I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 94: Brother Cheng, Time to Climb

Guan Yu took three deep breaths, wiped her palm on her clothes, gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and quickly drew a card from the deck held open by the accompanying director.

Including the director, seven heads formed a circle, leaning in to see the card’s content.

"Check! Check!"

Guan Yu screamed, hugged her backpack and backed away, "I’m safe! Mu Qiu, your turn!"

Mu Qiu was pushed forward to draw a card. As soon as she drew it, she was ready to look down, but as she did, a sharp pain surged from her scalp.

"Ouch—my hair!"

In the chaos earlier, her loose hair got caught on someone, and turning her head hurt so much that she could only lean slightly against the person behind her.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

"Hold still," Cheng Zhirang’s helpless voice came from above her head, "I’ll fix your hair, you better check the card content, there’s only a minute."

"...Oh, then thank you, Brother Cheng," she trusted him completely, and even a bit... ahem, she leaned back a bit to loosen her hair, handing the hair issue to him, and quickly flipped the card to take a look. Her eyes lit up, "Switch backpacks! I’m safe too!"

Excitedly, she couldn’t help but want to jump up, but Cheng Zhirang’s big hand pressed down on her shoulder, "Don’t move, your hair’s not untangled yet."

She finally calmed down, watching the third person, Shu Ran, step forward to draw a card.

After a while.

"Done, it’s untangled." Cheng Zhirang’s voice sounded slightly deep from behind, Mu Qiu’s eyes flickered for a moment, then she stepped forward to keep a respectful distance, bending slightly to thank Brother Cheng.

"Time’s up!"

Ready to draw, Shu Ran quickly withdrew her hand, the relief was obvious on her face, "I haven’t drawn yet!"

"Hurry, hurry! Get on the elevator!"

A group of people rushed back to the elevator, Guan Yu and Mu Qiu belatedly pressing their chests, breathing heavily, "So nervous! I’m sweating from nerves! I haven’t even started climbing the stairs yet I’m sweating!"

"Don’t sweat yet, this is just the first time! When’s the second draw supposed to be?"

"7th floor! It’ll be there in two seconds!"

In their nervous state, the distance from the 3rd to the 7th floor seemed unbelievably fast, and the elevator stopped at the 7th floor in no time, and a swarm of people rushed out.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Sister Guan Yu, draw!"

"Ahh, am I doomed to suffer for a single mistake, why is it me again?!"

Guan Yu no longer prepared herself, she just closed her eyes and randomly picked a card, turning it over to see.

"Task card! Carry a person in the elevator until they exit and climb the stairs!"

She was so excited her eyebrows nearly started dancing, "Quick! Mu Qiu, draw a card! If you’re lucky enough to be safe I’ll carry you!"

The whole floor seemed to echo with Guan Yu’s excitement.

"I... I’m so nervous!" Mu Qiu felt this was a long shot, gritting her teeth as she drew the second from the right, turning it over to see, "Task card!"

"It’s a task card! Sister Shu Ran, quick!" she jumped in delight, flopping backward, eagerly checking the task details, "Let me see—draws the x card doubles the card... what is this?!"

She thrust the card at the director, "Director, director, is this task written wrong?"

Director: "No mistake."

"...But why does the task card have a stair climbing doubling option?! If I draw x next round, I’ll have to climb... 24 floors! I might as well start climbing now, what’s the difference?!"

Outside, bystander Shi Yuhuai, the voice of reason, raised his hand, "The difference is, if you draw x you have to climb sixteen floors right now."

"..." Brother Huai, please, shut up.

After Mu Qiu, it was Shu Ran’s turn to draw a card. With time short, she had no choice but to quickly draw a card while everyone watched her intently, "Check! I’m safe!"

"Why isn’t there a single x? Director, did you only put one..."

"Brother Cheng drew the x!" Guan Yu screamed.

Li Yang hadn’t finished boasting when Cheng Zhirang, the fourth drawer, with his unlucky hand, drew the first x card.

"One minute’s up!"

All eyes were on Cheng Zhirang, who flipped the card over for a serious look, his face showing resignation.

"Why is it that luck runs out when it’s my turn?"

"Brother Cheng, this doesn’t really count as..."

"The elevator’s closing! The director’s not waiting for anyone!"

Those about to comfort Cheng Zhirang froze for a second, then burst into a mad dash for the elevator, deserting him in an instant.

Cheng Zhirang: I feel abandoned and heartless.

Li Yang clung to the last sliver of the elevator door and yelled out, "Brother Cheng, hang in there! We’ll wait for you to catch up!"

Behind, Mu Qiu, panting with her hands on her knees, heard Li Yang’s shout as Cheng Zhirang’s silhouette faded with the closing elevator doors.

She swore, she truly wanted to comfort him, and couldn’t bear the idea of him climbing sixteen floors, but... when everyone screamed run, her legs moved on their own.

Mu Qiu thought, great, her public image was trashed in one fell swoop.

The elevator slowly ascended, while the abandoned Cheng Zhirang stood on the 7th floor, waiting for the elevator to fully close before apologizing to the cameraman behind him,

"Sorry, everyone will have to accompany me up the stairs."

He strode up the nearby emergency exit, easily taking two steps at a time, looking effortless.

In the video chat, surfing netizens finally caught their breath.

[Geez, watching this was so nerve-wracking my heart almost stopped.]

[Exciting, I like it.]

[Ahhh, why did Brother Cheng draw the first one?! His luck’s unbeatable, Brother, don’t ever play mahjong!]

[Guan Yu’s the lucky one, first draw every time, safe every time.]

[Wasn’t Mu Qiu’s hair caught on Brother Cheng’s coat button earlier?]

[Jeez, I thought Mu Qiu was flirting with my bro, if it wasn’t for her grimacing.]

[Li Yang steals last place in the draw by posing like a school trip photo, proves that even a predetermined loser must fight bravely forward.]

[My Brother Huai! Some truths are better left unsaid! I’m having a panic attack!]

[So heartless, really heartless, one shout of "run" and no one even got out a word of comfort before vanishing.]

[Rub it off, Brother Cheng, no worries, let’s work those glutes (well not really) leg muscles.]

[Brother Cheng’s got legs like two meters long, all he needs is a stride to climb the stairs.]

[It’s sixteen floors! Brother Mei Yan’s got to climb sixteen floors!]

[Ah, suddenly looking forward to seeing Brother Cheng sweat and take off his coat when he reaches the top floor, what’s up with that?] 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

[Previous commenter, there’s nothing up apart from your mind.]

[11th floor approaching, who will it be next time?]

[Someone join Brother Cheng as his partner, he’s left with only awkward small talk with the cameraman.]

[My Brother Cheng’s turning thirty but still going strong.]

[That Mu Qiu task is just... hahaha I suspect the production targets the original author!]

[#ProductionTargetsOriginalAuthor#]

[Mu Qiu: I haven’t even drawn x and already got a climbing multiplier card, how can you say there’s no unfairness?!]

[Multiplying, hahaha, fantastic, the production team thinks this is a race for top step counts on WeChat moments?]

[Guan Yu’s carrying Shu Ran! And wobbling like crazy, scaring Shu Ran into holding on tight, hahaha]

[Someone oddly seems more pleasing, guess it’s the script’s fault?]

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