Song Qixian emerged from the orphanage, and his initial wish was simply to have a place to live, to eat his fill, and stay warm.
Later, he debuted as a member of a boy band, witnessed a vast ...
98 Special Group Variety Show
Zhou Heyu came across an interesting game - Witch's Poison - on a short video website.
Ming Shangyu just happened to ask him to come up with a game for the group show, so he handed in the game.
The rules of the game are simple: players choose props as hidden "poison", and each player takes turns to try. The player who eats the poison first loses and must accept the punishment.
But it was easy to play like this, so Zhou Heyu maliciously suggested playing the twin version of the game - the witch's antidote.
Just by listening to the name, you can tell the evil taste of this game. Players specify the antidote, and only those who take the antidote can end this miserable life.
It is called a group variety show, but in fact it is just a vlog-like thing of about ten minutes in length. It is Ming Shangyu's one-year-old birthday gift to his fans.
Naturally, the production was rather crude, and they had to prepare everything themselves. The Fifth Branch provided one or two staff members to supervise them so that they would not go too far.
When five people play this game, a lot of props need to be prepared. Zhou Heyu asked each teammate to buy at least eight different kinds of food, and these foods must be unacceptable to himself or his teammates.
Song Qixian and Park Youen went shopping in the supermarket together. At Zhou Heyu's request, each of them took a small handheld camera.
Song Qixian was wrapped tightly, with only his eyes showing.
"Hateful food, hateful food, tsk, I don't have any hateful food."
Song Qixian was in a dilemma. He was a child who was not picky about food and there was almost nothing he disliked.
Song Qixian widened his eyes as he watched Park Yoo-eun throwing food into the shopping cart one by one.
"Yuen, how can you find so many things you don't like!"
Park Yoo Eun casually said, "I'm picky about food, so I don't like a lot of things. Besides, a lot of the food I pick is the kind you don't like."
Song Qixian looked at him in confusion, and Park Youen explained, "Look, Sangyu doesn't like bitter things, so I prepared 100% dark chocolate for him. You can try it too, it's really bitter!"
"And do you like sour food?"
Song Qixian: "I don't have any special feelings about sourness, I can't say I like it."
Park Yoo-eun clapped her hands and said, "So you definitely can't eat a whole lemon! I don't think any of the five of us can handle a lemon."
Song Qixian seemed to imagine that the lemon juice was soaking his tongue, and the saliva secreted was sour.
He shuddered and said incoherently, "Do you really have to make such a big deal out of this? We are idols."
Park Yoo Eun chuckled and said, "Fans will probably like it. This game of He Yu is quite fun."
Since Park Yoo-eun said so, Song Qixian also let go and chose props.
Adhering to the spirit of "a friend's death is better than my death", every time Park Yoo-eun chooses one, he will record it and add a sentence: "This is Yoo-eun's choice. Whoever eats it can use this video to beat him up."
The props were almost ready. To maintain secrecy, no one knew what props the other teammates had chosen. (Song Qixian was the exception; he knew Park Yu-eun's.)
All the props were given to two staff members, who were allowed to distribute them freely.
While counting, the two staff members laughed out loud. They didn't expect that the men who were both teammates and roommates were so cruel. It seemed that the antidote they chose was difficult for everyone to accept.
The camera gave a close-up of the pile of food, of course, it was blurred in post-production.
They sat around a table with 40 mysterious props neatly placed on it.
Before the game started, Zhou Heyu explained the rules of the game and emphasized that the rules must be followed and all the food inside must be eaten.
Everyone nodded seriously, and Song Qixian's fearless look made everyone laugh.
Zhou Heyu couldn't help but ask him: "Qixian's eyes look strange. What's wrong? Is he worried in advance that he won't be able to get the antidote?"
Song Qixian's eyes were serious, "You have no idea how devastating the food that Youen chooses is."
All eyes turned to Park Yoo-eun, who raised his hand to protest: "I did it for the show effect. I have been very restrained."
The others couldn't help but laugh. Shen Minghe suggested with a sly smile, "To prove you didn't mean it, if we eat what you prepared, you have to share half. Please raise your hands if you agree."
Including Song Qixian, five hands were raised, and Zhou Heyu agreed with both hands.
Park Yoo-eun shot herself in the foot and was forced to bear half of the punishment.
He complained that it was unfair, but since he was the lowest-ranking member of the group, his complaint was ruthlessly rejected.
After a little fighting, the game began in a relaxed atmosphere.
One person chooses the antidote, and the others close their eyes. In this way, five different bottles of antidote are selected.
The youngest member, Shin Myung Hyuk, was lucky enough to choose lemon.
A lemon was cut in half, just half for him and Park Yoo-eun.
Facing the camera, Park Yoo-eun said sincerely: "Can I withdraw early? I feel like I'm being set up."
Several teammates all laughed and cheered.
"No way, Park Yoo Eun chose something himself, but he himself can't accept it!"
"Youen, come on, I'm rooting for you."
"That won't do. Park Yoo Eun, aren't you very arrogant when choosing things? Hahahahahaha."
The two victims made bitter faces and clinked the lemons in the air, then Shen Minghe swallowed them in one gulp.
