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Chapter 297 Foolish Beauty 2.0? (4k)
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After two rounds of intense competition, the members were exhausted, so director Lu Hao called a break to allow them to rest.

"Little Gu, Little Gu."

Chen Chichi collapsed on the ground like a lump of mud, struggling to take off the heavy mascot costume, his tongue lolling out from exhaustion. "You really want to send me away? I'll accuse you of murder, you hear me?!"

"Who told you to use dirty tricks right from the start?"

Gu Qing rolled her eyes at him, squatted down, pulled out the name tag she had torn off earlier from the folds of the mascot costume, and casually tossed it onto Chen Chichi's stomach. "You dropped something."

His gaze casually swept across the camera lens before heading towards Zheng Kai, who had just gotten up.

"Brother Kai, are you alright?"

Gu Qing helped him up with a concerned expression, earnestly brushing off non-existent dust from his body, and then casually went around to his back. "Hey, why is your name tag crooked too?"

The voice has not fallen,

With nimble fingers, she pinched the edge of the name tag, making a soft "rip" sound, and then casually reattached it for him.

"Thanks, Xiao Gu." Zheng Kai, completely unaware of the situation, happily expressed his gratitude.

"Xu Yi, is there any water here?" Chen Duling's voice rang out at the right time, sounding a little anxious, covering for Gu Qing.

"I'll get it!"

Gu Qing mentally gave her a thumbs up, then quickly walked towards the production team, retrieved two bottles of mineral water, and handed them to Chen Duling.

The two walked together to a relatively quiet corner.

“Xu Yi,” Chen Duling unscrewed the bottle cap, took a small sip of water, and quickly tightened it again. Her innocent face was tense as she lowered her voice, “Only Brother Chao and Sister Yaya are left.”

Or... I could secretly tear YaYa apart? You go deal with Brother Chao?

“Okay, Brother Chao is more…” Gu Qingcou lowered his voice as well and began to deploy tactics.

"Slap!" Two large hands slammed down heavily on their shoulders at the same time!
"Hehehe!" Deng Chao's grotesque grin forced his way between the two men. "I think... I heard someone plotting against my name?"

"what--!"

Startled by this sudden shock, Chen Duling screamed, her face turning deathly pale.

"Brother Chao,"

Gu Qing's heart skipped a beat, but she forced a calm expression, offering a slightly helpless smile. "What did you hear?"

"Of course... I overheard you two discussing how to deal with me and Ya Ya!"

Deng Chao squinted, giving off an "I know everything" look, but Gu Qing knew in her heart that he was probably just guessing.

Deng Chao's current isolation presents them with a great opportunity.

"Brother Chao,"

Gu Qing stretched out his arm and affectionately put his arm around Deng Chao's shoulder, leading him to a more secluded spot. He lowered his voice mysteriously, "Can I talk to you about something?"

"What's up?" Deng Chao glanced at him suspiciously. "You don't want me to hold off those two, Chichi and Zheng Kai, do you? Let me tell you, no way!"

"Brother Chao, you are the real genius of the Running Man team! Brother Chichi can't compare to you at all."

Gu Qing immediately showered Deng Chao with compliments, making Deng Chao look pleased, but the latter remained wary, "Don't give me that! What's in it for me to help you?"

"As for the benefits..."

Gu Qing's smile remained unchanged, but the hand that was around Deng Chao's shoulder suddenly shot out, precisely grabbing the edge of the name tag and ripping it off—"Tear!"

He gave a knowing look, "This is it!"
In the final round, our two teams will team up. I'll help you clear the way, tear off everyone else's name tags, and then we'll have a fair 2v2 showdown. How about it?

He shook the name tag he had torn off.

Hearing the sound of a name tag being torn, Deng Chao's eyes lit up instantly: "Help me tear someone apart? Are you sure?"

"It's true, an alliance!"

Gu Qing extended her hand, "I won't betray you, I'll stay in the 15th term."

"make a deal!"

Deng Chao gripped Gu Qing's hand tightly, and the two smiled at each other, both beaming with joy.

at the same time,

Seeing that Gu Qing had successfully "dealt with" Deng Chao, Chen Duling felt that she could no longer be a burden.

She walked towards Wang Baoqiang's team, who were celebrating their victory with Tong Liya.

"Sister Yaya..."

"Beep beep?"

When Tong Liya saw Chen Duling, she smiled broadly and affectionately took her arm. "Why did you come here? We were able to win just now thanks to your and Xiao Gu's help!"

She was full of enthusiasm, and her arms gripped Chen Duling like iron clamps.

"I……"

Chen Duling's arms were grabbed, and she was instantly frozen in place by this passionate "hard control," her mind going blank.

With all their weapons confiscated, what tactics can they possibly employ?
She was "kidnapped" by Tong Liya and talked for several minutes until the director blew the whistle to start the third round.

