Chapter 23: Yang Zi is Safe

"Cough, cough... what's wrong, children? Are you so happy you don't know what to say?"

Teacher Huang couldn't help but smile slightly when he saw everyone's different expressions, and he even pouted and acted cute.

It's said that Teacher Huang knows he's wrong, Teacher Huang knows it's not right, but Teacher Huang just won't change.

All of Teacher Huang's methods were used to "satisfy himself"!

Is this by-the-way obedience test really that addictive?

Everyone sighed inwardly, but Teacher Lü still maintained his high-emotional-intelligence speech: "This is too hard, Teacher Huang. Why don't we all peel corn together? You should rest too."

"It's not hard, it's not hard. I thought about it before coming to this show. The show lacks a cook, and there are so many children who need someone to take care of them."

Teacher Huang waved his hand, signaling that it wasn't hard for a few poisonous people; he had to kill everyone for it to be over.

Chi Ye nodded upon hearing this: "The show really lacks a killer. With so many guests, someone has to do the killing."

Everyone: "..."

Teacher Huang glanced at Chi Ye: "Chi Ye, you child, your mouth is never idle. You eat first later."

"Fine, I'll hit the road first later."

Chi Ye accepted this result calmly, and the bullet comments had already exploded with laughter.

"hhh, I can't take it anymore. Is this a comedy variety show?"

"Is Teacher Huang pretending, or is he for real?"

"I think it's both. It's true that he wants to play memes to clear his name, and it's also true that he wants to poison Chi Ye!"

"'Rest assured, nobody will survive today'"

Over here, Chi Ye was already "arranging his affairs": "After I'm gone, remember to cremate my jawline. The subway in the underworld probably prohibits carrying controlled knives."

PD: "..."

He was actually very uneasy following Chi Ye before because Chi Ye's mouth was always "unrestrained."

But after the experiences of yesterday and this morning, he had already learned from Li Dao that Chi Ye's live broadcast room's popularity had actually remained high, faintly showing promise of becoming the most popular live broadcast room among the many monsters and freaks of "See You."

His performance had risen accordingly, so how could he be dissatisfied?

The popularity of "See You" was already beginning to show, and he now only hoped that Chi Ye could say more.

If you can talk, say more!

"Alright... let's work hard, strive to eat sooner."

Teacher Lü's expression wasn't very good, but he was too familiar with Teacher Huang and couldn't say anything, so he could only set a preventive measure: "I'm losing fat recently, Teacher Huang, make me less."

Teacher Huang looked him over upon hearing this and nodded happily: "Rest assured, I'll make you a fat-loss meal!"

Teacher Lü: "..."

You're even killing friendly forces?!

The production team announced the "life countdown," Teacher Huang issued the "kill order," and everyone had no other way, so on the surface, they could only continue to work.

But the actual work efficiency was not even as good as when they started; they kept slacking off, leaving the audience in the live broadcast room and the production team laughing and crying.

"Hmm... cough, cough."

Seeing that the show's effect was achieved, and they couldn't let everyone keep slacking off here, Li Dao gave a light cough: "Alright... in view of everyone's current state, let's readjust the 'work method'."

Everyone looked up at him, their eyes indifferent.

Chi Ye was surprised: "There are more devious tricks?!"

Li Dao: "... Chi Ye, don't stir up trouble."

He paused and spoke with the megaphone: "Since everyone's current work 'enthusiasm' isn't high, let's switch to a grouping mode. There are seven guests on site, so we'll divide them into groups of two, with one person left over to do other work."

"Group competition, limited quantity of vegetables and meat. The group with the NO. 1 weight of peeled corn kernels can have priority in picking the best vegetables, the second place next, and the third place last."

"Hmm?"

Everyone was startled and immediately heard the subtext.

"So after grouping, each group picks their own ingredients, so we have to cook for ourselves? Otherwise, what's the point of grouping?"

Teacher Lü hurriedly asked for confirmation.

Li Dao looked at everyone with a smile: "Yes, each group has two people, and all the ingredients exchanged belong to themselves. In other words, you can cook lunch for yourselves."

"...!!"

"I said it, even 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' has a destiny circle, how could 'See You' not leave us a way to survive?!"

Chi Ye clapped his hands in approval: "I think that works, let's do it!"

The others didn't have as big a "reaction" as Chi Ye, but they all revealed sincere, relaxed smiles on their faces.

Two people cooking in a group, even if they were last, as long as they weren't with Teacher Huang, it would be fine!

"Grouping? How to group, how to group!"

The Old Buddha, who had already passed the freshness stage, was originally listless, but upon hearing about grouping, her peach-blossom eyes immediately lit up, and she raised her hand: "I want to be in a group with Teacher Chi!"

Everyone: "..."

