Chapter 216: Chapter 214: The Soberly Aware Song Jiayan

While Xie Fu Yao and the others were putting on a show, yelling at Wen Ying and the rest...

CRACK!

The boat, which had been creaking and groaning as if it would fall apart at any moment, finally split after taking on water!

Song Jiayan was dumbfounded. ’It really broke?’

Xu Jiali hugged Little White tightly, her eyes shut as she muttered, "Great Immortal, Great Immortal, please save us."

At this moment, she had completely forgotten about Wen Ying’s promise to help her become famous.

When Jiang Beibei, Xie Fu Yao, and the others saw this, they were ecstatic!

But they still had to put on an act, anxiously yelling at the production team.

"Director, hurry and save them!"

Only Zhao Qi didn’t shout. He sprinted directly toward the broken boat. ’These are people’s lives at stake!’

[Holy crap! It really broke???]

[So that boat really wasn’t safe. Jiang Beibei was right. Why is everyone so hostile toward her?]

[It wasn’t just Jiang Beibei. Xie Fu Yao, Meng Xiaoyi, and Zhang Jingxing all tried to talk her out of it, but Doctor Wen seemed determined to have her own way. Now look what happened. She treated their good intentions like dirt. No wonder they’re angry!]

[Why is the production team just standing there like idiots? This is a production accident! Has the director lost his mind?]

Director Wen, who had been calmly waiting for the plot twist, felt a jolt of surprise after being urged on by his staff and hearing the loud shouts from Xie Fu Yao and Jiang Beibei.

’Did I really get it wrong?’

’Isn’t Doctor Wen supposed to be amazing?’

Director Wen shot to his feet, his face etched with anxiety.

If there was a real accident on his show, he could forget about ever working in this industry again!

He could also forget about achieving any of his damn dreams!

Zhao Qi already had one foot in the lake water. "Don’t move! Wait for me to come save you! I can swim!"

Just as Zhao Qi was about to dive into the water...

The production crew suddenly fell silent.

The guests fell silent too.

It was as if they had just witnessed something out of a fantasy movie.

Song Jiayan was clutching a large piece of the boat’s wreckage. After realizing he wasn’t going to sink, he slowly climbed up, found a comfortable position, and sat on the piece of wood floating on the lake.

Meanwhile, Xu Jiali had been holding Little White. When the boat split, her body, which had fallen into the water, seemed to just float without sinking.

Xu Jiali instantly understood what was happening. Looking even more relaxed and natural than Song Jiayan, she also sat down on a piece of wood floating on the lake.

Compared to the initial chaos of the other two, Wen Ying was far more serene and even possessed a certain aesthetic grace.

When the boat split apart, she stood up, her feet planted on a long wooden plank.

Her balance was incredible.

The plank beneath her feet seemed to have a built-in radar, gliding slowly toward the opposite shore.

[Crossing the river on a single reed? Ptooey! Doctor Wen is crossing the river on a single plank! Isn’t this skill just divine?]

[Every day I think I’ve seen the full extent of Doctor Wen’s awesomeness, but every day she shows me she’s even more amazing!]

[Doctor Wen is a treasure!]

[Watching Doctor Wen cross the lake with such aesthetic grace, I just want to ask, does anyone still doubt our Hua Country’s kung fu?]

[Is this martial arts? I don’t think so. I saw a trending topic a while back about a beautiful woman who could cross a river on a single bamboo pole and even dance on it! But she needed a paddle. I think that’s considered intangible cultural heritage, right?]

[Who cares if it’s cultural heritage or martial arts! The point is, Hua Country has its own legends, you know? This’ll scare the crap out of those foreigners!]

[I don’t know why, but seeing Doctor Wen’s movements and then looking at Xu Jiali and Song Jiayan... I suddenly want to laugh. I really can’t hold it in, HAHAHAHAHA!]

In contrast to Wen Ying’s effortlessness, Xu Jiali and Song Jiayan clearly looked a bit pathetic.

But in the eyes of the other guests, they were already cursing ’holy shit’ a hundred times in their heads.

’Why does this woman know how to do even this???’

’Aren’t you just some minor internet celebrity???’

’Aren’t you a doctor?’

Meng Xiaoyi could feel a thick cloud of jealousy and sourness emanating from herself and the people around her.

’Why can this woman snatch victory from the jaws of defeat?’

’Heaven must be blind!’

The production crew was buzzing with discussion, and Director Wen’s heart finally settled.

’I knew it. Doctor Wen is no ordinary person!’

’Why would they need to intervene for a small matter like this?’

"Xiao Liu, what are the numbers now?" Director Wen turned and asked Xiao Liu urgently.

Xiao Liu snapped back to reality and looked at the data on the computer. Instantly, his pupils dilated!

"This... is this... am I seeing things?"

"Xiao Liu! I’m talking to you! Why are you being so slow all of a sudden!"

"Di... Di-Director! It’s not that! I think the data must be wrong!"

Director Wen’s expression turned cold. ’Did something go wrong?’

’Weren’t things going fine just a moment ago?’

’Is it because Doctor Wen had an accident and the production team didn’t react in time, so everyone tuned out?’

’Was my prediction a major failure?’

"What is the number?" Director Wen’s voice was tinged with coldness.

"Three... three..."

"Three hundred?" Director Wen’s heart sank like a stone.

’No, I have to turn this around!’

"Three million!" Xiao Liu finally managed to say the number.

Director Wen, who had started to sway, froze like a statue when he heard "three million."

’Three million?’

’Am I hearing things?’

"Is it really three million?"

Xiao Liu looked like he was about to cry. "Director, the numbers are still rising..."

’The tech department is probably going to get an earful, right?’ 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Director Wen suddenly burst out laughing. ’Now that’s more like it!’

’Three hundred... that nearly scared me to death!’

’Doctor Wen’s fans are so loyal. How could they not watch her variety show debut?’

’Three million, now *that’s* normal!’

This show is going to be a hit!

And he, Director Wen, was going to be a hit too!

’Even though it’s my first time, I’m going to be famous!’

’HAHAHAHA, this is so exciting!’

"Director, are you all right?"

An assistant standing nearby looked at Director Wen suspiciously and asked in a low voice.

"All right? What could possibly be wrong with me? Hurry up and get a good shot of Doctor Wen, you hear me! When this episode is over, I’m giving everyone a huge bonus!"

Hearing this, the staff members were instantly energized as if they’d been shot up with adrenaline.

They had just been worried that an accident on the show would cost them their bonuses, or even their jobs.

But who would have thought things would take such a turn!

’Big bonuses, here we come!’

Xu Jiali looked at Wen Ying with some envy. "Song Jiayan, do you think we can stand up like Sister Yingying? I feel like her movements are so cool! It’s definitely going to go viral! The two of us just look like drowned rats."

[Miss Xu knows how to make fun of herself, hahaha!]

[I don’t know about elegant, but Miss Xu and Song Jiayan are definitely going to be famous after this!]

Song Jiayan was speechless.

’Who describes themselves like that?’

’How do we look like drowned rats???’

’Isn’t this more legendary than what any normal person could do?’

But when he actually spoke, Song Jiayan chose his words carefully, his tone soft and gentle. "I’m afraid if we try to stand up, we’ll just fall back in and become a bigger joke. The attention we’re getting now should be pretty good, right?"

[Song Jiayan is the voice of reason!]

[The sanest man in the Mortal World, that’s Song Jiayan! But Song Jiayan, when are you going to sing a song for us?]