After Dumping the Scumbag Top, I Was Relentlessly Chased by a Top-Tier Idol - Chapter 40

[Bullet Screen]:

“11111111, Xuri Xiang zhou Rising Sun Toward the Boat must be locked in! Tie them together with an unbreakable diamond rope and double-knot it!”

“I want to see the ‘Crematorium’ trope (regretful pursuit)! Zhouzhou, give the prodigal son a chance to turn back!”

“To hell with ‘a prodigal son who returns is worth more than gold.’ His head is already gone from all the playing around, how can he turn back? No matter how you think about it, Song is scum. Get out!”

“How is President Song scum? Did he scum you? We don’t even know the specific reason they broke up, so how can you judge it’s President Song’s fault?”

“They only broke up about half a month ago, and he jumped straight into this? Song isn’t scum?”

The bullet screen area quickly ignited into a bloodbath, but Director Tu was happy to pick up this free traffic. The look he gave Pei Yutai became much more affectionate.

It seemed like letting him use the megaphone occasionally wasn’t such a bad idea.

After finishing his sentence, Pei Yutai leaned over to look at the screen again.

After spending these past few days together, he was full of confidence, feeling that Lin Yizhou would definitely choose Shen Xu and wouldn’t choose that scumbag Song Chizheng. However, in the task bar, Song Chizheng’s name was written clearly.

Brother Zhou chose Song Chizheng!

He blinked in disbelief, simultaneously swallowing the name “Shen Xu” that had been on the tip of his tongue.

He reacted quickly: “Everyone can see who was chosen now, so I won’t continue the commentary. The most important thing is letting my captain complete the task in peace.”

[Bullet Screen]:

“Hahahaha, what is this? This is the annual ‘slap in the face’ satisfying story for the Xuri Xiangzhou shippers!”

“I want the prodigal son’s return! I want the broken mirror to be mended! I want the Crematorium! Lin Yizhou looks like someone who finds it hard to let go of deep feelings! How could he really get over Song Chizheng so quickly? That’s the person he quit the circle for!”

“Backing up the sister above! Who even is Shen Xu? He’s nothing!”

On the sea level, Song Chizheng tilted his head and looked up, his expression full of triumph: “Hearing those words, it seems you chose me?”

Shen Xu lowered his head. Earlier, when they made the bet, the reason he interrupted the stakes Song Chizheng wanted to propose wasn’t because he thought the other lacked confidence, but because he lacked confidence.

He lacked the confidence that Lin Yizhou would actually choose him.

Looking at it now, he really had lost…

But it didn’t matter; he still wouldn’t give up.

Lin Yizhou could only belong to him!

No, he won’t belong to you. He didn’t choose you. He will never belong to you. He chose his ex-boyfriend.

“That’s not it.”

Shen Xu unconsciously uttered these words, which overlapped with a voice that suddenly exploded in his ear.

He instantly raised his head toward the source of the sound.

On the beach, Lin Yizhou stood up holding the megaphone. His calm, unhurried voice amplified in all directions, audible to everyone present.

“Director Tu, I was startled just now and my hand slipped. I haven’t even looked at the task yet. Can I choose again?”

After answering the questions, he thought Pei Yutai would leave immediately. Just as he was about to select the person to rescue, the other’s voice, amplified by the megaphone, suddenly boomed in his ear. It gave him such a fright that his hand slipped and tapped Song Chizheng’s name.

The moment he realized his finger had slipped, he closed his eyes and immediately tossed the tablet onto the sand. By now, the whole internet probably knew what the task to rescue Song Chizheng was, but he truly didn’t.

From across the distance, he couldn’t hear Director Tu’s voice at all, but he saw the director making an “X” sign with his arms over his chest.

“Since that’s the case,” Lin Yizhou said slowly through the megaphone, “then I feel it’s necessary for everyone to know that my original intention was to rescue my senior from the same company first, Shen Xu.”

[Bullet Screen]:

“Ahhh! This—this is basically a public announcement! Xuri Xiangzhou is real, ahhh!”

“Hahahaha, what is this? This is an epic satisfying story slapping the ‘Chi-Zhou’ shippers in the face!”

“Who even is Song Chizheng? He’s nothing!”

