The Supporting Female Character Became Popular After Confronting Men on a Variety Show

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Chapter 29: Title

"Three missing one." Song Yutian and Gu Feng spoke in unison.

"Me and two other ladies," "just happen to be short one person"—isn’t this clearly hinting at a group of three players missing a fourth for a mahjong game?

The Seventh Avenue scenic area boasts a famous "Madame Wang Mahjong Parlor." Unlike the typical shabby, noisy, smoke-filled mahjong dens, this parlor features Republican-era furnishings and decor. It is exquisitely maintained, offering an immersive atmosphere, making it one of Seventh Avenue’s most popular check-in spots.

Since we’ve confirmed that the "old place" mentioned in the letter refers to mahjong, there’s an eighty-percent chance the next clue is hidden in that mahjong parlor.

"Let’s go." Song Yutian stood up, holding her half-finished juice, and tilted her chin. "Bring the letter and that box."

Hearing this, Gu Feng put the letter back into the box and carefully lifted it with both hands. Though not heavy, its dimensions made it awkward to carry single-handedly. Noticing this, Song Yutian reached out, "Give me your drink."

Gu Feng handed over his partially consumed milk tea to Song Yutian.

With each holding a drink in one hand and Gu Feng carrying the box, they walked side by side out of the beverage shop.

The audience witnessing the entire deductive process—

[Sister Song is so clever, and Mr. Gu’s not bad either. Is this team about to take first place again?]

[Suddenly, I feel like these two have such great chemistry—they look so well-matched!]

[Sweet Maple CP will never admit defeat, sob sob, this scene is really full of feels!]

[So the CP name is already decided? The fact that Sister Song’s name comes first is hilarious lol]

[Although I don’t usually ship CPs, if we’re doing this, Sister Song should definitely be first hahaha]

At the teahouse, apart from Su Moying and Qin Yuanzhuo, Gong Yu and Wei Yao had also been searching for a long time without success.

Gong Yu even stood on a chair to check the backs of all the small flags hanging on the wall one by one but still found nothing.

After searching for nearly half an hour, Gong Yu suddenly noticed that Su Moying and Qin Yuanzhuo had left the teahouse after emerging from the kitchen.

That meant only their group remained in the teahouse now.

Gong Yu grew impatient and turned to Wei Yao. "What’s going on? Let’s check the kitchen too."

Without waiting for Wei Yao’s response, Gong Yu headed straight for the kitchen and ran into the proprietress, who was just about to exit.

Gong Yu promptly asked, "Madam Proprietress, is there any clue here?"

The proprietress chuckled. "How typical—none of you asked me anything at first, and now everyone’s coming to inquire."

Gong Yu’s heart leapt with joy—from the proprietress’s words, it seemed Qin Yuanzhuo and the others had indeed obtained a clue from her.

Before Gong Yu could press further, the proprietress added, "But—your director only allows me to give one hint per group. I’ve already given mine to the previous young lady, so you’re too late."

Wei Yao had walked over by now and overheard this unfortunate news.

The proprietress said apologetically, "Sorry, young lady and lad, you’ll have to figure it out yourselves. But feel free to order something if you’re hungry or thirsty!"

Gong Yu waved her hand. "No problem, thank you, proprietress. We’re not hungry."

The proprietress looked at Gong Yu, then at Wei Yao beside him, and said to Wei Yao, "Young lady, are you thirsty? Let me pour you a cup of tea."

Wei Yao was taken aback. "Okay, thank you, proprietress."

The proprietress smiled and pointed to the side. "Please sit over there. I’ll go make the tea now."

With that, she walked into the back kitchen.

Gong Yu and Wei Yao sat down.

Only then did Gong Yu think to ask Wei Yao, "Yao Yao, are you thirsty?"

Wei Yao lowered her eyes. "I forgot to drink water before going out, and after searching for so long, I’m actually a bit thirsty."

Gong Yu said in a concerned tone, "Yao Yao, why didn’t you tell me earlier? I would have gotten tea for you."

Wei Yao didn’t reply but instead said, "Everyone else has left. Maybe we should head out and take a look too."

Gong Yu said, "But we don’t have any clues. The scenic area is huge—where would we even go?"

Wei Yao said, "It’s still better than staying here and searching blindly. We’ve been at it for so long and haven’t found anything. Maybe the clue really isn’t here?"

Gong Yu still looked reluctant. "But if we give up now, doesn’t that mean we wasted the last half hour for nothing?"

"…" Wei Yao hesitated before saying, "Actually, I have an idea, but I don’t know if you’ll agree."

Gong Yu said, "Tell me, Yao Yao."

Wei Yao said, "Didn’t the program group give us phones to contact the other contestants? Maybe we could… ask them for help?"

Gong Yu widened his eyes. "Other contestants? You… you wouldn’t want to ask that Song Yutian again, would you?"

Wei Yao looked somewhat displeased. "What do you mean ‘again’? I didn’t ask anyone else for help during yesterday’s competition either. It’s just that today has been really unproductive."

Gong Yu pursed his lips and muttered, "You were whispering with Song Yutian before we set out this morning…"

Wei Yao didn’t catch that. "What did you say?"

