I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 294: Sister Shu Ran! You’ve Learned to Lie Too!

Chapter 294: Chapter 294: Sister Shu Ran! You’ve Learned to Lie Too!

Mu Qiu tilted his head and gave Shu Ran a look that said, "You’ve learned to use your skills, you’ve become a master."

Even Guan Yu, who just spoke, didn’t expect Shu Ran to become so adept at fabricating stories.

Adding in Cheng Zhirang and Shi Yuhuai on the side, the four of them directed admiring glances at her.

Shu Ran grasped the essence of Mu Qiu’s deception with precision, maintaining a calm façade while meeting Li Yang’s gaze, choosing to ignore their looks.

After all, Li Yang had gone through several episodes of the show and remained wary and skeptical of all female guests’ words.

"Really? Sister Shu Ran, you won’t lie to me, right? The guests haven’t even arrived yet, and we’re already dividing into teams?"

"Two guests have already arrived," Guan Yu interjected, "and that male guest is particularly handsome, like the male lead in a teen drama."

"More handsome than me?"

"If I answer with the word ’nonsense,’ would you be hurt?"

"... Ok, got it."

Li Yang put down his luggage, took out a box of packed lunch, glanced at the empty seat beside Shu Ran, and quietly walked over to Shi Yuhuai.

"Brother Huai, make some room."

Shi Yuhuai shifted to create a bit of space.

Everyone was holding back their laughter.

Shu Ran continued her calm demeanor, employing the second step of Mu Qiu’s deception technique by changing the topic to distract Li Yang and dissipate his suspicions about the previous conversation.

"Li Yang, why are you squeezing in over there? I have so much space here, am I going to eat you?"

Guan Yu chimed in: "Is this the kind of avoidance male artists learn?"

Although Li Yang was becoming accustomed to their teasing, the thought of offending the female guests still made him feel a bit nervous.

Holding his packed lunch, he exclaimed and leaned towards them, saying, "I don’t mind squeezing, what’s the big deal for guys to squeeze in? I’ll just, you know, leave more space for you girls, aren’t there more female guests coming later?"

Mu Qiu: ... Pfft.

She could barely contain herself; he even considered the floor seating for the female guests later.

She and Guan Yu exchanged glances, glanced at Shu Ran, and the three of them chuckled to themselves.

"What are you guys doing sitting here?"

Another unfamiliar voice came from the front, with laughter so obvious it seemed intentional.

The smile on Shu Ran’s lips disappeared as she looked up at the newcomer.

It was the big star Tang Zi. Her last two projects were airing, her popularity skyrocketing, making her a formidable competitor among actresses of Shu Ran’s peer group at the same time slot.

Her beauty was undeniable, more so than Shu Ran’s, with a touch of diva sophistication.

She appeared to wear simple attire, but in reality, they were all high-end brand collabs, the assistant behind her pushing two large suitcases, possibly containing the same kind of "battle outfits" as Shu Ran’s.

Mu Qiu and the others stood up, put down their packed lunches, and welcomed the new guest.

Tang Zi’s earlier remark seemed unnecessary for a response, as she wore a moderately warm-smiling expression and shook hands with each of the six people.

The first was Cheng Zhirang.

Since there were no cameras rolling at the moment, she went directly up to him, proactively extended her hand, and slightly bent forward.

"Hello, Brother Cheng, I’m Tang Zi."

A true pro at handling entertainment circles, no wonder she could be Shu Ran’s match. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Cheng Zhirang slightly nodded, only lightly holding onto her fingertips.

Next were Li Yang and Shi Yuhuai, Mu Qiu and Guan Yu, and finally Shu Ran.

The two even exchanged a brief hug.

"Finally, someone familiar. Shu Ran, please take care of me."

Shu Ran’s smile was flawless, transforming instantly from squatting wallflower laborer with a packed lunch into a perfect star performer.

"Of course, I thought you’d be too busy with your filming to join a variety show."

The two acted like old friends who hadn’t seen each other in ages, shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries for quite a while.

Then Shu Ran smiled at her and said, "Let’s move your luggage inside first. There are packed lunches inside, feel free to grab one. Whoever has the same as you will be in your group tomorrow."

Guan Yu & Mu Qiu: Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Tang Zi paused: "I did hear that the production group’s team division methods were quite haphazard, but I didn’t expect..."

"Quite this haphazard?" Shu Ran continued, "This is just the tip of the iceberg; once we officially start tomorrow, you’ll understand the full meaning of haphazard."

The tone subtly suggested familiarity with the territory.

The newcomer Tang Zi believed it.

After placing her luggage inside, she really picked a lunch box, looked around, and found the cleanest spot on the path to sit down.

Right beside Shu Ran.

Mainly because Cheng Zhirang and Li Yang’s side was all crowded together, leaving no room for her.

The roadside packed lunch team expanded to seven people, and the photographer who came with Tang Zi set up his camera and joined them in eating a packed lunch.

What a pitiful scene.

Mu Qiu already noticed tourists returning from the seaside capturing them on their phones.

"Can we go out and play now? I’ve finished my packed lunch." she asked.

There was no director here, and the only photographer was thoroughly enjoying his packed lunch.

As the audience-appointed "group leader," Cheng Zhirang gave his spoken consent.

"Of course you can."

Mu Qiu immediately put down her packed lunch and was about to ask Guan Yu if she wanted to join her when the couple who went out for a stroll returned.

They were holding hands and chatting happily but suddenly stopped upon seeing a row of them, dressed to the nines, sitting on the path eating packed lunches.

"... Is this, uh, the crew filming promotional photos highlighting contrast?"

An unfooled newcomer arrived.

Shu Ran was eager to speak, wiped her mouth, and said, "It’s a special segment by the production team—sharing packed lunch to decide teammates, whoever eats the same meal will be in the same group tomorrow, we’ve all found our teammates."

Guan Yu continued the charade, smiling broadly and pointing the way: "There are two packed lunches left inside, why don’t you go pick one?"

The other three who knew the truth just kept their heads down in silence.

"But we’ve already eaten," Ye Mian hesitated, "The production team didn’t notify us of such a segment beforehand, would it be wasteful if we open the packed lunches and don’t eat?"

"How many people per group?"

The voice of Fu Ran, who was holding her hand, was remarkably distinct when he spoke, like the resonant sound of fine jade clinking against each other.

Everyone turned to him.

Shu Ran replied, "Nine people, so naturally three people per group."

Unperturbed, still with the air of "My focus isn’t on you," he said:

"If it’s three people per group, then there’s no need to open them.

Seven people have already opened the packed lunches, meaning it’s automatically divided into three groups, with at least one person in each. We just need to join the incomplete remaining team."

"..." Shu Ran was dumbfounded.

No one told her this lie had a bug!

Mu Qiu had already quietly covered her eyes, couldn’t bear to watch, and was patiently waiting for the moment the prank would be exposed.

Li Yang, sitting on the edge, hearing Fu Ran’s reasoning, thought, Whoa, it makes sense.

So he stood up, surveying from the packed lunch in Tang Zi’s hand down the line.

"... Why are there four different packed lunches?"

Shu Ran gave a last-ditch effort: "Do you think it’s possible that the production team changed their minds and want to divide into four groups now?"

"It’s not impossible."

Shu Ran breathed a sigh of relief.

But it wasn’t even two seconds before Li Yang added, "But I think it’s more likely that you’re tricking me, Sister Shu Ran... I even wondered why none of you were keen on getting together with your teammates!"

Shu Ran: "..."

Along the beach, the voice of a stage prince echoed.

"Sister Shu Ran!! You’ve learned to deceive too!!!"