Chapter 67

On the day when the rankings were announced, not only the trainees but also the fans watching the live broadcast were overwhelmed.

[[Data][Data] Please give a reasonable explanation from the production team. Xiaoyu ranked first in both online and offline voting popularity, but ended up in fifth place?]

The democratically elected TOP is preventing you from promoting your princes, right?

[Rights protection, requesting the release of the specific real-time voting data records for the top eleven contestants]

Where did those few votes that suddenly burst into the upper echelons come from? Are they ghost soldiers passing through?

[Those who understand will know how much water there is in the official vote count this time]

[A wonderful day ends with watching the ranking announcement live]

I hate the production team for being such a heartless bunch. The hard work I put into it is just a joke.

I thought Xiao Luo would at least be in the top ten, but he ended up ranking so low.

[Your brother, the sprayer, made it to the second round last time by getting a tight spot. This time, being 17th is already pretty good. Be content.]

[Stop the brainwashing! He should be at least in the top ten. The fan data station's statistics have revealed several debut candidates. These seventeen are purely fooling passersby.]

【Rights Protection】

【Rights Protection】

While the barrage of comments was going on, people were also feeling madly sorry for their poor children who were being ruined by the program crew.

Xue Liu's eyes are red... He was originally in the top five, but now he's suddenly dropped to the sidelines. Don't cry, baby. Mommy feels bad.

[Many trainees are crying, and those who aren't crying don't look good. The production team is guilty of a heinous crime.]

I can’t bear to look at my Capibara anymore. He cried while hugging his childhood friend when the rankings were announced last time. I can’t imagine how heartbroken he’ll be this time.

As soon as this comment was posted, the camera suddenly changed and cut to the two people sitting in the corner arm wrestling.

【？ 】

【？ 】

[No, Brother Baizi? ]

[And brother Sprayer, are you laughing a little too happily? ? ]

[Mom is so worried about you two still arm wrestling]

[I was originally holding back a lot of anger, but seeing these two, I couldn’t hold it back and burst into laughter]

[Okay, okay, be optimistic, we are all good kids who are not affected by the dog program team]

The arm wrestling competition seemed to be in full swing. Originally, the director only cut to the two unlucky kids for a shot, but cut back after a few seconds. The flashbacks were repeated over and over again, and the two people's wrists were always clasped together, with no winner determined.

Fans whose faith was broken by the rankings gradually began to shift their attention to the competition situation of the real protagonists.

[A very stalemate battle]

[Equally matched opponents]

[Why does it feel like Brother Baizi has a bigger advantage? He's almost got half a palm's worth of pressure.]

[Brother Sprayer counterattacks! Brother Sprayer takes advantage of the victory and directly presses down half of the palm! ]

【Brother Pendulum has rebounded again! 】

【Brother Sprayer strikes back again! 】

【……】

【……】

[Why do I feel like these two are just joking? ]

[Plus one, just a couple's trick]

[It was hilarious that when Wei Shaobao was ranked 7th, the two of them were arm wrestling, and when he was ranked 27th, they were still arm wrestling.]

If you keep clinging to me like this, I'll start to suspect someone has ulterior motives.

【I feel sleepy, I sleep now】

The fact is that Chu Yu didn't expect the back-and-forth situation to develop like this. He was very aware of his own strength. When they were arm wrestling when they were young, Luo Jiayu always let him use both hands to wrestle one of his hands, but even so, Chu Yu couldn't beat the other.

When they grew up, the two of them differentiated into two forms, Capybara and Husky. Chu Yu stayed at home all year round and was too lazy to move. His amount of exercise was pitifully little compared to Luo Jiayu, who often loved to go out skateboarding, playing ball and rock climbing. Therefore, he was even more exhausted in terms of strength. The fact that he could hold out for three seconds against Luo Jiayu was considered that the other party did not use his full strength.

So there is only one possibility for the fight to still have no winner.

Someone quietly released a Pacific Ocean of water.

"Is this considered passive competition?" Chu Yu closed his eyes and tried to bend the hand with all his strength, but the hand holding his didn't move at all.

Luo Jiayu curled the corners of his mouth and stretched out a long "hmm", but he still did not increase the strength of his hands, pretending to be confused with a clear mind.

What are you talking about? I don't know.jpg

"...You are still pretending to be stupid." Chu Yu complained, and tried hard a few more times, and then he was sure that he could not move the other person at all.

He finally gave up, his clenched grip loosening completely, his fingers limply falling into Luo Jiayu's palm. "I give up."

Luo Jiayu lowered his eyes to look at their hands, then looked up at him again: "Yeah."

Chu Yu tugged at her held fingers again: "You win."

"Um."

“…”

“…”

No one spoke now.

Luo Jiayu did not explain the reason for his actions, and Chu Yu did not continue to make the matter clear. The two looked at each other in silence for two seconds, and the latter was the first to look away.

Logically speaking, they have held hands more than they have eaten meals together since they were young, and they have long been desensitized to finger contact, so Chu Yu didn't know why he was so nervous. Every time he felt nervous, he wanted to escape, but when he thought about the unfinished task, he felt that he could not escape.

So we just continued holding hands in silence.

