I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 206: What, Am I, Li Yang, Not Worthy of Your Love?
After a long wait, Guan Yu finally completed her first quest and left the rice cake shop with a grimace.
Teacher Cheng Huixue also instructed her to go to the academy, which was also Shi Yuhuai’s destination; it seemed to be a gathering place for people.
The six of them ambled along the path, which was lined with shopfronts adorned with banners, though all were closed for business. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Guan Yu, having developed a phobia of certain positions, walked at the back and poked Mu Qiu.
"What are you thinking about? You’ve been resting your chin on your hand for ages."
In front, Cheng Zhirang and Shu Ran turned around to look at her too.
Mu Qiu rolled her eyes and said, "I’m thinking about the academy."
"The academy?"
"Brother Huai and Sister Guan Yu’s destination is the academy, so isn’t it possible that everyone’s destination is the same place?"
The others pondered this for a moment and nodded, "It’s possible."
Li Yang adjusted his wig and asked them, "So, are we going to the academy now, or should we find Sister Guan Yu’s identity card first?"
"Do I still need an identity card?" Guan Yu feigned a smile, "I’ve already figured out my identity, a 38-year-old middle-aged woman obsessed with cosplaying as a young anime girl."
"And what’s your task?"
Guan Yu tilted her head, "A blind date?"
Li Yang stroked his chin, "Brother Huai’s task is to rescue his beloved, while yours is a blind date. The difficulty levels of these tasks are not on the same scale, huh."
Shu Ran fanned everyone with a paper fan and asked, "Could this be the reward the director mentioned for the winners of the last episode?"
"A particularly handsome blind date?"
Shu Ran rolled her eyes, "I meant lowering the task difficulty!"
Guan Yu laughed awkwardly, "Am I dreaming... But is this really considered a reward? If the director truly wanted to reward me, why not change my age from 38 to 18?"
Mu Qiu raised her hand, "I know. Because the director is giving out rewards, not acting against his conscience."
Guan Yu glared and ran over to catch someone, "Mu Qiu! You’re the only one who can talk! You’re the only one!"
Mu Qiu clutched her small bag and ran away.
Cheng Zhirang watched them for a couple of rounds to make sure they were just playing tag, then asked the others, "Shall we head straight to the academy and take a look?"
"Sure."
Since Guan Yu wasn’t in a hurry to find her identity card, they might as well all go to the academy together to see what kind of nonsense the production team was up to.
The four walked ahead, with Mu Qiu and Guan Yu still chasing each other, while Li Yang finally found his chance for revenge and turned back to shout at them with an extremely loud voice.
"Thirty-eight-year-old Little Sakura! Let’s go!"
Mu Qiu ran over briskly to follow behind Cheng Zhirang, his laughter infectious to the cameramen moving the cameras around, causing everyone to laugh together.
Barrage messages floated across the live broadcast screen.
[It’s great how the elders walk in front while the younger ones play around at the back, so nice.]
[... Did you mean to say their team atmosphere is great? Why does it sound like a family reunion during the holidays, united and prosperous?]
[Dear family head, hahaha.]
[Yangyang is really learning to be mischievous, even knows how to pick the right moment to retaliate now.]
[Hahaha, the underage Little Sakura is going to be so angry she’ll burst out of the Magic World.]
[Guan Yu, I admit it’s all my input method’s fault for changing eighteen to thirty-eight, it really wasn’t my fault.]
[Sibling rivalry, the thirty-eight-year-old Little Sakura has started chasing the twenty-something punk rock little brother.]
[You just said no to blind dates, but now you’re hoping the blind date is handsome, Guan Yu, you’re really a double-dealer.]
[I also like Brother Cheng and Brother Huai like this/blushy]
[Yangyang: What, is my Li Yang not worthy of your love?]
[Brother Cheng is like a parent taking kids out for a vacation at a castle, checking occasionally to make sure none are missing.]
[Should be going to discuss business first, then off to a castle vacation, with a group of cosplayers they picked up along the way.]
[Are you planning to sell them? Hahahahaha.]
[Speaking of which, I’m super eager to see Brother Mei Yan’s identity! See him perform!]
[But I’m Different, I’m just waiting to see Mu Qiu’s and Li Yang’s identities, so they can group with Guan Yu.]
[Aren’t they going to look for other people’s identity cards?]
[Go check that academy, I think this episode is not just about fans shaping identities, there’s definitely something more going on.]
[This Ancient City is so huge; many classic and period drama films have shot here, but I haven’t seen any academy before.]
[...]
Walking out from the alley, they went a bit further along the main road, then six of them turned onto a wide road following the signpost.
Both sides of the road were lined with mansions, faded doors tightly shut, and stone lions stood guard at the entrances.
At the far end of this road was the largest building, where a touch of green spilled over the high walls; clusters of bamboo swayed with the wind, rustling softly.
Cheng Zhirang stopped outside the main entrance, glancing at the plaque.
Qingci Academy.
Mu Qiu followed behind, looking up high at the walls on either side, "This place is so quiet, it really does seem like the location for an academy."
Not only is it quiet, but it also feels calming. Close your eyes, and you can almost imagine many students sitting inside in rows, chanting essays together.
Guan Yu pushed her way between Li Yang and Shu Ran, popping her head out, "Wow, is this the academy or what?"
Mu Qiu: "......" Her inspiration was gone in an instant, curling up its tail like a mouse seeing a cat.
"Let’s go in and take a look."
Standing at the door, Shi Yuhuai placed his hands on the heavy wooden doors, pushing them open with effort as the boards creaked with history’s echo.
The indifferent assassin walked into the place he had always respectfully avoided and encountered the person who would overturn his life... Mu Qiu was already holding back a suggestion to the director to add this plot in.
After entering, there was a large courtyard with six black long tables and benches; in front stood a row of cameramen under the eaves, their lenses pointed at them.
Li Yang walked a circle around the six tables, looking up to ask, "Is this it? Are we supposed to sit down and read or write?"
"I’m more curious about my promised blind date, where are they?" Guan Yu picked a random bench to sit on, glancing around in search of the mystery date.
After a while of looking, apart from themselves and the cameramen, there was no one else in the courtyard.
The others also chose benches and sat, full of confusion.
Shu Ran set down the paper fan, looking at the cameras and asked, "Earlier, that girl said this academy only requires a small offering to accomplish anything. Brother Huai wants to save his beloved; how does that work?"
Mu Qiu: "A life for a life? Don’t glare at me; typically, that’s how plots like this unfold, where on earth can you find free lunches, right?"
Shu Ran frowned in disbelief, resting her elbows on the table, accidentally pressing on the fan’s handle.
The table suddenly lit up, accompanied by a mechanical voice, startling her.
"Welcome to Zhipu Electronics."
The camera promptly zoomed in on the blue light screen that appeared on the black tabletop.
