A person in Wuha: The whole internet is urging me to get back together with my ex!

The four women resumed their shopping spree, and after finishing their purchases, they returned to the coffee shop.

The spoils were piled up like a small mountain.

Four female celebrities were lounging on a soft leather sofa, each holding a glass of iced Americano to recharge.

Sun Li rubbed her sore calves and looked at Reba with a smile.

"I bought this bag, and I've done all the shopping."

"What are you planning to do during this time, you busy person? Go report to the company?"

Dilraba bit her straw, and the smile on her face immediately vanished.

She slumped onto the table, poking at the condensation on the glass with her finger, looking utterly dejected.

"I can't go, sister-in-law."

"Although Chen Ye helped me terminate my contract, and all those bloodsuckers from my original company went to work as sewing machines, they still managed to drag me into signing a contract to be a regular on a variety show before they died."

Song Yuqi perked up her ears.

"What kind of variety show is so rip-off? Let's just pay up and not go! My husband's got your back, what are you afraid of!"

Reba shook her head with a wry smile.

"It's not about the money."

"That's Mango TV's major production, 'Divas Hit the Road 5'."

"I can afford the penalty for breach of contract, but the other party is Mangtai. If I offend them right after regaining my freedom, half of my future paths will be blocked."

Upon hearing the words "Divas Hit the Road 5," Song Yuqi's previously cheerful face immediately contorted into a bitter expression.

This name sounds so familiar!

The radar in her mind was beeping, and she instantly recalled the scene from yesterday when Chen Ye told her he had refused.

"Absolutely not!"

Song Yuqi got impatient and slammed her hand on the table.

"You can't go!"

Dilraba was startled.

"What's wrong, Yuqi?"

"Let me tell you, this show is a toxic industry!"

Song Yuqi switched to repeating mode, reciting Chen Ye's complaints verbatim.

"Yesterday, Mango TV offered an exorbitant price to package me and Chen Ye as permanent members of the show, but Ye Zi immediately got Sister Qian to turn it all down."

"He said this show is full of shady dealings! It relies on female celebrities pulling each other's hair to generate viewership."

"When several female celebrities get together, they either compete to see who wears the most expensive clothes or who is the most cunning; what airs is nothing but a drama of scheming and plotting!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Li nodded in deep agreement.

As a veteran in the industry, she knows the ins and outs of it all too well.

"Yuqi is right," Sun Li said in a low voice. "Those editors in Mangtai are masters at making the dead come back to life."

"You greet someone with a 'good morning,' and they add a cold filter and suspenseful music, and they can edit you into a vicious female supporting character plotting to assassinate her roommate."

"With your crystal-clear stupidity, you'd only be a stepping stone for them to scold if you went!"

Zhang Zixuan nodded frantically in agreement.

"Exactly! Those people team up to set you up; cyberbullying could devour you whole!"

After hearing this, Dilraba broke out in a cold sweat.

She was already timid, and now she felt even more strongly that what she was about to record wasn't a variety show at all, but a real-life version of PUBG.

But she couldn't refuse; this lousy contract was firmly tied to her.

It was evening.

The setting sun dyed the river surface of Shanghai a deep red.

The main entrance to Chen Ye's river-view penthouse was pushed open.

Four stunningly beautiful women, carrying seven or eight large luxury shopping bags, stormed in.

Dilraba had just changed into slippers when she looked up and her mouth was slightly open.

This space is so big you could run hurdles in the living room.

Top-of-the-line panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows and a whole-house smart voice system.

Before she could get a good look, a dark shadow darted over.

Lu Han had been waiting in the living room all afternoon, eagerly anticipating her arrival.

His eyes lit up at that moment.

"Oh, you're back! Quick, quick, give me the bag!"

Lu Han took the incredibly heavy shopping bags from Reba's hands with remarkable ease.

I casually slipped her a cup of perfectly warm honey water.

"You must be exhausted after a long day of shopping, come sit here, this sofa is the softest."