Teacher Huang, Teacher Lü, and Lin Jingyi looked at Chi Ye, their gazes inexplicably complex.

Yang Zi gritted his teeth, and the little bit of "revolutionary friendship" he had just established with Chi Ye was shattered. He cursed inwardly: Damn it, I was careless, Chi Ye is the biggest competitor!

"Uh..." Li Dao looked at everyone and said: "We will group by drawing lots."

"Ah, we still have to draw lots."

The Old Buddha was disappointed.

She had been thinking about being in a group with Teacher Chi, and then at noon, they could openly "sneak out" to eat gutter oil and lymph node meat.

"Yes, we have to draw lots."

Li Dao had a headache. He didn't know if Jin Xia's magnetic field was compatible with Chi Ye's, but with these two together... their production team really couldn't "target" Chi Ye obviously in the future.

"Please line up to draw lots."

Five minutes later, the production team's staff brought over a lottery box, and everyone lined up to reach in and draw.

There were three numbers in total; those who drew the same number were in a group, and there was one separate number, which was considered a bye.

"Girl, just draw whatever later, and then I'll swap with whoever draws you."

Lü Xiaoming stood with Lin Jingyi, smelling the "technological" scent on each other, feeling only refreshed.

"Teacher Lü..."

"How many times have I told you, call me Brother Xiaoming!" Lü Xiaoming was overbearing.

"Brother Xiaoming~" Lin Jingyi was slightly shy: "What if others don't want to swap with us?"

"How could that be." Lü Xiaoming was confident: "With me here, they will swap."

"But Chi Ye..."

"Girl." Lü Xiaoming paused and said, avoiding the camera: "I think Chi Ye just has a poisonous mouth, but he's actually not bad. Besides, Jin Xia is quite clingy to him now, why are you always going against him?"

Lin Jingyi pouted, her newly done plump lips radiating a Q-bouncy luster.

Lü Xiaoming's old heart went "thump, thump," and his old deer bumped around, but he still shook his head: "We're mixing in the circle, we still need to make more friends. I'm doing this for your own good."

"Brother Xiaoming~!" Lin Jingyi stomped her foot, her voice so cloying it snapped Teacher Lu's heart, hooking him like a fish on a line.

"I don't care, this person is so annoying. If it weren't for him, outside... outside how could people keep saying I like to eat... hmph!"

"A young lady like Jin Xia might get bored after playing for a while, you have to help me then!"

Teacher Lü frowned upon hearing this, looked around, and found no one was paying attention to this side. Just as he was about to speak...

"Ah, why did I get a bye."

Jin Xia's cutesy voice sounded, feeling aggrieved: "Teacher Chi, I got a bye!"

"Isn't getting a bye good?"

Chi Ye, who was right behind her, was surprised: "Isn't it good not to have to work? Why don't we swap?"

"No swap."

Chi Ye: "?"

The Old Buddha was righteous and confident: "Without you, it's no fun being in a group with others!"

"It's not even as good as not working!"

Chi Ye: "... Alright."

Everyone: "... 6."

Haven't these two started dating?

Originally, everyone thought it was unlikely, but looking at Jin Xia like this now...

No, Chi Ye, didn't you come to clear your name?

What's going on, you want to work twenty years less now?!

Greedy!

"Cough, cough, I drew 4, who drew the same as me?"

Teacher Huang stuck out his little belly, hands behind his back, looking at everyone, searching for his partner.

"I... damn."

Yang Zi saw the "4" in his hand, and his eyes went dark.

Teacher Huang: "?"

"... I drew 4, I'm done for."

Yang Zi looked ashen and looked at the others: "Is anyone willing to swap with me?"

Chi Ye squinted: "How big is your face, wanting others to die for you."

Yang Zi: "..."

He didn't bother with Chi Ye; he was mainly looking at Lin Jingyi.

—As everyone knows, Lin Jingyi loves eating the "food" Teacher Huang makes the most, and perhaps it's precisely because of this that Teacher Huang takes her everywhere.

Rumors in the circle say that when Teacher Huang participates in variety shows, he doesn't ask about the treatment, he only asks one question—can I bring Lin Jingyi?

If not, then I'm not participating.

"NO."

Who knew, facing Yang Zi's gaze, Lin Jingyi shook her head decisively and leaned toward Teacher Lü: "I promised to cook with Teacher Lü~"

"You, you're really a little glutton!"

Teacher Lü smiled dotingly.

Everyone: "..."

"Then we don't need to draw lots, I'm in a group with Teacher Shi."

Chi Ye glanced at Li Dao.

By now, everyone else had finished drawing, and the last two left were him and Shi Daifu.

"Hmm."

Li Dao nodded, then looked at everyone: "Because it's changed from one person to two, each group member needs to wear a double-person jumpsuit to cooperate in the work."

