Chapter 24

      “Has ‘Evening Canteen’ contacted you?” Tang Niannian asked Shi Xi.

     Shi Xi took a sip of Coke and shook her head: “No.”

     “I feel that the host is not just talking casually,” Tang Niannian said: “The main film of the secret room variety show has received good response. It will definitely bring a wave of popularity in the next few days. Wait and see. That variety show is still quite fun. I hope you can be on it.”

     Tang Niannian was right. The main film of the secret room variety show has brought up the popularity again.

     #Let Xiao Shi go to record the Weird Experience home# 

     After becoming a hot topic, it attracted the attention of more netizens, and the positive and kind voices quickly drowned out the malicious remarks.

 

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   【Be more kind to growing artists without background. In this variety show, I saw an interesting, beautiful, and unlimited potential actor Xiao Shi. She doesn’t have any representative works now, but I believe that interesting and talented actors will not be buried! 】

   【The director of the Weird Experience home didn’t say anything. Why are you rushing to argue? 】

   【What if Shixi really goes on Weird Experiencer in the future? Wouldn’t it be embarrassing for those who are now criticizing and arguing? 】

   【I decided to cultivate Shi Xi and waiting for a slap-in-the-face moment. 】

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     Shixi gained a group of cultivation fans because of this.

     The next afternoon, Shixi and Tang Niannian successfully completed the filming and met Jiaming in a restaurant near the studio.

     The pilot film had very little content, and they finished filming in the restaurant’s private room in less than 20 minutes.

     After finishing the work, the waiter served all the dishes, and the three of them ate and chatted.

     Shi Xi asked Jia Ming about his recent situation. He said, “My family was sick some time ago, so I went home. I haven’t done any live broadcasts during this period, but I have been collecting information. I found out that there is an old restaurant called ‘Xing Ji’ nearby that has supernatural rumors. I may go there for the next live broadcast.” 

     Shi Xi thought for a while: “Since you have been staying at home all this time, the Yin-Yang eyes should not have affected your life, right?” 

     Jia Ming shook his head: “No, I didn’t see any strange people or things along the way today.”

    “Maybe you just didn’t notice, “Shi Xi suggested him: “If you don’t plan to seal the Yin-Yang Eyes or change your career, you should go to Wuyou Temple to ask for the amulet before starting work.”

     Jia Ming nodded in agreement. “That’s exactly what I was thinking,” he said. “Before, knowing we’re so close to Xingji Restaurant, I would’ve gone without hesitation. But now,I think it’s better to prepare before going again, just in case the tragedy at the Land Temple happens again.”

     At about eight o’clock in the evening, the atmosphere trio ended their dinner. Shi Xi and Tang Niannian returned to the hotel arranged by the crew, and Jia Ming took a taxi home.

     In the car, Jia Ming listened to music with headphones and thought about the editing method of the pilot film.

     When he heard the third song, the taxi suddenly stopped on the side of the road. It was still far from the destination. Jia Ming took off one earphone and asked the driver: “What’s wrong?”

     “The car broke down,” the driver said apologetically: “I’m sorry, you get off here and call another car.”

     It was fine just now, why did it suddenly break down? Jia Ming felt a little strange, but he got off anyway.

     “I’ve never been here before, but why do I feel that the street view is a bit familiar, especially this building.” Jiaming looked up in confusion and saw a dark red neon sign that was flashing and malfunctioning. The words “Xingji Restaurant” nailed him to the spot.

     No wonder he felt familiar. He had seen photos of Xingji Restaurant when he was collecting information online. If it weren’t for the poor light at night, he would definitely recognize it at a glance.

     Is this a coincidence? That coincidence is too weird. He just mentioned it during dinner, and now he came to the door of Xingji Restaurant by accident.

     Jia Ming looked back and saw that the taxi had disappeared.

     Didn’t it break down

     The more Jiaming thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. A thin layer of sweat appeared on his palms, and he didn’t dare to turn his head to look at Xingji Restaurant.

     His thoughts were a bit confused. He didn’t dare to stay where he was. He just chose a direction and walked away, thinking about leaving here first and taking a taxi.

     The pedestrians on the road eased Jiaming’s fear. He held the strap of his camera bag and walked forward with his head down. His mind was in a mess. What should he do if someone grabbed him from behind? What would Xiao Shi do if she encountered such a thing?

     Before he could come up with an answer, Jiaming was suddenly bumped into by a woman in a red dress who was walking hurriedly.

     This collision was rather hard. Jiaming was knocked back two steps, and the woman in the red dress fell, dropping the pristine white wedding dress she was holding.

     Jiaming quickly reached out to her, worriedly asking, “Are you hurt?”

     Grasping his hand, the woman in the red dress said with a sob, “I’ve sprained my ankle. Could you take me back to the bridal shop?”

    Her hands were extremely cold, and Jiaming shuddered with cold, with a bad feeling in his heart. He looked around nervously and found that passers-by were looking at him with strange eyes.

     Jiaming suddenly remembered what Shixi said: Maybe there are strange people or ghost on the road, but he just didn’t find them…

     The cold fingers of the woman in the red dress squeezed into his fingers and held his fingers together. Fear instantly filled his heart.

