CHAPTER 60: CHAPTER 60: BROTHER CHENG’S SUIT IS THE WARMEST IN THE WORLD

"Makes sense."

Mu Qiu took a sip of water, lowered her eyelashes, and her gaze swept across Cheng Zhirang’s long legs wrapped in suit pants, then slowly returned, taking another sip of water.

Her mind was filled with other things, unable to think autonomously. As long as he spoke, it made sense.

The bank was quiet, and the air conditioning was set to very low.

Cheng Zhirang’s hair on his forehead, which was damp from competing with Shi Yuhuai for stickers earlier, had already dried. Mu Qiu snapped back to reality, feeling a bit cold.

She was wearing only a tank top, with a large portion of her skin exposed, and the cold wind started to give her goosebumps.

"Are you feeling a bit cold?"

Cheng Zhirang suddenly asked.

It wasn’t abrupt or startling; a voice like that, with that tone, would only sound pleasant.

Mu Qiu met his questioning gaze, paused for a moment, then nodded, "A little."

She was just telling the truth; it was really a bit cold, and even under the scrutinizing black lens surrounding her, she, as an honest heir of nine years of compulsory education, had to tell the truth.

Cheng Zhirang handed her the suit draped over the chair back. "Wait a little, it should be soon."

"Then, thank you, Brother Cheng." Mu Qiu accepted the suit calmly, putting it on. Her fingers went through the sleeves but were still a section away from showing.

It was a bit long for her — it seemed Brother Cheng had long arms and legs, definitely a good physique.

She moved gently while putting on the suit, adjusting the front as if buttoning it up.

Cheng Zhirang glanced at her, his eyes filled with some confusion.

[Brother Cheng gave her water, and now borrowed her clothes. I’m so jealous I’m about to explode.]

[A decade-long fan seeing the confusion: Why did she wear it directly when it was meant to be draped on her shoulders?]

[Mu Qiuqiu, your eyes are dazed, isn’t it a bit too obvious?]

[Hahaha Brother Cheng thought his jacket’s only use on women was to be draped.]

[Cheng Zhirang is so gentlemanly, when will my Brother Huai become like that?]

[Back then, it was Brother’s gentle and gentlemanly manner that drew me in, but now I’m still so jealous.]

[It’s just lending a piece of clothing to a female guest, any guy would do that, maybe the fans are overreacting.]

[Finally, someone thinks it, I do too, it’s quite unnecessary.]

[I think it’s quite necessary, at least if my guy was like that, I’d go burn incense in gratitude.]

[Hahahaha hearing the fans say it, it feels like Shi Yuhuai is here for a celebrity transformation show!]

[My Yangyang’s actions are like a playboy’s.]

[Shu Ran is really not suitable for this show, even less than Shi Yuhuai.]

[Really, Shu Ran should go back to those emotion-based slow variety shows, there’s nothing good for her here.]

[I, I also timidly say, sister, let’s just go back to the previous show.]

Mu Qiu couldn’t see the comments nor Cheng Zhirang’s confusion. She earnestly wore Cheng Zhirang’s suit, and then sighed contentedly in her heart.

Let them stay in this place until the end of the episode.

Unfortunately, that was impossible.

The suit worn by her idol hadn’t been on for long when a message tone from outside came on, followed by the director’s speech.

"Shu Ran demoted to roaming NPC! Shu Ran demoted to roaming NPC! Shu Ran demoted to roaming NPC! Please choose an individual movie channel character simulation plot!"

"What is a plot choice..."

Mu Qiu hadn’t finished speaking when Cheng Zhirang raised a finger to his lips, shushing her silently to let her hear it through.

Mu Qiu looked fixedly at his pale pink lips, her gaze flickered, and rationality made her quickly turn her head away.

The outside announcement paused, then sounded again.

"Simulated plot [Team Battle] has been chosen, triggering a side mission! All participants, please proceed to the chemical plant!"

The unexpected had arrived.

Mu Qiu looked utterly bewildered, "There’s also a side mission?"

The quest-like plot was only used in the penultimate episode’s dark fairy tale.

She didn’t know, and Cheng Zhirang knew even less.

"Let’s go, check out the amusement park first." Cheng Zhirang stood up, opened the glass door to let her go first.

Mu Qiu took off the jacket to return it to him, thanked Brother Cheng again, and then asked, "Where’s the chemical plant, do you know, Brother Cheng?"

"I know, it’s deep inside the main road."

When the two walked leisurely to the so-called chemical plant, Shu Ran, who had been forcibly teleported there, was already there, looking upset, while Li Yang and Shi Yuhuai stood nearby, the atmosphere among the three not too harmonious.

Mu Qiu glanced around, trying to associate the make-shift factory building with the word "chemical plant."

But she failed.

"This is the chemical plant?" Guan Yu, arriving late at the gate, voiced her thoughts, "Director, don’t think writing ’chemical’ on the door makes it a chemical plant! That’s pure formalism!"

The director, sitting cross-legged among the photographers, turned away as if he hadn’t heard.

Everyone gathered, the director had them stand opposite him, and announced the rules of the side mission,

"Because Shu Ran has been stripped of her Life Value twice, she’s demoted to roaming NPC. A roaming NPC loses half of their mobility and must forcefully act out their character’s storyline. In the storyline choice, Shu Ran picked a team battle plot. In this simulated plot, all participants can only stay here and cooperate to complete the storyline’s assigned task, then continue with the second and third rounds of stripping. The assigned task is shaking the high swing."

The director even "considerately" pointed out the location of the high swing.

An inflatable pit filled with foam cushions high above, and about one to two meters from the ground, a soft cushion swing rested quietly, with a large drum set on the small stage behind the swing.

"The rules are simple, pick someone to sit on the swing, the rest need to stand on the drum to swing the swing out over three meters, and then successfully swing it three times in a row."

"... Seriously?"

Everyone looked at the swing in disbelief.

"That high?!"

"I’m afraid of heights!"

"Standing on the drum, we can’t even keep balance! How do we swing it?!"

"What if someone sits on it and gets swung off by the people behind?!"

This was Shu Ran’s question, to which Shi Yuhuai honestly replied, "The bottom can catch you."

Shu Ran choked, intending to ignore him, looked directly at the director. Upon receiving confirmation, she frustratedly covered her head and squatted down.

"If I had known, I wouldn’t have picked this!"

Her voice carried a whimper, raising her head showed her eyes were red.

"I really didn’t mean to lose twice, and I didn’t expect this choice to have such a scary game. I’m sorry everyone... I’m really very sorry, it’s so high, it looks very difficult to accomplish, what do we do now?"

The sobs matched a worried face, making even Mu Qiu want to go comfort her a bit.

Yet the first to speak up, for some reason destined or not, turned out to be Shi Yuhuai again.

He frowned, making a suggestion, "Then you sit on the swing, everyone else thinks of ways."

Shu Ran’s sobs seemed to be instantly cut off.

Mu Qiu: There is no stronger weapon in the world than a straightforward guy.