Chapter 28 Part 2
Everyone’s eyes flickered and exchanged glances, but no one answered.
After a long while, Liang Shu finally said, “Mr. Meng is a well-known musician in our country and was even invited to perform at the Vienna Golden Hall. I think everyone here has heard his name, right?”
Lin Yanran did not hide it either and smiled slightly, “I’m a news reporter. When Mr. Meng returned from his tour abroad last time, I was the one who wrote the news report.”
Xia Fanxing suddenly became clever and continued, “When I was studying abroad, I was lucky enough to get a concert ticket as a reward for a campus competition and heard Mr. Meng’s performance in person.”
Seeing this, Shen Wu threw a glance at Meng Huaizhi: Look at you, you’ve become the target of everyone.
Meng Huaizhi turned his head slightly, the thin gold chain swaying slightly. It was unclear whether he was looking at him or Nan Dengwei.
In the midst of the undercurrents, a crisp ringing sound came from the bronze rotary phone placed in the center of the long table.
The six of them looked over in unison. Without them having to pick it up, an old man’s voice echoed in the empty hall.
“I believe you are all here for my inheritance. In the eyes of outsiders, you are illegitimate children who cannot be brought to light, and your shameful pasts cannot be hidden from my investigation. But these are not important to me. The only thing I value is your ability.
“You are both blood-related siblings and evenly matched competitors. Hide your dirty secrets well. If they are discovered by others, you can just pack up and go home! My inheritance will only be given to the most outstanding one among you.”
The call ended there.
The audience spontaneously unraveled the information in this passage.
[It’s a solo battle this time! It’s going to be exciting!!]
[A shameful past? I feel like I smell a hint of dog blood.]
[+1, isn’t the fact that Shen-fu was cuckolded enough? What could be more shameful?]
[The child is innocent. Being cuckolded should be Shen-fu’s shameful secret, not Shen Wu’s.]
[Hahaha, that’s enough. If you say any more, my father-in-law will die of anger (doge).]
[What shameful past could Huai-ge have?? Ahhhhhh, I’m dying of curiosity!]
[If it’s exposed, you lose the inheritance, which is equivalent to being eliminated. I’m not right. I actually don’t want Huai-ge to win this time, hhh.]
On site, a staff member’s voice sounded, “Now, please explore this century-old Western-style house, search for clues, and expose each other’s unknown secrets. The person who survives to the end will receive the inheritance of the Miu Miu Group and a generous bonus of fifty thousand yuan.”
The guests were all paid for their appearance on the show. Unexpectedly, the wealthy show’s team would also provide an additional bonus.
Hearing this, everyone was eager to try. They went out of the hall and into the corridor outside. As per the show’s team’s request, they split up.
Seeing that the guests were about to go their separate ways, two black-and-white prompts popped up in the live broadcast room.
[Please choose to enter a solo live broadcast room.]
[To ensure the viewing experience, please do not switch live broadcast rooms at will.]
And below the prompts were six small live broadcast screens with names listed below for the audience to choose from.
This was the downside of a live broadcast. The audience had to make a difficult choice. After choosing a certain live broadcast room, the information they could get was very limited, and the viewing experience was not as good as the edited version.
But for the fans, this was a huge surprise from the sky. They could spend the entire wonderful adventure with their favorite artist.
To prevent any comparisons, the show’s team had thoughtfully hidden the number of viewers in the small live broadcast rooms.
But it was visible to the naked eye that the level of excitement in the bullet screen of Meng Huaizhi’s side was several times that of the other live broadcast rooms.
[It’s so great to have separate live broadcast rooms! The show’s team gets a chicken leg!]
[I’m just a little worried that Huai-ge’s live broadcast room will be on mute the whole time, hahahaha.]
If Meng Huaizhi acted alone, it would most likely be as quiet as if it were on mute.
Unlike the lively Xia Fanxing, who could jump around in surprise just by accidentally brushing against a plant.
Even so, the bullet screen in the silent live broadcast room was extremely lively, not at all quiet.
[I have a feeling that Meng Huaizhi has the highest chance of winning. I’m afraid of having a heart attack if I choose the wrong live broadcast room, so I came here, hhh.]
[Why isn’t Huai-ge looking for clues? Is he looking for Shen Wu?]
The wisdom of the audience should not be underestimated. Before long, their prediction came true.
Meng Huaizhi turned a corner and ran into Shen Wu not far away.
Their eyes met, and the two of them walked towards each other. Shen Wu’s face was full of expectation, and he asked first, “What’s your ability?”
[What? Is there an ability I don’t know about?]
[This episode’s game setting seems a bit interesting.]
The audience in the live broadcast room was as curious as Shen Wu, but Meng Huaizhi asked in return, “What about yours?”
