CLANG!
This sound made the director’s eyelids twitch.
"Please, don’t damage the cultural relics! My goodness, how co I never noticed there was a cave on this island before?"
The director asked the assistant director to contact the Cultural Relics Bureau while staring at the monitor.
Although it was midnight, there were still viewers online in the live stream.
There was a snake near An Yan, and it was unclear how she would deal with it, so that scene couldn’t be broadcast.
The cave seed to contain a suspected Ancient Tomb, so that footage also couldn’t be broadcast.
Fu Xiao was hurrying along under a makeshift tent canvas. The drone footage was blurry and indistinct, resembling sothing from a ghost movie, so that couldn’t be broadcast either.
Thankfully, things were stable on Mo Shiyan’s end.
Despite the rain, it was Mo Shiyan and ng Rui’s turn for the night watch. They sat by the tent, chatting idly while keeping guard.
Of course, Mo Shiyan was the one who was idle. ng Rui, on the other hand, was anything but relaxed!
Because Mo Shiyan was asking him about his studies!
"How are your studies going?"
As soon as Mo Shiyan asked this, the kid visibly tensed up, becoming completely tongue-tied and stamring,
"It’s... it’s okay."
After answering, he suddenly rembered how the first mber of their group to take the college entrance exam last year had bombed it and been ridiculed all over the internet. He quickly corrected himself,
"No, not really... just so-so."
Mo Shiyan glanced up. Probably sensing the kid’s tension, his tone softened as he gently soothed,
"Don’t be nervous. You’re still young, and with hard work, anything is possible!"
"Yes, thank you, Mo Shiyan! I will definitely work hard. I will learn from you. I know you’re not only a top student from TsingbeiaQingbei but have also studied abroad and hold two master’s degrees."
"Our agent said that in any industry, what you ultimately compete with is your education. Only knowledge can give us sufficient competitiveness!"
Mo Shiyan nodded. "Your agent is right. Study hard while you’re young!"
"Yes! I will definitely study hard, not neglect my education, and not disappoint the fans!"
The kid puffed out his chest and raised his head, his voice ringing clear and strong!
The "mom fans" in the live comnts felt sorry for him:
[Film Emperor, just give the kid a break!]
[Can’t you let him enjoy a variety show in peace?]
But clearly, Mo Shiyan thought otherwise. Noticing the drone filming, he simply started giving ng Rui a math problem:
"A test paper has 25 questions. Each question offers four answers, only one of which is correct. You get 4 points for each correct answer. For each question skipped or answered incorrectly, 1 point is deducted. If a student scored 90 points, how many questions did they answer correctly?"
Speaking of ng Rui, this kid was truly a gem of an entertainer.
As soon as Mo Shiyan posed the question, ng Rui imdiately began to ponder. His contemplation led many viewers to think along with him.
The live comnts were full of X’s and Y’s!
[Deducting one point ans that if you skip or answer incorrectly, you effectively lose 5 points, right? By that logic, it doesn’t divide evenly...]
[The previous comnt is wrong. Deducting one point ans you don’t get the 4 points *and* you lose one more. So, if X is the number of correct answers, it ans the person never earned those 4 points in the first place, so you only need to deduct that one additional point.]
[No, no, no, it should clearly be...]
Everyone was trying to solve the problem. The director sighed in relief, feeling he could maintain stability for the ti being!
Just as he relaxed, an assistant suddenly tapped his arm:
"Director, look quickly..."
The assistant pointed to An Yan’s monitor feed:
"Who... who is this?"
The director hurriedly enlarged the image. Inside the tent of An Yan, the supposed amateur, a strong, slender hand was gripping the protected Green Snake by its vital spot—the area just behind its head.
The director was speechless. ...
"Who is that? What is this nonsense? Is it soone An Yan brought? Notify them quickly! Tell them to release the snake! Let it go!"
While shouting, the director suddenly realized sothing was off. Why was he the only one yelling?
He turned his head.
He saw Lu Feng staring right at him, looking as stern as King Yama.
The director recognized Lu Feng; after all, Lu Feng was Assistant Lu, the one who usually conveyed ssages from President Li Tianyao!
"Is a snake’s life more important than a guest’s?" Lu Feng’s voice was cold.
The director hurriedly explained,
"Assistant Lu, that’s no ordinary snake; it’s a Green Tail! And I’m not neglecting the guest’s safety. Juvenile Green Tails aren’t venomous. Even if she were bitten, it would just hurt a bit at most."
"But if one of our guests killed a Green Tail, our entire production team might be cursed with bad luck!"
"Heh." Lu Feng chuckled. "Then do you know whose hand is clutching that Green Tail right now?"
"Whose... hand?"
"The Ninth Master’s!"
The director froze. ...
The director panicked. "So, An Yan is actually... she is..."
Lu Feng nodded.
A voice, deep and resonant enough to rival a cello, sounded from the monitor:
"How is it that you run into danger the mont I look away?"
The director was utterly stunned. ...
Good heavens! The Ninth Master’s woman was on his variety show, and he had mistaken her for a re amateur!
This... this...
After the feed cut away, the director stiffly turned his neck to look at his assistant.
"I haven’t offended Miss An Yan, have I?"
The assistant replied bluntly,
"If deliberately denying her screen ti doesn’t count as an offense, then no, you probably haven’t!"
The director: ???
「Inside the tent.」
An Yan stared at Li Tianyao, who had suddenly appeared, and then at the Green Tail in his hand. She exclaid in panic,
"Don’t kill it!"
"It almost bit you."
In Li Tianyao’s eyes, this was already a dead snake!
Hearing the coldness in his tone, An Yan imdiately grew nervous.
"But you can’t just squeeze it to death! It’s not venomous, and it wouldn’t matter even if it bit !"
"Is it even worthy of biting you?"
An Yan was speechless. ...
Does a snake care if it’s ’worthy’ or not when it decides to bite soone?
Seeing him about to tighten his grip again, An Yan grabbed his wrist and said softly, almost pleadingly,
"Li Tianyao, I want this snake!"
The man’s fingers loosened slightly.
"What did you call ?"
"Tianyao!"
"Wrong. Think again."
An Yan racked her brain. She rembered that the last ti he’d cared about her form of address, she had called him Tianyao. Why was it wrong this ti?
After a mont, she understood.
"Husband?"
"Mm. Say it again."
An Yan felt like facepalming. How had the formidable Ninth Master suddenly beco so childish?
"Husband, I want this snake!"
Only then did the man hand over the snake, seemingly satisfied.
An Yan, afraid he might change his mind, quickly emptied her water bottle and put the little Green Tail inside.
"It’s a Green Tail. When it’s fully grown, its venom can be used to extract antivenom serum! It’s also an ingredient in several dicinal formulas. It’s very useful!"
"I’ll catch you a few adult ones later."
An Yan was startled.
"No! This snake is a Class One nationally protected animal. Forget catching a few; you’d go to jail for catching even one!"
"You don’t want to go to jail?"
The man’s voice suddenly softened, a hint of brightness lacing its deep timbre.
An Yan tightened her fingers, speechless for a mont.
"Who in their right mind would want their own husband to go to jail?"
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