Chapter 50.2

For their 《Yaco》 music video, they had chosen a water park. The company had reserved the whole place, and the water had all been changed fresh early in the morning. The indoor park was spacious and bright, with various water attractions quietly awaiting visitors.

They had dyed their hair until late last night and woke up early today to film the sailor uniform dance. They wore colorful dresses and short-sleeved beach attire, played around in the candy house restaurant’s scene, and now only the indoor pool remained to be filmed. After this last bit, SGS would finally get a break!

“Let’s work a little longer.” Director Xiao Liu raised a megaphone, grinning. “Since we’ve rented it all out, let’s make good use of it. Let’s film the group variety show segment.”

Others: “???”

Where did you come from all of a sudden?

Xu Heran was still admiring Xin Nuo’s swimsuit. Their swimsuits weren’t of the sexy kind; they were more like little skirts for girls. With their vibrant hairstyles, they looked extremely cute.

A certain little Pearl whispered to Xin Nuo, “That kind, circle cross circle.”

Xin Nuo: “…”

Though she knew what she was implying, she didn’t feel like acknowledging it.

Xu Pearl gestured with her hand, making an “O▽O” shape.

“Smack!”

Through the thin swimsuit, that slap sounded quite crisp.

The other girls turned back with playful smiles, mocking Xu Heran. “Exactly, that’s how you should hit her!”

“Give her two smacks, so we can enjoy the sound more!”

“Hmph!”

Xu Heran held her buttocks and stuck her tongue out at the photographer sister of the group variety show. She shouted, “Don’t film me!” and ran away.

They brought back the yoga balls they had ridden on before. Eight balls lay on the ground, and the director raised the microphone. “Line up and ride the yoga balls into the frame, then each of you sits on a beach chair by the pool and performs a short segment. Sing your respective lyrics to the camera, just lip sync.”

“What? Our team never lip syncs!”

Xu Heran was the first to sit on the yoga ball and bounced in place.

The director continued, “After that, we’ll get into the water! We’ll only shoot a scene of everyone playing in the shallow water area. Have you seen those lifebuoys, floating mats, and dolls? You can improvise freely, just don’t forget to look at the camera!”

“Alright!”

Everyone nodded.

“Alright, get ready!”

The director shouted.

“Three, two, one! Action!”

With a “clap,” the energetic voice of 《Yaco》 began to play. In the vividly colorful shots, a girl with cute braids and colorful hair pins sat on a yoga ball, bouncing up first. She tilted her head towards the camera, pouted, and raised her hand high to give a thumbs-up.

Behind her was Xin Nuo, her purple hair tied into buns on the sides. She had a lace band wrapped around the buns, and her swimsuit also featured cute lace details. Beautiful, vibrant, and ethereal, she bounced into the frame, lifting her leg to kick Xu Heran’s butt.

The green-haired girl who was kicked off the ball sat on the ground, looking bewildered and innocent, with a touch of resentment.

Others hurried over, riding on the balls and pointing down at Xu Pearl.

Xu Pearl pouted, reached out one by one to pull the balls from under them, scaring everyone into scattering while bursting into laughter.

The director had to borrow the megaphone from Director Xiao Liu. “Sing! Once you’re done singing, you can go have fun!”

As soon as the words were spoken, a group of people rushed to the camera, raising their voices and howling along with the music.

The photographer facing this “wolf howl” nearly lost control of the camera.

“I’m being crushed!” Xu Heran shouted from the bottom of the beach chair.

“Forgot the boy’s shirt—ahhh!” Jiang Qiong yelled, “Whose shirt is this?”

Others raised their fists one by one, “His shirt!”

“Whose guitar?”

“Yueyin, Yueyin Jian Yueyin’s guitar!”

Standing with arms crossed, Jian Yueyin looked at a row of backs and wondered, “?”

Song Fenghua took a difficult breath, her pink hair tied into buns at the back of her head, strands slightly tousled. She asked Xin Nuo, “Why are we here?”

Xin Nuo: “…No idea, never mind, let’s just sing.”

“Ah ah ah, who touched my butt! Help!”

Jian Yueyin pulled everyone up one by one. Xu Pearl took a deep breath, rubbed her stomach, “Back to life.”

They stood in a line behind the beach chairs, each wearing sunglasses, giving a cool look. Only Jiang Qiong sat on the beach chair, striking the pose that elongated her legs the most. She then looked seductively at the camera, singing while sweeping her hand across her body to appear glamorous.

“Alright, next person!”

Haya, sitting on a beach chair like a boss, lifted her sunglasses and grabbed Laurel’s rap part.