"The time is reset to one hour. The activity ends after one hour. How many ingredients each group can get depends on yourselves."

After speaking, he was just about to put away the megaphone.

"What about me, what about me!"

The Old Buddha had waited eagerly for a long time, only to find that the production team didn't care about her at all, and she was immediately dissatisfied, humming and hawing: "I got a bye, look at what work I can do?"

You?

Everyone glanced at her and curled their lips. Although they didn't dare to say it explicitly, what could you do?

The young lady should just wait obediently for the production team to feed her.

"Hey, what kind of look is that?" The Old Buddha's ability to capture gazes was very precise, and her charming peach-blossom eyes contained dissatisfaction.

"That's right, what do you mean by that?"

Chi Ye was also very dissatisfied and directed: "Old Buddha, go, add some trouble for them, let them see your strength!"

Jin Xia was slightly angry: "... Teacher Chi, you're not a good person either!"

Of course, Chi Ye, who wasn't a good person, said that with his mouth, but his body was very honest, suggesting to the production team: "Let Jin Xia record the weight, and then just let her choose ingredients according to a fixed quota, wouldn't that be fine."

Li Dao thought for a moment. This rule wasn't an impromptu idea, but a backup plan; otherwise, the production team wouldn't have prepared jumpsuits.

But Jin Xia was indeed a bit difficult... The Old Buddha was too valuable, she probably wouldn't know how to do anything by herself, and Chi Ye's suggestion wasn't bad.

"Fine, then Teacher Jin Xia will help record the weight, but the 'storeroom' is a bit far from here..."

"No problem, no problem, I can do it!"

Jin Xia's peach-blossom eyes had long since lit up, looking spirited: "Guarantee to complete the task!"

"Look, this is the state of a contemporary college student finding a job."

Chi Ye shook his head and sighed.

The Old Buddha hopped and skipped to the storeroom side to prepare for recording, and the production team's staff also sent over the jumpsuits.

Chi Ye took the pink double-person jumpsuit, and when he walked back to the machine, he found Shi Daifu was tense all over, her hands nervously pinching the corners of her clothes.

Chi Ye: "?"

Considering the unlucky guy who was once punched into the hospital, he couldn't help but speak: "Why don't... I apply to the production team, let's change the method?"

"No, no need."

The boxing champion hadn't spoken just now, and it could be seen that she was indeed a bit nervous.

Chi Ye thought for a moment: "Then let's do it."

He said this, but after putting on the jumpsuit, he still took the initiative to keep his distance from Shi Daifu.

The boxing champion's tense body clearly relaxed. The jumpsuits prepared by the production team weren't particularly tight to begin with; it was just for the show's effect, to keep the two at a relatively close distance at all times.

"I'll turn the handle, this is manual labor."

Chi Ye thought he was a man, and although his partner was a boxing champion, being polite was fine.

Who knew, the boxing champion didn't refute this at all upon hearing it, nodding lightly: "Good."

Chi Ye: "..."

"hhh, laughing to death, Chi Ye's expression is like he ate shit."

"It's the first time seeing Chi Ye show this expression."

"Shi Shi is definitely a hidden Chi Ye killer!"

"Pretending, keep being polite then."

Chi Ye also regretted it a bit, but Shi Daifu had nodded, so he couldn't go back on his word, and could only grit his teeth and start turning the handle.

Crack, crack...

As a result, after turning it twice, he discovered that this machine was even harder to use than he had imagined.

It actually got stuck.

"Hmm... wait, let me see... hey, why won't it turn..."

The sound of "crack, crack" came from the machine arm and the turning rod.

"...!"

"You... you're using it wrong."

Shi Daifu finally reacted, her crisp voice seemingly containing a hint of laughter: "Let me do it."

Chi Ye: "... That's fine, we're a combination, it's all the same."

"Hmm."

Shi Daifu didn't feel Chi Ye's embarrassment at the moment. The two stood up, clumsily stepping on each other's little steps to change positions, and then Shi Daifu came to the place where the handle was turned and squatted down.

"You put it in."

Chi Ye obediently started putting in the corn.

Crack, crack, crack, crack...

For a time, the windmill appeared again, sparks flew everywhere, and the corn kernels piled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Not far away, the members of the other two groups who had just adjusted to suitable positions saw this scene and instantly felt the sky had collapsed.

"No, the production team is unfair, how can we play like this?!"

Yang Zi and Teacher Huang, two "fat" elderly people, were stuck tightly together, the former directly breaking down: "He's cheating! Doesn't the production team care? Cheating!"

"Cough, cough, what are you in such a hurry for."

The production team didn't speak, and Teacher Huang beside him said happily: "We're not in a hurry, anyway we're in a group, what's the difference between winning and losing?"

Yang Zi: "... Save me, save me!" ===== CHAPTER 24 =====