Chapter 200
“That you’re so weak—there must be plenty of men who like you.”
The moment Xie Mi’s words landed, Director Niu, watching secretly in the monitoring room, let out a piercing shriek.
What kind of wild nonsense was she spouting!!
[Pfft——]
[I thought I was mentally prepared, but clearly not enough]
[I’d pay big money just for Old Xie’s mouth]
[Yes! Another comeback learned! Next time I meet some average guy at work, I’ll clap back exactly like this!]
[Who’s enjoying this? Me!]
Xie Mi’s one-liner nearly got the livestream banned. Remembering the painful lesson from season one, Director Niu immediately cued the actors to change the subject before things spiraled again.
The actor who had just said “Xie laoshi is too strong-willed” was left thunderstruck, his mouth hanging open, unable to get a word out.
Fortunately, another actor stepped in quickly:
“Ah, why say all that? Today’s dinner with Teacher Xie is mainly for us to get to know each other better, that way future cooperation will go smoothly. Come, come, just in time—the cake’s here. Let’s all have some together!”
He held the cake and gestured for Xie Mi to help cut it.
Naturally, she wouldn’t turn down food delivered to her door. She picked up the cake knife and moved forward—only for the actor to suddenly “slip,” sending the entire cake crashing to the floor.
Swish!
As the cake hit the ground, every gaze in the room snapped to Xie Mi.
Another test.
When a mistake isn’t yours, but everyone looks to you to take the blame—how do you respond?
[Here it comes again, that familiar setup]
[I remember when it was Movie King Xiao, he just ordered a new cake and smoothly said it was his fault for not catching it. Very classy]
[Xu Shuangrong cleaned it up herself, took the blame without exposing anyone, basically ate the loss]
[But the most explosive was Sister Lai—she lost her temper, flipped the table and yelled: “If no one wants to eat, then no one eats!”]
[Wait, wasn’t Shen the real MVP? The actor “slipped” three times but Shen caught all three cakes, achieving a 100% catch rate—he solved it at the root]
[So curious how Sister Xie will handle it. Taking the blame doesn’t sound like her. Will she just go nuclear like Sister Lai?]
[No, no, I feel like she’ll do something even wilder]
Before the comment even scrolled off-screen, Xie Mi calmly clapped her hands under everyone’s stare.
“Good! Cake on the floor, show collapsing! Perfect drop!”
“Pfft—” In the monitoring room, Director Niu spat water all over the screen.
Other staff ripped off their headsets in shock, unable to believe what they’d just heard.
Even the actors in the private room froze, stunned into silence.
This…
Was she even allowed to say that?
[Director Niu: SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!]
[Don’t—sink—the—show—Liancha!!]
[Holy shit hahahahahaha]
[Wait, what did I just hear?!]
[Old Xie kills without mercy, no exceptions]
[Director Niu, feeling moved?]
[Director Niu: Don’t move, don’t dare move]
[Absolute chaos, but brilliant variety effect. Ahhh the familiar madness is back—it really is a crazy show!]
[Perfect chaotic answer! I turn around for you!!]
Terrified she’d spew something worse, the dinner/test ended in a rush.
Once all the tests concluded, the unsuspecting guests were finally told the truth. Along with the reveal, they received their scores.
Out of 10 points, here were the results:
- Xu Shuangrong: 10
- Liu Woxing: 10
- Xiao Jingxi: 9
- Yu Jinche: 6
- Lai Bingxuan: originally 5, minus 2 = 3 (lost 2 points for flipping a table and scaring an actor into a seizure)
- Qiu Chengye: 1 (zero EQ—flew into a rage at difficulties, even threatened to bankrupt the sponsors since “winter is coming,” so only 1 point for threatening examiners)
- Xie Mi: -99,999 (score insisted by Director Niu against all objections, clearly personal feelings involved)
- Shen Mengqing: undetermined (every time, he misheard the questions + barehanded caught 3 cakes, making the test a complete mess; EQ cannot be rated, but hearing rated at 0).
[HAHAHAHAHAHA]
[Why is there even a -99,999? My Old Xie is being targeted!]
[And Shen’s is even crazier—EQ can’t be rated, hearing rated at 0?! I can’t take this]
[So Liancha finally admitted it’s a madhouse variety and is just leaning in, huh?]
[Director Niu must be losing it. Last season’s hidden camera only went off the rails because of Teacher Xie—this time everyone’s lost it]
As soon as scores were posted, chaos erupted in the hotel.
On the 5th floor, Qiu Chengye once again exploded, storming into the production room to confront staff:
“No one told me this was a test! Are you playing me? Why the hell did I get one point?! I demand a retest!!”
[Funny how he avoids mentioning the words “hidden camera”]
[MiMi bro failing twice in hidden cam setups—he’ll never live this down]
[MiMi bro: Winter is here, Niu-bi must go bankrupt]
Meanwhile, on the 6th floor, Lai Bingxuan was also arguing heatedly with the director:
“I don’t think I did anything wrong. EQ? They gave me trouble, why should I smile at them? Screw your EQ!”
[Good! Well said!]
[Seeing Sister Lai still speak so boldly, I feel reassured]
[Her table flip earlier killed me—two hands weren’t enough to budge it, so she climbed on top, using hands and feet to kick it over]
[Production damage report +1]
And as for Xie Mi, who should’ve been upstairs on the 7th floor, she was still in the private dining room, sweeping through all the food like a storm.
The test results didn’t affect her in the slightest. Even when the hidden cameras were revealed, she stayed perfectly calm.
Nothing could interfere with her eating.
[Our bottomless pit queen]
[Eat up, greedy girl]
[Did Teacher Xie just come out of a famine?]
With the hidden camera segment over, the teaser livestream for tonight also ended.
Before saying goodbye, Director Niu slipped in a hint for tomorrow:
“Tomorrow is the official start of Phase Two filming. Just between us—the results of tonight’s EQ test will directly affect tomorrow’s game.”
“So then—see you all tomorrow!”
[Damn it, Niu, you dare dangle bait like this?!]
[So the test results will affect tomorrow’s game? Does that mean there’ll be teams?]
[Got it! High EQ with high EQ, or high EQ paired with low EQ (just guessing here)]
[If the teaser was this good, I can’t even imagine how amazing the actual episodes will be!!]
[Count to one—start streaming right now!]