Laurel took the lyrics from the next person and tried to act cute.

Director: “Wait, didn’t we agree differently—ah, whatever, go ahead.”

“You can go into the water now!”

As the director’s voice fell, a group of girls rushed towards the pool with excited shouts.

“Throw them in!” Haya exclaimed, hugging Lin Weining, and hooking her knee. Amid Lin Weining’s laughter, she lifted her up and threw her into the water with a “splash.”

“Splash!” Lin Weining emerged from the water, looking bewildered.

The director stood up, “Wait! This isn’t the kind of playfulness we discussed. Don’t wet your hair!”

“What are you saying?” Xu Heran wore an expression of “Stop talking, I can’t hear anyway.” She walked over to Haya and said, “Boss, who should we throw next?”

“Throw—”

“Splash!” Haya emerged from the water, her clothes grabbed by Lin Weining, who was sitting on a pink flamingo float. Lin Weining pressed the flamingo’s head, inflating it and making it peck at Haya’s orange head.

“Shameless!” Haya pointed at Xu Heran, who pushed her into the water when she wasn’t paying attention, “You’ve let down my trust in you, Xu Pearl!”

“Oh, your uncle?” Xu Pearl feigned innocence, “What about your uncle?”

Jiang Qiong walked by with laughter, but Laurel poked her into the water with a finger.

“Hahaha!” Xu Heran shook her head, “Such a pushover!”

Behind her, a shadow approached quietly. Before the girl’s hand could reach, Xu Heran turned around, grabbed Xin Nuo’s wrist, and said, “Come with me, sweetheart~”

“Ah—Xu Heran!” Xin Nuo laughed as she was lifted by Xu Heran and playfully thrown into the water.

“Ugh!” Haya wiped her face and said to Xu Heran, “I look down on you, Double Standard Pearl!”

Jiang Qiong added fuel to the fire, “You even threw Xin Nuo, you’re betraying your wife!”

“What?” Xu Heran seemed to hear an odd term. Her gaze shifted to the expressions of the people in the water, who had changed since Xin Nuo ambushed her from behind. She immediately turned around to face Jian Yueyin and Song Fenghua.

Behind her, the two exchanged glances, “…”

“Um…”

“Hehehe.” Xu Heran flexed her wrist.

These two before her had been dominated by Xu Heran in games before. They looked at her now, with a body even more agile and slender than before, taking a deep breath.

Jian Yueyin raised her hand, “I choose to go by myself!”

With a running start, the loser charged into the water.

Song Fenghua trembled, pitifully looking at Xu Heran, “I also want to go by myself…”

“You don’t want to!” Xu Heran beckoned to Song Fenghua with a curl of her finger, “I’ll throw you!”

“Wow!”

“Splash!”

A pink head floated to the surface of the water. Song Fenghua pouted at Xu Heran and was then hugged by a laughing Jian Yueyin, who rubbed her head. Meanwhile, while everyone was laughing, Jiang Qiong seized the opportunity to reach the edge of the pool, grabbed Laurel’s ankle, and yanked her into the water.

“Splash!”

Water splashed everywhere as Laurel chased after Jiang Qiong, determined to get back at her.

“Wow, wow, today’s sole victor is me!” Xu Heran turned around, pointing at the camera, “Dare to eat me, the Pearl King!”

“Ahahh nomnomnom!”

Xin Nuo swept back her bangs, blew away the water droplets on her lips, and looked around. She waved her hand, and six girls gathered around her.

“We can’t let her be smug,” Xin Nuo sneered.

“Right, if Pearl isn’t dealt with for even a day, she’ll cause trouble. We have to make her know that she can’t mess with the big sisters!”

The “Eliminate Pearl” Alliance in the Water Park officially began, the participants forming an alliance to ensure that today they would wipe away past humiliations and seek revenge!

Xu Heran watched them warily, “No ganging up, no seven-on-one!”

“Why can’t we!” Lin Weining slapped the water surface with her hand, “It was you who pushed us down!”

Xu Pearl looked very aggrieved, “What! It was Haya who did it!”

Lin Weining froze.

Oh right!

So Haya was caught by the six girls on the shore, and the “Eliminate Pearl” Alliance was officially renamed the “Eliminate Pearl, Bash Haya.” Jiang Qiong hurriedly held onto Laurel, “We’ve avenged each other, let’s call it even.”

To avoid standing against the majority, Laurel and Jiang Qiong smiled and reconciled, high-fiving joyfully.

The director responsible for shooting the MV weakly spoke up, “… This isn’t the kind of playfulness we had in mind. Everyone, let’s wrap this up nicely.”

