DTBS - Chapter 175

Chapter 175: Parenting Show End: I Remembered It

Seeing Qin Qingshang mention outside information, Gu Yunfei quickly helped shift the focus to avoid breaking the audience's immersion. "Even if Ayin and the Young Commander wanted to leave the island, they didn't say they wouldn't come back. You didn't have to kill them!"

"What do you know?" The white-bearded old man shook his head. "They wouldn't have come back. Over the years, I've completely understood. You young people can't appreciate the love our generation has for Destiny Island. And that outsider woman is bewitching the future Island Master, destroying our future. I just did what I had to do."

"Then what is all this now?" Kong Fangshu pointed at the huge bomb nearby. "If you truly love this island, why would you destroy it?"

"If no one loves it, then it's better to end it while someone still does!" The white-bearded man stared at Qin Qingshang. "That woman back then tricked the Young Commander with that face."

He then turned to look at Tao Qiuyun. "Young Commander, as long as you personally feed this woman the Mist-Breaking Lamp Filament and swear you will never leave Destiny Island, then I am willing to spare the others. Just you and your child need to stay here."

Hearing this, the little Cat was so scared she hugged Tao Qiuyun's leg. "Mama, what is this grandpa saying?"

"Great Witch, give up," Tao Qiuyun said seriously. "I lost Ayin, I won't lose my beloved again."

Qin Qingshang still remembered Tao Qiuyun's character setting was a heartless person who only wanted to sacrifice her to revive Ayin. She couldn't help but ask, "If the Great Witch could revive Ayin, Qiuqiu, would you feed me the medicine?"

"No," the woman turned to look at her, her voice firm. "The Young Commander who was focused on reviving Ayin is dead. Now there is only Tao Qiuyun who loves you wholeheartedly."

Qin Qingshang's face instantly turned red...

Love words! Tao Qiuyun, this block of wood, actually said love words to her!

This outwardly reserved but inwardly passionate person usually only said suggestive things when she provoked her. She didn't expect her to actually say something nice on her own.

The Cat's mood immediately brightened a bit.

The white-bearded old man and Kong Fangshu exchanged a few more words. Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and pressed the button on the remote control. Instantly, an explosion sounded from a distance.

"The boats at the dock have been blown up by me! When the countdown ends, you will stay on Destiny Island with me forever! Hahahaha!"

Seeing this, Tao Qiuyun immediately looked at the Rabbit Mask. "The Great Witch has violated the rules of Destiny Island. The children on the island are in danger. Now, who should you listen to?"

"Listen to the new Island Master's arrangements!" The Rabbit Mask decisively chose Tao Qiuyun and updated her title from Young Commander to Island Master.

While Tao Qiuyun was directing the men in black to capture the white-bearded man and go to the Witch Shrine to apprehend Ding Yuyan, Tao Aiqin, with Gu Jingyou, dug out a yellowed booklet from a pile of dirt. She immediately took it to show Qin Qingshang.

Meanwhile, the audience in the livestream chat were startled. The production team was actually serious!

【OMG, I watched the official public livestream, and it was a real explosion. Gotta say, this scale, the production team really has money】

【Hahaha, as soon as Teacher Ming and the others came out, she was scared by the sudden "BOOM" sound from the dock and fell onto Sister Zhou, whose waist wasn't fully recovered. So funny】

【As expected of Aspirin, her actions are anything but ordinary】

【Hahaha, actually Teacher Ming wasn't scared by the sound, it was the goose that was scared by the BOOM and flapped its wings, and Teacher Ming was scared by the goose (serious explanation)】

【Sister Mu has a "I'm shipping it, it's real" expression】

【Qinqin is amazing! You are the MVP of this game!】

【Little Cat, you're awesome, you even dug out the bomb defusal manual】

Tao Aiqin wasn't surprised. According to the logic of variety shows, if the bomb defusal manual wasn't given by an NPC, it would be hidden somewhere on the scene. And that pile of dirt was so obvious, she just had to dig a bit and it appeared.

