Chapter 168
“The first segment of the closing party, the letter-reading session, is over!”
“It seems that after these 28 days together, the eight guests have developed deep feelings for each other. This letter-reading segment brought tears to both listeners and viewers!”
Director Niu read the prepared summary card passionately, but the assistant director immediately undermined him.
“But the livestream comments are full of hahahaha.”
A production assistant joined in, “Director Niu, the audience is also saying, ‘What’s emotional about this? It’s obviously all chaos.’”
Director Niu twitched at the corners of his mouth and glared at them fiercely.
In his mind, the letter-reading segment was supposed to be moving. The prepared closing words were tailored to this emotional tone.
Who knew it would end up not emotional at all, with some parts glorifying, some tearing others down, and some completely abstract?
He had no idea how much pressure he was under reading that summary, and these two were undermining him?
“Both of you, get out!!”
Dealing with eight low-fat (i.e., lean, low-maintenance) guests was annoying enough; now he had to deal with a dim-witted assistant director? No one understood his frustration!
Fortunately, he had a high stress tolerance.
“Next is the second segment of the closing party—the gift exchange!”
“Last night, each guest submitted their prepared gift to the production team. You may have someone in mind to give your gift to, but unfortunately, the gifts will be handed out completely randomly!”
As soon as he finished speaking, staff wheeled in a cart and placed all the gifts on the floor.
Each gift was wrapped tightly, with no hint of its contents. The largest was half a person’s size, the smallest no bigger than a palm.
This blind box style immediately piqued the guests’ interest.
“How do we decide who gets which gift?” Liu Woxing asked.
Director Niu replied, “Simple. We’ll play a little game. The winner gets first choice of gifts, then the next winner, until all gifts are taken.”
Xiao Jingxi asked, “What game?”
“Guess the person from a body part!”
“For example, I’ll show a photo of just someone’s eyes, and you have to guess whose eyes they are.”
“The production team prepared several questions. You can buzz in to answer. The first correct answer wins and gets priority in choosing a gift.”
“Friendly reminder: all the photos are of you eight guests, so guesses should stay within this group.”
As soon as the rules were announced, Qiu Chengye snorted arrogantly.
“What’s difficult about this? Everyone’s eyes are different; you can tell at a glance.”
No sooner had he finished boasting than a photo appeared on the screen.
Pitch-black hair.
The photo only showed the top of someone’s head.
Because the photo was enlarged and only a small part of the scalp was visible, it was impossible to tell if the person had long or short hair.
Qiu Chengye: “?”
What the hell kind of guess is this?!
Everyone else had the expression of a subway old man staring at his phone.
Liu Woxing started analyzing, “Then Miss Lai can be ruled out. Her hair is more brownish.”
“Jinzhe can also be ruled out. His hair is curly, while this hair is straight,” Xu Shuangrong whispered.
“That leaves only black-haired, straight-haired people. How do we distinguish them?” Qiu Chengye sounded impatient.
To him, the production team was clearly making things deliberately difficult.
Who even looks at the top of someone’s head to identify them?
“Why don’t we just look at everyone’s scalp and compare?” Shen Zhuoqing suggested, raising an eyebrow.
That was a good idea.
To be fair, everyone took turns examining each other’s scalp. By comparing hair volume and cowlicks, they could barely distinguish one or two people.
However, after a full round, no one’s scalp resembled the photo on the screen.
Everyone was at a loss, until Xie Mi rubbed her chin, thinking for two seconds.
Suddenly she asked, “Director Niu, are all these photos taken from online?”
“NONONO.”
Director Niu shook his finger proudly, satisfied to see the guests struggling with his challenge.
“Online pictures are easy; everyone has seen them. So I used frames captured from our show’s cameras.”
Xie Mi: “Including daily life photos?”
Director Niu nodded confidently: “Yes.”
No way out, right? She was stumped… huh…
“Then I know.”
Director Niu: “?”
“The person in this photo is Xiao Jingxi!” Xie Mi announced.
Not only were the other guests stunned, even Xiao Jingxi himself was dumbfounded.
“But we just looked at your scalp—didn’t you say it looked different?”
“Yeah, Emperor Xiao’s hair seems thicker.”
Xie Mi just shook her head with eyes closed, smiling silently.
Until Director Niu gritted his teeth and announced:
“Correct answer…”
Everyone’s confusion turned into shock.
She really got it right? Not guessing?!
[Wow, Teacher Xie is showing her powers again!]
[I looked at it with a magnifying glass 800 times and still couldn’t tell!]
[Honestly, this hair seems sparse. Emperor Xiao has so much hair!]
Xie Mi revealed the secret with a profound look:
“Because—Xiao Jingxi is wearing a hairpiece!!”
The words hit like a thunderclap. Xiao Jingxi’s face turned a palette of colors: “What nonsense are you talking about!”
Xie Mi jumped up and yanked the hairpiece off his head.
“How about that?”
Xiao Jingxi froze like a chicken: “……”
Hair volume— a man’s pride.
Now, that pride was gone.
The room erupted in chaos. Qiu Chengye poked at Xiao Jingxi’s chest with the hairpiece mercilessly.
“Such a thick hairpiece? You wear this every day? Why not just wear a hat?”
Public humiliation.
Xiao Jingxi’s mouth twitched violently, trying to maintain composure as an actor.
“I’ve been busy with work, irregular schedule, and recently under pressure, so I lost some hair. That’s why I tried the hairpiece. I didn’t wear it before.”
“Then how do you explain being two centimeters shorter after taking it off? You’ve reported 184 cm since debut!” Xie Mi asked innocently.
Xiao Jingxi’s lips twitched again, and his gaze flicked resentfully at Director Niu for a second.
Director Niu shivered.
No, he made this challenge for fun; he had no idea Emperor Xiao wore hairpieces regularly!!
#XiaoJingxiHairpiece
#XiaoJingxiLiedAboutHeight
#XiaoJingxiHeightBoostWithHairpiece
Trending topics exploded. With more curious netizens joining in, Xiao Jingxi’s public image eventually crumbled.
