Chapter 58: Sleeping Live

Beep beep, click!
After the hotel staff swiped open Su Chen’s room with the key card, the cameraman finally stepped inside. Following Director Wu Tong’s instructions, he immediately pressed the record button. Once he confirmed the room could be streamed live, he lifted the camera with a face full of grievance.

At that moment, the audience in the live stream—still somewhat confused—suddenly realized that Su Chen, that brat, was actually lying there sound asleep in a pink bunny pajama set, wearing an eye mask and earplugs, clutching a pillow!

“Holy crap?! That adorable bunny on the bed is... Su Chen?!”

“Hahaha! Everyone, record this! This look is pure art!”

“Guys, I’ve got dirt on Su Chen now! Hahaha!”

...

After a brief moment of shock, Su Chen’s fans in the chat descended into wild excitement. Not only did the bunny pajamas allow them to admire Su Chen’s breathtaking sleeping face, but the whole scene was also extremely entertaining!

Didn’t you see? All of Su Chen’s fans were going absolutely crazy by now.

Of course, it wasn’t just his fans—other casual viewers were equally stunned. While everyone else was up early filming the show, he was still asleep? The most outrageous part was that even the cameraman couldn’t get his door open, and it took hotel staff to do it in the end!

Did he really not care about attention and publicity?

Han Jiangxue, seeing the matching set of bunny pajamas she had given Su Chen, laughed so hard her stomach hurt and nearly burst into tears. Normally, Su Chen didn’t sleep in pajamas, finding clothes uncomfortable to wear in bed. But with Han Jiangxue dropping by unannounced every so often, not wearing anything wasn’t exactly safe.

So Han Jiangxue had given him this pink, cutesy set—mainly to tease him. Unexpectedly, Su Chen actually wore it! He probably figured he’d only wear it at home, and no one would see the pink color anyway.

Little did he know he’d be caught in this situation!

“Director... What should I do? Should I wake him up?” The cameraman, suppressing the urge to boot Su Chen awake, picked up the intercom and asked Wu Tong.

Wu Tong: “...”

You’re asking me? How would I know!

This was Wu Tong’s first time encountering a contestant like Su Chen, and he was momentarily at a loss. In the end, considering the live broadcast format of the show, he decided they should minimize interference with the contestants and preserve authenticity.

After some thought, Wu Tong said, “No need, just keep filming. Wait till he wakes up.”

The cameraman hummed in agreement, found a good angle, aimed at the still-sleeping Su Chen, and quietly filmed.

He’d thought Su Chen would wake quickly, but that was wishful thinking.

Ten minutes passed—Su Chen’s breathing was deep and even, not a twitch.

Thirty minutes—Su Chen furrowed his brows and smacked his lips.

An hour—he finally moved! He let go of his pillow, turned over, and kept sleeping.

The cameraman couldn’t take it anymore. He left the camera propped beside Su Chen’s bed, sat himself in a chair, and watched Su Chen’s face with a mix of resentment and envy.

“Youth really is wonderful. Even the quality of sleep is this good...”

Thus, in the Mango Video live stream, Su Chen became a singular spectacle. While everyone else was streaming their preparations, he was streaming his nap! It was a masterclass in peace of mind!

Gradually, more and more viewers migrated from other streams to Su Chen’s. In the end, the number of people watching Su Chen alone surpassed all the other contestants’ streams combined!

“I bet, with how calm he looks, he can sleep at least another hour!”

“I’ll put ten bucks on him making it two more hours!”

“Underestimating him! I’ll bet a hundred—my bro Chen can sleep three hours easy!”

...

The other contestants soon noticed their viewers were vanishing and pulled out their phones to investigate. When they saw everyone flocking to watch Su Chen sleep, they were all on the verge of breaking down.

So many of us working hard and hustling, yet we can’t match up to someone just lying there doing nothing—how is this fair?!

The news quickly reached Meng Xiaotian as well, but he merely sneered. In the morning, everyone was focused on preparing for the contest, so there wasn’t enough excitement—hence Su Chen’s gimmick drew a crowd.

But as Meng Xiaotian knew, in the afternoon, nearly every contestant’s company had arranged for them to collaborate with popular internet personalities on camera. Starry Entertainment had even spent big to get a C-list celebrity to appear in his stream.

By then, who would still tune in to watch Su Chen sleep?

Su Chen was wasting an entire day—and would end up empty-handed!

“Heh, sleep all you like. Soon you’ll find out who the real clown is,” Meng Xiaotian scoffed.

Elsewhere, as the clock struck nine, the cameraman was about to doze off in his chair.

At last, Su Chen slowly woke, stretched lazily, removed his eye mask and earplugs, and opened his eyes—only to see a camera pointed straight at his head!

Startled, Su Chen was instantly wide awake! But then, noticing a man in his room, his face grew even more alarmed.

“Who... who are you?! What are you doing in my room?!”

Su Chen instinctively checked his pants, found the bunny pajamas still securely covering his lower half, and breathed a sigh of relief.

“Hello, Su Chen. I’m the cameraman assigned by the production team to follow you today and handle your live stream. The show had already started earlier, but you hadn’t woken up. The director, per the contract, instructed me to film your sleeping... Don’t worry, everything is legal and above board.”

Seeing Su Chen awake, the cameraman hurried to explain.

But Su Chen was anything but calm.

A live broadcast? And I’m still in pink pajamas!

Su Chen leapt off the bed, darted into the bathroom, washed up at lightning speed, and changed into regular clothes.

As he opened the bathroom door, he found the cameraman still waiting with his lens aimed.

Su Chen: “...”

“Man, you really are dedicated!”

“Haha, just doing my job!” the cameraman chuckled.

Su Chen sighed helplessly, casually picked up his phone to check the time. His alarm had been set for eight, so it should still be early.

But he forgot he’d worn earplugs...

“What?! It’s nine o’clock?!”

Su Chen cried out in alarm, “Crap, I’m going to be late to pick them up from the airport!”