The Trending Topic Herself: The Villainess is the Superstar!-Chapter 126: The True Luck Emperor

"What is it? What fell down?" Justin Morgan asked, still lying on the ground, looking around.

Maya Monroe frowned slightly, her gaze accurately shifted to the rear left, and then she bent down slightly to pick up the shiny golden object from the fallen leaves.

A gold-plated key about a finger’s length, light and nifty to the touch—this was the homegoing prop they had been desperately searching for: the Gold Key.

Maya raised her arm, the Gold Key gleaming under the sunlight. With a smile on her radiant face that was dazzlingly beautiful, she said, "See? I told you guys to check the treetops, and there it is!"

The joy she felt was almost visible. Maya didn’t care much about popularity, but she very much wanted the chance to go home. The few days spent here had drained all her patience, and although she secretly brought some snacks, how could this wilderness compare to a warm and comfortable home?

Perhaps because life in this world was too comfortable, Maya rarely felt homesick.

From the moment Maya revealed the Gold Key, there was about a few seconds of silence, and everyone’s expressions were complicated.

Who could have thought? No one could have expected that the Gold Key they all fruitlessly sought would be found so easily by Maya.

Justin Morgan’s expression was the most complicated. He was standing right next to Maya, and the plant from which the key fell was merely one meter away from him; he had just crawled over from there a second ago.

His hands were covered in mud, and green grass clippings were mixed under his nails, looking extremely disheveled. But who would have thought that while Maya was merely complaining, she just casually gave the plant a kick and out came the key.

The first to speak was Miles Wallace, his expression still indifferent, as gentle as if he were gilded in the sunlight: "Congratulations."

Jamie Miller also recovered, his hair disheveled, looking a bit ragged like the other contestants.

With a warm voice, he said, "I have to say, Monroe’s luck is really amazing. I didn’t expect you to find it so quickly! That’s great, we can go home now."

Jessica Young stood quietly to the side, thinking to herself that calling it incredible luck was an understatement; calling Maya the ultimate lucky one wasn’t going too far.

Jessica couldn’t quite accept this reality, her expression tightened, and she asked, "Maya, did you know the exact location of the Gold Key all along and just played us for fools all this time?"

"Yeah! Let’s not beat around the bush, Maya, maybe you’ve been holding a grudge against us all along?" Justin also thought Jessica had a point and nodded hastily in agreement.

He just didn’t believe such a coincidence could happen. How could someone have such good luck? This felt more like a setup just to mess with them.

Seeing that the two were getting more and more outrageous, Jamie advised, "It’s not as complicated as you guys think. Being able to go home is a good thing. No matter what, Maya found the Gold Key, and without her, who knows how many more days we would’ve wandered here?"

Maya moved her gaze slightly from the Gold Key and looked at them as if they were idiots: "Why don’t you look in the mirror and see what charm you two have that would make me waste hours playing house with you?"

[Flutterfly: Wow, this luck is really incredible! Maya, go buy a lottery ticket, I’ll fund it! We’ll split it fifty-fifty!]

[Maya: Finally, we can go home! Maya, darling, must be so thrilled! Congratulations, congrats!]

[Sour Grapes: This, this, this—she just gave a tree a kick and got the Gold Key; the luck is truly astonishing!]

[Dream of Getting Rich: Remember when Justin said recently, ’If you can do it, you go ahead?’ So what this story tells us is you should never brag in front of a big shot, or you’ll get your face slapped so hard you’ll question life...]

[Complaining Isn’t a Crime: I just want to say, Justin and Jessica are getting more and more troublesome. Can’t they see if it weren’t for Maya’s hint, they wouldn’t even see the shadow of the Gold Key? And now they’re doubting Maya again!]

[Maya: Exactly, anyone with common sense can see how desperately Maya wants to go home. Playing tricks on them? Really giving themselves too much credit!]

After saying that, Maya waved the Gold Key to the staff beside her: "We’ve found this thing, can we go home now?"

The staff, snapping out of the recent events, paused and said, "Congratulations, Teacher Maya, on finding the Gold Key. Next, you need to return to the camp, and the plane will be there waiting."

Upon hearing that they could go home, Maya’s face lit up with excitement: "Great, then let’s go back now!"

After walking so much to find food and clues, this was the first time she was so proactive.

The staff came back to his senses, thinking Maya was undeniably the crowd favorite. Compared to her, the other contestants seemed rather redundant.

Especially since it’s a live variety show with no post-editing, Maya’s brilliance was enough to create a vast gap between her and the other contestants.

The production team required them to return to the camp on their own, not providing any transport assistance. Holding the Gold Key, Maya rushed off energetically, her earlier fatigued demeanor replaced by a vibrant and swift pace.

When faced with obstacles, Maya simply leaped over them, gracefully and swiftly.

Maya quickly returned to the camp, her cheeks slightly flushed from exertion, but she was still in great shape, her breathing steady.

She ran straight to the director, grabbing his arm: "Can we go home now?"

The director, with his mouth slightly open, snapped out of his daze: "Mi-Miss Monroe, you mean?"

Maya didn’t expect him not to understand, thought for a moment, and then realized she might not have been clear enough. She took out the Gold Key she was holding: "Director, I’ve already found the key! We can go home now!"

The director finally understood why she was so excited. Hearing Maya say she’d found the Gold Key, the director breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this episode had been full of unexpected events, and they urgently needed to adjust their strategy. The Gold Key was a predetermined goal, yet the contestants were so unreliable that it dragged on until now to finally conclude.

The last person to complete the task turned out to be the laid-back Maya, and what pushed her to complete the task was the desire to "go home."

The guide, at some point standing beside him in the familiar purple suit with those familiar flip-flops, chuckled: "Congratulations, it seems our number four contestant never disappoints us!"