Elder brother's garrison

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wrong!

fake!

It's fake, fake, fake, fake... It must be that the strong makeup remover I bought is fake! Or maybe Luming cosmetics have better makeup-holding power!

Yes, that must be the case!

Regular makeup remover requires at least ten minutes of rubbing to remove makeup, so this powerful makeup remover will also require ten minutes of rubbing to remove makeup with strong staying power!

Is such that!

That must be the case!

Xie Ying frantically hypnotized herself in her mind, trying to make herself accept this argument.

Chapter 2302 Madness

Xiao Bai sat on the steps of the punishment device, looking down at the entire stage.

The view is excellent.

That's why Xiaobai can see things that many other people can't.

Xiao Bai reached out and touched the punctured balloon fragments, then brought her fingers, which were stained with a clear liquid, to her nose and sniffed them briefly before looking down at her fingertips.

This is indeed makeup remover.

Xiao Bai lowered his hand and scanned the entire stage. He quickly noticed Xie Ying, who was huddled in the corner of the stage. At this moment, Xie Ying was staring intently at Lu Ming on the big screen. Her expression was changing rapidly, filled with self-doubt and disbelief.

"I see."

Xiao Bai roughly understood what had happened.

The makeup remover in that water balloon seems to be the work of this washed-up female singer named Xie Ying. She probably harbors a grudge against Lu Ming and wants to embarrass Miss Lu Ming in public in this way.

Xiaobai gently wiped her makeup remover-stained fingers on her clothes and sighed softly.

At the same time, Lu Ming on the stage seemed to notice that the touch on her face was a little different. She scratched her cheek in confusion and finally realized that her makeup seemed to have been washed away by the water balloon.

Looking at the remaining traces of makeup on his palm, Lu Ming belatedly covered his face.

"Oh dear, is Miss Lu Ming shy?" The hosts present were completely unaware of Lu Ming's unusual behavior. When they saw Lu Ming covering her cheeks, they assumed it was just a shy reaction after being splashed with water, and they all started joking with her, "Someone, quickly bring Miss Lu Ming a blanket!"

The staff quickly found blankets and draped them over Lu Ming.

Lu Ming clutched the blanket around himself, avoiding looking at the camera.

"Ms. Lu Ming, how did you feel about the punishment segment? Do you have any thoughts to share with everyone?" the hosts asked with a smile.

"...I was very surprised."

Lu Ming answered softly, which made the people around him burst into laughter.

Lu Ming hurriedly returned to the back of the group, wrapped in a blanket, and the guests and celebrities along the way made way for her.

Xie Ying watched as Lu Ming, draped in a blanket, walked towards her. She swallowed nervously, her pupils trembling slightly as she stared at Lu Ming, as if she were looking at some creature beyond human beings.

For some reason, Xie Ying was now somewhat afraid of Lu Ming's approach.

"Xie Ying, Xie Ying." Just then, a guest gently patted Xie Ying's shoulder from behind.

"Ah...ah?" Xie Ying was forced to come back to her senses and looked behind her in confusion.

Standing behind Xie Ying was a former movie star who had appeared on stage before. He and Xie Ying were both among the most senior stars on the stage. However, compared to Xie Ying, who had already faded from the spotlight, this movie star was still in the rising phase of his career, producing a constant stream of excellent works and earning a steady income.

When the movie star saw Xie Ying turn around, he kindly reminded her.

"Don't be so distracted, the host has been calling you for a long time."

"H-Host?" Xie Ying looked towards the center of the stage, pausing between glances. Sure enough, the host had already started waving answer sheets and calling out to her.

"Contestant number eight! Who is contestant number eight?"

Xie Ying raised the label in her hand, and it turned out that contestant number eight was herself.

Xie Ying put down the label and was about to speak when Lu Ming returned to her, wrapped in a blanket.

Xie Ying was caught off guard by Lu Ming's sudden appearance, so much so that she almost dropped the label in her hand.

However, Lu Ming did not make any outrageous moves when she returned to Xie Ying. She simply raised her head, nodded slightly to Xie Ying, and then obediently returned to her previous position without making any further moves.

In Xie Ying's eyes, she could even see water droplets condensing on the tips of Lu Ming's hair on his fair cheeks, and then dripping one by one onto the stage floor.

It seems that Lu Ming was unaware that the bottle of makeup remover he had just received was made by Xie Ying.

Or.

Lu Ming didn't care about the bottle of makeup remover at all. It seemed that it made no difference to her whether the balloon contained water or makeup remover.

