Chapter 61: Ch.60: Women are scary creatures?!
The next day, at the crack of dawn, everyone sat lazily in the company's car as they prepared to go to their next destination.
And their next destination is a beach?
"Did you reserve the entire place?" Mu Du raised an eyebrow as he looked at the empty beach with no one in sight.
"We were afraid you guys would be too embarrassed to play if we didn't." Old Zhan replied as he carried a parasol under his arm, a deck chair in the other hand, and wore a straw hat on his head, a Hawaiin shirt on his chest, beach shorts on his legs, and slippers on his feet. From head to toe, the man looked like he was here on vacation.
"We originally were going to make you guys play beach volleyball, but…." Old Zhan's gaze fell on Wen Jiexi who was whispering quietly with Su Chenyu.
Everyone: ….We're afraid that if we play beach volleyball with this monster it will turn into a massacre. With the strength to break a wall with one punch, just how terrible will the taking a spike to the chest be? Would the ball go straight through their bodies and leave a hole?
"So we're going to play the 'hit on the girl' game instead! In about a few minutes, this beach will be open for tourists. Your goal is to get 100 lip prints!" Old Zhan said with a wolfish grin.
"Lip… lip print?" Shi Junmao blushed with shame.
"Yup! But of course, it's not going to be that simple! There are special rules!" Old Zhan glanced at them sneakily,
"The lip prints must be from members of the same sex! This means the men can only ask for kisses from men and the women can only ask other women! And the mysterious guest stars will act as a silent escort for the player you are paired with! You can stand to the side but you cannot ask for lip prints! In other words, you two will be acting as human cardboard cutouts!"
The human cardboard cutouts Su & Li: "….."
"Ah, in ten minutes the beach will be open! Everyone, please work hard! There is no time limit, but the three people who finished the task last will be punished~" Old Zhan glanced down at his watch and said.
Then each contestant received a piece of paper with a hundred square grids and then three lipsticks. It seems that the preparations were rather thorough and all they had to do was ask a person to apply the lipstick first and then press their lips against the paper.
"Sister Su, you're going to follow me, ok?" Wen Jiexi turned her head.
Su Chenyu nodded and stood beside Wen Jiexi while Li Lingqing stood beside Chu Heling.
"Although it is rather strange that we aren't wearing a swimsuit at a beach…." Wen Ting whispered and pulled at her animal costume to express her dissatisfaction.
"Ai? You guys want to wear swimsuits?" Old Zhan suddenly came over with a cunning gleam in his eyes.
"Come, come, I've already prepared several pairs for you."
At his words, the crew suddenly brought out several sets of swimsuits. For men, there were the regular swim trunks while the women got the bikinis. However, these swimsuits each had distinctive patterns. The bikinis were black, white, brown, gray, and brown while the men's swimming trunks had two black and white ones, one brown one, and one light coffee-colored one! Furthermore, each swimwear had a tail attached to the lower body piece! There were even animal ear headbands prepared….this was obviously an animal-style swimsuit.
"I think the clothes we have on now are good." Wen Jiexi said quietly. But she really wanted to see Sister Su in a swimsuit! But asking Sister Su to wear it would mean she had to wear one too! And her animal is just too shameful! It made her remember when…gahhhhh!
Su Chenyu glanced at Wen Jiexi's conflicted expression and the other few people beside them who had funny ideas in their minds. She felt rather amused, however, it would be better if they closed their eyes while thinking….their conflicted emotions were just too obvious! Although, she also wanted to see Wen Jiexi in a swimsuit….cough….
In the end, everyone voted to wear their original costumes which made some of them breathe a sigh in relief. Of course, there were quite a few who were thinking of making a similar swimsuit when they returned home.
Di~ Di~
At this moment, the sound of a buzzer went off and loud footsteps and laughter started coming towards them. Was this the signal to start? Everyone glanced at each other…
The crowd walking onto the beach didn't seem to know there was a show going on. Most of them looked to be here on vacation. Some traveled with their families, some were couples, youth groups, etc. In short, there were a lot of people. Old Zhan and others seemed to have disappeared to who knows where and now they were standing rather conspicuously on the beach.
