53: Chapter 53 Is this still a performance? Or is it a confession?

To be honest, faced with this scene, Shen Qingxue was starting to lose her composure a bit.

It was simply too abstract.

She took a deep breath, brushed away the chaotic images in her mind, and then gave her answer.

"Mermaid."

"Wrong ～ Next question!"

Lu Li climbed up from the ground, patted the sand off his body, gave Shen Qingxue a thumbs-up, and went back to his answering position to stand properly.

...

The subsequent questions became more and more outrageous one after another.

Lu Li's performance also became increasingly uninhibited, completely disregarding his image. Anyway, he didn't have much of an image left to care about; who was afraid of whom?

[I declare! Lu Li is the singer with the least idol baggage I have ever seen]

[What idol baggage does he even have? He doesn't even count as an idol]

[Hahahahaha, bro, that cuts deep]

...

Time ticked away minute by minute.

When the staff member held up the question board, four characters were written on it.

Till the seas run dry and the rocks crumble.

Looking at these four characters, Lu Li couldn't help but freeze for a moment.

How was he supposed to act this out?

He suddenly quieted down, not gesturing exaggerations like before, but just standing in place and quietly looking at Shen Qingxue opposite him.

Shen Qingxue looked back at him as well.

Their gazes collided across a distance of three meters, and the sea breeze passed between them, blowing a few stray strands of Shen Qingxue's hair.

After a moment, Lu Li suddenly reached out and pointed at the distant sea.

Then he crouched down, picked up a grain of sand from the ground, placed it in his palm, and gently blew on it, scattering the sand with the wind.

Finally, he stood up, pointed at his own heart with a deeply affectionate expression, and then pointed at Shen Qingxue.

Shen Qingxue's heartbeat suddenly skipped a beat, and she hurriedly looked away, lowering her eyelids.

"... Till the seas run dry and the rocks crumble."

The staff member next to them froze for a second before reacting, and quickly nodded to indicate a point scored.

[This final performance is a bit too romantic, right!!!]

[The sea, the sand, pointing to the heart, pointing to the other person... What is this if not a confession?!]

[I keep saying these two have something going on! And you guys wouldn't believe me!]

[Calm down, calm down, isn't this just a normal performance? Don't overinterpret it, guys]

[Wuwuwu I don't care, the CP I ship is real]

[Aiyou damn it! Lu Li, I'm begging you, don't touch her!!!!]

It was right at this moment that the countdown hit zero.

The staff member rang the bell.

"Time is up! The final group, Shen Qingxue and Lu Li, ultimately answered... 15 questions correctly!"

Director Zhou also picked up the megaphone at the right moment.

"Alright! The tacit understanding test segment is completely over!"

"Now announcing the rankings. In fourth place, Xu Hao and Lin Yu's CP combination, obtaining 3 points!"

Hearing this score, Xu Hao looked a bit dejected.

Lin Yu glanced at him from the side, the corners of her mouth twitching as she wanted to comfort him but didn't know what to say.

Director Zhou didn't pause and continued to announce.

"In third place, Lin Mo and Chen Wenwen's CP combination, obtaining 6 points!"

The expressions of Lin Mo and Chen Wenwen didn't change much, obviously able to accept this result.

Director Zhou quickly announced the next two rankings.

Second place belonged to Zhou Yichen and Su Qing, getting 9 points. As for first place, it naturally went to Lu Li and Shen Qingxue's group, harvesting 12 points.

"Congratulations, everyone."

Director Zhou took the lead in applauding.

The rest of the people also followed along in applause.

"Alright, next, please have all the guests move to Heartbeat Apartment and start preparing for the third game segment."

Soon, led by the staff, everyone moved to the first floor of Heartbeat Apartment.

In the living room.

The sofas originally arranged around the coffee table had been moved to the side, replaced by a huge rectangular table.

The table was covered with a white tablecloth, and candies in four colors—red, yellow, blue, and green—were neatly stacked on it.

"Alright, alright, everyone is here, right? Once everyone is here, I will start explaining the rules." Director Zhou raised his megaphone, his gaze sweeping over the crowd.

Everyone's attention became concentrated.

The rules of this segment sounded a bit complicated, but Director Zhou spoke very slowly, matching it with hand gestures to ensure everyone could understand.

"This segment is called Candies and Bombs. There are a total of 200 candies on the table, divided into four colors with 50 candies of each color. You need to take candies from them in order."

"Director, how should this be played then? Just purely taking candies?" Lin Mo asked.

"Very simple. The rule is that whichever group takes the most candies wins."

"However! Each group can first choose their own color, and then randomly pick two candies from their respective colored candies and replace them with bombs."

He paused for a moment and continued.

"In other words, among these two hundred candies, eight are bombs set by each of you. If you get a bomb, all the candies you currently hold will be cleared to zero."

As soon as these words were spoken, the guests at the scene all gasped in unison.

Getting a single mine clears everything directly? Playing it this fiercely?

[I get it now. If you want to win, you have to be a gambling dog!]

[Lmao, don't end up sending yourselves away in one wave]

[All-in is a kind of wisdom!!!]

[Looking forward to it, want to see if the Goddess can continue defending her first-place throne]

[come on, Brother Zhou Yichen! Crush them!]

At this moment, Lu Li raised his head and asked lazily.

"Director, then I'd like to ask, since there are bombs, there should also be a way to disarm them, right?"

As soon as these words were said, everyone's gaze turned toward Director Zhou.

Sure enough, Director Zhou nodded.

"That's right. The color of candies your group chooses can have a secret phrase set for it."

"For example, if you want to take red candies, you must recite the corresponding secret phrase for red. If it is a bomb, then it is successfully disarmed."

"However, you won't know which group the four secret phrases come from; you can only guess randomly."

After Director Zhou's explanation, the guests at the scene understood the rules fairly well.

Director Zhou cleared his throat and raised the megaphone.

"Alright! Since the rules are clear, let's start choosing colors! According to the ranking order just now, first place chooses first."

Everyone's gaze fell on Lu Li and Shen Qingxue.

Lu Li glanced at Shen Qingxue, and Shen Qingxue glanced back at him. The two exchanged a look, but neither spoke.

"Which one should we choose?" Lu Li asked.

Shen Qingxue thought for a moment and said calmly, "Let's go with blue."

Lu Li nodded and shouted to Director Zhou.

"We choose blue."

Director Zhou nodded and wrote a few strokes on the recording board in his hand.

The colors for the remaining groups were also chosen: Zhou Yichen's group got red, Lin Mo's group got yellow, and Xu Hao and Lin Yu got green.

[Hahahahaha Xu Hao's choice is indeed a bit green]

[Green, Xu Hao is destined to be a grassland～]

[Hurry and start, the gambling dog segment I've been looking forward to most]

[Brothers, the bets are open, I bet Zhou Yichen steps on a mine first]

[Let's see who the title of gambling dog ultimately falls to]