This was the first time Shen Wu was in an “adversarial” relationship with Meng Huaizhi, and they needed to be on guard against each other.
In the past, Meng Huaizhi had always treated him as a younger brother who needed to be taken care of, answering every request, telling him everything, and being endlessly tolerant and accommodating.
Meng Huaizhi didn’t say, and Shen Wu became more interested.
He thought to himself: You’re a high-and-mighty flower. Your thoughts are probably not as deep as mine.
Shen Wu had a flash of inspiration and tested the waters, “Is your ability an offensive type?”
Meng Huaizhi’s eyebrows raised slightly, then he lowered his eyes, his emotions unclear.
It was as if he was thinking: Are there non-offensive types?
Shen Wu raised his eyebrows, hid his triumphant smile, and no longer beat around the bush, saying directly, “I estimate that most people’s abilities should be offensive types, which can be used to search for other people’s secrets.”
He shook his head slightly, “But mine is not. My ability is very special and poses no threat to you.”
“This time, only one person can win. Everyone has an unknown secret, and everyone could be their own potential enemy… In this situation where everyone is an enemy, it is precisely when we need to secretly form an alliance, help each other, and protect our secrets.”
Meng Huaizhi: “Mm?”
“So…” Shen Wu smiled, “form an alliance with me, gege.”
The audience in the live broadcast room was stunned. A moment later, an astonishing number of bullet comments poured out.
[Ahhhhhh, who can resist being called gege?]
[What alliance? Gege’s secret is you.]
[Sister, you’re awesome. You’re Huai-ge’s mouthpiece!!]
[Hahahaha, LMAO, not just gege’s, jiejie’s secret is you too~]
[To the person in front, Huai-ge’s warning gaze.jpg]
The solo stans struggled in the cracks.
[Shen Wu is just calling him gege because of the plot setting! The roles they’re playing are half-brothers! Stop shipping blindly!!]
[What? German orthopedics? It would be rude not to ship them now.]
[…???]
Meng Huaizhi recovered from his brief daze, pretended to be nonchalant, and gently pushed his gold-rimmed glasses.
After a moment, he said, “If we form an alliance, the other four will definitely form an alliance too, and then the four of them will team up against us.”
Shen Wu said as if it were a matter of course, “Even if we don’t form an alliance, they won’t believe us.”
Meng Huaizhi couldn’t help but laugh, a faint smile flashing by, “That’s true.”
[LMAO, Wuwu is very self-aware of his relationship with gege.]
[Yes, yes, my CP is just that ambiguous. No one will believe them even if they deny it.]
[Ahhhhhh, it’s so sweet!!]
[I have a feeling Huai-ge smiled just now. Damn it! Why is his PD filming from behind!?]
[Hahahaha, Huai-ge’s PD is probably trying to get a close-up of Wuwu’s front. The PD is just like his master.]
Shen Wu and Meng Huaizhi’s initial alliance was thus formed.
“Stay close to me. They might focus their fire on you,” Meng Huaizhi reminded him, and then seemed to casually inquire, “What’s your ability?”
Shen Wu returned the favor, “I’m not telling you.”
He also asked, “Then what’s your secret?”
Meng Huaizhi raised his eyebrows and said mysteriously, “Come here.”
Shen Wu leaned his ear over, and at the same time complained in his heart: You high-and-mighty flower, you really have no cunning at all. Aren’t you afraid that I’ll sneak attack you later?
Meng Huaizhi waited for him to slowly approach, not in a hurry at all.
Shen Wu, on the other hand, became suspicious. In his daze, he felt the thin chain hanging from the side of his glasses brush against the tip of his ear.
Meng Huaizhi seemed to have turned his head slightly, and a warm stream of air sprayed on his ear. A deliberately lowered voice escaped from his throat.
“I’m not telling you.”
Shen Wu: “?”
He looked at this high-and-mighty flower with an incredulous gaze.
And the latter’s lips were slightly curved, and that faint smile, like the first clearing after a winter snow, was not as clear and transparent as before.
It had a bit of a flavor that he couldn’t see through.
After they had formed an alliance, these back-and-forth probing words didn’t sound right anymore.
No matter how you listened, it was all flirtatious.
The CP fans were happily shipping them when a wave of new viewers suddenly flooded into the live broadcast room, instantly filling the screen with bullet comments.
[The other four guests have formed an alliance!! You guys go out and see, ahhhh]
[????]
[I’m so anxious, can they see if I spam the screen??]
[I just came from the next live broadcast room. Yanran guessed that they would team up, and the other three had no objections, so they happily formed an alliance.]
[2v4?? What are they going to do??]
[Crap, no wonder the show’s team advised us not to switch live broadcast rooms at will. So that’s why. It really was a friendly reminder…]
[Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!!]
