I'm in Wuha, and the whole internet is shipping me and Song Yuqi as a couple.

Upon hearing the words "all expenses deducted," Deng Chao's face fell immediately.

"Director! Wang Mian's nod was just a polite response!"

Wu Zheng shrugged: "Rules are rules."

Wang Mian huddled at the back of the crowd, wishing he could bury himself in a trash can.

"Brother Chao, I was wrong."

"What's the use of making a mistake?" Deng Chao turned around, hands on his hips. "The team has zero funding, six people, lunch in Chongqing, how are we going to solve that?"

Chen He strolled over leisurely from beside the flower bed. "I'm hungry."

"You make it sound so easy!"

"Or you can treat us?"

Deng Chao rummaged through his pockets.

empty.

Lu Han also flipped through it.

Three coins.

Jiang Che didn't bring his wallet with him when he went out.

I haven't even seen cash in a long time.

Song Yuqi pulled out a crumpled twenty-yuan note from her pocket.

"This is the change I got from buying mangoes."

The six men stared at the twenty-yuan note, each with a different expression.

Wu Zheng popped up from behind, his tone smug: "Don't worry, the production team is giving you a chance to turn things around."

He took a task card out of his pocket and held it up.

"Lunch Challenge. Two people per team, three teams competing against each other. The winning team gets their lunch reimbursed by the production team. The two losing teams will face heavier penalties."

Deng Chao immediately perked up: "What challenge?"

"Guess the song in perfect harmony."

Wu Zheng flipped the card over. "One person acts it out while the other guesses. Each song takes thirty seconds, and five songs make up one round. The team that guesses the most correctly wins."

Lu Han raised her hand: "What about grouping?"

"Same as always." Wu Zheng glanced at Jiang Che, then at Song Yuqi, not even bothering to hide his smile. "The same partners for this morning."

Chen He walked over to Deng Chao with his teacup in hand: "It's just the two of us again?"

Deng Chao looked at him: "Can you cooperate a little? Last time we played the game of teamwork, you were slacking off the whole time."

"I call that using stillness to control movement."

"That's called standing around doing nothing."

The live stream chat has already started placing bets.

Group C is locked in! Jiang Che writes the songs, Song Yuqi sings—who can beat this combination?

Don't underestimate Lu Han and Wang Mian; Lu Han is quick-witted.

[This pairing of Deng Chao and Chen He... I'll laugh first.]

The three groups are stationed in their designated positions.

The production team set up three whiteboards on the side of the square, one for each group.

The person gesturing stands on this side of the whiteboard looking at the song title, while the person guessing faces away from the whiteboard.

Group A: Deng Chao gestures, Chen He guesses.

Group B: Lu Han gestures, Wang Mian guesses.

In Group C, Song Yuqi spoke first.

I'll use gestures.

Jiang Che looked at her: "Are you sure?"

"You can't dance, so what can you possibly demonstrate?"

Jiang Che did not refute.

Indeed, his ability to express himself through gestures is practically zero.

"Okay, you show me."

Song Yuqi stood on the side of the whiteboard and stretched her wrists.

Jiang Che stood with his back to the whiteboard, hands in his pockets, looking completely indifferent.

Wu Zheng shouted, "Start!"

Group A goes first.

The first song that appeared on the whiteboard was "Celadon".

Deng Chao began to gesture.

He made a gesture of holding a bowl with both hands, and then pretended to draw patterns on it.

Chen He looked at him for three seconds: "What are you doing? Washing the dishes?"

"No! Look at the way my hands are moving!"

"Stir-fry?"

"I painted patterns! Blue patterns! On porcelain!"

Chen He tilted his head and thought for a moment: "Celadon?"

"Yes! You should have said so earlier!"

"You should have understood this much earlier."

The second poem is titled "Sunny Day".

Deng Chao raised his finger to the sky, making the shape of the sun.

Chen He said in a second: "Sunny Day".

The third song: "Double Sticks".

Deng Chao started gesturing wildly, making stick-waving motions and adding "hum-ha" sounds with his mouth.

Chen He stared at it expressionlessly for five seconds: "Drunken Fist?"

"What drunken fist! Two fingers!" Deng Chao held up two fingers.

"Double sticks..."

Time's up.

Group A guessed three songs correctly.

Group B will take the stage.

Lu Han's gestures were clearly a cut above; she jumped and hopped with precise movements.

Although Wang Mian was a bit slow to react, he guessed four out of five poems correctly.

