【(Coldly) Five minutes! I want this woman’s complete file!】
【(Grabs by the collar) (Shakes frantically) (Turns it over and empties it out) (Nothing) (Eyes turning bloodshot) (Going insane) (Twisting) (Crawling darkly) (Wriggling darkly) (Crawling violently) (Growling low and sinister) (Walking in a twisted manner) (Shrieking) (Attacking indiscriminately) (I’ll punch—take that, a fist to your face)】
【There are five kinds of “meat” in this world: no meat, small meat, medium meat, big meat, and—hello, marry me :)】
Because of Jiang Lingye’s special status and the controversy surrounding him, the production team arranged for him to appear last among the celebrity guests, right after Zhuo Xi.
Putting these two together was an open declaration that they wanted to farm drama-driven traffic!
But while farming it, they were still a little scared of it.
The celebrities’ family members, being ordinary people nobody recognized, were naturally placed afterward. And because Qin Chaoyue was the best-looking, she was arranged to go first, as someone who would make a striking first impression.
And striking everyone’s eyes she did—even the controversy from Jiang Lingye’s earlier entrance was momentarily overshadowed, and the guests who had appeared before all turned to look her way.
Qin Chaoyue was just an ordinary person, yet she had a face that could outshine 99% of the artists in the industry. Facing so many celebrity cameras on her first on-screen appearance, she showed not the slightest timidity or nervousness.
She even seemed a bit dismissive of everyone.
She introduced herself simply: “Qin Chaoyue.”
【This big sis is so cool!】
【Big sis, interested in entering the entertainment industry? (doge rose)】
【God damn it! That’s my wife! I don’t approve! Is there no law anymore? Who forces a decent woman into this!】
【Same as when Jiang Lingye came out—just stating a name. But at least he’s a top star famous through infamy. What is she, an ordinary person? No manners, no upbringing!】
【What, going on a variety show now requires ranking people into classes? Ordinary people can’t survive without licking your celebrities’ boots? Get lost!】
【Well said, well said】
Jiang Lingye and Qin Chaoyue appeared one after the other, standing very close to each other, yet neither paid the other any attention, both equally cold.
【Looking at it this way, Jiang Lingye and the new ordinary guest kind of look alike!】
【A disgraced artist better not ride on my wife’s coattails~!】
【Jiang Lingye’s reputation is already ruined—even ordinary people won’t go near him. Get lost, get out of the industry already】
Two more guests followed, both ordinary people, but far inferior to Qin Chaoyue in every aspect. The bullet-chat reaction was lukewarm, stirring up little excitement.
And with that!
All four pairs, all eight guests of My Siblings were assembled, namely—
Jiang Lingye, the top star famous through infamy, and Qin Chaoyue, his “wife” whose identity and occupation remained completely unknown;
Luo Zibai, a rising heartthrob who rose to fame playing the male lead in a costume idol drama, and Xu Mucheng, a newcomer actress who played his younger sister in the same drama;
Tang Yeli, the “nation’s little sister” who was once a child star and is now only fifteen;
Zhuo Xi, who was on Jiang Lingye’s team but didn’t get along with him, and who had recently taken a beating; and two ordinary people.
The man looked to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, named Zhuo Jiahan. He was dressed quite formally and presentably, and mentioned in his introduction that he currently ran a company of his own.
The other, a woman with a neat short haircut, looked sharp and capable. Her name was Cen Xuyi, an agent by profession—technically a half-insider of the industry herself.
【With this lineup… could my wife and Jiang Lingye actually be family?】
【Watch your mouth—is that your wife you’re yelling about like that? That’s clearly MY wife!】
【Not that kind of thing, no!】
【Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!】
After letting the bullet comments and guests chat for a while, the production team finally announced at a leisurely pace:
“Welcome, everyone, to the first live broadcast episode of My Siblings!”
Everyone applauded.
“I believe that through our exchange just now, everyone has gained a general understanding of one another. So let’s move right into today’s theme—’A Life of a Hundred Flavors’!”
“Each guest will draw an identity card in turn. Whatever you draw, that’s the profession you’ll be experiencing today.”
“Oh, and one more thing.”
Director Guo paused for effect. “Until the ‘life experience’ ends, the show will not reveal—and the guests are not allowed to reveal—their relationships with one another. But you’ll need to observe carefully. There will be a vote later, and guests who guess correctly will receive a small reward.”
