Milk Orange Omega Becomes Popular Through Dating Variety Show [Entertainment Circle] - Chapter 23.2
Pei Yi looked left and right, her gaze sweeping over everyone, lingering for a few extra seconds on Zhong Lin, who was buried in eating cookies with her head down. “Only I can drive today. Who’s coming with me?”
“I will, I know more about it,” Liang Shan quickly replied, “When our hotel gets produce, we have to pick fresh ones, and sometimes I follow the staff to learn a few tricks for selecting vegetables.”
Of course, knowing how to pick vegetables was one thing. As an Omega guest, Liang Shan naturally wouldn’t miss any opportunity to have private, ambiguous interaction with the most desirable Alpha.
“Then… I want to go too,” Seeing Liang Shan volunteer to buy ingredients, Zhu Ying quickly raised his hand to sign up. He absolutely couldn’t let his desired Omega have private, ambiguous contact with another Alpha.
Zhou Xiaoduo also raised his hand: “Then count me in. It’ll be Liang Shan, Zhu Ying, and me… the three of us will go with Pei Yi.”
Zhou Xiaoduo’s statement was very decisive. “The three of us” implied excluding Zhong Lin. He found Zhong Lin increasingly unlikable now, and not bringing her was perfect; out of sight, out of mind.
Chu Yunze glanced at Zhou Xiaoduo, opening her mouth to speak but stopping herself. A trace of helplessness flashed across her cool and sweet face, and she felt a sudden unease-
Earlier, when Zhou Xiaoduo was so preoccupied with going out to buy groceries, he completely forgot about her. Now, he suddenly remembered her again?
“Okay,” Chu Yunze replied coldly, imperceptibly stepping back. It seemed unintentional, but Chu Yunze avoided Zhou Xiaoduo’s hand that was about to rest on her shoulder.
Zhou Xiaoduo’s hand froze in mid-air, then immediately changed direction, his palm facing up as he waved at Chu Yunze, “Then let’s hurry to the kitchen.”
Zhou Xiaoduo didn’t notice the dimness in Chu Yunze’s eyes just now. The light in those eyes, which had once gazed so intently at Zhou Xiaoduo, slowly faded.
After the division of labor was settled, the guests began their tasks.
Zhong Lin got into Pei Yi’s car again.
The engine started, accompanied by a rumbling, thundering, muffled roar, and the Bentley supercar drove out of the villa area.
Once awkward, twice familiar, Zhong Lin was not surprised by Pei Yi’s peculiar “ride” this time. She quietly watched the scenery along the way-towering office buildings, looking like vertically placed coffins, rapidly sliding backwards out of view.
The car followed the traffic onto an overpass.
In Zhong Lin’s eyes, these overpasses crisscrossed in the air, resembling small green dragons. Although it was her third time seeing them, she still found them curious. In this era, humans utilized space to the extreme, completely different from the era she lived in…
Everything was so unfamiliar, yet familiar, very similar to the content in that book.
Sometimes, Zhong Lin almost suspected whether she was truly in this world, or if it was all just an illusion, and whether her true self was still sealed in the cold void with her kin.
Was Pei Yi beside her a real person?
The female lead Alpha was a terrifying existence. The “Zhong Lin” in the original novel was frozen by her company, cyber-bullied, physically attacked, cursed, and humiliated by netizens.
One of the causes of “Zhong Lin’s” death in the original novel was her excessive obsession with the female lead Alpha, and her incurable “drama queen nature”…
Zhong Lin turned her head and looked at the person in the driver’s seat.
The car stopped at an intersection, waiting for a green light.
Today’s sunlight was just right, casting a faint golden glow on Pei Yi’s face. Her high nose bridge left a dark shadow on her profile. Her red lips were slightly pursed, and her eyes behind her sunglasses stared straight ahead, her expression focused on driving.
Her shoulder-length black hair was blown back by the wind, a few strands clinging loosely to her neck, making her skin appear even fairer.
A faint, familiar scent subtly wafted to her nose-sparkling white grape wine. The wine scent was light but somewhat intoxicating.
Zhong Lin gently blinked, her heart inexplicably quickening. Perhaps it was the allure of the pheromones.
Pei Yi’s scent was actually more alluring than all the “human food” Zhong Lin had ever tasted.
Constantly stimulating her nerves, like a passionately blooming poppy, dangerous yet charming, inexplicably addictive, but a poison she couldn’t touch.
Zhong Lin definitely didn’t want to follow the original plot’s dead end; she didn’t want to die.
Pei Yi slightly furrowed her brows, seeming to notice Zhong Lin’s gaze: “Why are you looking at me?”
Zhong Lin’s voice was very low and soft, like an animal cub’s murmur. The words in her heart were unconsciously spoken: “You’re… beautiful.”
Praising the female lead Alpha, surely that wouldn’t go wrong, right? (:з」∠)
As soon as her words fell, the green light turned on.
Pei Yi stepped on the gas, and the car roared to life again.
