Chapter 21 Allergy (Bug Fix) "I want to go home."...
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Chapter 21 Allergy (Bug Fix) "I want to go home."...
Liao Jiayue was originally walking on the side.
Seeing Ye Hantao and Su Yi'ang getting more and more familiar with each other, even making plans to play games together, she suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
Liao Jiayue quickened her pace, took Ye Hantao's arm, and agreed, "Taotao, is your brother still doing the same job? If so, he must be really good at playing games."
Upon hearing this, Su Yi'ang immediately took the bait, "Does Brother Tao Tao work at a game company? As a planner? As a tester?"
Liao Jiayue smiled and waited for Ye Hantao's reply.
Ever since Ye Hantao signed the contract for the variety show "Classmates Are Here," she has taken the opportunity of sending messages to inquire about Ye Hantao's family situation.
My father works in real estate sales, my mother works as an accountant in a small private company with a dozen or so employees, and my older brother works as an internet cafe manager.
My parents both had their salaries taken down recently.
This hand of cards is better than even the high school classmates in the story.
Ye Hantao, thinking about her persona, replied in a more sophisticated way: "My brother manages a lot of people who play games."
Zhou Mingsheng immediately straightened his back and tensed his shoulder blades.
A barely perceptible tension shone through his long, dark eyes behind his glasses.
However, his cold aura masked his anger, making him appear more like he was enraged.
The players who were in the middle of a practice match immediately fell silent and cautiously glanced at the coaching staff.
The first team members were terrified: We beat the second team too late, is the coach angry?
The second team members were panicked and their hands were trembling: We were defeated by the first team too early, and the coach is angry?
Help.
Help! Help!
Su Yi'ang's attention was completely drawn to the people playing games; they were colleagues!
"Big brother's a gamer too?!" Su Yi'ang greeted him familiarly, then asked excitedly, "Which team is he on?"
Liao Jiayue bent her fingers, intending to tap his head lightly, and Su Yi'ang instinctively dodged.
He was somewhat troubled.
Why does Liao Jiayue either touch his hair or want to knock him on the head?
When he dodged her, Liao Jiayue assumed he was joking and said naturally, "Oh, is playing e-sports all you've got on your mind? Tao Tao's older brother works as an internet cafe manager."
The agent, who was watching the live stream, frowned, his face showing disapproval.
"Jia Yue's move was too hasty."
[Who in the family laughed? Hahahaha!]
Ye Hantao is being vain again.
Is it problematic for a network administrator to be in charge of managing a large number of gamers?
[Ye Hantao really gained fans with her videos? And people are even trying to defend her vain response?]
"...Although I might get scolded for saying this, I used to exaggerate my parents' jobs when I was in school because I felt inferior. I know it's wrong, but I just couldn't help it, so I kind of understand Ye Hantao..."
Why do people always talk about how great they are?! You're in the minority! Understand?! Your thinking is abnormal! Incorrect! Do you get it?!
I've realized that 90% of the people who keep criticizing Ye Hantao are actually fans of Liao Jiayue.
[Haha, Liao Jiayue isn't exactly innocent either. She's just afraid people won't know that Ye Hantao's family has someone working as a network administrator; she can't keep her little scheme to herself any longer.]
[Why drag Yueyue into everything? It's better to be upfront now than for Ye Hantao to lie and get condemned by the entire internet.]
[Yueyue simply doesn't think being a network administrator is shameful; those haters really have dirty minds.]
[Yes, yes, I'm waiting to see Liao Jiayue's scandal collapse, hehe.]
[Illness progression 90% (critical threshold), current character profile maintained at 8/10.]
Ye Hantao was worried that her answer to Gao hadn't been included in maintaining her persona when she unexpectedly heard an electronic voice.
It's still useful.
“Yes, my older brother is highly regarded in the internet cafe.” Ye Hantao followed Liao Jiayue’s words and further elevated her brother’s status, “He is often responsible for training new employees.”
The older brother said that the boss valued him, which is why he was put on the night shift. She also saw him on the balcony a few times, making phone calls to instruct employees, asking them to review their work and accumulate experience.
The audience: "..."
No matter how high you look at it, he's just a network administrator.
Su Yi'ang gave a thumbs up, "Our big brother is still the top dog in the internet cafe!"
"Is he your older brother? That's why you call him that?" Zhou Mingsheng was sure that Tao Tao hadn't noticed anything amiss with his identity, so he had the leisure to nitpick about Su Yi'ang's way of addressing him.
“Peng Yu,” he said.
