A Substitute Bride With Multiple Identities
Chapter 326: Qi Jingjing Gets Slapped in the Face

Chapter 326: Chapter 326: Qi Jingjing Gets Slapped in the Face

Qi Jingjing furrowed her brows, "What do you mean?"

Yan Qi gritted his teeth and began, "Just now, when I was getting breakfast, I passed by Su Qi’s camp and saw a fish and chicken placed in front of their camp."

Yan Qi didn’t believe that Shen Yanhe and those young girls had the ability to catch so much prey early in the morning.

He also knew Su Qi, who was merely a singer with no combat power, inherently weak.

Moreover, he had seen Su Qi just coming out of the tent when he was fetching breakfast.

This only confirmed his suspicion that the production team must have secretly helped Shen Yanhe and her team.

Having said that, Yan Qi realized he was still in front of the camera; his expression turned somewhat bitter. He hesitated to speak, but finally, he sighed and said, "Forget it, Su Qi’s group consists of girls, I can understand if the director helps them secretly."

His words misled the audience who had just tuned into the livestream.

[Isn’t this survival reality show supposed to be about realism? What does it mean for the director to secretly pull strings?]

[Exactly, if they don’t have the skill, why participate in a survival reality show?]

[I’m out, there’s no point in watching a rigged survival reality show.]

Yan Qi’s fans also stood up for him.

[My brother looks so aggrieved, it breaks my heart.]

[What a crappy reality show! Brother, stop recording! Quit and we’ll take care of you!]

[Trashy reality show! I’m going to leave it a bad review!]

[I just knew Shen Yanhe had something going on with the director, she looks so foxy, probably got into the show by offering herself! Poor my brother.]

Lin Hao felt a sense of darkness envelop him when he saw this message.

He shivered as he shouted, "Moderators, mute them! Quickly, damn it, mute! Kick him out!"

How dare they spread such malicious rumors about him and the wife of the CEO of FY Group!

In Fu Yanhe’s villa, inside the second-floor study.

Fu Yanhe watched the chaotic barrage of messages with a calm demeanor.

Standing beside him, Wu Fang felt a chilling dread creeping up his spine, and he kept his head low, daring not to breathe deeply.

"Wu Fang," Fu Yanhe’s gaze fell on the ID associated with Yan Qi’s fans, his voice soft, "Check out that artist named Yan Qi, note down the IDs insulting Yanyan in the livestream, and send them a legal notice."

Wu Fang respectfully nodded, "Yes."

He silently mourned for the artist named Yan Qi and those who insulted the lady for a few seconds.

The legal notice mentioned by Master Fu wasn’t the usual kind in the entertainment industry, which carried no actual threat.

It was earnestly effective, capable of landing people in prison.

Let all these keyboard warriors spend their time in prison as they were so adept at typing.

-

The live recording of the show was still ongoing.

Qi Jingjing’s complexion looked somewhat unwell; she tightened her grip on the towel she was holding and said indignantly, "How could the director do this? No way! I’m going to confront him and demand justice!"

Qi Jingjing threw the towel into the plastic basin and stormed off towards the director’s tent, Yan Qi feigned reaching out to stop her, "Hey! Don’t be rash!"

Qi Jingjing, with a grim face, pushed past him and continued forward.

Luo Tian just happened to come out of the tent and, seeing Qi Jingjing’s furious back, looked questioningly at Yan Qi and asked, "What’s wrong with her?"

Yan Qi offered a bitter smile, "It’s my fault, I should have kept my mouth shut."

He briefly mentioned the fish and chicken he had seen in front of Shen Yanhe’s tent earlier, and added, "It might just be me overthinking, but Jingjing is too impulsive; I couldn’t stop her."

Luo Tian frowned and stepped forward to follow Qi Jingjing, "I’ll go and see."

By then, Qi Jingjing had already reached the director’s tent. Suppressing the anger in her heart, she walked toward the tent, and as soon as she entered, she questioned with reddened eyes, "Director, wasn’t our show supposed to be fair and impartial? Why are you secretly helping Shen Yanhe?"

Upon hearing her accusation, Lin Hao’s expression darkened. He responded, "Our team has never secretly helped any guest. If you don’t believe me, you can take a look at this."

Qi Jingjing, of course, didn’t believe Lin Hao’s words, feeling that he was just making excuses after being caught red-handed.

She pursed her lips and walked over.

Luo Tian entered and didn’t speak, following behind Qi Jingjing.

Lin Hao opened the playback of Shen Yanhe’s live broadcast split-screen from that morning.

In the playback, Qi Jingjing saw that Shen Yanhe had already woken up when the sky was still foggy.

She first easily ran back and forth on the beach ten times and did some stretching exercises before entering the forest.

Upon entering the forest, she seemed to recognize something and walked straight into the depths, reaching a stream.

This stream was the only water source on the island.

Qi Jingjing then saw her easily catch a fish from the stream, and on her way back with the fish, she handily caught a wild chicken.

She was alone the whole time.

There were no staff members from the show, not even a ghost.

Qi Jingjing watched with a look of astonishment on her face, her face suddenly flushed and burning with pain.

Luo Tian also wore a look of surprise; he hadn’t expected Shen Yanhe to have such skills, catching prey so effortlessly.

If she didn’t have experience running in forests frequently over the years, it would not have been so easy to find the water source and capture the prey.

"Are you done watching?" Lin Hao’s face looked very unpleasant, "Since the start of recording, it has been fair and just. The prey she caught by her own skills is being claimed as though it was given by our team."

Qi Jingjing’s face was burning, both embarrassed and awkward, not knowing that Shen Yanhe had indeed trained.

But now, regretting her impulsiveness earlier was no use; she could only start by apologizing to the director to salvage some of her image.

Her face flushed, she stammered, "Director, I’m sorry, it was Yan Qi who said that the team was secretly helping them, and I... I was impulsive. I’m sorry."

Lin Hao’s eyes flashed with disgust, Yan Qi, always that Yan Qi.

It’s only been two days since the show started, and he’s already caused quite some trouble.

I knew I shouldn’t have been greedy for that bit of investment, agreeing to the investors to cram him in.

"Forget it, you guys go back, the recording is about to start." The director waved them away, then added as a reminder, "Make sure to clarify with your teammates that the team has not secretly helped anyone."

Qi Jingjing awkwardly nodded her head, turned, and hurriedly left.

After they left, Lin Hao thought for a moment and decided to post the live broadcast playback on Weibo, to avoid having the show’s super-topic blown up by misled viewers later on.

Lin Hao didn’t know this would be the most correct decision he had ever made.

When Qi Jingjing returned to the camp, Yan Qi came over as if by accident, handing her and Luo Tian an egg pancake, "How did it go? What did the team say? Will they give us supplies too?"

He had been hungry all of yesterday, and today just this egg pancake was nowhere near enough.

Yan Qi had coveted the fish and chicken when he saw them.

Qi Jingjing, with an ugly expression, snatched the egg pancake from his hand and glared at him, speaking irritably, "The team hasn’t helped Shen Yanhe and others, so don’t make unfounded claims anymore!"

With that, Qi Jingjing no longer paid him any attention and walked straight ahead.

Luo Tian looked at Yan Qi and simply took the egg pancake from his hand, also ignoring him.