Off-screen, Jiang Yue’s chewing motion paused. He turned his head to look at Cui Sula, who had just found a moment to rest: “Sister Sula, is Brother Zhou being a bit irrational? There was really no need to emphasize that last part, right?”

Cui Sula slammed her coffee cup onto the table with a clang and immediately stood up to walk out: “Crazy, they’ve all gone crazy. I’m going crazy too.”

In the program, after saying what he wanted to say, Lin Yizhou stuffed the megaphone back into Pei Yutai’s hands and picked up the tablet from the ground, wanting to quickly finish the locked task:

[Task: Please have the player sing the song “Frivolous Youth.” If the singing score reaches 90 points, the task is completed.]

After reading the task details, Lin Yizhou’s brows furrowed.

Singing? 90 points?

He had never used recording software before and didn’t know the specific scoring mechanism. However, when it came to singing… a score of 90…

To him, it was an impossible number.

[Bullet Screen]:

“It’s over. A singing score of 90? These two can just stay hanging up there; no need to come down.”

“Actually, not necessarily. I feel like the scoring mechanisms of recording apps are quite confusing.”

Despite feeling it was impossible, Lin Yizhou didn’t dally. He took the headphones handed over by a staff member and directly began recording the song.

“Frivolous Youth” was the song he listened to the most. He had never officially sung it, but he occasionally hummed along. He was very familiar with the melody.

Above the sea, the height of the ropes rose another notch, and the commotion on the beach could no longer be heard.

Shen Xu looked down at the person positioned lower than himself, his tone slow: “President Song, you are the type of person who keeps his word, right?”

Song Chizheng slowly turned his head, his tone disdainful: “Of course I am, but isn’t the current situation special?”

“Even though Captain Lin said the person he wanted to save first was you, the person he actually has to save first is me, isn’t it?”

Hearing this, Shen Xu slowly lifted his eyelids. His pitch-black pupils seemed to turn into bottomless black holes, wanting to swallow the insolent man before him: “Isn’t the captain’s intention the default premise here?”

Song Chizheng looked up to meet his gaze, entirely unafraid: “But I only ever look at results.”

“Since our perspectives are different, why don’t we act as if that bet never existed?”

Shen Xu sneered: “If you put it that way, is President Song simply unwilling to leave this show?”

Song Chizheng nodded matter-of-factly: “Naturally. After all, my lover is here.”

“President Song… you are truly a master of shifting concepts.” If his hands weren’t tied and suspended in the air, Shen Xu would definitely have laughed and clapped for him. His tone gradually turned icy: “Some things require a price to be paid in order to be gained.”

Song Chizheng didn’t care for his warning at all, staring coldly: “I have plenty of things that can be used as bargaining chips.”

[Bullet Screen]:

“Can someone tell me what they are talking about? I’m so confused.”

“Didn’t understand +1,000,000.”

“It feels like they made a bet…”

On the beach, Lin Yizhou neatly finished the last note and looked calmly at the screen.

The recording ended, and a prompt appeared showing that the score was being calculated. After loading for about half a minute, the score jumped onto the screen.

88 points.

Pei Yutai had been staring from behind the monitor. Seeing the score, he politely snatched the director’s megaphone again and shouted encouragement: “Just a little bit more! Captain, you can do it!”

By then, Lin Yizhou had already put the headphones back on, immersing himself in the second round of singing.

Three minutes and thirty-eight seconds passed…

87 points. Failed.

He immediately put the headphones back on.

Another three minutes and thirty-eight seconds passed.

88 points. Failed.

86 points. Still failed.

Meanwhile, Nan Qiguang’s group successfully rescued their third teammate.

Lin Yizhou put the headphones back on as if isolated from the world, immediately entering the next round.

Pei Yutai shouted through the megaphone: “Captain, don’t rush! Watch out for the beginning, don’t jump the beat, and control the flow of your breath.”

Lin Yizhou took a deep breath and then pressed start.

[Bullet Screen]:

“Is this ever going to work? It’s the fifth round already? A dog barking along to the music could probably get 90 points by now.”

“If it’s really not working, just give up. Do it for the sake of my ears; they really don’t want to suffer through this magic voice torture anymore.”

“Yeah, anyway, they’ll be let down after hanging there for another hour or so.”