"Wait, aren't we too conspicuous like this? Should we wait for the crowd to settle down before coming out?" Mu Du suggested. He had a feeling if they stood there, the crowd would not focus on their vacation and run at them directly instead. That would be terrible. Not to mention, they had a super famous Film Princess right here! He held his head. He did not want to think about the chaos the fans will cause.
Everyone agreed to Mu Du's words and ran over to the corner of the beach where there were many wooden stalls and shops set up. They hid at an angle where the crowd couldn't see them and peeked their heads out to look at the beach's situation.
"Why are there a lot of people today? Isn't today….a weekday? What are there so many of them?" Shi Junmao swallowed nervously. He was not looking forward to this game. It was already shameful enough to ask for lip prints but to ask from men….if it was only a few people it would be ok and he could slowly gather the lip prints. But there were tens of hundreds here! Then everyone will see him ask men for lip prints! How is he supposed to get a girlfriend after this!
"This is a lot? It's even more crowded than this on holiday! On those days, you won't even be able to swim without hitting another person!" Wen Ting also peeked a head out and disagreed with Shi Junmao's statement.
There seemed to be a lot of people on the beach but not as big as a crowd of reporters so that meant the people gathered here were not aware that there are famous people among them. From the looks of it, the beach could still accommodate at least twice the current amount…if today was a holiday….it would be even worse…
"Should we go out now?" Huo Lin'er fidgeted nervously. By now, most of the people have changed into their swimsuits and were either swimming, playing in the sand, or playing beach volleyball. The crowd had effectively been spread out.
"We should go….but who will go first?" Wen Jiexi asked hesitantly.
Everyone looked at each other, and then all of their eyes landed on the big brother Mu Du. Their gazes seemed to say, 「You're the oldest, you should go first.」
"You guys are heartless…" Mu Du glared at everyone and mumbled incoherently. He pulled on his costume and hesitated for a while before he stepped forward.
His appearance caught a few people's attention but they quickly looked away from him. After all, the small wooden stalls set up here were made to sell stuff to people so it wouldn't be weird to see an employee dressed in a costume. Many people had gathered there to buy food first instead of swimming because they were afraid that it would be too busy during lunchtime. So although Mu Du's clothes were rather peculiar, they only spared him a few glances. However, this was only because Mu Du was purposely covering his face with his hood.
Mu Du stopped not too far away. The stalls were originally a place with a lot of traffic so he patiently waited by a door before finally deciding on a person. He stepped forward and stopped a 20-year-old young man who held a few cans of drinks in his arms.
"What do you want?' The boy seemed to be on guard against Mu Du and considered the old man in front of him as a weirdo. He held the cans in his hands rather tightly, as if he would throw a can at Mu Du if the old man tried anything.
"This….I am not a bad person…" Mu Du revealed his face and opened his palms in a surrender gesture to show the man he was not dangerous.
"You seem familiar….like I've seen you on TV before…" The young man said hesitantly.
"Ahem….let's not talk about that…can you please do me a favor?" Mu Du took out the paper and lipstick and then said with some shame.
"I want you to….press a lip print onto this grid right here."
The young man's expression turned strange and he looked Mu Du up and down. His eyes grew more and more creeped out like he was looking at a pervert.
"Ahem…you misunderstood, this….this is for a show…." Mu Du saw the look in his eyes and felt his heart cry tears of blood as he weakly reassured the man. He had also wanted to simply ask a lip print from a woman, but not only will the show say it won't count, but his old wife might also beat him up as well! Yet, even if he had to ask a man, that creeped out expression….why am I always the one getting injured! QAQ
"A show?" The boy scratched his head and then complained,
"What kind of weird game is this!" He couldn't help but laugh a little.
"I also want to ask what's going on in our host's brain for him to think of something like this." Mu Du said with a smile, but that smile did not reach his eyes and there was a resigned lifelessness in them.
Old Zhan who is currently sitting on a chair while basking in the sun and sipping juice: Cough! Cough! Who dares to insult me!
The man seemed to understand and no longer objected. He instead readily nodded his head and expressed his willingness to help. Mu Du, who was already prepared to be rejected, was moved to tears. It was a miracle that someone actually agreed!
In less than twenty minutes, Mu Du was able to get his first lip print. However, was he happy? Not in the least! In fact, his heart was extremely conflicted.
