The Film Queen Is Cold and Ruthless, Only Sends Money - Chapter 39.1

[What were those two just talking about? I feel like I missed something important!]

[Su Yun rattled off a ton of answers, and I got a bit confused, but judging by Jiang Zhi’s response, they must have all guessed wrong!]

[Why did Jiang Ying’s ears suddenly turn red?! I shouldn’t have missed anything crucial just now, right?!]

[No, no! I saw Su Yun whispering in Jiang Ying’s ear just now, but I have no idea what she said that made Jiang Ying’s ears turn red!]

[Could it be some secret sweet nothings between a couple?! I’m so curious, can’t we hear it?!]

When Su Yun heard Jiang Zhi announce the correct answer, she felt like she could just sink into the ground!

She silently warned herself that even if she remembered the tips Su Xue had taught her, she couldn’t just say whatever came to mind!

The words she used and the words Jiang Zhi used, while similar in shape, conveyed completely different meanings. How could she have thought Jiang Zhi would actually say the term “finger cot” on the show.

She felt guilty! She repented! All she wanted was for time to rewind, so even if she couldn’t guess it, she wouldn’t have to say that word to Jiang Zhi.

The only thing she could be thankful for was that she knew to cover the microphone and lower her voice to whisper in Jiang Zhi’s ear, preventing the tens of thousands of viewers in the live stream and the customers present from hearing it.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t just be her embarrassment; the live stream could be banned for using sensitive vocabulary, and then her sin would be great, and the director could nail her to the pillar of shame!

“I got it!” Su Yun bit her lip, trying to stay calm and pretending nothing had happened, “Don’t worry! I’ll definitely answer the questions well from now on!”

And she absolutely wouldn’t let her thoughts wander aimlessly!

When Jiang Zhi heard that word, it was so sudden that by the time she processed what Su Yun had said, she felt her ears heat up dramatically.

It even came with a burning sensation; even though she couldn’t see it at the moment, she knew her ears must be red.

Fortunately, she had been through many big scenes, and after hearing Su Yun’s next sentence, she made an effort to push the previous image out of her mind, “Okay, I’ll try to express myself more clearly.”

“Go for it!” Liu Yangran and the others cheered her on from the side.

They took their respective positions in the game and put on their headphones, with Su Yun responsible for guessing and Jiang Zhi for describing.

[Su Yun and Jiang Ying are about to start! So exciting, I wonder how their group will perform!]

[With the experience provided by Xueer, they should take less time than the first group, but I wonder if the guessing will be easier or harder!]

[Hahahahahaha! Honestly, I feel like this game is really suitable for couples; it tests their chemistry!]

As the director announced the start of the game, Jiang Zhi saw the first word: [Koi Carp]

She first gestured the two characters and then said the word to Su Yun.

While speaking, Jiang Zhi tried to make her mouth movements as clear as possible so that Su Yun could see them better.

At that moment, Su Yun was wearing headphones, and in her auditory world, there was nothing but the song playing, no other sounds.

But because of the misunderstanding before the game started, after putting on the headphones, she didn’t have the leisure to care about whose song it was like Su Xue did; all her attention was focused on Jiang Zhi.

Her gaze was focused, her entire mind engaged in thought and discernment. She blurted out three answers in one breath: “Restraint? As much as possible? Discipline?”

Beside her, Su Xue nodded with a satisfied expression, looking at her like a proud master watching her apprentice graduate, even with a touch of warmth.

The more she said, the closer she would get to the answer.

[I have to say, this game really shows how rich Su Yun’s vocabulary is! She can come up with so many words with similar pronunciations!]

[I agree! If it were me sitting there, I’d probably be completely dumbfounded, just stammering nonsense.]

[Actress Jiang is taking this game so seriously, it’s the first time I’ve seen her with such expressive facial expressions, haha!]

[Could this also be something they learned from Su Xue’s team? But seeing Actress Jiang like this really makes me want to guess the words too!]

Just as Jiang Zhi finished her last attempt and was about to wave to the director to give up on the word, Su Yun spoke up at that moment and gave the correct answer: “Koi fish? Driver’s license?”

The director gestured to them, indicating the answer was correct.

When Su Yun saw the director’s signal, her eyes lit up instantly!

She quickly ran over and high-fived Jiang Zhi. Though they couldn’t hear each other now, a high-five to express joy was more than enough!

The first question had been a bit challenging, but they got it right, what a great start!

The customers present also noticed Su Yun’s reaction and burst into laughter, teasing the director, “Make the next question harder! Can’t let them get too cocky!”

Audiences always love seeing guests struggle, so many chimed in with the request. The seated guests also joined in, unanimously agreeing that the director should ramp up the difficulty!

But after the commotion, Jing Zhaozhao suddenly thought of something and asked the others, “Did we get this kind of treatment when we were answering earlier?”

“Nope!” Liu Yangran, who had been watching the fun, replied with a smile. “Maybe it’s because Su Yun and Actress Jiang answered too quickly.”

Su Xue showed no sympathy: “Good then!”