“We can’t waste the whole day of renting the location.”

“No waste!” Little Director Liu took back her megaphone and said cheerfully, “Thanks to the Music Department for their strong support of our Variety Department. In the next episode of the group variety show, we’ll definitely give you a big shout-out for actively promoting our MV. Alright, you can have fun now, this place is ours now!”

Director: “…”

The young assistant director rubbed his ears, feeling more aggrieved than the girls who had been thrown into the water, “You don’t have to use the megaphone to talk into my ear.”

“Off you go, off you go. Next time for sure,” Little Director Liu put her hands on her hips and waved dramatically, “Come on, everybody!”

The camera crew for the group variety show rushed out in a bustling crowd—over ten cameras, three writers, sound technicians, and seven assistant directors… The director and the writers carried small stools and sat by the edge of the pool.

“Now that everyone has decided on the theme for this episode of the group variety show, let’s shoot according to this!” Little Director Liu said cheerfully.

Xu Heran turned her head, “Who decided that!”

Little Director Liu remained undeterred, “The theme for this episode of the group variety show is two against six: the victorious team of Haya and Pearl, and the underwater revenge team of six. Through a series of water games, the member who wins this episode will enjoy special privileges for future group variety show shoots!”

“The winning member can design an episode themselves. If it’s Pearl and Haya, you can each design your own episode, or design something you want to play. Anything goes. If the revenge team wins, there will be six episodes!”

“…”

Xu Heran questioned, “I feel like you’re deliberately not thinking about the content and throwing the problem at us!”

“How could that be? Am I that kind of director?”

The seven accompanying directors sitting on the stools remained silent and nodded.

Yes.

“I’m just challenging everyone and observing their preferences to plan future content,” Little Director Liu’s smile remained calm.

Xu Heran grew even more suspicious.

Little Director Liu squinted, raised her megaphone, “Xu Heran, I heard that during the MV shoot, you told the MV director that you wanted to see Nuo Nuo play the peerless beauty, and you would play the emperor. If you win, you can completely write the script, and we’ll shoot it for you!”

She lifted her hand and excitedly pointed around in the water.

“Yueyin, the graceful and noble empress!”

Jian Yueyin: “…?”

“Haya, the arrogant and pampered imperial concubine!”

Haya: “…Wait, Xu Heran and I are on the same team!”

“Fenghua, the stunningly beautiful woman of unparalleled elegance!”

Song Fenghua touched her face, silent.

“Laurel, the valiant imperial guard!”

Laurel: “Before, you used to address me as Your Majesty.”

“Weining, the princess sent from a rival nation for marriage!”

Lin Weining: “Oh, well… whatever.”

Haya shook her head deeply.

Xin Nuo shrank into the water, only revealing the upper half of her face. Bubbles popped from her mouth on the water’s surface, but she couldn’t escape the pointing.

“You, a palace encounter, a love at first sight, a small beauty stolen into the palace to revel every night, the empress disdainful of her, the concubine viewing her as a thorn in the eye, even treating her as a sister-worthy beauty to confide in, only to stab her in the back! Poor little beauty, where will she end up? Will she become a beauty with gray hair and bones, or will she remain in the emperor’s embrace, alluring and enchanting!” Little Director Liu raised the megaphone with great enthusiasm.

Little Pearl was incited and her head felt hot. She raised her fist, “Alluring and enchanting! I’ll make Nuo Nuo wear a little dress and dance for me, seducing me! Entrancing me! Winking at me and whispering sweet nothings to make me fall asleep!”

“…Very mature,” Xin Nuo calmly raised her hand, throwing a water balloon at Pearl.

To prove her own maturity, Little Pearl arrogantly threatened, “Then I’ll make you wear a hula hoop and dance for me! Hey hey~”

Xin Nuo: “…”

Asking for a fight!

Nuo Nuo launched a wave attack!

Lin Weining held onto the flamingo’s neck, and her two slender, white legs swayed along the water’s surface. She asked, “So in this story, am I the only good person?”

“Why are we the villains!” Jiang Qiong said, “What am I supposed to be?”

Xu Heran waved her hand grandly, “Qiong Woof Woof, may our friendship last long. In the future, when I become the king on the throne, I shall name you the Grand Eunuch!”

The Grand Eunuch, embarrassed and furious, joined Nuo Nuo in launching a super-strong wave attack.

Haya squatted by the water’s edge, holding onto the flamingo’s wing, and laughed, “Hmm, you’re a good person. Your goal is to transform into a butterfly and fly away.”

“…”

Lin Weining: “Well, it’s still good to be human.”

