Chapter 18: 17. Isn't this young lady so cool?!
[Let's be real, the whole game was basically carried by Sister Luo, okay? With drawings like these, who the hell wouldn't be able to guess? I could do it too!]
[Zhang Yilin, go beat up Kai, let Sister Luo take my place!]
Following the host Pan Yang's joking remark about running out of hint cards, the two finally switched places.
[I can almost predict how easy it is for them to win.]
[No suspense left, no suspense left, this pair is invincible!]
[This round is in the bag, folks, you can go wash up and hit the hay.]
Just when everyone thought the outcome was certain, the Zhang Yilin in the video hit a snag, turning the idiom "mend the fold after the sheep are lost" into a big circle with countless little circles inside.
In the video, Tang Shu looked utterly bewildered.
Outside the video, all the netizens were equally bewildered.
[?]
[???]
[!!!]
[Holy moly~~~ this guy is a true enigma!]
[Hunk, what's up with you, are you by any chance a comedian?]
[Hahahaha, everybody, look at Tang Shu's expression, oh my god I'm dying of laughter——]
[Tang Shu: What's this, what's this? You call this 'mend the fold after the sheep are lost'???]
[Sister Luo, with a look, powerfully expresses her disdain!]
[So abstract, who the hell could guess that, Zhang Yilin are you a devil?]
Immediately after, Tang Shu's light and indifferent voice filled everyone's ears in the video.
"... Pass."
"Pass."
"Hmm... Pass."
"..."
The process was amusingly frustrating, and the outcome was full of surprises.
They lost!
[The screen is filled with Sister Luo's voice of utter despair, hhhhhhh~~~]
[How could Sister Luo be so adorably cute? I've screenshot her cute little expression hahaha——]
[The total score turned out to be all thanks to Sister Luo's efforts, can you believe it?]
[The male god lost the game, and I'm actually a bit happy?]
[Sun Zhi and Kong Yuanyuan: It's a good thing the other team had a dumb teammate.]
[Three minutes ago, I thought this was a sure win, three minutes later, he's teaching me a lesson on life?]
[Zhang Yilin's agent has fainted in the bathroom, this elementary school level drawing skill can't cut it anymore!]
[Previously: Even primary school kids draw better and more vividly than him!]
The netizens had long since forgotten why they had come, even stopped dissing Tang Shu, and just kept giggling, with pig-like snorting sounds coming from residential buildings across the country.
The show kept on, and in the "Competitive Climbing" challenge, Zhang Yilin, in an attempt to reclaim his lost face, took it upon himself to go first.
However, the netizens were no longer buying it.
[Heartthrob, take a break, no need to whitewash yourself, we all know about your poor drawing skills.]
[Brains are a good thing, everybody heard you shouting, so why rush up like a moron, huh?]
On the screen, Tang Shu gave him a questioning look, and surprisingly, the netizens sided with her this time.
[Tang Shu: That's enough, shall we just stop trying to win?]
[Tang Shu: Sorry, but your credibility is now zero.]
[Tang Shu: You can't even win by lying down, what else do you expect to do?]
In reality, as soon as Teacher Pan blew the whistle, Zhang Yilin charged forward first, while Tang Shu obediently stayed on the ground, grabbing the other two to stop them from going up.
However... dumb teammate struck again.
As Zhang Yilin shouted down, "Tang Shu, help!",
they saw Tang Shu's right foot step forcefully onto a protrusion on the wall, quickly followed by her left foot, and she made it to the top.
She made it to the top!
She's topped it!!!
Watching this scene, not only were the hosts and guests at the site dumbstruck, even the buddies in front of the screen were utterly confused.
[...]
[Sisters, I just had an illusion. I should make an appointment with an eye specialist tomorrow. I actually saw Tang Shu climb to the peak in four or five seconds.]
[You didn't see wrong, I saw it too, aaaahhhhh—]
[What kind of fairy is this miss? So cool and powerful!]
[You guys call this a delicate and weak white lotus flower? Am I blind, or are you blind?]
[She's the real heroine, not only with her drawing skills online but also her physical strength.]
[From now on, whoever dares to say the miss is a frail white lotus, I'm going to be pissed!]
Zhang Yilin laughed like a fool, wandering all over the place in the program, and even ran to the audience seat.
"We won, we won again!"
Everyone: "..."
At that moment, Tang Shu stared at him with her dark, luminous eyes and asked a question.
"Is this... you being tacky?"
[Pfff—Tacky, really?]
[Miss is right on the money, what else could this be if not tacky?]
[hhhhhh~~~It's over, it's over, now even the manager can't save Zhang Yilin's perfect image.]
[Thanks to the Miss, after painting worse than a grade schooler, the male god now also carries the label of being tacky.]
Unbeknownst to them, the more than an hour of "Happy Together" was coming to an end, and everyone was still a bit reluctant to part with it.
Was it good?
Of course, it was good.
Was it funny?
It was indeed hilarious!
The strong sense of dissonance somehow gave birth to a wonderful chemical reaction, and the screen was flooded with "666"!
[This CP is kind of intoxicating.]
[I actually think they're quite a good match, is something wrong with me?]
[Regardless, I'm a fan of this Miss.]
[In the show, I'm plot-driven to pursue tirelessly, but in reality, I despise your face!]
[Just for Tang Shu's looks, I could worship the screen forever, not to mention the miss can also draw well and is strong!]
While everyone was happily discussing how amusing the show was, behind the scenes at the Imperial Capital TV Station, Director Zhang saw the ratings and was beside himself.
"It's broken five, it's broken five! Today's program is really hot!"
"These ratings, haven't they broken the records of the last two years? I remember it was like this last time Best Actor Qiao came on the program."
"Yeah, how did you do it, Director Zhang? Who exactly did you invite as a guest for this 'Happy Together'? Spill the beans, will you?"
Director Zhang, unusually quiet, lowered his head in calm contemplation.
Why had the ratings spiked so much more than usual? Was it because the guests had blockbuster TV dramas or because those three big shots had a draw with the audience?
Clearly not, as previous episodes of "Happy Together" had also featured them, just without producing the same chemical reaction as today.
This time, compared to the past, there was only the addition of an eighteen-tier newbie.
Tang Shu...
This newcomer was not simple at all. It seemed she had zero variety show appeal, yet everyone just loved what she brought to the table.
Tang Shu, the subject of everyone's attention, had by now reached Yun Province.
After getting off the plane, she and Sister Luo headed to the hotel prepared for them by the outdoor variety show Program Team.
The moment she turned on her phone, the notification sound wouldn't stop ringing. Tang Shu swiped open the screen and found that the unread messages on Weibo had become 999+
She: "???"
Are they yelling at her again?
But before she could tap on the messages to check, Sister Luo's excited voice came through.
"Tang Shu! Your Weibo followers have gone up by a hundred thousand!"