A baby-faced boy sprang up from his chair with a whoosh, shouting, "Here!"
Zhou Mingsheng adjusted his glasses slightly. "In five minutes, I confiscated all the drinks and snacks in Su Yi'ang's dorm room."
Peng Yu: "!"
Other team members: "!!"
During the conversation, the group entered the courtyard under the guidance of the staff of the "Red Star Xuan Paper" base.
On the way, we happened to run into a group of junior high school students leaving together.
Ye Hantao's gaze lingered on them for a moment. A group of teenagers, their eyes beaming with joy, were walking out while saying they had to write essays when they got back.
During those years, she and her friends from the extracurricular classes would walk out hand in hand as soon as get out of class ended.
When they went out to eat last month, they were discussing saving money so they could buy plane tickets together next year to support Mingyi at the Olympics.
"These are students who came for intangible cultural heritage study tours," a staff member explained with a smile. "Some parents also bring their children to experience it."
Yuan Kai took it upon himself to chat with the staff, and through these conversations, he also helped the viewers in the live stream to gain some understanding of the history of "Red Star Xuan Paper".
Ye Hantao walked beside her, listening attentively.
She started learning to paint in junior high school and used a lot of Xuan paper during that time, but she never actually tried making Xuan paper herself.
That's great, I'll be able to learn a new skill today.
When they finished making Xuan paper at the base, the sky was already heavily covered by dark clouds.
The wind rustled through the leaves, startling birds into flight and bringing a light drizzle.
Ye Hantao looked away, pouted, and said, "All you ever do is rain. If you're so capable, why don't you rain down red envelopes?"
The system mentioned that her knees would still hurt on rainy days.
[It's rare to hear something so agreeable from Ye Hantao, hahaha.]
I can't imagine how happy I would be if this torrential rain turned into a rain of red envelopes.
She needed to get in the car quickly, otherwise the rain would get worse and cause trouble. Ye Hantao quickened her pace, not even stopping to re-tie her loose ponytail.
She was holding a gift from the base, a box of traditional Chinese writing implements, with gold lettering embossed on the red paper box.
Su Yi'ang chased after Ye Hantao, calling out, "Tao Tao!"
"Huh?" Ye Hantao's gaze passed over him and saw Jin Shiyue get into the Bentley in front. "Are you switching cars with Sister Shiyue?"
Su Yi'ang chuckled, "I asked you to."
“Didn’t you say you’d go home and re-edit it?” Su Yi’ang’s slightly parted lips revealed two small tiger teeth. “I want to tell you where I can make it even more handsome.”
Ye Hantao edits videos out of habit, and she's quite happy to see Su Yi'ang taking it so seriously.
Liao Jiayue saw Su Yi'ang chasing after Ye Hantao into the same Bentley from afar, and a surge of anger rose in her heart.
Even the Bentley in front of him now seemed to be causing complaints.
Why did they have to come in four Bentleys?
If everyone had taken the bus together as planned in the original proposal, she would never have given Ye Hantao the opportunity to seduce Su Yi'ang.
Boom—
Thunder rumbled, and the sky grew even darker.
Ye Hantao listened to Su Yi'ang's suggestion and expectations, and nodded occasionally, "Sure."
Another rumble of thunder sounded. Ye Hantao scratched her slightly itchy face, guessing that the rain had made the temperature humid and hot, making her skin a little uncomfortable.
Splash!
The heavy rain poured down, blurring the car windows, and tree branches swayed on the street.
Ye Hantao hugged her backpack to her chest and rubbed her elbows and knees a few times, barely noticing.
Just like the system said, it aches on rainy days.
The villa they stayed in had an underground garage, but the production team wanted to create an atmosphere of everyone rushing to take shelter from the rain, so they insisted that the driver park the car in the yard.
The rain was pouring down, pounding against the car windows.
Ye Hantao pushed open the door and had just opened her umbrella when a gust of wind blew in, lifting half of the umbrella.
The rain instantly soaked my cheeks and the ends of my hair, feeling cool and refreshing.
Ye Hantao hugged her backpack tightly with one hand and gripped the umbrella handle firmly with the other.
In the torrential rain, I carefully avoided the puddles on the bluestone slabs and hurried toward the house.
"Aaaaaaah! Why is the rain falling at an angle? The umbrella is useless!" Su Yi'ang's body was soaked on one side, so he simply opened the umbrella and ran forward.
Splat!
He stepped into the puddle, splashing Ye Hantao's trouser leg and soiling her canvas shoes, which had been dodging puddles the whole way.
