An Empress’s Return to the Present: The Real Young Lady’s Strong Comeback Chapter 23

Chapter 23
Ji Yao quickly walked down from the stage in front of the entire school. She did not even dare to look up. The production team would probably have to work overtime to delete Ji Yao’s scenes.
If she had known this would happen earlier, how could she have done what she did? How could she have allowed her jealousy to overflow?
When she returned to class, her classmates did not talk to her like usual. Instead, they stayed far away from her, as if Ji Yao was a plague.
“Chu An, do you know what this is called?” Gu Xiao turned around and gloated to Chu An in a low voice.
“What?” Chu An raised an eyebrow.
“Good will be rewarded with good, evil will be rewarded with evil,” Gu Xiao said.
“I saw the bad karma. Where’s the good karma?” Chu An tilted his head and pretended to inadvertently take a pen and secretly pointed it at himself.
He looked like a little dog that had done something good and wanted to be praised for it.
“Shall I hug you?” Gu Xiao smiled.
Chu An fell down, his chair toppling down as well. He looked at Gu Xiao in disbelief, and his face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Gu Xiao made a face, covered her mouth, and turned her head. Her ears involuntarily turned red as well.
In the next few days, Ji Yao settled down and did not cause any trouble.
Hence, when the show was broadcasted three days later, although Ji Yao’s scenes had been deleted a lot, it did not affect her popularity. It even left a good impression on the audience that she did not like to show her face in school and was focused on her studies.
On Friday, everyone gathered in the villa again. The difference was that the atmosphere this time was not as harmonious as before.
“Before the show begins, let me introduce you to our temporary guest. He’s also your classmate, Chu An.” The director pulled Chu An in, and Chu An greeted everyone.
After the previous episode’s content was broadcasted, Gu Xiao and Chu An gained a lot of fans. The Chu family also suggested that Chu An be a guest on the show. Although the director knew that there had been conflict between Chu An and Ji Yao recently, he didn’t dare to offend the Chu family. Coincidentally, Chu An and Gu Xiao had a lot of fans and this could bring viewership ratings to the show, so he agreed.
On the other hand, when Chu An mentioned this to his father, Chu Chen was shocked. He didn’t expect Chu An to be interested in this kind of thing. Rather than saying that he was interested in this show, it was more accurate to say that he was interested in Gu Xiao. Every time he inadvertently mentioned her, Chu An would try to hide it.
Although he wasn’t a narrow-minded parent, the difference in status between the two of them was too great. If Gu Xiao got into a good university and found a good job in the future, he would definitely support her. But if Gu Xiao still worked in the countryside in the future… He still hoped that Chu An’s future wouldn’t be affected.
Back to the present, they were all very surprised to see Chu An, but they were well aware of the reason for his arrival.
And the instant Chu An appeared, the barrage of comments also began to surge madly on the bullet screen.
[Chu An is here! He’s so handsome!!]
[Chu An joined the show for love]
[He has been looking at Gu Xiao all this while! His eyes are clinging to her!]
Gu Xiao waved at him, and Chu An nodded in response.
The mission for these two days was more inclined towards the public welfare category. They were going to the nursing home to help. The nursing home they were going to was located in the city center. The environment was especially good, and the people living there were all old people with good family conditions. The production team had already informed them in advance and asked the some elderly to make things difficult for the children from the countryside.
Those old people all looked down on the poor, and this was exactly what the production team wanted.
The production team had originally arranged for them to be paired up in groups, but with Chu An here, one of the groups could only become three people. Chu An and Ji Yao had privately told the director that they wanted to be in the same group as Gu Xiao and not to tell her. The director could only secretly arrange for them to be in the same group during the drawing of lots.
The old woman they were taking care of had the surname Jin. Her family was in the real estate business. Gu Xiao and the rest went in to take a look. She lived alone in a luxurious suite and was dressed gorgeously. She sized up the children with a scrutinizing gaze and let out a disdainful snort.
“You kids were arranged by the production team to take care of me temporarily?” She wrapped the mink coat she was wearing tighter. “You can just call me Grandma Jin. Then help me make a cup of concentrated Americano first. The coffee machine is in the kitchen.”
Ji Yao agreed. After finding the coffee machine in the kitchen, she skillfully ground beans, pressed powder, and brewed them. After a while, she made a cup and brought it to Grandma Jin. She pursed her lips and took a sip. She looked at Ji Yao. “Not bad. Do you usually make it at home?”