After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 534: A Bug Reward of Two Steamed Buns

Chapter 534: Chapter 534: A Bug Reward of Two Steamed Buns

"I get it, you deliberately made those ambiguous remarks just to make everyone misunderstand me."

Shi Yaoguang clicked her tongue lightly, shaking her head, "Actually, you didn’t need to do that, after all, everyone is not a fool, and they won’t believe what you say after your little instigation, thus doubting me."

Shi Yiqing: "..."

How are you supposed to play the game with such a huge hat being put on?

So, if people believe her, they’re brainless!

Shi Yiqing’s face contorted, trying to salvage the situation, "How can you say that? Who are you calling a fool?"

Shi Yiqing looked at the people around her, hurriedly explaining, "I absolutely didn’t mean to call you fools."

Shi Yaoguang: "That’s right, she didn’t call you fools."

After a pause, she added with a supplement, "She just implied it, that’s all."

Shi Yiqing: "..."

Everyone: "..."

Just implied, and that’s just it...

The host also twitched the corner of her mouth, she couldn’t let this topic continue.

She had this premonition, that if Shi Yaoguang continued speaking, she wouldn’t be able to keep her position as the host.

Moreover, the tension between Shi Yaoguang and Shi Yiqing was already thick enough, there was no need to carry on.

...

The host deftly brought the topic back.

She announced the start of today’s task.

The guests were paired off in twos, forming a total of four teams.

The pairing was determined by drawing lots; a small box contained eight balls, with four different colors, two of each color.

Shi Yaoguang drew blue, pairing up with permanent guest Li Yebai, who also drew blue.

This was the person who had given her a way out earlier in the conversation.

She had a pretty good impression of Li Yebai, and they successfully formed a team, simply named the Blue Team.

Shi Yiqing paired up with the popular singer Min Zekai to form the Yellow Team.

Then there were the Green Team and the Purple Team.

After the teams were assigned, the crew spread the guests out to four different locations.

Waiting for the guests to earn their own living.

Shi Yaoguang and Li Yebai were directly sent to a bustling little town.

Getting off the car, they were immediately amidst the hustle and bustle of the marketplace.

"Li ge, what should we do next?"

Once the crew’s car had left, Shi Yaoguang and Li Yebai had no staff around them.

Since it was a live broadcast, the director generously bought several drones, which followed the guests filming, eliminating the need for cameramen to run around with their cameras.

Hearing Shi Yaoguang’s question, Li Yebai thought carefully and suggested, "How about we pull the ’celebrity card’?"

"’Celebrity card’?"

"Yeah!" Li Yebai was very confident. "After all, I was once famous. Although I’m not that popular now, yesterday’s flowers are still flowers! Maybe we’ll run into some fans on the street, then we could help by giving autographs..."

Before Li Yebai could finish, the director’s emotionless voice came through the drone, "Li Yebai, the show has rules, no messing around!"

"Director, how am I messing around? Did the crew explicitly forbid the ’celebrity card’?"

Drone: "Now they do!"

The same time the director’s voice aired, an official rule was released.

That was...

No relying on the ’celebrity card,’ or using one’s celebrity status to seek advantages.

To this, Li Yebai expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Even if you’ve added a rule now, it was a loophole I found! I’ve made such a big contribution, the least you could do is show some appreciation. A stingy boss can’t keep their staff!"

The director was somewhat speechless, but still committed to humanitarian principles, he sent Li Yebai some care.

Soon, a "thank you from the director" was delivered into Shi Yaoguang’s hands.

As Shi Yaoguang unwrapped the tightly packed parcel, she saw the true form of Lu Mountain hidden within.

——One yuan.

Yes, exactly!

This one yuan was the director’s reward to Li Yebai for finding a bug.

Li Yebai sneered dramatically, "You’ve got to be kidding, director? Just this? Just this? You’ve actually got the nerve!"

The voice of the director coming from the drone sounded indignant and full of conviction, "Do you know how many steamed buns this one yuan can buy? Two! A full two!"

"With two steamed buns, your Blue Team’s basic needs are thoroughly met. What could you possibly be dissatisfied with?"

Li Yebai rolled his eyes, "A full two steamed buns, director, how generous of you."

Director: "Hmph, of course!"

Li Yebai was completely speechless at the stinginess of the director.

He looked at Shi Yaoguang, seeking her opinion.

"The director is so stingy, what do you think?"

Shi Yaoguang pondered for a moment and said, "Two steamed buns will be enough for us."

Li Yebai’s face fell in disappointment, "We’re not going to have to rely on these two steamed buns to get by, are we?"

Shi Yaoguang hummed softly in affirmation.

Li Yebai’s face instantly drooped.

Isn’t this just too tragic?

...

Meanwhile.

Shi Yiqing’s Yellow Team was diligently searching for ways to make money.

Paired with Shi Yiqing was a singer, Min Zekai, and since he was a singer, naturally, his idea was to stick to his forte.

Singing!

Min Zekai said to Shi Yiqing, "We could perform in the streets. This way, we could quickly earn enough money for meals, and we might even make some extra."

Before he became famous, Min Zekai had also been a busking singer.

Therefore, he was quite confident about street performances.

Unfortunately, the director team didn’t allow them to complete their task too easily.

They could busk all they wanted, but they couldn’t reveal their identities.

If they did reveal their identities, whatever money they made would be confiscated by the director team.

Min Zekai was quite dissatisfied with this arrangement, "How can we perform on the streets without showing our faces?"

Even if one is not attractive, there would still be an audience to watch.

As long as the singing is good, nothing else matters.

But...

No matter how unattractive, people would not be forbidden from showing their faces.

Their secretive ways would make people who didn’t know them think they had something to hide.

Shi Yiqing was not very skilled in singing and thus suggested giving up the idea of street performance.

"The director is just making it deliberately difficult for us to complete the task. We might as well..."

Shi Yiqing proposed, "We might as well do the exact opposite!"

"How do we do the opposite?" Min Zekai was curious, wondering what good idea Princess Shi Yiqing, the domineering figure, had in mind.

Shi Yiqing curled her lips into a deep, meaningful smile, "The director doesn’t want us to complete the task easily because he wants to see us make fools of ourselves, right? If we don’t embarrass ourselves, then the director won’t get what he wants, will he?"

That said, trying not to embarrass themselves still seemed quite challenging, didn’t it?

Knowing what he was thinking, Shi Yiqing shook her head, "In any city, there are usually some high-end restaurants where we could work temp jobs."

Min Zekai knew about such places too, but he wasn’t familiar with working in them, "Most restaurants require piano playing or violin playing, and I’m not well-versed in any of that."