"I choose to use the Skill Card."
Chu Ci sighed helplessly.
Zhou Jin looked at Chu Ci and swallowed nervously.
If the card Chu Ci had drawn was the "Exchange Card," then he and Li Muting had won their gamble.
"The card I drew was the Exchange Card."
The instant Chu Ci finished speaking, Zhou Jin and Li Muting jumped up in excitement.
It really was the Exchange Card!
That meant Zhou Jin and Li Muting would get the money Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou currently had.
"Here."
Chu Ci reluctantly took out five hundred yuan.
Zhou Jin: "!"
Li Muting: "!"
Their target amount was two hundred yuan, but Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci had five hundred yuan.
That meant they had exceeded their target.
Zhou Jin's breathing gradually quickened. He took the five hundred yuan from Chu Ci, then gave Li Muting a look. "Run."
Since Chu Ci had chosen to use the Skill Card, he and Ye Qingzhou would not be eliminated. Neither of them had caught on yet, forgetting they could snatch the money back. If Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci realized it, all their efforts would go to waste.
"Okay."
Li Muting ran off with Zhou Jin.
"Tsk..."
Watching the two figures run farther and farther away, Chu Ci curled his lips in satisfaction. "Now we don't have to do the legwork."
[Ahhhhh, what does that mean?!]
[I don't think I missed anything, did I? Why can't I understand a single word Chu Ci is saying? What does he mean, "don't have to do the legwork"? Does he mean Zhou Jin and Li Muting are doing the legwork for them? But why? Didn't Chu Ci already use the "Exchange Card"? And they really did hand those 500 yuan over to Zhou Jin and Li Muting's team.]
[Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou had all their money snatched away. How are they still so relaxed? Are they sure they'll win, or do they just not care whether they win or lose?]
[I think it's the former? Do you remember what Chu Ci said earlier-"We've made it so obvious"? That means Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou did this on purpose. Their goal was to make Zhou Jin and Li Muting suspect that the card he'd drawn was the "Exchange Card."]
[And! Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci clearly knew Zhou Jin and Li Muting were hiding nearby, but deliberately walked toward them anyway. So I'm more inclined to think Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou did this on purpose, aiming to get Li Muting or Zhou Jin to take off their hat?]
[But why would they do that? Do they have some backup plan we don't know about?]
The viewers' confusion was soon cleared up.
Because Chu Ci looked at the screen and calmly said, "I choose to use the Exchange Card again."
The moment he said that, the bullet comments went wild again.
[What does "use the Exchange Card again" mean? This Skill Card can actually be used twice?]
[Don't they only have one "Exchange Card"? Why can they use the "Exchange Card" again?]
[Ahhhhh! I get it! We thought the "Exchange Card" was weaker than the other three cards because the other team could very well have less money than you. In that situation, if you don't use the "Exchange Card," the other team eliminates you. If you use the "Skill Card," the money you worked so hard to earn goes to them. The difference between those two options is that with the latter, you don't have to wait to respawn. But whichever you choose, you have to give your money to the other team. The director must have considered that too, so he buffed the "Exchange Card." If the other team really does have less money than you, you can use the Exchange Card a second time.]
[Can someone explain that in simpler terms?]
[Take what just happened as an example. Zhou Jin and Li Muting had less money than Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci. Chu Ci had no choice but to use the "Exchange Card" the first time to save himself. They were forced to exchange their money, and Zhou Jin and Li Muting got Chu Ci's 500 yuan. But the right to use the "Exchange Card" a second time is in Chu Ci's hands. If he isn't happy with the result of the exchange, he has the right to use the "Exchange Card" again and get those 500 yuan belonging to him and Ye Qingzhou back from Zhou Jin and Li Muting.]
[So that's how it works! Thanks for explaining! I finally understand why Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou's reactions were so unusual. Turns out this was a trap they set for the other team.]
[Zhou Jin only knew that a Skill Card called the "Exchange Card" existed, but didn't know exactly what it did. And with the "Plunder Card" as a precedent, he assumed the "Exchange Card" worked just like the "Plunder Card"-a single-use consumable.]
[I remember the staff didn't tell Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou exactly what these cards did either, right? So how did Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou know the "Exchange Card" could be used twice?]
[Girl, maybe you missed it? Chu Ci figured it out as soon as he learned the Skill Card's exact name.]
[Huh? Is... is this really not scripted?]
[What? He figured out that the "Exchange Card" could be used twice just from the name "Exchange Card"? Is Chu Ci actually a genius?! [dumbstruck.jpg]]
It all started half an hour earlier.
While Let's Fall in Love was dominating the trending searches, the director sent a message to the staff member in charge of the "Skill Cards." The gist was that if Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou guessed the "Exchange Card" could be used twice, there was no need to deny it.
The "Exchange Card's" function had originally been the production team's biggest secret for this episode. The director had even placed several slips of paper at the task locations to hint at the "Exchange Card's" true usage. He had never expected Chu Ci to figure it out just from the name "Exchange Card," without finding the slips he had left behind.
Before filming began, he had told the staff at the task locations to keep it secret. Until the guests found the slips, they were not to readily admit that the "Exchange Card" could be used twice.
When the director saw the trending searches about Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou flooding the internet, he changed his mind on the spot.
If Chu Ci figured out that the "Exchange Card" could be used twice just from its name, wouldn't that make for better television than the paper-slip hunt he had designed?
That was what led to everything that followed.
After saying, "Use the Exchange Card again," Chu Ci let out a sigh of relief.
Looking at the handsome Ye Qingzhou beside him, he raised his brows slightly, his voice carrying a smile. "You figured it out too, didn't you?"
"...What?"
Ye Qingzhou's attention was entirely on Chu Ci's hair, and he failed to react for a moment.