Free Web NovelChapter 727: Chapter 726: Huh? Is That Really a Thing?
Mu Qiu was energized and stopped drinking water, staring at him with wide eyes.
"You don’t want to ally with me? Why?"
Cheng Zhirang: "You might get a more honest answer if you ask Lin Lian and the others."
Mu Qiu pulled the white tablecloth from in front of her mouth and immediately turned to ask Lin Lian, "Why?"
Lin Lian was prepared to answer, but just as she was about to speak and faced Mu Qiu’s uncovered face, the water she drank sprayed out immediately.
"Cough, cough, cough... cough!"
She choked so badly that her pretty face turned flushed.
Mu Qiu: "...what do you mean?! Am I that ugly?!"
Bai Shu held back her laughter on the side.
Lin Lian, covering her mouth while coughing, apologized, "Sorry, Sister Mu Qiu... but honestly... it’s a bit ugly."
Your expression shows it’s not just a bit ugly.
She tied the tablecloth behind her head again to cover half of her face, complaining in an aggrieved tone, "The production team did this on purpose. What’s their intention by doing this? Using ugliness to prove our teammate’s friendship of not abandoning or giving up?"
Lin Lian was still coughing, her face and ears completely red, like two beautiful shades of red melted into glass, looking translucent and pretty.
Beside her, Bai Shu was also holding back laughter, almost lying on the table.
As for Cheng Zhirang, he managed not to laugh out loud, and he even held her hand under the stone table to comfort her.
With the comfort from the handsome guy, the grievance in her heart was much lessened, and she then started to worry about her teammates.
"You guys are just seeing me and are already like this. What if you see Sister Guan Yu later, won’t you laugh until you lose all combat power?"
"Is it really that ugly?"
"Oh man, it’s quite ugly! When I first saw her, I was so scared I fell to the ground. She still didn’t believe she was the ugliest, so we went to the bathroom to look in the mirror and found out she indeed was the ugliest. You’ll know when you see her; looking closely is a kind of cruelty to her."
Cheng Zhirang smirked, his eyelashes curved; even with such heavy ugly makeup, under his gentle and clean eyes, it was hard to think of him as ugly.
More like... the famous online picture, where a beautiful Indian girl with randomly painted face still amazes everyone with her blue eyes.
His temperament and those eyes alone are enough to amaze people.
Even Lin Lian couldn’t compare.
Thinking of this, she overturned her previous thought. Even if the production team intends to put ugly makeup on Cheng Zhirang to elevate Lin Lian, it wouldn’t matter; no one can outshine him.
The production team definitely wouldn’t let him keep this makeup on; they would definitely take it off.
She smiled at him, and when their eyes met, she brought up the old question again: "So why don’t you ally with me?"
"..."
Lin Lian finally stopped coughing, rescuing Cheng Zhirang with her words, "Sister Mu Qiu, your alliance reputation... hasn’t been great."
"Huh? Is that so? Who’s spreading rumors about me?" She looked surprised as if she genuinely didn’t know.
Cheng Zhirang said earnestly, "Maybe it’s Guan Yu and Li Yang. Shu Ran is also possible, and Shi Yuhuai seems suspicious too."
"You might as well accuse everyone." She was speechless.
She unscrewed a bottle to drink water, lifting a corner of the veil covering her mouth, took two gulps, and then dropped the veil again, determined not to show her full face anymore.
"I hope the next game allows for makeup removal and face washing."
Having this face really affects combat power.
Bai Shu was curious, leaning on the table to ask, "Sister Mu Qiu, do you know what this episode’s game will be?"
Many thoughts flashed through Mu Qiu’s mind, and she finally said, "I don’t know. All I know right now is that the grouping is pretty interesting, but nothing else. Do you guys have any guesses?"
It was unclear if Cheng Zhirang was avoiding suspicion as he had not initiated any conversation with Bai Shu the whole way. But he remained gentlemanly and polite, switching places with the two ladies to shield them from the sun exposed on one side of the pavilion.
Now she threw out a topic, evidently wanting to give them more opportunity to talk. Bai Shu immediately chimed in, "I’ve seen many people guess that this episode might be a singing and dancing stage because the director’s side account liked a girl group dance video."
Mu Qiu exclaimed, "So you guys think this episode will feature girl group dancing? Li Yang dancing girl group dances? Or is it that Brother Huai and Brother Cheng... pfft, will also dance girl group dances?"
Bai Shu paused, looking at Cheng Zhirang next to her, "...forget it, I think it might be another program format."
Lin Lian offered a unique thought, "I think it might be a game related to makeup. You were given ugly makeup at the start of the game; it must have some significance."
She nodded and asked Cheng Zhirang, "Brother Cheng, what do you think?"
Cheng Zhirang shook his head, "Not quite clear yet."
She murmured, "Actually, I think there should be some other different things happening along the way, which will help us find some clues. But of course, that’s just my guess."
"What did you find?" Cheng Zhirang asked.
"Didn’t I just say I met Brother Huai first? He was drinking soybean milk, and suddenly a group of husky men and grandmas came out playing drums and singing.
I’ve seen you all throughout the way, but only he encountered a situation with people surrounding, beating gongs, drums, and singing. Did you encounter anything like that?"
He shook his head, "So that means Shi Yuhuai is special? Or does this episode’s format relate to beating gongs and drums?"
"Both are possible. Don’t look at me; I’m afraid you’ll have nightmares tonight."
"..." He laughed helplessly, "Not that exaggerated. If that’s true, wouldn’t seeing Guan Yu later cause us to stop breathing?"
"Anyway, I’m having trouble breathing now."
She smiled widely, shielded by the white tablecloth covering half her face.
At this moment, a digital voice announced in real-time again.
"Shi Yuhuai, Jiang Zhufeng, team formation successful!"
"Countdown to the last two minutes of the second phase!"
"Hello?"
The four of them were listening intently to the broadcast when a person appeared outside the bridge pavilion, waving and greeting them.
It was a male guest, tall with thick eyebrows and big eyes, his face still somewhat youthful, a very proper young man but looking slightly awkward, making him seem a bit goofy.
Cheng Zhirang gently touched Mu Qiu’s elbow, prompting her to get up with him.
"Hello."
The young man ran to the outside of the bridge pavilion, greeted everyone and directly stated his purpose.
"Hello, Brother Cheng, Mu Qiu, Bai Shu, Lin... Lin Lian, right? I’m Xu Cheng, Xu with the double-person radical, Cheng as in to acknowledge. Hello everyone, it’s like this; my waiting teammate never showed up, and the staff informed me to change location, then I randomly chose the right side and unexpectedly saw you. Who am I grouped with?"
Mu Qiu glanced at Cheng Zhirang and Bai Shu, then looked at Xu Cheng, pointed to the sky, and said, "Listen."
The broadcast was cooperative, immediately announcing: "Cheng Zhirang, Bai Shu, Xu Cheng, team formation successful!"