Strands of black hair slipped from behind her ears, warmth spread at her earlobes, and Pei Yi’s ears slowly turned red.
Unconscious words were often the most provocative.
Over an hour later, the car drove into the supermarket’s underground parking garage.
This “human ride” slowly entered a huge “underground cavern” (parking garage). The sky above gradually became blocked by the cavern’s ceiling.
The light was dim. This huge “underground cavern” held many “human rides,” quietly lurking in different “territories.”
It was quite spacious here, so it felt particularly quiet.
Zhong Lin turned her face to look out the car window, slightly dazed, exclaiming in her heart-this place is really big, big enough for many “human rides” to stop and rest.
The Bai Ze cub was full of curiosity about the underground parking garage.
Lost in thought, her nose suddenly caught a familiar scent. Zhong Lin turned her head and saw a face approaching.
Pei Yi leaned over, her face almost touching Zhong Lin’s shoulder. Zhong Lin quickly turned her head, and their noses almost touched. The other person’s features magnified in her vision-deep-set eyes, sharp lip lines-a beauty that was sharp and striking.
It was practically a beauty attack.
Zhong Lin was wearing an off-the-shoulder creamy yellow dress. This distance was too close. The other person’s exhaled breath was warm, fanning her shoulder, making it slightly itchy.
The shade of lipstick Pei Yi wore today was very beautiful, between true red and bean paste, outlining her almost perfect lip shape, making one want to kiss her and taste what her lipstick was like. It looked so soft…
Zhong Lin blinked hard. After secondary differentiation and the estrus period, had her brain gone bad? Why did she want to taste everything?
She absolutely could not follow the dead end of the original novel! The Bai Ze cub needed to be sober~~
The parking garage was deserted and sparsely populated, only lurking “human rides.” There was no cameraman here now. Just an isolated Alpha and Omega, suddenly so close.
They could even hear each other’s breathing clearly.
Zhong Lin’s heart inexplicably tightened. She hesitated, wondering how to push Pei Yi away…
It was too close, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Pei Yi’s arm stretched out to the side, her entire body leaning forward, her shadow almost completely enveloping Zhong Lin’s petite form.
Zhong Lin sat even straighter, her eyes filled with vigilance. Her back was pressed entirely against the leather seat back. Her chin was slightly raised, the skin on her neck taut, and the slightly prominent veins and collarbone on her neck became even more apparent.
She was nervous.
“Ding-” A crisp metallic clink sounded by her ear. Her seatbelt was unbuckled by a slender index finger.
Pei Yi curled her lips, her smile faint and shallow.
She was merely unbuckling Zhong Lin’s seatbelt.
Pei Yi was currently leaning over, almost shoulder-to-shoulder with her. Her breath softly stirred the stray hairs by Zhong Lin’s ear, gently brushing against her earlobe, ticklish, making her heart seem to twitch and itch slightly.
Zhong Lin stiffened her neck, her posture becoming even more rigid, like a startled little hamster frozen in place.
Having achieved the desired effect, Pei Yi withdrew the hand that was resting by Zhong Lin’s side, removed her arm from around Zhong Lin, slowly straightened up, and returned to her own driver’s seat.
“What are you thinking? Why are you dazed for so long… little silly goose.”
“Aren’t you getting out of the car?”
Zhong Lin shivered, clearly startled. She pouted her pink lips, her voice sounding somewhat displeased, muttering softly: “I’m not a silly goose, I’m not silly at all…”
Hmph, she was very smart! ╭(╯^╰)╮
Pei Yi reached out and pulled out the car key, her red lips curving upwards. Her heart involuntarily filled with joy, a pleasure derived from malicious mischief-that little girl deserved it for talking nonsense on the road just now!
This was the first time Pei Yi was so vengeful. Beneath her sunglasses, her dark brown eyes were slightly narrowed, a hint of slyness flashing in their depths, her expression filled with the triumph of “revenge.”
She had discovered a treasure in her first variety show since her comeback. This little girl was truly interesting, more interesting than all the other Omega guests on the show.
Pei Yi took off her sunglasses and looked at herself in the rearview mirror…
Her lips curved upwards.
She had never smiled so brightly before.
••••
A huge “Buy-buy-Well Market” supermarket logo hung on the outer wall of the second floor, in a very prominent position. Zhong Lin and Pei Yi exited the underground parking garage, walking one after another towards the designated entrance for the show.
At one of the mall entrances, the production team staff were waiting.
Because the supermarket collaborated with the production team, to ensure smooth filming, the supermarket had informed customers in advance that this passage was temporarily occupied, so there were very few people here.
A little male Omega’s excited yelp came from the crowd, sharp as a screaming chicken: “Ah~ ah~ Pei Yi! It’s Pei Yi!”
Zhong Lin stopped, and gently poked Pei Yi’s arm with her index finger: “They’re calling you…”
The little male Omega, wearing an oversized fuchsia T-shirt, held his friend’s arm, rushing towards them as if afraid Pei Yi would run away. A moment later, he breathlessly yelled: “Finally caught you!!”