“Viewers in the livestream, feel free to guess too~”
【Great, great, great, so that’s how we’re playing it?】
【Does this even require thinking? Xu Mucheng and Luo Zibai are obviously here together; Cen Xuyi is Tang Yeli’s manager; Zhuo Xi and Zhuo Jiahan share a surname—way too obvious. That leaves…】
【No, no, no! Jiang Lingye absolutely CANNOT be family with my wife!】
【Then it’s Zhuo Xi and Qin Chaoyue as one family, and Jiang Lingye with the remaining one, Zhuo Jiahan…】
【How is Qin Chaoyue part of Zhuo Xi’s family? Her features are clearly cast from the same mold as Baibai’s. Precisely because everyone knows Xu Mucheng and Baibai are fellow disciples, those two definitely aren’t blood-related—the show invited them together as a deliberate smokescreen】
【Qin Chaoyue and Xu Mucheng are the real sisters! Pretty sisters snuggling snuggling snuggling~】
【Hahaha, everyone’s fighting over Qin Chaoyue, while Zhuo Jiahan, a fellow ordinary person, gets no takers. Even the Xiguang fans of the same surname are rushing to deny any connection—so by default he’s locked in with Jiang Lingye, huh?】
【I despair of this looks-obsessed world!】
The guests were also secretly mulling it over in their minds. They knew more than the audience—by eliminating themselves, they only needed to connect the remaining three pairs.
Xu Mucheng stepped forward and asked in a sweet, soft voice: “How do we draw the identity cards?”
【Mumu is so smart—she asked the key question!】
【Soft and sweet-voiced Xu Mucheng! Peerless beauty Xu Mucheng!】
Thanks to her endearing little-sister persona in her last drama, Xu Mucheng had also gained a batch of fans. The moment she spoke, her fans’ flattering bullet comments immediately flooded in.
【…Huh? They’re even praising this? Fans are something else—isn’t that something any normal person would think to ask?】
【Xu Mucheng is indeed quite fresh and sweet-looking, but if you look at the other two faces beside her, isn’t the praise a bit exaggerated?】
【Haters get out!】
“We’ll decide through a game—”
“The production team has prepared ten questions in ascending order of difficulty in advance. Guests will have thirty minutes to answer, and the highest-ranked will draw their identity card first.”
【Damn, the production team knows how to play!】
【Hahaha, dying of laughter—everyone knows the entertainment industry is where the academically clueless gather】
Luo Zibai, the popular young star, was smiling at Xu Mucheng as he said:
“It’s your time to shine and wow everyone. As for me, it’s been years since I graduated—I’ve returned all my knowledge to school long ago.”
Xu Mucheng covered her mouth and laughed shyly and sweetly, revealing only a pair of crescent-shaped eyes:
“I’m not as amazing as shixiong says. If anything, it’s shixiong whose acting is so good—everyone has their own strengths. Right now, I’m the one who should be learning from shixiong…”
Luo Zibai gave a gentle, doting smile and reached out to pat Xu Mucheng’s head.
She leaned forward obediently to let him pat her head.
【KSWL KWSL, Luo Ri Cheng Xi is the sweetest ship ever!!】
Looking around.
Everyone else wore pained, frantic expressions of “the sky is falling”—
Say what you will, but these were entertainment industry veterans after all. On the big screen, their acting might have been hideously overdone, faces twisted into all sorts of shapes.
But put them on a variety show? Ha~ every single one of them was a seasoned “old pro,” handling it with total ease.
Xu Mucheng’s gaze drifted, without her noticing, toward that pair of expressionless, aloof, yet strikingly good-looking men and women.
She saw Jiang Lingye first.
Her gaze lingered on him for a moment, then slid past, finally landing on Qin Chaoyue’s face.
And there it stopped, fixed deeply.
She walked up briskly, tilted her head up, and flashed a sweet smile: “Jiejie, could you teach me?”
Qin Chaoyue lifted her eyelids lazily. “Why?”
Xu Mucheng smiled even sweeter. “Jiejie, you just look so smart. I’d like to—”
Her cheeks flushed red, as if she was too shy to finish.
Qin Chaoyue smiled too.
Her features were far more exquisite and striking than Xu Mucheng’s. Before, when her face had been expressionless, that beauty had been restrained—but now, with a single smile, that dazzling allure became impossible to resist—
【My wife is so, so beautiful, I’m prprpr】
【Stop smiling like that, take my—take my whole life! (clutching chest)】
【Wait, why do I have a bad feeling about this…】
But the next second, Qin Chaoyue’s smile vanished:
“No.”