Chapter 169
Unable to withstand Xiao Jingxi’s murderous glare, Director Niu wiped his cold sweat and hurriedly continued with the process.
“Alright, the first to answer correctly, Teacher Xie, may start choosing a gift!”
“Here I come!”
Xie Mi, who had been looking forward to this segment, didn’t waste a moment. She slid over to the pile of gifts so smoothly that even the assistant director guiding her froze in surprise.
But the assistant director quickly gave her a thumbs-up.
“As expected of Teacher Xie—so agile!”
“Well said, well said.”
Xie Mi bowed politely and then started picking from the eight gifts of various sizes.
The production team was cunning.
To prevent guests from marking the gift packages, all the gifts were uniformly wrapped by the show.
Red boxes with white ribbons, identical in appearance except for size. A truly blind selection.
After some thought, Xie Mi chose a medium-sized box.
“This one.”
“Okay! Teacher Xie has made her choice. Don’t open it yet—please sit aside with your gift and watch the rest of the game!”
It was approaching noon, and the temperature was rising since the filming was outdoors. The guests were starting to feel hot.
But the viewing area was set up with beach chairs, parasols, chilled drinks and watermelon, and various exquisite snacks. Pure comfort.
Xie Mi happily shielded herself from the sun while eating watermelon, with an assistant director fanning her respectfully with a large palm fan. The cool breeze made the other guests envious.
The competitive spirit immediately spiked.
“Second question, look at the screen!”
A photo showing just a fingernail appeared.
Guests: “?”
Getting more and more abstract, huh?
“Dude, how are we supposed to guess this?” Qiu Chengye got a little irritated.
Xu Shuangrong analyzed softly: “It looks like a woman’s hand. We can rule out the male guests first.”
“If it’s a female hand, we can look at the nails. This hand isn’t manicured. Did you ladies get manicures?” Xiao Jingxi asked.
All three female guests shook their heads.
At this show’s filming intensity—tug-of-war, beach volleyball, gun games—who had time for manicures?
Xiao Jingxi, feeling he had made a clever observation, fell silent.
Just as everyone was puzzled, a calm voice floated over.
“This is Teacher Xie.”
Everyone froze. Even Xie Mi, mid-bite of watermelon, perked up.
Hmm? That’s her?
The photo’s clarity and color tone were abstract enough that she couldn’t immediately tell.
Director Niu: “Correct answer!”
“What the heck?” Qiu Chengye felt his mind questioned itself. “How the hell did you figure that out? It’s just a fingernail!”
Xiao Jingxi frowned. “Was it a guess?”
Liu Woxing stared at the screen in disbelief, only showing regret after a while.
Why couldn’t she see it either?
Amidst the guests’ reactions, Director Niu politely asked Shen Zhuoqing:
“Can you explain how you guessed this?”
This question was much harder than the last. The previous one at least allowed clues from hair volume and cowlicks, but this was just a blurry fingernail.
Shen Zhuoqing only curved a faint smile.
“If I remember correctly, this scene is when Teacher Xie was giving Emperor Xiao the middle finger.”
“This is Teacher Xie’s middle fingernail.”
When he said this, not only were the other guests shocked, even Director Niu was slightly stunned.
[Dude, how can you be so precise about the scene?]
[Huh? You can tell which finger just from the nail? Shen, are your eyes a scanner?]
[So… it’s correct?]
“Answer… correct.”
As Director Niu finished speaking, the screen revealed the original image: Xie Mi indeed raising her middle finger, with Xiao Jingxi standing beside her.
Xiao Jingxi’s expression instantly changed: “?”
“Just to clarify, we really didn’t leak the question in advance. When Mr. Shen said it, I was stunned. During testing, not a single staff member guessed it correctly.”
To prevent audience doubts, Director Niu hastily explained.
Everyone’s admiration for Shen Zhuoqing grew even more.
Only Xiao Jingxi, who had been twice humiliated already, looked stormy.
“Director Niu, can you explain why you had to pick this photo?” he asked with a smile.
Director Niu shivered, cold sweat running again.
“It was randomly selected by staff. No other meaning…”
[Biggest victim of the game so far—Xiao Jingxi]
[First big laugh of the day. Who picked this? Probably a Xiao Jingxi hater.]
[Hahaha, choosing a photo of Xie Mi giving the middle finger would be fine, but they even cropped half of Xiao Jingxi’s head. Are they afraid we wouldn’t know who the finger was directed at?]
The real culprit—assistant director—smiled mysteriously in the shadows.
Sorry, Teacher Xie gets all the glory.
“Alright, Mr. Shen, you may now choose a gift!”
Shen Zhuoqing picked a gift and sat next to Xie Mi on the lounge chair.
Xie Mi immediately leaned over curiously.
“How did you guess it?”
Shen Zhuoqing chuckled lightly.
“Teacher Xie is very recognizable.”
“But it’s just a fingernail.”
“Still very recognizable.”
“How can a fingernail be recognizable?”
“Maybe because it’s Teacher Xie’s fingernail?”
“?”
Xie Mi doubted herself, holding up her middle finger to inspect the nail closely. After confirming no mutations, she sighed to Shen Zhuoqing.
“6.”
From afar, Qiu Chengye, preparing to answer the next question, suddenly froze, cold sweat on his forehead.
Why had Xie Mi been raising her middle finger at him from the start? He hadn’t done anything!
Had she held a grudge over him judging her nail during the previous guess? But he hadn’t even guessed it correctly!
Wait… is she mad just because he didn’t guess? That’s not enough reason!
So why was she raising her middle finger at him the whole time?!
Kitty Bro collapses.
Qiu Chengye, mentally stunned, did not participate further. The other guests continued their lively discussion.
Director Niu’s questions grew increasingly tricky: half an earlobe, heel, a mole, leg hair…
Thoughtful viewers named this the “IQ-lowering mini-game”, because the guests’ expressions were steadily turning blank.
