I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 227: The Four Travelers

The two of them joked around for a while, ultimately ending with Guan Yu sincerely apologizing to Li Yang.

Mu Qiu and Shu Ran exchanged glances, then Mu Qiu threw a flirtatious look at Guan Yu, cleared her throat, and suggested, "Now that the four of us are gathered, why don’t we try our luck at the academy?"

Both Guan Yu and Shu Ran agreed, and Li Yang nodded as well.

"Since we’ve all found our identity cards, we’re starting from the same line. It’s fair."

Everyone has found their identity cards?

Shu Ran glanced at Mu Qiu, met her eyes, and had a subtle expression.

So this is how you’re fooling them?

Yeah, Sister Shu Ran, I’m only telling you the truth, don’t expose me, alright.

Shu Ran understood and her smile grew more confident.

"Alright, let’s go, everyone together. Brother Cheng and Brother Huai probably haven’t tried the academy yet, so it looks like the first place will come from among us."

Li Yang: "Not necessarily, maybe Brother Cheng and Brother Huai want to understand everything thoroughly before trying. They might complete the task before us."

It’s like solving problems, some people try first and learn from their mistakes, while others prefer to understand everything before tackling the whole task at once.

Mu Qiu snatched back her retractable paper knife from his hand, clipped it to her waist, and wiggled her finger in disagreement.

"Exams have an outline! If they don’t look at the outline, what if everything they understand isn’t on the exam? So, we might still have a bit of a chance."

Shu Ran immediately chimed in, "Right. So let’s get moving."

Li Yang: "Alright, that works."

And so the group of four companions set off together.

An interwar cheongsam socialite, an ancient red-clad female knight, a rebellious non-mainstream from the late 80s and 90s, and a 38-year-old leftover woman who still thinks she’s Sailor Moon.

The four of them walked side by side down the main road, a blinding sight to see.

A photographer moved backwards in front of them, the camera mounted on a track dolly, smoothly rolling back to film them, giving the impression of a gang family ready to cause a ruckus.

[Love it, love it, you guys should become sworn sisters]

[I’m crying, Shu Ran has finally blended in with them]

[However, Shu Ran is oblivious to the fact she’s been deceived... Mu Qiu can lie without even blushing]

[Mu Qiu: Did you see my innocent face? How could I possibly be lying?]

[Shu Ran! You’ve been tricked! Don’t trust women like her!]

[Mu Qiu and Guan Yu are a perfect deceptive duo, they lie with such ease]

[Concrete Alliance... what kind of alliance is that?]

[Turns out Shu Ran is quite naive after all]

[Mu Qiu’s mouth, a liar’s tool]

[I can already foresee Shu Ran’s disbelief and shock later on]

[Mu Qiu seriously deceiving Shu Ran with a straight face, incredible, is her praise of Brother Cheng’s physique the only truth that leaves her mouth?]

[The worst part is her praise might be fake too]

[Let me count how many liars are in this episode: Mu Qiu, Guan Yu, Brother Cheng]

[If it weren’t for meeting an innocent Li Yang and a Mu Qiu who dotes on innocent kids, Guan Yu wouldn’t have fooled anyone]

[Thus, it seems that Mu Qiu and Brother Cheng are well-matched rivals]

[No, no, Brother Cheng is a bit more formidable, he fooled Mu Qiu]

[Mainly because Brother Cheng is too handsome, Mu Qiu never suspected she was being tricked]

[Suddenly, I feel eager to see Mu Qiu tricking Brother Cheng]

[Honestly, besides Li Yang and Shu Ran, shouldn’t Brother Huai be the easiest to deceive?]

[Brother Huai got upset, haha]

[A giant 1.9-meter tall man-boy, getting angry is somehow endearing]

The "Mafia Four Sisters (?)" strutted reliably to the academy entrance, looking left and right at each other, waiting for someone to make the first move inside.

No one moved.

Li Yang: "Everyone being so courteous? Doesn’t anyone want to be the first?"

Shu Ran: Wants to, but afraid you’ll sabotage it.

Mu Qiu looked from ear to nose, nose to heart, and kept silent.

Li Yang turned to Guan Yu again, smiling amicably, "How about this, Sister Guan Yu, you have perks, right? Why don’t you go first? I believe you’ll have good luck."

"It’s fine, I’ll go first," Guan Yu stepped forward, paused at the door, and looked back, "I feel really assured this time, don’t regret it, you guys."

"Assured?" Mu Qiu suddenly spoke up, "You’re so sure, have you tried it before, seen the questions?"

Guan Yu exclaimed, "How did you figure that out."

That’s right, it’s me, I did, so what?

This performance wasn’t intended for Mu Qiu, who just rolled her eyes in speechless amusement at her exaggerated acting.

But Shu Ran and Li Yang weren’t so calm.

"You’ve already tried it once?!"

Guan Yu: "Yeah, why else wouldn’t I be in a rush?"

Li Yang, perplexed and suspicious, "Really?"

"How could it not be? I don’t lie!"

Li Yang chuckled coldly, then took out the promise letter again, "Did a dog write this for you?"

"...it was an accident!"

"You seem to have a lot of accidents."

Mu Qiu watched Li Yang and Shu Ran’s every move from the corner of her eye. Seeing Shu Ran about to speak, she beat her to it.

"Sister Guan Yu, hold on."

Everyone looked at her.

Mu Qiu remained composed, "You have an advantage, could you let us have a go first? Give us a chance to try once. Anyway, you’re still ahead of us."

Guan Yu thought for a moment, then showed an uninterested expression of someone in first place: "Alright, I’ll let you try, but you may not catch up to me."

Saying her performance was flamboyant is an understatement.

Mu Qiu gestured to Li Yang and Shu Ran to come over, they were puzzled but gathered close to listen.

"Now, Sister Guan Yu has a big advantage, and we haven’t tried even once, so we have no idea what the questions are like, and we definitely can’t beat her. Do you guys want to wind up in last place?"

Li Yang was very sensitive to the words last place, he vigorously shook his head, "I’d have to be crazy to want that!"

Mu Qiu yanked him back again, whispering to both of them:

"So it doesn’t matter if we act a bit low-key now, we should at least try inside at least once to know what the questions are about, right? What if the randomly drawn questions are tough?"

Shu Ran and Li Yang thought it over, it made sense.

"So, we’re going in now? Is Sister Guan Yu really that kind-hearted?"

Li Yang, having been deceived once, was now instinctively wary of Guan Yu.

Shu Ran was also dubious.

Mu Qiu ridiculed Guan Yu’s failed attempt to maintain a public image inside her mind, but once more smiled and addressed them:

"Does it matter if she is or not? There’s three of us, only one of her, and Li Yang, can you say you can’t handle one person in a critical moment? Aren’t you the stage prince?"

Li Yang was reluctantly emboldened, with a buff of green light shining upon him, "Alright, let’s go try first!"

The three of them headed into the academy under Guan Yu’s carefree gaze, sat in front of their electronic screens, and clicked to enter the exam.

Electronic voice: "Please select an interspersed exam subject! Countdown begins!"

Li Yang and Shu Ran hurriedly selected subjects within the five-second countdown, not noticing that Mu Qiu’s electronic screen hadn’t sounded the phrase "please select an interspersed exam subject."