CH 28.2

Do You Still Hate Her? 18 – Really went to romance variety show

After finishing the recording for this episode of the variety show, Shang Lu took on another recording of a romance variety show as a love observer guest.

The romance variety show is named <Love Is Love> which sounds very casual, and they have invited eight amateur guests, four men and four women.

The show <Love Is Love> has always been of great interest to the audience, including Shang Lu. One could even say that she has been admiring it for a long time.

The reason this romance variety show became famous was not solely due to the sweet romances between amateur guests but also because the show’s production team had an equally controversial concept.

After two full episodes had been aired, the audience was hit with a bombshell revelation:

The eight guests on the show were actually four pairs of ex-couples.

Each pair of guests had no prior knowledge of this fact before coming to the show and were instructed to conceal their identities. They all believed that they and their ex-partners were the only special cases on the show.

Consequently, after this revelation, two episodes had already been recorded, during which the guests had already chosen different people to go on dates with.

For these guests, the best friend they made on this variety show might turn out to be the ex-partner of their current crush. However, at the time of their heartfelt conversations, they had no knowledge of this, and as a result, they said many things they should not have said.

As a result, countless viewers went back to rewatch the first two episodes, and they indeed discovered many overlooked or peculiar details that now made sense with this new information.

For instance, they now understood why Female #1 smirked when she heard Female #2 praise Male #1 for his gentle personality. It was because Male #1 had subjected Female #1 to three months of emotional abuse before they broke up.

Why was the Male #3 so angry when he heard the Male #4 praising himself for dating the Girl #3? It’s because when Male #3 and Female #3 were in love, she said the exact same sweet words to Male #3 the first time they met!

There are many similar incidents like this, and the more you dig into them, the more interesting they become.

Compared to the show <The Most Hated Her and Him>, which was highly anticipated and successful from the preparation stage with numerous supporters, <Love Is Love> is a dark horse that emerged in variety shows this year.

And Shang Lu is also a loyal fan of this variety show. She never misses an episode and finds it very entertaining.

So when she received an invitation to appear on the show, she naturally felt happy and agreed immediately. This time, she can watch the unedited, complete version live.

On that day, the program team of <Love Is Love> officially announced Shang Lu’s participation as the next love observer, and she directly reposted it on her Weibo.

However, the top comment turned out to be:

@The_Most_Hated_Her_And_Him(V) : [QAQ]

Shang Lu replied.

@Shang_Lu(V) : [I’m going to another show to learn some experience.]

Her fans found it all amusing.

[Shang Lu is actively preparing to join the program team of <The Most Hated Her And Him>]

[Shang Lu : After being an actress for so many years, I still lack experience in planning. I need to go out and learn some more.]

[Shang Lu: I’m just going to see the outside world, but I will come back.]

[The second most immoral variety show of the year and the first most immoral variety show are colliding head-on!]

[Shang Lu has joined <Love Is Love>. Is this the legendary strong alliance? Hahaha]

However, what surprised Shang Lu was that on the same night, the official Weibo account of <Love Is Love> announced another guest, Xia Yuan.

Netizens were also shocked.

[Huh? Wasn’t <Love Is Love> supposed to have two permanent members + one guest each week?]

[Exactly, why invite Xia Yuan when Shang Lu is already there?]

Xia Yuan’s fans were also surprised by this opportunity but were very happy.

[Great! We get to see our Brother again?]

[<Love Is Love> on this Wednesday and <The Most Hated Her and Him> on this weekend. Oh my, I’m so happy!]

[Xia Yuan’s fans are feeling great, and he’s having fun with his career. Even the two hottest variety shows of this year are eager to invite him as a guest.]

[What is a top star? This is a top star!]

After the official announcement about Xia Yuan, Shang Lu’s phone vibrated with a WeChat message from Yu Su.

Yu Su : [·o·]

Shang Lu really liked it when Yu Su sent her this little emoticon, as if she could see his small eyes.

So Shang Lu replied instantly.

[What’s up?]

Yu Su : [It might be a bit presumptuous of me, but please try to avoid too much contact with Xia Yuan during the recording.]

Shang Lu blinked, not immediately understanding why Yu Su said that.

But before Shang Lu could ask, Yu Su sent another message.

Yu Su : [He has a girlfriend.]

Shang Lu : “!!!”

For Shang Lu, this was like suddenly being served a juicy piece of gossip.