The hot sea breeze carried away another anxious three minutes and thirty-eight seconds. Lin Yizhou slowly inhaled, lowered his eyes, held his breath, and stared unblinkingly at the rotating circle on the screen.

“91 points!”

Before Lin Yizhou could react, an excited voice reached his ears. He slowly let out a breath, and his tense body finally began to relax.

“Congratulations to my super amazing captain for completing the task!”

“Oh, Captain Nan’s side finished their task too!”

Pei Yutai truly seemed like an on-site commentator, attending to the situations of both teams:

“Now, the match has reached the match point! Whoever rescues the last member first will win this round!”

“Don’t go away, the excitement continues!”

After he finished, he handed the megaphone back to Director Tu, but the latter refused: “You keep it. I’ve found that you actually have quite a talent for being a host.”

“Thanks for the praise, Director.” Pei Yutai’s smile was as bright as the sun. “If there’s any related work, please recommend me~”

Just then, he noticed Lin Yizhou in the monitor was looking over here, his hands cupped around his mouth as if trying to relay some information.

Director Tu: “What is Captain Lin doing…?”

Before he could finish his sentence, the person in front of him had already sprinted away.

Pei Yutai ran up to Lin Yizhou and handed him the megaphone: “What’s wrong, Captain?”

Lin Yizhou: “Task requirement.”

Regarding Shen Xu’s task, there were five questions in total, and the questioner needed to pick three for the respondent to answer. For every wrong answer, Shen Xu’s height would rise by five meters, and so on.

To be safe, he planned to get the answers directly from the person involved.

After all, there was no hint in the prompt saying he couldn’t do that.

Lin Yizhou raised the megaphone and said: “Shen Xu, I’m going to ask you three questions, and then you give me the answers. If you choose A, nod your head. If you choose B, shake your head. For C, you don’t have to do anything.”

“If you hear me, please nod.”

In mid-air, Shen Xu obediently nodded.

[Bullet Screen]:

“Hahahaha, why does it feel like he’s training a puppy?”

“This is an open-book exam between a little couple.”

“By the way, I want to ask, what the heck is Option C: ‘Not a human’?”

“Does no one feel that the mechanism of picking three out of five is very subtle? The types of questions are quite different…”

Lin Yizhou looked at the screen and began the questioning: “You previously answered that you have a crush. Is this person a guest of this season?”

“A. Yes. B. No. C. Not a human.”

Shen Xu nodded.

Lin Yizhou clicked Option A, and a green checkmark appeared below the option.

Correct answer.

The second question:

“Is the person you have a crush on male or female?”

“A. Male. B. Female. C. Bigender.”

Shen Xu nodded.

[Bullet Screen]:

“Eating melon (munch munch). Are there any bigender guests?”

“Well then, it turns out Hubby likes guys. My gender is just wrong, sob sob.”

“The person he likes is definitely Lin Yizhou.”

“How could it be? It might also be Pei Yutai. Every time Pei tries to get close to Lin, Shen Xu’s expression is so jealous~ These two are just a pair of bickering lovers.”

“Why pick a question that clearly gives fanservice? Vase [insult for Lin], what are you trying to do?”

In an instant, the topic of which male guest Shen Xu liked trended on the hot search.

A big-name influencer started a pairing vote, and among them, Pei Yutai had the highest number of votes.

Inside Eternal Star Entertainment, the head of the PR department took the analysis of the situation to Cui Sula: “Manager Cui, the one with the highest discussion isn’t Teacher Lin. Does that mean we don’t need to intervene?”

Cui Sula pinched the bridge of her nose, looking distressed, and sat up straight: “We have to. Don’t you remember the fate of the people who tried to ship themselves with him to gain heat before? If we don’t handle it, and this CP really grows, that little ancestor [Shen Xu] might get unhappy and shut down your entire department.”

The department head opened his mouth but ultimately said nothing.

“Do this.” After some thought, Cui Sula looked up and said, “Suppress the heat of any news related to Yizhou to the minimum. Guide the news related to Pei Yutai toward a polarized development—make the voices that don’t support them louder.”

The head immediately went to carry it out.

In the program.

Lin Yizhou still needed to ask the final question. He looked at the remaining three questions, feeling strangely conflicted.

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