In Mu Li’s home in the Demon City, Mu Li looked at the Gardevoir and Tapu Fini in front of him, as well as a Golden Magikarp floating in a water sphere in the air, and immediately felt a headache.
“Didn’t you say you were only bringing Tapu Fini? What’s going on with this guy?” Mu Li pointed at the Golden Magikarp, annoyed. “I don’t remember raising a Magikarp at home, do I?”
Tapu Fini quickly said, “When you weren’t around, he was the only one who chatted with me, wasn’t he? Now that I’m coming out, I just brought him along.”
Mu Li looked at the Magikarp’s lifeless eyes and sighed helplessly, “Forget it, forget it. Since he’s already out, just bring him along.”
For Mu Li, there was actually no difference between taking six or seven Pokémon out.
However, what he hadn’t expected was that Tapu Fini had already made contact with other Pokémon while in the lake.
It seemed her recovery was much better than he had anticipated.
With everything ready, Mu Li was prepared to fly directly to South Island.
This time, the filming location for Wonderful Life was in a small fishing village near South Island.
Before leaving, Mu Li sent a message to Fu Peiyao: “I’m going to film Wonderful Life! I might not be able to reply to messages in time!”
Soon, Mu Li received a reply: “OK, go work hard, young man!”
At this moment, in Hang City, at the filming set of the “Voice of Nature” program, Fu Peiyao pouted as she looked at her phone, then suddenly asked Xiao Zhu, her assistant, who was beside her: “Xiao Zhu, do you think there’s a chance for us to film Wonderful Life again?”
Xiao Zhu was startled and opened her phone to check Fu Peiyao’s schedule: “Yes, there is.”
“Really? There’s time?” Fu Peiyao asked in surprise.
“Of course.” Xiao Zhu nodded seriously. “The month after next, when they wrap up, you should have time to go.”
Fu Peiyao’s little face immediately fell: “I have to wait until the month after next? Is there any chance to go this week? Aren’t they filming this week?”
Xiao Zhu sneered: “Give it up, don’t think I don’t know why you want to go. Why didn’t I notice you were such a love-struck fool before? Going is impossible. Your work schedule for these two weeks is already packed.”
Fu Peiyao huffed softly: “Fine, fine, if I don’t go, I don’t go!”
After saying that, she looked at her phone again, the screen still showing their recent conversation: “Hmph, who told you to report it proactively? Annoying.”
“Hehe, saying ‘annoying’ with your mouth, but your smile is already reaching your ears,” Xiao Zhu retorted mercilessly. “Just be honest, you’re still a female celebrity after all!”
Watching Fu Peiyao continue to giggle foolishly, Xiao Zhu couldn’t help but sigh: “Alright, she’s already silly, and now her ears aren’t working well either.”
On the other hand, after contacting the Wonderful Life production team, Mu Li directly booked an early flight for the next day.
The next morning, Mu Li, without even putting on makeup, directly took Togekiss to the Demon City airport.
“Eh? Why are there so many people?” Mu Li was startled by the crowded entrance of the airport.
“Is this the legendary celebrity airport pick-up?” Mu Li stood aside for a while, curious. This was his first time witnessing a celebrity airport pick-up.
However, he waited for a long time and didn’t see anyone approach. He directly pulled a Miss holding a sign nearby and asked, “Excuse me, which celebrity are you waiting for?”
The Miss was surprised, then introduced, “You don’t know? We’re waiting for Zhang Xiaoyang. He’s going to film Wonderful Life this morning.”
“Eh? Zhang Xiaoyang?” Mu Li immediately recalled information about Zhang Xiaoyang.
Zhang Xiaoyang, one of the earliest returning idol singers and dancers, became famous for his bold declaration: “I want to lead Chinese music to the world.” He is also one of the resident guests of Wonderful Life.
After hearing it was Zhang Xiaoyang, Mu Li was no longer as curious. Anyway, for the next two weeks, they would even be sleeping in the same room, so he went to check in for his flight first.
Before boarding, Mu Li had one important thing to do: meet up with his assistant.
Before the assistant arrived, Gardevoir had been acting as his assistant. Fortunately, Gardevoir had a good temper; if it had been Ninetales, Mu Li would have been hung up and beaten long ago.
“My name is Yang Yitong, and starting today, I’ll be your assistant!” A short-haired girl who looked to be in her mid-twenties was introducing herself to Mu Li.
“Sister Liu told you about my situation, right?” Mu Li nodded and said, “There are no other special requirements for being my assistant, mainly just to be responsible for my diet.”
Yang Yitong nodded quickly, seemingly very nervous.
Mu Li smiled and said, “Don’t be so nervous, relax. Just get used to it when you come with me to film Wonderful Life this time.”
“Okay.” Yang Yitong seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. She asked curiously, “Where’s your luggage? Has it been checked in already?”
Mu Li looked at the two large boxes Yang Yitong was carrying and asked, somewhat confused, “Is this your luggage?”
“Not entirely. I also brought some simple cosmetics and skincare products for you, as well as some medicines and such,” Yang Yitong quickly explained.
Mu Li nodded and smiled, “Next time, you don’t need to bring so much, just bring your own. “Saying that, he reached out to take the luggage from Yang Yitong’s hand.
Yang Yitong quickly refused, “No need, I can carry it myself.”
Mu Li couldn’t help but laugh, “I’m not helping you carry it.” With that, he directly took the two boxes from Yang Yitong’s hands and placed them on his shadow.
The next moment, two small purple chubby hands reached out from the shadow and directly pulled the two boxes into the shadow.
Yang Yitong, standing by, had already widened her eyes, her mouth almost unable to close.
“This is my Pokémon Gengar. He usually stays in my shadow,” Mu Li explained. “Oh, and you’ll have to get used to the Pokémon around me.”