It's Group C's turn.

The whiteboard revealed the first song title.

When the staff held up the sign, Song Yuqi glanced at it and smiled.

She turned to Jiang Che, without making any exaggerated movements.

She simply raised her right hand and drew a flower in the air with her index finger.

Jiang Che blurted out, "Lotus."

The entire room fell silent for a second.

Deng Chao opened his mouth: "Wait, she only drew it once, and you guessed it?"

The second song.

Song Yuqi reached out her hand and made a gesture as if handing something over.

Then he pointed to his own eyes, and then to Jiang Che.

Jiang Che: "Confession Balloon"

"right."

Deng Chao panicked: "What kind of tacit understanding is this! You knew it was a confession balloon just because she handed you something?"

Jiang Che did not explain.

The third one.

Song Yuqi glanced at the whiteboard and turned around.

She reached out her hand directly to Jiang Che, spread her fingers, and then slowly clenched her fist, leaving only her little finger.

The pinky swearing gesture.

Jiang Che paused for two seconds.

"The agreement."

Song Yuqi smiled and withdrew her hand: "That's three."

The chat room was going crazy.

This isn't just a tacit understanding! It's a secret code!

She didn't even need to demonstrate properly; he understood from just a single movement!

[Deng Chao and Chen He's group is playing a riddle game; the two are passing the answers to each other.]

The fourth poem.

Song Yuqi paused for a moment after reading the song title.

She turned around to look at Jiang Che, the tips of her ears tinged with color.

Then she raised her hand, pointed to her heart, and then to Jiang Che.

The action is fast.

But everyone saw it.

Jiang Che looked in the direction she was pointing and paused.

"...Unrequited love?"

Song Yuqi shook her head.

Jiang Che thought for a moment longer: "I'm tempted."

"right."

Song Yuqi withdrew her hand and turned to prepare for the next question.

Deng Chao slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Ladies and gentlemen! Is this still a game? This is a public confession of love!"

Chen He, holding his teacup, said calmly, "I suggest we declare them the winner right away; continuing the match would just be a brutal massacre."

The fifth poem.

After reading the whiteboard, Song Yuqi turned around.

She didn't make any big moves.

She simply put her hands behind her back, stood still, and looked at Jiang Che.

one second.

two seconds.

Jiang Che frowned: "Why aren't you demonstrating?"

Song Yuqi remained motionless.

She pursed her lips and looked up at him.

Jiang Che stared at her expression, then glanced at her hands behind her back.

He remained silent.

No action.

Don't move forward.

"Quiet."

Song Yuqi nodded.

The entire venue erupted in cheers.

Deng Chao jumped up from his chair: "She's standing still! He's guessing she's quiet! Is that reasonable?! Wu Zheng, you come out and be the judge!"

Wu Zheng stood behind the camera, laughing so hard his shoulders were shaking, and he could barely hold the walkie-talkie.

Group C, all five poems are correct.

Lu Han walked over, put her hand on Jiang Che's shoulder, and looked at him with a complicated expression.

"Dude, if you say you have no feelings for her again, I'll push you off the mountain today."

Jiang Che shook off his hand: "Good teamwork means you have ideas? Then what's your relationship with Wang Mian, since you guessed four correctly?"

Wang Mian peeked out from behind: "I refuse to be dragged into this topic."

Lu Han persisted, "It's different! Wang Mian and I guessed based on actions, while you and Song Yuqi guessed based on eye contact!"

"She pointed to her heart and then to you, and you instantly said you were smitten. Can you explain this to the entire internet audience?"

Jiang Che didn't reply.

He turned and glanced at Song Yuqi.

She was squatting on the ground, playing with a stray orange cat, and wasn't looking this way.

The tips of her ears were still red.

Lunch was Chongqing noodles, reimbursed by the production team.

While Song Yuqi was eating noodles, a noodle slid down her chin, splattering some chili oil.

She didn't notice.

Jiang Che saw it.

He picked up the tissues on the table, paused for a second, and finally put them back.

There's something on your chin.

Song Yuqi raised her hand and wiped it.

It was wiped off-center.

"On the other side."

It rubbed off to the side again.

Jiang Che couldn't stand it anymore, so he pulled out a tissue and handed it over, pointing to the right side of his chin with his finger.

"here."

Song Yuqi took the tissue, wiped herself clean, and continued eating her noodles.

She didn't look up at him the whole time.

But the chopsticks she used to stir the noodles spun twice as fast as before.