Chu Yu also calmly raised her eyes, rapidly sifting through possible candidates for the mystery guest in her mind.
Actually, she did not care who it was, as long as it was not one of the few people she least wanted to see.
[Ahhhhh, finally! I'm offering up a year of my best friend being single to pray that it's a male guest! I want to see a Shura field!]
[If it's a male guest, I hope he's handsome. At least give us some eye candy.]
Then the private room's door was pushed open.
Under the lights, Gu Jinhuai adjusted his collar, revealing his sexy Adam's apple, and stepped into the room.
"Sorry to have kept everyone waiting." His deep, magnetic voice rang out in the livestream.
The camera zoomed in with him, focusing on Gu Jinhuai's handsome face.
The man had sword-like brows, starry eyes, a high, straight nose, and an ethereal air as delicate as mist.
The viewers, who had been eagerly guessing all sorts of possibilities, immediately froze.
The livestream, which had been flooded with comments, fell utterly silent as though its signal had suddenly cut out.
Until someone finally reacted.
[Wait? Am I hallucinating? Why does this guy... look so much like Male God Gu?]
[I don't think it's a hallucination?]
[!! Holy shit, it really is Gu Jinhuai himself!]
Compared to the viewers watching through their screens, the sisters and brothers present were no less stunned.
Especially Chu Yu, whose eyes went round as she sat rigidly in her seat, not moving a muscle.
Seeking advice online: what should you do when an ex-boyfriend who was supposed to have peacefully disappeared suddenly reappears?
Chu Chen quickly noticed that something was off about his older sister's expression. Narrowing his eyes slightly, he suspiciously looked Gu Jinhuai up and down, his thoughts unknown.
On the same side, An Ya's gaze briefly froze.
She was also utterly shocked that Gu Jinhuai would actually come on this variety show.
Noticing everyone around him staring blankly, An Yu looked a little confused and tugged at his sister's clothes. "Sis, why aren't any of you saying anything?"
Finally coming to her senses, An Ya quickly shook her head at her brother. "It's nothing."
When Wen Zhixin, who had been full of anticipation, recognized the newcomer, a flash of delighted surprise crossed her eyes.
Of course she knew who Gu Jinhuai was.
She simply had not expected the production team to be so capable that they could even invite Gu Jinhuai.
At that thought, Wen Zhixin instinctively began to brush back her hair with a demure air, stealing glances toward Gu Jinhuai out of the corner of her eye.
Just as she was about to take the initiative and greet him.
Gu Jinhuai walked straight past her and turned toward the seat beside Chu Yu, deliberately giving Chu Yu another look before sitting down.
Then he looked at the director. "Whatever you have scheduled, we can get started."
The smile on Wen Zhixin's face froze just like that.
Fortunately, everyone's attention was focused on Gu Jinhuai, and no one noticed her embarrassment at all.
The director perked up as well. "All right, well... everyone should already know who President Gu is, so I won't spend time introducing him. Let me explain the procedure for this afternoon's haunted house visit."
Gu Jinhuai had always acted with the force of thunder and the speed of the wind. Under his powerful aura, the director did not utter so much as half a sentence of unnecessary chatter and went straight to the point.
"We have just one experience planned for this afternoon-the Underworld Haunted House."
"The Underworld Haunted House is set in the realm of the dead, complete with NPC staff and puzzle mechanisms. Visitors entering the haunted house need to find and solve the puzzles within the time limit and obtain the final clue to successfully leave the haunted house."
The director gave another mysterious smile and continued, "Oh, right, this haunted house experience will be a team competition. The first team to successfully escape will receive two exclusive Wish Coins, the second will receive one, and the last team will get nothing."
"Later, when we take part in the wilderness survival camping activities, guests will be able to use these Wish Coins to exchange for certain game items from the production team. So please do your best to clear the challenge and lay a solid foundation for the later filming."
After hearing the director's explanation, the guests who had been extremely resistant suddenly became somewhat interested.
The haunted house's setup did not sound quite so frightening.
The newly added Wish Coin rewards seemed pretty interesting too.
Seeing their expressions soften, the director struck while the iron was hot and continued moving things along. "Then let's not sit around. Let's get going. The sooner we finish, the sooner everyone can go back and rest."
Chu Yu gave a light cough and stood up with a composed expression, her tone slightly cool. "Yes, the director's right. We should make the most of our time."
Seeing how cooperative Chu Yu was, the director recalled the earlier scene of her stepping forward and immediately made a decision.
"Chu Yu made a tremendous contribution to the production team during the earlier roller coaster experience, so I'm making a special request to award her an additional Wish Coin. What does everyone think?"
Everyone acknowledged Chu Yu's contribution in riding the roller coaster alone.
Even Wen Zhixin, who disliked her, could find no grounds to object at that moment and said nothing.
Seeing that no one objected, the director nodded happily. "All right, then it's settled. Also, before we officially begin the haunted house experience, we still need to divide into teams. The production team's arrangement is for each sister and brother to automatically form a team, and then President Gu can choose any one of the teams to join."
"President Gu, which sister-and-brother team would you prefer to join for the challenge?"
Upon hearing that they would be dividing into teams, Wen Zhixin quickly raised her head and looked at Gu Jinhuai with some anticipation.
Of course she hoped Gu Jinhuai would join their team.
After all, Gu Jinhuai was quite famous, and being on his team would definitely bring her plenty of attention and exposure.
Besides, she could use their time as teammates to build a good relationship with Gu Jinhuai, gaining a connection that could open doors.
Chu Yu's own expression, however, remained as calm as still water.