Originally speechless and complaining, but Mu Qiu heard it and replied very seriously:
"Actually, Brother Huai has always been kept in a little black room, so in strict terms, it really is just a story of tragic love between the two of us."
"... I’m already starting to feel heartbroken for Brother Huai."
Mu Qiu shrugged, but under the wide sleeves, she still let go of Cheng Zhirang’s hand.
Cheng Zhirang found it amusing and turned his head to glance at her.
Guan Yu patted her butt and stood up: "Your storyline is quite easy to come up with, unlike ours. Sigh, we can’t even make use of this Scholar Mansion. Mu Qiu, do you have any good ideas?"
This is the second to last episode, and there’s a fixed NPC now. Plus, the last episode shouldn’t be this competitive game, so it’s fine for them to be harmonious this episode.
Mu Qiu’s eyes darted around, glanced at Xu Jihua dressed in eunuch garb and Song Weili in a silly wealthy costume, not planning to draw attention to herself. She first asked Xu Jihua: "Brother Xu should have an idea, right?"
Xu Jihua neither nodded nor shook his head but first analyzed: "My role is a eunuch, so the story should ideally connect to the Imperial Palace. Song Weili is a wealthy gentleman, so it should also connect to the Imperial Merchant... But Guan Yu is a time traveler, and neither my role nor Song Weili’s are major figures, so it feels difficult to come up with a story that ties us all together."
"I don’t think so," Mu Qiu shook her head, "what you wear doesn’t necessarily define you. You don’t have to be a eunuch, and Song Weili doesn’t have to be a wealthy gentleman. For instance, Song Weili could be a prince disguising as a wealthy gentleman, and you could be an assassin pretending to be a eunuch to approach the actual prince, something like that."
"As for Sister Guan Yu, it is a bit tricky to fit her in. But you can place a time-traveling girl anywhere, as long as the character doesn’t act out of character."
Xu Jihua’s eyes lit up: "Yes, I was really limited by my costume. As expected from a storyteller, so casually done!"
"Oh, not at all, not at all. I just watch a lot of those melodramatic dramas normally."
Speaking of melodramatic dramas, Guan Yu got a bit excited.
"I also watched a few melodramatic dramas from a few years ago! Just at that time, time-travel dramas were quite popular. Let me think, borrow from which drama... So how about this—"
"I am a time-traveling girl who fell from the sky, landing right on the prince, making him fall for me at first sight. But how could I be someone who covets power and influence?! I leveraged my skills and set up a Peking duck business, which became wildly popular.
The prince who fell for me at first sight didn’t give up, even pretending to be a wealthy gentleman to leave the palace and find me. Coincidentally, this gave Xu Jihua, who was disguised as a eunuch, the chance he was waiting for, but unexpectedly, this avenger eunuch also fell in love with me!"
The other four people present: "..."
Mu Qiu politely gave her a once-over: "Excuse me, you are wearing an eccentric old man’s outfit, how exactly did you make a prince fall for you at first sight? Moreover, falling from the sky onto someone, the most likely outcome would be you killed a prince and were thrown into prison."
Song Weili, hearing someone talk like this for the first time, burst out laughing with a "pfft", his shoulders trembling with amusement.
Xu Jihua also wore a smile he was holding back.
But Guan Yu didn’t feel anything was wrong at all: "Those dramas all say time-traveling girls usually have cheats enabled, so they are inevitably amazing. What’s wrong with dressing like an old man? The prince fell in love with my inner self, isn’t that possible?"
"Falling on someone could be said to let them feel your core, your inner gravity."
Song Weili: "Pfft, hahaha, sorry, Sister Guan Yu, but that really is so funny!"
Guan Yu turned to look at this silly underclassmate, just like Li Yang, her nostrils flared with anger.
Cheng Zhirang was also struggling to hold back his laughter, watching Guan Yu’s expression, he pulled Mu Qiu along to continue walking in the direction of the water channel.
"Alright, let’s go find our own story, there should be a few more mansions up ahead."
Mu Qiu, now a very obedient little Tiantian, flashed a bright toothy grin at Guan Yu and followed Cheng Zhirang.
"Sister Guan Yu, I think when we concoct our story, we should consider reality a little, so as not to go out of character too easily, don’t you think? You take your time to think, we will move ahead first."
Guan Yu: "You’d better get going, people who make you face reality are the most annoying."
Once the black and white figures both turned to another mansion, Guan Yu turned to Xu Jihua and Song Weili: "I think that idea wasn’t too bad."
Xu Jihua held back his laughter without saying a word, she pursed her lips, glanced at the temple side, and came up with another good idea.
"Let’s go ask Brother Huai, maybe our story needs him to appear."
Xu Jihua and Song Weili, being newcomers, agreed with whatever she suggested.
So the three of them returned to the temple.
Shi Yuhuai didn’t expect that when they said "see you later," they would be so earnest.
Mu Qiu just left, and now Guan Yu came, also wearing a mischievous look, squatting in front of him, muttering.
"Brother Huai, I made up a story and included you in it, listen and see how it is. Song Weili is a prince pretending to be a wealthy gentleman for love, Xu Jihua is an assassin disguised as a eunuch to assassinate the prince, and I’m a time-traveling girl falling from the sky.
Originally, Song Weili was supposed to pursue you. He didn’t know you were disguised as a woman and ended up seeing me instead, mistaking me for your substitute, and then Xu Jihua also fell in love with me..."
Before she could finish, Shi Yuhuai couldn’t help it.
"Where’s your face? You’re my substitute? A substitute for what? My weight?"
Guan Yu: "... Hey, hey, hey, why are you insulting people like that? Can’t we just set up the story where everyone is forced to think we look alike?"
Shi Yuhuai looked expressionless: "How blind must everyone be for that?"
Guan Yu was completely speechless.
Song Weili couldn’t hold back anymore, but to laugh out loud at this time wasn’t great for his teammate, so he could only cover his mouth, stifling laughter so hard his face turned red.
Xu Jihua was about the same, turning his head to one side, laughing so hard the camera couldn’t focus.
Having lost here again, Guan Yu clapped her hands to stand up, her rebellious mindset growing wildly: "Anyway, that’s settled, the final story will probably involve you. Goodbye, we’re off to find some inspiration, we’ll come back later, Brother Huai."
"There’s no need to come back; this is my little black room, not a communal party space."
Guan Yu: "I don’t care; I’m coming back anyway."
Shi Yuhuai was so infuriated that he didn’t know what to say, he grabbed the water bottle next to him and took a big swig.
The three of them left, but the broken temple was filled with the sound of stifled laughter, making him want to roll his eyes.
Moreover, he didn’t expect that after Guan Yu left, Li Yang and Shu Ran would come later.
Seeing both Li Yang and Shu Ran’s faces made his eyes hurt.
They were all taking turns coming, seriously acting like he had tea here prepared for hosting!