CH 11.1

Shortly after, Xu Yang brought Su Chengyang’s dinner.

As expected, there were no meat in sight, only fruits and vegetables.

Su Chengyang sat in a corner with his pitiful dinner, watching Xiao Lu and others enjoy their oily and delicious meals while complaining in a small and aggrieved voice about the almost devilish Lin Yu.

“Weight loss isn’t something that can be achieved in just a meal or two, what’s wrong with letting me have a few bites?”

“How can I work as a laborer without strength?”

Su Chengyang muttered under his breath, looking at the people around him with a resentful gaze.

The people who were stared at by her felt extremely uncomfortable and turned their backs to continue enjoying their food.

After a moment, Xiao Lu returned to Su Chengyang’s side, wiping her mouth and saying with satisfaction, “I don’t know which restaurant they ordered the boxed lunch from, but it tasted really good, especially the braised pork ribs…”

Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Su Chengyang raise her resentful eyes, on the verge of tears from the temptation.

Xiao Lu immediately shut up and made a motion of zipping her mouth shut.

Su Chengyang ate her dinner in a pitiful and resentful manner, sitting in the corner and sulking.

Normally, she had a good temper, and only had emotional ups and downs when she didn’t eat well. But it usually didn’t last long. Sure enough, it wasn’t even 7:30 yet, and she was bored and chatting with Xiao Lu about the script.

Due to her experiences, the program staff was very understanding and arranged for her and Yang Xiuyi to wait in separate rooms.

After the makeup was done, everyone else left the room. Lin Yu and Xu Yang left for who knows what, leaving only Su Chengyang and Xiao Lu in the room.

Xiao Lu had a keen sense of observation, and knew what to ask and what not to ask. So she basically didn’t talk to Su Chengyang about her conflicts with Yang Xiuyi, but she was also a talkative and straightforward girl.

From their conversation, Xiao Lu had been a soldier before, and after leaving the military, she sought an easy and high-paying job. In the end, Lin Yu found her and hired her as Su Chengyang’s assistant, while also taking on the responsibility of being her bodyguard. The two of them hit it off.

Ten minutes before 8:30, Xu Yang came over to notify them that they needed to prepare backstage.

Su Chengyang followed Xu Yang to the backstage where Lin Yu and Yang Xiuyi were already present.

The host of the program was a woman in her thirties. She was wearing a refined suit, and her makeup made her look very young. She was standing in front of Lin Yu and Yang Xiuyi, chatting with them.

Unlike Su Chengyang’s ‘simple’ attire, Yang Xiuyi was dressed very grandly, in a well-fitted blue suit. His hair was meticulously styled, and his makeup was even more delicate than Su Chengyang’s.

Despite his fancy dress, he still looked inferior to Lin Yu, who had a figure comparable to a model.

The aura emanating from Lin Yu always leaves a lasting impression on people.

Actually, in terms of the overall facial features, Lin Yu’s oriental features stand out more. However, his deep brown eyes are filled with the color of westerners. The two distinctive charms intersect in him, almost only retaining the outstanding aspects of each region. So when he just stands there, he looks like a high-end magazine cover that has been meticulously edited, which is completely incomparable to people like Yang Xiuyi. They both turned their heads at the same time, probably noticing Su Chengyang approaching.

Lin Yu and the female host looked at her with smiles, but Yang Xiuyi’s eyes became very disdainful the moment she appeared, especially after seeing Su Chengyang’s ordinary attire.

“Chengyang, come here,” Lin Yu called out.

Su Chengyang didn’t care about Yang Xiuyi’s reaction and quickly walked up to the group.

“Mr. Lin,” Su Chengyang nodded slightly towards Lin Yu.

Lin Yu introduced, “This is Miss Li, the host of Su Jia.”

Su Chengyang bowed to Miss Li and extended a hand, “Hello, I am Su Chengyang.”

Miss Li shook Su Chengyang’s hand and said, “Hello, if there is anything offensive during the program, please forgive me.”

Su Chengyang knew that most interview programs would ask some difficult questions for the artists, which were prepared by the program in advance and the host must ask according to the script.

Su Chengyang smiled and shook her head, “Don’t worry, Miss Li.”

Su Chengyang behaved appropriately, neither deliberately pleasing nor disregarding the host, which easily won others’ favor towards her.

After a moment, the live interview began, and the host Miss Li gave an opening statement and interacted with the audience in the live room.

Su Chengyang glanced at the big screen backstage and saw the number of viewers rapidly increasing. After all, Yang Xiuyi was a popular artist, and the incident had caused a stir, so many people were sure to be watching for the spectacle.

Lin Yu didn’t know when he had walked up to Su Chengyang and asked warmly, “Are you ready?”

Su Chengyang hesitated for a few seconds, looked up at his narrowed eyes, and nodded, “I’m ready.”

Lin Yu nodded and paused for a moment before lowering his voice and saying, “If the host asks questions beyond the interview script, answer truthfully, understand?”

Because he lowered his voice, he slightly leaned forward to let Su Chengyang hear clearly but still kept a physical distance to avoid contact.

Su Chengyang obediently nodded.

“Alright, alright, I know you can’t wait any longer. Let me invite our guest for you,” the host’s voice came.

“Go ahead,” Lin Yu said.

“Alright,” Su Chengyang replied.

Su Chengyang walked behind Yang Xiuyi and together they walked into the studio.

“Can you both introduce yourselves?” asked the host as he stood up and looked at the two.

Yang Xiuyi faced the camera and showed a professional smile, “Hello everyone, I’m Yang Xiuyi.”

Just as Su Chengyang was about to introduce herself, Yang Xiuyi suddenly looked at her and said before she could speak, “This is my junior sister, Su Chengyang.”

Su Chengyang didn’t know what he was up to, and greeted the camera with a calm expression, “Hello everyone, I am Su Chengyang.”

The barrage on the big screen was rolling wildly, and there were some abusive voices in it.

Su Chengyang inadvertently glanced at it, then lowered her eyelids, grabbed her clothes corners with both hands, and looked nervous and aggrieved.

Yang Xiuyi glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, and a hint of contempt flashed quickly in his eyes.

He knew that Su Chengyang was participating in this type of interview program for the first time and was doing it with him, so he didn’t find it strange if she had any reactions, nor was he worried that she would have the courage to disobey him. The humiliation he suffered on her during the day, he would take it back bit by bit tonight.