorry, God Che, we really didn’t think that Zhou Zhou’s pocket had medicine for anti-pheromone sensitivity. We thought it was just a blocker, which can be bought at any convenience store.”
Everyone was petrified: “…”
After all this, was Xu Tangzhou the initial victim?
Xu Tangzhou sat quietly by the table like a chicken.
He looked cold, and when he didn’t speak, he seemed quite imposing, but actually, inside he’s #￥%…………
That’s right, he is the victim.
Ling Che said coldly, “The person you need to apologize to is not me.”
With their own actions, the Xia sisters managed to offend everyone in the program team.
That evening, the Xia sisters’ agent left quietly and dejectedly, leaving the two sisters behind in Surland. After returning, the agent immediately issued a statement terminating the contract, completely severing ties with them.
Xia Xing took the initiative to post a lengthy flow, explaining the whole story very clearly: from the pressure they faced at the company, the hardships of their debut, the complex and difficult relationships and challenges they faced, to their wrong approach this time, with the full text being three thousand words long. At the end, she also offered a formal apology to Lu Cheng’an, Mi Fei, Ling Che, and Xu Tangzhou.
Xia Yue, on the other hand, made an apology video, in which she appeared very haggard and her attitude was sincere, eliciting sympathy.
The server crashed at one point due to the traffic on the flow, but the onlookers didn’t care about any hardships or apologies; countless people joined the fray, chastising the sisters mercilessly. Aside from a minority of loyal fans and omega rights activists speaking up for them, there was almost a one-sided situation of insults.
Two hours later, the program’s official Weibo account issued a statement: apart from the footage of the Xia sisters from the first three days, they would be completely removed from the program’s recording for violating the rules, leaving only the Lu-Mi CP and Che-Zhou pair to compete.
Additionally, the program team, due to lax supervision and poor management, also issued an apology to the guests.
No one expected that the third season of 《Our Perfect Journey》 would become the biggest winner of the year’s variety shows even before its broadcast.
Such a concentration of explosive revelations was unprecedented and likely unmatched in the future.
After Mi Fei woke up, the program team worked overnight to change the filming location urgently, as the current one had been exposed and could no longer be used.
Before leaving, Xu Tangzhou felt somewhat reluctant to part with this place.
The program team’s arrangement was to shorten the upcoming schedule to two days, with changes to the rules as well, and the filming sessions would be arranged very densely. The leisurely days of the past few would no longer exist.
He took a walk around the cabin. He carefully weighed Ruby, and found that it had gained a few hundred grams more than before; they had taken good care of it.
Ruby whined, seemingly not understanding why they had to part so soon.
He went out to the yard and stood there for a while.
Ling Che stood at the entrance of the yard, as he had done before leaving in the past few days: “Do you feel sorry for them?”
Xu Tangzhou: “!!!”
Was it that obvious?!
Indeed, he had thought of the days when Xia Xing and Xia Yue were setting up their tent here. On their first night, they had even bathed Ruby together. At that time, he sometimes found them noisy and a bit annoying, but now he kind of missed them.
“No.” Xu Tangzhou was telling the truth, “Those who do wrong must face the consequences. Besides, if I pity them, who will pity the innocent Senior Lu and Xiao Mi who got hurt?”
Ling Che said, “What about you? If the guest recording with you wasn’t me, what would you do? You wouldn’t pity yourself.”
Xu Tangzhou turned and walked out of the yard, coming up to him: “If the guest recording the show with me wasn’t you, I wouldn’t have been able to participate at all.”
He was clearly just riding the wave of popularity to catch this opportunity.
Moreover… he was only sensitive to Ling Che’s pheromones.
Ling Che neither confirmed nor denied it.
Xu Tangzhou also didn’t plan to tell him.
The two of them got into the nanny van, where Lu Cheng’an and Mi Fei were already waiting for them.
Clearly, Lu and Mi also shared similar feelings, and with Mi Fei still drowsily being held by Lu Cheng’an, the atmosphere on the road was not as lively as one might imagine. The melancholic mood was only interrupted when Xu Tangzhou came across the day’s trending topics on flow during a rest stop.
The top third of the trending searches on flow were dominated by 《Our Perfect Journey》
#XiaYueOmega#
#XiaYueXiaXingApology#
#PerfectJourneyProgramTeamApology#
#XiaYueXiaXingContractTermination#
#XiaYueXiaXingExitPerfectJourney#
#MiFeiFainted#
#LuChengAnToughGuy#
#MarrySomeoneLikeLuChengAn#
#HaveYouApologizedToXuTangzhou#
Seeing this, Xu Tangzhou was a bit puzzled. There was a tag on flow with hundreds of thousands of discussions, ranking in the less noticeable teens, and it seemed its popularity had peaked and was now slowly declining.
This tag was #LingCheDefendsInLiveBroadcast#.
What does that mean?
Xu Tangzhou clicked on it, and the first post was from Ling Che’s own account, LingChe45361.
[Would you like to watch the replay of LingChe45361’s live broadcast? Yes/No]
When did Ling Che do a live broadcast?
