DBAFSC Ch 3

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Each episode of the show ‘Happy Saturday’ follows a similar routine: organising the celebrity guests to play games, entertaining the live audience by letting them watch them struggle, all while creating a humorous atmosphere.

Although it wasn’t considered a mainstream show, it still had a very dedicated fan base. For many newcomers to the entertainment industry, it was a great opportunity to gain popularity.

Bao Ruan Ruan was playing the role of the game mascot.

The staff directly instructed her to put on the mascot’s costume backstage, leaving out both her hair and makeup prep.

“Hurry up, it’ll be your turn soon.”

Bao Ruan Ruan nods, grabbing the heavy and bulky cat mascot costume. As she had just finished putting it on, she ran into two men who were hastily walking out of the dressing room.

One of them is tall, wearing a blue sportswear set that was left open at the front to reveal a youthful white T-shirt inside. On his feet were a pair of white sneakers with a metal chain dangling from his neck. 

He didn’t walk very quickly, one hand pressing against the red baseball cap on his head. 

A few rebellious strands of ash-coloured hair peeked out from under the cap, giving his somewhat cynical face a touch of glamour and untamed charm.

Really… quite eye-catching.

Entering into the real entertainment circle and encountering such a genuinely touchable cool guy and beauty is not bad at all.

Bao Ruan Ruan, dressed in the cat costume, continued to appreciate the view.

“This counts as Huangtai being tactful and knew to terminate the contract with her! If I see her again, I’ll scold her once. If she dares to bother my brother again, I’ll ask a lawyer to sue her until she cries! I’ll let her know what it really means to be unable to seek life and can only seek death!”

Bao Ruan Ruan: “???”

Just as she was about to step forward, she immediately froze, the cat’s paw motionless on her head.

Just who… was he talking about?

She slowly shifted her gaze, lowering her head and tried to reduce her sense of existence.

“Little ancestor, calm down. Just what kind of person is Bao Ruan Ruan, and what kind of person are you? It’s not worth getting angry with her. Let’s just review the script once more.”

“Hmph! If she doesn’t apologise, I’ll fight her to the death!”

Death— —

Bao Ruan Ruan watched this handsome and somewhat unruly guy warily.

He looked to be quite good looking. Don’t tell me, could it be that this was the younger brother of that dog bastard man Lu Wen Yao, Lu Wen Hao?

Why was the internet always so full of misleading photos?

Before getting off her nanny car, she specifically searched for photos of Lu Wen Hao online, cautiously memorised his appearance, and then decided to stay as far away from him as possible.

But my goodness, with just by putting on some eyeliner and dyeing his hair a different colour, it suddenly became impossible for even his mother fans and anti fans to recognise him. 

Bao Ruan Ruan: …

Those misleading photos ended up causing her harm.

When thinking about the clash between his capital and her as a 108th tier little star, she could almost imagine just how miserable her ‘death’ would be.

According to the novel’s setting, the Lu family is a giant conglomerate household, able to produce clouds with one hand while the other produces rain, spanning across six or seven industries such as the emerging online internet industries as well as the mainstream financial and real estate sectors. Their financial strength is astonishingly robust. 

Except for the rarely mentioned Xue family in the novel, there is no other company that can possibly compete with the Lu family. 

By the end of the novel, all the transparent and antagonistic characters who opposed the Lu family disappeared.

And this Lu Wen Hao, who was a school tyrant when he was little, but later a member of a boy band, has always adhered to one image— — and that was being a hardcore fan of his brother Lu Wen Yao. 

Anyone who hinders his brother, speaks ill of his brother, or upsets his brother; then he will be the first one to rush out and have his back, giving the villain a lesson and letting them know what it truly means for it to be too late for regrets.

The most outrageous time was when he gave a villain such a hard time he ended up sending them directly to hospital.

Bao Ruan Ruan felt her blood run cold at the thought.

Seeing Lu Wen Hao getting closer and closer, she realised that turning around to escape would further provoke one to pay attention to her. Bao Ruan Ruan’s heart rate sped up for a moment.

At the point of life and death, she swiftly pressed herself flat against the wall.

“Huh?”

Lu Wen Hao walked over towards the backstage area with large strides.

But when he turned the corner, a peculiar pink cat doll costume suddenly came into his view.

This cat was just too strange.

It had originally been facing him head-on, leisurely passing him by with a wobble here and there. 

He had just glanced briefly at it, yet the cat immediately became startled, sticking hurriedly against the wall with a thud.

Not even daring to look at him!

This behaviour, this manner… 

Lu Wen Hao pushed down the brim of his cap, his monolid phoenix eyes scanning the pink and fluffy cat from top to bottom, finally fixing on the round back of its head.

His thin lips curled up in an instant.

Touching the side of his own face, from within his glowing spirits radiated a self appreciation, “Did my level of handsomeness reach a new height today?”

Manager: “??”

“Remember to give this cat a full score in the satisfaction survey of the staff later,” Lu Wen Hao pulled a strand of his silver hair, “People who have good taste naturally won’t be too bad either.”

This cat was probably one of his fans.

Manager: “??”

Lu Wen Hao, who had been admired by the passing plushie costume staff, was in a surprisingly good mood.

He had been restless and angry for the past few days.

His brother, Lu Wen Yao, was talented, academically excellent, and had a calm personality — an idol he had admired since childhood. When his outstanding older brother found his true love and got engaged, Lu Wen Hao had been even happier than his parents. But now, all of this goodness had been ruined by an empty-headed vase.

Bao Ruan Ruan hadn’t even publicly apologised yet.

He hated her to the core. Every day, he used his alternate account on Weibo to vent his frustration by privately messaging her.

