I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 120: Dynamite Duo

Shu Ran doesn’t have a big appetite. She’s been doing magazine shoots for years, almost every month, plus with all the variety shows and various events, red carpet walks, she needs to maintain her figure.

She’s really tough on herself, to avoid being overshadowed by other female celebrities. She’s especially careful when it comes to controlling her figure and skin, saying that maintaining her figure means strict control: she doesn’t eat much, doesn’t eat overly greasy or spicy foods, and even her previously beloved sweets are rationed—once a week, just a small bite each time.

For her, eating less over these years has not just been a habit but more of a persona she willingly adopts for her career.

So when the show crew offered her a large portion of mixed rice, her first reaction was to refuse. She had to swap it out, fearing that if she couldn’t finish it and the cameras caught it, she wouldn’t know what kind of ridicule it might trigger from netizens.

However, sitting next to her were Shi Yuhuai and Qi Feng, both with equally large portions. Shi Yuhuai’s dish seemed slightly more vegetarian. She wanted to discuss swapping with him, and just as she mustered the courage to cue him, Shi Yuhuai turned to her.

Then he said, "You want to swap with me?"

Shu Ran nodded.

Shi Yuhuai said, "But your expression is too hard to bear."

Her expression was a sidelong smile, which was indeed a bit difficult for someone like Shi Yuhuai to handle.

This opening setback hit Shu Ran’s sense of superiority a bit.

But the next second, perhaps feeling a bit guilty, Shi Yuhuai recommended her a strategy.

"You can try trading with someone whose expression is even harder to bear; they’d be more likely to agree."

Shu Ran rolled her eyes at him.

What nonsense, asking for an even harder expression is just self-defeating.

Shu Ran looked up, scanning the bustling opposite table, her gaze finally landing on the sole small portion there.

By coincidence, the person with that plate was walking over to her.

Mu Qiu placed the pumpkin puree in front of Shu Ran and tried to smile sincerely, "Sister Shu Ran, shall we swap?"

Shu Ran gestured at her own plate, "There’s so much. Can you finish it? And it doesn’t have seafood or anything like theirs."

Mu Qiu, "I don’t mind. Mainly, I want to help share your burden."

"..." Shu Ran choked, pushed her plate over for a swap, then asked, "Your expression is a grin, right?"

Mu Qiu nodded, "Yours is..."

"A sidelong smile."

Saying this, she grasped the swapped pumpkin puree plate with a look that said, "Once you’ve given it to me, don’t think about taking it back."

Mu Qiu, "... Miscalculation."

How did she forget that Shu Ran’s expression was a sidelong smile?!!!

In the end, Mu Qiu managed to swap for a meal big enough to fill her up for the upcoming game, but at the same time, she also swapped her expression for a sidelong smile, one that would have her mimicking it after the game.

Swap finished, the director tallied up the expressions anew.

"Cheng Zhirang: Wide-eyed no expression."

"Shi Yuhuai: Crying."

"Li Yang: Laughing to tears." 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"Shu Ran: Grinning."

"Guan Yu: Tongue-out wink."

"Mu Qiu: Sidelong smile."

"Lin Xixi: Smiling."

"Qi Feng: Heart-eyes smile."

"Duan Pinyuan: Rolling eyes."

"Please remember your expressions; during the game, all cameras will focus on the expression of the answer team. Other guests and the audience will see it clearly, no escape. Now, would the first-round contestants please come out? Rock-paper-scissors, the winner will be the hint-giver, and the two losers will be the answerers."

Mu Qiu stood up and went to the middle of the space with Guan Yu from the same row and Duan Pinyuan from across the table.

This was a precise strike, Mu Qiu thought silently, her gaze sliding over to the first position at the table on the right-hand side.

Cheng Zhirang had his hands loosely clasped on the table, smiling at them, like a well-trained, elegant gentleman watching a talent show.

She almost wanted to perform a split in midair for him.

"Come on, let’s settle this once and for all through this serious, solemn game," Guan Yu, full of fighting spirit, was ready and eager to go.

Mu Qiu reached out, "Even though I’m in this game, I don’t actually want to settle this, because I can’t change my gender after all."

Guan Yu, "Even though you really want to, right?"

"You saw right through me."

Duan Pinyuan was laughing on the side, showing off his big white teeth.

"Come on, rock-paper-scissors!"

Mu Qiu lost at an unexpectedly fast pace, right from the start, and Guan Yu struggled a couple of rounds but lost too.

Duan Pinyuan won with a single rock, sitting on the back chair, becoming the hint-giver exempt from expressions.

Mu Qiu and Guan Yu exchanged a glance, both sighed, and while sighing, walked to the front chairs and sat with their backs to the LED.

"Why does he always play rock? I thought he played rock last time, so maybe he wouldn’t this time."

"Are you asking someone who lost on the first round? You’re just bringing up my old wound."

"Mu Qiu, you’re so non-mainstream."

After sitting down steadily, the other spectators at the tables on her sides had already started eating, and smelling that aroma was something else.

Mu Qiu swallowed, and she and Guan Yu decided unanimously to urge the director to start the game quickly, leaving out the dilly-dallying talk and getting straight to it.

The director took their suggestion and directed the crew to start capturing real-time comments on the LED screen.

The broadcast interface filled with a barrage of comments, after a while, the software extracted one, enlarged it, and displayed it on the big screen.

[I love, love, love Brother Long Legs’ figure]

Duan Pinyuan coughed suddenly.

Guan Yu, "What kind of comment would make someone cough?"

Mu Qiu, "A hint here?"

[Hahahahahahahahaha do they know who Brother Long Legs is?]

[Absolutely, sister who posted that comment, your words have successfully caught Brother Long Legs’ attention]

[What’s going on! This is too funny! I posted the same comment!]

[Amazing, putting Mu Qiu and Guan Yu together, I can already anticipate the ensuing uproarious mode]

[My ace combination is here, hahahahaha I haven’t even finished with the first game]

[Shu Ran really eats so little]

[Mu Qiu, have a big meal, need energy for games]

[Why does Mu Qiu have so much hair? Did she get a hair transplant?]

[I bet Mu Qiu and Guan Yu will be the wild card in this game, if in the same team, it’s going to be epic]

[Come on, compliment Cheng Zhirang, Mu Qiu can quick-answer]

[The fan representatives are all here, I cast my vote to Guan Yu]

[Shi Yuhuai: I want to see who this Brother Long Legs is]

[Fans somehow feel a bit embarrassed...]

[Us meme creators are really worried about how Duan Pinyuan will give hints, sigh, constantly worrying]

[?? Meme creators? Are Duan Pinyuan’s fan names that bold?]