Chapter 67
Lai Bingxuan’s one sentence instantly changed the whole tone of the story.
Director Niu, who had been happily savoring his candy and enjoying the heartwarming scene, almost choked to death on the candy right then and there. It was only thanks to the assistant director’s swift kick to his back that he spat it out and lived.
[Hahahahahahahaha damn, another talent has appeared]
[Actually, Miss Lai is pretty funny too. She really has that “I’m the queen, I shine with confidence” kind of aura]
[A plain and boring story suddenly became interesting]
[Speechless, she’s just like Xie Mi—always trying to steal the spotlight]
[Guess our Miss Lai finally found the secret to traffic and attention]
Since Lai Bingxuan came on the show purely to pick on Xu Shuangrong, she couldn’t care less about her public image.
She raised her brows provocatively at Xu Shuangrong, then said to Liu Woxing, “Go on, continue.”
Liu Woxing was really put on the spot, but reluctantly added, “I explained to their parents that I actually have intermittent explosive disorder—it wasn’t intentional.”
[HAHAHAHAHAHA it’s even funnier now]
[You can tell Woxing is trying to save the story, but why does it come out so absurd??]
Yu Jinzhe, being a college student who often watched online skits, followed up with a currently popular meme:
“The parents didn’t forgive me. Instead, they gave me five million to break up with their child.”
[The wholesome little short film suddenly turned into CEO drama literature]
[Clearly this guy spends way too much time surfing the internet]
Xie Mi’s turn: “I said no, large sums of money need to show proof of source.”
Shen Yanqing added, “Because I’m a bank employee.”
[Pfft——]
[HAHAHAHAHAHAHA]
[When domineering CEO meets a bank clerk be like]
[This sudden bank clerk cameo… too real]
Director Niu’s face twitched. “The word bank employee is now banned. Start over! Still the same prompt: Me and them!”
To prevent Lai Bingxuan from messing things up midway, this time she had to start.
“I went on a date with them. They asked me how I’ve been lately.”
Liu Woxing smoothly followed: “I said I’ve been having some trouble at work, but don’t worry.”
Yu Jinzhe showed off more college-kid humor: “They said they had connections and could help me straighten out the workplace.”
Xie Mi: “I said no, because I work in the government system.”
[PFFFFT——]
[HAHAHAHAHAHA part two]
[Yeah, if you’re a government employee, even a CEO can’t do anything LOL]
[The natural nemesis of CEO romance novels]
[CEO: speechless.jpg]
“Stop, stop!”
Director Niu hurriedly cut them off. Seeing the story veering off track again, he decisively changed the prompt: “Next one, Me and my crush!”
Surely this one wouldn’t get derailed, right? Everyone knows that the atmosphere with a crush is always ambiguous and tense.
This time the order was shuffled, but Xu Shuangrong still went first. Blushing shyly, she said: “On my first date with my crush, we went to an amusement park.”
Director Niu nodded with satisfaction.
Perfect. Amusement parks were romantic and sweet—a wonderful start.
Qiu Chengye’s turn. He crossed one leg arrogantly and scoffed, “With my conditions, would I even need a crush?”
Why is he questioning the premise?!
Before Director Niu could respond, Lai Bingxuan rolled her eyes. “With how average you are, you won’t even get more than a few dishes in your lifetime.”
“I’ll continue.”
Liu Woxing, as Qiu Chengye’s on-screen CP, helped him out: “We played a lot of rides together, and finally went into the haunted house.”
Director Niu’s eyes lit up.
Excellent! Haunted houses were classic date spots—dim and thrilling, perfect for sparking physical contact.
Yu Jinzhe didn’t disappoint and followed up: “My crush got scared and hid in my arms.”
Director Niu’s eyes filled with excited tears.
Finally, here came the ambiguous romance…
“But I twisted my body, and escaped from under his crotch.”
Director Niu: “???”
[?]
[……?]
[??????]
The whole room went dead silent. Everyone turned in unison toward the culprit—the one who had just escaped from under a crush’s crotch—Xie Mi.
Only Shen Yanqing couldn’t hold back his smile. “Teacher Xie, are you… a mole?”
[HAHAHAHAHAHA the mole from the textbooks, I’m losing it]
[Quoting old lessons now?? At first I didn’t even catch it!]
[But honestly… it kind of fits]
[Fits?? So you mean you also escaped from under your crush’s crotch??]
[HAHAHAHA I can’t take it anymore!!]
Seeing the comments of laughter, Director Niu instantly knew: once again, his plan to salvage the romance show had failed.
Fine. If it can’t be saved, then so be it.
If they won’t film a romance show properly—then no one films one!
That night, Director Niu fully blackened. He dragged the entire crew to work overtime and hammered out a brand-new project.
After securing the filming location and preparations, the next morning, Director Niu stood in the living room with a fake smile plastered on his face.
In front of him, the eight guests sat around on the sofas.
Looking around—aside from the Liu Woxing × Qiu Chengye line being relatively stable, the rest of the “couples” were all tangled up like balls of yarn!
Although the show’s popularity was already sky-high, Director Niu—who had long been a legendary figure in the variety show world and could flawlessly produce any kind of show—couldn’t stomach failing at romance shows.
He wanted to film a romance show! He had to film a romance show!!
“I can already tell that all of you teachers don’t have much demand for romance.”
Still wearing his fake smile, Director Niu revealed his true colors through action. “Since that’s the case, then let’s not do romance.”
Viewers who had just tuned in early in the morning were utterly confused.
[Huh????]
[What a shocking opener, I must still be half-asleep. Gonna take another nap.]
[If it’s not about romance, then what’s the point? Director Niu, you old geezer, what the hell are you up to now?]
[Wait, this is supposed to be a romance show, right??]
As question marks filled the screen, Director Niu kept grinning coldly.
“I announce, following our South Sea travel special, we now begin the Monkhood Temple Special—officially!”
“Everyone, please get ready to leave. We’re heading to Heart-Clearing Temple of Severed Love and Desire. Since you all don’t want to take romance seriously, you can experience the taste of cutting off love and desire instead!”
With that, Director Niu finally broke out into the full laugh of a dark overlord, blackened from head to toe.
“Ahahahahahahaha——”
Since the positive approach didn’t work, he’d use the opposite one.
He would send them all to sever love and desire! Once they experienced the pain of unfulfilled longing, they would finally realize how beautiful romance shows were!
“Ahahahahahahaha——”
“Director Niu.”
Xie Mi politely raised a hand to interrupt his evil laughter. “You have a vegetable leaf stuck in your teeth.”
Director Niu, mid-cackle with his mouth wide open, instantly snapped it shut and went silent as a chicken.