"It says here the bomb is divided into two areas, A and B, and each connecting wire is connected. Area A has four colors: red, orange, yellow, and green. Area B has three colors: cyan, blue, and purple. After cutting any color wire, the time will decrease. The timers in both areas need to be synchronized to disarm the first module. If that's the case, do we need to try and fail first? Figure out the time corresponding to each color and calculate, while there's still plenty of time." Tao Qiuyun leaned over to look at the manual in Qin Qingshang's hand and offered her suggestion.

Qin Qingshang's head hurt listening to this. She didn't like math. She leaned her head on the woman's shoulder. "I'll leave it to you, Qiuqiu."

"Mama," the little Cat didn't understand, her face innocent. "If we cut all the wires, won't the time be the same too?"

Everyone was stunned, thinking she made a lot of sense.

Right, if we cut all the wires together, wouldn't that be perfectly synchronized? No need to do math!

They immediately put it into action. He Shanyan and Kong Fangshu had explosive execution power. They took the two tools given by the men in black, counted "three, two, one," and simultaneously cut all the wires, successfully disarming the first module.

In the observation room, Dai Congxu clutched his chest and collapsed. "Give... give me oxygen!"

Was this normal? Was this the price he paid for underestimating the children?

The System thought Tao Aiqin's suggestion was quite insightful. 【Are you sure you don't know how to defuse bombs?】

The little Cat's face was solemn. "Sys, you and I solved the mystery of the strange animal noises late at night together before. Why haven't you gotten smarter? Adult puzzles carry adult arrogance. He thought we would obediently solve the problem, but as long as you think in the opposite direction, the real answer is right in front of you."

【Hahaha, as expected, it has to be the Cat who hasn't been beaten down by math, that's why she didn't fall into a thinking trap】

【Seriously, when she said cut them all, I had a sudden realization】

【I get it! Master Cat! From now on, when I see a math problem, I won't calculate!】

【Anyway, I can't calculate it correctly (dog head)】

【Hahaha】

While Tao Qiuyun and the others were solving the second module, Ming Siwen and the rest finally arrived to meet up. The entire cast of 《We Are Family》 was gathered.

"What are they doing?" Seeing He Shanyan and Kong Fangshu squatting in front of the bomb, pointing and gesturing, Lü Fangting couldn't help but ask Qin Qingshang.

"They're discharging the capacitor," the Cat replied.

Of course, it wasn't a real capacitor. In the show's setting, they just needed to keep the progress bar at the lowest position, which was a "can do it with hands" kind of task.

"Teacher Ming," Qin Qingshang turned to look at Ming Siwen and Zhou Linwan. "Did you find anything new on your side?"

"Remember the passage we couldn't open before? In Linwan's courtyard, there are several rubber dinghies there," Ming Siwen omitted the part about the bomb.

After all, they hadn't triggered the plot where Zhou Linwan activated the bomb, so there was no need to mention it.

"We can leave here by rubber dinghy," Lü Fangting added.

【Are there rubber dinghies? I switched screens when I saw Teacher Ming discover the bomb】

【Yes, they were pressed under rocks, Mu Kaitai found them】

【Sister Zhou said she used them back then, and some were recovered while fishing at the dock】

【Hahahaha, can fish for anything but actual fish, right?】

【The biggest fish she caught was Best Actress Ming】

"But the rubber dinghies can't fit everyone on the island," Qin Qingshang frowned. "If the bomb can't be disarmed, everyone will sink with Destiny Island."

Ming Siwen and the others also stayed to study the manual. Although the defusal progress kept moving forward, the white-bearded old man, controlled by the men in black, still smiled creepily.

Finally, when the guests discovered there was a final module not mentioned in the manual, they understood what he was smiling about.

"Hahahaha, how could I let you disarm it? I installed a module not in the manual. You all have to stay here!"

This final module, not mentioned in the manual, had black and white wires, conspicuously in everyone's sight. They didn't know if they should cut both, or choose one of the two.

"What do we do now?" He Shanyan sought everyone's opinion. "Should we try choosing one of the two?"

"But which color should we choose?" Lü Fangting frowned. "Did we encounter any clues related to colors?"

"Black? Because the Mist-Breaking Lamp Filament is black," Mu Kaitai guessed. "This seems to be the only clue we got, right?"

"If that's the case, does this prove that black cannot be cut?" Gu Yunfei looked down at her daughter. "What do you think, Jingyou?"

