80: Chapter 80's challenge requires a costume change, and it's a suit and a wedding dress?!
After finishing the second challenge, the two of them walked for several more minutes, but neither of them found anything new.
Lu Li looked through all the remaining clues again.
One of them was definitely related to the trash can, and as for the other one...
"I have four feet, but no legs; I wear a plaid coat, and a secret is hidden in my belly."
"Do you think it could be that kind of four-legged table? With a plaid tablecloth spread on top and something hidden underneath?"
Lu Li asked tentatively.
Shen Qingxue thought for a moment and shook her head.
"It doesn't look like it."
Lu Li scratched his head, feeling that it wasn't quite right either.
...
The two of them walked forward a bit more, and when passing by a trash can, Lu Li glanced at it habitually.
It was square, but it just felt a little crooked.
Lu Li was just about to look away, but his body stopped involuntarily.
No, something is wrong!
Soon Lu Li ran towards that trash can, and upon checking, sure enough, a sealed bag was wedged underneath it.
"Damn! There really is one."
Lu Li took out the sealed bag, handed it to Shen Qingxue, and his face was full of surprise.
To be able to hide it in a place like this, the Program Team was unimaginably sneaky; who could possibly find this without clues?
Shen Qingxue took the sealed bag, opened it, pulled out the card inside, lowered her head to take a look, and ended up stunned again.
Lu Li noticed her expression and leaned over to look.
"What's wrong? It can't be that kind of very awkward task again, right?"
Shen Qingxue did not speak, and only silently handed the card to him.
Lu Li took it and read it out word by word.
"The two participants need to change into the designated costumes by the Program Team, then face the camera. The boy frames the camera with both hands, the girl wraps her arms around the boy's shoulders, holding a bouquet of flowers, and takes a photo for the archive to be considered a successful challenge."
After reading it, Lu Li fell silent.
He raised his head and looked at Shen Qingxue.
Shen Qingxue was also looking at him.
The two looked at each other for a second and averted their gazes at the same time.
"Is this Program Team out of its mind?"
Lu Li couldn't help cursing.
He originally thought the Program Team had actually acted like decent human beings for once, but it seemed they had overthought it; Director Zhou was still the same old Director Zhou.
[Costume change? Program Team, you really know how to play.]
[Lu Li: I suspect the Program Team is messing with me, but I have no evidence.]
[This posture is so intimate, I'm already starting to look forward to it.]
[So sweet, just like me~]
[Speaking of which, what will the costumes prepared by the Program Team be? It won't be couple outfits, right?]
[Couple outfits? That's too ordinary; I think it might be a wedding dress hahahaha.]
[A wedding dress?! That's too thrilling?!]
[Huh?! Impossible, absolutely impossible!]
The bullet comments flew by rapidly, while the two people on site fell into a brief silence.
Lu Li pinched that card, read it three times repeatedly to confirm he hadn't read it wrong, and then took a deep breath.
"Can I refuse this challenge?"
Hearing this, the staff member showed a smile.
"Of course you can, but if you refuse, this card cannot be scored, and you will need to search for other cards again."
Lu Li's mouth twitched, and he turned to look at Shen Qingxue.
"What do you say?"
Shen Qingxue looked at him expressionlessly.
"What do you think?"
Lu Li was silent for a moment, then spoke.
"Forget it, since we're already here, I'll just reluctantly take a small loss."
Shen Qingxue's mouth twitched, and she instinctively clenched her fists, forcibly holding back the urge to beat Lu Li up violently.
What do you mean by reluctantly taking a small loss? She hadn't even started speaking yet, and you're already taking a loss???
Lu Li seemed to have guessed her thoughts as well, and without giving her a chance to react, immediately spoke to the staff.
"We accept this challenge."
The staff nodded and soon brought over the corresponding costumes.
Lu Li's was a black suit, and even the leather shoes were prepared; the size was exactly his size, obviously the Program Team had prepared in advance.
Shen Qingxue's outfit was a long white dress with light fabric, a very fluffy skirt hem, and it fell between her calves and ankles.
At first glance, this style looked a bit like a wedding dress, but upon closer inspection, it didn't; there was no train and no veil, making it much easier to walk around in by comparison.
"Teachers, the dressing rooms are this way, please follow me."
The staff made a gesture of invitation.
Lu Li took the suit and walked towards the dressing room following the staff.
Shen Qingxue took the white dress and entered another dressing room.
The two closed their doors separately and changed into their costumes respectively.
[Holy shit! It really is a suit and a wedding dress???]
[Thinking of the photo archive for each challenge... I've already guessed what the Program Team wants to do.]
[There won't be a wedding later on, right??? They've already started taking wedding photos!]
[This is what a romance reality show should be!!! Sweeter than industrial artificial sweetener!!!]
[Indeed, these photos taken one by one are literally wedding photos!!!]
[Why aren't you filming inside the dressing room! [Dog head to save life]]
[Snap out of it, that's a dressing room! Filming inside would get the account banned!]
[A reminder to everyone, this isn't a wedding dress, it's a white dress resembling a wedding dress, look closely upstairs.]
[What's the difference between that and a wedding dress? It's a white long dress anyway, rounded up and it's a wedding scene!]
Netizens completely exploded, losing any desire to argue, and their eyes were filled entirely with the desire to ship them.
...
Director Zhou sat in the monitoring room, looking at the skyrocketing viewership ratings on the screen, and the corners of his mouth were practically splitting to his ears.
He turned his head to look at the Deputy Director and lowered his voice.
"Who designed this costume change challenge? How many are there?"
The Deputy Director was stunned for a moment, lowered his head, and flipped through the documents in his hand.
"It seems to be... Xiao Wang? Moreover, this kind of costume change challenge is not just one; it accounts for sixty percent of all challenges!"
Director Zhou nodded meaningfully.
"Very good, give him a raise!"
...
Inside the dressing room.
Lu Li put on the suit, buttoned the buttons one by one, then stood in front of the mirror, tugged at the collar, and lowered his head to look at the leather shoes.
"Not bad."
He muttered a sentence, reached out to tie his tie properly, and then pushed open the door of the dressing room and walked out.
The moment he walked out, Shen Qingxue happened to come out from the opposite dressing room as well.
Their gazes collided, and both paused for a second.
Lu Li had only ever seen Shen Qingxue wearing formal gowns before; those red carpet styling looks and heavily retouched pictures were each so beautiful they felt unreal.
But at this moment, Shen Qingxue was standing right in front of him, wearing that white dress, without retouching, without filters.
The fabric of the white dress emitted a soft glow under the sunlight, and the nipped-in waist outlined her entire figure cleanly and sharply.
Her hair had been re-tied by the staff, with a few stray strands falling beside her ears.
And the makeup on her face was merely a layer of blush temporarily added by the staff.
This "unreal" feeling instead made her seem even more real.
A word suddenly popped into Lu Li's head.
Beautiful.
Shen Qingxue was also looking at Lu Li.
The black suit made his shoulder line look very broad, and his hair had also been styled by the staff, with his bangs brushed back to reveal three-quarters of his forehead.
She suddenly discovered that Lu Li's facial features were actually quite pleasing to look at.
She hadn't felt it usually when watching him wear T-shirts and big shorts, but after changing into a suit, his entire aura was completely different.
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