translator: Oyen editor: Ciel
Luo Yuan’s intuition was right. Walking over to the phone in the middle of the stage, Zhu Qingyue dialed a number. After the call connected, a man’s voice could be heard: “Hello? Who is this?”
The sound was amplified by a microphone, echoing on the live broadcast. Most members of the audience could not recognise the man, thinking only that his voice was fairly deep and pleasant to the ears, but Luo Yuan recognised it immediately—— it was master Chu Yan.
Zhu Qingyue took a deep breath to compose himself, blushing all the while. “Master, it’s… it’s me.”
“Qingyue?” Chu Yan was surprised. “Who’s number is this?”
“My phone ran out of battery,” Zhu Qingyue answered. “I borrowed someone else’s phone to call you.”
In a hotel in Beijing, looking at his little apprentice’s flushed face on the television screen, Chu Yan smiled. “Oh. Why are you looking for me?”
Zhu Qingyue hesitated for a moment, but braced himself. “Since you retired, I’ve not heard anything from you. You’ve never contacted me, but I… I have always missed you.” Speaking of this, his nose felt sour; Zhu Qingyue’s voice trembled. “Actually, I like you very much, do you know?”
Chu Yan: “…”
There was a long moment of silence on the call, and the audience watching the live broadcast began to frantically comment on the screen: “Master isn’t speaking; was he scared silly?”
“Little crying bag is great! This trembling, crying voice is estimated to have stunned great god Chu Yan!”
“Qingyue’s little crying bag expression pack has more material now!”
The audience didn’t know that Zhu Qingyue’s words were sincere, assuming that he was very devoted to the act. Everyone enthusiastically discussed Zhu Qingyue’s acting skills, but no one knew how shocked Chu Yan was at this moment.
He always thought that Zhu Qingyue agreed to be with him because he was soft-hearted. Qingyue’s feelings for him were complicated, with over 70% of it due to dependence. After all, Zhu Qingyue had been with him since he was fifteen years old, often hugging him in his sleep, calling him master seriously, and taking him as a reliable master in his heart.
Chu Yan didn’t think Zhu Qingyue really liked him, so even if they were together as lovers, he didn’t sleep with Zhu Qingyue. This was to give Qingyue some time to adapt, and also because he didn’t want Qingyue to regret in the future.
But at this moment, the words ‘I like you’ were clearly transmitted to his ears by the phone, in a choked and shy voice. Although Chu Yan knew that this was a part of the carnival punishment project, he was still unable to suppress his excitement.
After a short silence, Chu Yan asked softly. “You like me? Is this true?”
Zhu Qingyue’s face flushed even more. “Of course, it’s true…”
“I understand.” Chu Yan whispered.
Luo Yuan, who was watching, suddenly felt like there were 10,000 elephants trampling across his heart—— master, junior brother, were they really doing this? Were you both actually planning to announce your relationship in front of tens of thousands of audience members and so many professional players? It was too easy for people to misunderstand when you spoke like this, alright?
As a result, Chu Yan changed the subject. “You lost at the carnival games, right?”
Zhu Qingyue: “…”
The audience immediately sent in a row of thumbs-up. “Master is very witty!”
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“Maybe he’s watching the live broadcast,” Liang Ru suggested. “After all, both the big and little apprentice are participating in the carnival!”
Nodding, Ye Chao handed the microphone to Luo Yuan. “Let’s interview the senior apprentice brother! Just now, we heard the little apprentice confess to your master. What do you think about this?”
Luo Yuan: “…”
He had seen the both of them hug and kiss with his own eyes, okay?
Seeing that the microphone was handed over, Luo Yuan had to joke. “I wish my master and my junior brother a hundred of years of happiness.”
Zhu Qingyue: “…”
The audience who watched the live broadcast couldn’t help but commenting: “In this way, the junior brother becomes the master’s wife?”
“The senior brother suddenly fell to the lowest level!”
“I feel distressed for senior brother Luo!”
Putting away his joke, Luo Yuan praised seriously. “Just now, Qingyue’s acting skills were really good.”
“Qingyue really performed well.” Ye Chao agreed. “We’ll count this punishment as a pass.”
