Chapter 49: Chapter 049: What Astonishing Strength! Chapter 49: Chapter 049: What Astonishing Strength! The pink-themed program scheduled for the afternoon was really testing the boys’ strength and endurance.
Pairs were formed with each boy linked by a slightly elastic band, standing on a centerline, holding a large pink plastic bowl filled with red glowing magnetic hearts.
The girls would stand outside the third line, holding a small plank for the boys to affix the hearts from their bowls.
Whoever attached the most hearts would win.
The time was set for 20 minutes.
This was entirely a tug-of-war between the boys.
All the girls had to do was hold up their planks and cheer the boys on.
Glancing around,
Shen Yan’s doubtful gaze fell once again on Xu Zishen.
Xu Zishen’s brow twitched: “What’s with that look?”
“A doubtful look,” Shen Yan pointed to her own eyes, “Out of all the gentlemen here, you look the weakest.”
Accused of being feeble, Xu Zishen couldn’t take it, grinding his teeth and saying, “I can do it.”
“Heh heh…” Shen Yan threw back a chuckle, letting him reflect on that.
Remembering the morning’s jump rope contest, Xu Zishen’s face struggled to maintain composure.
“The first half was an accident,” Xu Zishen wanted to regain his manliness in front of Shen Yan.
“Would you also call failing in the second half an accident?” The rules were the same, the losing side had to cook dinner for everyone.
So, they couldn’t afford to lose.
Xu Zishen emphasized: “I’m really not weak.”
Shen Yan glanced down.
Xu Zishen’s forehead vein throbbed as he slightly shifted, attempting to avoid Shen Yan’s meaningful gaze.
Drawing lots decided the teams.
Xu Zishen stepped forward to draw, pulling Zhou Jingming.
Zhou Jingming was taken aback, then laughed, “What a coincidence, we’re competitors again.”
Xu Zishen was silent.
Zhou Jingming, coming from a dancing background, was disciplined and regularly worked out, built much stronger and taller than Xu Zishen.
Without a doubt, Xu Zishen was going to lose this one!
Xu Zishen took a deep breath, forcing a slightly stiff smile: “It is a coincidence, Dancing King Zhou, I won’t make it easy for you.”
“Me neither,” Zhou Jingming smiled back.
Thinking Zhou Jingming might also have some feelings for Shen Yan, even if Xu Zishen had to grind his teeth to bits, he had to win.
Shen Yan was the woman he had chosen first, and Zhou Jingming better not try to snatch her.
Li Xu and Tao Rong, both regular guests, were well-acclimated to this kind of game.
So, they demonstrated to the guest players first.
Dai Molin and Song Xuan each stood beyond the third line, the middle line being the division for the two men, and the drawn lines on the sides marked the distance for the girls who couldn’t extend their planks over the line, otherwise, they’d lose.
The host rang a small bell, and both men charged towards their respective female partners, scooping out hearts from their bowls.
Right at the start, several hearts were dropped, and both kept tugging, neither yielding.
The girls were supportive, continuously cheering their male partners passionately.
The atmosphere instantly heated up.
Tao Rong still lost by a bit, Li Xu being slightly younger, won inevitably.
When the 20 minutes were up, Tao Rong just sat on the floor, a rueful smile on his face as he held the plastic bowl, “I’m old, really can’t deny it anymore!”
Li Xu stepped forward to help him up, apologetically saying, “Teacher Tao let me win, it’s not a glorious victory.”
“Don’t be modest; I didn’t let you win. I really gave it my all. At times like this, I wouldn’t go easy just because you’re a younger junior,” Tao Rong insisted earnestly.
However, it was clear to everyone that there wasn’t the slightest spark of conflict between the two male guests.
Instead, it was very harmonious.
It was the relaxed atmosphere between juniors!
Li Xu, knowing how to behave, gave Tao Rong two opportunities, ensuring that Song Xuan didn’t just stand holding a blank plank.
