Chapter 525 - 7: After Divorce, the Cannon Fodder Joins a Romance Variety Show (Part 7)

But looking at Jiang Lai’s delicate, fair face, it was hard not to feel a bit itchy.

How could just one episode pass and Jiang Lai change so much?

She’s become prettier, and her clothes seem... more relaxed and attractive.

A loose, simple white shirt, with one button undone at the collar, revealing a stretch of her slender, fair swan neck, the lines beautiful and smooth.

At the collar, the shape of her collarbone was pretty, and every move brought out an irresistible charm following the deep arc.

Hu Peiyuan coughed and stepped forward.

"Give me that, I’ll help you take it up."

Jiang Lai was holding a suitcase and had a bag slung over her shoulder. Hearing this, she handed the bag over directly.

"Thanks, it’s a bit heavy."

Hu Peiyuan sneered.

"I’m also a fitness blogger in my secondary career. How heavy can a bag be... heavy..."

Bam!

In front of the camera, Hu Peiyuan was pulled down by the weight of the bag and almost hit the ground.

He looked wide-eyed in disbelief, glancing at the bag, then at Jiang Lai, and finally at the camera.

His handsome face immediately blushed.

"Cough cough... What’s in this bag?"

Hu Peiyuan tried to save face and lifted it again with both hands.

The bag didn’t budge.

He took a deep breath, filled with determination, and let out a sound.

"Ha!"

Finally, with the effort of both arms, the bag was slowly lifted.

[Really? It’s just a bag, how heavy could it be?]

[It’s just entertainment effect, don’t take it seriously, guys]

[Jiang Lai lifted it like it was nothing, it has to be an exaggeration]

[Hu Peiyuan, you fool, don’t you see who is in front of you before showing off!]

Everyone assumed Hu Peiyuan was deliberately acting to entertain, as he had done the same to Shang Qingrao in the last episode, always doing exaggerated actions to make her laugh.

But obviously, no one expected him to use the same trick on Jiang Lai. Many felt it was cheesy.

[Last episode, he was chasing after Qingqing calling her beautiful sister]

[He acts well enough, why not just pivot to acting full-time?]

Hu Peiyuan’s face was red.

The bag was really heavy, yet he felt embarrassed to let others think he was too weak when a girl could easily carry it, so he pretended to be acting, his voice trembling.

"Is there a barbell in this bag?"

Jiang Lai laughed innocently.

"No, it’s a sandbag."

"Haha, you’re such a jokester."

Jiang Lai just smiled silently.

After two flights of stairs, when they reached the door, Hu Peiyuan couldn’t wait to drop the bag, his arms and legs shaking like Parkinson’s, sweating profusely made the viewers in front of the screen puzzled.

[He doesn’t look like he’s faking it]

[No way, that’s overacting, bro]

[If his acting is this good, he could win an Oscar]

The room was opened, and Hu Peiyuan stared unrelentingly at the bag Jiang Lai easily picked up, waiting for her to open it.

Then he watched Jiang Lai open the bag, and inside the more than one-meter-long black duffel sat a fully packed punching sandbag.

"Sandbag?!!"

Hu Peiyuan’s voice was hoarse.

He pointed at the bag on the ground and stared at Jiang Lai with disbelief, confused and furious as he yelled.

"You brought a hundred-jin punching sandbag to a variety show?!"

[???]

[A hundred-jin punching sandbag??]

[Jiang Lai just lifted it with one hand? Is she even human?]

[Who in their right mind brings a punching sandbag to a love show?]

Jiang Lai put her hands on her hips and looked at him.

"I’m currently working on a martial arts role, I need to bulk up, couldn’t help it."

Saying this, Jiang Lai busied herself inside for a while, while outside Hu Peiyuan wore a dreamy expression, then widened his eyes and looked at the camera behind him.

"Did you guys see that? A hundred-jin sandbag!"

It’s not that he’s weak, but Jiang Lai is unnaturally strong!

Darn, didn’t notice this last episode.

[Suggest checking, something’s off with Jiang Lai]

[Really, this must be for show!]

Everyone couldn’t believe it, but the fact was right there, Jiang Lai had just lifted over a hundred-jin object with one hand.

The barrage was full of discussions, the program had been on for less than two hours, and it had already surged to seven or eight hot topics, half of which were contributed by Jiang Lai, and the rest mostly related to the Domineering President.

In the room, the filming cameras were set in the four corners, and everyone watched Jiang Lai deftly assemble the punching sandbag.

After setting it up, Jiang Lai threw a couple of punches, felt it was okay, changed clothes, and headed downstairs.

Downstairs, several guests had already gathered, besides the first arrival, there was also a fresh-faced, delicately featured boy by the table.

This was the last guest, and the most heavyweight of this love show.

National darling Liang Qizhou, who debuted at thirteen and reached his pinnacle, now twenty-three, with ten years since debut with no scandals. Although young, he is a seasoned actor with good looks, great acting, good character, and dedication, currently one of the highest fanbase artists online.

This love show was also his first variety in his career, and a relationship observation variety at that, announced as interacting closely with other female guests, the internet crashed when it was announced, sending a mass of fans into a frenzy.

Having an artist of such high national reach, maintaining a flawless and positive development for ten years, debuting in the first variety being a romance show, its explosiveness was no less than a sudden relationship announcement from a celebrity.

This setup for a male guest naturally fits the protagonist’s aura.

The story’s romance needs a perfect, devoted Bai Yueguang.

Liang Qizhou is Shang Qingrao’s senior, having just finished a film collaboration, where Liang Qizhou played the male lead, and Shang Qingrao was just the third female lead, though with little screen time, was the male lead’s sacrificial fiancée for the country.

Their first collaboration was already as a couple, a second time at a love show, because the two had quite a few CP fans who even specially named them "Yuyinraoliang."

But obviously, this part of fans is few, most fans resolutely opposed their brother being in a relationship, even though the brother has successfully transitioned, and considering his age, fans just can’t accept him falling in love.

In the original plot, Liang Qizhou’s feelings for the heroine were very subtle, he was a gentle and patient senior, who took the initiative to guide the heroine’s acting skills and would promote her films and series.

But clearly, in the author’s mind, Liang Qizhou is the high flower on the cliff for the world, even the heroine could only get special favor.