Chapter 12 [Updated] No sleeping in tents! ...
The viewers in the live stream were absolutely laughing at Su Yunruo.
Su Yunruo and Fu Huai are an actress and an idol, what kind of relationship could they possibly have? Why would Lin Xingsen genuinely choose Su Yunruo?
Zhou Kantian's targeting of Su Yunruo was too obvious; even the most foolish person would have noticed.
So, this is how Su Yunruo, who is known for her "princess syndrome" and is not to be trifled with, and who is backed by a wealthy patron, responded?
[Hahahaha, is Su Yunruo a low-IQ area for humans? How dare she ask that?]
[This team, where Fu Huaiping and others are hostile to everyone, and Lin Xingsen publicly criticizes her, how could she possibly think they're her fans? Doesn't she know whether she has any fans at all?]
[Judging from Fu Huai's utterly disgusted expression, I could easily guess what he was thinking: This money is fucking hard to earn.]
Don't you guys think Zhou Kantian has been subtly targeting Su Yunruo?
Is there even a need to think about it? It's super obvious.
We're kind to everyone every day, so we haven't targeted Su Yunruo.
[Fans, stop making excuses. I, being a bit of a joker, just want to see them fight. They've already publicly made veiled attacks; if they pretend to be harmonious when they meet, that's even more ridiculous.]
The guests were unaware of the audience's reaction in the live broadcast room. Based on the director's requirements, the final list of participants was confirmed, and each person entered a room to prepare for the program.
As they were about to close their doors, Zhou Kantian and Fu Huai met eyes again.
Regardless of their status or not, they haven't truly reached the top tier yet, and they don't know what the future holds, so naturally they wouldn't want to make enemies.
Zhou Kantian admitted that he had gone a bit too far in his efforts to target Su Yunruo and was thinking of making amends.
But Fu Huai ignored him completely, quickly went inside, closed the door, and did so in one swift and efficient motion.
Zhou Kantian was annoyed, realizing he had been too impatient.
But he saw that Su Yunruo really had a hard time controlling her temper.
Actually, the male lead for the drama that Su Yunruo was cast in during the summer was originally him, but he was replaced because Su Yunruo said he wasn't suitable. The male lead who was cast later rose to fame during that summer, receiving top-tier luxury brand treatments and landing a major role on a certain platform within just one month.
As the saying goes, minor fame comes from being praised, while major fame comes from fate.
Waiting for the explosion to truly explode is like a carp leaping over the Dragon Gate—extremely difficult.
It can be said that Su Yunruo directly ruined his chance to cross the Dragon Gate, and this kind of opportunity may never come again in his life.
Zhou Kantian put his hands in his pockets and clenched his fists. He didn't enter until Wen Qing called out from inside.
He must win.
It's no longer about fighting for screen time on variety shows; it's about fighting for pride.
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To maintain the mystery of the performance, there were no cameras in either room. The live stream interspersed promotional advertisements from investors and promotional videos for "Let's Travel Together" at appropriate times.
The viewers in the live stream had just recovered from the fact that Lin Xingsen had no choice but to choose Su Yunruo when they saw the advertisement, which made them so angry that they wanted to curse.
Inside Su Yunruo's team's room.
The small space of twenty square meters contains a basic coffee table and sofa. With the curtains open, sunlight floods the glass tabletop.
Su Yunruo found a single sofa, pointed to the curtains, and said, "Zheng Chengcheng, draw the curtains."
Zheng Chengcheng didn't know why Su Yunruo called her, but children aren't rebellious, so she obediently went to draw the curtains.
Of course, Su Yunruo later explained the reason: among the three, only Zheng Chengcheng seemed to be obedient.
When they came back, the three of them sat on one of the three sofas. Zheng Chengcheng wanted to find a place, but found that the only double sofa was occupied by Lin Xingsen, who was sitting right in the middle.
People from the planet Sheniu are not afraid of difficulties; it's time to show off their thick skin.
Zheng Chengcheng moved over and sat down heavily between Lin Xingsen and the sofa armrest. Lin Xingsen's eyebrows furrowed, but he pretended not to see it and asked Su Yunruo opposite him, "Captain, what are we going to perform?"
Lin Xingsen: "..."
Fu Huai: "..."
Su Yunruo: "..."
Staring silently at by three pairs of eyes, Zheng Chengcheng realized that she had been matched with Lin Xingsen*3.
