\nThe five people, who got up late, enjoyed Yu Bai's homemade breakfast comfortably, due to the exhaustion from last night, a few of them did not seem to be interested in the food as much.
When the director saw that everyone was almost done eating, he coughed lightly to attract everyone's attention.
"Because there are some conflicts in Qing Ning and Yu Bai's itinerary and our original arrangements, we have to shorten the recording time of this episode. The tasks that were originally scheduled for today are now cancelled. You only need to guess who is the undead among you, and we are done."
Actually, today's plan was a resurrection mission. But last night, Shu Qing Ning and Yu Bai's managers called the program team and asked to shorten the recording time, which made the director and Liang Qing very angry. Fortunately, there were many highlights in this segment. Even if the recording time is to be shortened, they can still edit the segment into two-episode special.
"Well, now I will announce last night's result."
"Chu Shu Nan, you and your teammate Hui Si Yong are both dead, so I sadly announce that your team has been annihilated, so you are disqualified, and you must accept your punishment."
"Jia Jie Mao, although you died last night, your teammate survived under the protection of Chu Shu Nan, so there is still one person on your team who can participate in the final round. If Shu Qing Ning correctly pinpointed the undead, then you will be free from the punishment."
"Sheng Xing Ze and Yu Bai, I now congratulate your team for having a complete team, but our game is not winning by numbers. Please keep in mind that you only win when you can pinpoint the undead among you."
"Now the three survivors, tell me who is the undead among you." The director looked forward to the answers from these three with an unpredictable expression.
Shu Qing Ning pointed to Yu Bai without hesitation, "All the evidence in my hand points to you."
Yu Bai looked at Shu Qing Ning and smiled, "What evidence?"
"I know that I am not the undead myself. Sheng Xing Ze and I have a clue that the undead is not a newcomer. Then it can only be between you, me and Chu Shu Nan. Jia Jie Mao is probably a newcomer, so I counted him as one compared to my seniority. After waking up in the morning, only you and I survive."
"Moreover, if I'm not wrong, Sheng Xing Ze did not get killed by the undead army by now because you were protecting him. When the undead came to kill everyone in their room last night, only your room door was closed, so it is very likely that your mission is to kill your teammate, Sheng Xing Ze. Obviously you were reluctant to kill, it's that simple."
Sheng Xing Ze applauded, "Qing Ning is really amazing."
"He started to doubt Brother Yu since yesterday!" Jia Jie Mao also chimed in on the side. When Sheng Xing Ze glanced over to look at Jia Jie Mao, he noticed that Chu Shu Nan's eyes had been staring at Shu Qing Ning. Sheng Xing Ze saw not only appreciation and tenderness in his eyes, but there was also an inexplicable guilt and annoyance.
But Shu Qing Ning only had his sight on the clue in his hand, and waited until the director made the final judgment.
The gazes of Chu Shu Nan and Sheng Xing Ze collided, and Sheng Xing Ze immediately understood the meaning in his eyes. After nodding quietly at Chu Shu Nan, he turned his attention back to the shooting on site.
Yu Bai had given up his defense and was looking at Sheng Xing Ze's direction with a smile.
Shu Qing Ning voted for Yu Bai, and Yu Bai naturally wanted to choose Shu Qing Ning, so the most critical vote fell in the hands of Sheng Xing Ze.
Sheng Xing Ze took out the colored clue card and handed it to Shu Qing Ning, "I'm sorry, Film Emperor Yu, the clue is so obvious, I can't protect you."
Yu Bai smiled understandingly, opened his arms toward Sheng Xing Ze, and Sheng Xing Ze politely gave him a comforting hug.
The director brought up the punishment props. It was a special drink like before. Just from the look of the color, one does not need to smell to know there must be a lot of strange things in it.
No matter who got punished at the end of today, Shu Qing Ning and Yu Bai always have to drink the special drink prepped by the program team, which could be regarded as the program team's naive revenge for their sudden change of schedule.
"Director, can I help him drink a little?" Sheng Xing Ze smelled a pungent mustard smell, and felt a little reluctant for Yu Bai to finish drinking it alone.
Before the director could speak, Yu Bai had already finished the entire drink in one gulp, and walked towards the pool with an unattractive expression. Sheng Xing Ze hurried over and handed Yu Bai water to gargle. Finally he peeled off a piece of candy and stuffed it into Yu Bai's mouth.
"Aren't you stupid? If I help you drink a little, you will feel much better." Sheng Xing Ze looked at Yu Bai's appearance in distress.
Yu Bai showed a smiling face, only Sheng Xing Ze's reflection in his ink-colored pupils, "just give me a kiss."
"Silly," Sheng Xing Ze peeled off a piece of the same candy and stuffed it into his mouth. When no one was looking, he quietly leaned on Yu Bai's lips and pecked it.
When the two of them came back, there was nothing strange on Yu Bai's face, but Sheng Xing Ze's lips were a little red.
Hui Si Yong's jaw almost dropped on the ground when Yu Bai showed indifferent expression. He looked at the glass in front of him, which was obviously more flavorful than the one he had drunk in the previous episode. Even if Yu Bai went on without changing his expression. He still could not make himself chugging down the glass in front of him.