She turned to look at Xin Nuo, “Can I pretend to be your sister and then stab you in the back?”

“Don’t steal my spotlight,” Song Fenghua whispered.

“Can I poison the tea?”

Xin Nuo: “…”

“It’s not about true feelings either. The problem is,” Xin Nuo tilted her head, “we’re putting in so much effort just to compete for Pearl’s favor?”

She raised an eyebrow, “Why don’t we team up to bring Pearl down and imprison her in the deep palace? Whatever this emperor does, we can do it too.”

The beauty raised her hand, causing a string of water splashes.

The beauties nodded in agreement, one after another.

On the shore, the director was still playing around with Xu Heran and Haya, two against six.

“How about this story?” the director raised the megaphone, “Don’t you want to give it a try!”

Little Pearl was excited, “Really want to!”

“Are you going to do the group show this time?”

“Definitely!”

“What about Haya? Does Haya have a story she wants to shoot?” The megaphone was turned to face someone else.

Haya touched her chin, “I wasn’t very satisfied with the ancient swordsman story last time. I’m a renowned beauty in the world. I’m a top flower courtesan from ancient times, but I didn’t have much screen time! And why did Yueyin win in the end? We lose just because she used soundwave attacks on us? It makes no sense!”

She said solemnly, “I listen to her play the piano and dance every day. No matter what, I’ve built up an immunity. Everyone can lose, but I can’t, right?”

Does that make logical sense?

Others remained silent.

“Also, I want to do a post-apocalyptic road movie! Everyone turns into zombies, and I’m the only one with a horse and two guns. I’ll fight my way through with a sword, killing all these zombies, and finally rescue the beautiful maiden. I’ll let her ride on my little motorcycle, and the two of us will ride off into the sunset~”

Haya raised her hand, looking ahead.

“Where are you looking?” Xu Heran leaned over, extending her head to look with Haya through the gap between her fingers, “Can I be the zombie king in that? They’ll all have to listen to me!”

“No problem!” Haya high-fived Xu Heran, “But you also have to promise to make me a comfortable empress. At least I won’t have to care about the queen’s mood!”

“Hey!” Jian Yueyin protested.

“No problem!” Little Pearl immediately agreed, and the two high-fived again.

Those underwater began to chuckle.

“Listening to their tone, it’s like they’ve already won,” Xin Nuo said while sitting on an inflatable swan.

“Yeah, they’re looking down on us too much. There are six of us!” Jiang Qiong exclaimed loudly.

Laurel had two swim rings around her waist and asked in confusion, “Why do both of your stories have to include a beautiful maiden?”

“Why do both of you end up with a beautiful maiden in the end? Can’t we have a story without a romantic element?”

Laurel earnestly suggested, “Add some passionate scenes.”

“Hiss… passionate scenes!” Little Pearl blushed, “How, how passionate?”

Haya: “…”

Something’s not right.

Xin Nuo immediately raised her hand, “Sister Cui! Go check Little Pearl’s phone!”

Cui Qi sneered and immediately turned to leave.

Xu Heran widened her eyes in shock and hurriedly waved her hands, “No! There’s nothing! Sister Cui—”

“How could you tattle!” Little Pearl glared at Xin Nuo.

Xin Nuo gave a cold stare to Xu Pearl.

“Really, can we still keep this Little Pearl? She’s completely naughty,” Jian Yueyin sighed.

Jiang Qiong grinned, “Cut Little Pearl open and see?”

Song Fenghua exclaimed, “Ah!” and widened her eyes slightly.

“Yellowish mind”

Everyone shook their heads in unison, sighing.

Can’t keep her.

“I didn’t do anything!” Xu Pearl explained palely.

“Attention, attention, we’re still filming, please be mindful of the content, thank you all for your cooperation,” the director reminded.

Xu Heran sat cross-legged on the ground, sighing repeatedly, “Exactly, I’m still a minor. Look at all these sisters corrupting my Little Pearl.”

Everyone: “…”

“It’s starting.”

“Xu Pearl activates skill: Counterattack!”

Xin Nuo said, “Xin Nuo decides to strike back.”

She walked to the shore, bent over to scoop up some water, and poured it over Xu Heran’s head.

Xu Pearl’s slightly damp hair immediately drooped down. The wet Little Pearl lifted her head and smiled at Xin Nuo.

Xin Nuo touched her face and gave it a gentle pinch.

“Give Little Pearl a splash of water, maybe she can still be salvaged after a good wash.”

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The author has something to say:

Xu Heran: Yeah, that’s right, how do we use it?

Sister Cui won’t actually check Pearl’s phone, respecting the child’s privacy, hahaha.

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