"Ahhhhh, Tao Tao, I'm so sorry! I didn't see it!"
"It's okay, I was going to wash my shoes anyway."
Just as Su Yi'ang breathed a sigh of relief, he saw Ye Hantao holding the umbrella handle and waving it in his direction.
"!!!" He jumped around, trying to avoid the rain. "Aren't you going to say you're okay?!"
Ye Hantao said matter-of-factly, "Just because nothing happened doesn't mean I can't give a little report."
He Qiang passed by them with an umbrella, frowning and urging, "Stop playing around. Aren't you afraid of catching a cold tomorrow morning from all this roughhousing in the rain?"
"Oh!" Ye Hantao and Su Yi'ang huddled together under the umbrella and slunk away.
[Aaaaaaah, the Peach Crisp Couple is real!!!]
【？？？？？？】
【You guys even have a couple name?】
[Shipping Ye Hantao and Flash is less desirable than shipping Liao Jiayue and Flash; the head-patting couple is the true classic.]
[Tui! Only those born into noble families are the true lineage!]
[A golden branch and jade leaf? Who?]
[Jin Shiyue and Ye Hantao?]
[...6, you guys are really not picky.]
Liao Jiayue had taken cover under the eaves earlier. Looking back at Ye Hantao and Su Yi'ang returning with their umbrellas side by side, she secretly bit her lip, leaving clear teeth marks.
They rode back in the same car, and their relationship was even closer than it had been that morning!
Liao Jiayue is extremely annoyed. Why did the production team change the bus into a Bentley?
Since it was her transmigrating into the book that caused the butterfly effect, Su Yi'ang should ride in the same car as her.
Ye Hantao changed into dry clothes in the bathroom, pushed open the door and came out, "Sister Shiyue, you go ahead and take a shower."
Just as Jin Shiyue was about to nod, she heard Ye Hantao say in a light tone, "I'll watch a video for a while."
Watching videos? What videos? Videos of someone stabbing their roommate more than ten times?
"I still have work to do." Jin Shiyue sat back on the bed with a blank face, leaving no room for argument. "You go first."
[Wrapped in the style of a golden branch and jade leaf!]
[Every time Kim Si-wol appears on a variety show, she takes a shower first, and then spends two hours in the bathroom doing so...]
Ye Hantao didn't think too much about it, "Then I'll go wash first!"
"..." Jin Shiyue watched Ye Hantao eagerly open her suitcase and rummage through her toiletries, and the corners of her mouth twitched.
Fortunately, she didn't fall into Ye Hantao's trap. She really wanted to take a shower as soon as possible. If she had waited outside for an hour, she would have been filled with anger and had nowhere to vent it.
Ye Hantao only felt itchy on her face while in the car, but after changing her clothes, she felt itchy all over. She really wanted to wash off the rainwater as soon as possible.
"Sister Shiyue, I can take a shower pretty quickly."
"You, slow, slow, wash."
Jin Shiyue spoke slowly and deliberately, her phoenix eyes fixed on Ye Hantao's suitcase, looking it over twice, quite certain that there were no knives inside.
Ye Hantao got up, carrying her toiletries.
Jin Shiyue was stunned. "You only brought this little bit of stuff?"
The viewers in the live stream all looked at what Ye Hantao was holding in her arms: a box of soap (?) and two small transparent bottles. That was it.
"I've brought everything I need." Ye Hantao glanced down at herself. "Soap, shampoo, body lotion, I don't need anything."
Jin Shiyue: "???"
She got up and walked over. "Where's the facial cleanser?"
Ye Hantao pointed to the soap in her arms, "I use it to wash my face."
Kim Si-wol: "What about your body scrub and body wash?"
Ye Hantao pointed to the soap in her arms, "This one."
This is soap made by my great-aunt; it has a very light jasmine scent mixed with sandalwood.
She and her older brother dried the jasmine flowers together.
My great-aunt said that the cost of this bar of soap is around ten yuan.
She had used facial cleansers and shower gels that cost tens of yuan from the supermarket, but none of them were as good as this bar of soap.
After hearing this, my great-aunt emphasized that although it could compare to a facial cleanser that costs tens of yuan, it was definitely not as good as a facial cleanser or shower gel that cost a hundred yuan.
Ye Hantao wasn't surprised; the cost was there, it would be abnormal if it were comparable.
My college roommate had a bottle of facial cleanser that cost almost 200 yuan. I recommended she try it once, but she refused because her skin is prone to allergies.