"Nothing," Gong Yu said. "I meant, isn’t it improper to ask other groups? What if she doesn’t want to tell you? Or worse—what if she deliberately misleads you?"

Wei Yao immediately replied, "I’m just giving it a try. It’s fine if she refuses. As for deliberate misinformation, I don’t think Yutian would do that."

"Yutian wouldn’t do that," Gong Yu murmured, repeating the words softly, his expression turning somewhat unhappy.

However, he quickly adjusted his expression and forced a smile. "Alright, Yao Yao. Since you’re so insistent, I can’t stop you. Go ahead and ask."

Wei Yao still sensed reluctance in Gong Yu’s tone, but since he had agreed, she didn’t press him further. She took out her phone, opened the contact list to find Song Yutian, and pressed the call button.

The mahjong parlor was about a ten-minute walk from the beverage shop where Song Yutian and Gu Feng were.

Within the pedestrian street, transportation options—aside from rickshaws—were limited, so Song Yutian and Gu Feng chose to walk.

They had covered about half the distance when Song Yutian’s phone suddenly rang.

Since the contestants’ personal phones were stored in the villa, any incoming calls on this phone had to be from either the production team or fellow contestants. Without hesitation, Song Yutian took out the device, answered the call, and activated the speakerphone.

Gu Feng was her teammate, and it was more convenient for him to hear competition-related matters directly.

"Hello, is this Yutian? It’s Wei Yao," came a pleasant female voice through the speaker.

Song Yutian responded, "Speaking. What’s up, Yao Yao?"

"Yutian, I need to ask you something that might make you uncomfortable. Please just say no if you’d rather not— I absolutely won’t mind."

Hearing the pleading tone in Wei Yao’s voice, Song Yutian chuckled. "Go ahead, no need to tiptoe around. Don’t worry, if I don’t want to, I’ll definitely say no."

The voice on the other end laughed, sounding noticeably more relaxed. "Here’s the thing, Yutian. We’ve been searching the teahouse for ages and haven’t found anything. Could you give us just a tiny hint? Just the smallest clue would do! But it’s totally fine if you can’t!"

Upon hearing this, Song Yutian turned to glance at Gu Feng.

Since the call was on speaker, Gu Feng had heard everything Wei Yao said.

Gu Feng hadn’t expected Song Yutian to look at him—as if she wanted to ask for his opinion. Over the past two days, he had grown used to her not following his lead.

Song Yutian actually had a simple thought. She had promised Gu Feng that as long as he cooperated with her, she would lead the team to a top-ranking position so that he could team up with Su Moying next time. Therefore, out of fairness and reason, whether or not to help the "opponent" should also be Gu Feng’s decision to make.

Gu Feng said, "Whatever."

He felt there was no need to object. Even if that group set off to find a rickshaw now, they would still be much slower than them. To be honest, after seeing Gong Yu and Wei Yao’s performance yesterday, Gu Feng didn’t look down on them, but he also didn’t see them as significant opponents.

Seeing that Gu Feng had no objections, Song Yutian said to Wei Yao, "You and Gong Yu should think back to where you were positioned when the match first began yesterday. Then, return to that location."

Wei Yao had been somewhat prepared, but when Song Yutian gave the hint so easily, she was still very surprised. "Okay, let’s go now. Thank you so much, Yutian! You’re my savior! I really don’t know how to thank you!"

Song Yutian laughed. "Alright, alright, it’s fine. If I ever need your help, I’ll come to you too."

Wei Yao immediately agreed. "No problem! Yutian, if you ever need anything in the future, just ask me! Alright, let’s stop here for now—bye!"

Song Yutian hung up, and Gu Feng snorted beside her.

"What’s wrong?" Song Yutian asked.

"First Liu Tian, now Wei Yao—chatting and laughing while helping them out. How generous of you," Gu Feng said.

Song Yutian replied, "They were being polite. There’s no harm in helping." She then gave Gu Feng a puzzled look—hadn’t he agreed earlier? Why was he being sarcastic now?

Gu Feng snorted again. "So you help anyone who’s polite? Then why bother competing?" This Song Yutian—why did she smile so warmly when talking to Liu Tian or Wei Yao but turn cold when it came to him?

Some viewers in the livestream picked up on the implications in Gu Feng’s words.

[Now that you mention it, Song Yutian is gentle with everyone except Gu Feng…]

[Could there really be some past conflict between them? Their interactions have felt awkward from the start.]

[I disagree—Song Yutian was pretty harsh with Gong Yu too.]

[Gu Feng is so sour. Jealous of Liu Tian and Wei Yao, huh? Hahaha.]

[Sorry, but my shipping brain kicked in—Mr. Gu’s line totally sounds like jealousy!]

Song Yutian raised an eyebrow at Gu Feng’s words. "Not exactly. Haven’t I helped some people even when they had bad attitudes?"

Gu Feng asked, "Who?"

Song Yutian smiled without answering.

Gu Feng suddenly realized. "Song Yutian! Am I the same? I’m your teammate!"

Song Yutian replied, "Not after tomorrow."

Gu Feng: "…"