Part 2 of Chapter 47
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Do You Still Hate Her? 37 – A romance variety show that doesn’t feel quite romance
Everyone chatted for a while and then began discussing who performed the best this time.
Most people voted for Shang Lu because the others were mostly overcoming their fears, while Shang Lu went straight to the main topic without this step, so whe made the most progress and contributed the most.
But Ye Lu said—
“I think it’s me.”
His confident voice rang out, and he listed one by one, “At first, I was with Ou Yi, but when Ou Yi was scared and knelt on the ground, I ran faster than him, so I’m braver than him. Then I met Xu Ze, he was eliminated before me, which also proves that I’m smarter than him. And then…”
Ye Lu said a lot, giving various strange angles with examples one by one, forcibly making himself out to be the smartest and bravest person here.
Perhaps because everyone was sitting far enough away, he couldn’t see the expressions of others, so he became even more thick-skinned.
Of course, apart from himself, naturally no one accepted this nonsense.
Only one person was different, and that was Shang Lu. Every time Ye Lu spoke, she nodded along and exclaimed, “Yes, yes.”
Because of Shang Lu’s support, Ye Lu, who had originally been boasting like this, started to believe his own words.
[Ye Lu’s brave image is all thanks to his own bragging and Shang Lu’s support, haha.]
[When you encounter a fool, don’t argue with them, just go along with them, and soon they will become a bigger fool.]
The staff asked again, “Teachers, after this episode’s recording, if you feel like you’ve become brave, please raise your hand.”
Ye Lu was the first to raise his hand high, but he emphasized, “I didn’t become brave; I’ve always been brave.”
Ou Yi, sitting in the back row behind Ye Lu, naturally raised his hand as well.
Soon, hands were raised high one by one; it seemed like no one was willing to admit their weakness.
Except for Shang Lu and Jiang Jing.
Lin Yanyan sat behind Shang Lu and, seeing that Shang Lu didn’t raise her hand, hesitated for a few seconds before putting hers down too.
If Shang Lu wasn’t considered brave, then neither was she.
The staff members confirmed again, “So, only Shang Lu, Jiang Jing, and Lin Yanyan don’t consider themselves brave, is that correct? You can still back out now.”
Of course, no one was willing to back out.
Ou Yi hesitated for a moment, his habit of following Shang Lu’s choices made him want to follow her, but when he looked at Ye Lu’s raised hand in front of him, he couldn’t admit that he wasn’t brave.
Three seconds later.
A scream erupted inside the car.
Ye Lu was so frightened that he jumped straight out of his seat, and when he turned around, he met the helpless gaze of Ou Yi, who had fallen to the ground.
“Ahhhhhh!!!”
The two of them screamed and crawled toward each other, grabbing each other’s arms and frantically pointing at their seats, then they understood what each other was saying and nodded vigorously.
In that moment, they suddenly empathized completely with each other.
—In this world, only they understood each other’s fear.
The others weren’t doing much better, actually.
Song Zeqian appeared relatively calm, that is, if his sunglasses hadn’t fallen into his chest.
Although Yu Su and Xu Ze was rather silent, Yu Su had already stood up from his seat in an instant, and Xu Ze was gripping backrest of the seat in front of him tightly, his fingers had turned white due to excessive force, revealing that both of them were also scared at the moment.
In fact, except for Xu Ze, everyone who witnessed all of this made some sounds due to fear, and it was impossible to distinguish who made what sound.
Shang Lu, curious, stood up from her seat and looked at Xu Ze and the seat next to him.
A coffin-like box appeared under the seat, and inside lay a lifelike person with zombie makeup.
Lin Yanyan was startled when she saw it, and in her heart, she was extremely grateful that she had made the right choice by following Shang Lu just now, otherwise, she would definitely be crying in fear.
[Wow, the program team really lacks moral ethics.]
[I was wondering why those seats were left vacant. It turns out the real scare was waiting there.]
[Just when everyone had let their guard down, thinking the escape room was over, suddenly there’s a twist at a time when no one was prepared. Truly unbelievable.]