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     Shixi returned to the hotel and comfortably nestled on the sofa to read the script, occasionally discussing her role with Lin Ying.

     When she was almost ready, she received a call from Lin Wenyi.

     “At last, there’s news from Evening Canteen.” Lin Wenyi said with a smile, “There’s been no news for so long, I almost thought they were just playing around with you.”

     Shi Xi: “Did they ask you to schedule a date?”

     Lin Wenyi: “Yes, they invited you to record the fourth episode, from 4pm to 9pm next Saturday, at a farm homestay in the suburbs. The program team will arrange accommodation for the guests. If you can spare the time, I’ll help you agree.”

     Shi Xi looked at the shooting schedule: “If you can spare the time, agree to it.”

     “Great!” Lin Wenyi cheered: “Take good care of your skin these days, and make sure to make a stunning appearance in Evening Canteen!”

     Shi Xi: “Why, do you want to market my beautiful face?”

     “My little Monk, this doesn’t need any marketing. You are naturally beautiful,” Lin Wenyi said, “I just want to piss off Wang Xinya. She will definitely cry and faint in the toilet when she sees you so pretty in the evening cafeteria, hahaha!”

     Shi Xi: “…”

     After Shi Xi hung up the phone, she heard Zhang Qingyu’s cheers: “Go to the farm and pick tomatoes!”

     Lin Ying also smiled: “Not bad, you can go to see the sunset.”

     Zhuang Mei didn’t know which variety show Evening Canteen was, but he was also happy for Shi Xi: “Your friend mentioned this variety show last night, I didn’t expect to get what you wanted so soon, good thing. I decided to take on the job of your agent and urge you to take good care of your skin every day.”

     It’s indeed a good opportunity. Shi Xi has never been on a variety show about food and farming, and she is also looking forward to it.

     There is an early show tomorrow, and Shi Xi went to bed early at Zhuang Mei’s urging.

     Unexpectedly, when she woke up, she found something incredible –

     She has grown hair! !

     Shi Xi looked at herself in the mirror with thick long hair and felt a little uncomfortable.

     Unconsciously, the baldness punishment was over, and Shi Xi felt like the curse was lifted.

     She stroked her hair and sighed: “You only know how to cherish after losing it. In the future, I will take good care of every strand of hair…”

     “Xiao Shi, don’t be happy yet,” Teacher Zhuang reminded her reluctantly: “Your Buddhist style scene has not been filmed yet.”

     Sunny, sky, thunderbolt!

     Shi Xi asked the system with tears in her eyes: “Can I apply for an extension of the punishment?”

     System: 【I have never heard of such a request, but since you asked, of course I have to satisfy you. Since you performed very well, I can let you switch between two hairstyles freely, so you don’t have to wear a wig on the variety show. 】

     After solving this “little trouble”, Shi Xi went to shoot as usual. Today’s scene was heavy, and it was already dinner time after finishing it. She and Tang Niannian were almost always filming together. After removing their makeup, they made an appointment to have dinner. They only had time to play with their phones on the way.

     After not touching their phones for a day, Shi Xi saw Lin Wenyi’s message. The director of the secret room variety show asked her to ask about the progress of the pilot filming, probably because he was afraid that they would forget about it because they were too busy filming.

     Shi Xi frowned. Didn’t Jiaming send the video to the program team? According to his personality, he should have edited the video and sent it over immediately after returning home.

     Tang Niannian saw Shi Xi frowning and asked, “What’s wrong?”

     “The secret room variety show is urging us to release the pilot film.” Shi Xi @ Jiaming in the group and asked him about the progress of the editing.

     After a long time, he didn’t reply.

     Even Tang Niannian felt that something was wrong: “Jiaming should be online at this time. He’s usually quick to respond.”

     Shi Xi called Jiaming directly.

     The call was not answered for a long time. Just when Shi Xi thought the call was going to be automatically hung up, the waiting tone suddenly distorted, and a weird laugh came from the other end of the phone.

     Shi Xi glanced at the screen. The call had been connected. The timer was jumping wildly. She pressed the speaker button, and a harsh noise jumped out. She heard a weird female voice mixed in it: “Are you his friend?”

     Tang Niannian broke out in a cold sweat. She opened her mouth to speak, but was stopped by Shi Xi.

     Obviously, the person talking to Shi Xi was not a living person.

     Shi Xi asked: “What did you do to him?”

     The woman chuckled, and her voice became more blurred and distorted: “Nothing happened to him. He was helping me choose the wedding dress tonight. He looked very happy.”

     “Beep–” After a noise, the phone was hung up.

     Tang Niannian was so scared that she grabbed Shi Xi’s wrist, tears welling up in her eyes: “Jia Ming didn’t come home last night, right? Where is he now?”

     “Ask.” Shi Xi called Jia Ming again, but this time the call didn’t go through.

     Shi Xi pondered for a moment and opened Jia Ming’s live broadcast account, which had a live broadcast preview pinned to the top not long ago.

   【Preview: Live broadcast of my wedding at 7:30 tonight. 】

     Shi Xi: Jiaming, are you helping me to achieve my KPI for exorcism?