I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!

Chapter 662 - 661: How Did Guo Yin Get Eliminated?

Given everyone’s wild anticipation of dinner—some even ignored caution and charged towards the food, ultimately needing two staff to hold them back—the directors had to make the final summary and rewards phase a bit quicker.

Twelve people lined up in a row, their posture anything but upright, all eyes fixated on the area beneath the sunshade. The photographers had no choice but to adjust their positions, standing with their backs to the sunshade just to capture their faces.

"Come on, come on, let’s start quickly, my dinner’s getting cold."

Guan Yu was the most impatient, pulling two pieces of paper from her work uniform’s pocket, wiping her sweat and urging the staff:

"Big brothers, come come come, let’s roll out the red carpet where needed, present the flowers, and quickly take photos where needed."

Mu Qiu squatted, lazily dragging her voice as she said: "The group photo is still a long way off, there’s another round of tricky key-point summaries."

"What tricky key points? There’s absolutely none! The whole game process was crystal clear!"

Shen Zhousong: "We certainly died clearly, but did you? You were talking about finding the person who sabotaged you and exacting various tortures, weren’t you?"

Guan Yu: "Huh, did I really say something like that?"

"......"

Shu Ran elegantly mocked: "Has your brain been glued by the rice?"

"Then your brain must be greased by pork belly. It was just losing a bowl of veggies, just getting out at 813 when thinking you were about to win, just..."

Mu Qiu covered her mouth.

Han Xizheng glanced at Shu Ran’s expression, stifling laughter: "Shu Ran looks like she’s about to eat someone, take it easy."

"You really are something," Chu Qiu said to her as well, "I’m the only winner and haven’t said anything, where do you get the nerve to mock others?"

"Borrowed from your face."

Although verbally unwilling to concede, the smart recognize their surroundings, and Guan Yu, having been silenced, stopped her verbal sparring and chatted with Li Yang behind her.

Only then did the director slowly raise the little broken horn and announce: "The game is officially over, now entering the ranking and rewards phase."

"First, the rankings: Zhao Yu first, Mu Qiu second, Brother Cheng third, Chu Qiu fourth, Shu Ran fifth, Li Yang sixth, Shen Zhousong seventh, Guan Yu eighth, Chen Yi ninth, Guo Yin third from last, Han Xizheng second from last, Brother Huai last. Does anyone have any objections to these rankings?"

"No."

"Absolutely none."

"Not at all, let’s move to the next phase."

Director: "...Alright, now entering the recap phase, we’ll restore some segments through audience questions."

The familiar big screen was pulled out again, coincidentally placed facing them, blocking the view of the food beneath the sunshade.

Everyone’s heads collectively tilted right. The motion wasn’t large, but it was obvious their eyes followed the direction of the food.

The photographer adjusted the camera slowly, enough to fit both the big screen and all the guests into the same shot.

The director acted like he couldn’t see their longing expressions, waved at the engineer behind, and then said: "First question, how did Guo Yin get eliminated?"

Being cued, Guo Yin regained a bit of small idol consciousness, stood straight facing the camera, and said: "I’d like to know too. At the time, I clearly tagged Brother Chen, but I ended up being the one eliminated."

Chen Yi, already hungry enough to be sleepy, perked up with curiosity: "It is quite strange, and after you left, though no one tagged me anymore, I got eliminated too."

Guan Yu kept her eyes on the food but addressed them: "It’s the power of the divine. The gods are telling you to speed things up so you can go eat dinner."

Chu Qiu: "Even that can relate to food... You’re already sounding so mystical; you might as well use the restroom as an excuse to sneak a bite and satisfy your craving."

Guan Yu hadn’t agreed when the director promptly raised the little horn and strictly forbade it: "Some guests shouldn’t suggest others ignore show rules."

Perhaps feeling those dry words carried no weight, after pausing for two seconds, the director seriously added another line: "Violators will have half their dinner deducted."

Such a terrifying punishment.

At this, both individuals fell quiet, ducking like quails.

The director nodded in satisfaction, instructing staff to play the just-edited video.

It showed Shu Ran handing over tape to Guo Yin and Chen Yi. At the time, tensions ran high; everyone feared Cheng Zhirang and Shen Zhousong’s prowess, scrambling to make Curse Stickers.

Using Guo Yin’s notebook, Mu Qiu’s pen, and Shu Ran’s tape, several crude curse stickers were created.

But why show this segment? Did Shu Ran sabotage? But it was just transparent tape, completely unrelated to pestilence.

They all turned to look at Shu Ran.

She was uneasily pursing her lips but, facing their stares, feigned calmness and asked: "Why are you looking at me?"

Shi Yuhuai: "Cracked the case, it’s her."

Guan Yu: "You clearly seem guilty; what trick did you pull? How did you do it?"

Guo Yin: "Sister Shu Ran?! It’s really you?!"

Han Xizheng: "What is it? Really you? You’re that skilled?"

Unexpectedly, before she could deny twice, Shu Ran’s guilty demeanor was spotted by them, prompting her to lash out in anger:

"Why couldn’t it be me? I refuse to believe you never thought of odd ways to test others; it’s just that being the traitor, these tests worked out for me!"

Chen Yi popped his head out from behind Shi Yuhuai and murmured: "So it worked? What was on the tape?"

"...I wrote ’plague’ on the inside plastic of the tape and handed it over whole when giving it to you kids."

Guo Yin crouched, holding his head: "There’s even this tactic?!"

Shen Zhousong clicked his tongue, raised an eyebrow at Cheng Zhirang, and said: "Had I known, we should’ve written on the snacks given out; it’d take out everybody at once."

Shame we didn’t think of such a perfect trick at the time. Oh well, missed an opportunity to end the game swiftly.

"Useless," Zhao Yu shook his head jokingly. "We carefully examined them seriously before taking."

Shen Zhousong: "Even if not you, others would’ve been caught, worth the try."

Zhao Yu: "Eww~ Man’s heart, a poisonous needle at the bottom of the ocean."

Next to him, Li Yang let out a "hehehe" laugh, though halfway through, he remembered the tactic had harmed his teammate, so he changed abruptly, looking sternly at Shu Ran:

"Sister Shu Ran, I didn’t expect you to be like this, stopping at nothing to avenge Brother Han. Isn’t Guo Yin adorable? Don’t you feel guilty?"

Shu Ran replied coldly: "No."

"......"

Li Yang’s pout hadn’t vanished when Shu Ran suddenly turned, glaring fixedly at him.

"You mentioned revenge? You’re the ones who killed Han Xizheng?"