Luo Jiayu was still looking at him, very seriously, as if he was a researcher studying the experimental sample he treated with the most care, so when he noticed that the tip of the other person's ear was red, he was obviously stunned for a moment.

Chu Yu originally thought that the other party would cheat him to the end, but he was careful to leave him some room. The hands that were clenched on him loosened their grip for a few seconds, as if to say that he could take them back.

He lowered his head and pursed his lips, remembering that the mission had not yet been accomplished and his comrades still needed to work hard. Even if the burning sensation in his ears was uncomfortable, he had to endure the next few seconds.

So still no one backed away, their fingers still tightly clasped between the fingers of the other hand. The hand that loosened its grip was like a clam that opened and closed, only to clench tightly again after a few seconds.

Luo Jiayu's ears were also a little red, but this did not stop him from being so happy that he wanted to set off 360 firecrackers on the spot. He looked left and right, but the surroundings were depressing and there was no one who could share this happiness with him.

He lowered his head and tried hard to restrain the corners of his mouth from rising high, but the smile was harder to suppress than AK. In the camera lens responsible for their area, among a group of trainees who were about to cry, he was the only one who was so happy as a fool that he was particularly eye-catching.

Chu Yu didn't notice his childhood friend's high spirits, which were soaring into the sky like a monkey. He was immersed in listening to the system's report on the progress of the task.

[Ding Dong, detection of the capture character Luo Jiayu's favorability increasing by +1. The current total favorability is 769. There are still 95 points to go to the target of 100 favorability increase. Host, please keep up the good work~]

[Ding Dong, detecting that the capture character Luo Jiayu's favorability has increased by +3. The current total favorability is 772. There are still 92 points to go to the target of 100 favorability increase. Host, please keep up the good work~]

[Ding Dong, the capture character Luo Jiayu's favorability has increased by +2. The current total favorability is 774. There are still 90 points to go to the target of 100 favorability increase. Please keep up the good work~]

Chu Yu originally thought that his childhood friend's favorability was the same as other characters, which would be increased all at once and then end. However, it turned out that the favorability was continuously increased in real time, with a report of the increase in favorability popping up every few seconds. He felt so embarrassed that his ears became redder and redder.

After listening to a few reports, he chose to turn on the simplified mode, and the nagging electronic female voice disappeared, and it was switched to a simple icon mode. Every time he gained some favor, several pink +1+1+1 appeared in front of him.

There was no way to just grab a wave and run away, so she could only keep harvesting. Chu Yu resigned herself to the fact that they would be inseparable holding hands until they appeared in the studio.

Luo Jiayu could no longer listen to the speeches and ranking analyses of the previous mentors. He first sat there and tried to quietly digest the overwhelming joy in his heart, but then found that he couldn't do it.

His face flushed again as he secretly looked up at his childhood friend who was in a daze beside him. The more he looked, the more he liked him and the more excited he became. So he quietly moved closer and scared Chu Yu.

"Your hands are so cold." He pressed the skin on the other person's palm with his five fingertips, then pretended to be nonchalant and said in a casual tone, "I remember you didn't put a hot water bottle in your suitcase when you came to the camp. Can I fill it up and send it to you tonight?"

The false appearance could not cover up his irrational nonsense, but Luo Jiayu still thought he was pretending to be particularly calm and rational.

“…No, really.” Chu Yu closed her eyes and hesitated, “It’s still a long way from winter.”

Luo Jiayu nodded thoughtfully. Although he was rejected, he did not back down at all. The corners of his mouth were still raised and his eyes were shining.

He poked Chu Yu again and changed the subject: "Do you feel cold when you sleep at night? The quilt in the dormitory is still too thin. How about I..."

"Host." Teacher Ji in his mind finally couldn't stand it anymore and jumped out, warning, "If you still want to catch up with me, shut up right now and don't say anything."

Why, was it obvious to me? Luo Jiayu was unwilling to accept it.

"Don't ask, just listen to me and shut up." Teacher Ji was emotionless.

Luo Jiayu weighed the pros and cons for a while, but finally closed his mouth unwillingly. When Chu Yu felt that the creature beside him had calmed down, his heart finally settled down, and he breathed a sigh of relief as if he had survived a disaster.

After a while, all the rankings were announced. The recording ended that night, and all the trainees stood up and left the studio one after another. Chu Yu didn't know whether to leave or let go. His whole face was filled with contradiction.

At this moment, a life-saving announcement sounded in my head:

[Ding Dong, the favorability of the "Hand in Hand" event has reached its upper limit. This event will no longer increase favorability. There are still 80 points to go before the target of 100 favorability increase. Please keep up the good work~]

Chu Yu quickly pulled his hand back into his pocket. His hand, which had been warmed by the heat, was still hot the moment it was freed from the shackles.

Luo Jiayu looked up at him, his eyes filled with shock and hurt.

“…” Chu Yu lowered his head and pursed his lips. His hands moved slowly in his pockets. In fact, he ran to the system mall to buy a bag of candy gift packs. Then he suddenly took out a mint candy and handed it to his childhood friend, “This is for you.”

Luo Jiayu: “!”

The small pink icon indicates favorability +1+1.