translator: Oyen editor: Ciel
Yuan Xi’s IQ and EQ were not high, but he was stubborn, and it was difficult to explain matters that he had already decided upon. Qiu Zongping, as the first person who was hung up upon by the other party in the punishment, was really tired. As his teammate, Zhou Xuewei felt quite sympathetic.
“Captain Qiu, you don’t pass the punishment, you have to do it again.” Ye Chao added.
“Yes,” Liang Ru agreed. “The other party did not accept the confession and did not refuse. Yuan Xi did not admit that you are Qiu Zongping at all.”
“This is the first time I’ve met someone who didn’t admit that I was Qiu Zongping, I am a little confused now. Who am I then?” Qiu Zongping smiled.
The audience also laughed. Yuan Xi, the big fool, really posed a problem for the captain.
But Qiu Zongping wouldn’t give up. He quickly picked up the phone and dialed Yuan Xi’s number. The other party picked up the phone. “Hello? Why did you call again?”
The caller ID showed the same number, and Yuan Xi’s voice was obviously impatient.
“Yuan Xi, I asked you to sort out information, right?” Qiu Zongping asked calmly.
Yuan Xi was stunned. This tone and voice were obviously Qiu Zongping’s without fault. Scratching his head in confusion, Yuan Xi asked, “Captain Qiu?”
Qiu Zongping was relieved. “En, it’s me.”
“Strange, it’s the same number as just now…” Yuan Xi murmured in a low voice, and then seriously replied. “Captain Qiu, I’ll sort the information tomorrow and send it to your email, is that alright?”
“En.” Qiu Zongping agreed. “You’ve worked hard.”
After a few moments of silence, Yuan Xi asked. “Is– is there anything else?”
“Next, “ Qiu Zongping explained seriously. “I want to confess to you——Yuan Xi, I like you, you can choose to accept or refuse.”
Yuan Xi: “……”
The audience was stunned. Captain Qiu’s confession was simple and crude, and only gave the other party two options. Yuan Xi was probably stunned, judging by how there was no response on the phone for a long time.
“Your choice?” Qiu Zongping urged.
Struggling for a moment, Yuan Xi asked. “The person who just called just now is really– really you?”
“En, it’s me.” Qiu Zongping replied.
“Are– are, are you serious?” Yuan Xi stammered.
“Of course it’s serious.” Qiu Zongping replied.
“Do you like me?” Yuan Xi’s voice trembled. “How… How is it possible?”
Qiu Zongping asked. “How is it impossible?”
Yuan Xi scratched his head awkwardly. “I always thought you despised me…”
Noticing something was wrong, Qiu Zongping interrupted him. “My confession, you can choose to refuse.”
Yuan Xi was silent for a few moments, before replying. “I… I may not necessarily refuse.”
As soon as this sentence was spoken, the silence on the scene was instantly broken, and Ye Chao immediately interjected: “Captain Qiu has passed! Everyone give him a round of applause!”
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However, the cheers of the audience prevented him from raging, and he could only pretend to be calm. “Hahaha, I have long guessed that it’s the carnival. How about it? Isn’t my acting great? Captain Qiu, you lost again, right?”
A trace of complicated emotion flashed across Qiu Zongping’s gaze. “En. Sorry for scaring you.”
“It’s okay, I’ll hang up first…” Yuan Xi replied.
He tried his best to maintain a calm tone, but it was still difficult to conceal the tremors in his voice. After hanging up the phone, Yuan Xi immediately turned out of bed and turned on his computer. Opening the live broadcast page, he saw Ye Chao and Liang Ru joking with Qiu Zongping.
Ye Chao praised. “I didn’t expect Yuan Xi to be this powerful in acting!”
“Indeed, he actually hung up captain Qiu’s phone call, I thought he wasn’t watching the live broadcast.” Liang Ru added.
Qiu Zongping smiled and said nothing. Noticing that something seemed to be wrong, Ye Chao tactfully let him go, calling for the next player to step forward.
***
At the end of the second round, Qin Mo was standing next to Zhou Xuewei. Seeing this, Qin Mo couldn’t help but whisper in Xuewei’s ear. “What’s up with Yuan Xi?”
“This mater is complicated,” Zhou Xuewei whispered. “I’ll tell you later…”
The camera happened to face their direction, so the two of them did not continue to chat, turning to face the middle of the stage.
The topic drawn by Sang Jun was also very marvelous, and requested for him to select a person to sing the love song ‘Intimate Lover’ with. As a popular song from years ago, it was a common track when singing love songs in KTV. Coincidentally, Sang Jun was good at singing. With a smile, he attempted to pass the microphone to Qin Mo. “God Mo, do me a favour?”
“I refuse, I can’t sing.” Qin Mo refused impolitely.
“Is there any great god who can help me sing?” Sang Jun had to ask.
Chu Jianxin raised his hand immediately. “Why don’t you ask me? You know that I can.”
“I don’t want to embarrass you too much, you always sing out of tune.” Sang Jun replied seriously.
“Ridiculing the captain to his face, I won’t help you anymore.” Chu Jianxin pouted.
