Translated by Serena Love

Edited by Azure

Chapter 20: Beauty and the Beast

At seven o'clock the next morning, the sound of birds and dogs in the village started off the day.

Tang Qiaoqiao got up first. She took a deep breath of fresh air and stretched.

Before long, several other guests had come out of their rooms one after another, but most of them were malaise and yawned. It seemed that they were not used to living in a village.

After everyone hastily ate breakfast, the director began to assign the tasks.

"The purpose of our show is to promote food culture. In order to let everyone truly feel the charm of food, you will have to find the ingredients by yourselves this time."

"We require that everyone needs one of three kinds of ingredients: buried in the soil, swimming in the water, or running on the ground."

Everyone looked at each other when they heard it.

"Can you speak human words?" Shen Liang sneered. His grumpiness from getting up had not yet subsided.

"Everyone can rest assured that these kinds of ingredients can be found in the village," the director said patiently. "The six people are divided into three groups to find the ingredients, and we will decide the teams by drawing lots."

The director asked the participants to take a paper, and those who got the same number were in the same group.

After drawing, Tang Qiaoqiao looked at the number on her paper, then glanced at the number drawn by the person next to her, but she met Shen Liang's shocked eyes.

Awkward!

【What kind of fate is this? Tang Qiaoqiao and Shen Liang are together again】

【It's not that they are enemies who cannot get together】

【Will Tang Qiaoqiao die if she doesn't entangle Shen Liang?】

【Noble Shen Liang's fans are here again. Did you lose your eyes? Obviously, they were drawn randomly.】

【I don't understand why Shen Liang and Tang Qiaoqiao are so uncomfortable. Except for that incident, they seem to have never had an intersection?】

【Maybe Tang Qiaoqiao seems to have a private relationship with Shen Liang】

【Upstairs, you are spreading rumors. I have taken screenshots to send to the studio. A lawyer's letter incoming】

"Director, I request a replacement."

Tang Qiaoqiao immediately raised her hand to express her opposition. A group with Shen Liang was worse than a group with a pig.

"I also wan’t a substitution. I won't be with her." Shen Liang said bitterly. Unexpectedly, Tang Qiaoqiao was one step ahead of him.

The director smiled, with a simple attitude, he said, "No."

What a ‘wonderful’ grouping. He had imagined various scenes that could attract a lot of topics and headlines.

'It's beautiful.'

Tang Qiaoqiao was not reconciled. "I still have an advantage from my previous win. I want to choose my teammates."

The director shook his head. "The interpretation of an advantage belongs to the program team."

Tang Qiaoqiao: ...

'凸!' (middle finger)

'The director is full of bad intentions!'

The final grouping results wereTang Qiaoqiao and Shen Liang, Mao Li and Hu Miao, Zhou Meng and Wei Yiqi.

The director said again, "Tang Qiaoqiao and Wei Yiqi are the winners of the previous contest and have an advantage. So, Tang Qiaoqiao will choose first, which one of the three ingredients will you choose to find?"

Shen Liang was originally angry because of the grouping. When he heard it at this time, he said sternly, "Just choose the ones buried in the soil. Just dig some vegetables in the soil. It's easy."

Tang Qiaoqiao glanced at him indifferently. Shen Liang wanted to choose that, so she wouldn’t choose it.

Those ingredients that were underwater meant she would have to go into the water. It was dirty and not in line with her beautiful image.

So Tang Qiaoqiao made up her mind. "I'll choose the one who runs on the ground."

Shen Liang's eyes burst into flames.

'Deliberate! This woman is definitely going against me deliberately.'

Next, it was Wei Yiqi's turn to choose, and Zhou Meng also hoped that he would choose ingredients buried in the soil.

But Wei Yiqi thought about it and said, "I choose the ones that swim in the water."

Zhou Meng couldn't help but roll her eyes to the sky and asked angrily, "Why didn’t you pick the simple ones?"

Wei Yiqi scratched his temples and was a little shy. "Because Teacher Mao is my senior and my idol. How can I let my idol do dirty and tiring work? Finding vegetables in the soil is simpler, so I will leave it to Teacher Mao."

Zhou Meng's mouth twitched, and she wanted to curse.

Mao Li walked to Wei Yiqi's side and patted him on the shoulder. "I will remember this."

Wei Yiqi was flattered.

After they split into groups, each group spread out to do the task.

"Running on the ground" was nothing more than poultry. Tang Qiaoqiao and Shen Liang walked to the village, hoping to gain something.

Shen Liang walked down the dirt road of the village with his head down. There were old people and children sitting at the door of the houses on both sides, looking at him like an animal in a circus.

