A virtual princess? She's a real princess!

Chapter 285 Ancient Castle of Country F

Xiao Bi was originally just a screenwriter who loved reading detective novels. Later, he wrote some short stories himself. Since he became one of the screenwriters for the recent national variety show "Detective Series," his younger siblings look at him with starry eyes.

Especially after the latest variety show announced the new guest star Duan Jingli, his younger sister, who is no longer as cute and innocent as she was when she was a child, actually begged him for an autographed photo.

Xiao Bi enjoyed two days of blissful comfort under his sister's sweet words.

Then I received a notification from above that, thanks to the support of a big shot, this variety show would be filmed abroad, in a real castle in France built in the last century.

Xiao Bi and other crew members need to go to F country in advance to familiarize themselves with the castle's structure and rewrite the script.

The fact that airfare and accommodation were all free made Xiao Bi, who had never been abroad before, excited.

A round-trip plane ticket to F country would cost at least tens of thousands of yuan, not to mention accommodation. He had never thought about traveling. Now he's reaping the benefits of the film crew's trip. Wow, he's made a killing!

That night, the staff's own group chat became lively. Since everyone was a night owl, they chatted away until the early hours of the morning.

[As expected of our team, according to Slay, they chartered a plane to France.]

Of course, that's what makes a national variety show – it naturally has a big presence.

[Holy crap!!! A chartered plane??? What kind of big shot is this? Is it for Duan Jingli's investment?]

[Maybe he has connections.]

Wasn't there supposed to be another mystery female guest?

[It must have been some big shot who invested for his girlfriend; Duan Jingli, a grown man, wouldn't do something like that.]

Which female guest? hzh? Isn't she currently getting along really well with Guo Taizi?

[Hey, that makes sense, maybe it's her.]

[But HZH wouldn't go so far as to bring in a mystery female guest, would they? Is she as sensational as Duan? It would be more reasonable to release her and have Duan be the mystery guest.]

Yes, writers like Xiao Bi and his team definitely need to know the number of people on the variety show, so having an extra female guest means they'll have to rearrange the character settings; it's not a secret they can keep quiet about.

However, the fact that Bian Xiao was the guest was kept secret by the higher-ups as a last resort, and was only revealed before the broadcast. Even insiders were kept in the dark for fear of being exposed in advance.

It's a bit of a shame though that this isn't the season finale; most variety shows these days don't have such a big budget.

I promised my family I'd bring back some things for them, and I was worried that flights wouldn't allow me to bring too much, but now that I've chartered a plane, I should be able to buy more.

[This is my first time taking a chartered flight! I've never experienced anything like it before, so I'll definitely take lots of pictures, hehe]

The topic shifted from the guests to tourism sales, and Xiao Bi put down his phone and looked at the new female guest's persona.

The script requires that He and Duan be a couple (someone is subtly inserting their own agenda).

From this perspective, Xiao Bi thinks it probably isn't He Zihan. There's no need for Prince Guo to include his girlfriend and then specifically mention that she's dating another handsome celebrity, right?

Unless this prince has a cuckold fetish...

I've never heard of that before!

Could she be Duan Jingli's girlfriend in the entertainment industry? Are they using a fake couple persona on screen to attract fans before going public?

What to do? Xiao Bi thinks this is very likely. Otherwise, why would they insist that the character must be a couple with Duan Jingli's character?

(Duan Jingli: You're not a buddy, but you actually guessed half of it!)

Xiao Bi then looked at the other requirements, such as not being able to excessively frighten the female guests, not being able to..., not being able to... a whole bunch of restrictions.

Xiao Bi scratched his head. Goodness, it didn't feel like a big shot investing; it felt like the big shot himself had come.

With a head full of questions, Xiao Bi quickly packed his clothes and luggage, waved goodbye to his sister, and headed to the airport with his colleagues.

The chartered plane was not a private jet; that was only for Bian Xiao and Bian He, the siblings.

Xiao Bi and the others boarded the plane and, after more than ten hours, finally arrived at the ancient castle in country F.

The building has a symmetrical structure with white walls and blue roofs, and is about four stories high. There was already a group of people at the entrance.

Xiao Bi was a nobody, and he had read many cases related to castles, but he had only read about them in comics and novels and had never actually seen a castle in person. After he and the group went inside, they looked around and chattered amongst themselves, expressing their ignorance.

You can take photos, but you can't reveal anything.

The building is in a very classic Baroque style, with a huge crystal chandelier reflecting off the thick, intricate carpet on the floor, making it shimmer with gold. In the distance, the exposed floorboards are mostly regular rectangular sloping surfaces, gleaming with the patina of age.

The walls are adorned with F-style tapestries and various oil paintings, the colors of which are gorgeous and bold yet harmonious and comfortable.

The butler was a typical old man with a white beard, looking just like a butler from a TV drama. He spoke in broken English, which they couldn't understand at all.

Xiao Bi and the others took a brief tour of the castle's general layout, then returned to the hotel for a meal. Afterward, all the screenwriters sat together and began a brainstorming session.

While things are bustling about here, Xiao has received an invitation from her girlfriends to attend a private jewelry exhibition.

“Brother, you’ll be my date then!” Bian Xiao opened the exquisite invitation. In Y country, colored gemstones are the main commodity. Bian Xiao thought that Bian He was going to Y country in a couple of days, so he could just go there and drag him along to make up the numbers.

"What male companion?" Bian He looked up at his sister who was sitting by the window basking in the sun.

“Elena and the others are holding a jewelry exhibition at her new estate. They said everyone has to bring a male companion. Why don’t you come with me?” Bian Xiao was still thinking, feeling like he had forgotten something, but he couldn’t remember it.

Never mind, I'll think about it when I remember!

“Okay, no problem,” Bian He thought to himself and readily agreed. “But do you really want to participate in that variety show?”

Duan Jingli is in the entertainment industry, and he looks like a womanizer. He's just handsome, which is why his sister is so infatuated with him.

"Hmm~" Bian Xiao closed the glittering invitation and casually handed it to the maid next to him. He jumped off the bar stool, his fluffy skirt swaying. Sunlight shone through the intricate lace onto the little elf patterns embroidered with gold and silver threads on his slippers, making them sparkle.

"I was just curious. I told Mommy and Daddy, and my older brother even went to get me a castle." Bian Xiao put his hands on his hips, lowered his head, and put his smiling face close to Bian He's.

“I didn’t say you couldn’t go.” Bian He mischievously pulled his sister down.