She returned to Gu Qing's side dejectedly, saying, "Xu Yi, I failed again."

"fine,"

Gu Qing patted her shoulder, his tone relaxed, "Leave Sister Ya Ya to me, watch me."

The three team members once again donned the bulky "roujiamo" (Chinese hamburger) mascot costumes.

"Beep—!" The whistle blew!
"Little brother (Qingqing), charge!"

After Deng Chao informed Yang Ying, the two of them worked together seamlessly at the start of the game, instantly forming a human wall. Each of them grabbed one of Chen Chichi and Zheng Kai's mascot costumes, firmly fixing them in place.

"Damn it, you guys are cheating!"

"Director! That's a foul! Someone's teaming up!!"

No matter how much Chen Chichi and Zheng Kai struggled, wailed, or protested, they couldn't stop Gu Qing and Chen Duling from easily crossing the finish line and taking third place.

They received a notification card for third place, which read: "Big Ice Queen?"

"Da Bingbing?" Gu Qing and Chen Duling looked at each other, completely bewildered.

As Li Chen's official girlfriend, Bingbing's acting career is already facing its end.

"Bingbing...does that mean the food is cold? Is it cold noodles?" Gu Qing guessed.

“Xu Yi,” Chen Duling blinked and suggested another idea, “could it be referring to food suitable for winter? Look at Bingbing, it must be very cold.”

"Makes sense!"

Gu Qing's eyes lit up. "Our roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) is quite warming to eat in winter, isn't it?"

After a brief, hushed discussion, the two resolutely shook their heads at the camera: "We won't switch!"

"Not changing?"

On the other side, Wang Baoqiang and Tong Liya looked at their equally baffling clue cards, their IQs seemingly plummeting to rock bottom.

The two of them thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out which food it was.

If you can't think of it, then don't bother thinking about it!
"Hehe, Xiao Gu."

Wang Baoqiang suddenly leaned over and winked at Gu Qing, "You're not going to trade? Then we won't be polite!"

After discussing it with Tong Liya, they decided to exchange food labels with Gu Qing's team—their "Lamb Stew with Flatbread" was exchanged for Gu Qing's "Meat Sandwich".

Li Chen and Wang Zulan, who received the first-place hint card, stared at each other, bewildered, looking at the question "Can it be dry or wet?" on the card and then at the "Liangpi" label in their hands.

"Liangpi (cold skin noodles)... does it have anything to do with 'wet'? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with it?"

"The correct food must be in the two teams that Xiao Gu and Bao Qiang switched to!" Li Chen analyzed.

"'Can be eaten dry or wet'... It sounds a lot like mutton soup with bread! You can eat the bread dry or soak it in soup!" Wong Cho-lam felt he had found the key.

“But the problem is,” Li Chen frowned, pointing at the smug Wang Baoqiang, “if the mutton stew was the right thing to do, why did Baoqiang and the others change it? Are they stupid?”

"Right……"

Wong Cho-lam hesitated, wondering if he should say, "It's a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), but is it wet?"

“Look at roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), they pour a spoonful of gravy over it when it’s wrapped, so it’s considered ‘wet’, right?”

"Hmm...that makes sense!"

The two of them convinced themselves.

After exchanging tags, the three teams rushed to their next mission location—a huge indoor swimming pool.

"Flying Chair!!"

As soon as the brothers entered, five familiar and terrifying catapult chairs were right in front of them!

Director Lu Hao has managed to maximize both "sentimentality" and "impact".

"Director Lu!"

Gu Qing stared at the cold chair and the bottomless pool below, looking utterly hopeless. "I finally came back to record an episode, and you have to do something this thrilling? Can't you give me a break?"

"Xiao Gu, this is all thanks to you!"

Chen Chichi, clutching his aching back and wearing a mask of pain, desperately pushed Zheng Kai forward, saying, "Zheng Kai, you go! You're young and strong, you can handle it!"

"I?!"

Zheng Kai had a "you tricked me" look on his face. "Chen Chichi, I'm warning you! If you dare to deliberately mess around and get me into the water like you did in the first season, I'll never forgive you!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, I guarantee it with my integrity!" Chen Chichi patted his chest and left the flying chair area satisfied.

the other side,
Gu Qing, Wang Baoqiang, Deng Chao, and Li Chen "heroically sacrificed themselves" and sat on the cold flying chair.

If we're talking about who's most nervous right now, it has to be Chen Duling.

Although Gu Qing comforted her before she sat on the flying chair, saying "Don't be nervous, relax," the thought that Gu Qing would be thrown out if she made a mistake made her palms sweat with self-blame and fear.

Gu Qing didn't care, but what about his huge fan base?
She felt immense pressure, her face tense and unusually serious, her gaze fixed on director Lu Hao who gave the order, as if she were taking an exam.

