Chapter 753: Chapter 752: Li Yang, You’ve Grown Up
Sister Ran grabbed the second transparency ball, and looked excitedly at the slip inside.
Boldly written on the slip were three big characters.
[Makeup Removal Pads]
Her magnified smile froze inch by inch.
The change in expression was quite apparent, and it caught Guan Yu’s attention, so she tiptoed over to see.
"Makeup Removal Pads... Hahaha! You’re killing me! After all that effort, you got an accessory tool! Without even having any makeup remover, what are you going to do with pads... Hey hey hey! Why are you hitting me?!"
Shu Ran was so mad her head spun, and with a swift slap on the water, splashed Guan Yu’s face with water.
Then, while Guan Yu was still blinking away the water, she threw the transparency ball at her.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!"
It didn’t hurt, but Shu Ran’s expression was a bit sinister and scary, probably driven crazy by anger.
Guan Yu immediately shrank back: "Don’t be impulsive, don’t be impulsive! Isn’t there another ball? You can go check that one!"
Shu Ran froze, then quickly crawled towards Shi Yuhuai’s side of the strips.
"Hey, hey, hey, you’re going to check the other ball, then give this useless one to me. I’ll deal with it for you, trust me, I understand the principle of ’out of sight, out of mind’, I’ll make sure you don’t see this annoying thing again."
Saying this, she carefully reached out to retrieve the transparency ball pressed into the water by Shu Ran.
Just about to touch it, Shu Ran snatched it back with a sly smile.
"Dream on, I fought hard for this, useless or not, it’s coming with me!"
And what if the third ball is makeup remover? Then the two can be used together.
Guan Yu, failing to swoop in: "..."
Shu Ran understood the risks of possessing a prized item, she looked around, everyone seemed to be eyeing her, especially Guan Yu. Everyone knew having a bit of makeup pads was better than nothing.
She thought for a moment, then gritted her teeth, lifted her shirt, and hid the transparency ball inside, causing her abdomen to bulge.
Li Yang: "!"
Now they really didn’t dare to make a move.
Mu Qiu clapped on the side: "Impressive, impressive. Just wonder if that can handle Brother Huai."
At that moment, Shu Ran was annoyed with everyone, glared at her, and swam towards Shi Yuhuai’s side.
They were standing at the intersection, with the third transparency ball held high in Shi Yuhuai’s hand.
She thought for a moment, then attempted to flip over the strips. But the strips were already difficult to balance, and with added force, they tilted towards her side, causing Shi Yuhuai’s foot to slip and crash into the water with a splash.
A crowd lunged for the ball, sending water splashing everywhere. Mu Qiu didn’t dare open her eyes, leaned back holding the rope to avoid the splashes.
Poor Shi Yuhuai fell into the water again in a V-shape, and with the ball out of his grasp, he was of no value, no one paid attention to him.
"Subtract five points from Shi Yuhuai!"
This was just the first round of competition, and he had fallen into the water three times, tsk tsk.
Shu Ran was determined to get the ball, and after unexpectedly causing Shi Yuhuai to fall into the water, she was most likely to snatch the ball, but didn’t expect that from the other intersection point, Li Yang directly dove in standard diving style to pin down the ball.
She was stunned by the splashing water.
Li Yang emerged with the ball, smiling at her.
"Sister Shu Ran..."
Sister Ran wished she could strangle him, just as she was about to snatch it! But like the mantis stalking the cicada, with the sparrow behind, it got intercepted! How could she not be angry?!
Then she heard him say next: "I’ll give you this ball."
"... Li Yang, you’ve grown up to be a good person."
She immediately took the ball, flashed a bit of a smile to praise him. That strong emotional reversal nearly made her face collapse.
After half-heartedly praising him, Shu Ran eagerly looked down to see, nervous as if scratching off a lottery ticket.
[Makeup Remover Oil]
That’s good news!
But Shu Ran stared at the slip without any movement, and she didn’t show any joy.
Li Yang glanced again: "It’s makeup remover oil, don’t you want it, Sister Shu Ran?"
Shu Ran slowly raised her head, and then in his puzzled gaze, suddenly grabbed his arm and shook it vigorously.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh! Finally drew it! Drew it! Makeup remover oil!!! Ahhhh I can finally remove makeup!"
Li Yang was shaken so much that the speed of his neck and body movements were inconsistent, and his voice quivered.
"No, no, no, don’t thank me, don’t thank me, we are allies... Stop shaking, Sister Shu Ran, my brain is going to shake out."
Next door, a jealous Guan Yu climbed up to sit on the edge of the pool, speaking sarcastically: "Yes, you two are allies, two people hurt by Mu Qiu comforting each other’s emotional wounds."
Mu Qiu: ".... Why involve me? I’m innocent."
Guan Yu snorted, watching Shu Ran go to claim her spoils.
She used the makeup remover oil herself, then left the makeup removal pads to Li Yang.
Given Shu Ran’s character, this was a bit odd.
She was good at making a show out of courtesy, never openly keeping good stuff for herself and leaving lesser things for others on previous variety shows. More often she’d give the good stuff away, usually accompanied by sweet words.
The benefit of doing this was that the fans of the other person might appreciate her gesture, though some might find her a fake sweet talker, pretending to be sincere.
Now she directly used the makeup remover oil Li Yang snatched, and handed him the relatively useless makeup pads.
An unfair exchange would definitely provoke dissatisfaction among Li Yang’s fans.
She couldn’t possibly not know.
Mu Qiu observed her carefully, seeing her return after washing her face, addressing Li Yang: "You did really well, I’ll take care of you in future rounds."
Li Yang was uncertain: "Okay... okay."
The hovering camera circled around them, then zoomed in on Shu Ran.
Got it, Mu Qiuxin thought, Shu Ran was likely switching her character approach.
With all three transparency balls taken, the projector began circling the pool area outside.
Just caught their breath, now they had to focus again, those still at the intersection all tightened up, eyeing the circling projector, all eager to move.
Meanwhile, Shi Yuhuai and Zhang Li, just about to climb out from the water, saw Guan Yu boldly leap with Chuchu towards the interval two intersection points away, forming a row of five.
The projector stopped, and then shot out... one transparent ball?!
"How come there’s only one this time?!"
"Are the number of projection balls unruled? Is it random?"
"Who cares how many, grab it!"
"Don’t shake! Don’t shake!"
"Oh my, you’re standing up there like your legs have perfected the shadowless kick hahahaha!"
"Sister Guan Yu, don’t dive at me! I can’t handle it! Don’t move!!!"
Mu Qiu was practically screeching.
The pool started boiling with activity again, those climbing up were directly knocked back down by everyone.
Shi Yuhuai stubbornly gripped the pool edge with one hand, veins popping on the back of his hand, head emerging from the water, he shouted through clenched teeth: "Guan, Yu!"
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