Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO

Chapter 799 - 512: On the Road [02] Two Sis-Cons, Solid Evidence

"Oh."

Facing Valeria Young’s enthusiasm, Nora Scott merely responded indifferently, her attitude quite cold.

Valeria Young seemed oblivious, chatting to herself for quite a while, talking from "City Secret" to "Escape Room," praising Nora Scott’s martial arts to Mechanical Techniques, and finally suggesting they exchange WeChat.

Without even looking up, Nora Scott replied, "I didn’t bring my phone."

Valeria Young quickly followed up, "You could just give me your number—"

"Don’t have WeChat."

With a slight furrow of her brow, Nora Scott bluntly interrupted her, leaving no room for further conversation.

Valeria Young was well aware of her refusal and finally stopped pushing, making small talk before leaving.

However, the moment she turned away, the smile that was as bright as a sunny day instantly vanished, her lips curling with a trace of displeasure on her face.

Swallowing a mouthful of noodles, Clement Winter hesitated for a moment and finally cautiously reminded, "Nora, offending petty people is rather—"

Nora Scott carelessly replied, "You shouldn’t compromise on friends, or in dealing with people either."

Hypocritical kindness and equivocating insincerity were never her style.

If you don’t like it, push back—that’s what feels good.

"..."

Clement Winter blinked, sensing there was some truth to that.

But, opening his mouth to advise again, "After all, this is the entertainment industry, where being cautious is more important—"

Nora Scott tilted her head, chuckling lightly, "Aren’t I just known for my head-on approach?"

"..."

Thinking it over carefully, Clement Winter found himself utterly speechless, incredibly impressed.

In the entire entertainment industry, being able to maintain such a blatant persona and still become hugely popular, there’s no one like Nora Scott, hands down.

...

Valeria Young was clearly someone with two sides—a sunny façade but harboring dissatisfaction and sarcastic complaints behind Nora Scott’s back. Yet, when seeing Nora, she was all smiles and affectionate names. If they hadn’t been about to start shooting, Nora would have stitched her mouth shut on the spot.

Such a bother.

The program contract stated a seven-day shoot, but in reality only planned for six days of activities.

Filming a week straight, in harsh conditions, with long-distance travel and outdoor camping, many celebrities would steer clear as soon as they heard, making Nora Scott and Clement Winter the only big names the crew could secure.

Lately, travel reality shows have exploded, with a plethora of couple and friend travel shows cropping up—"On the Road" scraping by to join the trend.

However, there’s a little difference.

It focuses on the "backpacker" theme.

Four celebrities traveling together, backpacking for a long-distance self-guided trip, primarily involving hiking, trekking, and adventure, in search of self-discovery on the road, breaking new grounds.

This time’s travel agenda involved cycling the first three days, hiking the latter three. Each guest is equipped for the outdoors, with a choice between a 50L or 60L hiking backpack, the contents of which are pre-selected by the guests themselves, without any crew interference.

Of course, the crew would remind them in advance about necessities like individual tents and trekking poles.

During filming, they’d shop twice, every three days, with 100 bucks allocated for food expenses each time, averaging 25 bucks per person, covering their three meals a day for three days. Film sessions allotted no time for breakfast or lunch, but a few hours were reserved for dinner filming, focusing on the survival skills of the four guests.

It’s called travel, but it’s essentially budget travel...

But for hiking tourism and wilderness survival, and familiarity with the locale, for Nora Scott it posed no challenge whatsoever—truly just a casual, leisurely travel show.

At nine in the morning, the four guests gathered in the hotel lobby, and Nora Scott’s appearance with a hiking backpack drew numerous glances.

"You chose the 60L pack?"

"It’s so stuffed, what on earth are you carrying?"

Nelson and Valeria Young questioned one after another.

Clement Winter blinked, quite worriedly looking at Nora Scott, wondering if he could help her carry some stuff later.

"Hmm." Nora Scott casually responded, "Just threw things in randomly."

Hearing this, both Nelson and Valeria Young had expressions difficult to describe.

Absolutely inexperienced if she’s carrying that much. Probably filled with cosmetics, clothes, and such. Cycling requires physical strength; Nora with such a superficial image would definitely hold the group back.

"Let’s go."

Noticing the tense atmosphere, Clement Winter waved, holding the 100-budget note.

...

Just as the "On the Road" crew left, Marcus Shaw and Oliver Scott exited the elevator and approached the front desk to check out.

