CSGM - Chapter 30
Chapter 30: Standard Procedure, No Need for 6s
She could have gotten everyone into a five-star boutique hotel, but...
She glanced at Li Xiling, who was sitting beside her with an innocent, goofy grin... Forget it, she thought. A four-star guesthouse isn't bad either.
Next, the third Golden Apple question was drawn by Luo Yangtian.
Chu Xi had deliberately avoided drawing the Golden Apple questions.
Unfortunately, Luo Yangtian didn't answer correctly.
The giant pendulum, based on the accumulated score on the deduction board, advanced another 5 points' distance toward their platform. This time, as it swung, it grazed the tip of Luo Yangtian's nose, scaring him so much that he shrank his neck down, tucking his chin in tightly like a frightened quail.
"I'm toast!" Luo Yangtian barely dodged it again amidst his own screams.
But he was also keenly aware that next time, even if it advanced by just one more point, he'd be a goner.
In his panic, he shouted, "Sister Xi, save me! Sister Xi, help!"
If he got eliminated, they wouldn't even get to stay in the four-star guesthouse.
Chu Xi laughed at him. "What are you afraid of?"
Next, it was Xiao Han's turn. He drew a 1-point question and actually managed to answer it correctly.
Chu Xi clicked her tongue softly to herself, thinking, When I actually need you to be useful, you're useless.
When it was Ren Zhi's turn, she actually drew the highest-value question, worth 5 points.
Seeing the score on the board, Ren Zhi took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. Her eyelashes fluttered like a butterfly's frozen wings, her expression showing considerable pressure.
Chu Xi looked at the question—
【Complete a five-line poetry relay in 30 seconds.】
Director: "The timer starts now."
Ren Zhi's mind raced, brainstorming.
"Green mountains can't block it; after all, it flows east."
"East... Last year, today, within this gate, a face and peach blossoms reflected each other's red."
Chu Xi glanced at Ren Zhi. Heh, she's pretty quick on the uptake.
But the next second, her expression suddenly changed. She grew tense and started muttering anxiously—
"It's over, it's over. This question is worth so many points. If she gets it wrong, Luo Yangtian will be eliminated."
"It looks like half the time is already gone. Ren Zhi, hurry up."
"You're running out of time, hiss... How can anyone think of so many poems? So slow, there's definitely not enough time."
"You'll probably only get four at most. It looks like there are only a few seconds left. Not enough time, not enough time..."
Under Chu Xi's interruption—oh no, perhaps it could be called harassment—Ren Zhi hadn't even thought of the fourth line of poetry. Just as she finished the third, "Red beans grow in the southern land; how many branches sprout in spring," time was up.
The Director smiled smugly. "Time's up. Incorrect answer. Deduct 5 points."
Ren Zhi ground her teeth fiercely and turned to look at Chu Xi.
Chu Xi had been completely disrupting her morale and interfering with her train of thought. If Chu Xi hadn't been chattering away beside her, she might have had a chance to answer the question correctly.
Who knew that not only did Chu Xi feel no remorse for her disruptive behavior, but she even had the audacity to grin, revealing two rows of neat, white teeth. She gave Ren Zhi a cheeky smile and said slyly:
"Tsk, looks like Luo Yangtian is really going to be eliminated now."
Speechless, Ren Zhi closed her eyes, trying her best to remain patient. She said to her:
"Chu Xi, when other people are answering questions, you should be a little quieter."
Chu Xi looked thoughtful for a moment, then had an epiphany after three seconds.
"Ah—I'm sorry, Sister Zhi. I was just too nervous. I didn't mean to distract you."
Ren Zhi thought, What did Chu Xi call me? Sister Zhi?
Chu Xi was being sarcastic, saying the opposite of what she meant.
So Chu Xi had done it on purpose.
She suddenly understood. Since it was intentional, she let it go. Perhaps Chu Xi had her own plan.
