225: Chapter 225 Oh my god! I got caught kissing him!

Upon hearing the three words "Zhou Yichen", Lu Li's eyes widened, and the words "Holy shit" slipped right out of his mouth.

He stared at the television screen, his expression shifting from astonishment to an indescribable complexity.

Holy moly, the final judge is Zhou Yichen?

He is here to be a Grand Finals judge?!

Lu Li's mouth twitched, and his very first thought was this.

Making trouble, this is definitely making trouble!

Was the Program Team doing this on purpose or by accident? Or perhaps intentionally?

Although Zhou Yichen's status in the industry was indeed right there—both his acting and music were decent, and his fan base was huge—

from a resume standpoint, he was fully qualified to be a Grand Finals judge.

It's just that... Zhou Yichen had openly and secretly pursued Shen Qingxue on the show before, and there was no way the organizers were completely unaware of that.

But then again, so what if he became a judge? Wasn't he still just a little weakling?

Lu Li chuckled, brushing it off, and leaned back against his chair as his gaze fell back onto the television screen.

On the screen.

Zhou Yichen was wearing a dark blue suit, walking out from the side wings with a smile on his face as he waved to the audience below.

The applause from the audience was even more enthusiastic than expected; after all, his fan base was right there.

Soon, Zhou Yichen walked over to the judges' seats and sat down with a composed posture, nodding and greeting the other judges beside him.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the livestream chat had already exploded.

[Holy shit Zhou Yichen??? Why is he here???]

[No wait, the organizers must have done this on purpose. Who doesn't know that Zhou Yichen suffered so many losses at Shen Qingxue's hands?]

[Ahem, let me add to the comment above, it's not just the Goddess alone, actually Lu Li is involved too.]

[I'm dying of laughter, is this a "husband and wife" tag-team combo?]

[I bet a pack of spicy strips that Zhou Yichen will definitely have a hidden agenda when critiquing Shen Qingxue tonight.]

[To the person above, I bet two packs, he will definitely be sarcastic and passive-aggressive.]

[Hahaha you guys and the Program Team really know how to stir things up; you're really trying to make trouble.]

[Great, then let me perform a live stunt for everyone, ugh ah! I cut my hand, a two-millimeter critical injury, quickly call an ambulance wee-woo wee-woo~]

[Lmao, bro, you fight the mob you pulled yourself, I'm running first.]

Lu Li's gaze swept across those bullet comments, and he almost failed to keep a straight face, taking a full half a minute to calm his emotions down.

It could only be said that contemporary netizens really knew how to stir things up.

But as for what the netizens said about whether Zhou Yichen would bring a hidden agenda into it, he wasn't worried.

After all, the score was calculated by taking the average of the total scores, and plus this was a livestream; Zhou Yichen alone couldn't turn the tables.

Unless he truly wanted his career to be stained with this blot.

Besides, even stepping back ten thousand steps—

even if he lost this championship in the end, so what? It would be nothing more than getting a bit less money.

"Lu Li?"

Shen Qingxue's voice came from beside him.

Lu Li snapped back to his senses and turned his head to the side.

Shen Qingxue had somehow already finished her makeup and changed her clothes, standing right beside him and looking down at him.

"What are you thinking about? Why is your expression alternating between smiling and being serious?"

Lu Li only then realized that his expression might have slipped just now, and hurriedly switched his mood.

"It's nothing, just thinking about the judging lineup from earlier."

"You mean... Zhou Yichen?"

Shen Qingxue sat down on the chair beside him.

"Yeah, this guy actually managed to become a judge too, incredible, simply incredible."

Lu Li couldn't help clicking his tongue a few times.

Shen Qingxue lowered her head to tidy up her skirt hem.

"Everyone has their own ambitions; how he is isn't something we can control."

"That's true, but I feel he's still a bit displeased. After all, this brat actually dared to act like a toad wanting to eat swan meat back then."

Hearing this, Shen Qingxue's hand movements paused for a moment, then she looked at Lu Li with amusement.

"You... are you jealous?"

Lu Li hurriedly shook his head.

"How is that possible! I just, just feel that... this Program Team really knows how to stir things up, how did they invite all these old acquaintances over, this makes it..."

Watching his posture of trying hard to remain calm while giving random replies, Shen Qingxue suddenly felt a bit amused inside.

"Alright, stop being jealous, actually..."

Finishing her sentence, she paused for a moment and waved her hand, signaling Lu Li to lean in a bit closer.

Puzzled, Lu Li leaned his ear closer.

"I will always be yours..."

After saying that, Shen Qingxue gently pressed her lips against his cheek, so fast that Lu Li didn't even have time to react.

Lu Li was stunned for a split second, and just as he was planning to say something...

But right at that moment, the sound of a chair colliding suddenly came from the quiet backstage.

The two of them instinctively looked towards the source of the sound.

At the exit of the backstage area, they saw a staff member standing there foolishly, unsure for a moment whether he should move or stay still.

After a long while, that staff member let out a dry laugh.

"Ah haha... sorry to disturb you guys, carry on, just pretend you didn't see me."

Having said that, he fled the place with lightning speed.

Then he left behind a dumbfounded Lu Li and Shen Qingxue.

"Holy shit! Did we get caught?"

Lu Li was dumbfounded.

Shen Qingxue's cheeks were flushed red, yet she was still putting up a calm front.

"...Very likely."

Lu Li gave a dry chuckle.

"Uh... if we're caught, we're caught. The main thing is, anyway no one is around now, how about... you kiss me one more time?"

Saying this, he actually still missed the feeling from just now; Shen Qingxue had kissed him too fast, and he hadn't even reacted in time.

"Go to hell!"

Shen Qingxue glared fiercely at him.

What kind of person was this? They had already been seen by someone, yet he was still thinking about getting another kiss—it infuriated her! ( ▼ ヘ ▼ # )

...

On the other side, in the hallway outside the backstage.

The earlier staff member bolted away at full speed, although he didn't even know why he was running.

After stopping, he patted his chest with lingering fear, his brain still not entirely processing what happened.

When he recalled the scene he had just witnessed, he immediately slapped his thigh in regret.

Goodness gracious!!!

Turns out the Goddess and Lu Li were really together! He had thought what was said online previously was all fake and just something to look at for fun.

Never expected to directly run into this scene today.

But the only pity was that he hadn't recorded that scene with his mobile phone; this was simply enough to make him regret it to the ends of the earth.

But he wasn't disappointed; he believed that the power of words was infinite! As long as he described what had happened just now in exquisite detail, naturally people would believe it!

Thinking of this, this staff member immediately began editing the post copy and then published the post online.

And at this moment, it happened to be the peak of Shen Qingxue's popularity; almost not long after, someone replied.

When he took a look full of anticipation, he was dumbfounded.

A massive number of comments prominently read...

[Stop spreading rumors, is the Goddess that kind of person? What kind of imaginary scenario are you kissing up to? Fuck your * and go fly up to heaven, will you?]

Looking at these comments, the staff member remained silent, and simply silently joined the sugar-shippers faction...