Brown and his wife intended to give more funding to Gustav to delete the footage of their son's violence, but they were rejected.
When Gustav opened his mouth, he stabbed at the two's complex. "I noticed that Hayden Brown, like his grandfather, is disgusted with homosexuality. He was very unfriendly to Jeffrey, and said that Jeffery makes him sick during several conversations. I don't know what you two feel, but if he was my child, I would be heartbroken. If you don't want him to become another arrogant, homophobic dictator like old Brown, you'd better start acting on it now."
The Browns lost face and walked out of ABC building, pale faced.
They went to the villa to pick up their son in person. When Hayden got in the car, he couldn't wait for the staff to give him back his cell phone to look up his audience evaluation and watch the previous episodes online.
"Oh my God, Romeo has a crush on me! Holy fuck! I stayed with him for weeks, fucking gross! Ugh, I just lost my appetite. Grandfather was right, those sick homos should all burn to death!" Seeing Romeo's confession scene, he made a vomiting expression.
The Browns looked more and more ugly.
The two looked at each other, ultimately Valentine opened, "Hayden, I have something to tell you. I and your mother are also homosexual. We have never been together. You were conceived through artificial insemination. If I didn't did this, my father would've drove me out of the family and cut off my relationships."
Susan sneered, "My Dear, that's an understatement. We both know he wouldn't've driven you out, he would've sent you straight to the neurological hospital, to have you 'fixed'."
Then she looked back to the slack jawed Hayden and asked, "Now, my son, tell me, do you think we're sick? Do you think your origin is disgusting? When someone loves you, no matter who they are- noble or humble, boy or girl, ugly or beautiful- your first reaction should be appreciation, not ridicule. If they didn't love you, who would be willing to risk elimination to wake you up? Who would be willing to go against their personality just to get you to look at them? Don't take other's love for you for granted, otherwise, no one will love you."
Hayden was shocked speechless, he felt like his whole world was crumbling, the feeling of his body and soul falling apart was very painful.
While Hayden was reorganizing his worldview and his values, the players were getting together for dinner. Ivana aimed a coke can at Emily, pulled the ring, and let the sticky cola spray all over Emily.
"Omigosh, I'm sooo sorry! I didn't know this cola can had been shaken."
"W-what? No, you did it on purpose!"
"Okay princess, whatever you say. Oh, so does this mean I can doubt that you did it on purpose too?"
"And just what did I purposefully do?" Emily's heart shook, her tone was suddenly less confident.
"You deliberately hid Hayden's necklace in his jeans and asked me to help clean up. All so he would find trouble with me and cause the three of us to fight. He said that he clearly remembered putting down his necklace on the table before his shower last night. You were the only one in the room before I packed his things. You had the motivation and the opportunity to do it." Zhou Yun Sheng put down the rest of his milk and said in a clear voice.
The contestants had long inquired about the gossip, but they only thought that Hayden was careless, but now, hearing those words, their suspicion of Emily rose to the highest point. This was the seventh week of the game, there was constant infighting, they all had a good understanding of each other's ways.
All the people present, except Romeo, have sold their teammate at some point.
John immediately turned the camera and aimed at Emily's red face.
Emily forcefully suppressed her embarrassment and fluster, then sneered, "Romeo, your idea is very thrilling, but where's your proof? Don't think I can't see what you're up to. You're trying to disrupt my mood by insulting me and lowering my net score. You're trying to kick me out of the game, right?"
She seemed to be calm, but in fact, her mind was in chaos. If this conversation was broadcasted, whether there's evidence or not, it wouldn't matter, the audience would have doubts about her and her favorability would reduce. Her net score had been plummeting with each episode, if it dropped even lower, her situation would get very dangerous. So, she could no longer target Romeo, otherwise, the audience would catch on.
But she knew that, in order to ensure the ratings, the cold blooded crew would broadcast any interesting thing the camera pointed at (except for restricted footage). Romeo doesn't have to start a conspiracy, just a suggestion would put her at full disadvantage.
Zhou Yun Sheng finished his milk and waltz out with a proud milk mustache, leaving only one statement, "I'm not so despicable, unlike you."
Everyone knew that Romeo had an infuriating tongue, but his heart was soft and kind. A pure and tender young boy, verses a shrewd and experienced bar girl, even a fool would know who they should believe.
The players took their food and left, unwilling to talk to Emily, even Daphne, who had the best relationship with her, was afraid to stay.
