Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO-Chapter 494 - 299: Appearing on a Variety Show, Trending Again

Chapter 494: Chapter 299: Appearing on a Variety Show, Trending Again
The night market street was bustling and lively, with a large crowd of people jostling past each other, noisy sounds in the air, with a hint of early summer’s sultriness in the evening breeze.
"What are you..."
Wandering through the crowd, Nora Scott paused her words, glancing at Clement Winter by her side.
"Surprised?" Clement turned her head slightly to look at her.
"Mm."
Nora Scott did not deny it.
Clement’s unexpected assistance indeed surprised Nora.
After all, they only met by chance twice and hadn’t formed any real friendship.
It would be understandable if she helped after some time had passed and they became acquainted.
But to defend her so straightforwardly...
Nora felt the relationship didn’t warrant it.
"It’s nothing," Clement’s eyes were smiling, her lips lightly curved, "I was once Antonio Easton’s disciple. Not long ago, I learned you are his granddaughter. Helping you is only right."
Nora was slightly stunned, "Disciple?"
"I used to be." Clement’s voice lowered a bit, her gaze looking elsewhere, "It’s an old story."
"When was that?"
"More than thirty years ago."
"..."
Nora looked at Clement, who seemed to be at most around thirty.
But then she thought, Clement’s son, Clement Winter, was about the same age as Nora, likely close to Evelyn Easton’s age.
After pondering for a moment, Nora said, "I only know Dean Carter."
"He is still my junior brother."
Nora was startled, raising her eyes to examine Clement’s gaze, which grew more peculiar.
—Is this the legendary immortal youth?
Catching a glimpse of this from Nora’s eyes, Clement chuckled lightly, explaining, "Seniority is based on when you became a disciple; I’m a few years younger than Junior Brother Carter."
"...Oh."
That makes more sense.
Nora did not doubt Clement being Antonio Easton’s disciple.
Firstly, she instinctively believed Clement wouldn’t lie to her.
When meeting people for the first time, she generally judged based on intuition. It was quite accurate, in fact.
Secondly, Clement had no reason to lie to her.
Antonio taking Clement as a disciple—Nora didn’t know this, but Sir Quinn, Sir Sutton, and Dean Carter certainly did. It could easily be verified. If Clement lied about something like this, it would easily fall apart.
"You sure know how to stir up trouble," Clement turned to look at Nora, "How did you end up crossing paths with Robert Durant’s second daughter?"
Nora squinted, "She picked a fight with me."
"Ha."
Clement burst out laughing.
This bold and unruly nature, nothing like Antonio Easton or Evelyn Easton.
After a pause, Clement’s smile faded slightly as she advised her, "Their family does have some influence in the northwest. After what you did to her today, she might hold a grudge against you in the future. Be careful."
"Mm."
Nora didn’t offer an explanation, her response rather perfunctory.
"By the way, did you come to East Peak Town to have fun?" Clement glanced around, "Why haven’t I seen your boyfriend?"
"Participating in a reality show recording."
At the mention of this, Nora’s expression turned slightly sullen, visibly displeased.
Just a mere NPC...
Ruined her date with Pedro Langley.
Clement was surprised, "What a coincidence?"
"Mm." Nora asked, "Did you accompany Clement Winter?"
"More or less."
At this moment, Clement suddenly stopped, raising her eyes to look at the sign overhead.
Nora paused, following her gaze, and saw a barbeque restaurant.
*
Evening, nine o’clock.
The latest episode of "Searching for the City’s Secret" aired on time.
Greenhill Town, Trump Puppet Museum, lifelike wooden puppets.
With such material, even though Isabella Hart was insufferable, viewers eagerly watched and were amazed by the mechanical wonders in the reality show clip.
Before the show ended, several topics were trending—
#Searching for the City’s Secret#
#Trump Puppet Museum#
#Puppet Mechanics#
#Mysterious Creator of the Museum’s Treasure#
#Jaw-Dropping Mechanical Techniques#
...
The viewership reached unprecedented levels.
Many netizens expressed: Go to Greenhill Town! See the puppets! Witness the legendary mechanical techniques!
Half-past ten.
The latest episode of the reality show concluded. The subject matter of this episode was astonishingly impressive, the guest interactions as hilariously entertaining as always, spectacularly so. Yet, while netizens were still immersed in the excitement, their attention was drawn away by the subsequent behind-the-scenes clips—
Cool Ridge Media simultaneously updated the reality show, and as per usual, released the behind-the-scenes footage of this episode.
Under normal circumstances, behind-the-scenes clips have lower viewership than the main episode, but this time, the viewership for the clips soared rapidly, almost overshadowing the main episode.
Within less than half an hour, news of "Hidden Nora Scott in Ancient Costume in City’s Secret Behind-the-Scenes" flooded major forums, along with parts of the video being separately extracted by netizens and quickly spread across various websites and Weibo super topics.
It was a clip of Isabella Hart asking for directions.
In a secluded alley, with drizzling rain and dim skies, on one side were towering walls, on the other were retro buildings.
