I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 349: Brother Cheng, There’s a High-Paying Job Here
Li Yang rolled his eyes in exasperation, angrily cracked a sunflower seed, and continued circling.
"Sister Guan Yu, be careful. If you’re too outrageous, you’ll get snatched eventually."
Guan Yu: "Like you, huh? Why are you circling us? Where did you get those sunflower seeds?"
"I took on an interesting game."
"What kind of game?"
Mu Qiu was quite curious, wondering what kind of game required such silly behavior.
While munching on the seeds, Li Yang said, "When I finish this handful of sunflower seeds and lay out a magic array, I can summon a food sticker."
Mu Qiu pretended to realize something: "So the task is to arrange the seed shells into a magic array? So thrilling, so interesting, such a cute task."
Li Yang paused in mid-crack: "Why do I feel like you’re being sarcastic?"
"You figured it out, huh? Did your ears get better after being soaked in seawater?"
"..." He wanted to spit at her, but considering the importance of the seed shells, he held back. "Mu Qiu, don’t get too cocky. Someone will definitely choose the internal war game later, and you’ll be the first target."
"Thanks for the warning, I’ll start thinking of a solution now."
Li Yang, still crunching seeds, wandered elsewhere, leaving Guan Yu and Shu Ran worried: "We still have to play that game?!"
Mu Qiu squeezed the food sticker in her palm, which gave her a sense of security.
"Certainly, each of these thirty games can be chosen by anyone... except Sister Guan Yu. Do you think Brother Huai and Li Yang, who were just brutally robbed, would be satisfied?"
Almost forgetting she was a wandering NPC, Guan Yu felt a shot to the heart: "... If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would’ve forgotten I’m a person without rights."
Shu Ran gave her a sympathetic look and then nervously asked, "Then won’t we be retaliated against? What if Brother Huai picks that game and immediately catches up to us, not giving us a chance to stay together?"
"Makes sense."
"Hey," Shu Ran suddenly thought of a solution, "then let’s stick together! Four people... if Tang Zi joins, it’d be five, always moving together, so even if Brother Huai pounces on us, he can’t do anything!"
Mu Qiu thought she had a great idea, but it was just this...
"It’s like this, Sister Shu Ran," she said with a helpless look, explaining:
"If Brother Huai chooses this game, he’ll definitely be on guard. It won’t be easy for us to pounce on him. As long as he doesn’t get pounced on, he’ll have ways to rob us, gathering together just won’t solve it."
Having learned from experience, Shi Yuhuai certainly wouldn’t just wait to be overpowered by them again.
"Then what should we do?" Shu Ran furrowed her brows, not wanting to be lifted and robbed again. It was too embarrassing, and Shi Yuhuai was definitely an unkind gentleman.
"Find someone strong and form an alliance."
Shu Ran and Guan Yu paused: "Are you talking about Brother Cheng?"
"We could also include Fu Ran."
For Ye Mian, Fu Ran would probably be willing to join. Plus, he’s paired with Cheng Zhirang, so if Cheng Zhirang agrees, Fu Ran wouldn’t feel any mental burden coming over.
Shu Ran’s nervousness visibly eased.
"Great, with this lineup, there’s nothing to be afraid of."
"This is just the plan," Guan Yu put her hand on Mu Qiu’s shoulder, speaking meaningfully: "It’s hard to get Brother Cheng to join us. Don’t forget that we just had a fierce battle with him."
Mu Qiu: "You call a one-sided hunt a fierce battle?"
".... Okay, we were just one-sidedly hunted, if Brother Cheng agrees, he’ll definitely ask for something in return."
Just sacrifice one person, offer him to exchange for a willing strong player, it’s worth it.
Oh no, offer two people, to exchange for two willing strong players, it’s not bad.
Mu Qiu played dumb, rubbing her chin thinking: "We do need to offer something, let’s hand over some protection fee."
"What protection fee? Makes it sound like the underworld."
"How about we give him the caviar from the big package? Plus half of the seasoning."
This slightly high-end ingredient made her first think that it should be given to Cheng Zhirang.
He should be like a nobleman sitting in a high-end restaurant, elegantly eating such high-end food.
"Alright," Guan Yu readily agreed, "it’s not mine anyway. While Brother Huai is still engrossed in that game of sword-flying, let’s go persuade Brother Cheng."
And off they went, eager to avoid being brutally "hunted" later.
Cheng Zhirang wanted a skewer of vegetables and chose a simple task, the kind where you wrap your arms around a rope and climb a slippery pole game.
When the three of them sneaked up to him, he just finished the task, sliding down with the rope in hand, slightly panting, unwinding the brown ropes from his arms loop by loop.
Seeing their sneaky appearance, his gaze lingered on Mu Qiu for a moment longer and asked: "Do you need something from me?"
"It’s like this, Brother Cheng, our accountant has something to discuss with you." Guan Yu pushed Mu Qiu forward.
Accountant·Mu Qiu: "...Brother Cheng, there’s a high-paying, easy, and pleasant job right in front of you. Are you interested in trying it?"
Cheng Zhirang tilted his head: "High-paying?"
Good, he caught the critical information.
Mu Qiu gritted her teeth and handed him the caviar note she was holding:
"This is the down payment, reasonable, right? When the job is done, we’ll even split half of the barbecue seasoning with you. Brother Cheng, currently I am the only one who has the seasoning. It’s a very lucrative deal."
Guan Yu gave her a subtle look, the whole protection fee negotiation suddenly sounded like hiring a hitman.
Cheng Zhirang had the same feeling and asked: "What do you want me to do?"
He finished unraveling the ropes on his arms, massaging his wrist, with a movement that resembled adjusting his cufflinks, emanating the charm of a mature man.
Mu Qiu swallowed imperceptibly, answering him, "You just need to make sure that when Brother Huai or Li Yang chooses the internal war game again, you protect the three of us... our female guests from being robbed by Brother Huai."
"So, basically, you want me to face off against Brother Huai, competing with him for you?" Cheng Zhirang offered them his habitual semi-permanent smile, shaking his head: "This doesn’t seem lucrative for me."
"You don’t have to compete," Shu Ran hurriedly chimed in, "just help block Brother Huai, we’re afraid even four of us can’t deter his vengeful intentions."
Guan Yu nodded: "Consider it forming an alliance, Brother Cheng. We need to ensure Brother Huai doesn’t find a strong partner to assist him."
Should Cheng Zhirang and Shi Yuhuai join forces, they’d be done for.
Mu Qiu also peeked with great anticipation at him.
Cheng Zhirang pondered: "Isn’t this basically... buying insurance or paying protection money?"
"You’re handsome, whatever you say is right, you say it’s whatever. So, Brother Cheng, are you interested in this high-paying job?"
Cheng Zhirang: "Could the salary be a little higher?"
Mu Qiu gritted her teeth, made a peace sign with her fingers: "Add two more skewers of meat!"
"Deal."
