Acting skills replacement

Chu Yiqi was speechless.

"I'm begging you, Xi Ai, can you... please be a little bit more rational?"

Xi Ai hesitated before offering another option: "Go to work?"

"..."

"Oh, right, but... it doesn't count towards the score."

Xi Ai silently turned to look at her assistant: "Could you remove the final interjection?"

"No, dear."

"Haha, where did that customer service sister tone come from? Get out of here."

"This won't work either."

"Alright, alright, next group, let's go with Spruce and Shade."

Xi Ai and Chu Yiqi avoided each other's gaze and sat awkwardly to one side.

Even though their seats were diagonally opposite each other, they deliberately kept staring at the person playing the game, ignoring each other completely.

After waiting for a while, Chu Yiqi and Xi Ai put down their hands that were supporting their heads and turned their heads in unison.

"you……"

Xi Ai: "You go first."

"No, who would be slacking off in the office if they were just being normal?"

Xi Ai argued, "It's probably a difference in customs. We don't usually sit in the office all day."

Chu Yiqi: "All day long is an adjective, who said it was stressed?"

“That’s what you just said,” Xi Ai said, looking at her. “I thought you would be very meticulous and specifically emphasize the whole day.”

Chu Yiqi frowned deeply, tilted her head slightly, then tilted it back: "Then... never mind."

Of course, Xi Ai isn't the only one with an unusually abnormal thought process.

Shi Yunshan looked at the question and thought to herself that she must have it in the bag this time, so she asked, "What do high school students do on Sunday afternoons?"

Nie Chuiying immediately replied, "I know, I know, I'll do my homework!"

For a moment, the entire room fell into a deathly silence.

Nie Chuiying belatedly realized what was going on and tentatively asked, "Going to school?"

Shi Yunshan remained silent, staring coldly at Nie Chuiying with a look that seemed to say, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll break off our friendship."

Nie Chuiying looked at Shi Yunshan with an unusually innocent yet questioning gaze: "Staring at me?"

Shi Yunshan was utterly devastated.

How did such an easy question turn into this?

"No, don't you really think it's natural to say 'I'm going back to school this afternoon'?"

Nie Chuiying: "..."

“I’m not like you good students. Don’t you think it’s perfectly reasonable for Sunday to be busy catching up on homework?”

"But……"

The two reluctantly sat back down at the coffee table, completely devoid of the liveliness they had shown when they were mocking Chu Yiqi and Xi Ai.

If couples are arguing today, the production team is definitely partly to blame.

Xi Ai and Chu Yiqi looked at each other without saying a word, but the atmosphere inexplicably eased.

It should be schadenfreude.

Finally, someone is like us.

We're pretty good then.

"Okay, Xixi, you must guess carefully."

Yu Nianxi nodded firmly, as if she knew the task was arduous and the road ahead was long.

Nie Chuiying, sitting over there, tugged at Shi Yunshan's hand and said, "Xixi, you must guess wrong, otherwise it must be the production team's fault."

“Exactly, the design is completely unreasonable.” Chu Yiqi smiled and stood in line.

Meng Yike quickly retorted: "You guys are so vicious. You lose and then you wish for others to lose."

“Okay, let’s shut up.” Xi Ai interrupted the battle, paused for a moment to draw her own lines and show her determination, “But there’s a saying that goes, ‘A word can become a prophecy.’”

Meng Yike: "..."

Yu Nianxi: "...You are not allowed to speak, mute your microphones."

"oh."

Meng Yike spoke slowly and deliberately: "It's just... the Yellow River flows eastward, and then..."

Yu Nianxi whispered, "The Yellow River flows into the sea?"

Meng Yike: "..."

"Well, for the sake of the game's fun, Nianxi, can you tell me another one?"

The four people over there were laughing so hard they couldn't hear anything else, so no one cared about this little bit of privilege.

Meng Yike sighed and said, "Seven characters, and then..."

She hesitated for a moment before Yu Nianxi assumed she had finished speaking, so she quickly gave the answer and sang it to the tune of the children's song: "The great river bends and flows eastward!"

