I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!

Chapter 757: Chapter 756: I Really Have Issues!

Mu Qiu gave the strategy they devised a name: "Water Ghost Operation."

They would send one person into the water to grab the other players’ ankles, eliminating opponents at crossover points who posed a threat in the ball snatching and also causing point deductions for others.

Zhang Li and Chuchu were too squeamish to do this, so they stayed on top to snatch the ball.

This idea was the same as Mu Qiu’s, except that she wasn’t as ruthless as to take down enemies with her self-sacrifice.

After Guan Yu pulled Li Yang into the water, others quickly caught on to her strategy. Shu Ran immediately copied, saying to the soaked Li Yang: "Just stay underwater to pull people down; anyway, you’ll only lose points once! Plus, it’s convenient for revenge."

Luckily, the cloth strip was soft and wide, so even though it got stuck between his legs, Li Yang let out a couple of howls and flipped over into the water. Had it been something hard like a railing... oof.

Li Yang emerged from the water with a stiff face, a blush rising on his cheeks, making his ugly makeup even more outstanding.

He turned to look at Guan Yu.

Guan Yu: "Haha... ha, it’s all for the game... are you alright?"

"I, am, not, alright!"

The two started bickering in the water.

Mu Qiu’s eyes darted around as she paid attention to where they were reaching, and then asked Cheng Zhirang, Lin Lian, and Xu Cheng: "Which of you has a stable base and can hold a pull-up for a long time?"

Lin Lian and Xu Cheng looked bewildered, not knowing how the topic suddenly shifted to this.

"Bai Shu and I can snatch or dive in this round, while you guys need to focus on getting others down and making sure you don’t fall."

Lin Lian caught on: "My base might not be stable, but I can hold a pull-up for a while."

"What about you, Xu Cheng?"

Xu Cheng, clearly a promising strong guy, patted his arm and said, "No problem."

Cheng Zhirang was the only one left unasked, and naturally, everyone turned to look at him.

Cheng Zhirang was about to speak when Mu Qiu blurted out, "No need to ask Brother Cheng, his stamina is better than yours."

After this sentence, everyone fell silent. Bai Shu gave them both a gossipy look.

Cheng Zhirang stared at her in surprise, raising his hand to cover his mouth, but couldn’t hide his escaping smile.

Mu Qiu realized her slip after blurting it out, her ears flushed red, awkwardly trying to recover:

"No, I didn’t mean it like that... I didn’t mean anything else by it... just consider it a slip of the tongue."

With a couple of casual excuses, she coughed twice to cover up and shot up to say:

"Hopefully, everyone understood. Let’s try this method once and see if it works."

Fortunately, the following photographer didn’t zoom in for close-up shots and recording, or it would’ve been like describing a wonderful nightlife to the national audience.

There was still only one transparent ball launched this time. Chuchu and Zhang Li continued their mad scramble for the ball, and continued to fall into the water.

However, Guan Yu dragging people into the water meant other groups lost more points compared to them, giving them a subtle advantage indeed.

Now the ball was in Shi Yuhuai’s hands.

Okay, everyone probably wanted to ask why the ball kept ending up with Shi Yuhuai.

She wanted to ask too.

However, being tall with long arms truly gave them an advantage in a ball-grabbing game.

To escape the previous awkwardness, she rushed to the front, grabbed a rope, ran a little along the cloth strip, and swung directly over to Jiang Zhufeng.

But having been tricked like this several times, Jiang Zhufeng already had the experience, and directly blocked her with both hands, pushing her away.

Pushed away.

Pushed, away.

Mu Qiu gripped the rope, bewilderedly swinging in mid-air like a rusty pendulum.

Cheng Zhirang grabbed the rope, reaching out to try to pull her back, but both attempts missed her swing trajectory.

On the third try, she actively accelerated using the cloth strip, swung over again, and this time let go with one hand to grab Jiang Zhufeng’s arm, the two spinning together on the cloth strip with the rope winding around twice.

Jiang Zhufeng was stunned.

Combined, they were still quite heavy, and the cloth strip couldn’t hold them up, increasing tension, making it difficult to stabilize once spinning began.

Eventually, both were hanging from the rope with feet in the air.

Li Yang, soaking in the water, looked up at the two of them: "Are you two making beef jerky?"

Jiang Zhufeng was still struggling slightly: "Sister Mu Qiu, your lipstick is going to smudge on my face."

Mu Qiu: "I don’t want it either, bear with it, this is limited edition lipstick the show got with much difficulty."

Jiang Zhufeng: "Sister Mu Qiu, let go, let’s spare each other. Isn’t it tiring hanging with one hand?"

Mu Qiu gritted her teeth and persevered: "For the people, for the party, for the team to succeed."

"... Kinda rhymes. But I can’t hold on much longer. Can we slowly step down?"

Li Yang was waiting beside: "Come down."

Jiang Zhufeng: "..."

The foot just stretched down immediately shrank back.

Shi Yuhuai didn’t understand Mu Qiu’s way of blocking people: "This only results in mutual destruction without any benefits."

She didn’t answer and watched Shi Yuhuai get "knocked out" from behind and fall into the water, then said, "See, it has a bit of an effect."

After saying this, she let go of Jiang Zhufeng, holding onto the rope with one hand and swinging back again.

Using the momentum of swinging back, she swung round again, flying forward.

This time she directly let go of the rope, landed among the crowd fighting for the ball with a move of "Heavenly Meteor Striking the Spiritual Cover," scaring the crowd below to quickly dodge.

Guan Yu: "Seems like you’re willing to risk everything for yourself. Unfortunately, you’re a step late; Brother Huai already got the ball."

"?"

Wasn’t Shi Yuhuai just pushed into the water?

She wiped her face and looked back.

Shi Yuhuai was extracting the ball from Li Yang’s hands. Forcefully extracting, showing no mercy.

After grabbing it, raised it high, while the other hand restrained Li Yang from charging up.

"I got it."

Mu Qiu: "That’s indeed, ’having gotten’ it."

Li Yang, like a dried corpse, gave up struggling, leaned his head back against the cloth strip, letting his limbs float slightly.

Shi Yuhuai, immersed in the joy of victory, didn’t look back at him, knowing the outcome was decided, went to exchange the ball.

"Yo? Not going to see what it is?"

Guan Yu glanced at her: "Already saw it; otherwise, why do you think he fought so fiercely? As soon as it dropped and he heard it was makeup remover, he charged even with eyes closed, almost knocked me out with his head."

"Me coming late."

Seeing Shi Yuhuai’s effort, Mu Qiu suddenly felt a sense of urgency, submerged into the water, swam to the other side, and reached out to Cheng Zhirang onshore.

Climbing up, she adjusted her sleeves while saying to him:

"All the strategy I mentioned was nonsense, now we have only one aim, to grab the makeup remover. If someone grabs it but just won’t hand it over, I’d be in trouble."

Like if Shi Yuhuai got it, or perhaps Guan Yu ended up with the last two makeup removal products, but just wouldn’t bring them out, wouldn’t she be the ugliest this round? Too terrifying.