Huayu: Starting from retirement, sweeping across the domestic entertainment industry

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"Me too! I want to make eye contact with my crush!"

Just as everyone was laughing so hard they were doubled over, and Li Ran was about to turn around and go back to his seat, Spicy Yangzi shouted and rushed straight to the center of the open space.

Li Ran paused, then stood back in the same spot.

"Alright!" Guo Qilin immediately got into the zone, raising his hands. "Welcome our second challenger... Ms. Yang Zi! Let's wait and see if she can withstand the pressure from Li Ran!"

Zhou Ye sat in his seat, pursed his lips, and didn't say anything, but simply hugged Taxue tighter in his arms.

Hu Lianxin's eyes darted around, her gaze sweeping over Yang Zi before settling on Li Ran's face. She silently planned in her mind that she would have to go up later too.

Spicy Yangzi? He's definitely going to lose.

She stood opposite Li Ran, tilting her head back with wide eyes, trying her best to appear calm.

The two began to look at each other.

Spicy Yangzi's expression remained relatively calm, her eyes fixed on Li Ran without blinking.

A few seconds later...

Her gaze began to wander, slowly sliding down from Li Ran's eyes... past the bridge of his nose, past his lips, and finally landing on his face.

Her hand suddenly moved.

Slowly, slowly, it lifted up, as if drawn by some invisible force, inch by inch approaching Li Ran's face.

Then she gently placed her hand on Li Ran's face.

I touched it once, just once.

Then she burst out laughing, covered her face with her hands, turned around and ran back, burying her face in her knees in her seat, her shoulders shaking with laughter.

"No, no! I can't take it anymore!"

Her voice drifted from between her fingers, "My life is complete! I really touched Li Ran's face!"

Wang Sulong looked at her with disgust: "You threw abacus beads at my face... Did you want to play a game? You wanted to take advantage!"

Spicy Yangzi looked up, tears of laughter still glistening on her face, and said defiantly, "So what? I touched it with my own skill! You try touching it yourself if you dare!"

Wang Sulong: "I'm a man..."

Spicy Yangzi: "Then shut up."

Everyone burst into laughter again.

Guo Qilin laughed so hard he slapped his thigh. After laughing his fill, he stood up, cleared his throat, and continued hosting: "Okay, Li Ran's current record... two consecutive wins! Any of the female guests here who are up for a challenge?"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a figure sprang up from his seat with a "whoosh".

Hu Lianxin had already stood opposite Li Ran.

The movement was so fast that no one had time to react.

Guo Qilin paused for a moment, then raised his hand: "Alright! Now the challenger has arrived... Xiao Hu!"

Zhou Ye's eyes widened instantly, and his hand, which was stroking Ta Xue, froze in mid-air.

No, sister, why are you running so fast?

Hu Lianxin stood opposite Li Ran without saying a word, just quietly watching him.

The two began to look at each other.

Time passed slowly, and neither of them moved or smiled. They just stared at each other quietly, like two statues.

The laughter around them gradually subsided, and everyone looked at each other, sensing that something was amiss.

Hu Lianxin's eyelashes trembled slightly.

She could feel that she was about to give up...

It wasn't that I wanted to laugh, but rather a different, more subtle feeling, like something was slowly swelling inside me, about to overflow.

She suddenly reached out and gently pressed her hand on Li Ran's chest.

Through the thin jacket, she could feel the rhythm of his heartbeat, steady and strong, unlike her own, which was already a jumbled mess.

"Am I pretty?" she asked.

The sound was soft, yet clear enough.

Li Ran looked down at her, his gaze slowly sweeping across her face, finally landing on her ear, which was covered by her stray hairs.

He raised his hand, slowly and gently, and tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

His fingertips brushed against her earlobe, sending a slight shiver down her spine.

"Beautiful," he said in a low voice, "Am I handsome?"

Hu Lianxin looked at his face so close to hers, at her reflection in his eyes, and at the undisguised possessiveness hidden within them.

Her lips were pressed tightly together.

Then, slowly, slowly, I lowered my head.

Blushed.

Wang Sulong spoke up quietly from the side: "Little Hu, you smiled... oh no, you didn't smile, but you bowed your head, so you've lost, right?"

Hu Lianxin didn't say anything, and turned to walk back.

When she sat back down, her face still had a lingering blush, but the corners of her mouth were slightly...