Villa
The inside was already turned upside down.
"Ah! Where’s my scarf?"
"Zixuan, you stuffed my hat into your suitcase."
"Yuwei, why did you pack so few things? Look at us, we packed all sorts of necessities!"
"Ouch, my foot, don’t step on it."
"Oh my gosh, I’m going to collapse from exhaustion. I feel like there’s still so much I haven’t packed yet."
"Can we hire so servants? They have servants abroad, right?"
The eleven chattering girls were driving the teachers filming their promotional shoot completely insane.
Oddly enough, these eleven girls seed to perfectly understand what everyone else was saying.
In the end, only Zhou Dan’s firm intervention managed to get them to finish packing.
Otherwise, they might have spent all night arguing over what to bring and what not to bring, up until their flight the next morning.
After getting scolded, Ye Yuwei had no choice but to pack a lot more stuff.
Mostly makeup and things like that.
The director watched these girls bring a mountain of stuff through the monitoring screen.
That lean face of his flashed an expression that practically scread, "Just wait and see!"
Of course, the girls had no way of noticing this.
Zhou Dan proved surprisingly effective in marketing this big variety show.
Originally, she thought this under-promoted fan-focused show’s advertising results would be pretty average.
But the results surprised her — it turned out to be even hotter than reality shows featuring top-tier celebrities.
Her previous doubts over the concert were gone as well. Maybe these girls really could pull off so miracles.
Next day, airport
"Can soone help ? It’s too heavy!" The youngest, Duan Yuxin, tugged at her suitcase, bouncing up and down repeatedly.
By her side, ng ixuan and Yang Ni stepped in gallantly to help.
Today, ng ixuan was beautifully dressed and wore a pair of sunglasses, radiating big-sisterly charisma.
The others struggled to load their suitcases onto the carts too.
This was the mont when physical strength beca a distinct advantage.
"ngqi, you’re stronger than I imagined," Lv Fangxin remarked in surprise.
Jiang ngqi imdiately looked around alertly.
Then she tapped her arm and flashed her trademark sweet smile. "I’m exhausted!"
"Ah!" The previous speaker was totally baffled by her reaction.
"Let’s move quickly! Stop crowding around here," Ye Yuwei shouted.
The girls were dawdling too much, and she was growing impatient.
Waiting area
"ixuan, that foreigner keeps staring at you," Lv Fangxin blinked playfully.
"Actually, it’s a whole group of foreigners staring at us!" ng ixuan put away the book in her hand.
"Without the caras, do you think they’d try to hit on us?"
"Fangxin, are you thinking about getting involved with so... foreigners?"
"Haha! No way, I was just saying. Those foreigners stink."
While the two giggled and joked around, Jiang ngqi ran into trouble near the restroom.
"Hello, can we be friends?" A crew-cut, tall, white man stopped her abruptly.
"No!"
Jiang ngqi bluntly turned him down without hesitation. She knew exactly what kind of people they were.
They thought Huaxia won were easy — just toys for foreigners.
The white man was visibly annoyed, his face darkening. "Miss, that’s very rude of you."
"If you keep bothering , I’ll show you what being rude really looks like."
"Really rude!"
The white man sneered dismissively. In his experience here, all he’d seen were polite or adoring responses.
When he saw Jiang ngqi moving to get past him, he got mad, blinded by both anger and desire, and reached out to grab her.
Unexpectedly, his wrist was seized tightly by soone else.
"Sir, please show so respect!"
"Who the hell are you?"
"I’m this lady’s bodyguard."
As he replied, the airport security staff and peacekeepers surrounded them.
Suddenly nervous, the white man protested: "What do you want? I’m a foreigner, you have no jurisdiction over ."
"Please co with us."
"Let go of , let go!"
At this mont, Ye Yuwei and company also gathered around.
"Everyone, don’t crowd around. It’s just a minor incident; the staff will handle it," said Tianhe Company’s lead agent, addressing everyone.
"Damn these foreigners," Wu Zixuan muttered angrily.
"I knew we’d run into sothing like this; these people are disgusting." ng ixuan frowned in distaste.
"I should’ve punched that guy earlier!" Lv Fangxin raised her fist, making everyone laugh.
"Qiqi, if a fight breaks out, you gotta run first!" Lv Fangxin said, turning to Qiqi.
"Why would I run?"
"Because you’re so tiny, they could kick you flying in one shot."
Wu Zixuan chid in with a grin: "Being small ans you can aim below the belt!"
Everyone burst into laughter again.
"Zijing could scratch him — she got her nails done yesterday."
"Fu Xiaoyu could choke him — her arms are long enough."
And just like that, they switched into full-on group chat mode.
After a nightti flight and 18 hours of travel, they finally arrived at their destination.
With a team of nearly a hundred people, they hauled piles of luggage and equipnt onto the chartered bus.
Many underestimated how much work goes into filming...
A large-scale variety show like this actually involves over two hundred staff mbers.
They ca in three groups, with Ye Yuwei and the other perforrs being the final batch.
Wow!
When the girls arrived at the hotel and saw their welco venue, they imdiately jumped for joy.
It was located on the hotel’s rooftop, with a long table covered in white cloth.
From here, they could overlook the entire city.
The exotic buildings looked like colorful toy blocks from European comics, stacked on uneven hills.
Below the hills lay endless stretches of deep blue sea, while white clouds floated across the sky, surrounded by flocks of birds. Truly breathtaking.
"It’s so hot!"
"Everyone here’s wearing short sleeves, yet we’re still stuck in sweaters!"
"Feels like we traveled halfway across the world."
"Oh my! I feel awful, like I’m dreaming or sothing."
"It really does feel like a dream. We were in Shenghai, Huaxia just a mont ago, and now we’re in Africa!"
"This place is gorgeous! Let’s take so pictures!"
The girls were overjoyed, completely forgetting their travel fatigue.
They ran around everywhere, snapping photos from all kinds of angles. But soon, their stomachs started grumbling in protest.
Counting their ti in Huaxia aside, their 16-hour flight had only provided airplane als, which were far from filling.
Lv Fangxin grabbed so juice from the table, but the more she drank, the hungrier she felt.
"I need food. I’m starving!" Wu Zixuan pounded the table with her hands.
"I’m not moving from here until I’ve eaten sothing," Duan Yuxin slumped over onto the table.
"I’ve already had two glasses of orange juice, but I’m still hungry!" Fu Xiaoyu put down her drained glass.
Qiqi held up her phone and pointed it at Fu Xiaoyu: "Fix your expression, I’m taking a photo."
Fu Xiaoyu instantly switched to glamorous mode, posing like a cover model against the sunny ocean and exotic backdrop.
"That’s basically influencer life over there — nonstop snapping." Lv Fangxin glanced at Ye Yuwei and the others still engrossed in taking pictures.
"We’re actors; at least our als are substantial." ng ixuan laughed.
"When are we eating? Captain, stop taking pictures already. Watching you all makes hungrier!" Yang Ni shouted.
Ye Yuwei was baffled. How were hunger and photos even related?
"Look at Zi ng," Fu Xiaoyu said quietly.
Not far away, Li Zing picked up a tiny bread roll with her delicate fingers.
With great elegance, she brought it to her lips and took a tiny bite.
Her posture resembled Lin Daiyu straight out of an old version of *Dream of the Red Chamber.*
The group tried their best to stifle their laughter.
Li Zing, however, remained oblivious.
Though she was hungry, years of dining habits kept her poised with aristocratic grace.
She didn’t particularly enjoy the place, though — the salty ocean breeze annoyed her.
She much preferred the fresh, floral slls of lush forests.
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