Chapter 5: Lin Huaizhi Doesn’t Follow the Rules and Still Thinks He’s Right?
The bullet comments started spinning conspiracy theories.
Lin Huaizhi sometimes found it baffling. Over the years, resources had been piled onto Chu Xiaoran. It seemed like he went from a newcomer to an A-list star, but if this were any other actor in Huameng, they would have long settled into being a skilled actor, casually picking up various nominations and awards.
But Chu Xiaoran had nothing.
Oh, that wasn’t quite right. He had a group of obsessive fans who acted like stalkers.
No one was good enough for their brother.
Their brother was the number one best in the world.
With this, why did Chu Xiaoran bother being an actor? If he had joined a talent show to form a boy band, given this vibe, he probably would have been a top-tier idol long ago.
Thinking of the money he had missed out on earning over these years, Lin Huaizhi felt a physical ache.
The game was still ongoing.
The second to go up was the recently popular rapper Zhou Mi. His performance was his hottest song, and the rhythmic rap quickly heated up the atmosphere.
The third was the country’s first female e-sports player, Xu Qiao. The internet-addicted girl scratched her head, thought for a long time, and squeezed out a sentence: “How about I perform a somersault for everyone?”
Saying that, she actually did a few somersaults. If the director hadn’t stopped her, she probably would have flipped right off the lawn.
【Hahaha!】
【Truly absolutely hilarious! How can she be so funny! Everyone is doing talent shows, and she’s doing somersaults here!】
【I’m dying of laughter! Even running, the director almost couldn’t catch her!!】
The bullet comments were full of ‘hahaha’.
The atmosphere was extremely joyous.
The last performer of the celebrity group was the eighteenth-tier nobody, Fang Mo. Surprising everyone, he picked a sword from the weapons area and performed a sword dance on the spot.
It had to be said, he danced very well.
Chu Xiaoran was already stunned, unable to look away. The audience also shouted “Awesome,” especially the viewers who had become fans of Fang Mo in the first season; they immediately began heaping praise.
【So beautiful!】
【Baby Mo! You are simply too awesome! How many treasures do you have waiting for us to dig up!】
【Our Baby Mo is so amazing! He can even do a sword dance! And he’s good-looking! Why don’t those historical dramas cast you! They really have no eye for talent!】
Even Xu Qiao watched in a daze.
“Fang Mo, you’re so amazing.”
Once the dance ended, sweat had broken out on Fang Mo’s forehead. He flourished the sword, put it behind his back, and while wiping his sweat, revealed a shy smile.
“I only learned a little bit; it doesn’t count as amazing. If you guys learned it, you’d definitely be much better than me.”
Chu Xiaoran looked at him, his gaze so gentle it seemed about to drip water.
“You danced very well. No need to belittle yourself. Even if you let me learn, I couldn’t learn to your level. Surely others are the same.”
Hearing this, Fang Mo instantly blushed.
If he didn’t have to manage his expression in front of the camera, Lin Huaizhi would have rolled his eyes right then and there.
After the celebrity group came the civilian group.
Gold-medal salesperson Hu Xiaoling told a story citing classics. Tsinghua-Peking University scholar Su Rui wrote a heart shape using functions on a laptop. And the freelancer Huo Chen—
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Huo Chen ultimately chose the piano.
The piece he selected was worlds apart from Chu Xiaoran’s.
Croatian Rhapsody.
Croatian Rhapsody was the signature work of Croatian pianist Maksim Mrvica. This piece used a bright rhythm to describe the tragic state of Croatia after being baptized by war.
Huo Chen didn’t even sit down. Standing before the piano, his ten fingers danced rapidly across the keys, and the impassioned, high-pitched melody poured from his fingertips.
Lin Huaizhi watched him unblinkingly.
The determination to claim him grew a few degrees stronger in his eyes.
【What is fairy music? This is f*cking fairy music! What your Xiao played was trash, and he dares to compare it to fairy music?】
【To be honest, the way Huo Chen plays standing up inexplicably gives me a sense of resilience—like Croatia refusing to compromise or admit defeat even after suffering the pain of war.】
【Hearing the upstairs comment, I instantly thought of our ancestors who held up the red flag even as they fell in war. Damn, tears are already flowing!】
【Isn’t this ten thousand times better than Chu Xiaoran?】
【Stop dragging down my Xiao! He just played a broken song; what’s so worth praising? My Xiao is ten thousand times better than him!】
There were four guests in the civilian group in total. Fan Fangfang, as one of them, had withdrawn from recording this season due to career reasons. Three minutes later, all guests in the civilian group had completed their performances.
The director raised his headset mic: “The staff has already distributed voting cards to everyone. Please write down your vote and place the card into the ballot box held by the staff.”
Chu Xiaoran didn’t vote.
He looked at the director and asked, “Isn’t Lin Huaizhi a guest?”
Director: “?”
The director smelled a strong scent of trouble brewing. He wanted to give Chu Xiaoran attitude, but they were under the camera lens, so he could only answer with a smile, “Of course Lin Huaizhi is a guest.”
Chu Xiaoran glanced at Lin Huaizhi.
“Since he’s a guest, he should also choose a room. He only has a special ticket, which doesn’t mean he has a special room. So, shouldn’t he also participate in this game?”
Director: “?”
The director just wanted to kick Chu Xiaoran twice!
If you don’t want to live, you can just go die directly. There’s no need to tear the boss’s face off on the dating show I’m directing! Going against the boss!!
And how do you know he doesn’t have a special room? So many people didn’t have a problem, but only you have a problem?
Aren’t you special!
And the boss is really something too! There are plenty of beautiful people in the entertainment industry; why did he have to set his sights on a character who has neither face nor acting skills! Leaving me to swallow my anger!!
【What’s going on with Chu Xiaoran?】
【To be honest, I think Chu Xiaoran is too weird. He says he and Lin Huaizhi are friends, but would a normal friend pick faults like this and make the other person unable to step down from the stage?】
【Xiaoran is truly the person with the biggest contrast between on-screen and off-screen I’ve ever seen. Saying he’s friends with Lin Huaizhi, but his behavior clearly treats the other person like an enemy. A total ingrate.】
【What bullsh*t are you guys spouting! My Xiao is doing that for the fairness of the game! Lin Huaizhi doesn’t follow the game rules, and he still thinks he’s right!?】
The bullet comments started arguing again.
The director took a deep breath and was about to speak when Lin Huaizhi spoke first.
“Thank you for reminding me. Everyone is truly talented; I was so captivated watching that I almost forgot I hadn’t performed my talent yet.”
Seeing that he was ready to perform, the director could only swallow his words.
His boss’s ticket indeed didn’t come with a special room, but it involved a special game rule coming up, so he didn’t need to participate in the room selection game at all. Who knew that before he could explain, that grandson Chu Xiaoran would start chirping.
Just you wait! Little white-eyed wolf!
I don’t have my boss’s good temper!
We’re not done!
Lin Huaizhi walked to the instrument area and finally stopped in front of a guzheng. But instead of sitting on the stool, he held the guzheng vertically in his embrace and raised his lips in a smile.
“Then I’ll embarrass myself.”
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I thought mc will also chose the sword hahahha like shou vs shou and gong vs going