142: Some people seem to be wearing masks, but in fact they have taken off the masks

Six o'clock in the afternoon.

In the alley, Chen Fang silently and stealthily took a bag from Guo Congxin and walked back to the theme street.

When he returned, he saw Yue Qingzhu staring blankly at two tourists.

Chen Fang followed her gaze; they were two girls, and it was clear she was staring at the ice cream in their hands. Because… she had already stared at many people today. She even kept staring at the ice cream shop at the end of the theme street.

Chen Fang handed the bag to Yue Qingzhu, “Does it have to be here?”

Yue Qingzhu snapped back, nodded, “Is the way you eat not presentable?”

“Alright, eat.”

Yue Qingzhu blinked. She seemed to have said the wrong thing just now.

“Uh, I didn’t mean you’re not presentable, I meant, are you afraid of scaring the audience? Oh, that’s not right either, it’s just, are you afraid of being screenshotted…?”

As Yue Qingzhu spoke, she fell silent, lowering her head slightly and muttering, “I didn’t say you’re ugly. Editor-in-chief, please, please cut this part.”

Chen Fang felt nothing in his heart, “Mm, I know, you’re not someone who speaks nonsense with open eyes.”

However, to his surprise, Yue Qingzhu also seemed to feel nothing in her heart.

How does it feel like Yue Qingzhu is an enhanced version of Jiang Haotian?

Not only is her magic resistance maxed out, but she also reflects damage?

He originally wanted to see her sitting there awkwardly, squirming, and shyly all day, but she sat there excitedly all day, even getting into character while eating.

Isn’t she socially anxious?

Chen Fang opened his bento box with a puzzled look, seeing the fish inside, and a memory of a pink fish head popped into his mind.

Wait a minute, she wouldn’t happen to unleash her true nature when role-playing, would she?

As the saying goes, some people seem to put on a mask, but in reality, they take it off.

Some people put on a sealing talisman, but in reality, they release the seal.

Forget it, let’s eat.

He hoped Liang Yan and the others would be thoroughly jealous of him after watching the recorded video.

…

After eating, Yue Qingzhu threw the meal box into the trash can, wiped her hands with a wet wipe, and sat down, picking up the sanxian.

Chen Fang asked, “Teacher Yue, what time do we wrap up?”

“Are there any more fun songs?”

Chen Fang: “…”

Yue Qingzhu tilted her head, poking his arm with her right hand, “Are there any more mischievous songs?”

After saying that, she added to the audio equipment inside her clothes, “Editor-in-chief, please don’t include this part.”

Liu Lu had already contacted the production team, asking them to be careful with the editing. Although she didn’t intentionally create a persona, exposing her true nature could easily scare fans and attract wolves looking to exploit her, so it was better to be careful with the editing.

“Yes, but it hasn’t been released yet.”

Yue Qingzhu raised an eyebrow, “Not released yet? Is it yours? Ha? So you’re that kind of person.”

Chen Fang tilted his head, mimicking her tone, “Ha, so you’re that kind of person.”

Yue Qingzhu shrugged, said no more, and diligently picked up the sanxian.

…

An hour later.

Xie Yunxuan and Bai Wenbin, who had just packed up their stalls, walked into the theme street alley wearing magician masks.

The reason they finished work so early was that all the balloons they had stocked were sold out.

Perhaps because of their good looks, there were always young ladies who imagined handsome men under their masks, so they would come over to interact with them and watch magic tricks.

Xie Yunxuan walked forward with his chin up, “Our average net income per person today is 510 yuan. They probably only make two or three hundred a day handing out flyers, so we should be stable.”

Bai Wenbin shook his head, “Looking at Teacher Yue’s attire, their group might not be simple.”

Xie Yunxuan scoffed dismissively, “To avoid being recognized, they probably didn’t sing, right? How much money can you make just playing instruments?”

Xie Yunxuan walked a few more steps and heard a listless, school-like erhu sound from afar. He shrugged, “Listen to that sound, they definitely won’t make much money.”

However, after walking a few more steps, he saw three exquisitely dressed girls standing in front of them. The one on the far left was even a small rich lady, dressed in designer brands.

