Then, a long beep sounded, indicating the end of the game.
Jiang Chuyi was still in a daze when a heart-wrenching roar suddenly rang in his ears: "Damn traitor!!!"
They both turned their heads to look at the same time.
Ji Kai walked towards them with his hair standing on end, holding up the intercom and speaking quickly, "I want to report Zong Ye, the cancer of our team. He is definitely an undercover agent. It's ok for him to let us go, but now he is openly surrendering to the enemy. He has no competitive spirit at all!"
Jiang Chuyi quickly spoke up, trying to explain for him: "He's not an undercover agent, I caught him."
"Didn't we catch you? How could you run away?" Ji Kai punched Zong Ye, strangled him by the neck, and cursed: "It's all your fault, you useless guy, damn it."
Zong Ye groaned as he was strangled by him, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he apologized with a smile, "It's my fault, I'm sorry, I'm not good enough."
They continued to play along.
Ji Kai reported and exposed Zong Ye's behavior again in front of everyone.
After listening, Feng Miaotong and Chi Mengyue exchanged subtle glances.
Xu Zhi smiled and patted his shoulder: "Xiao Kai, you should learn more from Zong Ye and be more gentlemanly. It's just a game after all, so it's okay to give way to the girls."
Zhao Guangyu immediately said: "Although we are not in the same camp, I support Brother Kai. We must have a competitive spirit when playing games and not let others win!"
Jiang Chuyi kept smiling and secretly pinched Zhao Guangyu, "Say less."
Amidst the laughter of several guests, the results of the game began to be counted: there was only one survivor from the pink team, Jiang Chuyi, and there were three survivors from the white team.
The White Team won the group PK, and Ji Kai, as the person who got the most stars in the battle, was awarded the title of Star King.
Director: "Your privilege is that in tomorrow's game, you can designate any guest present to do something for you as you wish."
When the recording in the building was finished, it was already past three in the morning. The production coordinator told them to go back home and have a good sleep at night and meet in the hotel lobby at 12 noon tomorrow.
Sitting on the program crew's bus, Jiang Chuyi tilted her head and leaned it against the window.
The car was completely silent, and the exhausted people fell asleep. Although she was tired, she was not very sleepy, and she was stroking the bracelet absentmindedly.
This was the only star she had “grabbed” today, the one that belonged to Souya…
When the broadcast voice of "Songye OUT" resounded throughout the building, her heart felt like it was pricked by a needle, causing both pain and itchiness.
When the game was over, the staff came to collect the props. For some reason, Jiang Chuyi whispered to the young lady if she could leave it to her as a souvenir.
Although the young lady was surprised, she didn't say much and agreed to her request.
She turned her head quietly and looked behind the car.
Zongye was sitting in the last row, with his head tilted, looking at the scenery outside the window through the glass, wondering what he was thinking.
There was a camera in front of the car, so she didn't dare to stare at it for too long. Turning back, she glanced at the sleeping Zhao Guangyu, and Jiang Chuyi reached out and carefully pulled the coat covering him, then put it on her knees to cover her phone, and sneakily poked Zongye on WeChat.
Souya: “What’s wrong?”
He poked back.
Jiang Chuyi: "I'm a little worried. Wasn't it too obvious when you gave me the bracelet just now? Will your fans scold you when it's aired?"
Zong Ye: "Aren't we supposed to cooperate with the production team to hype up the couple?"
At this moment, Zhao Guangyu opened his eyes dazedly and muttered, "Where's my coat..." Jiang Chuyi was startled and froze.
Fortunately, he just finished reading this sentence, then immediately tilted his head and fell asleep.
Jiang Chuyi adjusted her posture before continuing to type and instruct him.
"That's true, but don't be too professional. We'd better proceed step by step. You should at least consider your actual situation."
Souya: "I'm too tired to type. Can we talk in person after we get off the car?"
Jiang Chuyi: "Okay, then you take a rest first."
The bus arrived at the hotel and several guests got off the bus one after another.
Zhao Guangyu had slept all the way, and now he had regained some energy. He pulled Jiang Chuyi and kept nagging: "Hey, I had a close contact with my idol today, and I found that our personalities are quite similar, and... "
"Yeah." Jiang Chuyi dealt with him while looking at Zong Ye.
He was walking with Ji Kai, and he looked back at this side, slowing down his pace, as if waiting for her to come over.
Zhao Guangyu grabbed Jiang Chuyi and said, "Hey?! Can you please stop giving me the cold shoulder?! I asked you what time you will meet tomorrow, and you are saying hum? Others are not angry, do you think they are fools?"