"Two bowls of spicy soup!" Lu Hao's voice rang out.

Chen Duling, in position one, and Yang Ying, in position two, reacted quickly and immediately squatted down.

“Plop——!!!”

A loud splash followed by Wang Baoqiang's scream rang out!

"Yaya?!"

Everyone stared in astonishment at Tong Liya in position three.

Tong Liya was seen covering her ears with her hands, her knees slightly bent, maintaining a half-squatting posture. Her pretty face showed confusion and panic as she said, "Ah? Bao Bao, I'm so sorry! I... I thought I was in position number two!"

"But you're standing right in the middle!" Wang Baoqiang, in the water, wiped his face in despair.

"Hahaha--!"

The whole audience burst into laughter.

Tong Liya has now successfully portrayed herself as a silly and beautiful woman.

After Wang Baoqiang crawled back and sat down, soaking wet, the second round began.

"Four bowls of spicy soup!"

Chen Duling (1), Yang Ying (2), and Wang Zulan (4) quickly squatted down.

Who didn't squat?
"Ahhhhhh!!!"

Wang Baoqiang's signature scream rang out again, accompanied by a huge splash of water.

Immediately following:

"Two bowls of spicy soup! Three bowls of spicy soup!"

"Pfft!"

"Three bowls of spicy soup! Three bowls of spicy soup!"

"Pfft!"

Tong Liya achieved an astonishing "four-kill streak" single-handedly, completely solidifying her title as a "game black hole".

"I...I can't go on..."

Wang Baoqiang climbed out of the pool again, feeling weak and exhausted. He thought, "If I go any deeper... I'll turn into a water buffalo..."

Fortunately, in the later rounds, Tong Liya seemed to finally get the hang of it and stopped making mistakes.

On the contrary, Yang Ying, Chen Chichi, and Wang Zulan each made a mistake, giving Deng Chao, Zheng Kai, and Li Chen behind them a "heart-chilling" experience.

Thanks to her clear logical thinking and highly focused attention as a science student, Chen Duling didn't make a single mistake and successfully kept Gu Qing on the flying chair.
This made him the only "lucky one" who didn't go into the water.

However, this "stability" seems to lack camera attention and excitement in a variety show full of surprises and laughs.

"Alright, next, let's switch partners!"

Lu Hao's voice was like a death knell.

"Nooooo——!"
Chen Chichi let out a pig-like wail, ultimately unable to escape his fate, and sat on the cold flying chair with a mournful face. "Kai Kai, Brother Kai, please! You must win!"

My back! My old back!

"rest assured,"

Zheng Kai shook his wet hair, his face showing a "I'll do my best" expression. "At most... I'll let you go down once?"

He said viciously!
"Five bowls of spicy soup!" Lu Hao had just given the order.

"Ah—!!!" A terrified scream pierced the swimming pool!
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Tong Liya scream as she flew out, drawing a beautiful arc in the air before crashing heavily into the water!
Wang Baoqiang was still standing in his seat, looking around blankly, as if trying to count who the "five bowls" were.

"Hahaha, Bao Bao! Ya Ya! You two are a perfect match! You provided all the laughs today!"

"I think you two aren't here to play games, you're here to risk your lives, aren't you?"

"Are you two really stupid or just pretending?"

The crowd laughed and doubted.

"I don't think it's acting."

Gu Qing added a sarcastic remark, which once again caused the entire audience to burst into laughter.

Wang Baoqiang's reaction speed seemed inadequate in the face of Lu Hao's increasingly rapid speech.

Tong Liya was thrown three more times, looking like she had been pulled out of the water, her long, wet hair plastered to her face, and she was almost too exhausted to climb the ladder.

Seeing this, Gu Qing picked up the bath towel prepared by the production team and subconsciously wanted to walk over.

But just as he took a step, he seemed to suddenly remember something, paused slightly, then naturally turned around and handed the bath towel to Chen Duling beside him: "Little Ear, give Sister Yaya a bath towel, don't catch a cold."
"Huh? Oh! Okay!"

Chen Duling was stunned for a moment, then instantly understood Gu Qing's intention. She immediately took the towel, ran quickly to the edge of the pool, and reached out to help Tong Liya: "Sister Yaya, are you alright? Come on up and dry yourself off, don't catch a cold."

"Thank you, Dudu..." Tong Liya's lips were a little white from the cold, her voice trembled slightly, and she gratefully took the bath towel and wrapped it around herself.

"Sister Yaya,"

Chen Duling's gaze fell on her back, her voice tinged with concern, "Your name tag looks like it got stuck in your hair from being soaked in water, let me fix it for you."

As she spoke, her fingers seemingly casually brushed against Tong Liya's damp hair, gently pinching the corner of the name tag.
With a "ripping" sound,
Hidden mission complete!

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(ps: There's more)
(End of this chapter)