When Su Yun returned to her spot after the high-five, she saw the customers and guests all grinning from ear to ear.

Though she couldn’t hear them, her instincts told her it wasn’t anything good especially since even the director across from her was smiling brightly!

Su Yun studied them and guessed, “Are you guys trying to get the production team to make it harder?”

“??? How did Su Yun figure that out?” Lin Yan asked.

This was the shared thought of everyone present except Su Yun and Jiang Zhi.

“Production team, maybe you should check Su Yun’s headphones?” Su Xue, who had just been egging them on, now began doubting herself. “Could it be that her headphones aren’t completely blocking outside noise?”

Otherwise, how could Su Yun have guessed so accurately?

Director: “The headphones we provided were thoroughly checked before the game started, they’re completely soundproof.”

So, Su Yun must have figured it out on her own.

Seeing the confusion replace the teasing on everyone’s faces, Su Yun realized her guess had been spot-on.

She left them with that mystery and calmly took her seat again.

Her accurate guess about their teasing wasn’t just a coincidence.

While playing the game with Jing Chaochao and Su Xue just now, she had the same thought.

It seems everyone is a bad person!

The game continued, and the director’s team reviewed the previous words, starting the guessing for their second word.

However, before anyone could figure out why Su Yun was able to guess her thoughts, they saw that almost the moment Jiang Zhi said the word “hot pot,” Su Yun immediately followed up with “hot pot” without any hesitation.

The director even took a second to react before signaling, “Correct answer! Su Yun and Jiang Zhi’s team has one last question left.”

【So fast? Did I just blink? What just happened!】

【Is this the tacit understanding of a couple? I’m really shipping them hard! Turns out this game can be sped through!】

【I still want to know how you guessed their thoughts, Su Yun!】

【+1, I feel like I’m completely hooked by Su Yun; how could she guess so quickly! Tell me, I can do anything!】

The people present were even more shocked than the audience in the live stream, some were so stunned they couldn’t speak.

“Is this how the game is played?” Lin Yan blinked her eyes, feeling that Su Yun’s headphones were as good as nonexistent.

Ye Ying also seemed a bit dazed: “It seems only they can play like this.”

Su Yun felt she was slowly getting into the groove, and since “hot pot” was simpler than the previous words, she could guess it easily.

She took a deep breath, preparing to see what Jiang Zhi would say for the next question.

However, after waiting for ten seconds, Su Yun still didn’t see any movement from Jiang Zhi.

Su Yun could only look at the director and ask, “Has the third question started?”

The director nodded: “It has already started.”

The real issue was with Jiang Zhi, who was staring blankly at the third question, which was “I love you.”

These three words appear frequently in both TV dramas and movies.

For the average person, even with the TV on mute, when the actors say these three words, the audience can recognize them immediately.

In their game, this could be considered an easy question, likely a special Easter egg set up by the production team, just in time for their group to encounter it.

When they saw the question, the audience erupted, with the loudest voices naturally coming from the CP fans of Su Yun and Jiang Zhi.

“I can’t believe I get to see this day; it’s so worth it!” Fans who were originally seated further back made sure everyone within a few miles could hear them clearly.

【Hahaha! Production team, you really know how to come up with questions; not only is the game fun, but the words in the game are interesting too!】

【It’s really not easy; did the production team suddenly remember they were doing a couple’s variety show when they were trying to challenge the guests and added this word? Hahaha!】

【’I love you’ feels even easier than ‘hot pot’; Su Yun and Jiang Zhi’s luck is really off the charts!】

【I can just imagine Su Yun and Jiang Zhi saying ‘I love you’ to each other; why does that suddenly seem so funny!】

【Jiang Zhi, please don’t pass on this word; I really want to see it!】

【I wasn’t originally shipping them, but after today’s game stream, I bet the talented folks in the supertopic will cook up so much delicious content! Yes, I’m really not shipping them, I’m just hungry and want to feast!】

Jiang Zhi continued staring at the words “I love you,” torn between giving up on this question or securing this one point. The dilemma grew even harder when she turned her head and saw the overly excited fans.

Su Yun was still waiting for Jiang Zhi to speak and asked, “Is this question really that hard?” Why wasn’t she even opening her mouth?

But Su Yun thought no combination of words could possibly be harder to say than the finger cot she’d mentioned earlier!

Of course, though Jiang Zhi couldn’t hear Su Yun’s words, she understood the questioning look in her eyes.

After a two-second pause, she shook her head and slowly spoke, uttering the three words: “I love you.”

【Ahhhh!!! Jiang Zhi said those words so tenderly, I literally fainted in front of my screen!】

【Jiang Zhi has only ever starred in suspense and coming-of-age films with almost zero romance. I always thought these three words had nothing to do with her!】

【+1 +1, I’m more excited than anyone right now! Never in a million years did I think I’d hear Jiang Zhi say these words in a variety show!】

【I’ve shipped CPs before, but I’ve never been this obsessed, I’m so moved I could cry! Just three words, and I’ve already imagined them doing it a hundred times!】

Su Yun first noted that the phrase was three words, then carefully studied Jiang Zhi’s lip movements as she spoke.

