Chapter 52

“Pfft!”

Bai Lu was already pinching her thigh, but she still couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Sorry, I just thought of something very funny.”

Bai Lu looked at the three envoys who were being too clever for their own good, holding back her laughter until her heart almost skipped a beat.

Director Yao couldn’t watch anymore either, turning his back and trembling.

Livestream.

“I’m stunned! So this is the first-person perspective of Zhuge Liang’s Empty Fort Strategy! Hahaha, I feel like Sha-ge’s classic scene is coming again.”

“My god! Attacking the mind is superior to attacking the city, Lin Yu is truly a master of human psychology!”

“Should I say Sha-ge is stupid, or praise Lin Yu for being smart! I’m so conflicted.”

The Hour of the Rooster is sunset; sunrise is day, sunset is night. Night has fallen, and the birds are returning to their nests.

“The Hour of the Rooster has arrived, the curtain rises.”

Following the protocol officer’s shout,

The entire hall was illuminated.

The maids on both sides also crowded out, pulling open the red curtains on the left and right.

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The Imperial Palace.

The maids pulled back the curtains for their respective teams, and the two teams finally met again at the very last moment of the game.

The two members who needed to be swapped also stood on the platform with their hands folded in front of them.

"Lin Yu!"

"Zheng Kai."

When these two appeared on the exchange platform, a truly absurd scene unfolded.

Both the Guard team and the Envoy team burst into laughter!

They all laughed with genuine, smug satisfaction.

The production crew was even more delighted; the scene was just too melodramatic.

Lin Yu’s series of maneuvers had actually led the Envoy team to mistakenly believe they had won.

And the most ridiculous part was that the five members of the Envoy team, despite having lost miserably, were beaming with confident smiles, leaving onlookers torn between laughter and tears.

As for the mastermind, Lin Yu, he acted as if nothing had happened, staring blankly at the palace pillars.

The live stream chat was instantly flooded.

"Hahahaha, this is too fun, there’s an indescribable sense of satisfaction."

"Holy crap! Sha Yi and the others must think Bai Lu is definitely the commander; they’re already secretly celebrating."

"When they find out the truth, will the Envoy team explode with rage?"

"An Ji looking at Sha Yi: I don't want this dad anymore!"

"........"

The camera cut to everyone in the main hall.

Every micro-expression was captured in full view.

"Roar!"

Zheng Kai, Li Chen, and Hou Hou Minghao from the Envoy team, along with Zhang Zhang Ruonan and Sha Yi opposite them, all pumped their fists with beaming smiles.

Got it!

Successfully secured it!

They even exchanged excited glances across the room.

Especially Zheng Kai and Li Chen, who gave Sha Yi a thumbs-up gesture with their lips and winked.

Sha Yi replied with his eyes: Hehe! What’s this? Just a normal operation!

"The wind is so strong!"

"Yeah! Everyone’s eyes are getting a bit irritated."

"Brother Sha, I have eye drops here, are your eyes feeling uncomfortable?"

Fan Fan Chengcheng and Zhou Shen hadn't been swapped at all, so they didn't even know if they had won or lost.

They were as carefree as two dim-witted sons of a wealthy landlord.

Seeing this, Lin Yu couldn't help but shake his head with a bitter smile.

Fan Fan Chengcheng and Zhou Shen’s appearance fees were truly easy money!

They had spent the whole day slacking off, not even getting as much screen time as the production crew’s NPCs.

"What does that mean?"

"Which stage are we at?"

Fan Fan Chengcheng and Zhou Shen scratched their heads, looking completely bewildered.

"Will the two members to be swapped,"

"please switch positions."

After PD Yao finished speaking, Lin Yu and Zheng Kai exchanged a look.

Under the flickering, dim light of the main hall,

they made the final personnel swap for the two teams.

Lin Yu looked up and caught Zheng Kai’s expression, which looked like that of a resentful young widow.

"Brother Kai, I was wrong."

"I shouldn't have forced you to do that."

Walking to the center, Lin Yu immediately put on a pitiful, harmless act.

"Lin Yu, you’ve played me to death."

Zheng Kai recalled the shameful scene from the afternoon at the city gate, in the bustling market, where he had been tricked into holding a banner and dancing a pole dance.

As he spoke, he gave Lin Yu’s butt a retaliatory pat.

"Huh? What did I miss?"

"‘I shouldn't have forced you to do that... you’ve played me to death’—did you guys go to the pleasure house to start a side quest?"

"Hahahaha, there’s definitely a story here!"

"Brother Kai, what’s wrong? Did Lin Yu bully you?"

"Tell us quickly, let everyone have a laugh."

Hearing the teasing and gossip from the crowd, Zheng Kai’s old face turned red instantly.

Tell them? Tell them my ass!

Could he say he was bewitched by a woman and went to the city gate to do a sultry pole dance?

It’s over! When he got home, his wife Miao Miao would definitely mock him for half a year. Wuwuwu, Lin Yu, you’ve really screwed me over!

"Will all the lords please take your seats."

"The guests have all arrived."

"The night banquet begins."

As everyone took their seats, the protocol officer announced loudly.

With that, the maids stepped forward one by one to place delicious delicacies and fine wine on the tables.

"Wow."

"It’s so beautiful."

Accompanied by screams of excitement,

over a dozen palace dancers dressed in yellow long robes began to dance gracefully to the harmonious music of zithers and lutes.

Their lithe and graceful figures left Bai Lu and Song Song Yuqi secretly clicking their tongues in wonder.

"Look at their singing and dancing, it’s so professional."

"Wow! Those legs are so thin, they’re practically..."

Before Lin Yu could finish his sentence, he saw two cold, piercing gazes from across the room, flying toward him like icy blades.