Xiao Han and Zhao Shiqing were like a duo in a comic crosstalk. The moment they saw an opportunity, they rushed to lecture Chu Xi, one after the other.
"Chu Xi, that was wrong of you. Even if Zhizhi couldn't answer the question, you shouldn't have distracted her while she was trying."
"That's right, Chu Xi. What you said just now put way too much pressure on Sister Zhi. The question was already hard. If you had let Sister Zhi perform normally, she might have had a chance."
Chu Xi listened and nodded repeatedly. "Mhm... you're right, you're right."
Associating with these two was a complete waste of her life.
Ren Zhi was so much better, knowing to say her piece and then stop.
Her roommate and these two were like clouds and mud—worlds apart.
Next, it was Chu Xi's turn. She chose a Golden Apple question and intentionally answered it wrong.
The moment he heard the wrong answer, the Director was stunned for a second. He never expected Chu Xi to get a question wrong. But after the initial surprise, he came to his senses—it was normal. Chu Xi wasn't a god; she couldn't be omniscient. It was perfectly reasonable for there to be questions she didn't know, right? How normal.
This was good! This actually made him quite happy!
The Director laughed heartily. "Incorrect answer!"
The giant pendulum moved toward the members again, another 5 points' distance! Luo Yangtian's eyes widened, and two words were about to burst from his terrified gaze: I'm doomed!
The advance was complete. A staff member activated the swing.
The corners of the Director's mouth curled up smugly.
Meanwhile, Chu Xi quietly closed her eyes, listening to Luo Yangtian's screams.
"Ahhhh—huh?"
From a scream to a question.
Heh... Cleared.
A faint smile touched her lips as she slowly opened her eyes amidst the abruptly changing cry.
Aside from her calm and composed expression, which showed she had expected this, all the other members were staring in shock at the far left.
—The giant pendulum was blocked by the scoreboard!
The scoring board was diagonally behind Luo Yangtian to his left. The arc of the swinging hammer hadn't even reached him before it hit the lower-hanging scoreboard first. Its mission to hit a person was cut short midway.
It bumped against the side of the scoreboard a few times, and finally, its momentum spent, it calmed down and became a stationary object.
Who would have thought that this unnoticed scoreboard would actually become Luo Yangtian's shield!
Only then did Chu Xi speak up. "Director, it didn't hit Luo Yangtian. That doesn't count as an elimination, right?"
The Director propped his forehead up with one hand and let out a long, helpless sigh.
He couldn't believe that even this design flaw from the props team had been discovered and exploited by Chu Xi!
She had clearly calculated that after moving 5 points, the pendulum's position would cause it to hit the scoreboard first, and only then did she deliberately distract Ren Zhi to make her lose points.
The Director finally realized it.
Chu Xi hadn't gotten the Golden Apple question wrong because she didn't know the answer, but because she intentionally got it wrong!
Provocation! This was pure provocation!
But there was nothing he could do. He had set the rules himself. All he could say now was, "It doesn't count."
Ren Zhi understood now and smiled. "So that's how it was."
Luo Yangtian, having survived the ordeal, also realized what had happened. He looked at Chu Xi in pleasant surprise. "Wow, Sister Xi, if you lived in ancient times, you could have been a master diviner!"
Zhao Shiqing clenched her teeth, shooting Chu Xi a look of disgust from a corner where no one was paying attention.
Why was she so smart? It was like she was dazzling everywhere she went, like she was always the main character in front of the camera! On what grounds?
An emotion called jealousy burned wildly in Zhao Shiqing's heart.