Ye Hantao touched her face. Once she could maintain her persona for a while longer and wasn't worried about allergies, she could borrow it from her roommate to try it out.
If a bar of soap costing ten yuan is this good, then a facial cleanser costing two hundred yuan must be even better.
Jin Shiyue was speechless. "You don't usually use bath salts, bath sponges, or hair masks?"
Ye Hantao shook her head. "No need."
"...Girl, have you forgotten your persona?"
[Even if you want to cultivate a spoiled persona, it's useless if your financial situation doesn't allow it.]
This soap and the liquid in the bottle may still be counterfeit or substandard products.
[How could she possibly use just a bar of soap? Just look at Ye Hantao's hair and skin condition!]
Her hair couldn't possibly be this smooth without a hair mask and serum! It feels like silk even without touching it!!
Is this an attempt to project an image of someone who doesn't have the same meticulous skincare routine as others, yet still smells and feels soft?
[Illness progression 90% (critical threshold), current character profile maintained at 9/10.]
Ye Hantao was stunned.
Where does this persona come from?
"Sister Shiyue, what else do you need for washing up?" she asked.
Jin Shiyue stared at Ye Hantao's face, which was full of collagen, and said in a mixed voice, "Various essences, hair essence, facial essence, body essence, foot essence."
“I suggest you start using it sooner rather than later.” Jin Shiyue’s gaze fell on the strands of hair around Ye Hantao’s neck. “Don’t take advantage of your youth and squander it.”
There's no other explanation but youth; surely Ye Hantao's soaps can't compare to her collection of big brands?
Ye Hantao blinked. "I only need one bar of soap."
I waited and waited, but the notification to maintain my persona didn't come. What a disappointment; I thought I could complete 10/10 of the task.
Look! She's just faking her natural beauty!
This time I believe it.
Ye Hantao turned and walked towards the bathroom. Just as she touched the doorknob, Jin Shiyue's voice came from behind her, "What brand of soap do you use?"
"This? My great-aunt made it!"
Ye Hantao turned around and said, "Sister Shiyue, do you like the taste? I'll ask my great-aunt to make you one too."
Jin Shiyue walked away expressionlessly. "I'm not used to using soap." It's still because I'm young.
At 8 p.m., Yuncheng was shrouded in a raging storm, and the sycamore trees in the residential area were being whipped and battered against the ground by the wind.
It was only noon in Country D, but the sky was clear and blue.
Zhou Ti temporarily left the bedroom and went to the living room to discuss cooperation with her partners from Country D regarding credit instruments and trade finance.
The video conference came to an end, and Ye Weizheng came over with his tablet.
Tao Tao was taking a shower, and Jin Shiyue was the only one in the live stream room. They also took time to handle their own work.
"Tao Tao is out?"
"No."
Zhou Ti glanced at the time. "Tao Tao's bath time rarely exceeds 40 minutes, it's been almost an hour."
“I just observed that Jin Shiyue didn’t have any extra reaction. Maybe it’s because she got rained on that Tao Tao washed more carefully.” Ye Weizheng opened a PPT on his tablet and sat down next to Zhou Ti. “I’ve made notes on all the people who can be upgraded in the second episode. Take a look.”
Just as Zhou Ti took the tablet, the sound of a lock being opened came from the doorway. Turning around, she saw her eldest son, Zhou Mingsheng, walking in with his head down, his long-handled umbrella dripping water.
Ye Weizheng went to the bathroom to find a dry towel. "You came back in this pouring rain?"
Zhou Mingsheng wiped his face with a towel. "I took a taxi downstairs, it was only a short walk."
“If you stay at the base, Tao Tao can still video call you.”
"...It's too late."
When Tao Tao video calls home at night, he first calls his parents, and the three of them can chat for two or three hours. When it's his turn to chat in the base dormitory, it might be until midnight.
Ye Weizheng placed the umbrella in the restroom. When he came out, he raised his chin and said, "Perfect timing. Sit down and check out next week's variety show schedule with your mother."
During the first week of the variety show, they didn't interfere much because they were afraid of causing trouble for Tao Tao.
I watched the live stream all day today. Tao Tao not only wasn't sick, but she also said in the group chat that her joints didn't hurt anymore.
“Yes, Mingsheng, please also offer your suggestions.” Zhou Ti patted the spot beside her. “While the live stream is still running, send the documents to the production team.”
Zhou Mingsheng had just sat down when he suddenly heard a gasp from the tablet.
Jin Shiyue was shocked. "Ye Hantao, your face is covered in red rashes!"