After watching, the first thing that popped into Su Yun’s mind was “I love you,” especially with Jiang Zhi’s earnest expression, making her heartbeat quicken.

But remembering her overconfident assumptions before the game started, she immediately dismissed “I love you” as an option.

If she confidently blurted out “I love you” only for the answer to be completely different, wouldn’t that embarrass herself in front of the entire live audience and make Jiang Zhi uncomfortable too?

At this moment, she was infinitely grateful for the pre-game practice.

After eliminating that answer, Su Yun began listing her other guesses one by one: “Steamed bun? The three of us?”

After five or six wrong answers in a row, all rejected by the director, Su Yun was baffled.

How could none of them be right? Three-word phrases weren’t that common!

So she had no choice but to ask Jiang Zhi to repeat it.

【Su Yun, just admit it, you just wanted to hear Jiang Zhi confess to you again, didn’t you? [dog emoji]】

【As a single person, I finally understand why people say couples play mind games when dating. Turns out, scheming can be this sweet!】

【Wait, this single person still doesn’t get it. Why are they scheming?】

【Let me explain: The previous comment means that Su Yun answered “hot pot” super quickly, but this third question is even simpler than that one. Yet she got it wrong maybe because she just wanted to hear Jiang Zhi say “I love you” a few more times!】

【! Now that you put it that way, even this ordinary scene feels like it’s floating with pink heart bubbles!】

After carefully watching Jiang Zhi’s lips again, Su Yun casually threw out a few more guesses.

After being repeatedly denied by the director, the only word she could think of was the one she had initially dismissed.

So, Su Yin took a deep breath, looked at Jiang Zhi, and followed the shape of the other’s lips to say, “I love you.”

Only after speaking did she glance at the director and see the gesture indicating the answer was correct.

Director: “All three questions have been answered. Su Yin and Jiang Zhi can now take off your headphones.”

The world that had been blocked out now flooded back into her ears. As soon as she removed the headphones, Su Yin heard uncontrollable screams, laughter, and excited voices around her.

But her mind was still stuck on the game just now. So, the answer to the third question was really “I love you”?

In a daze, she saw Jiang Zhi, seated across from her, stand up though her ears were still red.

Before the game started, the redness on Jiang Zhi’s ears had gradually faded.

Su Yin touched her own earlobes. The headphones provided by the production team had excellent sound insulation and were comfortable to wear, so the redness couldn’t have been caused by pressure from the headphones.

That left only one possible reason, the third question!

Su Yin recalled the scene earlier. She had immediately dismissed the correct answer, and then her thoughts had spiraled in all directions, interspersed with countless requests for Jiang Zhi to repeat herself.

Thinking back on it now, Su Yin felt like she could immediately bang her head against the ground in embarrassment.

Putting down the headphones, the two returned to their seats among the guests.

The others applauded them. Su Xue said, “You took half the time we did so impressive!”

Su Yin wasn’t concerned about whether it was impressive or not. All she knew was that she couldn’t bring herself to look at Jiang Zhi right now.

Lin Yan, from the third group about to go up, asked, “Do you two have any tips to share with us?”

Su Yin thought back and answered without hesitation, “Just follow Su Xue’s advice earlier say whatever comes to mind, don’t second-guess yourself, and be bold.”

Whether bold or not, in the end, you’d still want to crawl into a hole and disappear!

After she finished, she heard the familiar voice beside her add, “It’s better if the person giving the clues speaks a little slower.”

Once the two had shared their experiences and thoughts, Lin Yan repeated them to herself and prepared to start their game.

While Lin Yan’s group was getting ready, Liu Yangran, sitting next to Su Yin, asked, “Did you suddenly blank out on the third question? I thought you’d guess it in seconds, just like the second one.”

The third question was practically a freebie.

Hearing this, Su Xue also turned to look and nodded. “When you said ‘steamed bun’ earlier, it was so funny!”

Jiang Zhi was mouthing “I love you” to Su Yin, and Su Yin seriously responded with “steamed bun”Su Xue had laughed so hard she couldn’t even speak!

Before Su Yin could reply, she felt countless gazes land on her, all waiting to hear her answer.

But the most noticeable gaze came from beside her.

Turning her head, Su Yin met Jiang Zhi’s smiling eyes.

Jiang Zhi was genuinely curious too. She felt she had expressed the last question clearly enough she hadn’t expected “steamed bun” to be the answer.

Su Yin asked hopelessly, “You want to know too?”

Jiang Zhi nodded, “I’m quite curious, what were you thinking at that moment?”

Su Yun: “Actually, my first thought was also this answer, but it seemed too simple, so I figured it would definitely be ruled out first.”

Jing Zhaozhao: “Just like how we initially thought hot water would freeze first?”

“Exactly,” Su Yun nodded. “After all the other answers I came up with turned out wrong, this was the one I finally said.”

Because the question seemed too straightforward, they had to think in the opposite direction.

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