After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows-Chapter 21 Guest Departure

By the time they returned to the small villa, the sky was already dark.

Fortunately, the prepared gourmet food greatly soothed everyone's somewhat tired bodies and minds.

Jiang Lingxi glanced at Lin Xuefei across the table, who seemed to have lost her appetite, and happily ate another bowl of rice.

Zhao Hengsheng arrived at the villa after the meal.

After sitting down, he directly announced the upcoming arrangements, "Tomorrow morning the program's car will take everyone to the high-speed rail station, but Jiang Lingxi needs to wait a bit. You have a public service announcement to shoot, but it won't take too long. I estimate about one day, then you can leave with the program group."

Jiang Lingxi nodded and responded with a "fine."

She hadn't planned to leave early anyway, remembering there was still an old doctor in the village.

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Lin Xuefei couldn't stand listening any longer and stood up, "There shouldn't be anything for me then. I'm a bit tired, I'll go back to my room to rest."

Zhao Hengsheng glanced at her, "Remember to get up early tomorrow, and it'd be best to pack your luggage tonight. The program's car leaves early, otherwise, you'll miss the train at the station."

Lin Xuefei paused her steps, "Got it."

Zhao Hengsheng withdrew his gaze and looked back at Jiang Lingxi.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Lin Xuefei was feeling a bit uncomfortable, and as for the reason, they could guess it pretty accurately.

It was nothing more than Jiang Lingxi, who had returned, suppressing Lin Xuefei, who had been performing decently. In the three days of recording, there were barely any highlights found.

Even Zhao Hengsheng himself did not expect Jiang Lingxi to be the one left at the end.

He thought her return would be laissez-faire, yet she pleasantly surprised him several times.

This major turnaround made him secretly delighted a few times as well.

As the director, if the guests performed well, he naturally benefited too.

"That's all I'll say, everyone's tired today, so get some rest early, and we'll have a chance to collaborate again."

As Zhao Hengsheng left, Lu Zhengzheng came over, and Jiang Lingxi brought her into her bedroom.

Seeing the girl roll up her sleeves and start packing as soon as she entered, Jiang Lingxi paused her steps intended for the bathroom, "We don't need to be in such a hurry."

Lu Zhengzheng waved her hand, "No problem, Xixi, I've been quite free these days, feeling itchy. You go ahead and wash up, I'll finish soon."

The living conditions in the small mountain village certainly couldn't compare to the big city. During previous recordings, whenever Jiang Lingxi felt something was missing, she would instruct her to buy it, even if it meant going to a town more than ten miles away.

But this time returning for the recording, Lu Zhengzheng felt a bit nostalgic for those days.

She was just too idle!

The other assistants occasionally bought things for their artists, tidied up the room when the camera was off, helped with personal care, and makeup. But for her, apart from helping fetch water and pass things over the past three days, she had virtually no other tasks.

This made her even doubt if she had a masochistic streak.

How else could she not be used to such leisurely, wonderful days!

When Jiang Lingxi came out of the bathroom, the suitcase in the bedroom was already packed, with only some skincare products and clothes for the next day left visible.

Lu Zhengzheng's phone rang with a familiar sound.

"Tongjie."

Tong Yue's joyous laughter came through the phone, "Zhengzheng just told me that you secured the role of local public service ambassador for the program group with just one photo. Xiaoxi, I've truly gained newfound respect for you this time!"

Jiang Lingxi sat across from the phone, wiping her hair, and gazed at the screen showing her exuberant manager, "Then there should be plenty of such opportunities in the future."

"Ah?" Tong Yue was momentarily stunned, taking two seconds to understand what she meant, and her expression turned serious again, "Don't get arrogant, getting carried away by a few compliments won't do."

Jiang Lingxi smiled helplessly; what she said was true, yet the two people present seemed unbelieving.

"It's getting late, Tongjie, rest early."

"Okay, make sure to let me know in advance after setting the flight, and I'll have the driver pick you up at the airport."

"Alright."

After ending the video call and seeing Lu Zhengzheng off, Jiang Lingxi finally raised her hand to massage her already sore arm.

She's never been one to show weakness in front of others.

Only when the soreness eased somewhat did she fall asleep.

Early the next morning, as the village rooster began to crow, the small villa started bustling.

Jiang Lingxi got dressed in sportswear and went out to see She Man and Xu Yin's assistants busy moving luggage.

Through the window, you could see a long business van with the program group's sponsor's logo parked outside in the yard.

Xu Yin, following her assistant, yawned and blinked to see Jiang Lingxi making way, her eyes falling on her sportswear, "Xiaoxi, why are you up so early too?"

They needed to leave early to catch the journey, but wasn't Jiang Lingxi staying to shoot the public service announcement?

"Going for a run."

"Running!" Xu Yin raised her eyebrows and gave a thumbs-up.

For her, getting up early to run was worse than killing her!

First was Xu Yin, followed by She Man, then Lin Xuefei.

The two in front exchanged a few words with Jiang Lingxi in front of everyone and smiled farewell.

Whether sincere or not, at least the farewell was done nicely.

But when it came to Lin Xuefei, thinking that the cameras usually lingering around were gone now, she didn't stop or glance at Jiang Lingxi when walking by, boarding the car with a straight face.

Only after sitting down did she cast an unintentional glance through the car window, seeing Jiang Lingxi calmly warming up, unaffected by her coldness, which made her feel upset again.

The last to come out was the yawning Kai Yuan, practically dragged out by his assistant.

Jiang Lingxi was about to start her run after warming up when Jiang Kaiyuan stopped before her, looking like he had something to say, so she paused.

Jiang Kaiyuan wiped away tears from the corners of his eyes due to yawning repeatedly, "Miss Jiang, goodbye, oh wait, see you next time."

"See you next time?"

"Haha, you'll know then. I'm off, bye!"

Leaving a little mystery, Jiang Kaiyuan happily hopped into the waiting van.

Jiang Lingxi watched the car leave and quietly began her morning run.

As for the puzzle Jiang Kaiyuan left her with, she'd find out when they met again.

After her run, Lu Zhengzheng arrived just in time with breakfast.

As they finished breakfast, Zhao Hengsheng hurriedly arrived, seeing Jiang Lingxi about to sit on the sofa, he waved, "Miss Jiang, the car is on its way, let's head off."

Jiang Lingxi stood up again, "Is Director Zhao coming too?"

"Of course, with you two young girls and the place being unfamiliar, I wouldn't be at ease not coming along!"

"Thank you for today, Director Zhao."

"No need to be polite, are you packed? If so, let's go."

"Let's go."

Leaving the villa, the three didn't wait long at the gate before a bumpy silver-grey van approached.

As the van got closer, they realized its original color wasn't silver-grey but silver; it hadn't been washed in who knows how long, causing the color change.

Lu Zhengzheng couldn't help but pull a face, and even Zhao Hengsheng coughed dryly twice, covering his mouth.

When the van stopped and the driver got out, the first thing Zhao Hengsheng asked was, "Brother, are you sure you're here to take our guest to shoot a public service announcement?"

Driving such a car, seriously?