Huayu: This top star doesn't play by the rules.

In mid-October, the air in Dingzha was always slightly damp in the early morning. Chen Chao had just finished his makeup and was waiting for the staff to set up the scene when Deng Chao sneakily approached him.

Reaching out, Deng Chao nudged Chen Chao's waist and said in a low voice, "Chao, want to do something interesting?"

While eating the zongzi that Ji Ran had just bought, Chen Chao looked up when he heard this and saw a familiar light shining in Deng Chao's eyes.

Just like when Lin Gengxin dragged him along to prank Wang Yanlin, he quickly finished off the zongzi in his hand, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Brother Chao, what interesting thing are you planning to do this time?"

"Hehe, I heard from Benyu's assistant yesterday that he's terrified of cockroaches. Luckily, the props department has a bunch of realistic ones. How about we surprise him?" Deng Chao rubbed his hands together and grinned slyly.

Upon hearing Deng Chao's words, Chen Chao's eyes lit up, and he instantly became interested. He had gotten to know Deng Chao better over the past few months and discovered that this national-level comedian was practically a child at heart.

This guy had even more ideas for pranks than Lin Gengxin. After getting to know Chen Chao, the two became inseparable and in just half a month, they became the crew's recognized "Demon Ball Duo".

"Okay, how do we do it?" Chen Chao asked with great interest after wiping his hands with a tissue. Although he already had a plan, he wanted to see what Deng Chao thought first.

"Simple. When he's sitting there reading the script, just throw this at his feet. I'll play along." Deng Chao pulled a dark brown, lifelike cockroach with wagging antennae from his pocket and handed it to Chen Chao.

Looking at the incredibly realistic-looking cockroach, Chen Chao couldn't help but frown. As a Cantonese, cockroaches were his lifelong enemy.

After taking a few deep breaths, Chen Chao barely managed to overcome his aversion to cockroaches, took the simulated cockroach from Deng Chao, and then followed Deng Chao to sneak up behind Zhang Benyu.

At this moment, Zhang Benyu was wearing headphones and had an unopened script on his lap. He seemed to be reading the script, but in reality, he was spacing out and completely unaware that danger was approaching.

After aiming for a while, Chen Chao flicked his wrist, and the 'cockroach' landed precisely on Zhang Benyu's script. Zhang Benyu seemed to have noticed something and subconsciously looked down.

"ah--!"

A piercing scream instantly echoed throughout the entire set. Zhang Benyu jumped up suddenly, knocking over his chair.

Pointing to the word "cockroach" on the script, his face paled, and his voice trembled, "Cockroach...cockroach!"

After giving Chen Chao a wink, Deng Chao immediately rushed out, feigning panic as he shouted, "Where? Where? Benyu, don't be afraid, I'm coming to save you!"

After saying that, Deng Chao raised his foot and stomped on the 'cockroach' that had fallen to the ground several times.

After stopping the stomping, Deng Chao pretended to realize something, picked up the somewhat deformed simulated cockroach, and chuckled, "Oh dear, it was fake. How did something from the props department end up here?"

Just then, Chen Chao also came over, suppressing his laughter, and patted Zhang Benyu's shoulder in a serious tone to comfort him, "Brother Benyu, it's okay, it's okay. Brother Chao said it's just a prop."

Still shaken, Zhang Benyu patted his chest and looked at the realistic cockroach in Deng Chao's hand, then at the two men's faces, which were trying hard to suppress their laughter. He knew perfectly well that he had been pranked.

He was so angry that he pointed at the two of them, speechless for a long time, "You...you two! That's too much!"

"Hahaha... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we were wrong!" After being exposed by Zhang Benyu, Deng Chao and Chen Chao could no longer hold back and burst into laughter, apologizing to Zhang Benyu as they laughed.

Just then, a helpless voice came from behind them, "Deng Chao! Chen Chao! You two are playing a prank on Benyu again, aren't you?"

Upon hearing the voice, the two instinctively turned around and saw Han Han standing not far away with his arms crossed, a look of helplessness on his face.

Chen Chao's agent, Ji Ran, stood next to Han Han, holding her forehead with one hand, looking quite helpless and troubled.

"Director Han, we were just joking with Benyu." Deng Chao and Chen Chao, who were standing next to him, quickly wiped the smile off their faces and put on a docile and apologetic look almost simultaneously.

"Are you kidding me? Last time you squeezed wasabi into Dong Zijian's soy sauce, the time before that you hid Gao Huayang's racing helmet, and the time before that..." Han Han counted on his fingers the good deeds Chen Chao and Deng Chao had done, getting angrier and angrier as he went.

"I'm telling you, if you dare to play any more pranks on the set, you two will have to pay for all the milk tea for the crew this week."

"No! Director Han!" Without warning, Deng Chao suddenly wailed, startling Chen Chao who was standing next to him. "We were wrong, we'll never do it again."

"That would be best." Han Han didn't believe a single word of Deng Chao's assurances. After glaring at the two of them, he went back to doing his own thing.

Watching Han Han's departing figure, Deng Chao breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest, saying, "That scared me to death! I thought we were going to get scolded this time."

"You're the one who should be talking! It's all your fault, Brother Chao, for having to prank Brother Yu." With a slight twitch of his eyes, Chen Chao gently nudged Deng Chao, righteously shifting the blame onto him.

"You agreed without hesitation too, and you were even more excited than me!"

The two, who had initially worked together seamlessly, immediately began to shift blame onto each other.

Walking up to Chen Chao, Ji Ran said helplessly, "Chao, can you give me a break? If you two keep playing pranks like this, I'm starting to worry that someone might put a sack over your heads."

"Don't worry, we know what we're doing, Manager Ji." Deng Chao put his arm around Ji Ran's shoulder and said with a grin.

"By the way, Achao, Li Ronghao is coming to the set for a cameo this afternoon. I remember you're a singer-songwriter, right? You can talk to him about music then."

"Really?" Upon hearing Deng Chao's words, Chen Chao's eyes lit up slightly. He also really liked Li Ronghao's musical style, and it would be fantastic if he could communicate with him.

"Of course it's true. He's going to play Luo Li's boss. It was arranged from the beginning."