"The producer just told you, but you didn't listen." Jiang Chuyi didn't want to attract attention by flirting with him in public, so she hurriedly tried to pull his hand away. "Okay, go ask the assistant. I have something to do right now. Don't bother me for now."
"What do you want?" Zhao Guangyu asked.
Jiang Chuyi said in a low voice: "Don't worry about it."
"You are older now, and you have become more independent. Is there anything you can't tell me? Just wait, I will go back and complain to Chen Yi."
Just when she was getting annoyed by Zhao Guangyu, a voice suddenly rang out, "Hey, Zhao Guangyu?"
Both of them stopped moving.
After saying hello, Zong Ye glanced at Zhao Guangyu's hand holding Jiang Chuyi, and said calmly, "Sorry to bother you?"
Jiang Chuyi felt inexplicably guilty and didn't dare to struggle anymore. She whispered, "No."
The atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle, and people passing by them consciously took a detour.
Their eyes met, and he spoke again: "Hello, Zhao Guangyu, my name is Zong Ye."
Although Zong Ye had a slight smile on his face, Zhao Guangyu still felt a strange sense of oppression from him. After hesitating for a while, he tentatively said, "Hello, I know you, but... what do you want to talk to me about?"
"I have something to talk to Chu Yi about." Zong Ye smiled, his eyes fixed on him from beginning to end, "Can you let her go so we can talk alone for a while?"
Zhao Guangyu suddenly came back to his senses, loosened his hand, and took a step back, "Oh, okay, then you guys chat."
After sending Zhao Guangyu away, Jiang Chuyi followed Zong Ye silently.
He didn't say anything, and Jiang Chuyi also kept quiet for a while. After walking for a while, she quietly observed his fair face with her peripheral vision and couldn't help but call out his name: "Zong Ye."
Zongye hummed calmly.
"Are you angry?"
Zongye paused and asked, "What?"
Jiang Chuyi stopped and said anxiously, "I feel like you're not in a good mood."
After thinking for a while, Zongye said, "It seems a little bit?"
"Why?"
She was a little confused, trying to recall, did she make a mistake? Or was it because he was teased about the game just now, so he was in a bad mood
"Didn't we agree to have a chat?" Zongye sighed softly, "I've been waiting for you."
Jiang Chuyi immediately told him: "I didn't mean to delay. There are always people around you. I just want to wait until there is no one around to find you. Otherwise, it would not be good if we were seen."
Souya: "It's not illegal for us to talk to each other, why do you have to wait until no one is around to find me?"
Jiang Chuyi's expression became strange.
She lowered her head and said nothing.
How can I explain to him that I don’t dare to talk to him alone because I have something to hide... I’m afraid that if I get too close to him, my little thoughts will be revealed...
"Chu Yi." He called her.
Jiang Chuyi: “Hmm?”
Zong Ye was a little helpless, "You are like this, which makes me want to apologize to you."
"Ah? Why?"
"Because..." Zongye glanced at her and finally smiled, "You look very aggrieved, as if you were bullied by me."
Hearing this, Jiang Chuyi's eyes widened: "Really?"
"Um."
Her heartbeat quickened again, and she changed the subject, "Forget it, let's talk business."
"What business?"
"That's it, hyping up a couple..." she reminded him.
"I deliberately let you off today, does that count as hyping up your relationship?"
"It should count, right?" Jiang Chuyi hesitated. "The main reason is that I rarely appear on variety shows, and I don't know how to hype up a couple with others to make the show effective... I'm afraid I won't be able to grasp the right degree, and if I overdo it, I'll get scolded."
Zongye seemed to be a little confused as well, and he echoed her words, "Yeah, I've never been on a variety show, and I don't really know how to hype up a couple. The production team asked me to try my best to cooperate, but I have no experience, and my acting skills are average, so I can only pretend that I'm in love with you."
Jiang Chuyi nodded habitually, and almost spit out laughter after hearing the last sentence.
"W-what?!" Jiang Chuyi was stunned and stammered, "What do you think it is?"
Zongye raised his eyebrows slightly, and repeated with a smile: "Fall in love with you."
Jiang Chuyi: “…”
She originally thought she was a newbie in variety shows, but she didn't expect Zong Ye to be even more innocent than her... The two of them are simply the dragon and phoenix of the variety show industry.
"You..." Jiang Chuyi swallowed and spoke with difficulty and embarrassment, "You don't have to sacrifice yourself like this."
Zong Ye casually asked: "Then does Teacher Jiang have any good ideas?"
Jiang Chuyi looked worried and stared at the shadow on the ground, "I'm still thinking about it."
"If you can't think of it, why don't you try my method?"
She answered absentmindedly, "What?"
