A Star Who Can Do Everything Except Filming (12): 

Si Qi stood on the side watching the drama with great amusement, almost wishing he had a plate of sunflower seeds so he could sit down and eat while enjoying the show. He doubled over laughing as the two people’s expressions grew uglier, and his laughter carried far, making the viewers in the livestream laugh and cry at the same time. Everyone said Si Qi looked so happy—even though he was being mean, hearing him laugh felt extremely satisfying.

Unlike the other two pairs of guests, Si Qi wasn’t bound by adult restraint from doing something impolite. He had fans, and Chu Feng backing him, so he could do whatever he wanted.

Why should he be polite to people he disliked? He was going to laugh at them, and take revenge for the original host!

The audience felt gratified, thankful like never before that Si Qi had such a straightforward personality. Finally, someone could embarrass those two on the spot. Otherwise, scolding them through the screen never felt satisfying, because the two didn’t even know they were being cursed at!

Zheng Shi and Fang Huai were furious hearing Si Qi’s unrestrained laughter. Fang Huai, mindful of his public persona, could only try to tell Si Qi “nicely” not to go too far. Zheng Shi, however, resorted to shamelessly cursing and provoking him, but ended up only humiliating herself without achieving anything else.

This made netizens find it even more unbelievable: “And she’s supposed to be the duke’s daughter? She’s nothing like the nobles I’ve ever heard of!”

“Because of my work, I’ve met many ladies from noble families. They’re all polite— even if displeased, they never show it directly. They have composure and make people respect them. This duke’s daughter is definitely a freak among nobles—worse than educated women from ordinary families, with no class at all.”

“Alright, we’ve seen how ‘deep’ their relationship is. Hurry up and ask the next question, I can’t wait to see what kind of jokes they’ll make again.”

“Pfft, these two are definitely going to trend next, this is too hilarious.”

The director took in the audience’s mood very well. So in the next questions, he deliberately set traps for the couple. The more they answered, the more entertaining it became.

Director: “Please state at least five of your partner’s and your own accomplishments.”

Fang Huai forced himself to calm down. There were many questions, and this was only the second one—he still had chances to turn things around. He had prepared early by studying Zheng Shi’s information in order to pursue her, so answering questions about her achievements was effortless. But when it came to his own…

Damn, in front of Zheng Shi’s dazzling resume, he had nothing worth showing off!

Zheng Shi faced the same embarrassing situation. She knew all of Fang Huai’s achievements from the book, but when it came to herself (the original host), she drew a blank. She never seriously thought about it, only knew how the person bullied others.

After struggling to come up with her own answers, she barely managed five. With little time left, she quickly wrote down Fang Huai’s many achievements from the book. Then the time was up.

When the whiteboards were revealed, there was hardly any overlap between their answers, and the audience remained calm.

But once they read the actual answers, netizens couldn’t hold back their ridicule: “What is this mess?”

“Fang Huai listed a ton of Zheng Shi’s strengths, making her sound like some world-class talent. For himself, he wrote things like excellent employee at a company, model student at school. Did he not think this sounded ridiculous? Especially when he’s currently unemployed with no ambition at all.”

“Was Zheng Shi being serious? Writing about herself, and it’s all nonsense—even misspelling academic report titles. Fang Huai’s answers were more reliable than hers! So her degrees really must have been obtained through connections.”

“Wow, bragging is one thing, but she wrote that Fang Huai excels in combat and will become a general in the future. What kind of crap is that?”

“She even said Fang Huai was the leader of some organization. Isn’t that group currently led by xxx? Does she think everyone is a fool?”

“Could Zheng Shi really be dumb enough to make things up? Maybe Fang Huai tricked her into believing it. Otherwise, how could the duke’s daughter fancy such a useless guy?”

Fang Huai looked at the board in disbelief: “You wrote these…”

Zheng Shi suddenly realized Fang Huai’s career hadn’t even started yet, and everything she wrote was about things that would only happen in the future.

But she wasn’t anxious. She said to Fang Huai: “What, did I write it wrong?”

Fang Huai: “…” It wasn’t a matter of right or wrong—none of it was true.

Zheng Shi: “Since you’re my fiancé, you’ll definitely be able to achieve these small things, right?”

