I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 237: Imprisonment, Torment, Abuse

"Brother Huai... silently accomplishing great things!"

"Who came in second?"

"Mu Qiu or... Brother Cheng?"

"Brother Cheng, right?"

Mu Qiu bit the corner of her lip, "It really was Brother Cheng who buzzed in first."

"Buzzing in first doesn’t mean you completed the task," Cheng Zhirang said warmly, "Don’t underestimate the difference a few words can make. We’re competing to see who can finish the task first, but this announcement is about who successfully passed the exam."

"So, Brother Cheng, do you think there will be a twist?" Mu Qiu asked.

Li Yang, not managing to make it to the top three, felt a bit down, raising his hand weakly, "But isn’t passing the exam our task completion?"

"This should be the time to announce the end." Shu Ran stood up after completing the exam and looked at the silent staff around her.

Everyone had finished their exams, and Shi Yuhuai unexpectedly snatched first place.

However, the production team still hadn’t announced the end of the game.

Everyone frowned, looking at each other.

Guan Yu put her hands on her hips, "Judging by the show’s usual style, there’s definitely a twist coming."

Li Yang glanced around on the electronic screen again, "Is there anything we’ve overlooked?"

Mu Qiu frowned, taking out the genuine identity card to look again.

Her task was to act as a Female Knight, helping the weak and punishing the strong, wandering the world without caring about personal feelings...

She read the line and asked the others,

"I’ve always felt my task has nothing to do with the exam content. Helping the weak and punishing the strong is something I could accomplish in a flash with my trusty sword, right?"

Guan Yu smirked, "I have to pass an exam to go on a blind date, too. The exam doesn’t let me see what my date looks like, right? Don’t ask, asking is useless, the production team decides everything."

"...Alright."

"Hey, so, what’s everyone’s task anyway? Now that the exams are all over, let’s share?" Guan Yu asked again.

Li Yang brushed his wig, saying, "My task is to achieve something that makes people look up to spirit youths."

Mu Qiu glanced at him, "I’m already quite impressed with such a task. So, have you achieved it?"

"I’ve been busy preparing for the exam, how could I achieve anything?" Li Yang said, speechless, "Did you help the weak and punish the strong? Did Sister Guan Yu successfully go on a blind date?"

It made a lot of sense, leaving no room for argument.

Since Guan Yu was prompted, she was the third to speak, "There’s not much to say about my task, right? A blind date, and I didn’t even catch a glimpse of my date all day."

Shu Ran: "My task is to take revenge on the man who used me and then become an independent and strong woman."

"Sounds like a tragic story from the Republican era," Guan Yu commented and then asked Cheng Zhirang, "So, Brother Cheng, what’s your task? Mu Qiu thinks you’re up to something."

Cheng Zhirang paused and looked at Mu Qiu.

Mu Qiu: "...Sister Guan Yu, you’re the one who first thought Brother Cheng was up to something, right?"

Cheng Zhirang, with a clear voice, smiled and asked, "What’s wrong with me?"

Mu Qiu: "Perverted."

Guan Yu: "Perverted."

Shu Ran: "Perverted."

Mu Qiu looked around, "So, all three of us really acted along with Brother Cheng?"

Shu Ran: "?? You guys acted too?"

Guan Yu: "So it’s called acting along? We didn’t communicate, just saw Brother Cheng watching me get beaten with a perverted look."

Li Yang exclaimed like he’s watching a show, "Such unanimous reviews? Brother Cheng, what did you do? What act?"

"I just completed my task." Cheng Zhirang remained gentle, not at all taken aback by the word ’perverted.’

"What task? To scare the female guests?"

"Or let everyone know you’re perverted?"

"Or you’re a spy, here to confuse the female guests?"

Cheng Zhirang felt amused by their description.

"None of the above, I just had to complete three tasks with you, each matching the plot on your identity cards."

"So..." Mu Qiu recalled the plot of the real and fake identity cards and thought of the shivering feeling from his hand on her collar earlier, swallowed and said without changing her expression, "Brother Cheng, was the act you did with me the plot after the male protagonist turned dark?"

"To put it more concisely, it was imprisonment."

"..." What an exciting plot, how come it wasn’t fully performed?

"What about mine?" Guan Yu asked with a puzzled look, "You just passed by the scene where I got beaten, was it supporting the villain?"

Cheng Zhirang corrected her, "It was coldly watching you get abused."

"So my plot was really a tragedy."

"And mine?" Shu Ran asked.

"Exploitation."

Li Yang summarized, "Coldly watched Sister Guan Yu get abused, exploited Sister Shu Ran, imprisoned Mu Qiu... truly perverted."

Shu Ran shook her head, "The point is everyone was still willing to believe Brother Cheng had no hidden motives, all going along obediently."

"As expected," Mu Qiu snapped her fingers, "the most handsome, best-dressed, and kindest-smiling are the most perverted ones."

Cheng Zhirang smiled gently at her comment.

"What about Brother Huai?" Guan Yu turned to prompt the biggest winner, "Brother Huai, what’s your task—oh, I forgot, you’re supposed to save your beloved."

Shi Yuhuai, hand resting on the stone table, opened his eyes wide at them.

He didn’t speak, just slightly rolled his eyes, expressing his speechlessness at Guan Yu’s ramblings. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Mu Qiu looked around, saying, "What I’m most curious about now is how Brother Huai managed to pass so quickly?"

"Yes! I want to know too! Brother Huai, you passed too fast!"

"I genuinely didn’t expect Brother Huai to be the first to pass!"

"Come on, what’s the secret?"

"Brother Huai, is yours math? Is math that simple?"

Shi Yuhuai, who was quite irritable at the start of the new episode, chose a relatively difficult math problem, and throughout the game, no one saw him.

But when he and Cheng Zhirang returned and sat down, he passed the exam with the fastest speed, even before starting the third round.

This left everyone feeling astounded.

As a previous bottom-ranked group, his identity card should have been penalized, plus the interspersed exam topics were relatively difficult, so he shouldn’t have been this fast.

Unless—

Guan Yu slapped the table and stood, excitedly saying, "So Brother Huai, you’re secretly a genius student!"

Not a mathematician, no good model!

Mu Qiu and the others looked over, "Really, it’s because of being a genius student?"

Could this king of the runway who has walked the runway for years actually be a mathematical genius overwhelmed by his career? Is he solving math problems at home while others are on the runway?

A dramatized story that only clickbait titles can come up with, is it actually true???

Shi Yuhuai faced their expectant gaze and calmly responded, "Of course—"

Mu Qiu and their eyes sparkled...

"Of course not."

"..."

Guan Yu pouted speechlessly, "Brother Huai has also learned to be mischievous, leaving sentences half-finished for a twist."

Shi Yuhuai suddenly smiled with squinting eyes.