Chapter 208: The Terrifying Hexagonal Warrior (Begging for Monthly Tickets)

In this episode of Running Man, the final sweet interaction between Bai Liang and Reba was the segment where the guys did the girls' makeup.

Having guys do makeup sounds absurd just hearing it.

This segment is mainly for laughs—whoever comes up with the ugliest, most distinctive makeup wins.

But as luck would have it, Bai Liang actually knows a little makeup.

Reba, with her eyes closed, didn't mind at first when Bai Liang gave her an ugly makeup look, even finding it kind of fun.

But when she opened her eyes and looked in the mirror, she was stunned!

Not just her—even the people beside her couldn't hold it together.

"Bro, you even know how to do makeup?"

On this day, the other guests recording the show suddenly recalled another of Bai Liang's traits and title.

The endlessly surprising treasure man-god.

"The first time we met was backstage after a press conference. The makeup artist was late, and she looked so pitiful, so later when I had the chance, I couldn't help picking up a little."

This was indeed a real experience—Bai Liang wasn't lying.

Oh wait, the 'picked up a little' part was actually a lie.

He didn't deliberately learn it. After seeing it enough times, he just naturally picked it up.

And Reba, getting a little worked up, nodded frantically beside him, saying she'd testify!

Her big eyes were practically brimming with tears.

The word 'meaning'—for a girl, it's really important!

Because of that awkward first meeting, Bai Liang learned makeup for her sake. If they weren't filming a show, she'd absolutely throw herself into his arms and cry.

This time, it's genuinely a little enviable.

Definitely more eye-catching and moving for the older sisters than when Reba accidentally exposed Bai Liang's privacy that time.

Now it all makes sense.

No wonder our top female star could be so. reckless.

Anyone else wouldn't be able to handle it either.

Girls are naturally more sentimental. Meeting someone as outrageous as Bai Liang—no matter how strong their career drive, they probably couldn't resist, unless they were truly made of stone.

Plus there's the bonus of his physical conditions. Looking at it this way, Bai Liang's attributes in every area are completely maxed out!

A terrifying hexagonal warrior.

Couldn't hold back, really couldn't hold back. Reba got so worked up she blurted out another tidbit: "He even speaks the dialect from our Xinjiang."

Deng Chao and the others were now looking at Bai Liang like he was some kind of monster. Damn it, bro, are you gonna leave the rest of us guys any room to survive?

Don't raise the bar for picking up girls so damn high!

The market is ruined by grinders like you.

Lucky for them, these guys were either already married or had a partner.

If there had been a single young man on set, he'd probably be wanting to kill Bai Liang right about now.

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"This guy is just too outrageous, what a dog."

"Hating him that much?"

Hearing Lu Han muttering that, Yang Tianzhen got curious—it's just a show recording, why so much grudge?

She hadn't gone to record with the crew today; she'd been staying at the hotel trying to figure things out, so she didn't know the specifics.

Lu Han quickly shook his head. "Not that serious, just saying it for fun. But Bai Liang really is pretty freakish."

"Freakish? Did you catch him with some dirt?"

"I'm a guy, why would I catch his dirt."

Maybe influenced by today's recording, Lu Han opened his mouth and couldn't help making a dirty joke.

Thought to himself that Reba could just grab that thing~ she loves it!

Anyway, by now everyone has figured that part out.

Yang Tianzhen couldn't hold it together—so what on earth is he talking about?

After getting a clearer picture, she was speechless and amused at the same time, then winced. "Are these two going to make it official?"

"Should I give him a call and ask?"

"You ask him, and he'd just tell you?" Yang Tianzhen scoffed.

"That's what Chao-ge told me."

After today's recording finished and the name-tag tearing was done, through Deng Chao's introduction, Bai Liang and Lu Han did exchange contact info.

Deng Chao meant well, saying you two are both my little bros, don't make things ugly over small stuff.

But he gave Lu Han a little heads-up—Bai Liang isn't like your typical celebrity.

While talking with Yang Tianzhen, Lu Han actually called Bai Liang.

By the time she realized it had already connected, it was too late to stop him.

Their conversation was brief. Half a minute later, Lu Han hung up. "He said no announcement."

Yang Tianzhen:

She felt the whole vibe was getting weird—one of them just calls up to ask, the other actually answers.

"What if he's lying to you?"

"He said 'Chinese don't lie to Chinese'—that's basically swearing a blood oath, right?"

Fair point!

But Yang Tianzhen grew more and more confused, feeling this wasn't quite the entertainment circle she was familiar with~

Her experience told her that any nonsense the opposing side spouted didn't need to be taken to heart.

