Chapter 51: Elementary School Students' Spring Outing Syndrome

After replying to the message, Ji Jingchuan leaped from the sofa and rushed to the large floor-length mirror in the living room. His newly dyed orange-blond hair, angular face, and eyes that mirrored Shang Que's—he was incredibly handsome. Plus, he could cook. How could anyone not like such a perfect guy?

Ji Jingchuan suddenly became full of confidence, and the initial bit of nervousness turned into full of anticipation.

However, Ms. Shang's flight was rescheduled to next Sunday. Before that, the ninth episode of "Friendship Boat" was scheduled for recording.

The content of this variety show is a trip to an ancient town in a neighboring province. After getting off the plane, you have to take a bus to reach the destination.

The last episode of the variety show was praised by official media, attracting many passers-by. Therefore, as soon as the camera was turned on, the long-awaited audience poured into the live broadcast room like a tide.

[Just finished catching up on the previous eight episodes of the variety show, and a new live broadcast is here. Who knows this kind of happiness! ]

I still haven't recovered from the last episode, but seeing everyone laughing and playing makes me want to cry for some reason.

Why does Ji Jingchuan look so downhearted? Could he be the one who had a night out with his female fans in the big melon previewed by the marketing account?

[You also believe this? That marketing account last time announced a rumor about a top male star secretly getting married, but in the end, it turned out to be a nameless person. This time, the top star is probably a second- or third-tier celebrity.]

[Why does Ji Jingchuan look so listless? Don't tell me he stayed up all night writing songs.]

Unlike the others who were chattering excitedly, Ji Jingchuan chose a seat by the window in the back row after getting on the bus and fell asleep.

Jiang Yize glanced back a few times and couldn't help asking, "Sister Shang Que, did he not sleep well last night?"

"I didn't sleep at all." Shang Que sneered. "After I knew I was going on a trip, it was like I took stimulants. I stayed up all night to pack my luggage. I started making breakfast at three in the morning. After eating, I sat on the sofa in the living room with my suitcase and waited for dawn."

Lin Jinyi immediately raised her hand: "I know, this is called elementary school student spring outing syndrome!"

"Who are you calling a primary school student? You are the primary school student." Ji Jingchuan moved his ears and then opened his eyes.

[The keyword has been triggered, right? Hahahaha. 】

I still remember when I was a kid, I would get up in the middle of the night for my mom to comb my hair during spring outings, and we would gather at school before daybreak.

[So everyone does this? I thought it was a niche thing.]

I can't imagine Ji Jingchuan meeting female fans at night. It's even more plausible that he stayed up late to watch Ultraman.

This is too elementary school.

It was more than 20 minutes' drive to the ancient town. In order to prevent them from arguing over such childish questions as who was the primary school student, the director suggested playing a game called "Who is the Undercover?"

Ji Jingchuan still looked a little confused, and people were afraid that he would not be able to think straight after becoming an undercover agent, so they gave him the task of setting the questions.

"Four of the participating guests will be given the same word, and the remaining guest, acting as an undercover agent, will be given a related word. After the game begins, the guests will each describe their own word. After each round, one person will be eliminated by voting. When only one undercover agent and one civilian remain, the undercover agent wins."

After explaining the rules of the game, the director handed a blank card and pen to Ji Jingchuan. "The civilian words and the undercover words should have similarities as much as possible, such as vermicelli and noodles, fried dough sticks and twisted dough sticks."

Ji Jingchuan waved his hand nonchalantly, "Such a simple game, of course a genius knows how to play it." He thought for a moment, quickly came up with a question, folded it in half with satisfaction, and handed it forward: "I'm done."

The card was passed to five people in turn from back to front. Shang Que turned over the paper in his hand, looked down, and saw the word on it was [apple].

When the game started, Shang Que was the first to speak. Unsure if she was an undercover agent, she tried to guess the questioner's thinking and, just to be safe, said, "Yes, it can be eaten."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Yize next to him looked at the card in his hand again with a strange expression: "Uh... this thing, if you really want to eat it, it's okay, but you need to have good teeth."