He once again scolded himself in his mind. Why did he agree to do this show? What was even more annoying is that Tang Qiaoqiao proudly walked in front of him and always kept a distance of more than one meter from him.

Why did he follow her? It made him look like a subordinate.

Yes, he just needed to find the ingredients by himself.

Just as Shen Liang was about to raise his head, there was a commotion in front of him. Tang Qiaoqiao also stopped suspiciously.

"Help! Help me catch that pig!"

"The pig escaped! Stop it, stop it. It’s going that way!"

At this time, a pale pink pig was rushing in their direction, followed by four or five villagers.

The cameraman who followed them to film couldn't help but exclaim, "Holy shit."

Tang Qiaoqiao looked at the pig that was running fast and was dumbfounded. 'What is going on?'

Shen Liang had never encountered such a scene before; his legs went weak with fear, and he quickly stepped to the side at the first opportunity.

The pig, startled, began to run amok, causing everyone to flee in different directions. Tang Qiaoqiao also wanted to follow the crowd and evade, but it seemed the pig had singled her out, running directly in her direction.

"Oh, girl! You! Girl, please help me." A middle-aged woman among the villagers shouted at her.

Tang Qiaoqiao took a look. 'Isn't this the woman who owned the tractor and give me a ride yesterday?'

'Yes, people must know gratitude.' So she stopped running. She looked around, picked up a broomstick that had been thrown on the ground, and waved vigorously to scare the pig back.

But the pig seemed not afraid of her and continued to dash in her direction.

Tang Qiaoqiao rushed forward, and her temper came up. She threw away the broom, and at the right opportunity, she grabbed the two front hooves of the pig, and with a sudden lift, she lifted the pig up.

The pig squealed and kicked with its hind legs.

"See if you can still run after this." Tang Qiaoqiao subdued the pig. She sighed with relief, and showed a bright smile. Then she suddenly realized something. She looked around, and everyone looked at her with a dumbfounded expression.

There was silence!

Deathly silence.

A series of "?" flashed across the live broadcast room.

【??? Did I miss a moment? How did the pig suddenly arrive in Tang Qiaoqiao's hands?】

【Fuck, I was scared to death by the pig. But it instantly changed from a horror movie to a comedy movie hahaha】

【I laughed and fell from the bed. Yes, it's the first time I saw a female celebrity herded a pig and then grabbed the pig. What a cattle fight】

【That pig is not light. Tang Qiaoqiao actually lifted it up. She is a strange girl】

【I found out that Tang Qiaoqiao was strong. Last time, she was very stable when she flipped a wok】

【Shen Liang is a fool. He hid fast, not as good as a woman】

【Tang Qiaoqiao, A Girl Who Caught A Pig. My God, Qiao Bao, how many surprises do you have that I don't know?】

Tang Qiaoqiao handed the pig to the villagers. The two big men grabbed each foot and pulled the pig away.

With a wry smile on her face, she turned to the filming director and tried to plead with him. "Can you cut the previous scene?"

The director squeezed a painful smile. "Why? It is so funny." It was a big hit in the live broadcast chat room.

"Which charming female star have you ever seen catching pigs?" Tang Qiaoqiao wanted to cry without tears. After this episode was broadcast, her painstaking efforts to shape her image would inevitably be destroyed.

The director couldn't help but laugh. "But it was already broadcast live, and headlines have also come out. We snapped a photo for you, which was very good."

The director showed the photo to Tang Qiaoqiao. In the photo, she was wearing a simple white T-shirt and jeans, with two strands of twist braids, a few strands of messy hair are scattered on the front of her forehead because of running, and her eyes seem to be filled with water. The bright, happy smile made people unable to look away.

But the girl held the pig's hooves tightly in her hands in excitement, as if it was a trophy.

Editor: "We have already posted it on the official WeChat account, and the name is...

Tang Qiaoqiao: "Beauty and the Beast?"

Editor: "Oh, that is even better. Let's change it."

Tang Qiaoqiao was ashamed to death. She no longer wanted to see the reactions of netizens.

‘Delete it, hurry up.'

After editing the Weibo, the director asked in doubt, "Where is Shen Liang?"

'He was still here just now. Where did he hide?'

"Help!"

At this moment, Shen Liang rushed in embarrassedly from not far away, followed by a big white goose immediately behind him.

The big white goose spread its wings, straightened its neck, and chased after Shen Liang, making a fierce "quack".

Tang Qiaoqiao was dumbfounded. 'The same... familiar scene again?'

Shen Liang was going crazy. He just went another way to avoid the pig but didn't expect to run into this big white goose. He never knew that the offensive power of the goose was so strong. The goose pecked his calf, which was stinging so much it was numb.

'Help, I want to go home!'

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