After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 559: Recording in the Ancient Castle

Chapter 559: Chapter 559: Recording in the Ancient Castle

Facing Shang Minghao’s skepticism, she had her own set of justifications.

"Mr. Shang, everyone outside is saying that the reason you promote me is that you like Shi Yaoguang, but she doesn’t like you. Is that true?"

Shang Minghao was momentarily stunned when he heard this.

Seeing this, Shi Yiqing laughed mockingly, "What, is this some kind of secret that can’t be spoken of?"

Shang Minghao looked at her with a complex expression, "I don’t like her, but promoting you, indeed, is because of her."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yiqing’s eyes were about to split with fury, "What did you say?"

"Is what I’ve said not clear enough?"

Shang Minghao glanced at her, his eyes growing a shade darker, "I think, you should be very clear about what I mean."

"No!" Shi Yiqing screamed, "I don’t believe it! How could you do this to me? This is impossible!"

"Nothing is impossible."

Shang Minghao sighed lightly, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes, "I originally thought, even if you were not as good as I imagined, you wouldn’t be too bad, but I didn’t expect that you would..."

Hearing him call her bad, Shi Yiqing’s complexion turned even uglier.

Shang Minghao couldn’t be bothered to argue with her any longer, finding such conversation pointless.

"I don’t want to say much to you, and you should stop making trouble."

Scared by his icy gaze, Shi Yiqing involuntarily took a step back, "What do you mean?"

Shang Minghao spoke bluntly, "I won’t tolerate you forever if you can’t improve yourself, and if you can’t change..."

She understood the rest of the sentence without him needing to finish it.

She nearly collapsed onto the ground, her gaze becoming empty.

...

After reporting the new energy vein, Shi Yaoguang returned to Imperial Capital University.

She hadn’t thought about the new energy matter before, but now she had a good idea and decided to give it a try.

The laboratory professor welcomed her enthusiastically when he learned of her purpose.

It was no secret that Shi Yaoguang was well-connected.

Of course, this ’no secret’ was only for those who could reach this level.

The professors in the laboratories of Imperial Capital University were those who had reached this level.

Knowing the professor’s identity, Shi Yaoguang did not hide her talents and spent three days in the laboratory, developing a machine that could refine the new energy source.

Even with expectations, the professor was shocked when he saw the device that Shi Yaoguang had created.

He even wanted to persuade Shi Yaoguang to stay.

With her intelligence, if she could stay focused in the laboratory, she would surely achieve soaring accomplishments in the future.

Unfortunately, Shi Yaoguang had no such ambition.

Unable to convince her, the old professor had no choice but to give up.

...

Soon, it was time for the second recording of "Challenge".

The location of the second recording was not in the country anymore.

The show was still a mix of live and recorded broadcasting, and as soon as the live camera opened, it captured an opulent castle that resembled a palace.

Seeing this, the live chat was flooded with comments.

"Did the director strike it rich this episode?"

"If I’m not mistaken, isn’t this castle the one built by Count Louis of the Nordic nobility for his lady in the last century? The descendants of the Louis family auctioned off the castle more than a decade ago, and it caused quite a stir at the time..."

Curiosity spiked among the viewers as they saw the informative messages in the chat.

"This castle is privately owned now, right? How did the show crew manage to borrow it? Logically speaking, the daily maintenance costs of such a castle could cover the production team’s expenses for an entire year, right?"

Someone else replied with a message: "The previous person, please don’t speak like that. Doesn’t the director have any dignity?"

"Director: Thanks for the invitation, but even if I sold myself, I couldn’t afford to rent the castle."

"I don’t know if you guys saw it, but just now, a line of small text flashed by on the live broadcast, explaining the reason."

"What, what? I didn’t see it!"

"I think I saw it, but I didn’t pay attention. What did it say?"

...

The eight guests arrived at the ancient castle by pumpkin carriage.

The pumpkin carriage stopped in front of the ancient castle, and the guests disembarked along with the host.

First, the host marveled at the grandeur of the ancient castle, eliciting agreement from the guests and stirring up the atmosphere before announcing the content of this episode.

"Last week in Wolong Town, everyone made a substantial income. Now let’s review last week’s wealth rankings."

Upon hearing this, everyone instinctively tensed up.

Unsurprisingly, the Blue Team’s Shi Yaoguang and Li Yebai earned the most money, with the Yellow Team at the bottom.

Moreover, the remaining funds for both teams were about even.

After publicly shaming the Yellow Team, the host changed the subject and said, "Although everyone still has money left from the last episode... the rules for this period have changed."

"In other words, the money from the last episode cannot be used in this one."

The crowd was in an uproar, "Host, that’s not very fair, is it?"

The host playfully teased them before finally getting to the rules of this episode.

"This ancient castle has been kindly sponsored by a gentleman who wishes to remain unnamed. In order not to disappoint his kindness, our theme for this episode is..."

"The vampire in the castle just can’t be that cute."

The people: "???"

Were they serious about this rule?

The host, with a serious expression, said, "You don’t have to look at me like that. The name of the game is a bit hasty, but, you must believe, our production team will definitely not mess things up!"

Of course, the people didn’t believe him.

However, since the production team had already set the rules, they definitely wouldn’t change them just because the guests objected, so they stopped bothering to say anything more and simply let the game start quickly.

This episode, the eight guests did not need to form teams.

The production team would distribute identity cards to them.

The identity cards would represent their roles within the castle.

Along with the identity card, there was also a hidden identity card.

The hidden identity was none other than the vampire, who supposedly could not be that cute.

Once each guest had received their identity card, the doors of the ancient castle opened.

A man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and exuding courtesy stepped out, walking straight to Shi Yaoguang and bowing slightly, "Madam, the Earl has been waiting for a long time."

He was the chief steward of the castle, equivalent to the butler of the castle.

The reason he addressed Shi Yaoguang as ’Madam’ was that the identity card she received indicated she was the wife of the castle’s owner, Count XX.

Of course, that was not the point.

The point was...

This man was not just anyone.

It was Shang Minghao!

Shi Yaoguang was shocked when she saw him.

Why was he here?

Could it be that the ’kind-hearted person who sponsored the castle and who wishes to remain unnamed’ mentioned by the director was Shang Minghao?

While she was puzzled, she saw a man dressed in a retro suit approaching her step by step.

The man was very handsome and, like her, wore a pair of glasses on his nose.

Shi Yaoguang knew clearly that they were plain glasses.