"...No, that is, the next line after 'Have you not seen the Yellow River's waters come from the sky'."

Yu Nianxi realized her answer was wrong, so this time she answered slowly, "Flowing ceaselessly to the Yangtze River..."

As she was reciting, she suddenly realized something was wrong, and Yu Nianxi quickly pulled herself back: "Ugh, no, well, it's like, 'flowing to the sea and never returning.'"

Xi Ai laughed as she said, "Xi Xi, what's it like to talk faster than you think?"

Chu Yiqi skillfully added, "Maybe it's because the teachers are different. Here, we say the Yellow River doesn't flow into the Yangtze River."

Yu Nianxi: "...Sisters, can we forget about this part?"

“Maybe it’s not good, and soon more people will remember this part.” Shi Yunshan smiled and handed the water glass to Nie Chuiying, who was laughing so hard she wanted to cough.

Yu Nianxi had no choice but to question Meng Yike: "Why didn't you say that just now..."

Meng Yike rubbed her nose and said, "I... can't think of anything about what to do with the Yangtze River right now."

So what if I can't react in time?

Anyway, it won't stop the captain from turning the tables.

With all three teams wiped out, the show had its entertainment value, but we can't let them have absolutely no gaming experience.

So the female members of the production team whispered among themselves for a while and gladly accepted the "petition" jointly submitted by the six people—changing it to a timed quiz.

Limited to forty seconds.

The next group of test subjects will again be Xi Ai and Chu Yiqi.

Although Xi Ai's visit was brief this time, she was extremely cautious, even speaking one word at a time: "What do ears matter? The first word."

"Listen, and then?"

"Um... well, I have my computer and microphone or camera on, I'm..."

"Live broadcast?" Chu Yiqi paused, then said, "Listen to the live broadcast."

"No, the third word... never mind, the second word... it's about fingerprints being extracted in a case, this falls under..."

"evidence?"

Chu Yiqi hesitated for a moment, unable to recall any words amidst the countdown from the group of people around him.

"That... hearing!"

With the added boost of the countdown, the atmosphere of the entire game becomes much more tense, and some of the jokes that slip out under high-intensity conditions are even more amusing.

"Alright, teachers, let's take a break. Next..."

Xi Ai leaned on the sofa, sighed, and said, "Sister, don't take it anymore. I need to rest."

"My brain is a bit short-circuited right now, I need to cool down."

"Okay, okay."

Xi Ai leaned back on the sofa and reached for her water glass, but she always missed it. And Xi Ai was unwilling to sit up straight to get it.

Chu Yiqi quietly watched Xi Ai's fingers, and finally couldn't help but smile. He leaned forward and took Xi Ai's water glass to his own face.

Xi Ai watched helplessly as her lemon tea, which was so close to her, was snatched away. She lowered her eyes, composed herself, and then looked at Chu Yiqi: "Chu Yiqi..."

"Um?"

Chu Yiqi hadn't seen such a genuinely aggrieved kitten in a long time, and upon hearing this, she almost jerked so hard she pushed her water glass away.

Some long-dormant, hidden thoughts have sprouted again, like willows meeting spring.

Chu Yiqi looked up at her and said, "Say a few nice things and I'll consider giving it back to you."

Xi Ai paused for a moment, as if she hadn't expected this situation, and the little acting she had managed to put on immediately crumbled.

"Sister... I'm about to turn into a flat pancake because my cells have lost too much water."

The other four sat quietly to the side, playing on their phones and sending messages in their small group chat, completely ignoring the inexplicable feud between the two.

[Sobbing: No, why is Qiqi like this?]

[Coniferous Forest: May I ask what Xi Ai wants this time?]

[Sobbing: You~ childhood~ friend~]

[Coniferous forest: ...]

[Sleepyhead: @WestCoast, shall we start a new group with Sister Luo?]

After this inexplicable and silent commotion, Chu Yiqi dared not let Xi Ai talk nonsense any longer, so he quickly pushed the water glass back and thoughtfully placed it in Xi Ai's palm.

