The photograph was stopped.
Upon hearing this, Lian Jun called immediately to cry… er, no, to persuade!
Successfully dissuading Xiao Yi from his idea.
But the photo of the little baby was simply too cute; how could Xiao Yi bear to admire it alone?
So, after some thought, he simply posted it to the Xiao family's internal group chat, which hadn't been active in centuries – "One Vine."
The photo hadn't been up for long before "One Vine" exploded.
Xiao 1: [Fourth, when did this happen?]
Xiao 2: [Am I going to be an uncle? What should I do, I'm so flustered, I haven't even prepared the red envelopes!]
Xiao 5: [ @Xiao 2, Second Brother, don't panic, I'll send you Fourth Brother's account later.]
Xiao 2: [ @Xiao 5, you may withdraw.]
Xiao 5: [Yes, sir!]
Xiao 6: [Sigh, Fourth Brother is no longer reserved.]
Xiao 5: [Fourth Brother has been a frequent visitor on the hot search list recently, along with his significant other. They're on the verge of washing the entertainment industry clean! It's quite fierce.]
Xiao 2: [ @Xiao 5, speaking of which, what's going on between Fourth Brother and that Miss Xia? He buys her hairpins and defends her on shows. If he likes her, he should make a move soon, don't be like Big Brother...]
Xiao 1: [Just speak, why are you targeting me? Besides, what did I do?]
Xiao 2: [...]
Xiao 5: [...]
Xiao 6: [...]
Xiao 7: [...]
Xiao 4: [...]
Xiao 1: [Isn't it funny that you're all lining up to mock me? And you, @Xiao 4, Fourth! If you're lurking, you should have the awareness of a lurker. Just watch the show and don't speak, understand? Are you that unprincipled? And @Xiao 7, Seventh! You never get involved in these boring things, what happened to you learning bad habits?]
Xiao 7: [Big Brother, don't be angry. I just saw the pattern and couldn't help but join in. I didn't mean anything else.]
Xiao 1: [Heh, next time, put more effort into your excuses.]
Xiao 6: [Given that the person involved is also of a certain age, let's not bring up Big Brother's past. Let's talk about Fourth Brother's child instead~]
Xiao 1: [...]
Following this, the discussion in the group shifted from the child's gender to their name, from Xiao n+1 to Uncle Xiao, Aunt Xiao... The discussion was incredibly lively.
It felt as if Xiao Yi wouldn't be able to resolve the situation unless he quickly gave birth to the child.
At this very moment, Xia Weiliang sneezed several times.
She rubbed her nose, wondering who was talking about her so earnestly!
A small blue snake slithered out, crawled up her arm to her shoulder, coiled there, and quietly watched her.
"Are you hungry?"
Xia Weiliang wanted to get it something to eat, but her family didn't know she kept a snake, and they were afraid of scaring them. So, she decided to take the snake out for a walk and feed it.
"I remember you didn't have such a big appetite before!"
Seeing it swallow a quail egg in one gulp, Xia Weiliang was startled.
Little Blue, still unsatisfied, tilted its head to look at her.
Xia Weiliang took out a small piece of raw meat from the food container. Little Blue was already opening its mouth, but Xia Weiliang hesitated to feed it.
Little Blue tilted its head, looking very confused.jpg
"Do you know that whether you're a person or a snake, you shouldn't get something for nothing? Meaning, you shouldn't eat charity food! To put it more plainly, you can't just open your mouth and wait to be fed; you need to put in some effort at least! Like... um, dance for me or something."
She thought that making Little Blue rap was impossible.
So, a dance it would be.
Little Blue: "..."
"Come on, twist like me..." To help Little Blue get into the mood, Xia Weiliang twisted herself quite seductively in front of it.
"See? Now you try."
Little Blue: "..."
Little Blue had likely never experienced such humiliation since it became a snake!
Let alone wanting meat, even if it wanted ginseng fruit, Sixth Master would have gone to great lengths to get it, and would have coaxed and pleaded with it to take a bite!
But what was the outcome?
A piece of square-cut raw meat suddenly appeared before it, dangling right in front of its eyes.
Little Blue's eyes were fixed on the meat, and its body began to twist uncontrollably.
"Hey! That's right! Beautiful! Do it again!"
Xia Weiliang watched Little Blue get into the groove, clapping her hands and laughing, "Lan, learn well, this is your livelihood! If I can't make it in the future, we siblings can go to the streets and busk!"
On a tree opposite, a camera lens popped out.
The paparazzi hidden in the tree were almost blinded by the scene before them!
What, what was Xia Weiliang doing?
Due to the distance, they couldn't clearly see Little Blue coiled on the ground. They only saw Xia Weiliang twisting and grooving by herself.
Another person urged, "Hurry and film, hurry and film!"
Who was the most sought-after person in the industry right now?
It was Empress Xia!
As long as her name was in a search term, the clicks would skyrocket!
While the two were still snapping photos, they were suddenly hit by pebbles on their heads, causing them to fall directly from the tree.
"Ouch!"
The two individuals, disguised in leaves, landed flat on the ground.
A swift, slender figure appeared before them. She extended her hand, "Hand it over."
They looked up, saw the woman before them, and immediately recognized her as Song Yuan, one of Xia Weiliang's good friends.
Xia Weiliang had one good friend in the industry, Chu Qiao, and one outsider friend, Song Yuan. The paparazzi all knew this.
They all knew Song Yuan's background; she was a martial artist who had won numerous championships. Falling into her hands would be disastrous!
So, the two were quite cooperative. After getting up, they grudgingly handed over their cameras.
Song Yuan checked them one by one, deleting all photos related to Xia Weiliang.
"Can we go now?" the two asked meekly. Seeing that she didn't respond, they turned and fled, abandoning their cameras.
Song Yuan's brow furrowed, as if realizing something. Without a word, she chased after them.
Abandoning their tools for eating even meant what?
It meant they still had backup data, which must be far more valuable than the hardware!
Therefore, Song Yuan was not hesitant. She gave chase and ran out of the residential complex.
As for Xia Weiliang, she only sensed footsteps. When she looked up, there was no one there.
Song Yuan chased them all the way to the road and saw the two rush into a van, which then sped away!
She curved her lips, straddled the black motorcycle parked there, put on her helmet, and with a roar, shot onto the road—
"We're doomed, we're doomed! She's caught up! Hurry and shake her off!"
"That's a Kawasaki, 300 horsepower! Fifty thousand US dollars a unit! How can we shake her off? Do you really think you're the god of Touge?"
The motorcycle behind them, like lightning, easily overtook them and directly blocked their path.
"Turn around! Turn around quickly!"
"I'm not kidding, can you please obey traffic rules? According to Article [number] of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, motor vehicles driving in the wrong direction will be fined twenty to two hundred yuan and have 3 points deducted."
"...Ahhhhh! Why did I partner up with you?!"