CH 25.1

Do You Still Hate Her? 15 – Reward you with a CP with Shang Lu

The program team’s plan lost its original meaning entirely because Shang Lu deviated completely from the usual routine and the whole segment turned into chaos. However, this resulted in a variety show effect that they had hoped.

This particular segment has been widely reposted by marketing accounts. Coupled with the birthday incident from the previous episode, everyone now refers to Shang Lu as—

“God of Variety Shows” who can see through all the tricks of the program team but still manages to break the norms and create exciting scenes.

At this moment, the program team decided to break the mold completely and asked Shang Lu to comment on their segment design.

Shang Lu pondered for a moment and said, “It’s quite interesting. You used the same reason three times, thinking I wouldn’t notice. I don’t know if you think that Ye Lu is crazy enough to offend three people in one morning or if you think that I was foolish enough to believe it.”

Ye Lu : “?”

[Innocent Ye Lu got caught in the crossfire, hahaha]

[Don’t cry, Ye Lu! Just get used to it! You’ve acted really hard!]

[“Quite interesting,” she said.]

Shang Lu took a sip of water and continued, “Actually, you made a mistake in your initial design. If I had walked into the room and seen Ye Lu and Song Zeqian arguing, I would have believed it.”

Song Zeqian : “?”

Song Zeqian asked, “And then? If it were me and Ye Lu, would you have mediated?”

Shang Lu shook his head and honestly replied, “No. I would have fueled the fire even more seriously. I’d love to see that scene.”

Song Zeqian & Ye Lu : “…”

[Shang Lu : Don’t hit me, don’t hit me, you can’t kill someone like this!]

[I announce! The program team’s prank on Shang Lu has completely failed!]

[The wise don’t fall into the river of love! Shang Lu doesn’t fall for traps!]

Soon, the recording for today continues.

The first official segment that started this morning is—

Drawing.

Yes, it’s drawing. The program team has provided each person with drawing boards, paper, pens, watercolors, and oil pastels. Everyone can choose their favorite tools for painting.

This time, it’s a themed painting, and the topic is : The most beautiful person in my heart.

The drawing boards are placed in the living room, with considerable distance between each other, and no one can look at others’ drawing boards; otherwise, they will be punished.

However, this is actually a segment deliberately designed by the program team for Shang Lu. Among these six people, only Shang Lu is free to draw whatever she wants, while the others have to draw Shang Lu.

[Why did the program team take a sentimental route? It’s a collective romantic confession to Shang Lu, hahaha].

[I can already imagine the expression of shock that will appear on Shang Lu’s face when she sees everyone’s drawings of the most beautiful person in their hearts, and that person turns out to be her.]

[I can already hear Shang Lu’s voice in my head : “Has everyone gone crazy?”]

At the moment she picked up the brush, Shang Lu hesitated, unsure of what to draw.

The program only allowed half an hour for drawing, and the countdown had already begun.

Oh well, she thought, let’s just draw something random.

Shang Lu picked up a pencil, sharpened it a bit, and started sketching on the drawing board.

The variety show was unusually quiet, with everyone focusing on their drawing boards, taking the task seriously.

Also, actually, in the upper left corner of each person’s drawing board had a different picture of Shang Lu for reference.

Ye Lu didn’t know how to draw.

But he was confident, even choosing the challenging watercolor paints.

Lin Yanyan was rarely so serious. She wanted to draw Shang Lu beautifully, more beautiful than others’ drawings, aiming to make it the best of all.

But she didn’t know how to draw either.

The time for drawing was halfway through.

[Ye Lu and Lin Yanyan, they both draw so badly that one is uglier than the other. Truly, living up to their reputation, they once again demonstrated their stable performance as Shang Lu’s ‘Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger1‘]

[If I were Shang Lu, I probably wouldn’t recognize that those drawings are of myself… and even if I did, I wouldn’t want to admit it.]

Jiang Jing chose a clever approach by directly tracing Shang Lu’s photo on a blank sheet of paper. Though it turned out smaller, surprisingly, it still looked quite good.

On the other hand, Xu Ze didn’t seem to be very skilled at drawing, but he would lift his head and glance at Shang Lu’s photo after every stroke. His progress was slow, but perhaps due to his earnest efforts, the result was unexpectedly not bad.

However, what astonished everyone was Song Zeqian.

His lines were clean and powerful; with just a few strokes, he sketched the basic outline. After adding some details, it instantly resembled Shang Lu. His drawing was not merely good; it could be described as outstanding.

[Song Zeqian is amazing! Is he at the level of a professional comic artist?]

[I can’t believe Director Song has this talent too. He’s been hiding it so well.]

[Let’s not forget that Song Zeqian is a director. Writing script and storyboards needs not only writing but also drawing.]

[I’m really looking forward to seeing Song Zeqian’s final work!]

It seems like the program team deliberately prevented them from seeing what Shang Lu was drawing, arousing the curiosity of the audience.

As the drawing time was coming to an end, everyone gradually put down their brushes and handed their final works to the program team’s staff.

The staff members solemnly announced, “All the Teachers’ drawings are here, and now let’s take a look at the most beautiful person in each Teacher’s heart. It’s truly something to look forward to.”

After the staff’s words fell, they looked down at the drawings in their hands, and their brows furrowed.

[What are you pretending for, program team? Haha, obviously, you asked everyone to draw Shang Lu, but you still want to act surprised?]

[Hahaha, here comes the highlight!]

[I’m staring closely at Shang Lu’s face, afraid to miss any second of the shot.]

But, in fact, this staff member wasn’t acting. They made an effort to maintain a smile and said, “Let’s first take a look at… um, Teacher Ye and Teacher Jiang’s artworks.”

The two drawings were placed side by side on the whiteboard.

Everyone fell silent.

Ye Lu’s drawing now looked like a pile of strange colors, and it was even hard to make out that it was a person. The black part seemed to still be wet, evident from its shine. As for Jiang Jing, she was quite unlucky. Her drawing was accidentally smeared with Ye Lu’s watercolor, completely covering her own artwork.

Ye Lu guiltily touched his nose. It seemed like he made a few last-minute additions, but… it’s his fault, isn’t it?

Facing Jiang Jing’s direction, Ye Lu didn’t say anything but just bowed, almost 180 degrees, with his face nearly touching his legs.

The scene was quite comical.

[Ye Lu: I’m sorry!]

[This bow seems sincere. By the way, Ye Lu has a nice waist.]

[Hahaha, I quickly took a screenshot and turned it into an apology meme.]

Jiang Jing was taken aback for a moment, and she reached out to help Ye Lu, saying, “It’s okay, get up quickly.”

Feeling guilty, Ye Lu sat back in his seat, leaving everyone else to guess the content of the two paintings.

Song Zeqian, Xu Ze, and Lin Yanyan knew the answer, but looking at the two paintings, they couldn’t bring themselves to say it.