DTBS - Chapter 167

Chapter 167: Parenting Show 19: Smash Cup as Signal

【The opening blockbuster of the year, starring the Qin Qingshang couple, 《Absolutely Impossible》】

【Large-scale comedy, right? (dog head)】

【Hahahaha, seriously, the comedies during the New Year weren't as funny as this】

【What should I do, I really want to see CEO Tao mess up】

【No rush, no rush, isn't CEO Tao going to smash the cup tonight as a signal to summon the black-clothed people to capture Sister Qin? Let's see how she coaxes her wife later】

【Kneel down on the spot and say this wasn't her intention, the production team forced her】

【Production team: ?】

【Hahahahahahahahaha, amazing】

"Alright, I believe you, I doubt you'd dare lie to me!" Qin Qingshang threw herself into her arms. "Qiuqiu, you better not lie to me, or I'll be very, very angry. Be careful, I might accidentally resort to domestic violence; I can be quite fierce when I'm angry."

"...Do I look like I'd dare lie to you?" Tao Qiuyun didn't dare answer directly, only responding evasively, trying to clear her name.

"Okay, I know you wouldn't~" The cat rubbed against her. "Qiuqiu, your heart is beating so fast."

Tao Qiuyun's breath hitched, afraid her wife would see through her guilt. She immediately picked her up, laughing, "Of course my heart beats faster when you're this close to me."

"You! This is live!" Suddenly being princess carried, even with Qin Qingshang's superb acting skills, the blush on her face was an uncontrollable physiological reaction. She simply buried her head in the woman's embrace. "You didn't forget, did you?"

"I didn't forget," Tao Qiuyun carried her towards the courtyard. "Qingshang, were you taking a walk just now?"

"Yeah."

"You walked so much on the mountain road today, are you tired? I'll carry you back to rest and help you massage your legs?"

"No need," Qin Qingshang was a little shy but didn't refuse. "Aren't we going to the Witch Shrine later? I'll lie down in the room for a bit. Once Teacher Ming and the others are rested and ready, we'll go up the mountain."

Tao Qiuyun smiled and nodded, her eyes deep.

Right, they were going to the Witch Shrine later... It seemed she couldn't smash the cup tonight. Otherwise, she'd break her promise right after making it, and wouldn't the furious cat bite her to death? It was better to wait, get through these two days, and not poke the big cat's butt.

After the group of six rested and tidied up, Ming Siwen, relying on having scouted the location with Mengmeng earlier and having the title of "legal wife," conveniently "borrowed" a flashlight from a cabinet in the house. The group went up the mountain together, following Zhou Linwan's clues to find the Witch Shrine.

【Hahahahahaha, just saw CEO Tao massaging Sister Qin's legs, probably after tonight, CEO Tao will be massaging her own legs】

【Because she has to kneel on a washboard?】

【Hurry up and bring it on! I can't stand it anymore (pounding table)】

【Qinqin, your Qingshang Mama is going to avenge you (dog head)】

【I'm thinking, at this critical juncture, CEO Tao probably won't smash the cup, right? Otherwise, she'd really be starting a fire herself】

【Usually, the one who says "Woman, you're playing with fire" is the CEO, so it's fine if CEO Tao starts the fire herself (trying to convince myself)】

【After CEO Tao starts the fire, she'll have to figure out how to put it out (eating melon)】

【Thinking about CEO Tao's actions in the romance show, I think she can do it】

【I also guess she will smash it!】

【I bet she won't】

【If she doesn't smash it, I'll eat this computer screen right here!】

While the bullet comments were trying to trick people into eating things, the group of six saw lights in the mountains and successfully found the Witch Shrine.

"What are you doing!" The Great Witch, Ding Yuyan, with her novel makeup, walked out holding a pole covered in bells. She stared at the group with unfriendly eyes. "Outsiders? You are not welcome here, leave!"

"Ding... Great Witch Sister," Qin Qingshang stepped forward. "We sincerely want to settle on the island. We heard you have great prestige in this area, so we specifically came to ask for your help."

"Yes, the people on this island are very exclusive," Lü Fangting also launched her attack. "We sincerely want to settle down and don't want to have a bad relationship with the neighbors. We heard you are beautiful and kind-hearted, could you please show us a clear path?"

