The staff member was beginning to waver.
But before filming began, the director had warned them over and over not to casually reveal any information about the skill cards. If she went against his wishes, would it affect her job?
"No."
Through Mind Reading, Chu Ci saw the girl's concerns. He explained quietly, "Agreeing to our request is also about getting higher ratings for the show. Our director isn't someone who can't tell right from wrong. Why would he blame you?"
The director, who was constantly monitoring the livestream: "..."
Chu Ci had phrased that very cleverly. If the director blamed the girl over this, it would mean he couldn't tell right from wrong and was unreasonable.
"Besides, we're only guessing. You don't have to tell us yourself, so this doesn't count as breaking the production team's rules."
Chu Ci's words dispelled the girl's last reservations. She nodded and agreed to their request. "...All right, then."
"How many skill cards has the production team prepared? Five?"
The staff member shook her head.
"Then four?"
The staff member nodded.
"One of them is a reset card?"
The staff member kept nodding.
"And another is a doubling card?"
The staff member nodded once again.
"The last one is a swap card?"
There was undisguised shock in the staff member's eyes.
Under Chu Ci's questioning gaze, she nodded once more.
[...Is Chu Ci really that good? He guessed them all.]
[Did Chu Ci get the script in advance? Otherwise, how did he guess all three remaining skill cards without a single mistake?]
[That theory doesn't hold up. If Chu Ci got the script in advance, why would he waste time going through all this?]
[Girl, you're still too naive. Their ultimate goal in appearing on variety shows is to gain "popularity" and "traffic." Maybe Chu Ci deliberately seized this opportunity to build a "clever" persona?]
[Do you really need to be so hostile toward Chu Ci? Maybe he's just smart? You drag "scripts" into everything, but have you stopped to think whether Chu Ci has that kind of pull? He has neither money nor fans. He only got on this show thanks to the little bit of traffic from his notoriety. Even if the production team had a script, surely he wouldn't be the one getting it?]
[Sis, you didn't exactly spare Chu Ci either, did you?]
[Hahahahaha, harsh words, sound reasoning. Leaving Ye Qingzhou aside since he's a surprise guest, if the production team really prepared a script in advance, wouldn't the director give it to Zhou Jin, who's been riding high lately? After all, Zhou Jin is much more likely to become a huge hit than Chu Ci...]
[Have you considered the possibility that Chu Ci really is smart? He was pretty impressive when answering questions earlier. There are only so many types of skill cards in variety shows. It's perfectly reasonable for him to guess them, isn't it?]
The barrage was all discussing Chu Ci.
Chu Ci remained calm from beginning to end. "Guessing the skill cards" was a pretext; his real aim was to take this opportunity to test "Mind Reading."
The talent he had awakened back in the interstellar world had not been "Mind Reading," so he didn't know whom he could use "Mind Reading" on, how long he could use it, or what the consequences of overusing it would be.
Chu Ci hadn't felt any discomfort when using "Mind Reading" on the staff member before him. Earlier, while playing the game, he had used Mind Reading on Li Muting, Bai Zihan, Zhou Ze, and Zhou Jin, and hadn't felt any discomfort then either.
From this, Chu Ci deduced that "Mind Reading" could be used on multiple people.
But there were also times when "Mind Reading" failed. He had met Ye Qingzhou's eyes many times, yet couldn't see any of his thoughts at all.
If he wanted to learn more about the effects of "Mind Reading," he would need to experiment on more people.
Chu Ci lowered his eyes, hiding the complicated emotions in them.
The location they had chosen had clearly been well concealed, so why had the enemy discovered them and launched a surprise attack? He remembered clearly that he had died on the battlefield, so why had he suddenly appeared in this unfamiliar world? And how had he acquired the ability "Mind Reading"?
"Mind Reading" was an extremely rare skill talent in the interstellar world. Only those with royal blood had a chance of awakening it. As far as he remembered, there was only...
Something occurred to Chu Ci, and his eyes suddenly widened.
He turned to look at Ye Qingzhou's smiling, peach-blossom eyes and suddenly understood why they had seemed familiar.
The person deep in Chu Ci's memories had just such a pair of peach-blossom eyes.
"We..."
His voice was slightly hoarse.
Looking at the bewilderment in Chu Ci's eyes, Ye Qingzhou gently repeated what he had just said. "...We?"
His voice rose at the end in a questioning tone.
Chu Ci had wanted to say, "Do we know each other?" But a moment later, he rejected the thought. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, that person should have been perfectly fine in the imperial palace right now. How could he suddenly appear here?
"Let's do the tasks."
The corners of Chu Ci's lips curved slightly.
Perhaps because he had seen a trace of an old acquaintance in Ye Qingzhou, Chu Ci treated him a little more gently.
"Okay."
Ye Qingzhou nodded obediently.
[Ye Qingzhou is so well-behaved around Chu Ci! Does anyone get it?!]
[Tsk, this is the first time I've seen Ye Qingzhou being so obedient.]
[Don't you think the way Chu Ci looks at Ye Qingzhou is especially gentle too? The atmosphere between Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci gives me the illusion that they've known each other for ages...]
[I think so too! Especially the way Chu Ci looked at Ye Qingzhou just now. What's that phrase again? I remember now-a thousand years in a single glance! That's exactly how Chu Ci's gaze at Ye Qingzhou felt!]
"Let's Fall in Love" had split today's guests into three teams, which meant there were three CPs in total.
Dating shows usually generated discussion by hyping up CPs and serving up sweet moments, and "Let's Fall in Love" was no exception. A poll was pinned in its Weibo super topic.
The poll pinned in the super topic was titled-"Tell us which pair of partners is your best CP."
The CP pairings in the super topic followed the production team's group assignments.
Namely, Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou, Bai Zihan and Zhou Ze, and Zhou Jin and Li Muting.
Perhaps because "Let's Fall in Love" had appeared on Weibo's trending searches quite a few times, and also had a "marquee name" like Ye Qingzhou, the number of followers of the "Let's Fall in Love" super topic kept growing. The number participating in this Weibo super topic poll had reached a staggering five hundred thousand.
That figure might not have amounted to much for a popular variety show, but the official "Let's Fall in Love" Weibo account only had twenty thousand followers, ten thousand of whom were zombie followers the director had gritted his teeth and paid for. Its Weibo super topic only had a few thousand followers as well.
So, for the production team, five hundred thousand was already a very substantial figure, and one worth bragging about.