But her instincts also made her feel that the other party might really not have been lying to Lu Han.

Yet this thing was genuinely important — it directly decided what kind of PR approach her side should use to reduce the negative impact on Lu Han after this episode aired.

Such a headache~

Yang Tianzhen suddenly felt that an "opponent" like Bai Liang was, in fact, more troublesome than those demons and monsters.

By this time Lu Han had already picked up his phone and started chatting with his girlfriend Guan Xiaotong, a smile unique to the honeymoon phase lighting up his face.

Although his looks didn't fall into the rugged type, in certain respects his guts and his moves were plenty tough.

Put it this way — after being provoked like this by Bai Liang these past two days, he was determined to make the relationship public, and even Yang Tianzhen couldn't stop him.

Yang Tianzhen: Bizarre! Too freaking bizarre!

She could already envision it — after Wu Yifan, another top-tier star about to "fall" before Bai Liang.

And doing it by slashing himself.

But if he didn't take that slash, there was always this lingering sense that he might "die even more miserably."

"What did Lu Han want you for?"

"Asked if the two of us would go public."

Reba lay sprawled on the bed, letting Bai Liang knead her calves, occasionally hissing through her teeth.

In today's final pool name-tag-tearing segment, she had sat on Bai Liang's shoulders and slaughtered in all directions, cutting everyone else down.

It was simply Lü Bu riding Dian Wei.

After all, the pool was her comfort zone — she loved pools, especially when she was there with Bai Liang.

The one she suppressed the worst was Li Xin — pressed and "beaten" the entire time!

In any case, the final result let her feel thoroughly satisfied~

Reba said nothing, simply indulging in personal revenge under the guise of duty.

Only, the consequence of winning the match in such dominating fashion was that her calves started cramping up.

So she could only ask our dear Master Bai to help ease things a little.

"Why does he care about our business?" Reba said, feeling the soreness ease under his kneading, a bit curious.

Bai Liang ventured a bold guess: "He might be going public."

"Huh? For real? He's a top-tier star — going public with a relationship will cost him fans."

"Maybe. He's super in love?"

Reba felt that remark sounded like it was hinting at her, and she buried her face in the blanket to stifle a laugh, wiggling her toes.

"When did your legs start feeling uncomfortable? When we finished recording you looked perfectly fine to me."

"Faking it. It was already really uncomfortable then — felt like they were cramping."

On this point, Bai Liang could actually understand.

People usually call this kind of behavior "being strong."

If two people both stubbed their bare toes on a table leg, the one yowling in pain is usually the one who's loved, while the one biting down, pressing their lips shut, frowning, and refusing to cry out is usually the one who's starved for love.

Put plainly — if you had a choice, why be so strong?

Reba had grown used to swallowing down such discomfort, because in her ordinary life she needed to endure; being strong was the essential element that kept her moving forward.

But she found that when Bai Liang was by her side, she suddenly couldn't hold it in anymore.

Cry when she needed to cry, complain when she needed to complain, and even throw in a little coquettish act. The so-called sense of security from Da Bai was that it let her not have to be so strong.

"All done?"

"Not yet! The other side hurts too."

After he finished both her calves, Reba started complaining that her thighs hurt, then her waist, then her shoulders.

Bai Liang simply had the hotel send over some essential oil. "Come on, today I'll give you a full essential-oil spa."

"Do you even know how, Master Bai?"

*Smack~*

A slap landed on her bottom, and Bai Liang said with perfect righteousness: "Of course I don't — let's give it a try."

As everyone knows, you can't wear too many clothes for an essential-oil spa.

But at a moment like this, the key is to keep things clear in your heart while cooperating with each other.

"Master Bai, no peeking~"

"Please trust my professional ethics — today the one serving you is blind masseur Master Bai." Bai Liang's eyes were wide open as he insisted he was blind.

Not a single error, not a single chapter, not a single release, not a single piece of content left unread!

Reba nearly burst out laughing. With her back to him she peeled off the last top she was wearing, tossed it aside, and quickly lay face-down.

Lying face-down seemed to cover things up, but in fact the way it pressed things together gave a rather different visual experience on either side.

"You can start now, Master Bai."

"You got it~"

Professional massage — Bai Liang didn't know any; at most he could pinch someone's muscles and help them relax.

But this kind of thing, he'd actually seen plenty of — the focus wasn't on the massage, it was on the touch!

Reba's figure was indeed fantastic, though at this stage she should be near her peak; if she lost any more weight, the experience would probably slide downhill.

