Chapter 211
Lai Bingxuan also sat on the chair, her initial heart rate was 85, putting her at a disadvantage right from the start.
Shen Moqing lazily curved his lips, looking calm and unhurried, as if enjoying a peaceful life, with no intention of launching any offensive moves.
“Mr. Shen probably intends to use defense as offense. Since his heart rate is already lower than Miss Lai’s, as long as he keeps it from rising, he can win.”
Just after coming up from the water, Liu Woxing casually analyzed while drying her hair.
Qiu Chengye, who had somehow appeared beside Liu Woxing, sneered at her words.
Liu Woxing: “?”
What’s wrong with this average guy now?
“What are you looking at?”
Catching her gaze, Qiu Chengye snorted again, “Trying to get my attention?”
“…” Liu Woxing looked at him like he was an idiot, then turned around and walked ten meters away.
Qiu Chengye’s face instantly darkened.
[Why does Brother Kitty act like an elementary school boy teasing the girl he likes?]
[Feels like he’s just trying to get attention in front of Liu Woxing.]
[He keeps saying he hates her outfit, but his eyes haven’t stopped sneaking glances. How many times has he peeked today?]
[I get it now—what you can’t have always stirs restlessness.]
As the disadvantaged side of the game, Lai Bingxuan took the initiative against Shen Moqing.
She began showing off in various flirty ways: winking, flipping her hair, smiling over her shoulder, even acting cute.
But as a young lady, she wasn’t really good at seduction. Everything came off too forced, looking awkward and silly instead.
Unfortunately for her, Shen Moqing was as steady as a rock. He maintained a polite smile, his heart rate completely unchanged.
“It doesn’t have to be romance—other ways can raise his heart rate too,” Xu Shuangrong kindly reminded. “Miss Lai, try making him laugh.”
Lai Bingxuan, being straightforward, suddenly realized and quickly switched tactics.
She started telling a joke.
“There was this boy who got sick and went to the hospital for an IV drip. As soon as the nurse hooked him up, he started laughing nonstop. The nurse asked him why. Guess what he said?”
Shen Moqing played along, “What did he say?”
“He said…” Lai Bingxuan pursed her lips, her mouth twitching uncontrollably. “He said… hahaha… he said… hahaha… I—hahaha…”
Shen Moqing smiled politely, “…?”
“Hahaha! He said… he said… hahaha… he said, ‘I’m laughing… laughing at the drip!’”
“Lai Bingxuan, out!” Director Niu’s voice overlapped with Lai Bingxuan’s hysterical laughter.
Yes.
Her own joke made her heart rate shoot to 120.
When the ejector chair launched her, she was still laughing and screaming midair.
“Hahahaha—ahhhhhh! Hahaha—!”
Everyone: “…”
Girl, you’re the one with the low laugh threshold.
[People really do laugh at the most random times.]
[Is this what they call a self-destructing attack?]
[Trust Sister Lai to be the first to find a way to self-eliminate.]
[Hahahahaha why am I laughing too, help—]
The fourth round: Xie Mi versus Xiao Jingxi.
As the only pair with an emotional “arrow line” between them, this matchup had netizens buzzing with anticipation.
[Finally, let’s ship!]
[Not even kidding, people can ship this?]
[Aside from his over-the-top brooding, Movie Emperor Xiao isn’t that bad. Honestly, I do want to see how their storyline would go.]
[Perfect chance to test Xie Mi’s feelings for him. Wasn’t she first slandered because people found out her phone wallpaper was Xiao Jingxi? Maybe she really did like him once.]
[Uh-oh. She might actually lose. Xiao’s eyes are famously soulful—even a dog looks loved when he stares. Who can resist that gaze?]
[I’m genuinely curious about this pair.]
“Xie Mi.”
As soon as he sat down, Xiao Jingxi put on his deep, melancholic expression, “Why do you always avoid me? You won’t let me get too close. What are you trying to hide?”
Xie Mi calmly replied, “That’s not it. I just have a phobia of giant things.”
“What do you mean?”
“I’m afraid of giant idiots.”
Xiao Jingxi: “…?”
[Pfft—]
[Hahahahaha our Sister Xie is still so brutally honest.]
[I really thought Old Xiao was about to flirt—nope, my bad.]
[Is she even allowed to say that?! Hahahaha]
[Whoever said she’d fall for Xiao, fake fans! Go rewatch Season One as punishment.]
[Forget heart fluttering—at this rate, Xiao will overheat from rage first.]
And indeed, Xiao Jingxi’s heart rate spiked upward.
Trying to stay composed, he recalled past moments with Xie Mi.
He remembered her once saying she liked his face—that part of why she fell for him at first sight was his looks.
So he said, “Xie Mi, look at me seriously. What do you think of my face?”
“It’s okay. You’re the type people don’t mind looking at for a while,” Xie Mi said.
His expression flickered, lips curving upward despite himself. “Oh? So you mean—”
“I mean the type I don’t have the patience to keep looking at.”
“?”
Heart rate spike again.
[Hahahahaha “the no-patience type”!]
[New definition of ‘easy on the eyes.’]
[I thought Xiao would say, ‘Easy on the eyes, but I have no patience.’]
[Xiao Jingxi, what on earth were you expecting?]
His mouth twitched violently. Finally, he realized she was completely unyielding.
He tried giving her the initiative.
“Don’t you have anything you want to say to me?”
Xie Mi thought for a second. “Can I curse?”
“Of course not,” Xiao shot back instantly.
Xie Mi grinned. “Then I have nothing to say.”
Xiao Jingxi: “???”
[Red alert: overheating!]
[Xie Mi hasn’t done much, but his heart rate’s already jumped from 78 to 94. Self-destruct truck incoming hahaha.]
[Anyone who thought she liked him—nope. The only thing she feels is aggression.]
Finally losing patience, Xiao Jingxi grabbed her wrist hard, yanking her toward him, about to pull her into his arms.
From his idol drama experience, girls usually loved this kind of domineering embrace. Surely Xie Mi would too…
Smack—!
Instead, Xie Mi grabbed his real hair with one hand, locked his wrist with the other, and—
With searing pain in his scalp and wrist, Xiao Jingxi found himself lifted off the ground and thrown with terrifying force.
“Ahhhhhh!!”
Splash—!
The first guest to be flung without the ejector chair was born.
Xiao Jingxi screamed helplessly as he spun through the air, face-first into the pool, sending up a massive splash.
Before sinking, he caught one last sight: Xie Mi onshore, flipping him the middle finger.
“I already told you.”
“I’m afraid of giant idiots.”
