Yin Chengjue: "Are you kidding me?"
Rong Yu blinked innocently: "I didn't."
Yin Chengjue: "Then why did you recommend him?"
“I just felt this role would suit him, so I recommended it,” Rong Yu said, narrowing her eyes slightly. “Why are you so resistant? Do you and he really have some unspeakable secret?”
Yin Chengjue: "It's because of that incident last time! His motives were impure, and he repeatedly incited and encouraged his fans to attack you online."
Rong Yu nodded: "Yes, as you said, he gave me so many 'gifts,' so it's only right that I return the favor. It's a matter of reciprocity, I understand."
Looking at Rong Yu's smiling face, Yin Chengjue inexplicably felt a chill down his spine.
Three days later, the official Weibo account of "Don't Look Back When It Gets Dark" released the guest lineup and promotional trailer for the official recording.
Seeing that three people were missing from the pilot episode lineup, the new fans were a little unhappy, since they were all there for the familiar faces.
As the successor of the Hua family business, Hua Yun's status itself is attractive. Coupled with his outstanding appearance, calm personality, and the ease with which he analyzes cases, he gained a large following during the trial broadcast. When he was not on the guest list, many fans who came for him declared that they would say goodbye to this variety show world.
Although Xiao Xiao and Qin Ke's performances weren't particularly outstanding, they were still quite commendable. Xiao Xiao liked to occasionally crack a corny joke, while Qin Ke was always holding his camera, snapping away, and constantly talking about freedom and art, so he did have a bit of a comedic presence.
The departure of these three individuals left fans who had been following the variety show "When It Gets Dark" feeling very sad.
However, these voices of reluctance were quickly drowned out by the popularity brought by the three newly joined popular celebrities, with Wei Lu's fans being the most vocal in their support.
After all, Wei Lu's new drama is currently airing. Although the premiere performance was slightly less successful than her previous dramas, her popularity and influence are still there. After all, she is a young and popular actress. Although her looks may not be top-tier, she is youthful, has collagen in her skin, and is naturally beautiful. Her fans often boast about this aspect of her.
Guan Haifeng and Ling Ting have fewer fans compared to each other, but that's only relative to Ling Ting. Compared to the other guests, they have many more.
Actually, the main reason they came to this variety show was because of the three sponsors: Xiao's, Qin's, and Lei's. These are the sponsors of the products they endorse. They were essentially arranged by the sponsors to insert advertisements into the show in a reasonable way, while also promoting their new dramas.
Fans who initially didn't understand the change in the show realized after listening to the three's explanation that, apart from Hua Shi not hiring anyone, the others who left were all specially hired substitutes. So there was no question of any behind-the-scenes manipulation, since it was the young masters' own decision to leave.
To maintain the style of the pilot episode, the officially recorded trailer was also edited to have a terrifying and eerie feel.
The trailer, which is only one and a half minutes long, opens with a heavy door opening. Then, Liu Qingling, dressed in a tuxedo, stands by the door, leans slightly forward, and gestures for people to enter.
When the camera followed Liu Qingling's hand and looked inside, it saw a rose garden with a dark color scheme, and behind the garden was a villa that was built too solemnly and solemnly.
Despite being a spacious villa, it gives off a dark, oppressive, and suffocating feeling; even just looking at the footage, you can sense an unease.
The guests, each with their own identity, entered the villa one after another. Led by Liu Qingling, they passed through the garden and arrived at the villa's hall.
The fact that they entered the villa in different orders foreshadows a later clue in solving the case.
Perhaps to prevent their idols from seeing inappropriate comments, when the three new guests appeared one by one, fans from all three groups went crazy and spammed the comments section, turning the screen into a wall of declarations of love.
The screen went blank for a moment when Yin Chengjue and Rong Yu arrived together.
But it was only for a moment.
Because Yin Chengjue and Rong Yu were wearing the same style of long trench coat!
The difference is that Rong Yu's outer trench coat is dark blue, paired with a white turtleneck and silver vest underneath, and slim-fitting skinny jeans that perfectly accentuate his long, straight legs.
Yin Chengjue wore a dark black trench coat over a burgundy turtleneck sweater.
Although they were wearing the same outfit, they managed to create two completely different styles: one tall and aloof, the other elegant and gentle.
The barrage of comments was silent for a second, then exploded instantly, with more comments than the previous few popular fans combined, making the entire barrage too dense to read.
—Same style! What's going on? Are they wearing matching outfits?
—I'm shocked! I've suddenly developed a condition where my eyes can't be separated from the screen!
—Cool! That's the only word I want to say, and I don't want to repeat it again!
Why are two clothes racks walking towards me? Why? Why is that?
