I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 254: Blind Date in Progress

The silence lingered on the set for a long time.

Guan Yu and Li Yang sat facing each other on the opposite sides of a table, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers forming a circle, with several cameras in perfect positions facing them directly.

After waiting a long while without a word from them, Mu Qiu pulled out the oat cookies Cheng Zhirang had handed her earlier and, like munching on seeds during a chat, said:

"Hurry up, you two, one is successful and the other wants a tall, rich, and handsome man. This is a golden opportunity!"

Li Yang, his mouth open, was pained to the point of breathlessness and asked the director, "...Why me?"

Director: "Because she happens to need a tall, rich, and handsome man for a matchmaking partner, and you’ve just achieved a major career success."

It’s a perfect match!

Li Yang: "I mean, why does it have to be me!? Didn’t we bring in guest actors?"

"No, the plot was designed for you to do this from the start, so you can complete the task together, which makes the competition a bit more intense."

For this episode of an uncontrollable game, the program team designed many ideas just to keep it going even if the game veered off course.

Unfortunately, very few of those ideas were excavated.

After the director finished sighing internally, Li Yang on the side already lay slumped on the stone table with a blank look in his eyes.

Across from him, Guan Yu, with a blank expression and arms crossed, watched Li Yang, "What’s your hollering about? I haven’t even said anything yet. They promised sweet after bitter; where’s the tall, rich, and handsome guy?"

"Oh, I get it," she said to herself, "we’re still in the bitter phase, right? My sweet part should start after we get matched, I outlive him and inherit his fortune, right?"

Mu Qiu took a crunching bite of her cookie, ignoring Guan Yu’s murderous glare, eagerly watching the two of them.

Guan Yu took a deep breath, closed her eyes, "But this is too bitter; I’m afraid I can’t hold on till the sweet moment."

Li Yang: "Do I look that bitter to you?"

"Sour, bitter, spicy, salty, all-inclusive."

"......"

"I’m just an ordinary 38-year-old woman who still likes to cosplay as Sailor Moon. Why must I endure this torture? Do you think a 38-year-old woman would like a 20-year-old scene kid?"

Mu Qiu swallowed the cookie and interjected, "As long as Brother looks good, it doesn’t matter."

Cheng Zhirang turned his head, raising his eyebrow as he glanced at her.

Guan Yu: "......You think you can? Go ahead, you do it!"

Mu Qiu slipped out backward, distancing herself from Guan Yu’s approaching deadly hand, with Cheng Zhirang subtly blocking a bit in her previous spot.

Guan Yu settled back into her seat, having a silent staring contest with Li Yang.

Their expressions were equally lifeless.

"How about this," Guan Yu sighed deeply, looking sincerely at Li Yang, "Xiao Cao, let’s spare each other? I’m not in a rush to marry a tall, rich, and handsome guy lately."

Li Yang: "Xiao Hua, I’m thinking the same. A 38-year-old Sailor Moon is just too much for me, I can’t handle it."

Guan Yu: "......"

She turned toward the director behind the camera, on the verge of a breakdown:

"Is this what you call bitter first then sweet? You wait for your mom to die to get rich and endure these eye-searing fashion choices for a tall, rich, handsome man?"

The director nodded with a smile, "Accurate description."

"Turns out, I’m the only tragedy in the room."

Li Yang stood up, with a professional fake smile, "After finally achieving something, meeting you is also tragic for me."

Mu Qiu held back laughter, finished the last piece of cookie, then clapped the crumbs from her hands.

"Is this matchmaking for you? Outsiders might think this is two neighbors sent over to demonstrate how to cut off ties."

Shu Ran hid behind a fan, letting out a burst of laughter that turned into a cough.

Shi Yuhuai and Cheng Zhirang also burst into laughter.

The staff erupted into hoots of laughter, trying to hold it in but the pffft sounds were fairly obvious.

Guan Yu was left laughing in exasperation, "You really know how to talk."

[Hahaha, that really fits! Especially that line about letting each other go.]

[I so wish my neighbors would let each other go like that.]

[I looked up at the sky and just laughed uproariously.]

[When the director shows that cryptic smile, I knew something was up! Turned out it was all a setup for a tool man, hahahahaha.]

[I feel sorry for Yangyang, hahahahahaha xswl]

[I thought they were going to bring out someone shocking, turns out it’s Li Yang.]

[Sour, spicy, bitter, and salty, all-inclusive hahaha, that’s dead-on!]

[Guan Yu: This kind of bitterness I can’t handle.]

[Li Yang is on the brink of collapse hhhhh.]

[Li Yang: Been in the field for a year now, haven’t encountered anything like this.]

[38-year-old Sailor Moon and an emo-scene kid matchmaking??? Maybe their parents really do hold grudges.]

[Seeing them sit together, I felt like they’re about to start a comedy routine.]

[Mu Qiu’s spectator look is too genuine.]

[Exactly how much did Mu Qiu eat /covers eyes laughing and crying]

[I noticed Brother Huai loves to watch the fun too! He and Mu Qiu stared intently at Guan Yu and Li Yang.]

[Li Yang: Is this the punishment for being a scene kid?]

[Hahahahaha Director, you’re truly talented.]

[Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha]

[I’ve noticed, Brother Long Legs is the only one without interaction with the female guests.]

[Leave it be, I’m afraid the female guests might get a heart attack from anger.]

[Mu Qiu, quietly a genius at summaries.]

[Punishment! Punishment! Punishment! Is there water this time?]

[The three in period costumes standing together really look like a sibling trio off to explore the world.]

[Spectators forming such a perfect circle, I’ve only ever seen that at mahjong tables.]

[I laughed so hard I couldn’t breathe! Guan Yu is truly hilarious!]

[Li Yang has learned to counter without changing expression, good boy! Mama likes!]

[Mu Qiu and Guan Yu have so many gags, I can’t keep up hahaha.]

[Watching continuously, laughing till I don’t want dinner.]

[Same! Eyes won’t leave the screen, wanted mom to bring me dinner... then got slapped awake, still reeling.]

[Smart me just ordered delivery, if we can watch them eat later, I can join them!]

[Three times five divided by two, rounding up for a dinner together with the brothers!]

[Director!! Begging for a dinner broadcast!]

[Same request!! Director, please see the comments and satisfy the fans a bit! Want to watch them have dinner!]

[You’re thinking that far ahead? I’m just waiting for the punishment~]

[Sob, I also want Brother Cheng’s snack pack! I bet and won too, Brother Cheng!]

[Can’t wait to see them get the snack pack photos, by the way, will the brothers send pictures?]

[Glad to be on this show, they’ve posted several times this month, usually takes months for one post.]

[#PlanetOrbitingTheSun# Li Yang, you’ve grown! Mama sheds tears seeing her son become a dragon.]