The scorching big hands traced along the grain of the muscles.

He didn't know how much time had passed when Reba was already getting a bit drowsy, and suddenly heard a gently spoken line: "Come on, turn over."

She instinctively did as told, but a few seconds later realized what was happening.

Only, it was already too late~

"You're not even a blind masseur!"

Bai Liang scratched his head and added, "Divine doctor, I'm all better~"

"You're so naughty!"

The cosplay ends here; what comes next is the real massage, with deeper layers.

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"Sis, sis!"

"Huh? What's up?"

"We're heading out, hurry up and pack, we need to rush to the airport later."

"What time is it~"

"It's nine at night now. Where's Brother Dou Xiao Bai?"

Hearing Lingling's question, Reba gradually woke up too, looked around, and said, "Right, where is he?"

"I'm in the bathroom."

Bai Liang came out wrapped in a bath towel, looking a little awkward—clearly, he hadn't been wearing anything in the bathroom at all.

Lingling's eyes went wide; she quickly glanced at Bai Liang's abs and chest, thinking to herself that Sister Reba was eating way too well. No wonder the guy had "passed out."

"Huh?"

At that moment Reba also felt something was off, looked down—thankfully, she had a bath towel wrapped around her too.

Lingling: Guess who wrapped it around you~

When she came in, Reba lying on the bed really did look a bit of a mess.

The key thing was the bedroom was empty; if Lingling hadn't known Bai Liang had been there earlier, she would have thought her Sister Reba had been ravaged by some villain.

The scene afterward looked incredibly intense—exactly like what she usually imagined.

Sexual tension maxed out!

She didn't dare look too closely either; because Reba's whole body was covered in oil, she just grabbed a bath towel from under the vanity and draped it over her.

"Wow! You washed yourself squeaky clean."

At this moment, Dilireba looked at Bai Liang, whose hair was still damp and whose oil had been washed off, with a look that seemed ready to cause trouble.

"There has to be an order, right? You just fell asleep, so I thought—"

"…I don't think I just fell asleep."

Halfway through her sentence, Reba grabbed Bai Liang and pulled him to sit on the edge of the bed.

Assistant Lingling had no choice but to quietly back out; before closing the door, seeing Reba frantically licking her lips, she swallowed hard and couldn't help but remind her:

"Sis, half an hour at most."

An hour later, Reba hadn't even put on makeup—just changed clothes, put on a mask, and headed out the door.

"Sis, you're quite the contrast."

On the way to the airport, Lingling really couldn't hold it in and tossed out this line.

"What nonsense, don't talk rubbish."

"Just let me say a couple things, or I'll die of holding it in!"

"Fine, fine. Was it really that excessive?"

"Like a giant python, I felt like you just threw yourself onto Brother Dou Xiao Bai."

Reba bit her lip, her face flushed red, but her complexion at this moment was exceptionally good—even the weariness between her brows had faded a lot.

"I had to hurry, what could I do."

"I think it's great~ you two should be like this, super sexy."

"Stop talking! I beg you~"

Cut!

Assistant Lingling knew that if she kept going, her Sister Reba would really not be able to hold it together.

She quickly steered the topic to the work ahead.

The moment this miserable matter came up, Reba nearly made that Li Xin-style downward-curving mouth expression.

So bitter!

Luckily, she was actually used to it.

Precisely because she was used to it, a little bit of sweetness was already enough to fill her up.

She really was already very satisfied!

So, when her assistant brought up Li Xin, Reba simply pretended she hadn't heard.

Not just her—even that little fellow townsman of hers, she could pretend she didn't care, didn't know, didn't understand.

Of course, when they actually met, it wasn't like that.

Going all out to overwhelm them was the right move, no matter who it was.

"Keep Running" is different from "Divas Hit the Road"—they film and broadcast at the same time.

And the episode Bai Liang appeared on would basically meet the audience right around the same time as the finale of "Eternal Love."

Oh wait, it's two episodes.

After the production team released a few previews, netizens went into an uproar.

A direct conversation between top-tier stars again?!

A head-on showdown between the show's CP and the drama's CP?

The buzz was maxed out from the very start!

However, before the episode aired, an immensely explosive piece of news smashed the entire entertainment industry.

Lu Han officially announced his relationship.

Before his fans could "riot," some clever people found a contradiction in the timeline.

They raised a good question:

"What exactly happened in this episode of Running Man?"

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Three updates of thirteen thousand words, the wife is on vacation, tomorrow I have to go back to my hometown and pack luggage, so it's a bit less, sorry.

Begging for monthly tickets.

(End of this chapter)