Now that he was in a good mood, he naturally wanted to settle accounts with her.

【666: Bao Ruan Ruan, have you apologised online today?】

【666: Dare to act but not to admit! You, who contribute nothing to society and harm the community, are a waste of rice!】

【666: You’re even less sensible than a cat!】

“??”

Which cat?

Sitting backstage, Bao Ruan Ruan awkwardly used the plushie cat’s paws to fish out her phone, looking at it with a puzzled expression.

However, she didn’t want to just sit and wait for her death.

With utmost sincerity, she composed a ‘peace-making’ message and sent it.

Lu Wen Hao, who was touching up his makeup, soon received a private message.

From Bao Ruan Ruan, who had not replied to him for a thousand years and had pretended to be dead.

Bao Ruan Ruan: Life is like a play, who can substitute you when you get angry or sick? If you die from excessive anger, just who would benefit from it?

Lu Wen Hao: “!”

F*ck!

This woman wants to anger him to death!

Ten minutes later, the program started its recording.

Bao Ruan Ruan, who was watching from backstage, now took the opportunity to familiarise herself with her surroundings.

The stage was shaped like a ‘T,’ with a small stage that extended from it and had the audience on both sides. The distance between the guests of the show and the host standing on it with the audience closest to the stage was no more than 50 centimetres.

On the stage, there were three sets of speakers and shooting equipment, located on the left, centre, and right.

She immediately found the quickest escape route located behind the left side of the audience.

The host’s friendly voice echoed from the stage, “Thank you, Wen Hao, for bringing such a cool locking routine. To borrow the words of our fellow netizens — is this really something I can watch for free? It’s too wonderful.”

“However, even if you’re handsome, it still won’t mean we’ll go easy on you, Wen Hao.”

“Batting showdown, let’s see how many you can catch!”

Lu Wen Hao stands in the centre of the stage, still recovering from being annoyed by Bao Ruan Ruan, and unable to vent his anger anywhere, was now eager to participate in the ball game.

At that moment, he energetically clenched his fists.

【Ha, our son is getting serious!】

【Brother has a murderous look on his face. I’m dead.】

【Seeing the muscle lines on Brother’s arm, so charming~】

【Looks like he must go to the gym often. All male stars should roll up their sleeves! Hormones must burst, don’t be a weak chicken!】

【Looking forward to this. Last time, the record was held by Brother Fa, who likes working out the most. I remember he caught 16?】

The live broadcast immediately became lively.

Bao Ruan Ruan, who was watching the show backstage, was pushed forward by the staff. “Go up! You’re in charge of picking up the balls that Mr. Lu misses and acting cute when necessary.”

Acting cute… Bao Ruan Ruan immediately skipped over these two words.

Picking up balls, that she can do.

She obediently walked onto the stage, feeling a bit awkward at first in the mascot costume. Her walking was a bit wobbly, but she quickly adapted.

However, when she reached the stage, the spotlight above her head was so bright that she couldn’t fully open her eyes despite wearing the mascot head covering.

Suddenly going from the dim backstage to the bright light, she could only squint her eyes.

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Batting showdown was a reserved game in ‘Happy Saturday’.

The ball machine on the stage shoots tennis balls at the guests at a super-fast speed.

The more times the guests hit the balls back, the more points their team gets.

Lu Wen Hao was a second-generation rich kid who had been playing tennis since elementary school. His family also had no less than three tennis courts. This time on the show, he was here to showcase his skills.

He confidently walked to the ball machine, gripping the racquet, slightly bending his knees with textbook form.

【Brother is steady.】

【Our son has definitely been specially trained in this, right? How outstanding.】

The director, who was watching from the stage’s periphery, also nodded with satisfaction.

However, as soon as he showed a smile, the barrage of comments started to become even more lively, and there were even whispers from the audience.

【Hey, what is she doing?】

【So cute!】

【Hahaha, interesting!】

Director: “?”

He quickly looked up towards the stage.

The mascot for this episode, a round and fluorescent pink cat plushie, was standing behind Lu Wen Hao. Not only did it surpass him in width, but its movements were also stealing the show—

It was circling its hips left and right in three circles each.

It wasn’t exactly sexy, but it was very coquettish, even bringing with it a soft cuteness.

After a few turns of the hips, it suddenly raised a leg, directly extending its plump cat paw to hold its own round right leg, successfully performing a 180-degree split stretch on the stage!

Director: “!”

Surprisingly agile movements under such a bulky costume!

“What are you doing?” The staff member’s choked question came through Bao Ruan Ruan’s earpiece, “The mascot shouldn’t move about randomly!”

Wearing the earpiece, Bao Ruan Ruan hesitated as she heard this, still in the middle of stretching.

However, she still earnestly put down her right leg and then lifted her left leg, pressing it close to the side of her body, stretching her tendons.

Then, carefully opening her mouth, “Stretching before exercising makes it safer for you, me, and him.”

Staff: “?”

Lu Wen Hao, who was close by, also heard this somewhat adorably soft and gentle female voice, smiling as he passed by.

Huh.

Just acting for the camera.

The few hints of goodwill he had towards the mascot completely disappeared.

In an instant, the ball machine started shooting at him.

Lu Wen Hao squinted, taking a small step forward with his right foot, gripping the racquet with one hand as he smashed the oncoming ball with a clean and tidy swing.

Graceful and neat movements.

But in a second, his handsome face contorts.

A clear, stabbing pain came from the right side of his waist.

Preventing him from making the next move… an intense pain. 

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today’s safety precaution from bao ruan ruan:
make sure to stretch before doing any strenuous exercise to prevent any muscle pulling or tearing^^