"Wow! Uncle Mu Du actually succeeded!" Lan Yuyan, who had been watching Mu Du's every move, exclaimed in amazement.
"Oh, look, there seems to be another one!"
"Is this actually easier than we thought?"
"Quick, quick, we can't let Uncle Mu Du be the first one to get a hundred lip prints!"
Lan Yuyan and Shi Junmao yelled excitedly and then dragged yan Haocheng behind them as they rushed into the crowd.
"Shall we go too?" Wen Ting seemed eager to try after seeing how successfully Uncle Mu Du was. It was not as shameful as she thought it would be!
Mu Du: Shouldn't I be the one who should be the most ashamed? Wait, am I you guys' guinea pig? Now that you see my success, you don't feel nervous and actually rush out so excitedly! I'm not bringing you guys out to play anymore!
Wen Ting and Huo Lin'er went out together while Chu Heling and Li Lingqing looked at each other before walking out tougher. Although Li Lingqing is a female president who often appears in newspapers and magazines, not everyone knows about her so if it didn't matter if she went out.
This left only Wen Jiexi and Su Chenyu standing in their original spot.
"You're not going?" Su Chenyu asked.
"But Sister Su, if you go out…it will cause a riot." Wen Jiexi said awkwardly.
Ahhhh, although Sister Su can attract a lot of people if she stands out, she will attract every single person! When that happens, the entire beach might rush over! Just thinking about it made her shiver in fright. It would be better if she went by herself.
"So…you're going by yourself." Su Chenyu said lightly after a long period of silence."
"I think it's better if I went out by myself. But this is definitely not because I don't like you, Sister Su! It's just that if Sister Su goes out….a big crowd will be attracted and I cannot guarantee our safety. It will be better if Sister Su stays here." Wen Jiexi explained hurriedly while waving her hands madly as she was afraid that Sister Su might misunderstand her words and then get mad at her.
Unexpectedly, Su Chenyu did not refute her words and patted Wen Jiexi's head as she encouraged her,
"Good luck."
"En!" Wen Jiexi immediately smiled! Before she left, she ran to a food stall and then bought as many snacks as she could with the least amount of money. She gave the pile of snacks to Su Chenyu in case Su Chenyu got bored and then turned around to leave.
Where should she go…Wen Jiexi looked around the area. Wen Ting and Wen Ting have already begun to interact with people, and they seem to have gotten some good responses. Chu Heling and Yan Haocheng were both surrounded by many people. It seemed their fame had caused quite a stir. After all, among the few of them, Yan Haocheng and Chu Heling were the most famous. As for Li Lingqing, she stood as a silent bodyguard beside Chu Heling even when many people tried to talk to her.
The ten contestants were spread out, either paired up or separated at a certain distance.
So where….the players only covered about a third of the beach so maybe she should seize the opportunity of the people passing in the other two-thirds part of the beach?
With this idea in mind, Wen Jiexi ran over to the other parts of the beach where it was densely concentrated. She hoped she was lucky enough to find most of her targets here and get more lip prints than the others.
Unfortunately, Wen Jiexi's luck was rather bad as most of the people who passed by were men and only a few women walked through her area. Most of the time, she could only ask the mother of a family group to give her a lip print but that….was rather awkward.
After walking for another ten minutes, Wen Jiexi finally noticed a group of young women, and about 80% of them were women around the age of 25! She set them as her next target. If she succeeds, she can get about ten lip prints!
She cautiously stepped forward, attracting several women's attention. She carefully held up the paper, her hand gripping nervously onto the paper,
"Hello…can I ask you for a favor…."
"What is it that you need?" A woman who looked to be the eldest of the group looked Wen Jiexi up and down and then nodded kindly at her.
"Um, this…I want to ask for your lip print! Just….just press it here on this grid…." Wen Jiexi pointed at the grids on this paper and then held up the lipstick, her eyes filled with hope as she looked at them.
"Lip print?" The women looked at each other, they did not expect such a request.
One of the younger girls looked down at her phone and then looked up at Wen Jiexi, recognition dawning on her expression. She pointed at Wen Jiexi and exclaimed,
"You're Little Sheep!"
