In the end, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing won the game by hiding until the very end.
Their glorious exploits of diving and being buried alive also successfully surged onto the trending searches.
#TheMostDerangedHideAndSeekInHistory#
Netizen spicy review: One burial at sea, one burial in the soil.
[Sexy Female Cockroach]: I couldn't dig out such pure divine gold even after ten years of Golden Miner.
[Fugitive Cuihua from Dog Bear Ridge]: Made me laugh for no reason.
[One-Thousand-Catty Eldest Miss]: Big foolish Chun! What are you guys doing!
[Brother I'm Scared]: Wait, why is Mr. Shen also this deranged hahahahaha.
[Beating Elementary Students]: Deranged man and deranged woman.
On the show.
Director Niu: "Since Mr. Shen and Teacher Xie are tied for first place, you can discuss who gets to choose first."
This process was somewhat redundant.
After all, the two of them had agreed before the start to choose each other, so whoever went first made no difference.
Xie Mi wanted to lightning-fast pick Shen Yeqing and be done with it, but she heard Shen Yeqing say in a brisk tone, "Then ladies first, let Teacher Xie choose first."
She turned her head suspiciously, and met those pretty peach-blossom eyes of his.
The light in his eyes rippled, harboring faint anticipation.
As if he were saying: Pick me, pick me.
That mischievous streak of Xie Mi's instantly flared up, and with a turn of her head and an extension of her hand, she pointed straight at Qiu Chengye, "Then Qiu--"
"Hey."
Shen Yeqing suddenly pressed down on her hand, a light smile still hanging at the corners of his lips, "Let's not do ladies first after all. After all, I'm no gentleman either. I choose Teacher Xie."
He finished it all in one breath, as if afraid of being a step slow.
Xie Mi raised an eyebrow.
Little brat, totally in my grip.
"Then Mr. Shen and Teacher Xie form a team successfully! Next..."
Before Director Niu's words finished, Xiao Jingxi unceremoniously spoke up, "Xie Mi hasn't spoken yet. Is it settled just like that?"
He hadn't expected Xiao Jingxi to speak up suddenly, either, and Director Niu was a bit lost, "This... according to the rules, the chosen person cannot refuse."
"But isn't she also first? Since it's a tie, she should also have the right to choose, right?" Xiao Jingxi said with a smile on his face, "I'm just respecting the rules of the game."
He certainly found himself a high-sounding reason.
Seeing this, Director Niu had no choice but to go through the motions and ask Xie Mi, "Then Teacher Xie, are you willing to be in a group with Mr. Shen?"
Before Xie Mi could speak, she felt a gaze staring intently at her.
She looked up and saw Xiao Jingxi sitting across from her.
His eyes were full of threats and warnings.
She was amused in an instant.
Hey, why do some people love humiliating themselves so much?
"Willing! So willing! If I can't be in a group with old Shen, my life will be utterly meaningless!" Not only was she willing, but she even rhymed it.
Xiao Jingxi's face collapsed instantly.
On the other hand, Shen Yeqing raised the corners of his lips, his heart fluttering, smiling restlessly and dazzlingly, "Why do you call me old Shen? Am I that old?"
"Whether you're old or not doesn't matter. What matters is that calling you that makes me look so fresh."
"Mm... That makes a lot of sense."
"Right? Old Shen."
"Right indeed, old Xie."
[F*ck f*ck, since when did the two of them get this sweet!]
[Ever since hide-and-seek, I've felt that their brainwaves strangely match. The more I look, the more compatible they are.]
[Mr. Shen was so terrified just now that Xie Mi would pick someone else, he actually said something like 'I'm no gentleman'. Who gets this?]
[I am shipping them so hard!]
[Is it only me who thinks Best Actor Xiao's expression is a bit weird?]
Xiao Jingxi wore a stinky face the entire time, and Xu Shuangrong beside him wanted to play up a couple's vibe with him to no avail, so she could only pretend to care, creating the false impression that Xiao Jingxi was simply feeling unwell.
In the end, the grouping was as follows: Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing in one group, Xiao Jingxi and Xu Shuangrong in one group, and Liu Woxing and Qiu Chengye in one group.
With the grouping finished, it was time for the stage of choosing the dating location.
The production team didn't announce it directly, but instead mysteriously rolled out a white board with three keywords written on it.
[Romance] [Thrills] [Wellness]
"Without revealing the contents of the date, and choosing your desired date based solely on keywords-a romantic date, a thrilling date, a wellness date-which kind do you all prefer?"
When it came to creating show effects, Director Niu never spared any effort.
The bullet comments were already heatedly discussing it.
[Do you even need to choose? They practically plastered the correct answer onto your face.]
[Got it, thrills is the trap option. You can't go bungee jumping on a first date, right? What would the girl's hair and makeup do? End up completely disheveled?]
[Could it be a counter-strategy by the production team, where what seems the worst is actually the best?]
[Any fool would choose romance. The most important thing between a man and a woman is the atmosphere; once the atmosphere is there, feelings soar.]
[According to my past experience watching romance reality shows, the first date is a crucial part in determining future CPs. Usually, dates that go well basically lock down the CP, so you must be cautious.]
The two words 'be cautious' had just floated across the bullet comments when Xie Mi raised her hand, her voice loud and cheerful, "I choose thrills!"
As the winning group of the game, they had the right of priority choice.
Only, she didn't expect her to hesitate not at all, and Director Niu choked, "Are you sure? Aren't you going to think about it a bit more?"
"A date has to have passion. Without thrills, where's the passion?" Xie Mi said righteously.
Director Niu had no choice but to look at Shen Yeqing nearby, his eyes inquiring.
Shen Yeqing chuckled softly and said leisurely, "I agree."
And so it was settled.
The Xie-Yeqing-Slaughter-Donkey Group: Thrills.
The Xiao-Rong Group: Romance.
The Xing-Cheng Group: Wellness.
The three CP groups boarded the production team's cars together and headed to their dating locations.
The thrills group's first itinerary-an escape room.
They arrived at the hottest escape room store currently. Today, the production team had rented out the whole place, and there wasn't a single customer in the spacious lobby.
[The production team is really keeping up with the trends.]
[I thought it would be thrills like bungee jumping or roller coasters, but I didn't expect it to be this.]
[There were escape room variety shows before where the guests screamed collectively, and 185cm male models were scared to weak legs. Anyway, I've never seen a tank yet.]
[Get your screenshots ready. I have a feeling Mr. Shen and Teacher Xie are going to contribute a massive amount of meme faces next.]
"To make the two teachers more immersed, there won't be accompanying cameramen once you go in later. We will broadcast live entirely through surveillance footage."
"Will the two teachers first look over this agreement, and confirm that you don't have heart conditions, high blood pressure, or other such issues, before signing to confirm."
"Hah, a life-or-death agreement." Xie Mi was a veteran escape room player and was extremely familiar with the process, quickly signing her name in swishes.
Shen Yeqing, sitting across from her, also signed his name leisurely after reading the agreement.
The assistant director nearby had a bad premonition.
Why are these two even calmer than each other?!
Is this show effect... even going to come out?
"What we have prepared is medium-horror difficulty. If the two teachers have the demand, it can also be adjusted to micro-horror or heavy-horror," the staff member said.
Hearing this, Xie Mi raised an eyebrow and motioned to the opposite side, "I'm fine with anything. What do you think?"
Shen Yeqing smiled nonchalantly, "Whatever you like."
[Uh-oh, they really know their stuff.]
[Big bosses accidentally wandered into a low-tier lobby, fish-pond-bombing warning!]
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