Just as he was about to unleash his shamelessness on the team, Su Yunruo blinked her big eyes and shook her head, "Don't look at me, I'm not an idol, I can't do anything."
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She has a naturally pure and innocent face, and everything she says seems especially sincere.
The three of them had no doubt that she had absolutely no idea what she was about to perform.
Su Yunruo then asked, "Do you want to sleep in tents?"
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“I know some variety shows pretend to have guests stay in shabby houses but actually move them to hotels after filming. But I don’t think ‘Let’s Travel Together’ can do that.” Su Yunru tilted her head and thought for a moment. “I’ve never stayed in a tent before! Wouldn’t it be easy to fall asleep by the river listening to the chirping of insects? As long as there are no snakes or anything like that, I’m fine with it. Oh, right, it’s best to avoid earthworms and ants too. They’re so small, you can’t even find them hiding in your clothes… No, no, it’s too uncomfortable for ants to hide in your clothes. Do ants have six legs? Hmm, four? I don’t quite remember, but those little legs crawling on the skin make it itchy. You can’t find them no matter how much you touch them. If you shake, they might get stuck in the folds of your clothes and you have to take the clothes off and straighten them out to find them. Or you might suddenly see a black thing crawling out of your sleeve while you’re walking. I don’t know if ant bites are fatal. I’ve seen some people get bitten and it’s nothing, but some people get a big, bluish-purple boil and have to have the flesh removed surgically as soon as possible, otherwise they have to have an amputation.”
The three of them felt a chill run down their spines after hearing what she said.
These days, the families of celebrities are not poor, and none of the three of them are unknown nobodys. Although they may not earn millions a day, who has ever truly experienced hardship?
The key is that Su Yunruo's voice is so immersive; her simple description makes it feel like tiny bugs are crawling all over you.
Zheng Chengcheng was the most immersed in the role, her shoulders shaking as if she was trying to shake off the ants crawling on her body. "Let's dance! Four people dancing. We absolutely can't lose, I don't want to sleep in a tent."
"Wen Qingleng's team must be able to dance too, right? Do you have any particularly difficult dances that are definitely better than theirs?"
Yes, yes, yes.
Zheng Chengcheng has been learning to dance since she was a child, and her phone has countless cool and awesome dance videos. She immediately took out her phone to find them.
Fu Huai, one of the only two adults, decided to join the discussion. "It's unrealistic. Even we can't unify and perform difficult moves in a short time, let alone the captain who can't dance."
Su Yunruo smiled sheepishly at everyone, "I'm sorry, I've let everyone down."
Zheng Chengcheng screamed, clutching her head, "What do we do? What do we do? All four of them are idols, we're definitely going to lose! I don't want to sleep in a tent, I don't want to get ants on me!"
Fu Huai couldn't think of a solution either. This team had a natural disadvantage: three people leading one who knew nothing. The team next door didn't have this problem; at least they all started as trainees, so learning a dance wouldn't be difficult for them.
Unable to think of anything, they fell into another moment of anxious silence, with only Zheng Chengcheng in the midst of it all.
Finally, Lin Xingsen, who had been silent all along, joined the discussion, "Let's sing."
“Yes, sing! Sing! Just hum a few lines.” Zheng Chengcheng looked at Su Yunruo expectantly as if she had found a lifeline. “Let’s sing a duet. You can just open your mouth and pretend.”
Su Yunruo was also delighted, "Great! Great! We'll definitely beat them with our duet!"
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Her words silenced everyone once again.
Those who are idols know in their hearts that the stage effects of singing and dancing absolutely crush the stage effects of pure singing.
If the four idols on the other side are definitely going to perform a singing and dancing routine, and the four of them go up to sing, they will still lose. So what's the point of preparing for a singing stage?
As idols selected through multiple rounds of auditions, the competitive spirit is ingrained in their bones, and the three of them unanimously rejected the suggestion of a duet.
Now the question comes full circle: what do they need to perform to win?
I really don't want to sleep in a tent.
I don't want to lose either.
The three of them looked at each other in silence.
Su Yunruo's gaze swept over the group of people, then she mysteriously raised her phone, "I have a way!"
In the slightly dark space, the light from her phone fell on half of her face.
Every turn is a gentle curve, and light reflects in her blinking eyes.
She tapped the screen, and shrill music blared from the speakers.
“Let’s dance to this! I got a secret weapon from a kid a few days ago, and I’m hiding it in my suitcase.”
