Shi Yuhuai was both shocked and furious, looking up at Cheng Zhirang, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Brother Cheng, hurry up and take her away."
Cheng Zhirang struggled to hold in his laughter, seeing Shi Yuhuai’s nose almost bending out of anger, he still pulled Mu Qiu away.
"Let’s go, there are a lot of details to be refined."
Mu Qiu gave two dry laughs, touched her nose and followed Cheng Zhirang quickly running away.
After exiting the worn-out temple, Cheng Zhirang still couldn’t stop laughing, carrying that sword and laughing like crazy.
"Shi Yuhuai has already been scared by you guys."
During the sticker-snatching episode, he also watched from the outskirts as a few female guests surrounded Shi Yuhuai for a body search, his memory of Shi Yuhuai’s shame and anger was still fresh. And it was right after his embarrassment that he chased them, showing no mercy or hesitation.
Thinking of this, he added, "Aren’t you afraid he’ll take revenge in the next episode?"
"Afraid of what," Mu Qiu said awkwardly, "I guess the next episode won’t be this kind of game, besides Brother Huai... probably isn’t the type to hold grudges."
Cheng Zhirang: "You should ask Sister Shu Ran and Sister Guan Yu about that."
"...Brother Cheng, you’ve gotten bad too."
Cheng Zhirang laughed again.
The canal runs through the middle of the ancient town, and halfway through, the water level in the canal wasn’t deep anymore, there was even a section shallow enough to see the stone platform under the water.
That’s where they ran into Guan Yu and the others again.
Guan Yu had rolled up her pants and stood in the water, splashing water into the flower bed, overjoyed. Xu Jihua and Song Weili watched from the bank, Song Weili looked quite envious of Guan Yu being able to get in the water directly.
I also envied Mu Qiu.
In this hot weather, standing in the water and having a water fight must be very cool, but it’s a shame she was wearing this cumbersome outfit, it’s just not feasible.
"Sister Guan Yu, is it comfortable down there in the water?"
"Of course! It’s incredibly cool! Why don’t you come down and try too, this place is made for water splashing games, there are even all sorts of water-splashing basins at the shop nearby!"
She felt a bit tempted: "But this outfit... it’s tough to take off and dry, not like your Grandpa Shirt."
"Thank goodness I picked this Grandpa Shirt, with this big sun, you guys are all wrapped up tightly, just now when we went to the worn-out temple, we only said a few words and I saw Brother Huai was sweating from rage."
Cheng Zhirang: ...Isn’t that why you guys drove him to the brink?
Mu Qiu thought the same but definitely wouldn’t say it out loud, just squatting by the side watching her play in the water.
"Have you thought of the story, Sister Guan Yu?"
Guan Yu waved her hand: "It’s the same as before, I think it’s pretty good, meaningful and with conflict points."
"Is it the one where he wants to kill him, you want to kill him, yet you love him, and in the end you go to die together?"
Guan Yu straightened up and sat down on the bank: "That’s a pretty good summary, that’s the gist of it."
Mu Qiu clicked her tongue twice: "Wow, that’s much more exciting than the tale of her fleeing, him chasing, and them all being unable to escape!"
Cheng Zhirang suddenly choked.
Guan Yu glanced at him strangely and continued talking to Mu Qiu: "What do you mean? It’s even quite rhyming."
Mu Qiu laughed heartily but wouldn’t tell her, just said: "This is quite in the vernacular already, comprehend it yourself. By the way, have you designed any other unimportant roles?"
"Haven’t thought of them yet, it’s only been an hour, right? We still have two hours, take your time, there might be plenty of plots and roles relying on spontaneous creativity."
It makes sense.
"Then you guys have fun, I’ll go with Brother Cheng to look elsewhere, pick a good place to serve as the base of the story."
Mu Qiu stood up and went with Cheng Zhirang down another street.
Their outfits in black and white, their height difference oddly appropriate, from the silhouette, they seemed remarkably harmonious.
Xu Jihua laughed, asking Guan Yu: "When I first watched this show, I couldn’t believe that Brother Cheng actually ended up with a girlfriend."
Guan Yu kicked the water with her legs, pulled out some snacks from the pockets of her Grandpa Pants, and said:
"Yeah, who would’ve thought? We couldn’t have guessed, after the first episode when we went back, there were rumors online everywhere about them having a bad relationship, I even considered whether to mediate between them as they had to record together. Unexpectedly by the next episode, they were already a couple."
Speaking of this, she released her snacks and sighed deeply: "Why is it that I can’t find romance on the show? We’ve had so many handsome young guys on our show."
Song Weili was straightforward, giving advice: "Sister Guan Yu, you should have added some guests’ contacts, right? Take the initiative to reach out! With a few exchanges, isn’t there a chance?"
Guan Yu took another bite of her snack, sighed again: "That’s not the hard part, the key is, I can’t bear other hunks to be heartbroken because they didn’t win me."
Song Weili: "..." It was his fault for offending.
Xu Jihua laughed again: "No worries, the key is whether you’ll be heartbroken."
"Then I better hurry and call Brother Jiang Lu, oh right, and Lin Lian, don’t make them wait for me."
"They’re waiting to see how funny you are." Shu Ran’s voice came over.
Guan Yu looked up, three people were walking from the opposite street, led by Shu Ran in a chest-length hanfu.
Li Yang eagerly poked his head from behind: "Sister Guan Yu, Sister Shu Ran said your skin isn’t just thick."
Shu Ran: "...When did I ever say that?! Li Yang, you’ve learned to open your mouth and speak lies!"
Li Yang quickly ran to the side, chuckling: "I call it foreseeing."
He quickly switched topics and asked Guan Yu: "Sister Guan Yu, how could you still play in the water, is it cool?"
"Of course it’s cool, but you lot wearing these clothes better not even think about it. Ah, here having a water fight would definitely be comfortable, safe and cool."
Li Yang nodded, his gaze landing on her hand, then asked: "Where’d you get those spicy sticks?"
"You mean this?"
Guan Yu lifted the spicy snack in her hand, took another bite, then said: "From the small shop, the show covers the cost."
Li Yang’s eyes lit up: "Really?!"
"Of course, me and Mu Qiu had ice cream earlier, you probably didn’t know, there’s a shop selling liquid nitrogen ice cream here! After eating, smoke comes out of both the mouth and nose!"
"You all ate it? The show actually covered the cost?"
Guan Yu with full seriousness: "Yeah, fifteen yuan per bowl, the show covered it."
"Thank you, show!" A loud shout, and he dashed off in the direction Guan Yu pointed, asking Shu Ran as he ran, "Sister Shu Ran, do you want some? I can bring back three bowls!"
Shu Ran: "Alright! I don’t want too much!"
"Okay!!!"
Completely ignoring the accompanying director’s hesitant actions.
Guan Yu looked down to eat her spicy sticks, glimpsing the speechless expression of the staff, delighted like she succeeded with a sly plan, quite content.
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Accompanying Director: I clearly never said such a thing! I really didn’t say that the show covered the cost of guests’ snacks, director!