Looking at Lu Ming's quiet and honest appearance, Xie Ying felt a pang of pain deep in her heart for some reason.

For Xie Ying herself, splashing a bottle of strong makeup remover on stage was practically equivalent to destroying the other person's future career. This was clearly the most despicable and vicious form of revenge Xie Ying could think of, so why... why didn't Lu Ming show any anger or even any emotional fluctuation after experiencing all this?

Is she really...really not afraid at all to show her real appearance to her fans?

Is she really that confident in her appearance?

Could it be that……

Actually, showing his true appearance to his fans is not a dangerous thing for Lu Ming.

Xie Ying touched her cheek and looked at Lu Ming.

A thought flashed through Xie Ying's mind subconsciously.

Only eunuchs know how shameful it is to have the words "eunuch" etched on their faces. So... is it me who's afraid to show my face to my fans...?

The moment she realized this, a strong sense of shame, emptiness, and inferiority washed over Xie Ying, almost shattering her self-esteem.

Clutching the tag for contestant number eight, Xie Ying, seemingly lost in thought, stumbled unsteadily towards the hosts.

With the hosts' prompting, Xie Ying slowly approached the cartoon gate with water balloons hanging from it.

"Auntie, be careful, the floor is slippery."

Just as Xie Ying approached, suddenly, the little white creature on the cartoon door opened its mouth and whispered a reminder to Xie Ying.

Whether Xiaobai's words were intentional or unintentional, even though her well-intentioned reminder was spoken softly, the content of her words was transmitted through the microphone on her collar from the speakers on the stage, instantly spreading throughout the entire studio.

"Aunt……"

"Aunt……"

"Aunt……"

The sound of Xiaobai's name echoed in the studio, causing the entire studio to fall silent for a moment.

The audience below the stage were stunned, as were the hosts on stage. Even Xie Ying herself stopped and stared wide-eyed at Xiao Bai.

This admiral actually used that taboo word to address a celebrity in the entertainment industry!

Although Xie Ying is already over forty years old this year, it doesn't seem wrong for the young admiral's daughter to call him "auntie." However, the entertainment industry is different from other places. There are unique rules in the entertainment industry, and you can't just call someone that because you are of a certain age!

"You...what did you say?"

Xie Ying took a deep breath and stared intently at Xiao Bai.

"what?"

Xiao Bai looked at Xie Ying innocently.

"Auntie...Auntie...Do you think...I'm old?!" Xie Ying's red lips and white teeth were tightly clenched together. She was panting, her chest heaving violently. She asked Xiao Bai word by word with a tearing expression, "Why do you deliberately call me that? Do you think I...I'm old? I'm ugly? Do you think I'm ugly???"

"how come……"

"You did it on purpose! I know you did it on purpose!!!" Xie Ying screamed.

"Teacher Xie Ying, please don't be like this, the admiral didn't mean it..." The hosts, seeing that the atmosphere was not right, quickly stepped forward to explain.

"You all think I'm ugly, don't you! You all think I'm old, don't you! You all think I'm a washed-up star, only knowing how to flaunt my power with my boss all day long!" The host's behavior not only failed to comfort Xie Ying, but actually further aggravated her. For a moment, Xie Ying looked down at the audience as if she were going crazy, screaming and shouting, "You all think so too! Lu Ming, the host, don't you all think so all along! Don't you think I'm like a clown! Ah! Ah?!! Tell me! Tell me! Tell me—ah!!!"

Xie Ying went berserk as if a sore spot had been touched, and she smashed whatever she was holding to the ground like a madwoman.

"Sister Xie! Sister Xie, please calm down, the Admiral didn't mean that—" The hosts were taken aback by Xie Ying's reaction. Normally, a singer like Xie Ying, who rose to fame through her looks, would indeed dislike being called "Auntie," but this was during the recording of an important program, and Xie Ying's reaction was far too extreme. "Please calm down, everyone is watching—"

Xie Ying's reaction not only startled the host, but also stunned the hundreds of lucky audience members in the audience.

At this moment, the sound of cell phones being filmed rose and fell from below the stage, as the audience used the same phones that had just filmed Lu Ming to film Xie Ying now.

The phone, meant to capture Lu Ming's beautiful moments, was now filming her own ugly and frantic moments. This stark contrast caused Xie Ying's pupils to constrict, her breathing to quicken, and a sensitive nerve in her heart to twitch wildly, causing her to move several times more dramatically.