Three faces, each etched with an indescribable expression, were filled with rejection.
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The ten-minute discussion ended quickly.
The production team originally planned for the two groups to perform together, but when the staff knocked on Su Yunruo's team's door, they found a suitcase lying on the ground, and all four of them squatting down, their heads huddled together as if looking at something.
"How could anyone forget their own suitcase combination?" Zheng Chengcheng complained with a mournful face.
"Maybe my suitcase looks too similar to someone else's, so they took the wrong one."
"Eh, really?"
"Of course, that's how it's always portrayed in TV dramas. The male and female leads swap suitcases, and that's how a dramatic love story begins. Maybe I'll find my true love the moment Lin Xingsen opens his suitcase."
"Oh, true love is important, Kobayashi, you'd better hurry up and help me open it."
"Idiot"
Lin Xingsen rolled his eyes, held up his phone with the flashlight function on, aimed it at the lock of the suitcase, closed one eye, and peered inside with the other, sliding his fingertips along the latch.
A moment later, with a click, the lock cylinder clicked.
Lin Xingsen made no attempt to hide his disdain, kicking the suitcase toward Su Yunruo. "Open it."
The floorboards scraped and hissed as the wheels scraped against them.
Su Yunruo kicked Lin Xingsen's butt, "Why did you kick it?"
Lin Xingsen stumbled and almost fell, but luckily he reacted quickly and braced himself with both hands. He clearly hadn't expected Su Yunruo to dare to kick him, and glared at her with his cat-like eyes.
The perpetrator preemptively declared, "This is my beloved suitcase."
My fucking beloved suitcase!
Lin Xingsen's cheeks twitched slightly as he clenched his back teeth.
A storm was brewing, so the staff backed away and closed the door.
It's just a job, why risk your life?
I went downstairs to tell the director that they were still discussing it upstairs. Just then, Wen Qingleng and Zhou Kantian finished their performance, and the camera focused on their slightly ambiguous ending pose.
The two had previously been paired up as a couple, and even after clarifying that they were just senior and junior students, they still had a large number of fans who shipped them as a couple. The live stream chat was flooded with messages like "Get married on the spot," creating quite a buzz.
[Invincible! Su Gongzhu is definitely going to lose.]
[The Cold Weather Couple makes their appearance; who can rival them? If they lose to this, I'm sure Su Gongzhu is royalty.]
The others are pitiful; they have to share a tent with Su Gongzhu.
[The Cold Weather Couple is so cute, the Cold Weather Couple is so cute!]
[Could we just let Su Gongzhu sleep in the tent by herself? She's the one dragging the team down.]
I feel sorry for her teammates who were dragged down by her.
[Feeling sorry for you +1]
[Heartache + Phone Number]
Not only have the viewers in the live stream decided who won or lost, but even the production team has been somewhat affected. Last time, their dance was trending on social media for two days, with hundreds of millions of video views. Many streamers on a certain platform imitated it. It would be difficult for Su Yunruo, a non-idol, to win as the leader of a performance.
However, it would be quite interesting if Su Yunruo slept in a tent.
Torture of princess syndrome is definitely a major highlight of variety shows.
Just as the production team was starting to figure out how to sabotage the night's tent trip, a strong female voice came from the second floor: "Teammates, before we go out, let's shout out our slogan: We will absolutely not sleep in tents."
Zheng Chengcheng's voice came through, "I absolutely refuse to sleep in a tent!"
"Lin Xingsen, Fu Huai, you two are silent."
Lin Xingsen looked very annoyed, as did Fu Huai, but Su Yunruo seemed not to notice and clapped her hands again, "Come on, repeat after me, we will definitely not sleep in tents."
Mosquito sound: "I won't sleep in the tent."
"Speak louder!"
In unison: "No sleeping in tents!"
Su Yunru clapped her hands to attract everyone's attention, "Okay, now let's go downstairs and line up in a row, from tallest to shortest... Hey, Zheng Chengcheng, why are you standing in the middle? You're not as tall as Lin Xingsen."
Zheng Chengcheng dared not speak out in anger and silently stood at the back of the line.
Four people lined up from tallest to shortest and came down from upstairs, which looked a bit odd.
Two people had expressionless faces, one was pretending to have expressionless faces, and Zheng Chengcheng was upset that she was the shortest of the four, which seemed to have nothing to do with "winning".
A hint of sadness lingered beneath that listless expression.
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