Chapter 23 Everyone Has Sausage Lips
Chapter 23 Everyone Has Sausage Lips
Seeing that the atmosphere had eased, Gong Qian quickly took the megaphone from his assistant, cleared his throat, and began to announce the next part of the recording.
"Welcome to 'Dare to Come'! We are honored to have invited six guests to participate in this reality show."
They are Hao Jian and Cheng Baoni from Zhongxing Entertainment; Song Yifei from Huitong Entertainment; Master Wu Xu from Taixu Daoist; Zhong Zheyi from Anhui Culture; and Cheng Ai from Shengding International.
The first segment is named 'Obedience Puppet.' I believe everyone saw the forest behind the booth before entering, right?
At this point, Gong Qian glanced at the guest seats, frowned, and asked, "Yifei, do you have a question?"
Song Yifei paused for a moment, then shook her head slightly, her expression a little flustered.
Did I hear that right? Cheng Ai is an artist under Shengding International?
She pulled out her phone without thinking, and her pupils contracted sharply when she saw the trending topic.
Oh my god!
Why have you been hiding in your car playing games ever since you arrived? If you had logged into Weibo and chatted with your fans, you wouldn't have missed such an important message!
However, is it too late to distance yourself from Hao Jian and Cheng Baoni and curry favor with Cheng Ai?
[Feifei, you can check your phone anytime, there's no need to rush!]
[It's just like the teacher lecturing on the podium while the students are playing on their phones in their desks—it's a strange and exciting feeling!]
[Hey buddy upstairs, watch your words, don't set a bad example for the other kids.]
Gong Qian, unaware of anything amiss, continued, "Alright, I won't beat around the bush anymore. There's an abandoned castle inside the forest, filled with many strange and unusual things, including puppets."
The task is simple: by 6 p.m. on Friday, you need to find cards in various corners, collect seven sets of puppets based on the clues on them, and take a picture of them in the corresponding poses.
Then, pass the photo through the crack in the main gate to obtain the password for the side door of the castle, and you can then walk out.
To ensure authenticity, the production team has prepared ample toiletries and clothing in the small bedroom in the castle. Therefore, all luggage in the car and your personal communication devices must be kept under the supervision of designated personnel.
Song Yifei was shocked. "Can't I bring my phone?"
“Yes.” Gong Qian nodded slightly. “But before that, we need to play a warm-up game.”
Before long, the staff brought in a long table with six large bowls of noodles and countless bottles of mineral water.
"Everyone needs to contact a relative or friend other than their parents on the spot, and eat the spicy chicken noodles with ten times the spice level in the bowl while chatting. Of course, you can drink water if you can't stand the spiciness."
However, if the other person says something like, "Are you eating something?", you should hang up and stop eating your noodles.
Each guest has one minute to eat the most; the winner receives a clue about the puppet, while the loser gets a cup of chive juice.
After reading the rules, Gong Qian leisurely looked around at everyone and asked with a smile, "Who wants to start first?"
Wow, that's brutal! I usually only put three drops of the sauce packet in my spicy instant noodles. Putting in ten packets at once would probably make me burn like crazy.
Is it reasonable for everyone to be going on an adventure with sausage lips?
That dish looks so red, it must be super spicy. Just looking at it makes my stomach cramp.
Are there any Sichuan girls in the live stream? How spicy can you handle?
[I'm not worried about the other guests, but what if Master Kongxu, oh no, Master Taixu, gets sick from all that spicy food?]
[Ugh... Leek juice is awful... The director really went all out for the sake of making this a hit on TV...]
Before the online discussion had even ended, Hao Jian stood up and raised his hand, indicating, "It seems no one wants to be the first to step forward, so I'll do it."
Gong Qian nodded with satisfaction, took a few steps back and exited the screen. "Teacher Hao, you can't reveal any information about the game later, otherwise it will be considered a failure, understand?"
[Go, Jian-ge! You're the best!]
[It's just ten times spicy ramen, my husband can finish it all in one bite!]
"OK!" Hao Jian readily agreed, then sat down at the table and carefully searched through his contacts.
After a long while, I finally chose a number and mustered up the courage to dial it.
The moment the call connected, he quickly picked up his chopsticks, grabbed some noodles from the bowl, and put them in his mouth.
"Xiao Hao?" The other person seemed puzzled, but more so displeased. "Why are you calling me at this time? Did you quit recording?"
"No... Mr. Zou, cough cough..." Hao Jian was quite sore from the spiciness. He grabbed a bottle of mineral water and gulped down several mouthfuls. After his throat felt a little better, he ate a large mouthful of noodles before mumbling in a low voice, "Something went wrong during the recording... I..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zou Kun, the president of Zhongxing Entertainment, coldly questioned, "The production team treats you so well, even preparing late-night snacks for the guests, but can you swallow what's in your mouth before talking to me?"
"Timeout," Gong Qian reminded him, and quickly pressed the stopwatch's pause button.
Hao Jian awkwardly offered a couple of explanations, hung up the call, put his phone in the basket beside him, and turned back to his seat.
He wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and gave the camera an apologetic smile, "Sorry for making a fool of myself in front of everyone... cough cough... phew... spicy... so spicy... phew phew..."
It's okay, just do your best. Don't push yourself too hard; your fans understand.
[Haha, Jian's boss is so disrespectful! He broke the rules after only a couple of words. But that's fine, at least it saves my husband from getting too spicy.]
Cheng Baoni quickly handed him tissues and water, and even fanned him to cool him down. "A-Jian, how are you?"
"It's nothing, I'm much better." Hao Jian waved his hand while drinking water. He caught a glimpse of Cheng Ai staring at him out of the corner of his eye, so he immediately gripped the water bottle tightly and subtly looked away.
He had hoped to use this opportunity to gain favor with netizens, but instead, he made a fool of himself and lost face.
The fact that the spicy chicken noodles made his eyes and nose run was secondary; the key issue was the boss's attitude... It felt a little different from usual.
Just as Hao Jian thought, Zou Kun did indeed have a lot of opinions about him.
Just a week ago, Bai Jing came to the company without warning and said she wanted to terminate Cheng Ai's contract.
Although Zou Kun did not know the specific reason, he did not dare to refuse because of the other party's status. He even signed the document hastily without discussing the compensation.
He figured it was a good deal to get rid of the artist who couldn't bring him any profit and also do Ye Jingke a favor.
However, Zou Kun never expected that he would receive an email when the live stream started.
It details numerous photos and videos of Hao Jian and Cheng Ai engaging in sexual acts with Cheng Baoni in hotels during their relationship. Although some parts are blurred, they are still too disturbing to look at.
The next second, the phone screen lit up, displaying an unfamiliar number.
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