Shang Lu wasn’t particularly fond of Xia Yuan to begin with, and now she understood Yu Su’s intention. When dealing with someone who already has a girlfriend, one should definitely be extra cautious about maintaining a distance to avoid being criticized by fans and being disliked by the girlfriend.

And in the blink of an eye, it was already the recording date for <Love Is Love>.

Shang Lu arrived early and when she entered the dressing room, the only other regular guest there was Tang Qingqing. Tang Qingqing is famous for playing sweet and innocent roles in idol dramas. She is two years younger than Shang Lu and is often referred to as the ‘National Sweetheart’ due to her cute and lovely appearance.

However, at this moment, Tang Qingqing didn’t seem to be in a good mood. She had a gloomy expression while arguing with the makeup artist about something.

Upon seeing Shang Lu’s arrival, Tang Qingqing rolled her eyes but didn’t say anything.

Shang Lu found it a bit strange because, in her memory, she hadn’t interacted much with Tang Qingqing and didn’t know where this dislike towards her was coming from.

But Shang Lu didn’t care too much about it. After greeting her own makeup artist, she closed her eyes and let the artist do the work.

The makeup artist asked, “Does Teacher Shang have any specific requirements for the makeup?”

“Anything will do,” Shang Lu answered with her eyes closed. “You’re the professional, so do whatever you think suits me. I trust you.”

Tang Qingqing looked at Shang Lu and sneered, saying, “Why pretend to be a good person?”

Shang Lu thought for a moment, opened her eyes, and looked in Tang Qingqing’s direction before asking, “And who are you?”

Tang Qingqing was infuriated by her attitude, and she asked, “Is it true or not? Do you dare say that you don’t know who I am?”

Shang Lu honestly replied, “I know who you are, but I can’t recall any interaction between us that would make you dislike me so much.”

Tang Qingqing’s chest visibly heaved, and she looked at Shang Lu with slightly reddened eyes, saying, “Don’t think you’ve won against Sister Ning Lin! I won’t be blinded by someone like you!”

Shang Lu : “……?”

Huh? Why is Ning Lin involved in this?

So Shang Lu started calling her assistant, “System? System? Are you there?“

[…I’m here]

Shang Lu directly asked the system, “What’s her relationship with Ning Lin?“

[Searching…]

[Tang Qingqing and Ning Lin were in the same drama crew when she first debuted. The assistant director attempted to take advantage of her, and Ning Lin helped her out of the situation. Since then, she has been grateful to Ning Lin.]

Shang Lu understood and then asked, “Are they friends?“

[Not exactly, Ning Lin and Tang Qingqing are not close. Tang Qingqing just holds a one-sided gratitude towards Ning Lin.]

Tang Qingqing said angrily again, “Sister Ning Lin is a good person, and one day, the truth will come to light!”

At this moment, Shang Lu couldn’t even be bothered to look at her, but she asked, “Oh? Then tell me, what is the truth? Among all those things said online, which ones are false accusations against her? Let me hear it too.”

Tang Qingqing was taken aback.

How could she know what the truth was? But she knew that Sister Ning Lin must be a good person and couldn’t possibly be the way she was described online!

If Sister Ning Lin was not at fault, then the only one who could be wrong was Shang Lu!

Tang Qingqing couldn’t answer this question, and Shang Lu simply said, “I came here to work and earn money. I’m not interested in whether you like me or not. As for you, it’s just one day, so you better endure it.”

Naturally, Tang Qingqing couldn’t accept this and asked, “Why should I listen to you?”

“Well, then don’t endure it,” Shang Lu replied inexplicably, looking at her. “If you want to show a bad attitude, go ahead. It’s not me who will look bad; it’s not like you’re me. You can target me all you want. My fans will only love and support me even more. Great!”

Tang Qingqing : “?!?”

Shang Lu’s shameless words left Tang Qingqing speechless.

At the same time, she also felt that compared to gentle Sister Ning Lin, Shang Lu was simply from a different world!

Before Tang Qingqing could think of a way to strike back, there was a knock on the door.

Xia Yuan walked in with a gentle smile on his face, holding several cups of coffee. He greeted them, “Sister Shang Lu, Qingqing, good morning.”

Tang Qingqing reminded him, “The men’s dressing room is opposite.”

“I know,” Xia Yuan said and then distributed the coffee to them. He didn’t rush to talk to Shang Lu but instead looked at Tang Qingqing and asked, “This is my first time on this variety show, and I don’t usually do variety shows. Can you give me some advice on what I should pay attention to?”