Souya said seriously, "Pretend to be in love with me."
Jiang Chuyi was in mixed emotions, looking at him with difficulty describing the feelings. She felt like she was convinced by his bizarre train of thought, yet she also vaguely felt that something was wrong.
He whispered, "Teacher Jiang is a better actor than me. It shouldn't be difficult for him to pretend to like me."
Jiang Chuyi's cheeks were burning and her heart was pounding. She knew this was irrational, but her mind was in a mess and she couldn't think of anything.
In the end, emotion overwhelmed reason, and Jiang Chuyi agreed impulsively: "I'll try..."
He was startled and smiled, "Okay."
*
Jiang Chuyi walked back to her room in a daze.
She took a deep breath, and finally couldn't help herself, so she threw herself on the quilt...
Holding the pillow tightly in her arms, Jiang Chuyi closed her eyes and guiltily apologized to all of Zongye's fans, apologized to Xibao's fans, apologized to the people on IM, and even in the end, she apologized to Zongye's future girlfriend.
She hoped these people could forgive her greed.
What Zong Ye probably didn't know was that he didn't need to pretend at all and he already liked him very much.
It was just that the program crew just happened to arrange for them to be a couple, giving her more opportunities to interact with him and fulfilling her selfish desire.
Jiang Chuyi has never fought for anything since she was a child.
She thought, just this time, she would be greedy just this once, and from this time on, she would be obedient and would never desire things that did not belong to her again.
Jiang Chuyi knew very well that pretending to be in a relationship for the sake of the show's effects was a bunch of illogical nonsense. She also knew that she might be scolded by Zong Ye's fans after the show was broadcast. She also knew that she would cause Zong Ye to be scolded. But she still couldn't help but think, very selfishly, that Zong Ye was just acting in a movie with her.
She only played his leading lady once in this movie.
When the movie was over, she would return him to them.
*
The next day, Jiang Chuyi was dozing off while recording the show.
Feng Miaotong sat next to her when they got on the bus, and was a little surprised, "Chu Yi, why are you so sleepy?"
Jiang Chuyi nodded sleepily, "I didn't sleep well last night."
"Oh my god, you didn't sleep well?" Feng Miaotong was very confused. "I was so tired yesterday that I fell asleep immediately and didn't even have time to take a shower."
As the two were talking, there was a commotion coming from behind.
Chi Mengyue smiled and dodged the small hammer in Xu Jiayu's hand.
This is a regular feature of the halftime break, with a group of people at the back playing idiom chain games.
Those who fail to catch up will be beaten by everyone.
Chi Mengyue seemed to be stumped several times. Every time it was her turn, several male guests deliberately targeted her.
Feng Miaotong glanced at the movement over there, turned around, and a sense of disappointment rose in her heart again.
Last time in Changsha, it was fine when she and Jiang Chuyi were alone, Xu Jiayu would occasionally cue her. When Chi Mengyue came, the opposite sex of similar age basically surrounded her.
Feng Miaotong went to see Jiang Chuyi again.
She was still dozing off, seemingly unaware of what was happening around her.
Also very heartfelt...
However, Jiang Chuyi's popularity was not high to begin with. Before she got on Xibao's bandwagon, she was basically a marginal figure in the circle, so he probably couldn't understand her feelings.
Feng Miaotong went to see Xibao again.
Wang Tan and Ji Kai were chatting in a disjointed manner, while Zong Ye and Fu Cheng were both wearing headphones and sitting in their seats with their eyes closed to rest.
They seemed to have no interest in the game that Chi Mengyue was playing and no one participated.
Seeing this, Feng Miaotong felt a little better.
At least these aloof top stars have kept their composure, treating female artists equally and not rushing to interact with them...
When the idiom chain game was finally over, the bus arrived at its destination.
Before going to the swimming pool for recording, they needed to visit several local historical sites.
As soon as she got off the car, Feng Miaotong was startled.
Why are there so many people gathered
The guests on the bus got off one after another.
Until a certain figure appeared, the group of people who were stopped outside the line by the staff could no longer control themselves and shouted excitedly. Some people even jumped up and shouted: "Mong Ye!!! Aaaaaaaaaa! Fu Cheng! Aa ...
"Wang Tan!! Zong Ye!!! Look over here!!! Ji Kai!!"
"Wow!" Quan Yongning was also shocked by the scene and joked, "Our male guests are too popular."
There is a tree-lined avenue before entering the attraction, with a long cordon set up, and it is packed with fans holding BloodXGentle banners.
A dozen or so guests also slowed down their pace wisely and followed Xibao's group silently, waiting for them to take the lead.
After a brief period of chaos, fans consciously began to maintain order.