"Witch Sister," Ming Siwen stepped forward, closing the distance between them. "Look, the wind is strong in the mountains at night. To avoid catching a cold, why don't we go inside and talk?"

Gu Yunfei supported Ding Yuyan's right hand. The graceful beauty exuded strong affinity, like a long-lost sister. "Great Witch, to be honest, I have a younger sister who also likes to wear her hair like yours. When I see you, I think of my sister."

Mu Kaitai secretly asked Qin Qingshang, "She has a sister?"

"No," Qin Qingshang recalled, she hadn't heard of Gu Yunfei having a sister. "Maybe she's just making it up to build rapport and steal the key."

Mu Kaitai: "..." This must be the skill of an actress.

"Oh dear," Ding Yuyan walked along with Gu Yunfei's steps. She suddenly let out a strange cry and slapped her forehead. "Look at my memory, I was going to the backyard to get medicine."

Medicine? Backyard?

Hearing these two sensitive words, the six-person group's thoughts aligned: this was definitely a clue.

Qin Qingshang took the lead. "Great Witch Sister, we'll go help you get the medicine. You go back inside and rest first. The wind is too strong, don't catch a cold."

Was there wind? Yes, but not enough to make someone catch a cold. Clearly, Qin Cat was very dedicated in the game, willing to say anything for clues and to win.

Tao Qiuyun: "..." She had a bad feeling.

"No, you can't," Ding Yuyan shook her head. "My medicine is in jars, you won't find it."

"Then Qingshang and I will look together." Ming Siwen looked at Ding Yuyan. "Two people should be able to find it, right?"

"But there are quite a few jars, two people probably won't be able to..." Ding Yuyan was still unwilling.

"I'll help too!" Mu Kaitai volunteered. She felt she was quite good at physical tasks like finding things.

Gu Yunfei was a step slower and couldn't help but purse her lips, glancing at Mu Kaitai.

"Then the three of us will go to the backyard to help you find the medicine, Great Witch. Great Witch Sister, what does your medicine look like?" Qin Qingshang said this while standing behind Tao Qiuyun, reaching out to push her lower back. "Qiuqiu, you go with Sister Gu and Sister Fangting to chat with the Great Witch and tell her we sincerely want to settle on the island."

After saying that, she quietly bit Tao Qiuyun's ear and whispered, "Split up. After we find it, we'll look for other clues. You guys see if you can get the key."

"My medicine is in a glass bottle, and inside is pure black liquid." Ding Yuyan was pulled into the house by Gu Yunfei, not forgetting to recite the description.

"Okay!" Qin Qingshang nodded to show she understood, then poked Tao Qiuyun's lower back with her index finger again. "Did you hear that!"

"...Mm." Tao Qiuyun nodded.

Qin Qingshang, Ming Siwen, and Mu Kaitai went to the backyard to get the medicine. Tao Qiuyun, Gu Yunfei, and Lü Fangting followed into the inner room. The six people were clearly divided in their tasks, and they had planned well, but...

"Is this what Sister Ding meant by 'a few jars'?!" Mu Kaitai exclaimed in surprise.

In her astonishment, she even forgot Ding Yuyan's character setting.

The open space before them was filled with large ancient wine jars, their openings tightly sealed with red cloth. Looking around, they almost covered the entire backyard.

"There are at least fifty of these," Qin Qingshang's vision went dark. She hadn't expected the production team to be so cruel. She could only complain, "The Great Witch Sister has quite a lot of patience too."

If she really forgot, she'd have to feel every single jar, right?

And... who would put medicine in a place like this? Only variety shows would do something like this, deliberately tormenting the guests!

"Let's just start looking, save time." Mu Kaitai was the first to walk towards the nearest jar, squatting down and directly tearing off the seal.

"Wait!" Ming Siwen tried to stop her.

"What's wrong?" Mu Kaitai had torn open the red cloth and hadn't had time to look inside when she heard Ming Siwen's exclamation. She couldn't help but turn back to look at her.

"Nothing," Ming Siwen shook her head, reminding her, "I just wanted to say, be careful, there might be dangerous items inside the jars."