Fang Huai: “……” Small things? Like becoming the leader of a top organization, surpassing Chu Feng to be the Chu family’s general, leading armies to wipe out beast tides, and becoming a national hero…

That’s “small things”???

Zheng Shi grew unhappy seeing Fang Huai’s silence: “Why? I said you can do it, and you still don’t believe?”

Or is it that, in the original storyline, you could achieve these things to be with Si Qi openly, but now that you’re with me, you can’t?

Doesn’t that mean she’s not even as good as an actor like Si Qi? Zheng Shi couldn’t stand the thought!

“I’m telling you, you must become this kind of person in the future!” Zheng Shi demanded forcefully.

Fang Huai had no words, only lowered his head and obeyed once again: “I know, I’ll definitely become a hero for you.”

But aside from Zheng Shi, no one present—including Fang Huai himself—believed he could ever achieve that.

What a joke.

The richest man in the empire changes every year. Even with slim odds, people still occasionally win the lottery. But generals almost never change, and very few can ever reach that position.

For him to surpass Chu Feng and become a greater general—on what basis?

Because he’s smooth-talking and can flatter people? Or because his skin is thick enough?

No one knew where Zheng Shi’s confidence came from, but since she said so, Fang Huai just agreed. After all, anyone can pretend to humor someone.

Their exchange sparked another wave of ridicule from viewers. People even began investigating whether Zheng Shi’s degrees were fake, given her error-filled “achievements,” and with Fang Huai voluntarily providing school and company information, they also dug into his background.

Never underestimate the power of netizens’ search skills. Even without them, Si Qi—who was more than ready—would happily expose the embarrassing truths of the two, leaving them overwhelmed and unable to bother Chu Feng again.

As more questions came, the two’s already sour expressions grew darker. Their confident smiles vanished completely, replaced only with frustration and confusion.

Why couldn’t they answer even such simple questions?

If not perfect synchronicity like the earlier couples, at least they shouldn’t be sabotaging each other!

They came here planning to trouble Si Qi and Chu Feng, but before they even got the chance, they made fools of themselves.

When asked about each other’s preferences, their answers were completely mismatched.

When asked about shared social circles, it was as if they lived in two different worlds.

As for future plans, Zheng Shi came across like a control freak, insisting Fang Huai become a world-renowned general. The mocking gazes of the other guests left Fang Huai utterly embarrassed. Worse still, Zheng Shi, supposedly a highly educated noblewoman, wrote her own future plan as “freelance” (a rich housewife). How ridiculous was that?!

She only ever thought about enjoying life without working, so how could she demand so much from him? He was counting on her to open doors for him into high society. Instead, she expected him to be a great general conquering territories and guaranteeing her lifelong glory and wealth.

To put it bluntly, if Fang Huai really had the ability to become someone so powerful, why would he keep such a lazy, useless woman who couldn’t provide him any help at all? At least Si Qi would introduce him to connections and job opportunities. This woman had given him nothing but information, and he was still unemployed even now!

Their constant sabotage of each other gave the audience more than enough laughs. Everyone shouted with glee that watching the so-called World’s Daughter and the supposed protagonist compete to be the worse teammate was even more exciting than a melodramatic soap opera.

The disastrous, incoherent couple’s tacit understanding test came to an end. The two, who had earlier vowed with confidence that they’d surely take first place, were now full of doubts about life.

Fang Huai wondered, why was not a single piece of intel he got from her friends accurate?

Zheng Shi thought, is this kind of guy really the protagonist? Did I transmigrate into a parallel world?

With just one simple variety show segment, the “power of the world” attached to the two of them plummeted rapidly.

Si Qi thought to himself, no wonder this world was about to face destruction. With these two fools with no brains as the World’s Daughter and the protagonist, the world’s consciousness really was unlucky.

When the segment ended, Professor Bai and his childhood-sweetheart partner took first place, Si Qi’s group ranked second, the female doctor and male warrior placed third, while the World’s Daughter and the protagonist came in last.

Netizens laughed their heads off at the farce, while the production team handed out prizes to each pair.

First prize winners, Professor Bai and the lawyer, received a longsword and a crossbow. Si Qi and Chu Feng got a slightly lesser set: a dagger and a longbow. The last-place groups only got the most basic consolation prize—a pair of energy shields.