Lu Zhixu added immediately afterwards: "You also have to be lucky."

Ning Sheng: "I rarely see anyone eating it."

"How can you eat this?" Lin Jinyi was confused and frowned slightly in self-doubt. "Am I an undercover agent?"

Jiang Yizhe grinned,

The others also smiled and said nothing. Shang Que already knew she was an undercover agent by this time, and as expected, she was voted out unanimously after the first round of speeches.

But she didn't quite understand, "What are your words?"

It has something in common with apples: you need good teeth and a long life to eat it... Shang Que pondered for a moment: "Hard poisonous mushrooms?"

Lu Zhixu didn't answer but asked, "Is yours an apple?"

"How do you know?"

"Because this is the popular word." Ning Sheng smiled and turned the card over. She saw two big words written on it: [Huawei].

Apple, Huawei.

Shang Que: ...

【So it’s this apple. 】

[If the undercover agent wasn't the first to speak, he wouldn't be exposed so quickly, hahahaha.]

Jiang Yizhe belike: Hey, can you really eat your phone? Anyway, Shang Que must have a point!

[Ji Jingchuan, look at the questions you asked.]

Shang Que's silence was deafening. She gritted her teeth and said, "Ji Jingchuan, who taught you to ask questions like this?"

"Then I didn't know you were the first to get the undercover word. I put this card at the bottom." Ji Jingchuan stiffened his neck to defend himself, then said shamelessly: "It doesn't count. I'll give you another one."

He quickly rewrote the words, passed the card over, and said confidently, "This time the questions are absolutely normal."

Shang Que, half-believing, opened the card. This time, her word was "rice." Having learned from her previous experience, she gave a catch-all description: "It's quite common in life."

Jiang Yize, who had received the undercover letter, stared at the "Xiaomi" in his hand and pondered it. According to Ji Jingchuan's thinking, this must be: "A common electronic product brand!"

Lu Zhixu: "Yes, I can eat it."

Jiang Yizhe:?

Ning Sheng: "I love to eat."

Jiang Yizhe: ...

Lin Jinyi: “Eat it every day.”

Jiang Yizhe: QAQ

"Wow, who's the undercover?" Shang Que said in an exaggerated tone, "It's so hard to guess."

[Wow, no way, it can't be our little brother Xiao Jiang! ]

Jiang Yizhe is such an honest kid. Why is he so sure he's not an undercover agent? He just said it so vividly.

Xiao Jiang might have guessed he was an undercover agent, but he didn't expect Ji Jingchuan to play by his usual rules this time, hahahaha.

Jiang Yize's reaction was already exposed, but he still wanted to struggle: "Whether I can do this or not doesn't count."

"Of course not," Ji Jingchuan ruthlessly rejected it. "Rice and millet are such a normal pair of words. Are you questioning my ability to set questions?"

[It's not that I'm questioning it, it's just too normal [pointing fingers]]

[As everyone knows, Ji Jingchuan's normality is actually the most abnormal thing.]

[Shang Que's loss doesn't count, and the others can't try again if they're eliminated. I won't say who's being hypocritical.]

[Ji Jingchuan: Why, are you my sister too? ]

The first two undercover games were both one-round eliminations. Although the show was effective, the gaming experience was not good. So when Lin Jinyi saw Ji Jingchuan preparing to come up with the undercover words for the next round, she asked in advance, "Are your words this round normal?"

"Is there any need to ask? Of course he is very capable." Ji Jingchuan said with confidence without even raising his head.

The cards were distributed to everyone. Shang Que wanted to see how good the card was, so he opened it and saw: [Pig Man].

Shang Que: ...

At the same time, the program team also thoughtfully made annotations in the live broadcast room.