Pulling a pen from his pocket, the little male Omega held it out to Pei Yi with both hands: “Could you sign an autograph for me?”
Pei Yi nodded, took the pen, and said blandly, “Where do I sign?”
“Sign on my back!” The little male Omega turned his back, enthusiastically inviting her.
Pei Yi used the marker to sign her name on the T-shirt, then capped the pen and returned it to him.
“Teacher Zhong Lin, sign one too… since you’re already here.” The little male Omega took the pen, handed it to Zhong Lin, and turned his back towards her.
Zhong Lin was instantly overwhelmed. As an eighteen-line internet celebrity ridiculed by the entire internet, people weren’t throwing eggs at her on the street? Someone actually asked her for an autograph?! QAQ So touched!
She took the pen and wrote her name next to Pei Yi’s signature.
Pei Yi’s handwriting was slender and exquisite; Zhong Lin’s was neat and rounded.
Written side by side, they looked surprisingly pleasing.
The little male Omega thanked them happily, said goodbye, and turned back to his friend. The two continued to walk arm in arm:
“My CP signed on the same shirt! Roughly speaking, that’s like doing it on the same bed!”
The little male Omega winked and covered his face, laughing: “Zhong Lin Pei Yi, spirit and flesh united…”
His friend: “You’ve changed!? Weren’t you screaming about wanting to bear Pei Yi’s babies before??”
The little male Omega chuckled: “What do you know? There’s a love called letting go! You don’t have to possess her to love her. I’m shipping the cool Best Actress and the soft, cute little internet nobody, so what!”
“The effect of the first few episodes really made Pei Yi and Zhong Lin have great CP chemistry. That cool, arrogant big shot doting exclusively on a little cutie, getting so annoyed by the cutie but being helpless… and how Pei Yi deals with other Omegas, a little tea-master healer, Yiyi-zi, absolutely amazing!”
••••
Zhong Lin followed behind Pei Yi. They had now reached the entrance.
Pei Yi was ahead, casually holding open the glass door for her.
The Bai Ze cub’s hearing was exceptionally keen. She heard every single word Pei Yi’s fan just said, not a single one missed!
Zhong Lin’s body stiffened, her small face instantly burning hot, her fair cheeks flushing-an epic, explosion-level red!
Spirit and flesh united? Humans nowadays are so uninhibited!
It was absolutely too embarrassing…
Pei Yi’s face showed confusion: “Why is your face so red?”
Zhong Lin raised both hands to her cheeks, feeling the slight warmth on her palms, and followed Pei Yi through the glass door. “No… nothing.” “I’ve actually never been to a place like this before, so I feel a little nervous.”
Pei Yi’s lips curved into a teasing smile. She glanced back at Zhong Lin, commenting softly: “You truly are a little princess.”
Her eyelashes were long and curled, her eyes clear as glass, and her skin was exceptionally radiant. Zhong Lin’s face seemed naturally photogenic; even without foundation, she looked as delicate as a doll.
She really did resemble a little princess.
When their light amber eyes met by chance, her gaze was like an innocent fawn’s, making one want to see her with tears hanging from her long lashes after being thoroughly bullied.
Pei Yi averted her gaze, an faint itch stirring in her heart.
It must be those damned pheromones at play.
Pei Yi reached her right hand into her side pocket, her fingers touching a cool, small metal box. While out of the camera’s blind spot, she opened it, took out an oval pill, and swallowed it.
This was a short-acting suppressant, custom-made for each Alpha or Omega individual. The box in Pei Yi’s hand could suppress that most primal need she felt when facing Omega pheromones, and had other effects too…
Near the first-floor entrance of the mall, the two took a shopping cart.
Pei Yi pushed the cart from behind, and Zhong Lin followed her, craning her neck to look at every shelf. These colorful bags seemed to hold great appeal for the Bai Ze cub.
These crunchy, sweet, salty human foods… they smelled so good. (:з)∠)
The mall was quite large. Pei Yi, holding her list, wound her way to the appropriate shelves to buy ingredients. When she looked up again, the little girl behind her was gone!
Pei Yi looked up at the cameraman, her eyes cold and piercing, full of intimidation.
The cameraman helplessly spread his hands: …He didn’t know when she’d gone missing either.
The arm pushing the shopping cart trembled slightly, her knuckles slowly tightening on the handle. Pei Yi felt an inexplicable panic in her heart. She remembered what Zhong Lin had said before; Zhong Lin seemed to have never been to a mall by herself.
Zhong Lin had never been to a large supermarket… Would she be scared?
Was she frantically looking for her right now?
Author’s Note: Alas, Sister Chu is starting to be disappointed in Zhou Xiaoduo. Those who are scum will always be scum. Spare tires left for too long will blow out~
Note: One of Zhong Lin’s cheat codes is that she is an auspicious beast that brings good fortune and averts evil. When she recites ads, it’s like a divine prophecy, bringing great luck and prosperity.