Seeing these items, the guests understood what was coming next. Things would not be easy.

Sure enough, the production team announced: “The place we were just in was a cleaned-up safe zone. Next, we’ll head closer to the frontline where soldiers are stationed, to experience wilderness survival up close. There’s a high chance of encountering beasts, so please be careful and act cautiously.”

Hearing this, most of the guests showed a mix of fear and excitement.

In this society, where people could only live in cities and without special reasons might never leave their hometowns their whole lives, curiosity about the wilderness was unimaginable.

Though they knew the beasts were dangerous and that going to the wild without preparation would be very tough, no one wanted to miss such a rare chance. Besides, Chu Feng was with them, the army guarded the frontlines, and the crew was ready to provide backup. With such conditions, backing out would be shameful.

The World’s Daughter looked at everyone’s faces, sulking. She thought these people must be crazy. A dating variety show turned into wilderness survival, and it somehow fit the audience’s tastes perfectly. Ridiculous!

Professor Bai and the lawyer studied their weapons, lifting and lowering them awkwardly, unsure what to do.

Professor Bai, born to hold a pen, couldn’t even raise the long weapon as heavy as his arm. It felt unbearably awkward.

Seeing the warrior holding an auto-shield, Professor Bai thought for a moment and asked him: “How about we switch?”

The warrior was surprised, then quickly understood, smiling: “Of course. Don’t worry, I’ll protect you.”

Professor Bai sighed in relief, embarrassed but smiling as he handed the sword over and received the shield.

The lawyer tried the crossbow and found it easy to use, so he kept it for protection.

That left only the World’s Daughter’s group without any weapons. Feeling displeased, she told Si Qi: “Give your weapon to Fang Huai.”

Before Si Qi could respond, she added righteously: “We’re all together here. You can’t just watch the two of us without weapons, right? If beasts attack and we’re injured, it’ll be all your fault—for not giving us weapons to protect ourselves, for letting us get hurt.”

Fang Huai glanced at the bow behind Si Qi and thought that Si Qi, pampered as he was, wouldn’t use it anyway. Pretending to be considerate, he said: “Yes, Si Qi, give me your weapon. I’ll carry it for you.”

Netizens nearly died laughing at their shamelessness: “What kind of people are these?”

“Snatching someone’s weapon in the dangerous wilderness is bad enough, but saying ‘I’ll help you carry it’? That’s like in a famine saying you have too much food, I’ll help you eat it!”

“Does he really think he’s being thoughtful? That fake-kind look makes me sick—what a hypocrite!”

Si Qi rolled his eyes and ignored them completely. His vivid look of disdain delighted the viewers and infuriated the two further.

Chu Feng said to Si Qi: “The bow is heavy and hard to move with. Give it to me.”

Unlike the crossbow, a longbow required great strength to draw and experience to aim. For an ordinary person, they’d either miss badly or fail to pull the string at all. Chu Feng thought if Si Qi faced a beast, he wouldn’t even have time to draw the bow before it reached him. It would be safer to just run.

Si Qi asked: “Do you want to use the bow?”

Chu Feng shook his head: “I only need a dagger.”

Si Qi: “Then why carry the bow? Isn’t it a burden? Are you planning not to protect me properly?”

Chu Feng couldn’t help but laugh: “Even if I’m carrying more, I won’t let you get hurt.”

Netizens screamed: “Si Qi is so sweet!” “The general’s boyfriend energy is overwhelming!” Meanwhile, the World’s Daughter and Fang Huai were furious. They thought Si Qi and Chu Feng would rather carry extra weight than hand over their weapons. How selfish!

The production team set up a campsite marked on their locator. The group set off. They were all strong young people, and with mutual support, chatting as they walked, they didn’t feel too tired.

Sharing a common interest, Professor Bai, Si Qi, and the female doctor chatted excitedly about the surrounding plants. The warrior and lawyer, intrigued by the surprising details about even ordinary grasses, joined the discussion.

Chu Feng watched Si Qi, now the center of attention, his gaze growing gentler. Viewers who noticed were moved, saying it was obvious from his eyes that the general loved Si Qi deeply.

The World’s Daughter and Fang Huai, however, looked uneasy. She thought it impossible that useless Si Qi could know so much—he must be making things up, and the others were just humoring him. Fang Huai, on the other hand, felt unsettled. So this was how Si Qi was in front of others—calm, knowledgeable, rational, and impressive.