"Xie Ying, what are you doing? Stop it!" Among the celebrity guests, the Best Actor stepped forward and was about to roll up his sleeves to stop her shouting, "You're losing your composure!"

"Get out! Get out! Get out!" Xie Ying was completely deaf to everyone's words at this point. She screamed and stomped her feet, veins bulging on her neck. "All of you, get out! Get out, get out, get out, get out!"

After shouting those words with almost all her might, Xie Ying grabbed her head and screamed as she rushed off the stage, ignoring everything else.

Xie Ying's voice carried further and further away until it disappeared from the stage.

Immediately afterwards, a series of chaotic sounds came from backstage as pots and pans were smashed to the ground.

Xie Ying ran away.

Inside the studio, on the stage, the host and the audience silently watched the number eight contestant's tag being thrown to the ground.

Xiao Bai covered her mouth, blinked, and stared in the direction Xie Ying had left, speechless for a moment.

Now...

It seems like the defenses have been breached.

Chapter 2303 The Transformed Little White

Xie Ying ran away.

At the host's prompting, the staff ran backstage to try to call Xie Ying back, but all their efforts ended in failure.

Xie Ying left the filming crew without saying goodbye, taking her two personal assistants and a bunch of cosmetic bottles and jars with her.

On stage, those who learned the news looked at each other in bewilderment, while the audience below the stage discussed it animatedly.

The recording progress of the show was not affected by Xie Ying's departure. This episode of "Happy Base" was already nearing its end, and it would be extremely painful to stop filming here. So, after much deliberation, Director Chen, the behind-the-scenes director, waved his hand and let the host continue to control the scene and finish filming the next part.

Without Xie Ying, the recording of the program went exceptionally smoothly, and half an hour later, the program was completed amidst the hosts' expressions of gratitude.

The audience was dispersed.

Clean up the scene.

After filming wrapped, Director Chen called the host and all the celebrity guests from the stage to the conference room.

"Director Chen, we are very sorry for what happened." Inside the meeting room, the host, surnamed He, bowed to Director Chen with a guilty expression. "It was a major mistake on our part to fail to control the situation in time. We are truly sorry!"

“Teacher He, please don’t be like this. This has nothing to do with you.” Director Chen rubbed his nose wearily, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled. “I was there when it happened. I know this isn’t your problem; it’s Xie Ying’s own issue with managing her mindset. Besides…”

"Besides...?" The host looked up in confusion.

"Xie Ying also bribed one of our staff members to replace the water in Lu Ming's water balloon with strong makeup remover." Director Chen put down his hand wearily and looked at Lu Ming in the corner of the conference room. "Ms. Lu Ming, I'm sorry you had to go through this. I will help you get an explanation for this matter later."

Upon hearing this, not only the host but also the celebrities in the conference room were taken aback.

"What? Xie Ying tripped up Miss Lu Ming?"

"Why would she do that? What was she after?"

"..."

"I guess she's still resentful about me suddenly cutting her scenes and giving them to someone else." Director Chen's face behind his sunglasses was expressionless. "Anyway... I've already dealt with the staff involved. As for Xie Ying... I'll contact her agency later and give everyone a satisfactory answer."

After hearing Director Chen's words, everyone turned their regretful gazes toward Lu Ming.

Lu Ming, wrapped in a blanket, stared at everyone with his eyes open, his expression suggesting he didn't understand what had just been said.

"Director Chen, what should we do about the show?" a celebrity guest asked Director Chen.

"Given the current situation, my idea is to simply cut all of Xie Ying's scenes." Director Chen seemed to have anticipated this, replying, "Anyway, Xie Ying's scenes are only five or six minutes long, so cutting them all shouldn't affect the flow of the program. Xie Ying was at fault today, so it's not our fault. However... the program was ultimately recorded by everyone together, and I have some connections with many of you in the entertainment industry. I don't want to make this decision on my own; I need to consult everyone's opinions. Of course, I know you also need to consult your respective agencies, but from the perspective of an old friend, do you agree with my decision?"

After saying the last word, Director Chen looked at the celebrities present.

The celebrities present finally came to their senses upon hearing this.

Good guy.

So that's why Director Chen called me to the meeting... He was asking me which side this group of people should take.

The meeting room was filled with heavyweight celebrities from most of the entertainment industry. If they were to actually make a decision together, it would be far more significant than what was said on the surface.

The celebrities seemed to realize something, and they first glanced at Director Chen with complicated looks, but then looked meaningfully at the last row of seats in the conference room.