"Hiss——" Everyone felt the sour taste in their mouths.
The scene was in a state of chaos, and Song Qixian reminded the youngest member: "Minghe, remember to control your expression? We are idols."
After swallowing it with great difficulty, Shen Minghe's eyes became tearful. His brothers were busy handing him tissues, and they all wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.
The one who is embarrassed now is Park Yoo-eun. He doesn't want to eat the lemon in his hand at all, but his teammates are eyeing him covetously. If he cheats, he will probably be eaten alive by them.
Park Yoo-eun gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and swallowed the lemon like Shin Myung-hyuk.
After the broadcast, the scene where Park Yoo Eun was eating lemon was cut out, which made fans extremely curious. What did he do that made all five branches keep the youngest member's scene but not his.
Back to the part where Park Yoo Eun was eating the lemon, he spat it out right after swallowing it, which was really indecent.
Park Yoo-eun: QAQ
Other teammates: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Back to the game, it was Song Qixian's turn to choose. He was not lucky enough to choose the antidote, nor was he lucky enough to choose the props prepared by Park Yoo-eun.
What he got looked ordinary, just like an ordinary snack. Zhou Heyu raised his hand and said, "I prepared this. As for the taste, you'll know after you try it, Qixian."
Song Qixian opened the bag of snacks, which looked like taro chips.
After just a small bite, Song Qixian's face and mouth began to burn.
"It's so spicy, water, I need water."
Zhou Heyu had already prepared milk and water, and immediately handed him the milk, asking him to let the milk stay in his mouth for a while to relieve the spiciness.
Song Qixian didn't expect that the bag of snacks was so terrible. He had to exchange his small bite for two bottles of milk before he felt a little better.
The spiciness made his stomach hurt.
Zhou Heyu felt a little guilty and took the initiative to say, "Qixian, I'll help you eat the rest of this bag."
Song Qixian didn't stop him because his stomach really couldn't hold any more food.
Zhou Heyu is really an expert at eating spicy food. After eating a whole pack of food, his face didn't even turn red, and his lips only changed color slightly, which was completely different from Song Qixian's performance.
After witnessing Song Qixian's miserable condition and seeing Zhou Heyu remain calm after eating, his teammates couldn't help but admire him.
Everyone gave a thumbs up, strong man!
It was Park Yoo-eun's turn. Compared to the two people before him, he was luckier. He drew a box of strange-tasting milk and passed it easily.
It was Zhou Heyu's turn. He didn't draw the antidote either, but he drew a can of herring (two bites).
Compared to his teammates' screams, Zhou Heyu didn't react much. He simply pointed at the can and said, "Do you really want me to eat it now? I'm afraid you won't be able to accept it yet."
This sounded a bit overconfident, and Park Yoo-eun jumped the most excitedly: "You must eat now, otherwise you will be breaking the rules!"
As soon as the can was opened, everyone was deterred by the peculiar stench.
Among them, Song Qixian and Park Youen hid in another corner of the room. Shen Minghe and Ming Shangyu were not much better. Although they did not leave their seats, they also held pillows in front of themselves.
Zhou Heyu was fine. Although he was also disgusted by the stink, he could still accept it.
After two bites, the camera gave Zhou Heyu a close-up.
His brows were furrowed, his nose was raised, and his lips were tightly closed.
His teammates thought they were done. Suddenly, Zhou Heyu opened his mouth and made a face as if he was about to vomit. The staff quickly handed him a trash can.
Zhou Heyu vomited everything out smoothly and regained his spirits.
It was Ming Shangyu's turn, and he drew the chocolate that was said to be the bitterest in the world.
Although Park Yoo-eun asked for trouble, she was extremely confident that her chocolate would definitely make Sang-woo break his expression control.
At this point in the game, everyone wanted to see the flying features on their teammates' faces.
What disappointed Park Yoo-eun was that Ming Shangyu's expression did not change at all while eating the chocolate, which made him wonder if he had picked up the wrong brand.
Park Yoo Eun took a bite and immediately felt the bitterness on his tongue. He spat out all the chocolate with a "Pooh, Pooh, Pooh" sound, and Ming Shangyu slowly rinsed his mouth with water, clearly trying to trick Park Yoo Eun.
After one round, everyone was tortured.
Song Qixian could still feel the spicy taste in his mouth, and his heart skipped a beat. "Brother He Yu, this game is too scary. Can we really get the antidote?"
Zhou Heyu also felt bad: "That's right, eight portions per person would be enough to relieve us."
The game continued, and the small game became a moment of fighting among the members. In order to escape the props, they used all possible methods.
For example, they cleaned the room for a month, made breakfast for everyone for a month, or performed a girl group dance for everyone.
In short, there are no such things as rules.
When the unlucky Park Yoo-eun ate the third to last portion, he finally got the antidote and the game ended.
Everyone felt that their tongue had been violently tortured.
The variety show effect is definitely there. Several idols didn't even care about managing their expressions and only hated these weird foods.
After the subsequent broadcast, fans originally thought it was just a simple and ordinary game, but unexpectedly they got the funniest group variety show.
In just over ten minutes of the game, the number of censorship issues reached double digits, which shows how terrifying this game is.