Chapter 72: Chi Xiasheng is a Merman!
Kuncheng was a small town in the south. Although it was almost late autumn, the climate was still as warm as spring.
As soon as Chi Xiasheng got out of the airport, he was so hot that he took off his coat, leaving only a white inner shirt.
The little assistant quickly took his clothes and reported his schedule to him.
This assistant was a recent graduate. Although he was a little shy and slow, he was very meticulous and recorded all of Chi Xiasheng’s arrangements on his phone.
“We’re the last to arrive. The show will be recorded for about a week. Besides Cheng Heng and Su Chimian, there are also three permanent guests.
“This variety show is a lifestyle type. The tasks are not heavy. It mostly relies on the guests’ own performance.”
Chi Xiasheng had also watched a few episodes of the show before. There were not too many gimmicks. It followed a warm and heartwarming route. Although it was not particularly popular, it had a fixed audience.
Nodding, he closed his eyes to catch up on sleep.
He didn’t know how long had passed before the car stopped in front of a small wooden building.
The permanent guest, Li Hao, stood at the door and, seeing Chi Xiasheng get off, he exaggeratedly clutched his chest and said, “Oh my god, another handsome guy has come. How are we old guests supposed to live!”
Chi Xiasheng knew that he was doing it for the show, but he was still amused by his dancing and gestured, and walked over with his luggage, pursing his lips.
“Hello, Brother Li. My name is Chi Xiasheng. I’m a guest for this episode.”
Li Hao was a good person with a good temper. He laughed and patted his shoulder, leading him into the house.
“Little Xia, you’re the last to arrive. We’ve already had lunch. Sister Jiao made shredded chicken today. It was so fragrant. It’s really a pity you came so late.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Sister Jiao came in with a plate, lifting the curtain with a flourish, and said with a chiding tone, “Who said that? I specially saved a portion for the handsome guy. Handsome guys should enjoy the treatment of handsome guys!”
Li Ge and Sister Jiao cooperated and said a few words, which immediately filled the variety show effect, and the atmosphere also became relaxed and cheerful.
Chi Xiasheng was about to sit down and try her shredded chicken, but before he could, he saw a person walking down the wooden spiral staircase.
“Oh, someone’s here?”
A boy with a small braid walked down slowly. Seeing him at the table, his thin lips curled up slightly.
“Young Master Chi, I’ve heard so much about you.”
Chi Xiasheng had rarely seen a boy with long hair, and his appearance was not feminine at all. Instead, it had a sharp and wanton beauty.
The words he said were also like him, with a sting, very prickly.
He frowned slightly and suppressed the slightly familiar words, nodding coldly.
“Chi Xiasheng, not some young master. Just call me by my name.”
Cheng Heng on the stairs snorted lightly, crossed his arms, and walked down, not speaking again.
Because the relationship between the Cheng and Su families had always been bad, he naturally didn’t like him, who had the blood of the Su family.
The atmosphere between the two of them instantly dropped to a freezing point.
Li Hao and Sister Jiao were about to liven up the atmosphere when, in the next moment, Su Chimian ran in with a fish.
“Brother Li, Sister Jiao! I caught a big black fish! We’re in for a treat tonight!”
The big black fish was flapping its tail in his hands, splashing water all over his face.
He squinted his eyes, unable to hold down the big black fish. He had to bend down and throw it into the plastic bucket next to him.
Just as he stood up straight, his eyes met with Chi Xiasheng’s.
The smile on his lips faded a little, and his expression was even a little distorted. “Chi Xiasheng is also here.”
Chi Xiasheng nodded lightly and didn’t bother with him much.
The moment he saw him, he had the urge to turn around and leave.
After all, his face was not so thick that he could still smile at him after so many things had happened. He wished he could stay far away from him and never see him again in this lifetime!
Without the title of the Su family’s young master, he didn’t dare to show his face in the entertainment industry anymore and had quietly disappeared for a while.
If it weren’t for Cheng Wangzhou wanting to see Su Chengjian suffer and ordering Cheng Heng to take him on the show to disgust him, he probably wouldn’t have come to this show to be abused.
Now his reputation was almost ruined. He could even imagine the netizens’ ridicule of him after the show was broadcast.
But there was no way. He had no status in the Cheng family and lived a cautious and humble life. He didn’t dare to object to whatever Cheng Wangzhou said and could only follow him with a gloomy face.
Li Ge and Sister Jiao also knew about the enmity between him and Chi Xiasheng. No matter how humorous they were, they couldn’t ease this awkward atmosphere.
Seeing that the scene had completely cooled down, Cheng Heng propped up his face and clicked his tongue impatiently twice.
“I thought you two would fight when you met. What a buzzkill.”
Cheng Heng, who had no fun to watch, let out a laugh and went upstairs with his arms crossed.