No wonder he had refused Fang Huai’s request to harm Chu Feng, and once his feelings cooled, his attitude changed so quickly.

Without emotions clouding his mind, Si Qi was not easy to fool. Fang Huai realized he had been wrong all along!

As he thought this, a beastly wild boar suddenly charged from the jungle. Fang Huai flinched, instinctively wanting to run, but Zheng Shi clutched him tightly, shouting: “Fang Huai, go! Prove your strength now!”

Fang Huai: “…” Damn it, she’s insane!

The warrior and Chu Feng stepped forward without hesitation, easily working together to defeat the boar. The lawyer, holding the crossbow, raised it then lowered it again—he didn’t dare fire, afraid he might hit them by mistake. Si Qi didn’t even touch the bow on his back. He stood tall, calm, smugly boasting in a roundabout way: “Chu Feng doesn’t have many strengths—just that his power is ‘a little’ stronger.”

The female doctor and Professor Bai couldn’t help laughing at his smug tone. The World’s Daughter kicked Fang Huai furiously: “Why are you so useless? Chu Feng already went up, and you’re still standing here! He stole all the spotlight!”

Fang Huai: “…”

He was speechless with frustration. Where did this lunatic come from? Expecting an ordinary man like him to fight a boar barehanded? Not dragging the two warriors down was already the best he could do! If he got knocked over in public, his face would be gone forever.

Seeing Fang Huai refuse to move, the World’s Daughter was so angry she nearly cried: “What’s wrong with you? How are you going to be a great general like this? Didn’t you say you’d match everything Chu Feng has?”

Fang Huai frowned and muttered under his breath: “Keep your voice down! What if people hear?”

Of course, in front of the cameras, plenty of people did hear. They just found it baffling—where on earth did Zheng Shi get the confidence that Fang Huai could ever become a general like Chu Feng? That was just absurd.

So they mocked a few times, then no one paid attention anymore.

Only a few people, with sharp intuition, keenly noticed Fang Huai’s guilty expression and how he didn’t dare look at Chu Feng, sensing something was off. The surname “Fang” suddenly flashed across their minds—Fang Huai and Fang Bozhong both had the same surname. They couldn’t help but mutter, “No way, it can’t be this dramatic, right?” Following that clue, they went online to check…

Meanwhile, Chu Feng and the male warrior finished off the beast. In less than a minute, the warrior had felt Chu Feng’s overwhelming strength firsthand. Now he was looking at Chu Feng with eyes full of admiration. Many fans who loved watching battle videos were roaring with excitement, blood boiling. Only a small number of veteran fans voiced their doubts: “Why does it feel like the general was holding back this time?”

“The general usually acts decisively, finishing quickly. Did he deliberately go easy for the warrior’s sake, so he wouldn’t lose face?”

But those few voices were quickly drowned out by the flood of bullet comments praising Chu Feng, vanishing without a trace.

The group looked at the fallen beast, its body as tall as their waists, not sure how to handle it. Chu Feng explained that the meat of such beasts could be used for survival food, highly nutritious. The lawyer complained that the show crew couldn’t possibly be so cruel as to give them nothing. Surely there’d be food at the campsite? But the director’s gloating voice cut him off: “Didn’t expect the general to see through us so fast. That’s right, the campsite only has tents and cooking tools. Food and water must be prepared by yourselves.”

The lawyer and others went blank-faced, while only the warrior and the female doctor stayed calm, clearly having expected this.

Professor Bai steadied himself and said methodically, “Then on the road, let’s look around for anything that can serve as food or seasoning.”

Just as he finished, he spotted a clump of mushrooms by his feet, happily crouched down, and started picking.

“These will be great, either for flavoring or soup.”

Chu Feng borrowed the warrior’s long blade, stabbed into the boar’s neck with a sharp “puchi,” and began draining blood and cutting meat.

The warrior instinctively helped on the side.

Chu Feng called to Si Qi and the others: “Go find something to carry the meat in. Let’s move quickly. Once we have the meat, we leave—too much blood here will attract other beasts.”

Fang Huai finally found some use: “I saw lotus leaves earlier…”

Professor Bai frowned, “There’s no pond here, how could you see lotus leaves?”

