[With that look of certain victory on Chu Ci's face, could they have drawn another "Plunder Card"? Aren't those two way too lucky?]
[It could also be a "Zeroing Card," right? I think the "Zeroing Card" and "Plunder Card" have very similar effects, except the latter adds "take the other side's money for yourself" on top of "zeroing it out."]
[I feel like the "Exchange Card" is the most useless of the four Skill Cards. If Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou drew the Exchange Card, they'd be in a really dangerous position...]
[Why do I feel like there's more to the Exchange Card than that?]
[Judging by Chu Ci's expression, it probably isn't an "Exchange Card," right? I'm leaning more toward a Plunder Card or Zeroing Card.]
Many new viewers had come to the livestream after seeing the trending searches.
They hadn't seen the Skill Card draw and could only guess based on Chu Ci's expression.
At the filming location.
Li Muting had suffered a loss at Chu Ci's hands not long ago. She didn't dare make any rash moves and could only pin her hopes on Bai Zihan beside her.
She secretly tried to signal Bai Zihan with a look.
Bai Zihan had witnessed Li Muting's loss at Chu Ci's hands firsthand, and now she didn't dare make any rash moves either.
"I'm a very easygoing person."
Seeing their hesitant expressions, Chu Ci raised his brows slightly. He even took a few slow steps toward Li Muting and Bai Zihan, his thin lips curving into an attractive smile. His manner was gentlemanly and polite. "If you want it, I'll give it to you..."
The more he acted this way, the less Li Muting and Bai Zihan dared to do anything.
[Hahahahaha, Chu Ci's move has left them completely stumped.]
[Bro, with such a creepy smile, who would dare take it?]
[I wouldn't dare take it either. How does that saying go? Someone being nice for no reason is up to no good. Chu Ci is competing against those two right now. Would he really be kind enough to give them his hat?]
[So what was even the point of Zhou Jin and Zhou Ze's alliance? Ye Qingzhou talked Zhou Ze into leaving it, and even though Chu Ci's hat is right in front of Li Muting and Bai Zihan, neither of them dares to take it off...]
"If you don't want it, I'll be going, then?"
Chu Ci asked like a gentleman.
"Well..."
Li Muting looked a little hesitant.
Although she didn't dare take Chu Ci's hat off, she still felt that letting him leave just like that would be letting him off too easily.
Bai Zihan nodded politely. "Go ahead, then."
Although she didn't have a penny to her name right now, Bai Zihan still didn't dare take a reckless risk. If Chu Ci had drawn another "Plunder Card," she and Zhou Jin would be eliminated again.
Although she and Zhou Jin wouldn't lose any money, the wait to revive was far too long.
She had originally thought Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou had received money, which was why she had agreed to Li Muting's request for an "alliance." Now that she knew Chu Ci might have received a Skill Card, Bai Zihan didn't want to take the risk.
Bai Zihan exchanged a look with Zhou Ze, and the two left. Zhou Jin hadn't expected the alliance he had so carefully planned to be broken up by just a few words from Ye Qingzhou, and his expression soured.
"Then... are we still going to continue?"
Ye Qingzhou asked politely.
"No."
Zhou Jin knew he was no match for Ye Qingzhou, but they were on camera, after all. He lowered his head to compose himself, forcing a smile onto his lips.
Ye Qingzhou nodded. He walked over to Chu Ci and gave Li Muting a casual once-over. "What about you?"
Li Muting took a deep breath. "Sorry to bother you."
Only after Zhou Jin and Li Muting gradually disappeared from view did Ye Qingzhou turn his gaze to Chu Ci, his voice rich with laughter. "Teacher Chu, your acting is pretty good..."
Chu Ci straightened the brim of his hat and laughed along with Ye Qingzhou. "So is yours."
That was right.
What they had drawn wasn't a "Zeroing Card" or a "Plunder Card," but the seemingly most useless "Exchange Card."
If anyone on Zhou Jin's or Zhou Ze's team had taken the risk just now, the 350 yuan they had would have been snatched away.
[What does that mean? Chu Ci was acting just now?]
[Yep. Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou drew an "Exchange Card." Ye Qingzhou's performance was what I expected, since reading people and playing them is what he's best at. But I never expected Chu Ci to stay so calm the whole time while Li Muting and Bai Zihan were ganging up on him.]
[This episode has completely overturned my impression of Chu Ci. I remembered him as some obscure celebrity who loved clout-chasing and would do anything for traffic. But the Chu Ci in "Let's Fall in Love" is smart, calm, and completely in control. For the first time, I get his personal charm.]
[Me too!!! Chu Ci has been so impressive this episode. First he took first place in the quiz, then he eliminated Zhou Jin's team with that original "Plunder Card," and finally he pulled the wool over everyone's eyes with his brilliant acting. He's genuinely won me over.]
[Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci are such a strong pair. They crush the other two teams in both brains and physical ability.]
[Come on, this is a dating show. Why are you all focusing on the games? Shouldn't you be focusing on the way Ye Qingzhou looks at Chu Ci? That gaze is practically drawing threads between them. I even get the illusion that he's about to kiss him.]
[Ahhhhh! Someone finally brought the topic back around. When Ye Qingzhou said "Teacher Chu," he sounded so, so, so gentle!]
Chu Ci, however, hadn't noticed anything special about Ye Qingzhou's tone. After all, throughout their time together today, Ye Qingzhou had always treated him gently.
"Shall we keep doing tasks?"
Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou still needed another 150 yuan.
"Sure."
Ye Qingzhou nodded.
Perhaps because Zhou Jin and Zhou Ze knew Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou had a Skill Card, neither made any rash moves, and Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou's tasks went very smoothly.
The task Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci drew at the first task location was-"Hold hands with fingers interlaced for five minutes."
The "hold hands with fingers interlaced" task was simpler than the "candy-wrapper kiss" and "share a chocolate stick" tasks, but it took longer, requiring five minutes, so the reward was 100 yuan.
Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou completed the task.
The two now had 450 yuan, which meant they only needed another 50 yuan to reach today's target of 500 yuan.
Handing those 500 yuan over to the production team would mean that Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci had won this episode.