"Wow."
Mu Qiu shrugged: "Only seven points, hey, you’re dropping from seventy-eight to seven, tsk tsk tsk, human tragedy."
Li Yang: "...... Damn."
"I knew nothing good would come from hanging out with you?!!!"
Mu Qiu still had that rogue look: "But you were just bewitched, thinking you could get some advantage."
Li Yang grabbed his hair and howled, the hatred in his heart was intense.
He had already refused her alliance invitation! They agreed it was just a one-off collaboration, and later could even rely on Lin Lian to help him out. Considering this, the collaboration should have been beneficial with no downsides!
He thought he had grown, never expecting this con artist to give him another head-on blow.
How did he not realize, there was no need for an alliance, just walking together with her once, saving her once, would make others think they had already allied!
Then he would be automatically linked with these two people defensively, and if he were forced into hibernation at that time, if Mu Qiu didn’t let Lin Lian save him, he’d just have to wait to die!
Damn, such deep calculation! How could this be something his simple mind could guard against?!
He felt all kinds of regret and frustration, looking at Mu Qiu with the urge to shake her head off.
Mu Qiu acted as if she didn’t see, peeking out past Xiao Hua, and found that Xu Cheng, who had been deeply hit, was already leaving at a slow pace, so she shifted from squatting to sitting, rubbing her numbed legs and asked him, "So what do you think? Xu Cheng is about to leave."
Li Yang: "I..."
"Xu Cheng!" She shouted directly, stopping the person about to leave.
Xu Cheng, who was preparing to leave, turned back and looked around, his gaze landing behind a cluster of red flowers.
There, three mattresses were exposed, but their color made them not very noticeable behind the flowers and plants, not knowing how long they had been hiding and watching from behind.
Also not knowing why they called him.
"Sister Mu Qiu?"
He turned and walked towards them slowly, looking very cautious.
It seemed the earlier "humiliation" by a group of female guests had left a shadow over him.
Li Yang and Lin Lian also didn’t know why she suddenly called Xu Cheng, but their instincts told them it wasn’t a good thing.
Mu Qiu stood up with a smile, pointing to Li Yang who was about to escape, and said, "Li Yang said he wants to have a fair and square fight with you."
Li Yang: "???"
He turned his head, wearing a confused black question mark face at her, "When did I ever say that? Can you have a little shame?!"
Lin Lian: "Obviously, she can’t."
Mu Qiu glared at him, and Lin Lian lowered his head and cleared his throat twice.
Xu Cheng stood in front of the three of them; seeing they all stood up, he subconsciously took a step back, and then asked Li Yang, "Brother Li Yang, is what Sister Mu Qiu said true?"
"Of course it’s false! How can you believe what she says! Anyone who’s watched the show knows, nothing out of Mu Qiu’s mouth is true!"
"Some things are true," Lin Lian interrupted again, "When she praised Brother Cheng’s figure, she was sincere."
Li Yang: "...Could you not chime in so timely?"
Mu Qiu: "Oh, how embarrassing. Actually, I told a lot of truths at other times too. When I lie, it’s all kind-hearted lies."
Li Yang: "Why don’t you ask the audience if they believe that, straight to the camera?"
Snarkily retorting her, he then looked at Xu Cheng, advising sincerely:
"You must not believe what she says, I didn’t say a word earlier before she directly stopped you, even if there is a fight, it’s her who wants to fight with you."
Xu Cheng actually didn’t care if what Mu Qiu said was true or false; what he cared about was there was someone here he could catch, saving him the trouble of having to run around to find someone.
If he didn’t catch someone in ten minutes, he’d lose two points, not knowing if not catching anyone in fifteen minutes would lead to losing more points; he had to catch someone quickly to replace this robber identity.
So he listened to Li Yang’s explanation without much attention, focusing more on the three of them, thinking about which one would be easier to catch.
And capturing without risking bankruptcy for five points, like with Guan Yu, whom he previously couldn’t bring himself to catch.
His gaze circled around the three once, eventually settling on Li Yang.
Li Yang was the person with the highest score on site.
"Brother Li Yang, I apologize."
He said sincerely, suddenly leaping forward a few steps, reaching to grab Li Yang, and his movements were quick. Just as Li Yang realized, Xu Cheng had already grabbed Li Yang’s mattress.
Stunned, Li Yang immediately turned around, pushing Xu Cheng’s shoulder with his hand, and started "tangling and fighting" with him.
Mu Qiu laughed with a "ha" and backed away with Lin Lian unhurriedly.
Lin Lian looked at them, then at her, and asked, "Sister Mu Qiu, is this okay for us?"
Mu Qiu clutched the turtle pig, responding nonchalantly: "It’s great. Xu Cheng has no time to pay attention to us, and the points leader might lose points too; we’re one step closer to escaping the last three rows, isn’t that good?"
Sounded like it made a lot of sense.
"But what if Brother Li Yang retaliates against us later? If he’s caught by Brother Xu Cheng, and turns into a robber, but instead of stealing back from Brother Xu Cheng, he specifically targets you, what then?"
Mu Qiu paused.
Frowning, she turned back to him seriously.
That gaze was complex and subtle, causing Lin Lian to instinctively lean back and retreat a bit.
"What’s wrong?"
"You make a lot of sense," she looked somberly at the two who were tangled up, "Then we can only cruelly abandon Li Yang’s recycling and reuse rights. Lin Lian."
Lin Lian: "?"
"Let’s just run now."
The two large mattresses moved sneakily, retreating behind the wooden steps, quickly ducking away under the cover of the greenery.
By the time Li Yang and Xu Cheng decided on a winner, bending over and panting, those two people were long gone.
Li Yang leaned on his knees, wheezing, and because of his bent over posture, the mattress of the beautiful sailor warrior on his back deformed. The printed Moon Rabbit in a short skirt on it was "bent" as well.
Li Yang’s hips matched the Moon Rabbit’s skirt; as he bent over, the skirt lifted a bit. Looking from behind, it seemed like Moon Rabbit was in a short skirt practicing backbends.
The photographer found it a bit funny, but quite damaging to Li Yang’s image, so he only captured it for two seconds before shifting away.
The electronic voice timely emerged.
"Li Yang was caught, replacing Xu Cheng as the robber, entering rob countdown!"
Xu Cheng dashed off immediately, calling back to Li Yang while running: "Brother Li Yang, take a rest first! Honestly, I didn’t want to rob you, but it was really a hard position to be in! Don’t be angry!"
Li Yang: Hell, wasn’t even in the mood to be angry. That scammer, Mu Qiu!
He howled up to the sky, pounding his chest twice like a gorilla: "Mu Qiu, just you wait!"
As his howl ended, the electronic voice popped back up.
"Shu Ran hibernation time exceeded three minutes, triggering Freezing Skill."
"Shu Ran rewards ten points for finding a good Samaritan, interested parties please proceed to Kite Road for rescue!"
Li Yang’s face, just full of rage, suddenly vanished, looking confused and curious as he asked the accompanying director behind the camera:
"You can do that?!"