“Thank you.” Zhu Qingyue smiled.
“Then, according to age, which great god needs to be punished next?” Liang Ru asked.
The oldest on the blue team was 23-year-old Nie Yuzhu, followed by 22-year-old Zhu Qingyue, and then 21-year-old Xiao Han.
Xiao Han boldly walked to the middle of the stage. “It’s my turn.”
Ye Chao praised. “God Han is very conscious! Then, please select the punishment.”
Nodding, Xiao Han glanced at the big screen, before randomly calling out ‘stop’. The selected message was immediately blown up and displayed—— please select a great god from the scene and call the other party ‘wife’. Deeply reflect on your mistakes and beg for forgiveness.
Seeing this message, Qin Mo had a bad feeling. He managed to avoid the fate of being punished, only for Xiao Han to get this punishment. Was he going to get shot at while lying down?
Sure enough, Xiao Han smiled helplessly and turned to Qin Mo. “Wife.”
Qin Mo: “……”
Looking at Qin Mo’s serious face, the audience immediately laughed out loud. Obviously, even if god Mo desperately fought to win the second round of competition, punishment was inevitable.
“Wife, I was wrong, can you forgive me?” Xiao Han continued.
Qin Mo: “…”
The director deliberately zoomed in, displaying the scene of Qin Mo and Xiao Han on the screen. The audience saw Qin Mo’s lips tighten, but his expression was still extremely serious.
Xie Changming laughed until his stomach hurt. Early last year, when Xiao Han and Qin Mo went undercover in the Interlude guild, they had used the smurf accounts ‘Longing For Your Heart’ and ‘We’ll Never Be Apart’, and called each other husband and wife to show affection. As a result, karma came back around, and Xiao Han actually called Qin Mo ‘wife’ in front of so many people. Qin Mo’s heart must have collapsed!
Listening to Xiao Han calling out ‘wife’ continuously, Qin Mo wanted to cover Xiao Han’s mouth immediately, but everyone in the audience was watching, so he had to pretend to be unaffected.
Beside him, Ye Chao fanned the flames. “Your wife doesn’t forgive you, god Han, your apology is too insincere!”
“What did god Han do wrong? Why are you apologising?” Liang Ru asked curiously.
“No one knows,” Ye Chao shrugged. “Anyway, the punishment only states that god Han has to apologise…”
Looking at Qin Mo, Xiao Han continued. “Wife, what must I do for you to forgive me? How about I kneel for you?” Then, he knelt before Qin Mo on one knee, gazing up at Qin Mo with a sincere expression. “Forgive me, I will never do anything that makes you angry again.”
Everyone: “…”
God Han actually kept to his words and knelt on one knee! However, this action didn’t seem like an apology, and looked like a marriage proposal instead??
Seeing this, Qin Mo’s expression became stiff, immediately pulling him up. “Get up.”
“If you don’t forgive me, I won’t get up.” Xiao Han smiled.
Qin Mo frowned. “Get up!”
To think that this guy was happily acting out a drama. Helpless, Qin Mo awkwardly replied, “I forgive you…”
Standing up immediately, Xiao Han gently hugged Qin Mo. “Thank you, wife.”
“There should be a round of applause here!” Ye Chao clapped.
The audience clapped very cooperatively, but Qin Mo’s ears were hot. Beside him, the heartless Xie Changming had been laughing the whole time, and many other professional players were also struggling to endure their laughter. Everyone must be thinking of the time when he and Xiao Han acted as a husband and wife undercover…
That undercover experience was the black history that Qin Mo didn’t ever want to bring up. However, karma came, forcing them to show a live version to the audience.
Next time the league organised this sort of nasty carnival, could he pretend to be sick and not participate?
***
According to the age order, the next to be punished were Qiu Zongping and Sang Jun, both of whom officially made their debut in the season after Qin Mo retired. However, Qiu Zongping was born in March, one month older than Sang Jun, so Qiu Zongping was punished first.
As soon as he stood in the middle of the stage, he had a bad premonition. As a result, the punishment he drew was really abnormal—— Call a friend of the same gender, tell him that you like him, and ask him to accept or reject your confession.
