Chapter 84

Chapter 84

“A new guest?”

Ning Xi’s interest was instantly piqued.

The guests arrived at Room 2 one after another.

Director Qin held up his megaphone and announced, “Everyone, did you have fun at the Ling Village Market this morning? A new guest wants to join us and continue the journey of ‘You Are My Blessing’! That person is-”

Ning Xi’s eyes widened.

Suddenly, the bright, flashy theme music from the dating show ‘If You Are the One’ began to play.

Director Qin whipped off a red cloth behind him, revealing a life-sized cardboard cutout with a blank face.

Ning Xi felt her brain stall for a moment at Director Qin’s abstract brand of art.

The other guests were equally bewildered.

Director Qin, however, looked quite pleased with his little stunt. He pointed at the cutout and explained:

“The Program Team has hidden several clue cards containing information about the new guest throughout Room 2. For the next thirty minutes, you may search the house freely. The first person to correctly guess the new guest’s identity will get to decide the guest groupings for this afternoon’s games.”

“By the way, guests who completed their Hidden Mission this morning will receive one clue card in advance.”

As he spoke, Director Qin took out six mission cards.

Except for Jiang Sheshe, every guest received a card.

Jiang Sheshe: ?

“Why? Was this Hidden Mission that easy? How did everyone finish it?” Jiang Sheshe asked in disbelief.

Her mission had been to invite an opposite-sex guest to sing a love song duet with her.

She had spent ages thinking about it but couldn’t figure out how to get someone to sing with her without them realizing it was a Hidden Mission.

Watching the earthquake of shock in Jiang Sheshe’s eyes, Ning Xi couldn’t help but offer some comfort:

“It’s okay that you didn’t finish the mission today. Don’t worry, you probably won’t finish tomorrow’s or the day after’s either.”

Jiang Sheshe: ?

Get lost!

“Alright, you may now begin searching for cards in the house. The time limit is thirty minutes,” Director Qin announced the start of the task.

Ning Xi dashed into the living room. After checking the vases, the TV, and the coffee table, she finally found a card tucked into the sofa cushions.

The card featured a picture of a pair of dance shoes.

Meanwhile, the clue card Ning Xi had received from Director Qin earlier had the number ‘2’ written on it.

[These clues have absolutely nothing to do with each other.]

[But the dance shoes should confirm it’s a girl, right?]

[Not necessarily. Guys dance too. What if the Program Team is intentionally misleading them because everyone assumes dance shoes mean a girl?]

Ning Xi looked at the two cards and rubbed her chin. “Looks like it’s a female guest.”

The netizens were curious about how Ning Xi had reached that conclusion.

They then watched as Ning Xi analyzed the situation with a serious expression:

“Because there are currently four male guests and three female guests. Since the director said we’re grouping up for games this afternoon, the new guest has to be a girl to even things out.”

[…]

[I mean, she’s not wrong.]

[It’s just that the conclusion has absolutely nothing to do with the info on the cards, hahaha.]

Ning Xi had actually just been teasing the viewers.

The dance shoes suggested the new guest might be an idol, an actress with a dance background, or a famous dancer.

The ‘2’ could refer to the number of characters in her name, or perhaps the number of members in her girl group.

These two pieces of information had already helped Ning Xi narrow down several people in the industry.

While Ning Xi was deep in thought, she suddenly sensed something.

She turned her head and saw Fu Zhi standing behind her on his tiptoes, sneakily trying to peek at her cards.

Their eyes met for a second, and a flash of panic crossed Fu Zhi’s face.

“I swear I didn’t see anything!”

Smack!

Ning Xi decisively delivered a slap to the back of his head.

That was the price for peeking at her cards!

“There should be cards here in the living room.” Just then, Ning Mingyue and Wei Xuan entered the room.

Seeing Ning Xi and Fu Zhi there, Ning Mingyue asked with a smile, “Have you guys finished searching the living room? Did you find any cards?”

Ning Xi put on a look of pure, innocent confusion. “I don’t know. I just got here.”

In reality, she had already turned the living room upside down and was certain not a single card remained in the areas she’d checked. Hehe.

Ning Mingyue looked at Ning Xi suspiciously. She had clearly seen Ning Xi run straight for the living room earlier; logically, Ning Xi should have finished searching by now.

However, given that her persona in the livestream was ‘as indifferent as a chrysanthemum’-and considering some netizens were already questioning if her attitude toward Ning Xi was as good as she claimed…

Ning Mingyue gave a gentle smile, appearing to fully trust Ning Xi’s words. “Then let’s search the living room together.”

Ning Xi waved her off and said helpfully to Ning Mingyue and Wei Xuan, “No need! There are cards in every room. Since you want to be in the living room, I’ll head somewhere else first.”

With that, she quickly slipped into the room to the right of the living room.

[You really are a dog.]

[If Ning Xi isn’t at the Oscars this year, I’m not watching.]

[Ning Xi: I speak the truth to people and lies to ghosts. It’s a breeze.]

Ning Xi entered the room and was about to start searching when she realized she had a tail following her.

She looked at Fu Zhi, her face full of question marks. “Why do you keep following me? Still trying to peek at my cards?”

Was her fist not hard enough, or was Fu Zhi’s head truly made of iron?

Fu Zhi put his hands on his hips and snorted. “Hmph, don’t think I can’t tell. You already finished searching the living room.”

He wasn’t an idiot like Ning Mingyue and Wei Xuan who would actually believe Ning Xi’s nonsense.

Looking at Fu Zhi’s ‘I see through everything’ gaze, Ning Xi’s hand started to itch again.

But she really didn’t have the patience to deal with this elementary-school-level brat right now, so she just started searching for cards.

Fu Zhi followed right behind her. When Ning Xi checked a chair, he checked the table.

When Ning Xi looked under the bed, he looked under the desk.

His main theme was: “I will watch you forever. Forever.”

The netizens were stunned by Fu Zhi’s persistence.

[Say what you want, but Fu Zhi can really take a hit.]

[He’s been hit on the head so many times by Ning Xi, yet he seems totally unfazed. He just keeps sticking to her.]

[The Princess: Who said I can take a hit? Of course it hurts to get hit, but love is a painkiller. Don’t worry about it.]