The rich lady squatted down and threw in one yuan. Chen Fang ignored it.

Five yuan, still ignored.

The girl snickered, pulled out twenty yuan, and threw it into the bowl. Chen Fang’s hand, playing the erhu, paused. The wilting Yue Qingzhu next to him also suddenly sat up.

Both of them looked up at the young lady, their eyes sparkling like stars.

A cheerful duet instantly rang out in the theme street alley.

The young lady covered her mouth and bent over laughing, “Hahahaha, I specifically exchanged cash for you, I’ll give you 50 more.”

The two immediately played “Love You Ten Thousand Years.”

The young ladies laughed even harder.

Xie Yunxuan’s eyes widened in disbelief, “No, why? I don’t understand? We did magic tricks, our throats were hoarse, and hardly anyone tipped us. They’re begging and even set a threshold? And they even ran into a rich lady? Why?!”

A rough male voice came from beside him: “Brother, it’s all about fame now.”

Xie Yunxuan turned his head and saw that the speaker was a rugged uncle with a full beard.

The uncle continued, “This is an internet-famous spot, you know, I’m here to check it out too.” After speaking, the uncle also hurried over.

Xie Yunxuan looked left and right, lowering his voice, “What the hell? Did they expose their identities?”

Bai Wenbin subtly leaned away from him, “Impossible, if they exposed their identities, this place would be swarming with people. Let’s search online.”

Xie Yunxuan pulled out his phone in confusion, opened a social media platform, searched “Chen Fang” with no results, then searched the location plus erhu, sanxian, and zombie, and a series of highly liked videos popped up on the screen.

The top one actually had 110,000 likes just five hours after being posted.

He clicked on it and saw a couple kissing in front of them, while the two played a mournful song called “Ex” with aggrieved expressions.

After the 50-second video ended, Xie Yunxuan and Bai Wenbin were petrified on the spot.

A few seconds later, the two looked at each other, both seeing disbelief in the other’s eyes.

This person playing “Ex” with a resentful face, was that Yue Qingzhu?

Was the talisman on Yue Qingzhu’s head real? Did Chen Fang put a curse on Yue Qingzhu?

Xie Yunxuan slowly looked at the stall, only to see that as soon as the young lady who gave them money left, Yue Qingzhu, with a mischievous smile, took the twenty-yuan and fifty-yuan bills from the bowl and secretly hid them in the small basket between the two of them.

Only some pitiful coins remained in the bowl.

Xie Yunxuan looked bewildered, “No, was that Teacher Yue?”

“I, I don’t know either.”

Xie Yunxuan felt lost, picked up his phone, and opened the comment section, trying to find some information to salvage his crumbling perception.

[I searched for music student employment directions, how did it lead me here?]

[I have an idea, throw in two game tokens, then say you accidentally threw one too many, and take one yuan from the bowl.]

[There’s another video where he gave the erhu to a beautiful woman, hahahaha.]

[But I feel like these two have a really good foundation. The girl’s face isn’t clear, but the boy looks a bit like Chen Fang. Please give me their Douyin ID!]

[The girl looks a bit like Yue Qingzhu.]

[How could it be Xiao Zhu?]

[Maybe it really is! Didn’t she go to the adventures yesterday?]

[It can’t be Xiao Zhu, Xiao Zhu is very aloof. This little girl is having so much fun, and I just saw a video where these two were eating bento boxes at the stall. How could Yue Qingzhu and Chen Fang eat on the street?]

[Xiao Zhu’s two-year veteran fan here! This is definitely not Xiao Zhu. Her demeanor is different, she’s a mature woman, this is clearly a sweet girl.]

[Clearly, these two are wearing imitation makeup to piggyback on their popularity.]

[Please teach me how to do the imitation makeup.]

[I want to snatch their bowl, then they’ll chase me, hehe.]

Xie Yunxuan looked at the comment section and sighed helplessly.

Bai Wenbin rubbed his hungry stomach, “Let’s just go with the flow, we don’t have time to stock up on balloons now. Let’s go, let’s get dinner.”