I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 95: VIP Training Class

Cheng Zhirang climbed to the thirteenth floor, already a bit out of breath, and his pace slowed down. However, the blue and white jacket was still neatly worn on him, and his backpack hung on one shoulder, lightly.

"I’m already on the thirteenth floor and haven’t met anyone. Is it that everyone on the eleventh floor is safe, or have the climbers gone ahead of me?"

He panted lightly, still smiling at the camera.

The photographer following him and the staff behind him looked at his face, unable to resist answering him, and directly gave a spoiler.

"At the eleventh floor, Li Yang drew an x, but should be a little ahead of you. At the fifteenth floor, Guan Yu drew an x, and now should have just started climbing the stairs, they’re probably together."

Just as he finished speaking, Cheng Zhirang took a long stride, passed two turns, and reached the fifteenth floor. Sure enough, Li Yang and Guan Yu were together, slowly climbing up holding the handrails, while chatting leisurely.

The three-person team met at the narrow stairwell. Guan Yu and Li Yang, not too tired because they were moving slowly, even stopped to greet him.

"Brother Cheng, you’re that fast? It’s not timed, you can go slower."

Cheng Zhirang shook his head and asked Li Yang, "How was the draw in the last two rounds?"

Mentioning this made Li Yang deflate, "It’s weird, everyone in front drew safe, although there were task cards, at least they didn’t have to take the elevator back down to climb the stairs, right? Yet I, the last one to draw, actually drew the second x!"

How is that reasonable? He once thought he was the luckiest kid, randomly doing well, so he thought he wouldn’t have to climb too many floors. But what happened?

He turned out to be even unluckier than those who drew first.

However, Li Yang glanced at Guan Yu beside him, feeling much better.

Guan Yu was also dejected, leaning on the railing, with an air of gloominess as she said, "Walking by the river for so long, how can you not get your shoes wet? I’ve always been among the first, how could I not draw it? I’m the cannon fodder sent away by the production team!"

"The point is, I originally drew a task card on the eleventh floor! I was supposed to be the lucky safety child!"

Cheng Zhirang asked curiously, "What was the task?"

"To exchange this round’s card with Mu Qiu... Then she drew an x!!!"

At that moment, everyone in the elevator was shocked, and then everyone except her screamed with joy, especially Mu Qiu, who laughed until she almost couldn’t breathe.

They even comforted her by saying it’s a good thing that the double card doesn’t come with it, otherwise, she would have had to climb more floors... She didn’t need such gloating concern!

Guan Yu sighed deeply, "I finally understand the saying that meeting the right person at the wrong time is a lifetime of pain."

"........Sis, does that still apply here?"

She glanced at Li Yang, "Can’t I just express my feelings? Come on, come on, hurry up. I said I was going to pick the guests; if you wait any longer, I won’t even get to see them."

So, the three of them continued climbing together.

Cheng Zhirang and Li Yang adjusted to Guan Yu’s pace, slowing down appropriately, climbing to the twenty-first floor this way.

Panting like an ox, Guan Yu fell behind the two, "Still, still, how many floors left?"

Li Yang started panting slightly as well, "Just two more floors, keep going, sis, you’re about to see the guest!"

Cheng Zhirang didn’t speak, adjusting his breathing, and after a while said, "Guan Yu, do you need help? You can hold on to our clothes to save some energy."

Guan Yu waved her hand, "No need, I can manage."

Li Yang: "By the way, does this floor require drawing lots too? Is anyone coming down to climb?"

The staff beside them whispered, "On the 19th floor it was Shu Ran, none on this level."

Shu Ran?

The elevator only has Shi Yuhuai and Mu Qiu left, Cheng Zhirang first thought of this.

But quickly he discarded this idea and said, "Then Shu Ran should be ahead of us, maybe she’s already reached. The other two have already met the guest, right?"

"Yes, they have."

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Mu Qiu passed through all the danger zones without incident, reaching the top with Shi Yuhuai through continuous elevator rides.

Getting out of the elevator, her heart was still racing, and her limbs felt weak.

"Oh my God, finally made it." She patted her chest, gasping, unable to believe she made it to the end despite holding the second-to-last bad card and drawing a double. The prolonged tension made her feel uncomfortable even after reaching the destination.

Compared to her disbelief, Shi Yuhuai was much calmer, with an expression of "Isn’t my victory a matter of course?" and showed no intention to respond to her.

The wind on the top floor made Mu Qiu feel the atmosphere there was coldly awkward.

"Brother Huai, can’t you respond to what I’m saying?"

She turned her head to look at the side of Shi Yuhuai’s face, hoping he’d been trained one-on-one in social scenarios by Lin Banyan so he could say something human-like for her to continue the conversation.

That burning gaze at such close distance was hard for anyone to ignore, and Shi Yuhuai was no exception.

However, his behavior wasn’t within Mu Qiu’s predictions for his character.

He turned to glance at Mu Qiu, raised his eyebrows slightly, and finally condescended to speak.

"What did you eat with the red envelope I gave you?"

Mu Qiu: "???"

Is this the right moment to ask such a question?

Not really, but Shi Yuhuai just looked at her, waiting for an answer. Mu Qiu decided to give in and went along with his out-of-place question, "I ate a lot, want me to list them for you? Takeout braised pork rice, hot pot, oden, army stew, tonkotsu ramen, sweet potato fries, lemon chicken claws..."

[Shamefully drooled]

[A second ago I was amazed by the production team’s genius, leaving these two in the elevator, how awkward!]

[Didn’t expect something even more awkward]

[From the moment it was just them two in the elevator, I leaned close to the screen with glowing eyes, waiting for this moment to burst into laughter]

[So do they genuinely not care, or is Mu Qiu maintaining a facade of peace under pressure?]

[My Brother Huai has improved, he actually initiated a question about a girl’s personal life / crying with joy]

[Why do I want to laugh so much, like warm water meets cold water, who warms the other or who freezes whom]

[That’s old village love story vibes from the previous comment]

[Looks like they get along okay? At least Mu Qiu closing her eyes in despair seemed genuine]

[Why does this seem so much like my interactions with my brother? I go on and on for ages, and he gives me a ’fairy-would-not-understand-what-you’re-so-excited-about’ cold reaction]

[You can tell Brother Long Legs is trying hard to blend into human social circles, must’ve used a lot of brain cells to come up with that question]

[By the way, I think this cloud treat is great, eating what you want with someone else’s money]

[Begging Mu Qiu to start an eating show as soon as possible]

Mu Qiu recounted how she spent that one thousand yuan, speaking until her mouth was dry, finally added sincerely, "Brother Huai, didn’t you take any one-on-one training in human social scenarios when you got back? This course isn’t expensive, VIPs get a 40% discount, do you want to consider it?"

Shi Yuhuai widened his eyes and stared at her, "Am I really that bad at talking?"

"..." What was going on with this 1.9-meter-tall man looking at her so cutely, Mu Qiu swallowed her saliva, suddenly stammering, "Well, it’s actually not that bad."