Xi Ai accepted it with a smile.

Hmph, trying to play mind games with me.

Xi Ai smiled, took a sip of tea, and immediately scrunched up her face.

She looked at Chu Yiqi: "Why is it so sour?"

"You're asking me?"

"You just took it."

Chu Yiqi's eyes widened: "You, you're biting the hand that feeds you!"

Xi Ai was skeptical, so she opened the glass again to take a look and muttered, "I didn't put in many slices of lemon."

Chu Yiqi bit her lower lip.

The group chat on the other side was already incredibly noisy.

[West Coast: What's going on? Did they switch actors?]

[Sobbing: Is it really true?]

[Coniferous forest: I don't know, but it looks like one.]

[West Coast: I saw it! It was her! She just reached under the table and grabbed a bottle of espresso!]

[Sleepyhead: I actually saw it just now.]

[Coniferous Forest: This is amazing! How did things turn out like this?]

[Sobbing: Great! He's all smiles and a dark side, there's hope for fujoshi (female fans of BL)!]

[Coniferous forest: ...]

The scene ended without a resolution. Chu Yiqi glanced at the camera over there and realized that it could easily record his actions.

Chu Yiqi: "..."

Forget it, let's just live for today and worry about it when we're sober.

Unable to find any evidence, Xi Ai had no choice but to swallow her anger and remain silent.

We will wait for another opportunity to report back.

The photographer sat and laughed, watching them fool around while secretly thinking: another part of the main footage plus some behind-the-scenes footage.

Xi Ai's plan to retaliate was interrupted.

"The games we played today were all language-related, so next we'll play... Who's the Spy?"

"I thought I'd have to switch to a different type."

"You didn't expect that, did you? After setting the stage, I'm back to the main point."

"Alright, resistance is futile. Let's announce the final scores of the first two games. Each game will be scored according to ranking, with first place receiving three points, and so on down to the next place."

"Alright, we're more curious about the final diagram used for the integral."

Xi Ai considered it and concluded that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, she and Chu Yiqi would be the last ones to finish.

"Currently, Nianxi and Yike are in first place, followed by Xi'ai and Qiqi, who are ahead of Yunshan and Chuiying."

"oh."

"Sis, you are so cold."

Xi Ai told the older sister in the production team, "My objections are ineffective; I am just an indifferent person."

"Okay, then you can get ready. Individual scores will also be counted towards the group scores. The final interpretation right belongs to the directing team."

During the break just now, several staff members had prepared the playing cards and arranged them on the balcony.

"Okay, let's go to the balcony now."

Each person drew a card, and their expressions varied.

"Alright, let's start with Yike, clockwise, my clockwise."

The six people moved in remarkably unison. They silently adjusted their heads to align with the camera at an odd angle, then raised their hands to gesture left and right, before turning around in perfect unison.

"OK."

Meng Yike thought for a moment and said, "It can refresh you."

Several people nodded thoughtfully, and then Shi Yunshan said, "We usually brew it with hot water before drinking it."

“Then… cold water is fine occasionally.” Nie Chuiying quickly accepted the Potian Fugui that Shi Yunshan handed over.

The remaining three each harbored their own ulterior motives.

Xi Ai hesitated before speaking, "It smells quite nice."

Chu Yiqi casually replied, "Some are quite bitter."

Yu Nianxi was on the verge of collapse; she struggled for a long time but couldn't say anything.

"Hurry up, Xixi," Meng Yike deliberately interrupted.

There are many varieties.

What a versatile and universally applicable sentence.

When Tiankeng returned to Meng Yike, she hesitated and said, "Well, there are more places of origin."

"I know how to do this question, it's popular."

"I'd like to ask you this: it's all nonsense, can't her opinion be disregarded?" Xi Ai frowned.

Chu Yiqi coldly exposed Xi Ai: "And then you started talking nonsense again?"

Xi Ai glared at her.

Chu Yiqi started acting again: "See, you can't stand the truth."

"Alright, you two, Shi Yunshan, hurry up and tell us."

"Different varieties may produce different colors after brewing."