I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 201: Female Knight, Will You Form an Alliance With Me, Sailor Moon?
The break time is over, and the camera turns back to focus on the six guests.
The director hands each person a simple hand-drawn map, then stands up to pack up his little stool. A voice recorded at some unknown time plays from the speaker.
"Now everyone, set off to find your identity cards, go meet the surprises from your fans, and good luck."
The director’s actions are simply too typical, and Li Yang frowns slightly with an "aha" expression, feeling like he’s really seen something new on this show.
Changtong probably not only selects the guests but also the director, and the selection criteria are all unique. You never know at what step the funny point will land.
Compared to him, Guan Yu is much more calm.
The director’s leisurely fishing and rushing home style, she’s already seen it more than once, and can adapt very well.
Nothing surprises her anymore.
She opens the map and leans in to discuss with Mu Qiu.
"Why don’t we form an alliance first? I probably have benefits in my identity card, do you want to check it out?"
Mu Qiu: "Forming an alliance right from the start, just to see your benefits?"
Guan Yu waves her hand: "Pah, it’s just sisterly love. Even if I pedal a tricycle to collect junk, I’ll support you. Isn’t this kind of relationship worth an alliance with me?"
"It is," Mu Qiu nods honestly, then, as Guan Yu shows a satisfied smile, she changes her tone, "but society doesn’t allow it!"
Guan Yu: "???"
Mu Qiu points to their clothes, "Sailor Moon is destined not to be with my Female Knight; otherwise it would break the space-time rules, you better give up."
Guan Yu looks dumbfounded: "Why suddenly sci-fi? I just wanted to form an alliance! Besides, following me might lead to some serious gains, are you really not going to consider it?"
"Both have benefits, why shouldn’t I go find Brother Cheng with a higher combat value?"
Cheng Zhirang, who was mentioned by name, only heard her calling for him and turned his head slightly to look at them.
He asks in a low voice, "What’s up?"
Just as Mu Qiu was about to explain, Guan Yu, having learned her essence, cuts in front of her and says, "Mu Qiu says Brother Cheng, you’re handsome, but she only wants to ally with me! Thinking about it keeps her from eating and sleeping, insisting that I fulfill her wish!"
"....."
Mu Qiu looks at her speechless.
In the end, the two somehow "broke the space-time rules" and forcibly formed an alliance.
Mostly because Guan Yu’s belief in picking up junk across time and space to support her was too strong, and she was moved to follow her voluntarily and couldn’t refuse.
Then there was a particularly silly, non-mainstream teenager following behind them.
Farther behind, there was a woman in a qipao waving a group fan on vacation, a Jianghu assassin, and a muscular man in a suit. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
They actually believe that one opening the path is the original author, another has benefits, so sticking with them definitely guarantees something, thus insisting on following behind them.
Mu Qiu doesn’t emphasize once again that she is of no use, only conceding that they all wanted to see what benefits Guan Yu and Cheng Zhirang have.
Juwei Ancient City is large, with a flat bluestone main road straight to the inside, flanked by many forks and alleys. Rounded stones on the roadside are engraved with the main scenic routes.
The group chooses a random fork next to the main road, walking in for about two or three hundred meters. What comes into view is a stream, bordered by bamboos and a small stone path.
The environment is so good it doesn’t even seem like an urban place now, with fresh air, flowers, and grass swaying gently in the wind, and clear flowing water where fish can be seen moving.
Qingci Creek welcomes a batch of strange cosplayers.
Guan Yu: "Should I not appear here?"
Mu Qiu stretches lazily, saying, "Not only should you not be here, you shouldn’t even exist in this world; the Magic World is your place."
Li Yang pops his head from behind: "Or, perhaps, Little Sakura has grown up and captured Kurlo Cards like Space-Time Beasts, then wants to visit other worlds."
"Then fortunately, I only saw the second-to-last episode of the animation, so my Little Sakura will never grow up."
Guan Yu: "Are you very disappointed she’s grown up?"
Mu Qiu: "I wouldn’t say disappointed, but definitely shocked."
"......Hey hey hey? Director? Please mute Mu Qiu, should we mute Mu Qiu?" Guan Yu calls out to the director through her collar microphone.
"The director can’t hear......"
Suddenly, Shu Ran at the back speaks up, "There’s someone ahead!"
Everyone looks forward simultaneously.
Up ahead, at the bend in the small river, by the riverside is a waterside pavilion.
They hadn’t seen it before because it was blocked by the bamboo. But now, walking a bit soon brings it into view, and inside the pavilion are two people.
"Let’s go take a look."
As they walk closer, they can see more clearly that the two people in the pavilion are wearing ancient costumes.
It seems to relate to a scene involving either Mu Qiu or Shi Yuhuai.
They walk into the pavilion, sit near the columns, and the two performers inside are unaffected, continuing their lines without pause.
Mu Qiu tiptoes in to sit by the column, glancing at the nameplates on the stone table between them.
Two girls, one from Willow Leaf City Drama Performance Academy named Yuan Ling, and the other from Juwei Opera Training School named Li Yin.
Yuan Ling, in a green crossed-collar top with skirt, has her hair in a dual-bun hairstyle with a gold buyao hairpin; Li Yin, in pink Hanfu, with a Chao Cloud Intricate Fragrance hair bun and simple hair accessories, is holding her face and chatting.
"He is absolutely the most handsome, gentlest man I have ever seen!"
"Impossible, I once saw a charming man holding a fan on the street, now that’s handsome!"
"No! He is the most handsome! Also, he’s especially gentle!"
The girl in the pink Hanfu suddenly begins to blush.
"You don’t know; he’s a very polite man. When he saw me harassed by thugs on the road, he hurried over to rescue me and carefully escorted me home.
Although he’s an assassin, he wouldn’t even harm the fish in the stream. He knows to walk on the insider side of the road with girls, pours tea, pays for meals, proactively carries bags...."
Blushing, she still holds her face in a dreamy expression of having a happy ending with her dream man, then says: "When he smiles at me, I feel the whole world blooms."
As it seems she is about to think of content inappropriate for broadcasting, Mu Qiu turns her puzzled face, asking Guan Yu behind her,
"Is this... describing Brother Huai?"
A male assassin—although she wishes it wasn’t true, with these two specific conditions, it could only possibly be Shi Yuhuai.
Guan Yu is equally confused, turning to look at the others: "Did you hear it clearly? Who are they describing?"
Both Li Yang and Shu Ran point at Shi Yuhuai.
Shi Yuhuai, frowning and still caught between disbelief and reluctance.
Guan Yu scrutinizes Shi Yuhuai repeatedly, still unable to believe it.
"...There must be someone else, definitely; it couldn’t possibly be Brother Huai. What do you think, Mu Qiu?"
Mu Qiu: "Brother Huai just ate fish last night."
So, this man who wouldn’t hurt fish in the stream definitely isn’t him.
