Chapter 41: Ate It And Still Wants More
The host looked at the scene in front of him and was already a bit numb.
For just a dating show’s preview live broadcast, was it necessary to pull out so many tricks for this bit of camera time?
Though the host should be flexible and adaptable on the fly, but today the number of times he needed to improvise was too many, right!
And this was only the first segment! There were still several more segments to come!!
If he’d known it would be like this, he should’ve asked for more money when signing the contract!
The director was also a bit numb and really wanted to ask which brilliant planner came up with this live broadcast?
Didn’t they discuss it beforehand? What kind of people did they find? Each one so good at stirring things up.
Oh right, the planner was Sister Chu Yan. Then it’s fine.
The director held back his inner complaints, gestured for the host to quickly improvise, and also had his assistants nearby hurry to write up cue cards, prohibiting the guests from causing more trouble.
The miserable host was just about to speak when luckily An Qi had already gotten up.
An Qi kept apologizing from her mouth, reached out and helped Xuan Xia up as well.
“Sorry, really sorry.” While apologizing, An Qi’s hands rubbed Xuan Xia’s two hands from palms to arms.
That feeling from earlier was gone.
Xuan Xia: “…”
“It’s fine.” Xuan Xia was a bit amused and exasperated, quickly dodging An Qi’s movements.
This is a live broadcast, doesn’t she want to behave anymore.
An Qi smiled awkwardly.
The host was also laughing awkwardly, “You two, are you practicing ahead for the upcoming game segment? Ah, I mean, no need to be in such a hurry.”
“Don’t worry, you two. When the game segment comes, I definitely won’t let you two be opponents.” The host laughed ha ha, then remembered he hadn’t expressed concern yet, so as not to give others something to talk about, he quickly added, “You two are okay, right? Need to get checked?”
“We’re fine.” Xuan Xia replied quickly.
“Fine, fine, fine.” An Qi waved her hands repeatedly.
After the warm sensation seeped into her bones, An Qi was now full of vigor, even her complexion ruddy and healthy.
“Really fine? How about sitting down to rest for a bit?” The host teased using the words Xuan Xia had just said.
Xuan Xia and An Qi exchanged a glance, then said together “No need, no need.”
The host confirmed with them once more in a joking tone, and only after getting the same answer did he shift the topic away from them and continue with the main subject.
It was the male guests’ turn to speak. The host knew the male guests’ discussion point was on Zhou Shiqing, so he deliberately started with the others first.
While everyone’s attention was on the male guests’ side, Xuan Xia covered her mic, leaned close to An Qi and softly asked, “You’re okay now, right?”
An Qi did the same, whispering, “Yeah. All good.”
Xuan Xia was just thinking of discussing a private chat with her when she heard An Qi eagerly ask, “Can I ask what happened to you just now? It was really too strange.”
The more An Qi thought back, the more miraculous it felt; she already had a bellyful of questions.
“After the live broadcast ends.” Xuan Xia wasn’t sure when there’d be a suitable time to explain in detail, so she settled on after the live broadcast.
An Qi hesitated a bit, then accepted, “That’s fine too.”
After setting the time, Xuan Xia raised her hand again and pressed the spot where the safety talisman was.
Now the talisman’s position had no warmth coming through at all.
It was impossible not to feel heartbroken. Though she had started learning to draw talismans, she was still at the stage of using ordinary pens to trace and build muscle memory, so she only had these few from Daoist Master Qin that were usable now.
There were only these few in total; every one was extremely precious to her.
This was the downside of relying on others; she had to speed up and become self-sufficient.
With this on her mind, in the next two segments, Xuan Xia was in go-with-the-flow mode.
After the male guests’ speaking segment ended, it was the male guests’ charm display phase.
Called displaying charm, it was really just having the male guests sing songs, dance a bit, and such.
This segment matched perfectly with only Zhou Shiqing, Gu Sun, and Lin Jing.
The first two were boy group members who could sing and dance; Lin Jing couldn’t dance, but with his great voice singing love songs, it could make one’s ears pregnant.
As for the other three, they could only get by casually.
Ultimately, the most eye-catching was still Zhou Shiqing and Gu Sun’s dance battle.
Even Xuan Xia in go-with-the-flow mode couldn’t help getting interested, looked a couple more times, then sighed to herself: These two have something.
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The guests’ lunch was also eaten on camera.
The program group set up a dining table in one corner of the stadium, with a small hot pot per person, the table full of ingredients to rinse; everyone had small hot pot for lunch.
Xuan Xia looked at the table of small hot pots and thought, the program group really knew how to plan.
A dating show that could also incorporate mukbang.
All the hot topics were covered by the program group.
The host said, “Everyone sit wherever. Soup bases are clear soup and spicy pot; choose your own.”
Hearing they could sit anywhere, An Qi immediately grabbed Xuan Xia, “Can I sit with you?”
Seeing An Qi’s expectant eyes, Xuan Xia knew she had some purpose. Looking at the program group’s dining table setup, the spacing between seats seemed like they could huddle a bit to whisper, so she nodded.
An Qi smiled happily and pointed to the spot farthest from the camera, “Can we sit there?”
Xuan Xia nodded again.
The two sat in the corner like that, forming a stark contrast with the other female guests.
The CP-shipping bullet comments started getting active again.
[Now I’ve really got the ship, thanks.]
[Fighting for camera earlier, now dodging it; these two wouldn’t really be…]
[Begging some kind soul to tell me who their CP is. I really want to see the love triangle drama.]
As for their partners, they had indeed thrown multiple glances their way.
Especially Zhou Shiqing.
Zhou Shiqing’s CPU was about to burn out.
He suspected someone was messing with him, but didn’t know if it was Xuan Xia or An Qi doing it.
Looking at Xuan Xia and An Qi again, An Qi had already scooted her seat next to Xuan Xia’s, even their small hot pots pushed together.
After doing that, An Qi eagerly asked, “You felt it too just now, right?”
Xuan Xia wasn’t in a hurry to say anything, but taking advantage of the small hot pot’s cover, first took the safety talisman out from her inner pocket.
Though she knew the safety talisman was definitely scrapped, seeing it with her own eyes and feeling the heartbreak again.
“What’s this?” An Qi looked at the discolored talisman, vaguely knowing the answer in her heart but still asked.
Xuan Xia didn’t answer, instead asking, “Did you feel anything before you fell?”
Feel?
“Right after your hand touched me, I suddenly felt so warm all over, warmer than soaking in a hot spring or sauna.” An Qi got more excited as she spoke.
“Then I felt I wasn’t cold anymore, not cold at all. The previous discomfort was all gone too.”
After describing the feeling, An Qi paused for a second, then said wistfully, “I probably wasn’t sick, right.”
Xuan Xia first thought, looks like An Qi’s feeling was similar to what I felt in the illusionary scenery before.
Then she picked up her words, “Yeah, not related to illness. Otherwise, this talisman wouldn’t have worked.”
An Qi thought to herself: As expected.
“So you mean, I recovered because your talisman worked?”
Xuan Xia nodded.
An Qi looked at Xuan Xia, then at the discolored talisman, couldn’t hold back and asked, “Do you have any more? Can you give me one?”
Xuan Xia quickly looked up at her.
Was this eating and still wanting to take more?
Normal update time is: first update 0:05; second update late 8:05. Backup time is first update early 8:05; second update late 23:55.
Like tonight, since this update is 23:55, tomorrow’s first update will be early 8:05.
In short, I didn’t finish writing when it was time to update.