A lost Isabella found a hooded figure dressed in black and asked, "Hey handsome, can you tell me where Evening Street is?"
"I don’t know."
The young man’s attitude was extremely cold; he didn’t turn back and stepped onto the stairs.
The post-editing captions are all about "cool", "unfeeling", and "aloof".
The comments are—
[Hahaha, I love the gentleman’s vibe!]
[His voice sounds so nice!]
[Isabella Hart’s face has changed.]
[Hey, turn around, mister.]
...
Soon, the camera follows the gentleman up—
Suddenly, the screen goes black.
The subtitles appear enlarged.
[The production team guarantees that the following scenes are purely coincidental.]
[An astonishing scene has occurred.]
[Are you ready?]
After some teasers, the scene shifts.
Soft tones, added filters, virtual petals.
Simultaneously, gentle guzheng music begins to play.
A touch of red appears on the screen, emerging from the open backdoor. Retro wooden door, intricately decorated structure, a delicate beauty walks out as if from a painting, with exquisite features, snow-white skin, elegantly dressed in grand attire, glamorous yet tasteful, with every move showcasing noble grace.
In just five seconds.
The scene is stunning enough to make one scream.
The number of comments skyrockets instantly—
[awsl!]
[Goddess!]
[My wife appeared!]
[Was this a chance encounter?!]
The brief special effects end, returning to standard variety show quality.
The production team provides a special explanation with subtitles—
[During the show’s filming, we coincidentally met the working cartoonist or actress Nora Scott.]
At the end, there is a short clip of a conversation between a young man and Nora Scott.
Young man: "Are you playing the queen, or the assassin disguising as the queen?"
Nora Scott: "Playing the queen who started as an assassin."
These two lines amused quite a few viewers.
[Hahahahaha, turning a queen into an assassin! Truly the go-to leading lady for martial arts dramas!]
[These two are so funny!]
[I want to know who that gentleman is, I really like his way of speaking!]
[Hhhhh my God Z takes on everything and everyone, but got rebutted by the gentleman.]
[Is the gentleman collaborating with Nora Scott? Does Nora Scott have any new works coming up, and will we have a chance to see the gentleman?]
[They seem so familiar with each other.]
...
Ever since Nora Scott publicly revealed her identity, people have been looking forward to her re-entering the entertainment industry, even if it’s just for magazine covers, endorsements, or variety shows—
As long as Nora doesn’t do film, they’re happy to see her every day.
In the past half month, netizens have scoured her early videos, anxiously waiting for new material. Now that she appears in a popular variety show, they’re naturally ecstatic, celebrating the occasion.
Given Nora Scott’s current topic buzz, revolving in the trending circle is inevitable.
However, the latest tweet from the official account of "Searching for the City’s Secret", made the topic explode all of a sudden, propelling it straight to number one.
[Searching for the City’s Secret V]: See you live tomorrow [image]. [Retweet of a netizen’s behind-the-scenes edit video]
The image shows Nora Scott in a black outfit standing on the Mei Hua Pile scene.
Absolutely thrilling.
Netizens went crazy—
[Is Nora Scott going to participate in the recording of "City Secret"?]
[What is the theme this time, martial arts?]
[Ah, I approve! What an otherworldly look!]
[Aaaah, the outfit suits her so well, absolutely fierce!]
[God Z fans are humbly asking for the "City Secret" live broadcast time, anyone able to reveal it?]
[Isn’t "City Secret" pre-recorded? How’s it going live?? Production team, you’re stirring things up again! @Christopher Sullivan, come out and explain yourself!]
[Special mention to Nora Scott’s fan club, your girl is finally active again!]
[If the production team hadn’t released this image, I would have forgotten Nora Scott debuted as an action star. So, will we get to see her in action tomorrow? [starry eyes] [starry eyes]]
...
"City Secret", Nora Scott, live broadcast.
With these three major hot topics combined, they surely dominate the top of trending searches.
*
The person in question, Nora Scott, drove back to the hotel with Evelyn Winter at eleven in the evening.
Coincidentally, she and Evelyn were staying at the same hotel.
Evelyn didn’t drive, and since they were heading the same way, Nora gave her a ride back.
However—
As soon as the car parked in the underground parking lot, before Nora could unbuckle her seatbelt, she spotted a sneaky figure, hunched over, tiptoeing towards them.
Like a thief.
The person was wearing a baseball cap, dressed in sports attire, holding a phone, its screen light casting a ghostly glow on his face. Nora vaguely felt he looked familiar, but couldn’t place him at that moment.
Until she heard his hushed voice—
"No show of the license plate, looks exactly like the informant gave. We’re about to witness a historical moment, let’s hold our breath and await its arrival—"
Nora: ???
Young man, do you have something in mind?
Just then, Evelyn stuck her head out the window, impatiently saying, "What are you mumbling about over there, weren’t we going to get barbecue, hurry up!"
"Oh, coming!"
The young man, who was conversing with the live stream comments, quickly responded and stopped acting like a thief, hurriedly running over.