Si Qi replied, “It’s probably beedou leaves.”

Professor Bai realized.

Beedou leaves looked like lotus leaves but were taller than a person. Once cut, they could indeed be used to wrap meat.

“Then bring back a lot of them. We can use them to carry other things too.”

Fang Huai glanced at Si Qi, “Can you come help me?”

Zheng Shi immediately grew alert: “Why are you calling him?!”

Fang Huai: “…I can’t exactly call a girl to haul things, and we’ll be leaving the group—it could be dangerous.”

Zheng Shi glared viciously at Si Qi: “No way. I won’t let you two be alone. Wherever you go, I go.”

Si Qi sneered: “As if I’d be happy to go anywhere with you two.”

He walked away from them, going to help Professor Bai pick mushrooms instead, leaving Fang Huai and Zheng Shi embarrassed mid-conversation.

Fang Huai awkwardly said, “Then let’s just go, the two of us.”

Zheng Shi: “…” Suddenly she didn’t want to go anymore.

Not only would they have to work, but they’d also be leaving the main group. What if they really did run into a beast? The book had already written it: whenever Fang Huai, the protagonist, ended up alone in the wild, he was destined to encounter danger. Those encounters became the trials that helped him grow and were necessary steps on his path to becoming a general. But for the people around him, those trials were disasters.

In the original plot, Si Qi had suffered a lot of collateral damage because of Fang Huai, cursing him nonstop. Zheng Shi had thought it wasn’t Fang Huai’s fault and mocked Si Qi for not being considerate enough. Now that she stood in Si Qi’s shoes, she understood just how much of a trap it really was.

But since she had already said it so firmly earlier—that wherever Fang Huai went, she would go—she couldn’t now let Fang Huai go alone to carry so much. So Zheng Shi, face dark, followed after him, chanting in her heart that she was the daughter of destiny, a transmigrator—she couldn’t possibly be that unlucky.

But sometimes Murphy’s Law works like this: the more you don’t want something bad to happen, the more certain it is to happen.

The others hadn’t been working long when a woman’s scream suddenly rang out from a distance.

Everyone immediately stood and looked over, just in time to see Zheng Shi running desperately toward them. Behind her was a lightning-fast beast, a Gale Rabbit, its sharp fangs glinting coldly.

“Fang Huai, you bastard!!” Zheng Shi’s face was pale with terror, crying and screaming, “Help! Help!!”

In a blink, the rabbit leapt up behind her, as if it could bite her calf at any moment. The lawyer stood frozen in shock, then suddenly remembered the crossbow in his hands. But as he raised it, looking at Zheng Shi running and the rabbit that was just a blur, he realized he didn’t dare pull the trigger—what if he hit her instead?!

“Don’t worry, Zheng Shi has a protective device that can block a beast’s attack for a while,” Professor Bai reassured. But over there, Zheng Shi’s shrieks grew more hysterical: “Chu Feng!! Save me!! Aren’t you the general? Isn’t it your duty to protect us?! If something happens to me, my family won’t forgive you!! Chu Feng!!! I’m holding evidence against you!!!”

Si Qi couldn’t help rolling his eyes. He raised his bow, aiming at the so-called daughter of destiny.

“Ahhh!!!” Seeing him raise his bow at her, she burst into tears again, screaming, “Si Qi, you remember this!! I won’t let you off, I’ll ruin you, I’ll destroy you!!”

The onlookers were stunned and quickly tried to stop him: “Si Qi, don’t act recklessly—if you hit her by mistake, it’ll be bad!”

The online viewers were panicking too: “77, calm down! Don’t let them twist it against you!”

“The general already rushed over. Si Qi, just stay back!”

The people nearby were frantic, but Si Qi felt nothing. He planted his feet, drew the bow fully, and with a sharp “whoosh,” the arrow flew past the girl’s clothes, making her scream louder. She cursed furiously: “You tried to kill me?! Si Qi, you’ll never end well! You’ll die horribly!!”

Those standing beside Si Qi were dumbfounded, watching her go insane, unable to get a word in.

But the online viewers, who saw everything from above, had clearly watched the arrow pierce straight into the Gale Rabbit’s forehead with perfect precision. Their eyes widened in shock, bullet comments filling the screen with exclamation marks.