The number of comments in the live stream also surged rapidly, leaving a group of viewers stunned.
Ye Hantao, who had just come out of the bathroom, still had the same face, but her fair and tender skin was covered with a layer of small red rashes, and her cheeks were swollen.
[Holy crap? The water in the villa is poisonous?!]
[That's impossible! Ang'ang and Wu Xia have already finished washing up, and nothing's wrong with them.]
Yuan Kai has finished washing up too, and he's fine. Surely it can't be just Ye Hantao and Jin Shiyue's bedroom that has a problem, right?
Ye Hantao's soap...
[Did you have an allergic reaction to a substandard product?]
[Holy crap? Highly toxic soap!]
Outside the window, everything was covered in white, and the rain was so heavy that it almost overturned the entire villa. The yard lights were blurred into indistinct spots of light in the rain.
Ye Hantao covered her cheek with one hand, her face blank.
My ears felt like they were glued shut; I couldn't hear the rain or Jin Shiyue's words.
Jin Shiyue: "..."
Oh no, the child is mentally impaired.
[Case progression: 91%...93.3%...94.1%...]
A series of indifferent electronic sounds pierced through everything and slammed into my ears.
All I did was get caught in the rain and take a shower. How did this genetic disease suddenly break out?
The system didn't say anything about not being able to get wet in the rain or take a shower before it left.
As her condition progressed rapidly, Ye Hantao's hands and feet became ice-cold, she even forgot to breathe, and her mind went blank.
Only one thought kept swirling in her mind... Would she die when the electronic voice announced 100% completion?
The system clearly stated that maintaining the persona would allow for recovery.
She hasn't even spoken much with her family yet. If she knew that appearing on a variety show wouldn't change anything, she would definitely stay at home...
Oh right! My parents and older brother are still watching the live stream!
Ye Hantao felt a lump in her throat and subconsciously looked up to find the closest camera.
The moment our eyes met, it felt like I was seeing my family across a distance, and tears just started falling without warning.
She wanted to go home.
The viewers in the live stream were frightened by Ye Hantao's panicked and sad eyes.
To my surprise, Ye Hantao even cried.
[It's just an allergy, right? Is the little girl scared?]
It's not a terminal illness, is it really that big of a deal?
[Don't cry! Jin Shiyue is really no good roommate, quickly hug and comfort her!]
I suddenly feel like crying too, I feel like she doesn't want to let me go QAQ
My dog looked at me like this before he passed away...
Jin Shiyue felt unusually flustered when she touched the tears on Ye Hantao's face.
"The production team!"
She turned her head and glared at the camera, which also caught the attention of the viewers in the live stream. "Where are you all—"
The hurried footsteps interrupted Jin Shiyue's questioning, and there was a constant knocking at the door.
Knock knock knock.
The program crew knocked on the door and called out, "Please open the door, the medical team is here."
Jin Shiyue's displeased expression turned to astonishment the moment she opened the door.
In the blink of an eye, the viewers in the live stream also saw the scene outside the door.
Four medical staff carried a stretcher and a first aid kit, while another medical staff member carried a portable AED device.
They snapped out of their shock at Ye Hantao crying and frantically typed in the comments.
[Such a big fuss over an allergy?]
[Help! I saw an AED on a variety show!]
[In the last reality show featuring Yuan Kai with children, the kids had fevers, and the production team didn't even have any children's fever reducers!]
[Holy crap! Quick, switch to Wu Xia's livestream! You can see a medical vehicle in the yard!]
[The show "My Classmate's Here" really managed to find every possible pairing.]
Ye Hantao didn't want to waste any more time.
She picked up her phone to call her family; she wanted to go home, she wanted to go home as soon as possible.
"Little girl, don't move yet."
Ye Hantao was helped back to sit on the sofa by the medical staff.
The gentle reassurances from the medical staff reached my ears: "It looks like an allergic reaction, don't be too scared."
It's not an allergy, I'm really dying.
Ye Hantao heard another electronic voice, [Disease Progress: 97.3%]
"I don't want to be examined, I want to go home." Ye Hantao refused to cooperate with the medical staff and stubbornly emphasized repeatedly, "I want to go home."
Sister, you've overdone it.
Is Ye Hantao really not a trainee at some company? Her acting skills surpass many young actresses in the industry.
[drop--]
[Data detected as abnormal, refresh paused. Current disease progression: 97.4%.]
That beep sounded both near and far.
Ye Hantao suddenly stopped moving.
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Author's note: It's okay, it's okay, it's okay!