Chapter 249
After Xie Mi and Shen Moqing successfully teamed up, the remaining six continued the game.
[I really can’t predict how these six will pair up]
[What’s so hard? Qiu Chengye and Lai Bingxuan—fight-to-the-death team. Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong—catfight team. Liu Woxing and Yu Jinzhe—zen and indifferent team. Done, easy.]
[Don’t say it… actually, don’t say it.]
But as always, things went off in an unexpected direction.
The moment Director Niu covered his eyes and began shouting the slogan, Xiao Jingxi suddenly turned and sprinted toward the farthest person—Lai Bingxuan—and grabbed her hand.
The shock made Lai Bingxuan’s reflexive passive skill trigger: she whipped around and slapped him.
Smack!
She nearly slapped Xiao Jingxi’s wig piece right off.
Meanwhile, Xu Shuangrong proactively grabbed Yu Jinzhe’s hand.
[Wait what? Where is this going?]
[Why the hell would Xiao Jingxi go for Sister Lai? After how she treated him yesterday, isn’t this just begging for a beating?]
[Xu Shuangrong’s intentions are obvious too, she went straight for Yu Jinzhe. Judging from her attitude toward Xiao Jingxi these past two days, she’s completely dropped him. Is she aiming at Yu Jinzhe now?]
[So Xing and Cheng ended up in a group again. Isn’t Brother Kitty secretly pleased?]
As expected, Qiu Chengye started acting all fake.
He looked Liu Woxing up and down with disgust, clicked his tongue, like he really didn’t want to be in a team with him.
Liu Woxing shot him a sideways glance.
“The thing I hate most—posers.”
Qiu Chengye: “?”
[Hahahahahahaha]
[Where the hell did Sister Liu learn to say stuff like this!]
[Old Xie, reflect on yourself, I swear this must be your bad influence.]
“All right! Teams confirmed! Xie Mi and Shen Moqing. Qiu Chengye and Liu Woxing. Xiao Jingxi and Lai Bingxuan. Xu Shuangrong and Yu Jinzhe!”
“Teachers, please follow us to the styling room to prepare the first round of photo shoots!”
The group walked along the beach toward the styling room.
But everyone had their own agenda.
For example, Qiu Chengye suddenly whipped out his phone, trying to force a selfie with Liu Woxing. While Liu Woxing was still dazed, he got caught in one shot; as soon as he realized, he immediately dodged away.
Qiu Chengye gave up pretending and directly chased after him, forcing photos like a crazed sasaeng fan.
Unsurprisingly, this was his mission:
[Take ten photos by the sea with a guest of the opposite sex.]
Since everyone had seen the seven public mission prompts on the task board last night, it wasn’t hard to match behaviors to specific tasks and guess what others had drawn.
Now that Qiu Chengye’s task was exposed, he was in trouble—because judging from Liu Woxing’s face, there was no way he’d cooperate.
Xie Mi shook his head in disappointment.
“Stupid. Utterly stupid.”
That’s not how you complete a mission.
“Teacher Xie, got a better idea?” Shen Moqing noticed Xie Mi was about to show off and smoothly played along.
“These missions aren’t meant to be completed alone. The fastest method is to find a partner, finish it together, then split the bonus evenly.”
Since each person could only pick one mission at a time and there were only ten missions per day, the faster you finished, the faster you could grab another one. Which meant—you could earn more.
Xie Mi raised an eyebrow at Shen Moqing. “So? Wanna team up? My mission’s worth 500 yuan. Once we’re done, you get 250, I get 250.”
“Truly a beautiful number.”
Shen Moqing readily agreed. “What’s your task?”
Xie Mi pulled out his task card. “Carry a guest of the opposite sex—or be carried by one—for fifty meters.”
“…”
Shen Moqing fell silent, as if already foreseeing something.
The next second, Xie Mi grabbed his slender waist, slid one arm under his knees.
She planted her feet wide, gritted her teeth, then suddenly hoisted him up, shouting—
“With strength to topple mountains and spirit that shakes the world!!”
“Holy shit!!”
At the front, Director Niu was startled. He turned around—only for his vision to go black.
Charging toward him was Xie Mi, strong as an ox, carrying the much taller Shen Moqing bridal-style, sprinting wildly in nothing but flip-flops, like some crazed monkey spirit.
“Which damn monkey just achieved enlightenment?!!”
Shen Moqing, however, seemed utterly used to it, maintaining a polite smile.
“Don’t mind her. Teacher Xie has her own rhythm.”
[Those who understand are already crying]
[The moment Old Shen saw her task card, he instinctively raised his hands to prepare for a princess carry—he’s too familiar, it’s heartbreaking]
[Uncle spoils her dad]
Xie Mi zoomed past the group, covering dozens of meters in seconds.
Everyone stared in shock, a few with completely blank eyes.
Lai Bingxuan: “This is a mission? The production team actually designed something this twisted?”
Terrified, Director Niu instantly did PR. “This was Teacher Xie’s personal action! Nothing to do with the production team!”
Seeing this, Qiu Chengye panicked and tried even harder to snap selfies with Liu Woxing, nearly shoving him into the sea.
Annoyed, Liu Woxing simply snatched his phone and threw it into the ocean. Finally, peace.
Meanwhile, over on Lai Bingxuan and Xiao Jingxi’s side, another slap exploded.
Smack!
Lai Bingxuan smacked him again, eyes blazing. “You want me to help you win back Xie Mi?! Are you insane? Where do you even get the face for that? Get lost!”
Two handprints now marked Xiao Jingxi’s face. His thin lips pressed into a line as he chose silence.
[Told you, Xiao Jingxi going for Sister Lai was just asking for a beating]
[Sister Lai is loyal to the bone. Since yesterday she hasn’t spared Xiao Jingxi a single kind face. Even if Qiu Chengye begged, he’d still rank second]
[Qiu Chengye and Liu Woxing’s group is killing me. Last season they were harmonious, this season it’s pure drama. But honestly, Qiu Chengye acting all arrogant… maybe Liu Woxing really can keep him in check]
[Strangely enough, the most harmonious group is Xu Shuangrong and Yu Jinzhe]
[Well hey, they are the #6 trending CP “Rong x Yu.” Family, let’s push this pairing up the charts. I think it works]
[? Bro, you’re just hungry]
[Don’t be fooled. That’s a Xie x Shen CP fan trying to push Yu Jinzhe elsewhere so he won’t mess with their ship]
[Clever kid, using the indirect route to save the nation]