Zongye took off his sunglasses, hooked them in his hand, and nodded to the fans on the roadside as he walked.
Ji Kai hooked his arm around Zong Ye's shoulders.
This action caused a few more screams.
Wang Tan raised his hand and greeted the person who called his name.
Xu Jiayu clicked his tongue twice, "Awesome, this display..."
Chi Mengyue looked at him silently for a few seconds, then looked at Zong Ye who was walking in front.
After entering the scenic spot, the director took a few shots of their visit and called out through the loudspeaker: "Take a half-hour break. We still have a few places to shoot. Guests can visit freely first and gather when the time is up."
Under the scorching sun, several VJs who were filming the guests put down their heavy cameras and sat on the benches to rest.
Chi Mengyue found an opportunity to walk to Zong Ye and called him hello.
He had his head down, holding his phone and sending messages. When he heard the voice, he raised his eyes.
Chi Mengyue tilted her head with a smile, "Why, don't you recognize me?"
Zongye looked her over, "What?"
"Tsk." Chi Mengyue leaned slightly against the glass cabinet on the display stand, "Did you forget? You still owe me something."
After hearing her say that, Zongye's expression didn't change much. He thought for a while before asking curiously, "What do I owe you?"
Chi Mengyue bit her lower lip and said, "Happy New Year."
"Zongye." Wang Tan called him from not far away.
Zongye looked away and nodded slightly to Chi Mengyue: "Sorry, I have something to do."
It was exactly the same plot and the same lines as last time. As soon as someone called him, he walked away.
Chi Mengyue didn't expect that she was completely ignored again. She was left alone there, feeling a tightness in her chest.
She turned back a little annoyed and met Wang Tan's eyes. He raised his eyebrows and smiled at her meaningfully.
"Can you fucking try another method? I've been asked to use this method to save you countless times." Wang Tan said lazily.
"Thanks." Zongye smiled.
Wang Tan clicked his tongue and said, "Call Ji Kai next time. I don't want to attract hatred. Just now Chi Mengyue looked like she wanted to eat me."
“Not really.”
"You're such a stunner, are you afraid that Teacher Jiang will get jealous?"
"Can you keep your voice down a bit?" Souya sighed.
"Why, are you still afraid of being found out?" Wang Tan laughed, "Your eyes were almost glued to me, but you didn't even dare to go over and talk to me. Can you be more courageous, brother? What era are you in? You're still having a crush on someone. You've been wasting time, but you haven't even held their hand. You're really embarrassing for your brother."
Zongye chuckled: "Have you ever heard of boiling ginger in warm water?"
Wang Tan: “…”
Wang Tan pulled the corner of his mouth and suddenly shouted to the back: "Jiang Chuyi!"
Zongye paused.
Feng Miaotong and Jiang Chuyi turned around at the same time.
Wang Tan waved at her: "Come here, I have something to ask you."
Hearing this, Feng Miaotong couldn't help but look at Jiang Chuyi.
Jiang Chuyi saw Zong Ye beside him, hesitated twice, pointed at himself, and confirmed again, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Seeing her reluctance, Wang Tan urged: "Hurry up and come here."
"All right."
Jiang Chuyi moved towards them slowly.
Her expression was stiff, she didn't dare to look at Zongye at all, her eyes looked away, and she said vaguely in a low voice, "What do you want from me?"
Wang Tan bumped into Zong Ye and said, "Tell me, what do you want from her?"
Zong Ye stared at her, "Wang Tan wants to ask you... Did you not sleep well yesterday?"
Wang Tan was silent.
Jiang Chuyi felt so guilty that she immediately argued, "No, I slept well."
"Did you sleep well?" Zongye laughed, "So with those dark circles under your eyes, are you planning to cosplay as a panda?"
After he said this, Jiang Chuyi immediately became quiet.
Her eyes flickered, and she said hesitantly, "Maybe there's not enough foundation. Let's go to the car and touch up our makeup later..."
Listening to her, Zong smiled indifferently, raised his hand, and put his sunglasses on her eyes.
The sunglasses were a bit big, and once they were on her face, they slipped halfway down her nose. Souya pushed them up with his index finger again, then withdrew his hand and said softly, "Okay."
"… "
Not only Jiang Chuyi, but even Wang Tan was silent for more than ten seconds after seeing this scene.
He hissed, and finally couldn't help but ask curiously: "I want to ask, are you two in a relationship?"
Having her secrets exposed, Jiang Chuyi froze and said nothing.
But at this moment, the sunglasses on her nose slipped down again, and she looked at Souya weakly.
Zong Ye was calm and collected: "Did you tell him?"
(End of this chapter)