"Would you like some fruit? I just washed some Shine Muscat grapes."

Chen He slumped on the single sofa next to him, clutching a cushion in his hand, laughing so hard he was practically convulsing.

"Hey Xiaolu, you should hurry up and get a guide dog license. With your service attitude, even Haidilao would come and poach you overnight."

Deng Chao, on the other hand, was always eager to see things go well.

"Exactly! He won't even wash a dish at home, but here he's a super-dutiful male servant. That's a bit too much of a double standard!"

He was publicly executed by the two older men.

Lu Han's face turned red all the way from her neck to the tips of her ears.

He stubbornly retorted, "I want to! I'm just being a gentleman!"

Dilraba sat on the edge of the sofa, holding a glass of honey water, her face as red as a ripe tomato.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became both lively and warm.

A few minutes later.

Chen Ye, wearing an apron, walked out of the kitchen carrying the last pot of braised pork ribs.

"Dinner's ready! Come and taste the culinary skills of this master chef!"

Everyone quickly took their seats at the large, long dining table.

The atmosphere was lively when Chen Ye swiftly reached out with his chopsticks and grabbed the last piece of braised pork rib from the plate.

Chen He, standing to the side, slapped his thigh in anger: "That's mine! I've been staring at it for five minutes!"

Just then, while biting into a beef ball, Song Yuqi blurted out everything they had talked about in the coffee shop that afternoon.

"Honey, what are we going to do? Dilraba is about to start filming 'Divas Hit the Road 5,' and that lousy contract is like a leech that I can't get rid of!"

Chen Ye stopped moving abruptly.

My hand slipped.

The braised pork ribs fell into Chen He's bowl with a "thud" and without any mishap.

Chen He was overjoyed and was about to stuff the ribs into his mouth when he noticed that the atmosphere around him had changed.

Chen Ye put down his chopsticks.

Yesterday, Mangtai tried to slap themselves with an astronomical contract, but they were ruthlessly rejected.

These capitalists in the television industry hold grudges more than anyone else.

Dilraba has just terminated her contract with her original company, and although her new agency is "Rainy Night Stars," the formalities are not yet fully completed.

This is the period when she is completely isolated and helpless!

But Chen Ye and Dilraba hadn't even met when they signed the contract.

It's likely that someone heard the rumor that Chen Ye was going to start a company, which is why the "Divas Hit the Road" program invited Chen Ye and Song Yuqi.

"I knew it! They were digging a hole for me here."

Chen Ye let out a cold laugh.

He tapped his knuckles on the table, making a "tap-tap" sound.

"That lousy show has always relied on becoming famous through controversy."

"What do you call it, to cramm a bunch of cunning old foxes into a group like Dilraba, the top-tier celebrity with the highest online traffic and the best temper?"

Chen Ye pointed at Reba.

"That's like throwing a silly roe deer into a pack of wolves!"

"They're definitely planning a series of traps to isolate her from those other actresses, and then use extremely malicious editing to smear Dilraba Dilmurat with all the dirt, draining her popularity to boost the show's ratings!"

After listening to this hardcore reasoning.

The air on the table was silent for two seconds.

Then Chen He slammed his hand on the table in a fit of anger, almost sending the ribs in his bowl flying.

"Holy crap! This is outrageous! Are they really treating us like pushovers?!"

Lu Han even jumped up from the chair.

His usual lukewarm temper vanished completely.

"No! Absolutely not!"

Lu Han shouted loudly.

"I'll pay the penalty for breach of contract! I'd rather sell everything I own than let her suffer this kind of humiliation!"

Reba looked at Lu Han's posture, as if she was about to fight someone to the death.

She quickly reached out and tugged at Lu Han's sleeve.

"Don't get agitated. I've already consulted with the legal department. If you really don't go, it will be a very long lawsuit, which will have a very bad impact on your new company."

Seeing the group of people so furious, Chen Ye felt a surge of anger himself.