After handing over the room cards, Oliver Scott placed his backpack over his shoulder and said to Marcus Shaw, "I’ve heard remote places might need cash, not supporting online payments, so let’s withdraw some money before we head out."

"Okay."

Marcus Shaw nodded with no objection.

He pulled out his phone, ready to search for a nearby bank.

Oliver glanced at him, paused his gaze on the phone, and said while opening his backpack, "Oh right, change to this phone case."

Marcus, who never uses phone cases, responded, "?"

Quickly, Oliver took out a custom phone case and handed it to Marcus. "Here."

Seeing that phone case, Marcus twitched the corner of his mouth slightly and turned to leave.

Oliver quickly caught up with him and forced the phone case into his hand, "This is Miguel’s token of goodwill, and didn’t my sister look fierce and beautiful in this photo?"

"..."

Looking at the phone case thrust into his hand, Marcus pondered for a long while and let out a heavy sigh.

On the back of the phone case, wasn’t that a photo of Nora Scott?

Holding a yellow dog in her left hand and a hawk in her right, she sat on the hood of an off-road vehicle, indeed looking both fierce and beautiful, striking a visually impactful pose.

—The photo was given by Miguel Smith.

Learning that the two were coming to the northwest, Miguel, busy and overwhelmed at the game company, still thought to look out for them. He eagerly sent the photo to the two, saying it was an amulet, and carrying this photo in the northwest would ensure nothing but success, any nefarious person seeing it would back off.

Marcus turned a blind eye.

Oliver didn’t believe Miguel’s words, but this photo of Nora was too much to his liking. A week ago, Oliver had been discussing with Marcus whether to put the photo in a wallet or make it into a pendant, finally deciding on Steve Singleton’s suggestion—to turn it into a phone case.

In this era where phones are always in hand, taking out your phone to see this amulet, how wonderful is that?

Marcus hadn’t put much thought into it, nor did he expect Oliver would do something so silly, never imagining—

A genius sister’s fan can have a negative IQ during obsessions.

Seeing Oliver change the phone case on his phone, Marcus reluctantly followed suit and swapped in the new phone case.

After leaving the hotel, the two got money and headed straight to the bus station.

"I inquired, there’s no direct route, you have to travel three hours from here, then find a local car," Oliver said, waving a map of the Sand Delta as he conveyed the information, "So, let’s just play it by ear?"

"Yeah."

Marcus nodded.

After purchasing tickets, Marcus and Oliver waited at the bustling and remote bus station, pulling out the map to study.

Their destination was remote, with no direct bus, requiring many transfers that could take two to three days. Renting a car would be much more convenient, but since they came with the mindset of traveling while handling business, the two discussed and abandoned the most convenient option.

By doing it themselves, they would reap the benefits.

After studying the map, Oliver stretched his shoulders and said, "Bro, what if we can’t find it?"

"Then let it go."

Marcus replied nonchalantly.

"..."

Oliver was momentarily speechless.

After a pause, Oliver said, "Let’s still try our best to find it. Honestly, I have this feeling that Loulanel City and Mechanism City mentioned in the letter might have some connection to my sister. Their Mechanism Arts Circle is absurdly small."

Marcus glanced sideways at him, lightly pressed his lips together, and said nothing.

He intuitively felt that there weren’t that many coincidences.

But thinking of how the intricate clues of the golden cup incident were woven into a single strand by them...

It’s better not to comment, to avoid getting a slap in the face.

*

Nora Scott’s already thin patience was completely exhausted by Nelson and Valeria Young.

With a hundred bucks to buy three days’ worth of food, it was practically a mission impossible.

The production team was intentionally making things difficult.

Clement Winter and Nora both thought it would be enough to buy some bread, instant noodles, chocolate, and Snickers, but Nelson and Valeria, those two oddballs, had different ideas. The former considered spending the money wisely on essential grains, while the latter was concerned about the show’s effect, wanting a nice dinner at night.

—Judging by these two’s plans, the money wouldn’t be enough.

Yet somehow, a nerve seemed to snap, and they clashed right there in the market, creating an awkward atmosphere between them.

"Nora, should we—" Clement couldn’t stand the awkward atmosphere anymore.

"Go for some tea."

Nora cut him off, waving her hand.

"Huh?" Clement followed her, baffled as she headed toward a luxurious teahouse, "We don’t have money."

Glancing at the teahouse, Nora lazily said, "We don’t need money."

Dare to ask her for money, are they courting death?

Clement: ???