Chapter 915 - 914: I Met Brother Cheng the Day Before the Show Started

Guan Yu added two more sentences at the end: "It’s really the simplest, because no one ever asks how to write your name, how tall you are, and no one asks others who’s this."

"Because everyone on the show knows Brother Cheng, no need to ask more," Shu Ran followed up.

"...Actually, when I first joined the show, I didn’t really know everyone," Mu Qiu raised her hand weakly.

Guan Yu asked her, "You don’t even know Brother Cheng?"

"I really didn’t."

"What about Li Yang? Not him either? That super popular idol."

"Only saw the name while scrolling through Weibo."

She was quite embarrassed and quickly explained, "Because I usually don’t follow celebrities or entertainment news. Before joining the show, the production team didn’t reveal any guest info to me. During the trailer, I secretly looked up your names online to know who you all were."

"You’re done for, you don’t even know Brother Cheng," Li Yang gloated.

She turned her head to look at Cheng Zhirang and then composed herself, saying, "It’s fine, meeting in person helps to recognize each other, and as the show progresses, we get more familiar, that’s what the show’s purpose is."

Shi Yuhuai glanced lazily at the two of them and said, "You guys seem pretty familiar now."

Mu Qiu: "..."

She coughed, "Brother Huai, you’re just stating the obvious."

"I have another true statement: the first time you saw Brother Cheng, weren’t you stunned on the spot by his beauty? When he went to help carry your luggage, you were just staring at him."

Oh, this...

Cheng Zhirang let out a pleasant chuckle.

Mu Qiu could only tell the truth: "Okay, I admit a little bit, but! But the bigger reason was that he looked familiar to me. Because our first meeting wasn’t on the show, it was the day before the show started."

"Oh? There’s a story? I love hearing stories, go on," Guan Yu leaned forward, staring at her.

"Emmm, it was my first day arriving in Hai City, waiting at the baggage claim in the airport for my suitcase, he was there too, catching each suitcase sliding down to avoid it hitting the barrier below.

My suitcase is pink, with a green long-legged monkey on it. When he saw this suitcase, he caught it with both hands, didn’t that immediately increase his appeal? Then I noticed he was wearing a hat and mask, but a group of girls nearby were excitedly taking photos, saying he was handsome, so I took a closer look.

At that time, I was reading a novel, got teary from an emotional part, so my eyes were a bit red, he saw it and probably thought I was upset or something, gave me a tissue. Even though I couldn’t see his face, you know, those eyes, left a deep impression. The next day on the show, I recognized him right away."

After hearing it, Guan Yu said meaningfully, "Oh—so it was fate, no wonder you two are the closest now. Probably the only time Brother Cheng gave a tissue to a stranger, how coincidental to give it to his future girlfriend."

Mu Qiu: "...Alright, alright, don’t just focus on that one thing."

Shi Yuhuai: "Then introduce yourself again."

She straightened her back, slowly took out the long-legged monkey behind her: "I have a self-introduction with a mission, you might still remember—Hello everyone, I’m Mu Qiu, ’admire’ Mu, autumn’s Qiu. This is my partner, it’s named God, I have a nickname called Perspective, so our group is called—"

She turned to look at Cheng Zhirang.

Cheng Zhirang cooperated by saying the familiar line: "So your group is called God’s Perspective? Your group doesn’t have high requirements on member race and IQ."

Mu Qiu smoothly continued: "Brother Cheng, you’re really good-looking and smart, I’m about to be fascinated by you."

She laughed first, her shoulders shaking, the others followed suit and laughed.

Li Yang didn’t care if his mask wrinkled, just laughed: "That task really cracked me up, all sorts of mocking the program team’s quirky logic."

"It was quite quirky, as soon as I got the task card, I was shocked, thinking the director didn’t let me design the program segments, maybe unknowingly changed the book’s content beyond recognition." Mu Qiu said while laughing.

"Oh it’s because you’re the original author, I remember after the trailer’s live broadcast, many people said our show had a script arrangement, all just staged, but heaven knows we actually didn’t have a script." Guan Yu seamlessly shifted to the second topic.

The camera focused on Mu Qiu.

The black mask covered her face, hiding many emotions.

She said, "Actually, that rumor is completely baseless. My original book can be found online, comparing the book’s content with what’s aired first rules out copying the book entirely, those claims about pre-decided winners based on character settings.

Furthermore, take the crowd stage episode as an example, Brother Huai slacking off to self-eliminate just to be a permanent NPC, moving the program’s original game end time up by one or two hours, it made the director furious, would that be pre-written? Definitely not.

Each episode’s MVP is decided through intense competition, physical and mental, whoever stands at the end is the first. There’s male-female confrontation too, whoever needs to win will win, no assignment of wins to popular guests.

These things can even be answered by guest stars who’ve been on our show, the answer will be the same, we have no script, only an outline, everyone follows the game setup to play, the rest relies on the guests to showcase."

"Right, so dear audience, never mindlessly follow what others say about blacklisting, those who’ve watched our show should be able to see, especially since ours is a live broadcast, the ending can’t be changed, if there really was a script, wouldn’t there easily be scenes differing from the result? Obviously, the show’s brilliance all comes from our own performance."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

After this topic, it seemed to halt, no one spoke for about half a minute.

Atmosphere orchestrator Guan Yu looked around, touched her mask, said: "No one speaking now? The atmosphere suddenly got awkward. If no one talks, I’ll go peel off my mask and wash my face."

Mu Qiu finally remembered mask time was up, quickly stood up: "Right, right, time to wash, give us three minutes, we’ll be back after washing our faces."

The three ran downstairs, leaving three guys sitting on the couch looking at each other.

Li Yang tentatively spoke: "So these three minutes, are we supposed to hold the fort? Find a topic?"

Shi Yuhuai seriously said: "What you should consider is whether their three minutes really are just three minutes."

Cheng Zhirang recalled Mu Qiu’s skincare steps after masking, deliberated saying: "Shouldn’t be more than ten minutes."

Li Yang: "Ten minutes?! That long?"