Chapter 5
#MissSaltedFishXieMi#
#XieMiandXiaoJingxionthesamedatingshow#
#YourDaddyIsHere#
The hot search list was once again dominated by the name Xie Mi.
After two days of silence, everyone thought she was finished—yet no one expected her to make a comeback in this fashion.
Weibo netizens erupted in fury, instantly turning into bloodthirsty witch-hunters. After massacring her comments section, they stormed into the livestream.
But they found it was already a battlefield.
[Xie Mi, do you have no shame? You even chased Emperor Xiao onto this show. Will you die if you don’t meddle in someone else’s relationship?]
[Lmao, trying to be quirky with a “crazy persona,” but you’ve already pissed off a chaebol princeling on your very first episode. How pathetic is that?]
[Suddenly I like Qiu Chengye again. If Bro Qiu can kick that bitch Xie out, I’ll stan him on the spot.]
[Relax, everyone knows Xie Mi’s only role in this show is to get bullied—a foil to highlight the main couple’s sweetness. She’s basically their relationship seasoning, got it?]
[Can’t wait to watch Emperor Xiao and Shuangshuang being all lovey-dovey while that bitch Xie gets jealous, goes crazy, and pretends to be calm. (snicker)]
This generation of netizens really mastered Sichuan Opera face-changing.
One second: Protect our Miss Salted Fish.
Next second: Die, bitch Xie!
At that moment, in the center of the vast parking lot, three cars stood ready to drive the guests to the villa.
So far, three of the six guests had arrived: Xu Shuangrong, Qiu Chengye, and Liu Woxing.
Qiu Chengye was paired with Liu Woxing.
Gone was the crazed look he’d shown during the interview; now he looked confident and high-spirited.
“Miss Liu, you’re the heiress of Yuxing Entertainment, right? That makes us pretty well-matched. Looks like from now on, we should spend more time together on the show.”
Qiu Chengye liked pretty, gentle actresses for flings, but to marry one home? Too low-class.
That’s why he was very satisfied with gentle, beautiful, and well-off Liu Woxing.
Liu Woxing smiled gracefully. “Alright, Mr. Qiu.”
Xu Shuangrong, standing beside them, looked worried.
“How nice, you’re both happy with your partners. I just hope my partner won’t be disappointed in me.”
“You don’t give yourself enough credit.” Liu Woxing squeezed her hand in comfort. “You’re so outstanding—who wouldn’t like you?”
[Yes baby, have confidence!]
[She’s still shaken from Panda rejecting her earlier. Damn you, Panda!]
[Ugh she’s so beautiful and so humble. How can someone like this even exist??]
As the words fell, a tall figure approached from not far away.
[I declare! The most handsome male guest has arrived!]
[Shuangshuang, your fated one is here!]
Xiao Jingxi, dressed in a dark suit, exuded elegant, noble charm. He stopped in front of Xu Shuangrong, looking down into her eyes.
“Sorry, I’m late.”
A faint pink bloomed across Xu Shuangrong’s pale cheeks.
“You’re not late. You could never be late.”
[Aaaah! A live-action drama scene!!]
[Who said this CP was fake? They’re more real than pearls!!]
[Quick, everyone, enjoy this while you can—before that bitch Xie barges in and ruins it.]
Naturally, Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong, the show’s hottest CP, were paired together.
On the surface, their conversation seemed normal, but their lingering gazes and sticky tones screamed romantic tension.
Until—
“Teacher Xie! It’s not your turn yet!”
“Teacher Xie! Come back!!”
The staff shouted desperately, shoes falling apart as they failed to catch up with the athletic figure sprinting ahead.
Xie Mi slid into the scene with a baseball-style slide tackle—BAM BAM BAM BAM—sending all four guests in a neat row flying, then stood up smoothly.
“Sorry I’m late. Huh? Where are the other guests?”
[They’ve gone to heaven.]
Xie Mi turned her head and saw the four sprawled across the ground.
She gave an awkward grin, clasped her hands in mock apology, “Excuse me for the embarrassment.”
[? Now you’re being polite??]
[Ugh, that bitch definitely did it on purpose. She can’t stand to see Xiao and Shuangshuang happy, so she ruined it.]
[Am I the only one who can’t stop laughing? Sorry hahahaha]
[Always hogging the spotlight. Gross.]
The backstage crew was in a panic.
“Has Mr. Panda been found?”
“Not yet.”
Half an hour earlier, just before his identity reveal, Mr. Panda had mysteriously disappeared. He still hadn’t been located.
The assistant director was on the verge of tears.
“We planned to delay Xie Mi’s entrance so she’d take the blame. Who knew she’d suddenly charge in like a mad bull? Three people couldn’t hold her back, and she sent them flying too…”
Director Niu turned to look at the three staffers being carried away on stretchers: “…”
Two uncontrollable guests on the same show.
This was a sin.
On the field, the guests’ reactions were priceless.
Xiao Jingxi’s expression darkened, brows furrowed as he glared at Xie Mi.
Xu Shuangrong pretended to be frightened, retreating two steps as if scared to be near her.
Liu Woxing quietly observed, munching on the drama.
Only Qiu Chengye reacted the loudest, “Xie Mi? Isn’t she that crazy woman who lost her mind online two days ago? Is the production team insane? You invited her?!”
[Ah! My internet mouthpiece!!]
[Bro Qiu! You’re my god!!]
Xie Mi didn’t get angry. Instead, she assumed a mantis fist stance in front of him and politely asked, “Hello, may I ask what I should call you?”
That stance—so familiar?!
Qiu Chengye’s whole body shuddered. He immediately turned meek, “Just call me Kitty.”
So Xie Mi was Miss Salted Fish?
Well then, never mind.
He still couldn’t forget the terror of being pummeled on the beach by a salted fish.
Thankfully, the broken cameras hadn’t recorded it, or he’d have been utterly humiliated.
[Wait, so he has trauma from being beaten up earlier on the beach??]
[This?? This is it??]
[No way, has he always been this obedient??]
The livestream chat was about to lose it.
They had been waiting for Qiu Chengye to punish Xie Mi with his domineering presence—yet he instantly transformed into meek little “Kitty.” How was that reasonable?!
“Miss Xie is here to find love?” Xiao Jingxi suddenly spoke.
He gave her a half-smile, half-sneer.
“Then I wish you good fortune in finding your destined partner.”
Xie Mi raised a brow.
Oh? That snide little tone.
Did Xiao Jingxi think she came on the show for him?
Wishing her luck, hoping she’d be hurt and humiliated?
“Thanks.”
She opened the car door, slid into the driver’s seat, and before closing the door, gave him an ambiguous smile, “But we’re not close, are we? Mr. Avoid-Scandal?”
Xiao Jingxi’s smile froze.
[Exactly. Didn’t Xiao Jingxi already clarify twice on Weibo that he doesn’t know Xie Mi? Why is he greeting her now?]
[They’re filming a show. Of course he has to be polite. How is that shady?]
[Our Emperor Xiao was being nice, and she had to respond with sarcasm? Bitch.]
[BITCH!!]
Xie Mi shut the car door.
The assistant director rushed over, panicking, “The opening hasn’t finished yet, where are you going?”
“Obviously, to find my heart-throbbing male guest.”
She had heard a male guest had run off earlier, and instantly thought of her 185cm athlete, You Hongxuan.
Of course she had to chase him down.
She floored the gas pedal.
BANG!