When it was Xu Zishen and Zhou Jingming’s turn, Shen Yan took the bowl full of hearts and handed the plank abruptly to Xu Zishen.
Xu Zishen: ???
Shen Yan pushed him towards the three-eight line, “Hold it steady.”
Seeing her step into the circle, Xu Zishen’s forehead vein throbbed again.
“What are you doing?”
“I think if you do this, we’ll directly lose a goose egg.”
Xu Zishen gritted his teeth, “I won’t lose.”
“No, you will lose, and you’ll lose miserably.”
“I’m not lifting the sign,” he had already lost face once and couldn’t afford to lose it again.
Shen Yan ignored him, “Dancing King Zhou, let’s start.”
Zhou Jingming: “…”
Others: “…”
Shen Yan grabbed the hoop and urged the head servant, “Please announce the start.”
“Shen Yan, let Zishen do it. Girls have less strength; it will be a disadvantage,” Zhou Jingming couldn’t shamelessly take advantage of Shen Yan.
Shen Yan raised her eyebrow, “Dancing King Zhou, just do your best, or you’ll end up in a big loss.”
Zhou Jingming: “…”
The head servant looked helplessly towards Director Du.
Before Director Du could say something, Shen Yan had already grabbed the hoop and caught Zhou Jingming in it, “Start!”
The host reflexively reacted, shaking the bell in his hand.
The timer started!
It was an unexpectedly abrupt start.
Shen Yan noticed Xu Zishen still foolishly standing inside the line and shouted, “What are you standing there for, go hold the sign.”
Xu Zishen saw the timer had started and hurriedly lifted the sign in front, stiffly taking his position.
Liu Qiang didn’t know what to say about Shen Yan’s behavior.
It wasn’t exactly breaking the rules,
but it wasn’t quite right either.
Because the show’s rules did not specify that it had to be men inside the circle.
Shen Yan suddenly dashed forward a great distance.
Zhou Jingming, gathering strength in his legs, was abruptly pulled along, nearly falling to the ground.
Zhou Jingming: !!!
Such astonishing strength!
People offstage: ??!!
The audience was dumbfounded.
[Is Dancing King Zhou going easy?]
[I did not know love shows could play out like this, thanks to Shen Yan!]
[Dancing King Zhou must like Shen Yan, otherwise why couldn’t he bring himself to exert any strength?]
[Definitely!]
[Speechless. Even Dancing King Zhou can be swayed by a beauty trick.]
[Dancing King Zhou, what are you doing? Be a man and show some backbone! Don’t be soft!]
[Say no to flirting!]
Zhou Jingming was not intentionally going easy, he, a grown man, used all his strength and still couldn’t move petite Shen Yan; truly, no one would believe it.
No, even the live audience didn’t believe it.
Zhou Jingming strenuously dashed forward, barely managing half a step, and Liu Qiang quickly cheered him on, “Jingming, you can do it!”
Shen Yan grabbed the heart-shaped tokens from the bowl and quickly stuck them to the small board, not missing a single one.
Her movements were brisk and fluid.
She finished the game right from the start.
Everyone inside and outside the venue was stunned!
Xu Zishen couldn’t believe that Zhou Jingming, to woo Shen Yan, could go this far.
In this aspect, Zhou Jingming was indeed a true man.
Destroying his own manly image for the sake of pursuing someone, Xu Zishen felt defeated.
Liu Qiang’s face darkened.
While everyone looked at Zhou Jingming with skeptical eyes, he was there doubting his own life!
“Dancing King Zhou really does have a soft spot for the ladies,” Liu Qiang sarcastically squeezed out a sentence.
Zhou Jingming, gasping slightly, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said solemnly, “I did not go easy.”
Director Du was overwhelmed.
Shen Yan turned a perfectly sweet game into a strongman contest; how was she supposed to continue now?
The Fireworks fans were dying of laughter!