【Chu Xi's IQ is terrifying!】
【@IAmTheBrainKing show, please look at this live stream. Invite Chu Xi to be a guest on your next season, thank you.】
【For the newcomers, standard procedure, no need for 6s.】
【Holy crap, I think Chu Xi's IQ must be at least 140?! She can find any bug!】
【Brilliant, absolutely brilliant! The Director set the questions, and the Director was the one who got crushed!】
【Ever since I became a fan of Chu Xi, I feel like my Ren and Du meridians have been opened. I might be on the verge of enlightenment and becoming one of the smart people.】
【Help! Who gets it? A sapiosexual seeing Chu Xi would literally be unable to walk!】
【More than just unable to walk, my knees are gone. My mom asked me why I'm watching my iPad on my knees.】
【Someone stole a thousand yuan from me at work last week. If only Chu Xi were here, she could definitely help me find the thief.】
【Dude, you really know how to match skills to the job.】
The Q&A session, which the Director had meticulously designed to trap people but ended up trapping himself, was over.
Except for Li Xiling, who had gotten overly excited, slipped, and jumped out of the standing area, no other members were eliminated.
For the next seven days, all the members of Our Restaurant would be staying at the four-star guesthouse hotel.
The upside was that the guesthouse rooms were built within a garden, and the external environment was elegant and serene.
The production team began distributing the room cards. Chu Xi's room number was 017, and Ren Zhi's was 018.
It seemed that starting tonight, she would no longer be sleeping in the same room as Ren Zhi.
I hope it doesn't rain here anytime soon... Chu Xi couldn't help but think.
Becoming neighbors with Ren Zhi was acceptable, she supposed.
Everyone started moving their personal belongings from the RV to their assigned guesthouse rooms. Just then, Zhao Shiqing, holding room card 015, approached Chu Xi.
"Sister Xi!" she called out from behind Chu Xi, then caught up with quick, small steps.
Chu Xi turned around impassively. "What is it?"
"Um..." Zhao Shiqing uttered a shy syllable, looking embarrassed. "Sister Xi, actually, Sister Zhi has always been my idol. I really admire her acting, and I want to learn more from her... You know I'm a flying guest, so I won't be here for long. For the remaining three days, I was hoping... to stay next to Sister Zhi. Of course, of course, I don't mean anything else by it. I just want more opportunities to ask her for acting advice. Could you switch room cards with me? After all, I'm leaving in three days, so I don't have many chances to learn from Sister Zhi... You wouldn't be unwilling, would you?"
Zhao Shiqing thought, I've put it like that. Chu Xi should be too embarrassed to refuse.
Even if she wanted to refuse, we're in front of the cameras. With so many people watching, would she dare say it?
My request is so polite. If Chu Xi refuses, she'll be the one who's rude.
So, the little green tea had said all that just because she wanted to live next to Ren Zhi.
Chu Xi let out an amused, cold laugh, laced with ridicule for Zhao Shiqing's unreasonable request.
Her tone and words were completely unsubtle, simple and direct: "I'm not willing."
Zhao Shiqing froze. Huh...?
The next second, while she was still stunned, Chu Xi spoke again.
"If you know your acting is bad, go back and find more acting coaches to study with. Spend less time on variety shows."
Her soft lips parted and met, releasing a breath that was calm and unadorned, yet every word was a gem.
If my acting is bad... go back and study? Spend less time on shows?
Listen to that! Is that something a human being would say?
And Chu Xi is an eighteenth-tier actress with even fewer works than me!!!
Zhao Shiqing's face instantly turned green.
After speaking, Chu Xi ignored her reaction, swiped her room card with a beep, and began moving her things into her room on her own.
Watching Our Restaurant on her headphones while riding in a car, the agent Yu Yixue was now slowly beginning to understand why Boss Cheng had repeatedly insisted that she sign Chu Xi.
She was gradually getting the feeling that this artist was... a little unusual.
Take her high-IQ persona, for example. There probably wasn't a second artist in the entertainment industry who overlapped with her.
And then there was her temperament... not many would have the guts to imitate that.
Moreover, her looks were outstanding enough. Her physical attributes were superior.
The taxi stopped on the side of the road in Jinwu Town. Yu Yixue paid the fare, got out, and walked toward the RV restaurant.
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