"I don't know," Gu Jingyou shook her head and ran towards Tao Aiqin with her short legs. "Cat Great Immortal knows!"

"Master Cat," He Ruotang also trusted Tao Aiqin greatly and asked, "What do you think?"

Meng Huashi was unhappy that Gu Jingyou was too close to Tao Aiqin. She held the Cat's little paw and secretly moved closer.

Qin Qingshang frowned. She had wanted to stop this just now. She actually didn't like Gu Yunfei directing this kind of question towards the child. If she said something wrong, the online trolls wouldn't care if a child understood or not, they would just spew nonsense and be done with it.

Besides, Gu Jingyou was only three years old. Gu Yunfei knew she wouldn't understand, was she deliberately guiding her? Or had she been out of the industry for too long, which made her so careless?

Although she knew a three-year-old girl definitely wouldn't have malicious intentions, Qin Qingshang's intuition at this moment told her: Gu Yunfei knew her daughter would go to Qinqin, and she did it on purpose.

The Cat felt inexplicably uncomfortable, not knowing if she was upset about Gu Yunfei's hidden intentions or her own overthinking, getting lost in wild thoughts.

"Qinqin," Tao Qiuyun squatted down, clearly thinking along the same lines as Qin Qingshang. She stroked the little Cat's head and said softly, "I think we should cut the white wire? Do you agree?"

Tao Aiqin hadn't thought that much. She was originally pondering the mystery of the colors. Suddenly hearing this, she thought Tao Qiuyun was smart and had figured it out right away.

"Qinqin thinks Mama is right!" The little Cat trusted her unconditionally.

At least she was the novel's female lead. In the same world view, she must have some luck, right?

"What do you all think?" Tao Qiuyun looked at everyone.

Seeing someone willing to take the lead, and it was Tao Qiuyun, everyone quickly said they would listen to her.

Qin Qingshang didn't want Tao Qiuyun to be scolded for guessing wrong, so she asked, "Qiuqiu, what's your basis?"

"Because Ayin likes white, so the white-bearded grandpa must be very annoyed by this color," Tao Qiuyun explained.

Ayin, Ayin, it's Ayin again! The script is so long, and you remember a fake character so clearly? Am I the actor or are you?

Qin Qingshang's breath hitched. She grabbed the scissors from the side, stepped forward aggressively, and decisively cut the black wire.

The bomb was instantly disarmed. Except for Qin Qingshang herself, who was stunned, everyone else found it incredible.

"Qingshang?" Tao Qiuyun didn't understand.

"Oh," Qin Qingshang looked back at her. "Actually, Ayin isn't dead. I am Ayin, so I couldn't bear to cut my favorite color."

"Really!" Tao Qiuyun's face lit up with joy. Did this mean her final mission of being with Ayin was actually completed? She won!

"Fake," Qin Qingshang's expression changed instantly. She rushed to Tao Qiuyun and hit her. "I knew you still liked Ayin. You don't like me at all! Bastard! I'm not done with you over this!"

"Qingshang," Tao Qiuyun grabbed her hand, confused. "Then why did you cut the black wire?"

"I was thinking since you don't love me, we might as well all hold hands and meet the angels together, so I cut the black wire. But who knew the black wire was the correct one," the Cat said the terrifying words in a calm tone.

The guests: "..."

Thank you, are we also part of your game?

Tao Aiqin: "..."

It seems Qin Qingshang, the true female lead, has reliable luck after all.

The white-bearded old man: "..."

There's such a good show to watch?

Actually, cutting either wire would have worked, and cutting both together would also successfully disarm it. This was the production team's setup, intended to make the guests anxious and overthink, thereby engaging the livestream audience in guessing along, all for a tense and exciting atmosphere.

But now, looking at the uniform "hahaha" in the comments, Dai Congxu sadly closed his eyes...

He never expected his horror-mystery variety show, disguised as a heartwarming kid show, to turn into a comedy show!

While Director Dai was immersed in sadness, Lu Xiaokui took over command, ordering fireworks to be set off to celebrate the guests' victory this episode.

He patted Dai Congxu's shoulder. "Didn't I tell you? They are quite something."

The previously spirited Director Dai let out a heavy sigh...

Tao Qiuyun, Qin Qingshang, Tao Aiqin!

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