Chi Xiasheng looked at him, who was as proud and wanton as the rumors said, and with his relationship with Su Chimian, he had completely given up the thought of befriending him.
As for the new song, he also planned to find another composer to produce it.
“We usually go to the fields to help in the afternoon. Little Mian knows the way, so why don’t you go with us? Little Xia can stay here and rest for a while. How about you help us make dinner?”
Sister Jiao thought for a moment and still separated the two of them and gave them tasks so that it wouldn’t be too ugly.
Chi Xiasheng nodded in agreement, and Su Chimian also couldn’t wait to go out.
The two of them now felt suffocated when they were in the same space.
Chi Xiasheng’s room was on the far left of the second floor, with a small wooden sign with his name carved on it.
When he pushed open the door, it was a clean and tidy room with a hint of sandalwood. He packed his luggage, took a simple shower, and, seeing that it was getting dark, he prepared to go out to prepare dinner.
Walking to the kitchen door, he accidentally kicked the red plastic bucket that Su Chimian had brought.
The black fish leaped out of the water and fell back, seeming to have no strength, but it still struggled to stick its head out of the water.
“Little Xia! Little Xia!”
Chi Xiasheng watched the fish’s mouth open and close, and he also heard a slightly familiar voice in his ear.
“You…”
Blinking, he picked up the bucket, and a person suddenly came to his mind.
Although it was a bit absurd, he took the bucket into the kitchen and, in a blind spot of the surveillance, he whispered, “Xiao Ze?”
The black fish suddenly shook violently, splashing a lot of water.
“It’s me, it’s me!”
Chi Xiasheng had a feeling that he had expected it.
Xiao Ze was a dark-skinned boy he had met in a small village when he was recording a variety show for the first time.
That small village was a bit spooky. The director had been inexplicably possessed, and he had also encountered the biggest lightning storm he had ever seen in his life.
Thinking of this, he roughly understood what the rumors about those small villages were about.
Although he had met an old friend, he still didn’t dare to act rashly.
There were cameras everywhere here. He could only look around and, while it was still early, he took the plastic bucket and went out.
Su Chimian, who was changing his clothes after a fall, saw him holding the fish he had caught and not letting the cameraman follow him, and his eyes couldn’t help but narrow.
Feeling that there must be something fishy going on, he didn’t even change his clothes and quietly followed him.
Chi Xiasheng walked to a sparsely populated place before he dared to ask, “Xiao Ze, why are you here? And you were caught?”
Hearing his words, the black fish stopped wagging its tail, and the whole fish looked a little dejected.
“I failed my tribulation and couldn’t transform back into a human. I was washed here by the waves and was even grabbed by the tail by that bad guy. It hurt so much.”
He knew that some small demons had to go through tribulations. For example, Wen Nian had to go through a tribulation to become a human.
“Then are you okay? If I put you back in the sea, can you protect yourself?”
Xiao Ze had taken care of him before, and he also remembered his kindness and wanted to help him with his own strength.
“I don’t know. I’m seriously injured, and I can’t use my magic anymore.”
But soon, he wagged his tail and said with feigned ease, “But thank you anyway, Little Xia. I never expected to see you here. You don’t have to worry about me. Just put me in the sea.”
He frowned and shook his head. Thinking of the silly boy who had helped him take revenge before, he made up his mind.
“Xiao Ze, you can just…”
Su Chimian, who was following him, hid behind a tree and, seeing him muttering, he couldn’t help but wonder.
What is he talking to himself about?
And he even came to the seaside. Could it be that he really came with a bucket to catch fish?
Just as he thought he had wasted his time, in the next moment, he saw Chi Xiasheng take off his shirt and, after releasing the fish, he jumped straight into the sea.
Su Chimian, who had personally seen him fall into the sea before, saw this scene, and his eyes widened.
He turned around and took two deep breaths before he slowly calmed down.
This time, he wasn’t forced to fall into the sea. He jumped in on his own. It has nothing to do with me!
At that time, he had just wanted to find a few small hooligans at the birthday party to teach him a lesson, but he never expected that the security at the scene was too lax, and it had attracted real kidnappers.
Many clips flashed through his mind. He calmed down and planned to leave first.
If he’s just swimming, it’s fine if he comes back later. But if he really dies and doesn’t come back, then I can just pretend I didn’t see it!
Thinking this, he ran away from behind the tree without stopping.
But just as he had taken two steps, he seemed to have a premonition and looked back.
In the huge waves of the sea, a silver-blue merman emerged, leaping and falling with the sea.
Every drop of water danced lightly with the merman’s movements, sparkling in the golden sunlight.
Su Chimian didn’t even blink, staring at the merman swimming towards the middle of the sea.
Although he had a tail, he could recognize this person even if he were turned to ashes!
Chi Xiasheng! He’s a merman!
