Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 422 is all scripted.
The two men were taken aback by Du Anrao's words, exchanged a glance, and couldn't help but laugh.

"It's just talk, just to fool those viewers who don't know the inside story. When you're working outside, how can you have that much freedom?"

"..." It looks so dark. Luckily, I'm just a salted fish ready to lie flat at any time.

Thinking this, Du Anrao couldn't help but look at his second brother with sympathy.

Du Hexuan caught her gaze and chuckled, "Don't you think this is unfair and disrespectful? It's alright, after all, they paid to hire me."

[Tsk tsk tsk, to make my second brother bow down, how much did they have to pay to hire him?]

Du Hexuan awkwardly touched his nose. "It's alright, it's only about six zeros, just for one episode."

However, that's not the main point. The main point is...

"I'm not sympathizing with you because of that."

"It's not because of that, it's because..." Du Hexuan's gaze suddenly fell on the two photos in Du Anrao's hand, "Is there something wrong with this child?"

"Thick eyebrows, rat-like eyes, bulging whites, and a fierce look in his eyes—he's obviously a spoiled brat who's domineering, willful, and short-tempered. Second brother, if you really choose him, you're probably in for a rough time these next few days."

Du Hexuan's expression darkened slightly, and his whole body exuded a damp and gloomy aura that kept strangers at bay.

Zhou Shunzhe thought to himself that something was wrong. Others might not know, but he knew very well that what his artist hated most in his life was that kind of uncontrollable, disruptive, unreasonable brat who would lie on the ground and wail and throw a tantrum if things didn't go his way.

If what Du Anrao said is true, then this boy really did step on his landmines perfectly.

"Calm down, calm down. Think about your salary, think about the penalty for breach of contract..."

Du Hexuan rolled his eyes at him and sneered, "You think I care?"

Zhou Shunzhe: "..." Young master, you may not care, but I, a working man, can't not care!
But since he was already there, Du Hexuan couldn't possibly turn back now, so he turned to look at another photo.

"And this girl? Is she also a troublemaker?"

"No, that's not it. This girl... is quite well-behaved." Du Anrao tapped the photo on his phone screen and asked in confusion, "Brother Zhou, didn't you just say that this girl is that CEO Ke's biological daughter? Why did the production team specifically ask my brother to choose this stepson? Could it be that the production team invited another artist who is even more famous than my brother to mentor this little girl?"

"The production team did arrange for another artist, a newcomer who was brought in by another investor. He had no fame and no buzz, and he came to the show purely to test the waters."

"If that's the case, then how should we..."

Zhou Shunzhe sighed, "Hey, isn't it true that once you have a stepmother, you also have a stepfather? Those who know, know."

Du Anrao: "..." I understand.

[No wonder this child, despite having a full forehead and being born into wealth, has extremely dim wealth and parent palaces, indicating that both parents died early or she was not loved, her relationship with her parents is weak, and her own wealth is easily stolen, with others usurping her place.] Doesn't this perfectly match the girl's current situation? Du Hexuan frowned slightly, the scales in his heart already beginning to tip.

"However, strictly speaking, I don't really recommend that you choose her, unless you bring me along and let me participate in the program with you."

Both of them were shocked by these words, especially Du Hexuan.

He didn't think his younger sister had any intention of gaining fame and entering the entertainment industry. Given how much her relatives doted on her, if she really wanted to be a star, she only needed to say so, and plenty of people would beg her to take her in. She didn't need to ride on the coattails of her second brother, a movie star.

"Why is this again?"

"This young girl has a slightly sunken forehead and a slightly shifted bridge of her nose, which are signs of a violent death. She will most likely die in the next day or two."

Zhou Shunzhe and the other man's expressions changed slightly, their gazes filled with fear and suspicion as they looked at each other.

“How could such a good child say… just…” Zhou Shunzhe couldn’t bring himself to say the word when faced with such a child. “And if it happened in the last two days, right during the recording of the show, how could the production team make such a big mistake? Could you have seen it wrong?”

Du Hexuan, however, unconditionally believed Du Anrao's words, and frowned in thought, "If... I mean if I quit this show now and cause some trouble to temporarily suspend it, can that change her fate?"

“He Xuan, you…” Zhou Shunzhe wanted to persuade him not to act impulsively, but it involved a life, and after calming down, he realized that if someone died during the filming of the show, the show would be over. So he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

The two turned to look at Du Anrao expectantly, only to see her shake her head regretfully: "Her fate is sealed. Even if she doesn't participate in this program, it won't change her destiny of dying a violent death."

Simply put, the show was not the main cause of her violent death. Even if she had temporarily escaped death because the show was canceled, something else would have happened to take her life.

The truth was rather cruel, and a long silence fell over the car. Not long after, the car carrying several people arrived at the filming location.

Du Hexuan, a well-known rising star in the industry and the first actor in history to win all three major film awards, received a warm welcome from everyone present as soon as he appeared.

As Du Hexuan's assistant, Du Anrao stood by with Zhou Shunzhe, watching and listening to him explain to Du Hexuan the "colleagues" who would be with him on missions in the next few days.

"This children's variety show has arranged a total of six parent-child pairs. Apart from your brother and another guest, the other pairs are all regular guests, and they are all father-son or mother-son pairs."

As Zhou Shunzhe spoke, he pointed to the father and son sitting under the parasol closest to Du Hexuan: "That's Liang Wanjuan, a famous screenwriter in the industry, and his daughter. His wife is said to be an outsider and is very well protected. She has hardly been photographed in all these years."

While it's possible the other person is just a screenwriter, working behind the scenes in the industry, and paparazzi usually don't delve into other people's family privacy, those who are in the industry are bound to get their hands dirty sometimes, so doing this much is already quite good.

"The reason I brought my child to participate in this variety show is mainly because I owe the show's planner and director a favor. As you know, favors are the hardest to repay, and you can't refuse them. No matter how unwilling I am, I have no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it."

Du Anrao was somewhat surprised: "Brother Zhou, how do you know so much about this? Are you that well-informed?"

"Hey, it's not really a secret. We're all in the same industry, and we're going to be on the same show soon, so we'll let each other know beforehand so we can look out for each other. Otherwise, do you really think there are so many coincidences in the world that you can run into them all? It's all scripted, scripted."