Qiu Zongping: “…”
Looking at captain Qiu’s embarrassed look, Ye Chao couldn’t help commenting. “I realised that after captain Lin’s punishment, many netizens are asking the great gods to call.”
“Because a phone call can surprise people,” Liang Ru replied. “After all, not everyone is watching the live broadcast.”
Most teams were on holiday this week, and the players either went home to visit their relatives or went out to play and relax. Not many were watching the live broadcast of the carnival, which was an event for fans, like when Lin Shuangcheng called Xiao Song.
Walking over to the phone, Qiu Zongping dialed a number. The audience soon heard an enthusiastic voice. “Hello, who is it?”
The voice was slightly blearly, as if the person had just woken up, but Qin Mo recognised it as Yuan Xi’s voice immediately.
Qiu Zongping coughed. “It’s me.”
“Who are you, big brother?” Yuan Xi asked.
Qiu Zongping: “…”
The audience who watched the live broadcast began to feel sorry for captain Qiu. As long as the caller said ‘It’s me’, the person answering the phone could basically guess the identity of the caller. However, Yuan Xi was unable to recognise Qiu Zongping’s voice. What kind of teammate was he?
“It’s me, Qiu Zongping.” Qiu Zongping replied helplessly.
“Captain Qiu?” Yuan Xi was surprised. “Why did you call me all of sudden? What’s wrong?”
Qiu Zongping suddenly had the idea of teasing this guy, and pretended to be gentle: “Fool, I like you.”
Yuan Xi: “…”
There was a strange silence on the phone. After a while, Yuan Xi angrily replied. “Are you crazy? Is it fun to pretend to be Qiu Zongping calling me?”
Qiu Zongping: “……”
Yuan Xi scolded back immediately. “Don’t think I can’t hear it, your voice doesn’t sound like Qiu Zongping at all, okay? How could Qiu Zongping talk to me in such a gentle tone, I’d thank God if he doesn’t scold me! Who are you? Don’t make such silly jokes!”
“Yuan Xi, do you think my voice is different from Qiu Zongping’s?” Qiu Zongping asked helplessly.
Yuan Xi was stunned. It really did sound like Qiu Zongping. However, he quickly muttered, “How can Qiu Zongping call me a fool and say that he likes me? He didn’t take the wrong medicine.”
“I’m really Qiu Zongping.” Qiu Zongping replied seriously.
“Really?” Yuan Xi replied. “Then maybe I haven’t woken up yet.” Then he hung up the phone decisively.
The audience: “……”
Xiao Han was doing good job as husband (( ✧Д✧) YES!!
Thank you for a chapter (ゝωб)b
say sorry like he want to propose, really Xiao Han’s style 🤣
You’re welcome~ <3
The live performance of the husband and wife!! Really, Xiao Han gave us the expectation we are looking for!!
Is Qui Zongping and Yuan Xi a CP? Waaaah!!
Lol, the husband and wife performance, in front of so many audiences 🤣
Yes, they are one of the CP 🙈
Is there a 216.1 or was this a typo?
already fixed it, thank you for reminding 😂
It’s good that now Chu Yan knows how much ZQY likes him~ This couple is so sweet! I want more!!! ⁽(◍˃̵͈̑ᴗ˂̵͈̑)⁽
Lol, i thought so… There’s no way that Xiao Han will ever get embarrassed. Poor Qin Mo haha
Omg, Yuan Xi is really a treasure hahaha 🤣 I can’t wait to see how they will be as a couple~ Looking forward to it~!
Now there’s only Sang Jun who have to be punished… What kind of punishment will he get? Thank you for the chapter! ❤(⸝⸝⸝°⁻̫° ⸝⸝⸝)
Yes, it’s good for him to know that ZQY really loves him 💕
That’s right, Xiao Han will never get embarrassed hahahaha
But, poor Yuan Xi to be rejected by Qiu Zongping 😭
I guess it’s normal? Just a normal punishment for Sang Jun. 🤔
He says “I won’t do anything to make you angry again” as he’s doing to thing that makes him angry 😅
Omfgggg Yuan Xi is my hero lollllll
I think this Carnival can be called the Confession event of the great gods. And after this many of them will definitely realize their feelings hahahahaha