Even before officially reporting for duty, someone from our own company is already being eyed by outsiders.

If he swallows this insult, what right does he have to back it up?

"Alright, alright, stop arguing."

Lu Han suddenly rubbed her face, forcibly suppressing her anger, and turned to look at Chen Ye.

"Yoko, leave this to me."

Chen Ye raised an eyebrow, his face full of disbelief.

"What are you going to do? Are you going to put up banners in front of the Mangtai Broadcasting Building?"

Lu Han forced a smile.

"It's alright, what if we're just thinking too badly of them?"

"I happen to know a few people in this industry. I'll go and find out who they've invited this season. Once we have a clear picture, we can come up with a plan."

The group exchanged glances and agreed that it made sense.

It would be hilarious if you imagined an 80-episode palace drama unfolding in your mind, only to find out that the other person was just on a publicly funded trip.

Dinner was quickly and hastily concluded in this eerie atmosphere.

The Deng and Chen families returned home with their children, and Dilraba was also picked up by her assistant.

But Lu Han didn't leave.

He went straight into a guest bedroom in the large apartment and locked the door.

Chen Ye and Song Yuqi ignored him and sprawled on the large sofa in the living room, turning on some mindless idol drama as background noise.

"What do you think Brother Lu will find out?" Song Yuqi peeled an orange and stuffed it into Chen Ye's mouth.

"Who knows?"

Chen Ye chewed on an orange.

"This kid is completely obsessed with love right now; his IQ is basically zero."

More than half an hour passed.

The door to the guest room finally opened.

Lu Han came out, her expression extremely complex.

He dawdled over to the single sofa and plopped down.

He rubbed his hands together, stammering for a long time without managing to utter a single word.

Chen Ye couldn't stand it any longer and pressed the mute button on the remote control.

"Speak up! Are you planning to hatch eggs? What inside information have you found out?"

Lu Han raised her head and swallowed.

"I just made a round of phone calls and asked my friends to find out."

"The people they invited this season are actually quite normal. I recognize a few of them, and I'm familiar with Brother Chao and the others."

"They're all known in the industry for their good temper and never cause trouble."

Chen Ye was stunned.

So it really was just his paranoia acting up? Mangtai actually reformed?

Song Yuqi clapped her hands happily.

"Isn't that a fantastic thing!"

"Without all that backstabbing, Dilraba went abroad for a trip, consider it a company-funded relaxation. Why are you still here with that long face?"

Lu Han twisted her ten fingers together and began to dart around on the carpet.

"No... there's something else."

"I wasn't even invited to this show in the first place."

Lu Han scratched his head, his voice barely audible, like a mosquito's hum.

"I just called Teacher He directly and shamelessly begged him to pass on a message to the production team and get me included."

Chen Ye's eyes widened in surprise.

His face was filled with shock, as if to say, "Are you out of your mind?"

"Are you looking for trouble? Why don't you just enjoy your comfortable life and insist on getting involved in this lousy variety show?"

Lu Han raised her head and stared intently at Chen Ye and Song Yuqi, then made an extremely shameless request.

"Yezi, Yuqi... why don't you two come with me?"

Chen Ye was speechless and almost threw the orange peel in his hand at his face.

"Are you crazy?!"

"I just turned down their exorbitant package deal yesterday! And today you expect me to shamelessly beg them to take me in?!"

Lu Han slumped her shoulders, clasped her hands together in front of her chest, and frantically begged for help.

"Please, Wild Child! My life's destiny depends on this!"

Lu Han's face flushed red, and she finally shouted out her inner thoughts.

"I've planned it all out. I want to find a super romantic spot on this travel show and formally confess my feelings to Dilraba!"

"If you guys aren't here to support me and keep things in order, I'm really going to be in a tough spot on my own!"

...........

Hahaha, you guessed wrong. It's still "Divas Hit the Road 5" after all, but the cast remains the same.

You'll be on the variety shows you mentioned, you'll be on them, believe me.