Chapter 428 Arrival at the Recording Site
The next day.
Before eight in the morning, Ye Fan and Ning Xi appeared downstairs at the hotel. The two stood under a willow tree, wearing masks.
The morning sun was just rising, changing from red to gold. The light was soft, lavishly falling on the two. From time to
time, a gentle breeze swayed the girl's dress hem, the scene extremely beautiful.
While waiting for Shen Li, Ye Fan wasn't idle either. His large hand acted as a comb, sliding through Ning Xi's black silk hair. His hands moved nimbly. In a short while, he had braided two exquisite little braids.
The little braids were distributed on both sides of the girl's cheeks, adding even more agility to her.
Looking at his own work, Ye Fan nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, my Xiao Xi is really beautiful!"
Ning Xi blinked her eyes mischievously , "Then compared to Shen Li, who is more beautiful?"
"Does this even need to be asked?"
Ye Fan exasperatedly scraped Ning Xi's jade-like nose, the doting affection in his eyes silently spreading, "It's you, it's you, it's still you!"
Ning Xi's eyes narrowed into a slit, continued to ask with a smile: "Gege, then if Shen Li is more beautiful than me, would you then like her?"
"Won't."
Ye Fan answered quite straightforwardly.
Ning Xi's eyes were full of doubt, "Why? Don't you boys all like beautiful young ladies?"
"Liking based only on looks isn't called liking; that's called being lecherous !"
Ye Fan put his hands behind his back, spoke lightly: "The one I like is Ning Xi. No matter what Ning Xi looks like, I like her; and in my eyes, Ning Xi is the most beautiful, no one can compare to her."
"Then who is Ning Xi?"
The girl tilted her small head, hugged Ye Fan's arm and shook it.
"You girl."
Ye Fan shook his head and chuckled, cooperated extremely well: "Far away on the horizon, yet close at hand."
Ning Xi giggled, looked around, stood on her tiptoes, leaned close to Ye Fan's ear, said softly: "Gege, I also… like you."
"Xiao Xi, is this considered a confession?"
"…Mm."
Ning Xi turned her head away quite shyly. Under the mask, dimples quietly appeared.
Ye Fan chuckled lowly, his heart slightly warmed.
Just then, Shen Li walked out of the hotel entrance. Today, her attire was quite pure: an apricot chiffon top paired with a warm-colored half-skirt, little white shoes complementing her height, could only be described as tall and gracefull.
Light makeup made her whole person look even cleaner, more youthful.
In comparison, Ning Xi's attire was much simpler: a black long dress plus the same little white shoes, three thousand black silk strands draped behind her, tied up with a cherry hair tie, small braids falling on both sides of her cheeks.
Although her face was covered, one could still see that naturally formed stunning beauty.
If Shen Li was water, then Ning Xi was crystal.
When the two girls stood together, the difference was immediately apparent .
Shen Li glanced at Ning Xi, then her gaze landed on Ye Fan, "Brother Ye, made you wait long. Shall we set off now?"
"Mm."
Ye Fan caught Ning Xi's jade hand, beckoned towards a taxi not far away.
The recording venue for Brain Ladder was set at Mango Media Tower. When the three arrived at the Media Tower, it was already nearing nine in the morning.
To the right of the entrance stood a small sign, with ten characters written on it.
Brain Ladder Contestant Special Passage!
Outside the passage, a table was placed. A man in his thirties sat at the table, a stack of invitation letters on the desktop.
Noticing these details, Ye Fan stopped his steps several tens of meters from the entrance, spoke up to inquire: "Xiao Li, where's Xiao Xi's invitation letter?"
Shen Li took off the backpack behind her, took out an invitation letter and handed it to Ning Xi, "Nuo (here/look), this invitation letter I got after a lot of effort."
"Thank you."
Ning Xi smiled lightly.
Ye Fan raised an eyebrow, glanced at Shen Li indifferently, "Thank what thank? If it wasn't for you insisting on dragging me to participate in this what Brain Ladder, would this matter have happened?"
"So, fundamentally speaking, you should be thanking Xiao Xi."
Shen Li: "…"
Does he have to be so protective?
She's also a baby, can't he be a bit fairer!
Facing Ye Fan's biased behavior, Shen Li felt quite unhappy in her heart, yet she didn't have reason on her side, wanted to refute but couldn't find a reason.
"Alright."
Ning Xi tugged Ye Fan's sleeve, said softly: "Gege, you say less."
Shen Li huffed, walked towards the special passage.
Ning Xi pulled Ye Fan to follow behind.
The three arrived at the passage entrance. The man at the table said without raising his head: "Please show your invitation letter."
Shen Li took out her invitation letter and placed it on the table. The man picked it up and looked, instantly his eyes widened. Looking up, his eyes straightened.
Feeling the man's gaze, Shen Li's brows lightly furrowed, "Is there a problem?"
"N-no!"
The man also realized his gaffe, smiled awkwardly, quickly explained: "Just a bit surprised, didn't expect number one seed contestant Shen Li to be such a beautiful little girl."
Shen Li fundamentally didn't bother with the man, walked past the table, waiting for the two at the entrance.
This kind of flattering words, she had heard too many, fundamentally wouldn't take them to heart.
Turn for Ye Fan and Ning Xi.
The man picked up their invitation letters and glanced at them, casually tossed them aside. Compared to his enthusiasm when facing Shen Li just now, his attitude could be said to be quite cold, "Go in."
Ye Fan didn't say anything, pulled Ning Xi and walked inside.
Just after walking a few steps, they heard the man muttering in a low voice: "These days any Tom, Dick, or Harry can participate in Brain Ladder. Don't know how the program team distributes the invitation letters…"
Both Ye Fan and Ning Xi heard these words. They looked at each other, neither took it to heart.
But Shen Li was somewhat unhappy, her pretty face turned cold: "How are you talking?"
"Cough cough——"
The man's expression was somewhat unnatural. He gave a dry laugh, quickly closed his mouth and stopped talking.
Shen Li was just about to speak when she was stopped by a glance from Ye Fan.
"No need to mind these."
Shen Li suppressed the anger in her heart, said in a low voice: "I just can't stand this kind of person. Brother Ye, if it weren't for the domestic college entrance exam confidentiality policy, even if you gave this person ten guts, he wouldn't dare say such words!"
"Being famous is very troublesome."
Although he said so, Ye Fan knew clearly in his heart, being famous was just a matter of sooner or later. With the system, even if he wanted to be low-key, it was impossible.
The three took the elevator to the 22nd floor. Following the signs in the passage, they arrived at a large hall.
Forty to fifty people stood here, all looking very young by appearance, the oldest not exceeding thirty. Presumably, these were the internally decided contestants for this Brain Ladder.
Apart from these people, there were also several program team members responsible for reception.
As soon as the three appeared, they instantly attracted the gazes of many people. Most of these gazes converged on Shen Li, a small portion on Ning Xi. Ye Fan, however, no one paid attention to.
If there was any, it was just envy, jealousy, and hate!
"Wow, this is Shen Li, right? Heard she got a high score of 599 in the GS exam. This is the highest score since the GS exam appeared. Heard Shen Li is also the number one seed among the internally decided contestants this time."
"I've seen Shen Li's photo online, relatively blurry. Didn't expect her to be so beautiful in person, tsk tsk!"
"Don't you guys think that masked girl has a better temperament than Shen Li? Just don't know what she looks like."
"Damn , did that bro save the galaxy in his past life?"
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