Everyone in the van was catching up on sleep, so Xu Tangzhou took out his earphones, plugged them in, and clicked ‘Yes.’
The video started playing.
The first thing that came into view was the living room of the cabin, with Lu Cheng’an’s face flashing by. A staff member asked, “Are you alright, Mr. Lu? Take some painkillers.”
Lu Cheng’an said, “…It’s nothing. What’s this pain to me, huh.”
Ling Che’s voice entered the video, very indifferent: “The person who faints at the sight of needles should let go of my hand first.”
This must have been after Lu Cheng’an had his stitches done.
The barrage of comments started to flood in.
[Ahhhhhhhhhhhh my Gege ahhhhhhhh]
[Gege is live!!! Am I still not awake!!!]
[aaaaaaaawtmslslyibb]
[Ahhhh I’m dead 1551 I’m dead his voice is so nice ahhhhhh]
[Che! Che! Where is my Che’s face?!!!]
[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]
A sea of “ahs” made it hard to see the screen clearly.
[Lu Cheng’an?? Is this the program site? Lu Cheng’an is injured]
[Gege is dissing people again hahahaha my gege is awesome]
[What a magical morning, my two idols appeared in the same live broadcast 55555]
[Fainting at the sight of needles hahahahaha]
The light changed, and Ling Che walked out to the yard with his phone.
Xu Tangzhou’s heart started pounding, he knew what moment this was because he saw himself appear on the screen—sitting under the banana tree and talking with Momo.
[?????? The person in heat is still so calm???]
[Isn’t Xu Tangzhou in heat???? Doesn’t seem like it!!!]
[Is gege debunking rumors? He didn’t say anything, did he do this for a friend?!]
[Defensive Che! Ah, I died again!!! Haters come out and get slapped!]
[To the idiot in front, if you’re in heat, how can you be so calm, obviously it’s not Xu Tangzhou]
“Zai Zai,” Ling Che called out.
[Mommy, here it comes again, that one call, just kill me with a knife early in the morning]
[Oh my gosh, why does it feel a bit off? 【Suddenly alert】]
[Ahhhhhhhh is it that cold? Xu Tangzhou, if you don’t smile, let me do it for you]
[You mere mortals, heh ← Interpretation of Xu Tangzhou’s expression, you’re welcome]
[Can someone tell me if Xu Tangzhou has facial paralysis??]
The camera moved closer.
Xu Tangzhou saw himself asking, “Are the stitches done?”
Now, without even looking at the barrage of comments, he just wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground.
He had just drunk some milk, but what was with the ring of milk stains around his lips? Why didn’t anyone remind him? Accompanying his icy face, it was really quite funny, okay?
Automatically hilarious!
[Hahahaha so cute]
[Wait a minute! What’s with the sudden realization of a ‘gap moe’?!]
[Zai Zai, you wipe your mouth clean! If you don’t, I’ll help you lick it clean!]
[Hold on, wait for me, I also got it wuwuwu I thought I disliked him but now I feel so strange]
“Say hello for me,” Ling Che said.
“Good morning?” Xu Tangzhou saw himself respond a few seconds late, still confused, “Want some milk? Breakfast is free today!”
The barrage of comments was about to die laughing.
[God, it’s free hahahahaha]
[The program team can go die]
[hhhhhhhhhhhh See, this is what people are driven to]
[After all, it’s the program team that does a lottery for 5 yuan, no wonder it’s a rip-off]
The camera angle shifted slightly, but Xu Tangzhou was still visible, probably during the time Ling Che was drinking milk.
Then, Xu Tangzhou said, “I’m going to check on Xiao Mi.”
[His face turned red again, and he ran off hahahaha]
[Hahahaha Xu Tangzhou’s face-changing skill hahahaha]
[It’s really so funny hahaha they’re not familiar with each other at all!!]
[I’m okay with this, I can’t catch up with Ling Che, but I can with Xu Tangzhou]
[Zai Zai is mine, hmph, no one can take him from me]
[Ahhhhhh I’m so looking forward to this group’s performance ahhhhhh]
Just before the video ended, Xu Tangzhou saw a comment.
[Ling Che is really too good, isn’t he? He quietly shook off the blame early in the morning]
He understood now.
No wonder Ling Che was in a bad mood in the morning. It wasn’t because he was still sleepy.
From his angle, he could see Ling Che’s face pretending to sleep in the back row, even with his eyes closed, he had a defiant look.
But his heart was like Mentos thrown into cola.
Bubbles were bubbling up inside.
This terrible sht*show should end =.=
Thank You for the new chapter (੭ु ›ω‹ )੭ु⁾⁾♡
Thanks for translating! Btw, I think one of the notes in a previous ch said 1551 means crying noises or something like that. I might’ve remembered wrong though so don’t quote me on it!
you’re correct. 1551 is crying (cutely)the numbers sound like 噫呜呜噫
I’ll remember this from now on. Thank you so much!
Oooh! Okay! Thank you for the info! I’ll update it in a bit