For example, to scare the guests, they might put a toy snake or something. She had been pranked like that in previous variety shows and still felt lingering fear.

"Inside is..." Mu Kaitai leaned in to look. "Wow, this is disgusting."

There seemed to be a lump of sesame paste inside the jar. She leaned closer to smell it. "No smell, can't tell what it is."

Ming Siwen and Qin Qingshang immediately gathered around.

"They don't want us to reach in and stir it, do they?" Qin Qingshang guessed.

Such disgusting black goo, which genius came up with this idea?

Ming Siwen's face darkened. Although she didn't mind rolling in mud for acting, it didn't mean she liked to suffer outside of acting. This was the production team deliberately making things difficult for them!

"I'll do it!" Mu Kaitai didn't know the two actresses were secretly complaining about the production team. She thought the actresses were concerned about their image, so she volunteered to help them out, reaching her hand into the jar.

"Don't use your bare hands," Ming Siwen grabbed her hand. "I brought a set."

"You brought a set?" x2

Seeing their surprised looks, Ming Siwen knew she had been ambiguous and her face turned red. "Not that... Oh, this, gloves, gloves!"

She pulled out a pile of small packaged disposable gloves from her pocket, explaining, "I found them when I got the flashlight, so I just grabbed them."

"Teacher Ming, you 'borrowed' quite a lot," Qin Qingshang teased her, then picked up a small package. Suddenly remembering something, her face also flushed instantly.

"Why are you blushing?" Ming Siwen tore open the package and put on a glove.

"Nothing, nothing." The cat waved her hands repeatedly, avoiding further questions from Ming Siwen. After putting on the gloves, she simply reached directly into the black goo and searched. "There seems to be nothing inside. Let's split up and look elsewhere."

Seeing Ming Siwen and Mu Kaitai get up to look in other jars, she let out a huge sigh of relief...

She had just remembered the time at St. Ya Restaurant when Tao Qiuyun mistook finger cots for gloves, which led her to think of the series of events where she helped Qiuqiu put them on.

Focus! Qin Qingshang, focus! Qiuqiu is looking for the key inside right now!

Thinking of this rare opportunity to work together with Tao Qiuyun as a couple, the cat felt sweet inside, humming a little tune as she went to feel the next jar...

She felt three or four jars in a row, and none of them contained the Great Witch's medicine. Complaining about her bad luck today, Qin Qingshang tore open another sealed red cloth.

"Huh?" She was a little confused. She could hear a sound inside when she shook this jar, but she couldn't feel anything. Could there be a false bottom inside?

The backyard was too dark to see clearly, so Qin Qingshang picked up the jar and took it under the lantern, wanting to take a closer look.

Then...

"Ah—!"

A blood-red eyeball suddenly popped up from the bottom of the jar. Although it didn't reach the opening, it was enough to clearly see its terrifying appearance. The cat was completely unprepared and was so startled she shivered. The jar in her hand was immediately thrown out, hitting the concrete ground with a crisp sound and breaking.

The black-clothed people hiding nearby heard the crisp "sound of a cup smashing." The leader with the rabbit mask leaped high, raising his arm and shouting, "Take down Qin Qingshang! Offer her to the Young Commander!"

"Offer to the Young Commander!" x10

As if afraid they wouldn't know who the mastermind was, the black-clothed people who rushed out instantly shouted and acted, first capturing the three bewildered people in the backyard.

"What are you doing! What Young Commander? Ahhh—let go of me!" Ming Siwen exclaimed.

"Help—!" Mu Kaitai called for help, and also reminded her three companions still inside the house, "Run! There are bad guys!"

Qin Qingshang was tied up with hemp rope, and the fire on her head was about to ignite. "What are you doing! This is too much! What's the point of bullying us? Do you believe my Qiuqiu will come out and teach you a lesson! Even if the Young Commander comes today, she'll get two slaps!"

Black-clothed people: "..."

Oh no, it seems the Young Commander will have a difficult end this time. We hope she won't take it out on us, after all, this was her own order.

We are just ordinary workers following orders!

Tao Qiuyun: Is there such a big cup? Can't you tell that's a jar!

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