Free Web NovelChapter 729: Chapter 728: Stop Talking, I’m Already Crying
She couldn’t exactly say that forming an alliance with Shu Ran was less reliable than one with Li Yang, could she?
So Mu Qiu said, "That’s right, anyone works. As long as it’s not Brother Huai, we’re good."
Lin Lian couldn’t hold back her laughter.
So the three female guests were genuinely disdainful of Shi Yuhuai.
An electronic voice announced again.
"Guan Yu, Zhang Li, and Chuchu have successfully teamed up!"
"All guest stars have successfully formed teams, the remaining regular guests automatically form single-person teams, and free grouping ends! All guests, please gather at the square in ten minutes!"
Mu Qiu exclaimed, "Wow, both are now loners. It’s the perfect time for us to make a move."
Lin Lian squinted her eyes slightly, looked toward the small convenience path outside the vegetable garden, and asked, "Sister Mu Qiu, do you think that’s Brother Yang over there?"
"Huh?"
She followed his gaze over there, but because of the backlight, she couldn’t open her eyes fully and could only squint to see roughly.
"Look at that running posture, hopping while running, it really has to be Li Yang."
Saying that, she waved towards there and shouted loudly, "Li Yang! Your spot is here! Come over!"
Li Yang braked urgently, looked around bewilderedly, and after seeing them, ran over immediately.
"I don’t have a teammate anymore!"
He started shouting his grievances before even getting close.
"That’s really unfortunate, I do have a teammate." She leisurely introduced Lin Lian to him.
"My teammate, Lin Lian, handsome and youthful, Lian Yan’s Lian."
Li Yang saw Lin Lian’s face, paused his intended complaint, and then greeted properly.
"Hello, hello, I’m Li Yang."
Lin Lian refrained from looking at his face and, holding back a smile, extended his hand, "Hello Brother Yang, I’m Lin Lian."
Li Yang, having been a senior twice, knew how fast idols iterated and had seen many newcomers, but he had never seen one as good-looking as this.
That face could easily compare to Jiang Lu in his youth, and probably wouldn’t be much different from Cheng Zhirang.
But the production team matched this Lin Lian with Mu Qiu as a teammate...
For a moment, he didn’t know whether to feel sympathy for Lin Lian possibly getting tangled up or feel nervous about the comparison between Lin Lian and Cheng Zhirang.
Already nervous, he decided not to look at Lin Lian any longer.
He shifted his gaze to Mu Qiu, sweeping over the white mask on her face, and asked curiously, "What are you doing? Do you think you’re too ugly to meet people?"
"You’re the one who’s too ugly to meet people! This is to surprise the enemy later on!"
"When you’re halfway through fighting you reveal your face and scare the opponent to death? That’s a pretty good tactic."
"...If you can’t speak, just shut up or you’ll be choked for saying the wrong thing," she said sinisterly.
Li Yang immediately fell silent, touched the back of his neck, and after rolling his eyes twice, asked something else:
"How did you guys know this was the place I was looking for? There’s no clue at all, just barren."
"Wait for rabbits; no matter what kind of rabbit you are, passing through here means getting caught. What’s your clue?"
Li Yang recalled, "I come from the mountains, bringing orchid grass. If I don’t bring grass, I bring you. There’s a lump of black mud here."
"...???
The clue wasn’t the peach blossom tree in the clearing, never mind that, but what’s with the black mud?
She and Lin Lian both wore expressions of baffled confusion, staring at him incredulously.
"Black, what’s black mud?"
Li Yang: "If I knew, would I still be here?! I don’t have a teammate anymore! Who was my original teammate? Do you guys know?"
"Yes," Mu Qiu thought of the earlier announcement, "The second person to ally with Sister Guan Yu, named Chuchu."
The name sounded like a Mary Sue girl’s name, and she patted Li Yang’s shoulder sympathetically, her expression filled with sorrow, "You’ve lost a girl teammate."
"...No more, I’m about to cry."
He dutifully dabbed at the corners of his eyes, thinking he must have learned almost everything about Guan Yu’s skills.
Wiping his "tears" with a face full of sorrow, he suddenly remembered another issue.
"The hints aren’t for this place, but now that you’re waiting here for me to say alliance...you’re not waiting for me, but for Sister Shu Ran, right?"
Mu Qiu opened her mouth, stepped forward earnestly, "Listen to me."
Li Yang immediately glared at her, stepping back two paces, cooperating with the play, "I’m not listening! I was so happy running over, but you were tricking me all along! I was waiting for someone else!"
"Listen to me, although I was originally waiting for someone else, didn’t fate just tell me? Our fated person wasn’t Sister Shu Ran, but you! We happened upon an even more fateful encounter on the original journey; it’s destiny!"
"I’m not listening, I’m not listening! You’re eagerly waiting for me and Sister Shu Ran, there must be a conspiracy!"
Mu Qiu held up three fingers to the sky, "I swear! If I have any conspiracy, my teammate will also be given an ugly makeup!"
Lin Lian beside her: "???"
Li Yang reluctantly agreed, grumbling, "Alright then, I reluctantly believe you."
Lin Lian: "...why do I feel like I’m the one getting hurt here."
Neither of them paid heed to Lin Lian’s words; Mu Qiu was in high spirits, thinking of keeping Li Yang here and then waiting for Shu Ran.
That way, they could have two top talents in singing and dancing in their alliance, how great!
"Why are you smiling so slyly?" Li Yang frowned, giving her a cautious look, "What are you thinking about this time? You’re not going to trick me again, are you?"
"Trick what, there’s nothing to trick about, you really don’t know how to talk," she scolded jokingly, then cleared her throat,
"Since we’re so destined, it would make absolutely no sense not to form an alliance. You’re alone fighting on your own, any passerby would feel sorry. You need a strong teammate at this point."
Li Yang wasn’t surprised at all.
There’s no other possibility for her waiting here for "rabbits" other than wanting to form an alliance.
But why the urgency to form an alliance?
His eyes were filled with suspicion, "It’s not that forming an alliance is impossible, but first, you have to tell me, did you know something? Why are you so eager to ask for an alliance now...you didn’t want to form one when I begged for it before!"
Thinking about it, the likelihood of her having a conspiracy increased!
"I do know some things, come on, let’s talk while we walk."
She signaled Lin Lian with a look, who then moved to Li Yang’s other side, the two of them blocking any chance of a side attack from Li Yang.
"Here’s how it is..."
Before her words could start, Li Yang made a pause gesture.
"You always start with that sentence, it gives me the creeps. Can you change it?"
"..." So picky, she gritted her teeth for two seconds but, considering the usefulness of an ally, had to smile again. "Alright, I’ll keep it brief and to the point."
"Do you know the few guest stars announced by the electronic voice? They’re all idols like you, good at both singing and dancing. Why do you think the production team invited so many idols for this episode? Do you think it might be—"
Li Yang froze for a moment, then jumped three feet high with surprise and excitement, "Finally, it’s my time to shine!!!"