[People say the program team has a conscience, but what they did is nothing humane. People say the program team is heartless, but before they did anything unethical, they asked the guests. They only played a prank on the ones who thought they were brave.]
After observing Xu Ze’s situation over there, Shang Lu then sat back down and began to examine her own seat. Soon, she discovered an unfamiliar yellow button. So, Shang Lu pressed it.
Sure enough, a lifelike zombie man who was lying down also ‘popped’ out the seat beside her.
But evidently, upon hearing that Shang Lu didn’t consider herself brave, this man didn’t even think about his own situation. So, when their eyes met, he appeared quite bewildered at that moment. He didn’t go into the ‘playing dead’ mode and had his eyes wide open.
“Don’t look at me, you have to be more professional,” Shang Lu reached out, closed the man’s eyes, then clapped her hands, sincerely praising, “Surprise!”
When the program team left such a big gap between their assigned seats, Shang Lu knew there must be something. Therefore, she became even more vigilant and sure enough, they were waiting for them here.
But this arrangement was more interesting than she had imagined, not bad at all.
[Shang Lu’s praise made the agony of Ye Lu and Ou Yi seem even funnier in comparison.]
[Can someone please care about Ou Yi and Ye Lu? The two of them are almost at the point of sitting on the ground and hugging each other, crying hahaha.]
From then on.
Ye Lu dared not claim to be brave
But Ou Yi is becoming more and more determined to follow Shang Lu’s choices in the future and not make decisions contrary to the benefactor on his own.
Phew.
It really scared him.
Sure enough, only by believing in the benefactor can he find peace.
Half an hour later.
As the guests returned to the villa by car, they saw fake flowers and hearts everywhere around the villa. There was a sign at the entrance, banners inside the house, all of them with the same sentence written on them—
<The Most Loved Her and Him>
Everyone : “…”
Song Zeqian said directly, “I suddenly don’t want to go in.”
Lin Yanyan opened her mouth and said, “Ugh.”
Shang Lu didn’t quite understand. “Isn’t the recording scheduled for tomorrow?”
But the program team wanted their suffering to start today, and everyone had to make a love declaration before entering the villa.
Shang Lu was the first to walk up to the sign, making a heart shape with his hand and loudly declared, “My love declaration is—
“Love will triumph through hard work!”
In an instant, Ye Lu and Lin Yanyan both remembered the painful experience of being deceived to death before.
[Haha, I remember the fourth episode, this was Lin Yanyan’s love declaration when she was completely clueless at the time]
[Lin Yanyan was so unlucky, she’s finally on the real romance variety show, but Shang Lu beat her to saying the lines, hahaha]
Seeing Shang Lu step forward, Ou Yi instinctively followed, but when everyone looked at him, he faltered.
“Love…”
What could he love? What was this romance show all about?
Ou Yi’s mind went blank, then he glanced at Shang Lu.
Thinking of Shang Lu, thinking of love, he recalled the moment when Xia Yuan’s recording was made public, along with Shang Lu’s classic quotes that went viral among fans.
So, Ouyi struggled for a while and finally blurted out, “Love… Idols who fall in love will be beheaded offense, I want to live well.”
The people on scene burst into laughter.
The livestream barrage echoed with laughter as well.
[All idols should engrave this phrase by Shang Lu into their lungs, reminding themselves with every breath!]
[Ou yi will forever remember every word from Shang Lu, even if it wasn’t directed at him, haha.]
[Mom will not approve of you falling in love, but it’s okay if it’s work, especially if your date is Shang Lu.]
[If paparazzi ever catch Ou Yi spending a day and night with Shang Lu, I’d believe he’s worshipping his benefactor rather than dating (joking).]
Next, Ye Lu walked over to Ouyi with a serious expression and said, “I agree with you. We’re young, and we should prioritize our careers.”
Lin Yanyan chimed in, “Well, actually, I’ve been thinking about switching to being an idol for a long time.”
Of course, they couldn’t get away with this so easily.
Next, each person was forced to say a cheesy pickup line as their love declaration before they finally entered the villa.
Nooo, I want to hear their pick up lines!! Especially Yu Su! And Xu Ze. Oh, and director Song
Thank you for the chapter