Cheng Zhirang grabbed two balls, one for makeup removal and one eyeliner, which he picked before taking action.
He had already removed his makeup, and so had Mu Qiu; logically, the makeup removal products were indeed useless to them.
However, he didn’t agree.
He said gently, "I can exchange, but I don’t need blush."
Zhang Li was at a loss: "But I only have blush."
Cheng Zhirang just smiled without answering, "I want eyeshadow."
Eyeshadow? Didn’t Shi Yuhuai and the others get that before?
Zhang Li turned to look at Shi Yuhuai, seeking help with his eyes: "Brother Huai..."
Cheng Zhirang wanted eyeshadow but didn’t directly ask Shi Yuhuai, because the makeup removal product was useless to Shi Yuhuai, so he probably wouldn’t exchange.
He waited until Zhang Li was desperate, then proposed this request for Zhang Li to help exchange, and he would simply be the final exchanger.
Zhang Li felt tired, but for his teammate’s face, he had to turn to Shi Yuhuai.
Shi Yuhuai looked at Cheng Zhirang: "What do you need eyeshadow for?"
Cheng Zhirang shook his head: "It’s a secret."
Shi Yuhuai thought of the strange and scary eyeshadow on Guan Yu’s face and thought the eyeshadow palette he got was like a hot potato. After contemplating for 0.01 seconds, he agreed to exchange.
"But I don’t want blush." He was almost allergic to blush.
Zhang Li: "......"
So, was he planning to set up a stall and play a bartering game here? No wonder humans invented money; this endless exchange was too troublesome.
He sighed and went to ask others: "Does anyone want blush? I can’t repay your kindness, but Sister Guan Yu removing makeup could count as a kind of repayment to everyone."
No one responded.
Zhang Li: "Is blush that unpopular?"
"Mainly, the display is not very appealing," Li Yang hugged the ball and glanced at Shi Yuhuai, "Brother Huai’s previous blush was really deadly."
"Not necessarily."
Lin Lian interjected, "Sister Guan Yu’s eyeshadow is also quite terrifying, but Brother Cheng still wanted eyeshadow."
If the makeup products were normal, and the makeup artist was normal, wouldn’t that be much better?
Li Yang thought for a moment: "That makes sense. But I still don’t want blush."
Blush: Its reputation has been tarnished.
While they were discussing bartering, the ladies on the other side were still at war.
The current situation on the field was—
Mu Qiu and Guan Yu were entangled, performing a double act of sharp-tongued comedy. Shu Ran and Bai Shu were clawing at each other, and the sound of their screams was deafening. Jiang Zhufeng and Chuchu were doing underwater ballet, limbs inseparable.
If you listened carefully, you’d hear this:
Guan Yu: "Get off me! Are your legs wound up like springs that they can cling so tightly?"
Mu Qiu: "You’re the one who needs to let go! Your eyeshadow is about to be copy-pasted onto my face!"
Guan Yu: "Wow, Mu Qiu, you’re tickling me! Watch me use my Eagle Throat Lock Skill!"
Mu Qiu: "Ha! I’m scared of you?! Watch my Spiral Wrap Technique! Invincible Gallop Skill! Advancing by Retreating Tai Chi!"
Shu Ran: "Ahhhhhhh, who’s pulling my hair?!"
Guan Yu: "What kind of nonsense is this? Check out my Xiangxiang Divine Skill!"
Mu Qiu: "Oh no! Don’t kiss! Keep your mouth away from me! And your false eyelashes! They’re poking me in the philtrum!"
Shu Ran: "I’m going to sink! Bai Shu, you’re heavy!"
Bai Shu: "Sister Shu Ran, I just started a diet two days before the show!"
Chuchu: "Ahhhhh! Where’s my ball?! Where’s my ball?!"
Jiang Zhufeng: "Stop yelling, or I’m going to lose my hearing!"
However, the ball that everyone was fighting over had already drifted away, floating in the middle of the pool.
No one even noticed.
Zhang Li, who failed to make a trade, stared at that ball with eyes sparkling.
"It looks like they don’t care much about grabbing the ball. How about we go snatch that ball?"
Li Yang: "You go. The battlefield will shift to you the next second."
Shi Yuhuai: "And then you’ll become the target they’re all fighting over."
Xu Cheng: "In other words, your head would become the target they’re all fighting over."
Zhang Li: "......"
He imagined a bunch of girls surrounding him, eyes glowing green, grinning as they closed in, and shivered.
"Forget it, I believe in Sister Guan Yu and Chuchu, they’ll come out on top."
Li Yang glanced around, rolled his eyes, and proposed an idea.
"How about we place a bet?"
Cheng Zhirang glanced at him.
Shi Yuhuai immediately frowned and said to him, "Since when did you start acting like Mu Qiu?"
"...I didn’t learn anything from her, at most I discarded the dross and took the essence."
"The essence you took involves casually making bets to earn stakes?"
Li Yang let out an awkward laugh and then asked, "Brother Huai, just say whether you’ll bet or not? We’ll bet on which one of Sister Guan Yu’s group will win, buying shares and placing points, how about that?"
Cheng Zhirang asked him, "Then who do you say you’ll bet on first?"
Xu Cheng added, "If you don’t bet on Sister Shu Ran, Brother Yang, it may not be, uh, too safe for you."
His hair stood on end, and he quickly corrected: "It’s to bet on someone other than your own teammates and allies, to see who’ll win."
Cheng Zhirang asked again, "How do we count the wins and losses in the end? Whose points are counted when they lose?"
Being this clear about it, he was probably going to bet. Li Yang, feeling ecstatic, immediately said:
"There’s only one correct answer, so the winner gets all the points wagered by those who lost."
There are six of us here, and if each person bets ten points, that’s a total of fifty points from five people, comparable to the preliminary round’s score this time!
It’s quite tempting.
Cheng Zhirang gestured at the camera, first speaking earnestly to the live audience:
"Betting is so alluring, offering you a taste of fantasy to draw you in. But everyone should know, there’s no such thing as a pie falling from the sky. Always think about whether something’s normal or not.
Resist temptation, refuse to gamble, start with yourself. Don’t imitate us."
Camera: "......"
Others: "......"
Giving a legal lecture before gambling, really over the top.
Cheng Zhirang, you truly have turned bad.
Li Yang, three black lines on his forehead, speechless for a while, also said to the camera, "Brother Cheng is right, don’t imitate us, especially don’t follow Mu Qiu, these are all bad habits."
Shi Yuhuai routinely rolled his eyes.
Having delivered the legal education, Li Yang quickly rallied them: "Come on, how many points will you bet, on whom? On someone other than teammates and allies. I’ll start, I’ll bet on Mu Qiu, bet... five points!"
Shi Yuhuai sneered, "From your stance, I thought you were going to bet fifty points, turns out just five points, surely Mu Qiu is only worth five points."
He coughed twice, brushed his hair a little awkwardly, "Five points is already a lot, I’m going solo. So Brother Huai, who do you bet on, how many points?"
"Guan Yu, three points."
"...... Tsk—"
They all lengthened their voices to express their exasperation.
Shi Yuhuai remained expressionless, as if he wasn’t the one who just mocked Li Yang and then bet such a small amount himself.
Zhang Li joked, "So Sister Guan Yu is only worth three points to Brother Huai."
Shi Yuhuai: "I have teammates, three points is already the maximum petty cash I can utilize."