Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 545 - 27: After Divorce, the Cannon Fodder Joins a Romance Variety Show
Next to the scuba diving area, Jiang Lai had just finished paying and was getting ready to change into her diving suit.
At this moment, she saw Liang Qizhou slowly walking over.
"You’re diving too?"
"Mm, together?"
Jiang Lai nodded.
"Sure."
After putting on their diving suits and strapping on oxygen tanks, the two of them descended into the water under the guidance of the instructor.
The filming crew followed them into the water. Amidst the murky visibility and the "gurgle" of water in their ears, a small sea fish suddenly darted towards them.
The fish’s shape was strange, resembling a beetle from the sea floor, startling Liang Qizhou so much that he jerked and uncontrollably flipped over.
Seeing this, Jiang Lai reacted faster than the coach, grabbing Liang Qizhou’s arm, using the flow of the water to slowly turn him back over, then swimming in front of him to gently push away the black little sea fish.
Finally, she turned around and made a gesture to Liang Qizhou.
[Don’t be afraid.]
It was sign language.
Liang Qizhou understood and gestured back to her.
[Thank you.]
[Does anyone else see this? I think they’re so sweet together.]
[Zhou Zhou, you’re scared of bugs but still dare to dive, I really can’t understand you.]
[Jiang Lai really, has such strong boyfriend vibes.]
[Some people just dare to ship anything, do you really think something could happen between Zhou Zhou and Jiang Lai?]
[Wow, the sea is so clear here, Jiang Lai looks gorgeous.]
Since Liang Qizhou was nearby, Jiang Lai decided not to dive further and instead swam around the shallow area with him, collecting quite a few sea urchins and conchs.
The instructor mentioned that anything they picked up they could keep.
The area was naturally abundant in sea life, and since sea urchins were an invasive species, visitors were encouraged to consume as many as they liked.
So Jiang Lai ended up collecting a whole net full of sea urchins, while Liang Qizhou gathered quite a number of conchs, and they came ashore with a plentiful haul.
Back at the villa, Jiang Lai quickly started processing the sea urchins.
Liang Qizhou was helping on the side.
He was quite good at cooking, using the sea duck eggs Jiang Lai brought back to fry a dish and steam a pot full of sea urchin steamed eggs, with the leftover conch being used to make another dish of conch meat and egg soup.
Using the leftover ingredients from lunch, they made a whole table of seafood.
The kitchen wasn’t large, barely enough to fit three people at the same time.
Zhou Luo, who had followed them back from the sea, was eager to help out.
But lacking skills, she could only assist by doing chores and taking out the trash.
Meanwhile, Murong Yan, Hu Peiyuan, Shang Qingrao, and Coco were outside chatting.
Coco found that she couldn’t join in on their conversation, so she stood up intending to help in the kitchen.
Shang Qingrao stopped her.
"We should know how to read the room, right?"
Coco frowned.
"What do you mean?"
"They’ve been in the sea gathering seafood for so long, finally getting a chance to spend time with the guys, so let’s not interrupt."
It sounded like Jiang Lai was eagerly inserting herself between Liang Qizhou and Zhou Luo.
But remembering Jiang Lai’s awkward situation in the last episode, Coco also thought she needed a chance to mingle with the male participants and sat back down.
Shang Qingrao was still smiling, occasionally pointing at the glass facing the kitchen.
"See? They’re all chatting and laughing, maybe Jiang Lai will be our heartthrob goddess this episode."
Murong Yan sat on a chair, silently staring through the glass.
Who knows what Jiang Lai said, but Liang Qizhou, who hadn’t smiled much since the beginning of the show, suddenly laughed out loud.
Zhou Luo, next to him, also laughed, who knows what they were talking about.
In the slightly narrow kitchen, with the male and female participants busy inside, some physical contact couldn’t be avoided.
So Murong Yan saw Liang Qizhou occasionally bumping into Jiang Lai’s arm, and even just now he directly supported her shoulder!
Murong Yan gripped his cup tightly.
The campfire burning nearby was also quite hot.
He suddenly stood up.
"It’s too hot outside."
Shang Qingrao stood up as well.
"Then let’s go inside to cool off. Oh, by the way, there’s cucumber water I made in the afternoon with the leftovers from you guys’ ingredients. I’ll go get it for you to try."
Shang Qingrao had always been well-liked.
But it was just on this day that her actions made others feel she wasn’t as pure and kind as she seemed.
Coco looked at her with a suspicious gaze.
Hu Peiyuan asked in a low voice.
"Why do I feel like you and Sister Qingqing are having a spat?"
Weren’t they on good terms in the first episode?
Coco looked at him.
"What spat could we possibly have?"
"Aren’t you guys barely talking?"
"I don’t want to talk. Nothing to say. If you have nothing to say, shut up too."
Hu Peiyuan grudgingly shut his mouth and remained silent.
Knowing Coco’s fiery temper, it’s best not to provoke her.
Outside the kitchen, Jiang Lai was about to go to the pantry to get some sauce, but as soon as she entered and turned on the light, she suddenly saw Murong Yan standing inside.
"Do you need something?"
Fortunately, she was brave, and her first reaction was to greet rather than scream and throw the bottle away.
Murong Yan stared at her.
"If you’re doing all this to get my attention, then I’m telling you, you’ve succeeded.
You don’t need to keep doing this now, you’re a girl, and I haven’t done anything to you, you don’t need to cheapen yourself."
Jiang Lai’s smile gradually faded.
"Boss Murong, tell me clearly, what do you mean by cheapening myself?"
"Like what you’re doing now. Any guy can joke and laugh with you! Do you know what those guys like about you? Are you really unaware or just pretending?"
"Murong Yan, I know you’re blind, but I didn’t expect you to be this blind.
You haven’t even figured out what kind of person Qingqing is, yet you want to judge me.
Also, I’m currently single, and I’m on a dating show aiming to date, same as you.
Next time before you say these things, think carefully about your position!"
With that, Jiang Lai directly picked up the sauce behind Murong Yan, turned to leave, but then suddenly turned back.
"Oh right, I almost forgot something!"
She then directly gave an elbow strike right into Murong Yan’s chest, causing him to double over in pain and turning pale.
"Jiang Lai, you!!"
"What about me? Next time you come to me, I’ll hit you every time. We’re not done."
Sure enough, she was doing this to get back at him!
Murong Yan’s first reaction wasn’t anger, but rather an involuntary sense of helplessness and a slight hint of joy that he himself didn’t even notice.
After all these years of feelings.
He knew she wouldn’t easily let go.
Jiang Lai walked out of the pantry, feeling refreshed.
Little Buding was munching on sunflower seeds.
"The way you talked to him made it seem like you still have feelings for him, easy to be misunderstood."
Jiang Lai didn’t mind.
"That’s exactly what I want him to misunderstand."
"That’s not how it’s done. Most people avoid scumbags like the plague, feeling unlucky to even say a word more."