If Emily's plan had succeeded, Hayden, Ivana and Romeo would've been eliminated, and she wouldn't have to lift a finger. Hayden was her boyfriend, the two often flirted nauseatingly and displayed inconsiderate PDA, yet she turned against him without hesitation, how terrible!
The players' fear of her deepened, and after watching this episode of the show, Hayden also hated her. He ordered the Brown family's fashion brand to never hire Emily. This made Emily's road to be a model very shaky.
The thrilling day was finally over. Zhou Yun Sheng walked out of the bath with wet hair. Ivana helped him dry his hair, and couldn't help but rub it vigorously.
"Stop fooling around, I'm sleepy." Romeo's hair was fluffy, his cheeks rosy, his tired eyes squeezed out blight tears after his yawn, he looked fresh and lovely. He yawned again, pulled the quilt over his body and turned around to sleep. He saw the still hard at work John recording him and mumbled out a good night.
Good night, my baby. Sitting in the monitoring room, Gustav raised a finger to stroke the sleepy young boy on the screen, completely ignoring the 'you're a pervert' the crew leader's eyes were projecting at him.
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The next day, the first player to get up, as usual, found a note on the TV, which read – men and women, standing in each other's position, maybe you'll understand each other better.
What does that mean? Is it a team up with male and female partners? Everyone gave their own speculation. Zhou Yun Sheng whispered to Ivana, "This should be male and female players cross-dressing, then pairing up to shoot."
Ivana's eyes brightened, she gave a strange smile, "My Dear, I can't wait to see you dressed as a woman, you must be a thousand times more beautiful than Emily!"
As soon as the words were finished, Emily walked downstairs. Usually, she got along with quite a few players, everyone treated her with lively warmth. She was not as arrogant as Hayden, and she was very attractive, so her popularity was high. But after yesterday's storm, the contestants unanimously wanted to stay away from her.
She can even work against her lovey-dovey boyfriend, what chance do others have? Emily is definitely a ruthless one!
Because of her arrival, the living room quieted down for a moment. Emily didn't seem to notice, her attitude was natural as she greeted several friends. This made everyone even more on edge about her unpredictable mood.
Zhou Yun Sheng made two sandwiches and ate them with Ivana as they waited for the bus by the door. They didn't wear make-up, so they always got ready the fastest.
When the bus arrived at the studio, Bonnie and Jeffrey stood side by side and smiled an odd smile. Gustav stood to the side with a camera. He was responsible for photographing the players today.
"Everyone saw today's tip card right?" Bonnie smiled and asked.
"Yeah."
"So can you guess the theme of today's shooting?"
A contestant opened: "It's male and female partners, right? Two people will work together."
"Is it the men and women choosing the clothes and style for each other?"
"It's couples photos, absolutely!"
Bonnie shook her head again and again, then she saw that Romeo's face was red, as if he was very embarrassed, so she targeted him, "Kitten, you guessed it?"
"Is it men and women in drag and couple photos? We have ten people, five men and five women." Zhou Yun Sheng responded.
"My Dear, your brain is as outstanding as your little face!" Bonnie laughed as the players collectively groaned.
When it was time to group up, Bonnie was kind enough to assign the two prodigies to a group, which aroused the other female players' envy. If they had something to say, they could speak freely to the camera, so many people said the same thing: "I wanted to group up with Romeo, his facial features are very delicate, even more delicate than some of the female players. I think his cross-dressing will bring good results. If partnered with him, I would easily pass this challenge."
But unfortunately, the man who was in the same group with Emily said to his cameraman "I really don't want to work with Emily. She looks like she'd be easy to get along with, but she's even more arrogant than Hayden. She likes to grab the limelight, and she'll gladly suppress others to highlight herself. She's so scary. I had a crush on her at first, but fortunately, she didn't notice me and went after that fool Hayden." He grabbed his shoulders and shivered.
Emily, who stood close by, clearly heard the confession, but she showed no displeasure. Her strong spirit and confidence made even her cameraman surprised. If such a person was given a chance to climb the ladder, she would be able to climb to the top.
Unfortunately, she had trampled her own ladder and ruined her perfect opportunity with "The Next Supermodel". As long as they had more than 3 brain cells, the audience would never like such a treacherous person. So, her future might not be as bright as she imagines.
While the male and female players were still lamenting, Ivana and Zhou Yun Sheng had been dragged into the dressing room. The stylists had been wanting to cross-dress the two for a long time. Bonnie and Jeffrey crowed into the room. Gustav pretended to fiddle with his camera for a while, then he followed them in with a seemingly elegant, but impatient pace.