Shi Yuhuai was speechless.
He showed a "is this polite of you guys?" expression, and the camera caught it perfectly, enlarging his face on the screen.
This prompted another round of laughter from the audience.
The host was amused and continued interacting with the audience a few more times, which became even more intense when it came to the first place.
"The first place is—"
Eight thousand loudspeakers shouted the name: "Li Yang!"
Li Yang couldn’t suppress the upward curve of his lips, feeling quite comfortable, he stood tall and proud as he accepted the cheers.
Just like a peacock, all that’s missing is for him to shake his feathers and strut around the stage twice.
The host: "Alright! Now the rankings of all twelve have been revealed, and all the guests know their positions. Li Yang, who is in first place, will have an MVP privilege in the next episode! Meanwhile, Brother Huai, who is in last place, will be demoted to a fixed NPC, losing the ability to act!
Next up is the ’famous’ reward and punishment segment! Though we’re on stage and it’s a bit inconvenient, we can’t skimp on the first place treatment!"
A few staff members in black suits and white gloves rushed up, quickly shaking out a red carpet they had under their arms, rolling it out into a long red carpet, placing two flower baskets on either side.
The platform in the center of the stage elevated, and two staff members "escorted" Li Yang, bringing him onto the platform before he could react.
"Wait, let me down, I can walk myself! Bro, you don’t need to pull me, I can go up on my own!"
Staff: "This is our full-service package, ensuring the winning guests feel at home."
"......"
He was lifted to stand on the platform, a bouquet stuffed into his hands, and a photographer aimed a camera at him, snapping pictures rapidly.
You could tell that the photos taken wouldn’t be flattering.
A row of people hurriedly stepped aside, leaving the stage for him alone.
A pretty lady in a gorgeous dress gracefully walked up with a tray covered in red cloth, the same brother who had just handed Li Yang the bouquet seriously unveiled the cloth, showing the brooch and MVP armband to the camera.
This time the brooch was shaped like a silver feather, adorned with many small diamonds, and a small pearl at the feather’s stem, very beautiful.
Li Yang was very happy when he put this on, but as soon as the staff approached with the MVP red armband, his expression changed.
"Uh, bro, can we discuss this, and not put this on for now?"
Before the staff could say anything, the audience shouted: "No way! It must be worn!"
The man lifted his sunglasses, saying: "Did you hear that? Everyone says no."
Then firmly pulling his arm, he pinned it on, muttering:
"Every first place asks this same question, knowing it won’t work yet they ask, so persistent."
Li Yang: "......"
Once the red armband was pinned to his open white shirt, the row of people who stepped aside immediately started clapping.
Guan Yu: "Look, such a bright red armband, it’s just like the ones our school’s hygiene monitors used to wear."
Mu Qiu: "I even thought it looked more like a young pioneer, but now that you mention it, it definitely looks more like a hygiene inspector."
Shi Yuhuai: "A hygiene inspector holding a bouquet, looks like someone just confessed to him."
Li Yang couldn’t help but scratch his head, while the others covered their mouths with laughter.
Shu Ran held up a microphone to maintain order: "Everyone who wants to take pictures should hurry up, you might not get another chance after this."
Now great, thousands of people below turned on their flashlights to take photos, almost blinding Mu Qiu.
Cheng Zhirang reached out to shield her eyes, whispering: "Close your eyes and bear with it."
Idols often appear on red carpets and have experienced lots of such flash, so Li Yang was quite adaptable, and more or less everyone else had also faced the flash at red carpet events, so it was fine.
Only Mu Qiu seemed unaccustomed.
They hid behind the platform, not intending to steal Li Yang’s limelight, but plenty of the audience was watching them. Cheng Zhirang had just turned his head to cover Mu Qiu’s eyes when a commotion erupted below.
Cheng Zhirang didn’t move his hand, still blocking Mu Qiu’s view, but he turned to the audience below with a smile.
This led to another wave of screams.
As the flashlights gradually diminished, Li Yang’s award segment ended, bringing us to the much-anticipated punishment segment.
Considering letting the audience come up with their ideas for punishing guests might lead to them making the guests twist their waists or perform... embarrassing actions, it wasn’t suitable for guests wearing performance outfits, especially not convenient for female guests in skirts.
Thus, the production team carefully deliberated beforehand and decided to directly assign punishment tasks without requiring big movements, which would reduce the unpredictability factor.
The platform lowered back, Li Yang returned to the middle of the group, watching expectantly as the staff came up on both sides of the stage.
"What kind of punishment is it? Do I need to host it?"
Guan Yu’s tone was frosty: "Why are you so excited?"
"To get back at you, of course! I haven’t forgotten how you treated me before!"
Guan Yu choked, recalling how she extended her wicked claws to suppress them, she tugged at her skirt and stayed silent.
The items the staff brought up were covered, but you could tell they weren’t anything decent.
The host whipped off the cloth with an "Oh my", bringing it up close to the camera, enlarging it on the screen.
"They’re headbands!"
Mu Qiu turned to look at the big screen.
Lots of headbands, in various styles, of which the most eye-catching were the plush pink bunny ears and cat ears headbands. The bunny ears even had one ear drooping halfway, very adorable.
She thought of something, her brow twitching as she looked at Cheng Zhirang’s head.
If he wore the bunny ears headband, he’d definitely look very handsome and worth photographing for posterity.
The host: "Now placed before everyone are these headbands, which will be used later as punishment props.
All the headbands are linked, and later everyone will choose a headband to wear, on which a continuously revolving light will appear, with Li Yang calling stop, whichever headband’s light stops will determine the person’s punishment content, just listen carefully, our headbands are quite smart."
"Now, everyone, select a headband."
The audience had a strong sense of involvement, enthusiastically giving suggestions to their idols.
"Brother Cheng! Brother Cheng! Choose the bunny ears!"
"Brother Huai, those cat ears are made for you!"
"Want to see brother dancing with a pink headband!"
"Hahaha, you guys are so mean!"
"Lin Lian, go for the cat ears! Cat ear youth!"
"Yes, yes! That one with two big flowers, Li Yang, just pick that one!"
"The watermelon rind one! Guan Yu, it’s perfect for you! Wear it and you’ll be the watermelon rind mermaid!"
Guan Yu’s hand trembled as she reached for the headband, while Li Yang grinned brightly, directly taking the starlit blue rhinestone headband from her hand, handing her the watermelon rind headband.
"Here, the people’s choice, Sister Guan Yu."