Shang Que: Pig Man

Jiang Yizhe: Pig Man

Lu Zhixu: Peppa Pig

Ning Sheng: Pig Man

Lin Jinyi: Peppa Pig

[It's really quite good. ]

[Has Lu Zhixu never seen Peppa Pig? I seemed to see a moment of confusion on his face just now.]

How could he bully us old people and let him be an undercover agent?

[It doesn't matter. He probably hasn't even seen Peppa Pig. It doesn't matter whether he's an undercover agent or a civilian.]

You didn't let him go either.

Although he got some unfamiliar words, Lu Zhixu quickly calmed down. Fortunately, his speaking position was in the middle, so he had some time to respond based on the description of the person before him.

This time, the order of speaking was changed, with Lin Jinyi starting first. "It's a cartoon."

Ning Sheng: "The protagonist is not human."

Lu Zhixu: "The protagonists are animals."

Jiang Yizhe: "The theme song is very famous."

Shang Que: "It has a very wide audience."

[Shocked! Peppa Pig and my boyfriend actually have so much in common!]

[They're all pigs, so what if the breeds are a little different? ]

The first round of speeches were rather general and did not reveal any clues, so during the voting phase everyone chose to abstain from voting, and then the second round of speeches was conducted in the reverse order.

Shang Que: "The protagonist has an English name."

Jiang Yizhe: "This cartoon is very well-known."

Lu Zhixu: "The protagonist has many good friends."

Ning Sheng: "Well... there was a movie during the Spring Festival."

[Peppa Pig's value is still rising.]

[It's terrifying to think about it, GGBond has never denied that he is Peppa Pig.]

Because there cannot be repeated descriptions, the later you speak, the less advantage you have. Lin Jinyi has never paid much attention to this type of cartoons, so when it was her turn, she racked her brains but could only come up with "My little nephew loves to watch it."

Naturally, she was voted out at the end of this round because she spoke the most sloppily.

"Lin Jinyi is eliminated, the game continues."

"Oh my god, I can't think of anything else to say." Lin Jinyi couldn't understand: "How come you know so much about a cartoon?"

"Because I showed this series of movies to the children in my class when I was doing charity work at Hope Primary School." Ning Sheng blinked. "Can this be my third speech? Otherwise, I can't think of anything else."

Seeing the director nod, Jiang Yizhe immediately followed suit: "I went to see this movie and even posted a long post on Weibo after watching it."

Lin Jinyi was surprised: "You also write film reviews for cartoons?"

"No, it was when I was in college that I made an appointment with my roommates to go see a movie, but all three of them stood me up. In the end, I went to the theater alone. The kid sitting next to me pretended to be fascinated by the movie and secretly ate half of my bucket of popcorn." Jiang Yize said indignantly.

[It's so sad, but I want to laugh. Isn't that a bad thing?]

[Yes, he can't see you laughing here. I suggest you go to Weibo to do some research and laugh in the comments section.]

【Wow, there are bad guys among the crowd.】

Lin Jinyi couldn't help but let out a chuckle, then she pursed her lips to suppress the urge to laugh and changed the subject: "Shang Que, what about you? Have you seen it too?"

"No."

"Then how did you—"

"But Ji Jingchuan has been sending me emojis of it every day lately."

For example, when the meal was ready but Shang Que still insisted on ordering takeout, Ji Jingchuan would send a picture of a pig pulling a banner with the words "Sincerity is always bullied" written on it.

"Don't you think those emoticons are very vivid?" Ji Jingchuan suddenly interrupted and asked. Before Shang Que could answer, he snorted smugly, "You must think so, otherwise why would you secretly save them?"

He seemed to have caught Shang Que's handle, "You sent me that emoticon package last time. Although you withdrew it after sending it, I still saw a flash of the picture. What, are you trying to praise this genius for his taste in emoticons?"

"What I meant to say," Shang Que confessed when he saw his smug look, "is that you kept sending me that emoticon, which led me to think you looked like that for a while."

Ji Jingchuan:?

What! His handsome image in Shangque was actually ruined by a pig?

He deleted those emoticons as soon as he got home!