“This time I brought a total of seven out. I’ll introduce them to you one by one when I get a chance. As for small tasks like carrying things, you can just leave them to Gengar. His dimensional space has a very large capacity, and most of my personal belongings are inside.”
Seeing that Yang Yitong hadn’t quite come to her senses, Mu Li couldn’t help but remind her, “Shall we go first? I haven’t had breakfast yet? I’m a bit hungry…”
The two of them ate something simple at the airport. Along the way, Mu Li also briefly introduced his eating habits: “I can basically eat anything, except spicy food. It’s not that I can’t eat it at all, but you know Yangcheng spicy? It’s roughly that concept.”
Yang Yitong was stunned once again: Was Yangcheng spicy actually real?
The two quickly boarded the plane. On the plane, Mu Li also saw Zhang Xiaoyang boarding right on time. Thinking that the other party probably didn’t recognize him and they were several seats apart, he didn’t greet him.
The distance between Demon City and South Island was not short; the flight took about two and a half hours. Although Mu Li took an early flight, it was already around 10 AM when the plane landed in South Island.
Interestingly, while waiting to exit the cabin, Mu Li happened to be standing right behind Zhang Xiaoyang.
“Brother Zhang?” Mu Li tentatively called out.
Zhang Xiaoyang was also surprised when he heard it. He turned to look at Mu Li, pointed at himself somewhat confused, and asked, “Are you calling me?”
Seeing Zhang Xiaoyang’s expression, Mu Li felt relieved.
My Brother Zhang is indeed a bit dazed.
“I’m Mu Li, one of the guests for this season of Wonderful Life,” Mu Li briefly introduced himself.
Zhang Xiaoyang was stunned for a moment, then a look of sudden understanding appeared on his face: “It’s you! Hello, hello, hello! I didn’t expect us to be on the same flight. Do you also live in Demon City?”
Mu Li smiled, “Yes, yes. I saw you on the plane just now, but I didn’t want to disturb you.”
“Hey, what’s there to be embarrassed about? We’ll be filming together later, and we’ll probably even sleep in the same room,” Zhang Xiaoyang said with a dimple appearing on his cheek when he smiled, looking a bit shy.
Both of them were guests on this season, and both were musicians, so their conversation became endless.
Zhang Xiaoyang was not usually a talkative person, but when he talked about music, his eyes seemed to light up, and he became excited all at once.
As a result, the two chatted happily, rushing forward and leaving their two assistants directly behind.
Fortunately, Zhang Xiaoyang remembered that he still had luggage to collect just before exiting the station, which finally made him stop.
Looking at the surfboard in Zhang Xiaoyang’s hand, Mu Li also had a head full of questions: “Brother, do you know how to Surf?”
“No…” Zhang Xiaoyang said somewhat shyly, “Aren’t we by the sea this time? I want to learn wake surfing.”
“What’s that?” Mu Li had never heard of wake surfing before.
This question stumped Zhang Xiaoyang: “Now that you mention it, I really don’t know, but Peng Peng knows.”
“Alright, as long as someone knows.” Mu Li had no experience with these water sports. Even when he went out to sea, he just sat on a Pokémon.
Fortunately, with his excellent physical fitness, simple swimming was not a problem for him.
As soon as the two exited the station, they saw the production team waiting to pick them up.
Following the production team’s guidance, the two went directly to a spacious area. After equipping their microphones, the filming officially began.
The sun on South Island was no joke. It was the hottest time on South Island, and even before filming began, both of them could already feel the sun’s enthusiasm.
“Ah! I’m going to die from the heat!” Zhang Xiaoyang immediately led the way and sat down in the shade of a tree.
“When will the other guests arrive?” Mu Li asked.
“Teacher Huang and Teacher He will go there themselves. You two need to wait for Peng Peng and the younger sister to go together. Peng Peng and the younger sister will arrive in about 20 minutes,” the director team replied.
“I don’t think I can wait until then,” Zhang Xiaoyang was already sweating profusely.
“Exactly, exactly!” Mu Li quickly echoed, “Aren’t you guys hot?”
Mu Li looked at the production team bathed in the sunlight and couldn’t help but feel a little emotional.
“Not hot.” A slightly chubby staff member walked out from the production team. This was Xi Xi, a regular on-screen staff member of the program. He was eating an ice cream bar while talking, and in his other hand, he was holding a coconut.
“Wow, Director Xi Xi, you’re being too much,” Zhang Xiaoyang looked at Xi Xi, speechless. “Don’t we get any?”
“If you want some, go buy it yourself,” Xi Xi said smugly. “But do you have money?”
Just now, when the production team put microphones on them, they had taken their phones away.
“If I have money, can I use it?” Mu Li’s eyes lit up, asking somewhat incredulously.
Xi Xi’s eyes darted around, seemingly wanting to seek an opinion, but Wang Xiang wasn’t there at the moment, so Xi Xi didn’t answer directly.
“Director Xi Xi, you can’t be unable to make a decision, can you?” Mu Li said sarcastically, “I didn’t expect you to still have to look to Director Wang for approval? How about this, you just let Director Wang talk to us directly, since you can’t even decide on such a small matter.”
Xi Xi was startled, then said, “Who says I can’t make decisions? It’s just buying something to eat! If you have money, go ahead.”
“Alright.” Mu Li smirked, directly squatted down, tapped his shadow, and called out, “Bring out 50 yuan.”
Everyone was still surprised by Mu Li’s actions. The next second, to everyone’s astonishment, 50 yuan was spat out from the shadow.
Mu Li picked up the 50 yuan, waved it at Xi Xi, and smirked, “Director Xi Xi, you said it.”