Sang Jun hurriedly stepped forward and handed him the microphone: “Captain, I was wrong, please help me and sing this song with me.”
These two people were a pair of bad friends and often joked with each other. When Chu Jianxin suffered a punishment in the first round, Sang Jun helped him. In this round, Chu Jianxin took up the microphone to help Sang Jun pass his punishment. Unfortunately, Chu Jianxin’s singing was really not very good.
Accompanied by the music, Chu Jianxin sang the first sentence. “Let my love be with you forever. Have you ever thought about me, have I ever made you worry…”
He was very engaged in singing, but unfortunately, the audience had already laughed to the point where they were collapsed in their seats—— this was not only off-tune, but was a completely new improvised melody.
Unlike Chu Jianxin’s off-tune singing, Sang Jun sang very well, and they finished the song quite tacitly. The audience immediately sent in comments about how Chu Jianxin’s off-tune singing could be used as an alarm clock—— when they heard captain Chu’s singing, they would immediately wake up from a nightmare.
Chu Jianxin didn’t feel embarrassed at all. He happily created a completely new song from his out of tune singing, before returning the microphone to Sang Jun. “You’re welcome, please invite me to dinner later.”
Sang Jun chuckled. “Alright.”
The singing punishment passed without any accident.
The next one was Li Junru, who drew a dancing punishment.
The lively music was played on the spot. Li Junru danced to the rhythm for a while, and the audience’s applause was thunderous. Unexpectedly, Junru danced really well.
“Junru dances very professionally. Did you learn to dance when you were a child?” Liang Ru asked.
“En,” Li Junru admitted it. “I have studied Latin dance for ten years, but I haven’t practiced for a long time, and my movements are a little rusty.”
“Junru is too modest.” Ye Chao praised. “If this is considered rusty, I feel like I would be a zombie with inflexible hands and feet.”
“Let’s all clap for Junru again!” Liang Ru added.
In the warm applause, Li Junru smiled and walked back to the blue team camp. The last one to be punished was Su Cheng, the youngest member of the blue team.
Su Cheng was only 20 years old and had not graduated from university. However, it was said that he had completed all the courses ahead of schedule, and could go back to school directly to take the graduation exam in the future.
After standing in the middle of the stage, Su Cheng began to select his punishment, and drew a very favourable one—— asking the great god to perform a talent.
“At the end of punishment, everyone’s luck is getting better,” Ye Chao commented. “All they get is singing and dancing!”
“I heard that captain Su is from the conservatory of music. Can you give us a live performance?” Liang Ru was excited.
“I can play guzheng, I don’t know if there’s any here?” Su Cheng replied confidently.
“Of course,” Ye Chao replied positively. “Will our omnipotent prop group please bring the guzheng up on stage?”
The guzheng was quickly carried to the big stage. Sitting down, Su Cheng tested its sound for a little bit, before beginning to play the famous song ‘Tall Mountains Flowing Waters’. With his slender fingertips plucking the strings, the ethereal notes echoed, and the audience immediately quietened down and listened to him carefully.
In the second half of the music, the sound of flowing water simulated by a large number of glides made everyone feel like they were on a riverbank, and there was continuous applause.
At the end of the song, Su Cheng stood up and bowed to the audience. “Thank you.”
“I found that many players in the league are multi-talented. Captain Su’s guqin skill really deserves its reputation.” Ye Chao smiled.
Liang Ru continued. “Next, we will select 14 members of the on-site audience, and present them with a souvenir signed by all the great gods!”
The lucky draw session excited the live audience, and the lucky members chosen had the chance to take photos with the great gods on stage. In addition, several members of the audience in the live broadcast room would be selected for commemorative gifts, which would be mailed to them…
It was nearly ten o’clock in the evening when the opening ceremony of the carnival finally came to an end.
Fourteen great gods waved goodbye to the audience and walked off the stage in turn.
The officials sent a bus to send the great gods back to the hotel. After returning to the hotel room, Qin Mo sat by the bed with his head bowed, constantly looking at his messages. Xiao Han couldn’t help but wonder, “Who are you sending a message to?” Looking at the dialogue window, the word ‘Xuewei’ came into view. “What happened to Xuewei?” Xiao Han asked.
“In today’s punishment session, most people’s acting skills were online,” Qin Mo replied. “Didn’t you feel like one person was somewhat off?”
Xiao Han thought for a few moments. “You’re talking about Yuan Xi?”
Qin Mo nodded. “If Ye Chao hadn’t noticed something wrong and interrupted in time, Yuan Xi might have said something that shouldn’t be said, and would not have been able to step down.”
He showed his phone to Xiao Han, and it was a long message from Zhou Xuewei: “Captain Qiu chose the wrong person this time, we can all see that Xiao Yuan actually likes him, but no one dares to say it to save Yuan Xi’s face. Qiu Zongping is probably bewildered by the current situation, but he doesn’t realize it.”
“That fool Yuan Xi,” Xiao Han couldn’t believe it. “How can he like Qiu Zongping?”
