I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 157: Brother Cheng...

The last team to lose, of course, has a punishment.

The props removed from Mu Qiu and Cheng Zhirang were used to tie the three members of the yellow team together. Then, a member of the yellow team got a remote control to the prop, which would spray at random times eight times in a row, ensuring all three would get startled each time.

Cheng Zhirang and Qi Feng were fine, they got sprayed five times in a row with a burst of white smoke engulfing the three of them, leaving only Shi Yuhuai’s head visible — because he’s quite tall.

The last three shots were in Guan Yu’s hands, so it wouldn’t end so easily.

She said with a wicked smile, "Come on, everyone, let’s make ridiculously happy expressions, come on!"

Shu Ran faked a smile one, Qi Feng faked a smile two, Shi Yuhuai faked a smile three.

Then, "hiss—"

"Expressions are too stiff, disqualified!"

The vein on Shi Yuhuai’s forehead was throbbing.

Mu Qiu was watching with great interest, it was too cruel, this punishment method was really too cruel.

It’s like cutting flesh with a dull knife.

She found it amusing, as did Cheng Zhirang, who was watching her from behind.

Her expressions changed richly with others’ actions, which he found very intriguing.

Mu Qiu didn’t notice the gaze from behind, she watched Guan Yu "torture" the yellow team for five minutes before giving them relief.

Then the director asked everyone to gather for a group photo and slogan chant.

"Different Variety Show, Different Us!"

After shouting the slogan, the third episode of the program was over.

As soon as the cameras were retracted, the staff, eager to leave, quickly packed up and left. Mu Qiu squatted to rub her ankle, and by the time she stood up, half of the staff were gone.

"..." This program crew wants to leave even more eagerly than us.

The guests relaxed, and assistants gathered around, heading out in groups. Cheng Zhirang wanted to call out to Mu Qiu, but saw Li Yang run up to her from the other side.

He ran lightly over, intending to squatted down to check Mu Qiu’s ankle.

Cheng Zhirang stopped, frowned, and patiently waited for them to finish talking.

Li Yang came over to ask if Mu Qiu’s foot hurt, he noticed her rubbing her ankle once the cameras were retracted.

After all, it was his fault, he had to manage the after-sales service.

With assistants all around handing water, wiping sweat, and asking questions, Mu Qiu was alone, and she was quite happy to see Li Yang running over.

She waved her hand and said, "It’s nothing, I was just seeing if the medicine I applied last night worked. Aren’t you in a hurry to leave?"

Li Yang shook his head, "For the program, the company hasn’t scheduled anything for me the past couple of days."

"Aren’t you going to hold a concert?"

"Yes, in two and a half months, I’ll send you a few tickets then."

"Lucky me! Tickets to the ty stage’s Little Prince’s concert."

"Come on, don’t tease me. This is my assistant, we’re heading to the airport, want a ride?"

It’s not wise to hitch a ride with a hot celebrity, Mu Qiu shook her head, then turned to see Li Yang’s assistant looking at her strangely, wanting to speak but holding back.

She was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is... there something wrong?"

Li Yang, seeing her talk to his assistant, turned confused to look at the assistant.

"What’s up?"

The assistant hesitated and said, "Miss Mu, you’re trending."

Mu Qiu frowned, trending for real?

"What kind of trending?" Her phone wasn’t with her, she couldn’t check.

The assistant held up his phone, showing the trending topic to both of them.

Li Yang adjusted to see clearly, read it out loud for her.

"Cheng Zhirang and Mu Qiu secretly married and have a child...??!"

Li Yang looked up abruptly, shocked at Mu Qiu.

"What the heck?!"

What happened to being sisters, not telling such big news... oops.

"When did you and Brother Cheng... umm umm umm?"

Mu Qiu frowned tightly at the trending topic, a moment later turned to find Cheng Zhirang.

Unexpectedly, he was standing right behind her, nodding at her as she looked over.

"You guys can go ahead, Li Yang, I have something else to do."

Li Yang: "I can tell, your eyes are glued there."

"......"

Li Yang and the assistant left first, the others gradually dispersed too. Mu Qiu hesitated, just about to take a step in his direction when Cheng Zhirang took the lead and walked toward her.

"Brother Cheng..."

"Aware?" Cheng Zhirang’s gentle voice was as refreshing as a spring breeze, with a strong calming effect, "Some netizens love to make unfounded suspicions, so there’s no need to worry too much, this issue can be resolved. Shall we discuss posting on Weibo?"

Mu Qiu looked straight at him and nodded.

Cheng Zhirang led her back to the hotel building, then called an assistant and another female staff member to join them in the director’s room.

The assistant returned before them, Cheng Zhirang walked leisurely, not in any rush, and Mu Qiu followed slowly beside him.

When they reached the director’s room, he opened the door first, gesturing for her to enter with a "ladies first" motion.

Mu Qiu nodded toward him, biting her lip slightly, her eyes flickered as she walked in.

Inside, the assistant had just finished talking with the director, and upon seeing them enter, he took the staffer to the inner compartment, leaving the living room for them.

"Have a seat, drink some water."

Cheng Zhirang sat opposite her, pushed a bottle of water over, and spoke gently, "My assistant has already communicated with the director about this, he has a general understanding, so you don’t have to worry about affecting the program."

Mu Qiu: ... Can she say she hasn’t had time to worry about the program because she’s been looking at his face?

But upon calming down and thinking it over, the fact that Cheng Zhirang’s assistant was urgently contacting people in the program meant it wasn’t a minor issue, and it was likely leaning towards a scandal.

For guests appearing on a show, especially a popular variety show, a scandal would affect ratings and other statistics, severely, it could delay or disrupt the current and next episodes’ airing.

Before joining this show, Mu Qiu had participated as a member of the planning team in the program design, knowing the production team valued this variety show greatly.

The chief director had been suppressed in the entertainment industry for many years, with works plagiarized and taken down, he was eagerly trying to use this show as a comeback.

Finally securing investment from Changtong and inviting so many popular stars, if it was affected by one of her scandals, her elimination would be inevitable.

And getting eliminated would be a minor issue, if her elimination didn’t resolve it and further affected the program and Cheng Zhirang, and herself, the outcome would probably only be described as disastrous.

Mu Qiu slowly furrowed her brows, drinking some water, she said, "Thank you, Brother Cheng, for considering it so thoroughly, whatever you need me to cooperate with, I certainly will."

Cheng Zhirang didn’t show any nervousness typical of a "big incident", his eyes were gentle as he looked at her, opened his phone, and handed it to her, speaking elegantly, "You probably haven’t seen it in detail yet, take a look first and then let me know your thoughts."