In the living room on the first floor of the villa, the seven guests, some sitting and some standing, listened attentively to the assistant director explaining the day's tasks.
Just as Zhu Jinzhao guessed, the production team, considering that there were too many things in the villa and it wasn't suitable for overly indulgent tasks, simply turned today's task into a game. This way, at least the guests could have fun.
"Today's first game has a strong childhood feel to it, and I'm sure everyone here played it a lot when they were kids."
The rain was so loud outside that the assistant director was worried the guests wouldn't be able to hear him, so he put his big red bee on again.
"It's not hide-and-seek, is it?" Upon hearing the words "Childhood Colors," Su Ying guessed what the game was almost instantly.
"Hmm..." The assistant director narrowed his eyes with satisfaction. "That's right, today's first game is hide-and-seek! How about it? Does everyone want to play?!"
"We really want to," everyone replied in unison.
Assistant Director: "Since everyone is so eager to play, I'll quickly explain the rules of the hide-and-seek game."
"It's a little different from the childhood version of hide-and-seek. Today's hide-and-seek is played in teams. There are still three teams of partners, and when one team is looking for someone, the other two teams try their best to hide."
"However, it's worth noting that the production team has strictly planned the hiding areas. When hiding, guests can only hide in their own rooms and common areas, not in staff rooms or other guests' suites, to avoid accidentally exposing someone else's privacy. Understand?"
All the guests nodded: "Understood."
The assistant director continued, "Although today's tasks are all indoor games, the production team will still score everyone's results. So, to make the games more exciting, the production team still allows everyone to mess around with each other while playing."
"Can he cause trouble?" Ning Shi's eyes widened in horror upon hearing this. "Then we need to be careful of Jinzhao. He's really good at causing trouble."
“That’s right!” Su Ying, the biggest victim, quickly chimed in, “Jin Zhao is too clever. If we don’t watch out for her, we’ll definitely be completely fooled!”
"Yes!" Fang Lei wholeheartedly agreed.
"...This ceiling, it really looks like a ceiling..." Zhu Jinzhao looked up, his gaze wandering across the ceiling above him, pretending not to hear the other guests' complaints.
[Ahhh, this is so cute! A cute yet mischievous little raccoon!]
I'm sorry, Zhu Jinzhao, I admit I raised my voice a little too much for you the other day!
[So cute today! I want to rub it!]
[As expected of a college student, Zhu Jinzhao's clever yet charmingly naive energy is something none of the other guests possess!]
[I'm new to this industry, I haven't experienced the harsh realities of the real world yet.]
"It's not actually that scary today." Unlike the other guests, Li Weiwan wasn't wary or afraid of Zhu Jinzhao's mischief. He smiled slightly, his eyes filled with joy and appreciation as he looked at Zhu Jinzhao.
"Yes!!" Zhu Jinzhao nodded vigorously, completely agreeing with Li Weiwan's words.
"Tch..." Shi Jing glanced at Li Weiwan quickly with a cold face, his displeasure now too much to hide.
"We're just a little bit more mischievous today, but she's still a very lovely person. She's not some ferocious monster, so there's no need for everyone to panic." As if subtly asserting her dominance, Shi Jing put her arm around Zhu Jinzhao's shoulder, shielding Zhu Jinzhao's petite body behind her.
Li Weiwan subtly observed Shi Jing's movements, a fleeting hint of displeasure flashing across his eyes, almost like an illusion.
The game rules have been explained. The assistant director took a small lottery box from the stage manager and let the three teams draw lots to decide who would find someone first.
"Today, I'll give you one more chance. If you still draw a bad lot, then the title of 'unlucky hand' will stick with you forever." With that, Shi Jing gently pushed Zhu Jinzhao's shoulder, making her take two steps forward.
Zhu Jinzhao turned to look at him, her expression somewhat puzzled: "But today's draw didn't have any good or bad aspects, it was just a matter of who finds someone first and who hides first."
Shi Jing raised an eyebrow: "How can there be no good or bad? I don't want to find someone first. If you draw the lot for finding someone, that's bad."
"Oh." Zhu Jinzhao roughly understood.
She followed Ning Shi to the assistant director and was the second to reach into the box to take out a note.
All three slips of paper were the same size. After drawing a number, Zhu Jinzhao returned to Shi Jing's side and waited for the assistant director's next instructions.
After confirming that all three teams had received their slips of paper, the assistant director said, "Now everyone can open their slips of paper. If your slip says 'hide,' your task for the first round is to hide. Conversely, if your slip says 'find,' then congratulations, you'll be working on the first round."
"Open it and take a look," Shi Jing said softly to Zhu Jinzhao, arms crossed.
Zhu Jinzhao was dawdling, and before he could even open the note and find what was written on it, he heard the other two groups excitedly shouting:
"'Hide,' our word is 'hide'!"
"Huh? Us too!"
Two of the three slips of paper read "hide," so the one Zhu Jinzhao has in his hand will most likely read "find."
"..." Zhu Jinchao paused in unfolding the note, then continued.
Unsurprisingly, the back of the note in her hand had a clear and obvious word "find".
"..."
She lowered her head guiltily, too embarrassed to look at Shi Jing.
[Hahaha, Chaochao is really unlucky! No matter how many times she draws, she can't get what she wants!]
Damn, how come I had such bad luck with such a cute little gadget today?
[But don't you guys think she's even cuter when she's having bad luck? I want to rub her!]
[Loading cargo... The pitiful persona attracted fans, and now they're trying to create a hapless character? Is this some kind of calculated move?]
[You scheming dam! Where did this little black-hearted bastard come from? Go to hell!]
Haters are still relentlessly attacking Zhu Jinzhao, but Zhu Jinzhao now has fans. Although they are few and far between, at least some people are willing to stand up for her when she is attacked!
The future looks promising!
...
"Sigh..." Looking at Zhu Jinzhao's pitiful appearance, Shi Jing couldn't bear to vent her resentment.
"It's okay, bad luck is bad luck." He reached out and patted Zhu Jinzhao's head, comforting her and himself, "At least you're still a lovely person."
“Hey…” Zhu Jinzhao looked up at him and grinned foolishly.
His heartstrings trembled suddenly, and an indescribable feeling of excitement surged through his heart.
Suddenly, the necklace around my neck started getting hot again!
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