“I don’t understand his brain circuits.” Qin Mo sighed. “When I was still in the Wind Colour, he was always against Qiu Zongping, thinking that Qiu Zongping’s existence was blocking his way. His relationship with Xiao Qiu has always been out of step, but I don’t know why. After changing the project to Peerless Jianghu, their double summoner partnership has become more tacit.”
Xiao Han touched his chin thoughtfully. “Do you think Xiao Qiu will like Yuan Xi?”
“I don’t think so.” Qin Mo shook his head.
“Do you care about them very much?” Xiao Han gently wrapped Qin Mo’s shoulder.
“After all, they are the players I trained. I hope they can both stay happily in the Wind Colour club. I don’t want to see them turn into enemies.” Qin Mo replied.
***
Instead of returning to his room, Qiu Zongping took his mobile phone to the corner of the empty corridor, dialing a familiar number.
Although the voice projected across the phone sounded like forced calm, the slight tremble had already betrayed him. “Hello, capt-captain Qiu, are you looking for me?”
Silence for a moment, Qiu Zongping asked. “You weren’t watching the carnival’s live broadcast, right?”
“I watched it, haha.” Yuan Xi laughed. “I was just joking with you…”
“Yuan Xi, you don’t really like me, right?” Qiu Zongping interrupted him.
Stunned, Yuan Xi’s cheeks flushed red. “What nonsense are you talking about, I said I was joking…”
“That’s good.” Qiu Zongping whispered. “You and I are comrades-in-arms fighting side by side, and I don’t want any emotional entanglement between us”
After a few moments of silence, Yuan Xi laughed. “Captain, you don’t have to worry, haha. I’m such a forthright person, if I liked a person, how could I still hide it in my heart? I would have already rushed to confess! You’re really paranoid, I only regard you as a fri–friend.”
The more he spoke, the softer Yuan Xi’s voice became. Qiu Zongping sighed. “Go, sleep early.”
Hanging up the phone and looking back, he saw Sang Jun passing by. Qiu Zongping pretended to calmly keep his mobile phone, but Sang Jun chuckled. “Captain Qiu is really calm today.”
“If I can’t keep calm, Wind Colour will fall apart.” Qiu Zongping replied lightly.
Turning back to his room, he closed the door. Shrugging, Sang Jun entered his own room.
Chu Jianxin was lying on the bed in the shape of the character ’大’. One slipper was on the left side of the bed, while the other was on the right side. He never had both his slippers together, and would throw them around casually when lying on the bed. Sang Jun walked over naturally, picking up his slippers and placing them side by side, before sitting down beside the bed. “I met Qiu Zongping just now.”
“How is it?” Chu Jianxin looked curious.
“I overheard him calling Yuan Xi, emphasizing that they are just comrades-in-arms.” Sang Jun replied.
“Hey, the carnival is just a joke. There’s no need to be so serious, right?” Chu Jianxin was confused. “I also confessed to you, who would take it seriously?”
“Are you joking?” Sang Jun asked.
Sitting up, Chu Jianxin slung his arm on Sang Jun’s shoulder, smiling. “Between good friends, there is no need to care too much. We have a clear conscience, regardless of what netizens say.”
Sang Jun smiled slightly and whispered. “What if you have a guilty conscience?”
Stunned, Chu Jianxin looked back at him. “Huh? What?”
“It’s nothing,” Sang Jun replied. “It’s good to be teammates.”
“That’s right,” Chu Jianxin replied. “Yuan Xi and Qiu Zongping are simple comrades-in-arms. You really think too much.”
Sang Jun did not speak, just smiled, then turned to the bathroom to take a bath.
People who thought less would live a more relaxed life. Sang Jun also hoped that he wouldn’t think too much, but liking a person could not be controlled. Just as Yuan Xi fell in love with Qiu Zongping, a mature, calm man who lacked feelings, he liked the heartless Chu Jianxin, who joked around with his senior and junior brothers all the time, yet would never fall in love with a man.
Sang Jun sympathised with the foolish Yuan Xi. After all, wasn’t he also a fool who stepped into the mire, unable to leave?
I see something trouble ಠಿ_ಠ
Right, it’s really a trouble 😩
Aaaaaaaahhhhh nooooo I was expecting laughs for the punishments, not angst ;~;
But, there is 😭
I pity Yuan Xi, poor him 😭
This was so unexpected omg 😱🤭 To think that Yuan Xi would like Qiu Zongping first.. . Poor Yuan Xi & Sang Jun 🥺 I‘m really looking forward to see how their relationship will develop but…do i have to wait for the extras for that? 😭
Thank you for the chapter~~! 💜💜💜
They will have their happy ending at extras, still long way to go 😭
You’re welcome~ 💕
Thought so… 😖😭
I’m rooting and hoping the side couples will bloommm awwww my heart
it will bloom…. at extras 😭
He chose the wrong guy to call…
a carnival is supposed to be fun!!! among all the carnivals from TSG to GLS and now TKR, this is the first carnival with a hint of angst. poor yuan xi and sang jun 😭😭