Chu Shu Nan glanced at Shu Qing Ning, then drank from the glass, his face flushed at the taste. Shu Qing Ning hesitated for a bit before heading to the pool to get him water and candy.
Hui Si Yong felt even more uncomfortable.
Finally, when all three people had accepted the punishment, the recording of this segment was over.
Before leaving, the director stopped Sheng Xing Ze in a low voice.
"This is Chu Shu Nan's personal WeChat account, you can add him." The director quietly showed a QR code, "Shu Qing Ning is still here, he dares not come to you directly."
"Understood." Sheng Xing Ze did not ask further, and quickly added Chu Shu Nan.
Yuan Yuan drove to pick up the boss and the proprietress. Tao Yi Ning heard from him that Yu Bai got confessed to, she insisted on getting in his car to pick up the two.
Seeing the intimate interaction between Sheng Xing Ze and Yu Bai in the backseat, she raised her eyebrows and spoke with horror.
"Yu Bai, the promotion of "Xing Lan" will start in two days. Director Zhang meant that Xing Ze doesn't have to participate. The main point is that you and the female lead are to be together to promote. Recently, I am responsible for Xing Ze's affairs, so I can't go with you. Make sure to behave yourself, don't do anything to make me worry."
She glanced at Yu Bai provocatively, suggesting that she has Sheng Xing Ze in her hands, and he had better not to mess around.
Yu Bai obviously understood her meaning; since he did not want to announce his relationship with Sheng Xing Ze to the public yet, he did not care about Tao Yi Ning's threat.
Seeing his reaction, Tao Yi Ning knew that he had not listened to what she said, but with Sheng Xing Ze by her side, Yu Bai would not try to cause any trouble when he was by himself.
She turned her gaze to Sheng Xing Ze, who was obviously much more well-behaved, and her voice was much softer, "Xing Ze, Director Ye Shuang Yang contacted me the day before yesterday. He will soon start shooting the movie "Twins" and he wants you to audition for the male lead role."
Unlinke Zhang Chao, Ye Shuang Yang is an absolute A-List director in China. Although Lin Mu leapt into popularity by Su Jin Mu's role in the original book, he was still rejected by Ye Shuang Yang. This movie "Twins" later became a pinnacle of domestic movies.
"Director Ye? How he come to know me." Sheng Xing Ze was puzzled.
"The male lead of "Twins" has never been found a suitable actor, it was either the right appearance but acting skill is bad, or the acting skill is good but the appearance is not what Director Ye wants. Now everything is ready except that the male lead is still missing."
She paused when she said, "You are naturally not qualified to participate in Director Ye's audition based on your current status in the showbiz. You were recommended by Shu Qing Ning and Hui Hong Sheng. Director Ye thinks that your image fits the character very well, so he contacted me. The audition is scheduled for three days later, so you have to hurry."
Sheng Xing Ze nodded and agreed, "Okay." A Shu Qing Ning alone was not enough to convince Ye Shuang Yang, but with Hui Hong Sheng's guarantee, Yu Shuang Yang would want to consider this newcomer.
"This time, you probably are the only one at the audition. I am very confident in your skill. If the audition is a success, you should be able to join the filming crew by the weekend."
Hearing Tao Yi Ning's words, Yu Bai could not help frowning, "Are they that rushing?"
Tao Yi Ning turned her head and smiled at the two in the back seat when the car stopped at the red light, "Yes, to put it frankly, you new couple would not have a chance to meet before the start of the next recording of the variety show."
Sheng Xing Ze swore that he can hear a taste of gloating in Tao Yi Ning's tone.
Although Yu Bai felt a little unhappy about the short separation from his boyfriend, he knew how much an audition opportunity given by Director Ye would affect Sheng Xing Ze's future stardom. Even if he did not want to be seperated, he would not joke around with it.
"When is the next recording?" He asked with a cold face.
Tao Yi Ning smiled even more happily, "At least one week later."
Soon to be seperated for such a long time, Sheng Xing Ze took advantage of the last few moment and made out in the car with Yu Bai.
He had never felt that the time on the road could pass so quickly. Yuan Yuan had already parked the car at the door of Yu Bai's filming site before he could get his satisfaction.
"See you next time, Film Emperor Yu." Tao Yi Ning did not give the new couple the time to say goodbye to each other. She made Yuan Yuan to get out of the car and to take Yu Bai into the filming site.
"Remember to miss me." Before Yu Bai opened the door, Sheng Xing Ze gave him a kiss.
Yu Bai touched his lips and waved to Sheng Xing Ze with a smile, "Call me."
Tao Yi Ning could not stand these two love birds. When Yu Bai closed the car door, she drove the car away in one go and left Yu Bai and Yuan Yuan behind, who were still standing there.
Yu Bai stood at the door and kept looking at the direction where Sheng Xing Ze's car disappeared.
"Brother Yu, shall we go in?" Yuan Yuan asked cautiously from the side. Brother Sheng's car had long been out of sight, but Brother Yu did not seem to want to go in.
"Uhm," Yu Bai looked around for the last time, then turned and moved his foot into the set.