“Chi Nian, let me tell you—your face is really red right now. Honestly, if you stood out on the street for a minute, someone might throw egg slurry and rotten vegetables at you,” Wang Shengnan said. “Even if you don’t stay in this industry in the future, you’ll still have to deal with people, right? You wouldn’t want the first thing people do when they see you is greet you with insults, would you?”
Wang Shengnan still had something she didn’t say—who knew, maybe one day she would want to return to this industry. It was always better to leave herself a broad road than be forced onto a narrow bridge.
But now, she could see it clearly. This girl had truly lost interest in the entertainment industry lately. She was wholeheartedly aiming to become a doctor in the future, so some things were better left unsaid.
Wang Shengnan’s analysis, though coming from different angles, somehow precisely hit the point Chi Nian cared about.
Right—what if one of her future patients happened to recognize female actress Chi Nian? What if they refused to cooperate with Doctor Chi?
“Figured it out?” Wang Shengnan asked lightly.
She knew it—there was no way this girl, who had failed exams year after year, would think that far on her own.
Chi Nian nodded.
Of course she had figured it out. A variety show, right? She would definitely “perform well”!
Wang Shengnan handled the strategy of both carrot and stick with ease. “Don’t worry. I’ve already done some PR work for you. Just remember—everything you did was out of concern for where Lu Yu felt unwell. It just so happened he threw up.”
“Isn’t that just a physical examination?” Chi Nian asked, puzzled.
Wang Shengnan looked like she had expected this all along.
“Before you actually become a doctor, it can only be called concern. At worst, people will say you’re riding on hype. You’ve done plenty of that before anyway—more debts don’t make you worry.”
“But Chi Nian, think about your current identity. If you really were doing a medical check, then what are you treating Lu Yu as? A lab rat?”
Wang Shengnan explained several more sentences.
This time, Chi Nian understood.
Right now, she was female actress Chi Nian, not Doctor Chi.
Still, there were really too many rules in the entertainment industry. It had only been a few days, but she would endure!
The final episode of Living Together began filming.
Chi Nian pulled along a small suitcase, stepping into the filming house with a cheerful stride.
Over the past two days, she had done some “studying” and watched two episodes of Living Together.
After analyzing it, Chi Nian realized—wasn’t this just a show where a group of people lived under the same roof for a few days?
Living? Who wouldn’t be good at that?
She would definitely follow Sister Wang’s advice—“live well”!
What Chi Nian did not expect was that “living well” would be so difficult for her.
Until the very last day of filming, her life had not been easy.
The guests on the show were divided into two groups. One was the main cast centered around the female lead. The rest formed the comparison group of supporting characters—well, not really a group, because it only had one member: Chi Nian herself.
She could feel it—the main group really disliked her. Coincidentally, she didn’t like them either.
Chi Nian didn’t think that putting the female lead and a supporting female character together would result in them happily living hand in hand.
Wuwu, Sister Wang, I’m sorry. It wasn’t that Chi Nian didn’t try—her roommates were just too annoying. She had given up on clearing her name; she only hoped to leave the industry soon and stay far away from the female lead.
As for patients’ opinions, Chi Nian had figured that out over the past two days too. With a mask on, who could recognize who?
If she didn’t leave soon, she was afraid! Who knew—maybe stupidity was contagious.
Fortunately, the show was finally coming to an end!
She, Chi Nian, was finally going to quit the industry!
“Before we knew it, Living Together has been with everyone for two months. A lot has happened during this time. Now that the show is nearing its end, our production team has specially prepared an interactive segment,” Liu Bing stepped forward to introduce the process. “We’ve opened a hotline and will randomly select lucky audience members who can ask any guest to do either truth or dare.”
“Alright, the hotline number is posted on the official program Weibo. Everyone, feel free to join in.”
As soon as Liu Bing finished speaking, a call came through.
“Hello, audience member. How should we address you?”
“My surname is Li.”
“Miss Li, hello. Which guest would you like to interact with?” Liu Bing asked.
The artists sitting around the round table all began to feel nervous.
“Chi Nian.”
“I want to choose Chi Nian.” When no response came from the other end for a while, Li Fei repeated it.
Future Doctor Chi was currently savoring the plain boiled water in front of her with full focus.
Hearing her name suddenly, Chi Nian instinctively lowered her head to look at the water in her cup.
Could it be… could it be that something hallucinogenic had been added to the water? Otherwise, how could she be hearing things at such a young age?
“Miss Li, you’re choosing Chi Nian as your interaction guest, correct?” Director Liu confirmed again.
“Yes.”
“Alright then, Chi Nian, do you choose truth or dare?”
Director Liu moved through the process quickly, and the question was soon directed at Chi Nian.
Now Chi Nian was sure—she hadn’t imagined it. The first interaction guest really was her.
However, considering her current public reputation, there was no need to think—there was a high chance the so-called lucky audience member didn’t have a good impression of her.
To avoid being targeted, Chi Nian decisively chose truth without the slightest hesitation.
“I’d like to ask Chi Nian—when are you going to quit the entertainment industry?” The lucky audience member sounded excited, even her voice cracking at the end.
Chi Nian froze for a moment.
This question—
Was exactly what she wanted!!!
No one present had expected the audience member to come in so aggressively right from the start.
Lin Xiao secretly let out a sigh of relief. It seemed this segment wasn’t as simple as she had thought. Which celebrity didn’t have a few anti-fans? Thankfully, there was Chi Nian.
The live-stream comments exploded. For a moment, “When is Chi Nian quitting the industry” nearly filled the entire screen.
The atmosphere on set was pushed to a small climax.
Looking at the rapidly increasing viewership backstage, Liu Bing grinned from ear to ear.
Chi Nian was pure traffic!
“Chi Nian, the audience is waiting. Hurry up and answer!” Lin Xiao’s little follower Chen Ying urged impatiently.
Chi Nian couldn’t even be bothered to spare her a glance. She lifted her cup and took a sip to moisten her throat.
“Quit the industry? Tonight, I guess.”
“Heh, Director Liu already said this is truth or dare. Maybe don’t joke around at a time like this?” Chen Ying laughed as if she had just heard a joke.
Quit tonight?
Chi Nian?
As if!
Just trying to gain attention again, huh.
“It’s the truth,” Chi Nian said seriously.
There were only a few hours left before she would completely say goodbye to this industry. At this moment, Chi Nian felt so relaxed she was practically floating, and she couldn’t be bothered to argue with the main group. In a good mood, she casually replied.
Quitting the industry—
She was serious!