Chapter 666: Chapter 665: Peanuts Tainted
The "Han Xizheng Murder" case passed just like that. Although it was hard to believe he died this way, there was no other possibility, so they had to reluctantly accept it.
He gritted his teeth, and Shu Ran also gritted her teeth.
She brought Han Xizheng on the show just to win, but he was kicked out in the first round this way. Thinking about it was infuriating.
Infuriating enough that when she looked at the murderer’s teammates, there was a fierce, teeth-gritting malice in her eyes.
And she got a fiercely grinning expression in return from Guan Yu.
Cheng Zhirang pretended not to see their childish tooth-baring antics and started to cue the next segment.
"After Brother Huai, it was Han Xizheng, then Guo Yin, Chen Yi, and after that, it’s Guan Yu. The murderer is clear. The sixth is Shen Zhousong."
Shen Zhousong shrugged: "I was the first one shot out by Shu Ran’s 173. When she activated the fourth card, I happened to be nearby, turned the corner, and bumped right into that monster."
Died clearly, not willing but had to accept it.
As the murderer, Shu Ran detached herself from the earlier teeth-gritting mood toward Guan Yu and Chu Qiu, put on a slightly haughty look, and feigned an apology to Shen Zhousong.
"Really sorry, Brother Shen, I didn’t expect you to be so close by when I unleashed the peanut spirit."
Shen Zhousong’s expression didn’t change, he smirked, but thought: When that statue monster appeared, she was the one screaming out loud in fright. He came over following her voice and got eliminated.
But these things are better left unsaid. Better to save face for the actress, especially this one known for being proud.
He then moved the topic to her reference to 173: "Peanut spirit?"
"Yes, Mu Qiu and the others named it that."
He then looked over at Mu Qiu and Zhao Yu. Mu Qiu was engaged, and her boyfriend was right there, so he couldn’t keep staring, naturally landing his gaze on Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu met his gaze and cooperatively explained: "173 looks like a big-headed peanut spirit. It’s said to have had that nickname."
Shen Zhousong recalled the brief glimpse he caught of 173 and nodded: "It does look a bit like one."
But whose peanuts grow looking that terrifying? It’s giving him a shadow over the word peanut.
He was thinking that when he looked down again and happened to see Zhao Yu with a face saying, "I know what you’re thinking, I feel the same way."
"Are you feeling the word peanut is sullied?"
This description was so accurate, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Since the victim’s death was clear, and there seemed no intention to seek justice, the leader moved on to the next person.
"After Shen Zhousong came the melee, and Li Yang was the seventh to be eliminated. There shouldn’t be anything unclear about this one, right?"
Shu Ran immediately lunged over and clung to him, everyone present could see it clearly.
Li Yang nodded dejectedly, looking at Shu Ran: "Sister Shu Ran was really something this round."
Shu Ran beamed, her face almost out of makeup beaming with satisfaction.
Li Yang looked at her proud expression and let out a heavy sigh.
When she lunged at him, he was completely dumbfounded.
Every time before the recording of an episode, his manager would remind him not to get too close with female guests, especially actions like hugging which might cause speculation.
When Shu Ran pinned him down on the ground, his first thought was— Oh no, no, no, having a female guest voluntarily pounce on him seemed more serious!
Then the next second, he was slaughtered out of the game.
The key part was that Mu Qiu didn’t even save him!
She didn’t think of saving him for the first four minutes and fifty-nine seconds, finally had a shred of conscience at the last second, but then the time was up, truly infuriating.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He closed his eyes, leaned his forehead against Guo Yin’s shoulder beside him, bumping it twice, nearly wanting to bump himself to death like hitting a wall.
Everyone knew what he went through, watching him get dragged away lifelessly like a salted fish, as the resurrected watched, and those who were eliminated were the staff doing the dragging.
No need for more words, each gave his shoulder a pat in consolation.
Guan Yu: "It’s okay, you see, your elimination brought about Shu Ran’s highlight moment. Although you sacrificed yourself, you left an undeniable vivid mark in someone else’s bloom!"
"... I really want to thank you, Sister Guan Yu. I also want you to leave such a mark in my bloom, how about it?"
"Saying that to someone who’s long been eliminated is like talking nonsense about whipping a corpse, are you even human?!"
Li Yang: "......" What does that even mean?! How did it get to whipping dead bodies with such heavy-tasting lines??
He couldn’t be bothered to respond further, so Cheng Zhirang, seeing his expression, smoothly shifted the topic to the next person.
"After Li Yang, there was Shu Ran, the murderer..."
He stepped forward himself, saying: "It was 813."
Like a father cleaning up after his mischievous son’s mess with a helpless look.
Just a moment ago, happy Shu Ran suddenly felt a heart attack coming on.
In the last stretch towards first place, being blown away by a bomb she thought was defused but had been strapped to her all along, this level of frustration could only be matched by Han Xizheng being slaughtered by Chu Qiu’s paper-scattering method.
But upon a second thought, since Mu Qiu also got blown away by the same bomb, her face gradually improved.
"Nothing can be done about it, who told us to be tricked by Brother Cheng without even understanding the monsters initially, willing to gamble and accept the loss, right Mu Qiu?"
Innocent bystander Mu Qiu: "..."
She forced a smile: "Yes, willing to gamble, accept the loss. But I feel the one who set me up wasn’t Brother Cheng and 813, but... Li Yang, why are you running?!"
Before she finished, Li Yang, realizing something was up, immediately took off, but Mu Qiu had been eyeing him since Shu Ran pointed him out, and seeing him run, directly chased after him.
"Li Yang, if you have the guts to play dirty, have the guts not to run!"
Li Yang shouted as he ran: "That’s just a little way to survive! How can it be called playing dirty? You’re the pro at playing dirty!"
"Oh, you’re framing me now! Stand still! Don’t think you can run around just because you’ve got long legs!"
"Then swear you won’t hit me!"
Mu Qiu was about to pretend to agree, only to hear him say while running: "Never mind! Even if you swear, it’s not trustworthy!"
"......you’re insulting my integrity!"
One was a long-legged boy in a school uniform, his hair messed by the wind as he ran, still looking fresh and clean even in such a mess.
One was a cool, handsome girl with a long ponytail, her ponytail swaying at her back, making people’s hearts sway along.
What a beautiful "schoolgirl chasing naughty student" scene from a campus story.
Then the female lead of the campus story was stopped by a man in camouflage.
"Slow down on the breathing, your throat will hurt."