—When I watched the pilot episode before, I thought President Yin was very handsome. I didn’t expect him to be even more handsome today. But can someone tell me why they are wearing the same outfit?
Soon, the doubts in the comments were explained, because Rong Yu quickly introduced himself to the persona of Liu Qingling: "Hello, my name is Rong Didi, and this is my older brother, Yin Gege."
To make it easier for people to remember their identities, everyone uses the format of surname plus identity number as their given name.
Liu Qingling bowed deeply: "Young Master, Second Young Master, it's been so many years, I've missed you dearly." After saying that, Liu Qingling solemnly wiped the corner of his eye.
The comments section was filled with comments like, "Turns out they're brothers!"
—That startled me! I thought they were going to make an official announcement on the show!
—Actually, two handsome guys mean double the fun! I'm ready again! Any girls want to hang out?
As the plot progressed, the barrage of comments gradually decreased. Qin Linlin's game design was too brain-teasing, and those who were watching attentively simply didn't have time to post comments. Only a few fans of Wei Lu and Guan Haifeng were still dutifully posting their idols' names to express their love, all for the sake of their idols' popularity.
Fans who watched the show with the bullet comments on were getting annoyed, so they simply turned them off and quietly analyzed the plot with the guests.
This time, the show chose to tell the story from Rong Yu's perspective because he was the MVP of the pilot episode.
So the viewers who followed Rong Yu once again learned what a carpet search... no, a thorough, scavenging search really means.
What is the image?
It does not exist.
Rong Yu could even crawl under the bed, then emerge with a head full of messy hair, casually brush it off, and continue jumping around searching.
Because the story unfolds from his perspective, the audience knows that he is part of the treasure hunt storyline, and that he is also the team leader with two lives.
Compared to the previous episode, Rong Yu clearly knows better how to use the following camera this time.
For example, when he finds a clue, he will quickly read it, take a picture, and then show it to the camera. If it is a letter or something similar, he will read it aloud.
If he sees something delicious while searching, he'll first hand it to the camera and the photographer following him, giving the impression that he's sharing it with his fans.
Of course, most importantly, he was very good at analysis. After the scene in the kitchen, Rong Yu took his follow-up camera to the side, looked around warily, and after confirming that no one else was around, he held the microphone in one hand, slapped his leg and laughed at the camera, "Did you guys notice? Young Master Wei is talking non-stop! Only people on the detective side would be so concerned about the progress of the case. He and Guan the illegitimate son are being too obvious! They are definitely on the detective side. If they weren't, I would go back and livestream myself doing a handstand and biting my keyboard on Weibo!"
After a pause, Rong Yu held up a hand: "Bite for five minutes!"
After Rong Yu made that boast, fans immediately burst into laughter and sent comments like, "Then I'm suddenly really looking forward to seeing if they actually are!"
— Same here, I've never seen anyone bite a keyboard upside down before!
—Don't even mention standing upside down, you might not be able to hold your grip steady even when standing upright.
—However, to be fair, if you watch the replay, you'll see that Wei Shu and Guan Haifeng's performance was indeed quite obvious. Put yourself in their shoes: if you had clues to escape, would you care about the case happening inside the house? You'd only be thinking about how to escape.
As clues were found one after another and pieced together, everyone quickly came to an answer—the nine of them had died long ago, and those skeletons were their corpses. Because of their resentment, their souls were trapped here after death, reliving the events of the days before their deaths day and night.
Based on this conclusion, they embarked on this episode of high-energy reasoning.
Yang Ji said, "...So the real escape isn't about leaving this villa, but about finding the root of the resentment, eliminating it, and achieving liberation. Therefore, the players in this escape route shouldn't be called 'escaping,' but rather 'being reborn'!"
As soon as Yang Ji said this, the comment section exploded!
The barrage of comments that were diligently expressing their love for popular celebrities was instantly replaced by a bunch of simple and crude "ah ah ah"s.
No one expected that the escape route was actually taken this way. Because they had become ghosts, they could leave as long as they eliminated the resentment in their hearts.
However, this method sounds simple, but through everyone's analysis, they discovered that there was more than one murderer, so everyone's resentment was different. To find the murderer who killed them, they needed to cooperate with the detective team for the time being.
The scene that had been closely following Rong Yu switched at this moment, showing the team leader and detective from the escape route and detective route shaking hands and confirming their cooperative relationship.
They agreed to work together to tackle the treasure hunt.
As the two shook hands and burst into exaggerated laughter, the comments section erupted in laughter as well.
Well, except for Wei Lu's fans.
After Weilu was eliminated for opening the door at night, her fans went wild.
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