Huh? Little Sheep?! No, no, I am not a little sheep! Wen Jiexi refused to recognize this as her nickname even if she was going to die! But if she didn't admit it now….wouldn't that actually hurt her? Everyone was now whispering among themselves, the words 'Little Sheep' on their lips.
Wen Jiexi pouted. She wanted to place her hands on her hips and then shout in a domineering manner that she was not a little sheep! However, the girl's gry just now attracted a lot of people. With so many people's eyes on her, Wen Jiexi wanted to curl into a ball from all the embarrassment.
"Is Little Sheep filming for a show?" The big sister who approached Wen Jiexi first walked forward with a smile on her lips.
"En…En!" Wen Jiexi nodded hurriedly. What else was she supposed to say? Also…these big sisters' eyes….seemed a little scary! There was a dangerous look to them…
And Wen Jiexi's bad premonition came true as the woman directly pounced on her while hugging her into her arms. Then she reached out a hand and started pinching Wen Jiexi's cheeks,
"I already thought you were cute in the pictures and videos, but I didn't expect the real thing to be even cuter! Soft and cute! The skin is so tender too!"
"Wuwuwu….L-let…go!! I-I am not cute!" Wen Jiexi struggled to speak as her face was being pinched, but this only caused the woman's intense wolfish howling to increase!
"Tooooo cute!!! Won't you go home with this sister!!" The woman's eyes brightened and she even planted several kisses on Wen Jiexi's cheeks before the other people besides her stopped her.
"Cousin, you can't monopolize her!"
"I want to hug her too! Senpai, let me in!"
The situation grew worse and even attracted more people.
"So cute! So cute! So cute!"
"Oooh, Little Xi really is a little sheep!"
"Her cheeks feel so soft."
"Such a pretty little face. Kyaa~ Little XiXi, why don't you come home with this big sister! I'll take care of you!"
"Sister, you're so beautiful! I've also watched your videos before! You're so awesome!"
Wen Jiexi was rendered helpless as she was soon surrounded by a crowd of mothers, beautiful big sisters, and pretty younger sisters. They all pulled at her clothes and hugged her as well.
Wen Jiexi's face had turned pale with fright. Her fans were way too enthusiastic! She's can't stand this torture anymore. However, she can't hit them, or else she might seriously injure them! She could only stay still like a human doll, her heart bitter as she prayed they would leave her alone. She was glad she had left Sister Su behind or else the current situation would only get even worse.
What is this! Someone save me!
Her clothes had turned into rags, her hood tore from her costume, and both her arms were being hugged by girls on both sides. Suddenly, a little girl from who knows where was also hugging her legs!
Wen Jiexi looked up speechlessly at the sky. What is going on! She had only asked for some lip prints! Is it necessary for them to hurt each other like this? And the one getting hurt the most seems to be herself….
Wen Jiexi felt like crying but no tears came out when suddenly someone grabbed her shoulders and pulled her out of the crowd in one single motion.
"Huh? Who?"
"How dares to kidnap my Little Sheep!"
"Where's the little cutie?"
"Sister Little Sheep!!"
The group of women glanced angrily left and right, how can the person just disappear in thin air? The Little Sheep must still be around here. However, they didn't expect that standing outside of their circle was an extremely beautiful and familiar woman holding the Little Sheep's hand.
The women's expression went from anger to surprise to shocked and then to disbelief,
"Fu*k me! I actually met Goddess Su in the flesh!"
"Ahhhhh! Goddess Su!"
"Goddess Su! She's wearing a wolf costume! Woohoo! How beautiful!"
Their sharp screams were ear-piercing and it felt like the entire beach was bombarded with an intense sound wave. The people nearby turned their heads, stared, and then rushed over.
"Goddess Su, please sign an autograph for me!"
"Can you take a picture with me?"
"Wuooo! I want an autographed photo!"
Su Chenyu looked at the chaotic scene in front of her. Perhaps it was because of the pressure in her eyes or her own intimidating aura, the crowd immediately took a few steps back and created a space in front of her.
Su Chenyu hugged Wen Jiexi into her arms, placed her chin on Wen Jiexi's shoulder and then said with a smile:
"Everyone, we are currently filming a show. You guys can't take advantage of this to bully our Little Xi."