I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 412: Control Lock

[Exactly! Secretly signing up for classes is the worst! The key is not to include Brother Huai! /dog head]

[I didn’t catch it either, I was spacing out and suddenly my Yangyang got it right???]

[Wholeheartedly, handsome and talented, promise kept, safe journey, half-understood, detailed]

[Honestly, I want to see Brother Cheng crying like a willow in the rain]

[Qiu Shuang, what’s with those steamy words!?]

[Brother Cheng crying... must be damn intense] 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

[No way, shouldn’t it be Mu Qiu who’s supposed to cry?]

[Reported, director, drag this pervert out]

[As expected, handsome guys during countdowns all quietly ponder with heads down, someone like Guan Yu must be an impostor]

[Jiang Lu, button up your morning coat vest! Big sister’s nosebleed can’t be controlled]

[Brother Cheng probably didn’t expect Li Yang to actually get it right]

[Oh ho, Li Yang took Brother Cheng’s spot]

[Mu Qiu, you’re still teasing Wei Yi! Someone’s watching from the front!]

[I don’t know if it’s just me, but ever since their romance got exposed, they clearly interact the same as before, yet it feels like there’s a pink net enveloping them]

[I just want to know what happened to those two paparazzi yesterday]

[I’m sitting next to my computer with my phone, replaying Brother Cheng’s short video from yesterday in a loop, truly, it’s phenomenal!]

[I don’t believe Brother Cheng would cry, let alone cry like a willow in the rain, unless you make him cry for me/dog head]

[Brother Huai’s "I’m so sweet", Brother Cheng’s "crying like a willow in the rain", maybe this episode everyone becomes the victim]

[All I can think about now is yesterday’s absolutely dominant Brother Cheng, becoming the victim is impossible]

[I thought they would make Qiu Shuang and Shu Ran communicate, maybe there were a lot of shippers for the two back then]

[Quickly finish assigning groups and move on to the next segment, they’re sweating in those formal dresses]

[Is this even a competition? The remaining three are obviously a group]

[Right, only Brother Cheng, Jiang Lu, and Shu Ran are left]

[An absolutely beautiful trio, these three are pretty strong, huh]

[I don’t think so. The requirement is for unexpected twists, Shu Ran probably can’t manage that, Jiang Lu’s first time on this show, still not too comfortable, so he probably can’t either, and Brother Cheng... not sure if the corrupted Brother Cheng knows this trick]

[......]

After Qiu Shuang answered successfully, only three people were left standing on stage.

Cheng Zhirang, Jiang Lu, Shu Ran, automatically grouped together.

Shu Ran was all smiles, both inside and out. It wasn’t hot nor too bright anymore, and she felt as refreshed as if she’d drunk a bottle of ’82 Sprite all night.

The director asked them to go draw cards.

"The remaining three guests automatically form a group but still need to draw a topic card."}

There was no need for a contest anymore, but still drawing cards?

Mu Qiu immediately asked Li Yang to take out his topic card.

"There must be some other useful information on this."}

Guan Yu and the others also took out their cards, flipping them back and forth and examining them carefully.

"This, this, this!"}

Li Yang immediately spotted the gray coating on the back of the card.

"Scratch this off, there must be information!"}

He carefully scratched off the coating and leaned in close to the camera to "watch" it together with his side profile.

Li Yang looked nonchalantly at it, squinted, and then put the scratched-off coating under the camera.

[Broken leg]

Just those two words, nothing extra.

It was impossible to guess the meaning. Mu Qiu tilted her head to look at Shi Yuhuai’s.

"Brother Huai, can I see yours?"}

Shi Yuhuai silently took his card and hid it on the other side: "No."}

"...Don’t be like that, Brother Huai. Even though we’re in different groups, our hearts are united!"}

"I’m just purely getting back at you for wanting me to enroll in classes."}

Mu Qiu paused: "When did being honest require payback?"}

Shi Yuhuai simply wouldn’t let her see: "I’m just following my heart and don’t want to show you, got a problem with that?"}

"Never thought there’d be a day you’d be so talkative, but it’s for dissing female guests," Mu Qiu expressed her frustration.

But he was dead set on not letting her see, whether she was frustrated or deeply pained, he just wouldn’t show her.

Mu Qiu could only turn to someone else, checking Qiu Shuang’s card.

Still just two words.

[Deaf]

She pondered: "It seems to imply that everyone is disabled. But I don’t know if the other two groups are the same."}

Qiu Shuang’s voice dropped a little as he glanced at the card-drawing box: "Maybe you should go draw your card first; we’ll go and hint to Guan Yu to see if it’s part of the same series."}

"Okay."}

Mu Qiu lifted the train of her dress and walked over.

The crinoline dress train was similar to a Victorian dress, very large. As she approached, Shi Yuhuai stepped back, and Jiang Lu took two steps back to let her pass, so her train wouldn’t brush against them.

It felt like weaving through a market with a basket in hand.

Shu Ran and Jiang Lu had already drawn their cards, leaving only two.

Cheng Zhirang made a "you first" gesture.

Mu Qiu figured it wouldn’t be good to have too much interaction in front of the camera. Since he suggested it, she went ahead and drew a card.

Then casually handed the last one to him.

"There’s a coating on the back."}

He spoke in a gentle voice: "Okay."}

Nothing more could be shared since they weren’t in the same group. Lifting her dress, she headed back, and Cheng Zhirang helped lift the train a bit. In doing so, he glanced at her back.

The burgundy crinoline dress suited her well, with no suspicious marks on her back, just smooth and fair.

Looks like the morning car check was thorough.

The train slipped from his hand, Mu Qiu returned to the luxury seat, and promptly scratched off the coating, revealing her keyword.

[Blind]

"It seems they’re all disabilities, are theirs too?"}

Li Yang: "Sister Guan Yu won’t let us see, but I heard them whispering. They have the same type, and Sister Guan Yu is this one."}

He made a motion of locking his mouth.

Mu Qiu raised an eyebrow and smirked slightly.

Impressive, completely sealed off the most talkative person in the show.

And crippled the best runner.

From these two pieces of information, it looks like the next game will be quite interesting.

Everyone had drawn their cards, and the director began announcing the use of this information.

"As everyone can see, each topic card has two words on the back, representing a type of physical defect. This is something the show’s team learned from the original author’s book—a Control Lock."}

Everyone turned to look at Mu Qiu.

Mu Qiu was full of confused expressions.

"What? From my book? The author herself says she doesn’t know about this thing."}

The director explained he used non-essential parts from the book, so it’s normal for the author not to know.

"In the book’s one Xianxia (immortal hero genre) background trip, higher-level beings could control lower levels with simple words, like bind, so lower levels couldn’t move."}

Mu Qiu slowly clapped: "This reimagining is impressive. You managed to find this, even matched it with such a high-level name."}

The fairy incantation got turned into a high-end skill of Jane, the villain in Twilight.

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I wonder if you’ve all seen Twilight. There’s a supposed villainous girl named Jane whose skill makes people suffer. She just says "pain" and the opponent will suffer and die.