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Recording of Chapter 426 is finished; the journey to 'get married' begins (8.5k).
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"Xiao Gu, this...this is really unexpected. I had no idea that Xiao Bo had hidden the tickets."

If I had known, how could I have done something so self-destructive?

Looking at Gu Qing's distrustful eyes, Huang Xiaochu felt speechless and spread his hands, trying his best to defend himself.

"Teacher Huang, I believe you. You must be a good person."

Gu Qing forced a smile, revealing an extremely strained one that anyone could tell was insincere.

"Master, you wouldn't...you're really in cahoots with Brother Bo, would you?"
"You're a hidden undercover team?!"

Zhang Yixing, usually a sweet and considerate daughter, had transformed into the "leader of the treacherous sect," his eyes widening as he obediently shifted his position back, pressing himself tightly against Gu Qing's side.

Looking at Chef Huang with shared indignation, I remember now. I was planning to buy salt, but you and Brother Bo worked together to stop me and forced me to buy chrysanthemum instead!
Looking back now, there was definitely a conspiracy involved, and you guys were definitely up to something!

The more he talked, the more convinced he felt he had discovered the truth, and his tone became increasingly certain.

"Yixing! How...how could you think of your master like that?"

Huang Xiaochu was heartbroken, then turned to Gu Qing, "Gu, believe me, I'm really not a bad person! If I were an undercover agent, I would have been robbed by Honglei as soon as I stepped out the door!"

"Hahaha, infighting! Infighting! This is hilarious!"

Having just received a huge reward of fifty gold bars, Huang Bo was now beaming with pride. Watching this scene of "master and apprentice turning against each other" and "allies becoming suspicious," he couldn't stop laughing.
They mocked mercilessly, "Master Huang, you've schemed your whole life, but you never thought you'd be caught off guard and suspected by your own people, did you?"

"Leilei, our teamwork is absolutely flawless. Come on, let's give each other a high five."

Sun Honglei, always eager to stir up trouble, joined in, grinning and raising his hands as if to give Chef Huang a high five in celebration.

"Go away, get out of here! I hate seeing you!"

Huang Xiaochu was in a bad mood, and impatiently shooed away Sun Honglei, whom he called a "fly," with his fan, then frowned.
Staring at Huang Bo, he asked the crucial question: "I really don't understand. Tell me, where did you conjure up these three salt tickets from?"
Buying three bags of salt requires fifteen gold bars. That's your initial capital. And I haven't seen you make any money since. Who provided you with so much capital?

"Wang Xun, did you lend money to Xiao Bo?"

He cast a suspicious glance at Wang Xun, who had been hiding behind Huang Bo and chuckling to himself.

"Huh? Me? I don't know! Where would I get that much money?"

Wang Xun immediately switched to his signature innocent face, shaking his head like a rattle drum, taking the "pretending to be stupid" act to the extreme.

"It must be you. Only you have the motive and the ability!"

Chef Huang analyzed bitterly, "You need to lend Xiao Bo five gold bars before he can buy the third bag of salt."

Adding Honglei's ham ticket and that crucial melon ticket 'sponsored' by Xiao Gu, that makes exactly five tickets—enough to crush us!

"Teacher Huang,"

Gu Qing spoke softly from the side, her tone tinged with sadness, "The key issue isn't how many votes Brother Bo has, but rather that we originally gave you five votes."

"That's right, Master!"

Zhang Yixing immediately understood and continued to add insult to injury, his tone tinged with resentment, "If you hadn't secretly hidden one of our watermelon tickets, even if we had tied, we definitely wouldn't have lost. At least we could have split those fifty gold bars."

Chef Huang: "..."

He was rendered speechless by the rebuttal. He opened his mouth, but found that any explanation would seem so pale and powerless at this moment. He could only slap his thigh in frustration and let out a long sigh.

"Let's go, Xunzi, come with me to get the gold bars. We're rich now."

Huang Bo was in high spirits. He proudly put his arm around Wang Xun's shoulder and swaggered away with an air of arrogance to collect their spoils.

Sun Honglei, who did not participate in the final auction and gained nothing, was taken aside by the NPC and seemed to have received some kind of "special mission".

in the room,
Only Gu Qing, Huang Xiaochu, and Zhang Yixing remained, a trio that appeared to be on good terms but were actually at odds.

Huang Xiaochu watched as Gu Qing and Zhang Yixing deliberately sat in a corner eight feet away from him, whispering amongst themselves and occasionally glancing warily in his direction.
His guarded posture, as if he were protecting against thieves, left him both amused and exasperated. He couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "These two silly kids."

"Little brother, do you really think Master is a traitor?"

Zhang Yixing lowered his voice, his face showing genuine shock and a hint of unease, and asked Gu Qing in a low voice.

"Very likely!"

Gu Qing nodded vigorously with a serious expression, and didn't forget to cleverly advertise his currently airing drama, "Brother Lay, you should know that I am 'Mei Changsu,' and I make a living with my brains."

Think back carefully to what just happened. Teacher Huang and Brother Bo's coordinated actions—one misleading, the other concealing—were flawless. This is definitely not a coincidence!

"So... what do we do next?"

Zhang Yixing was completely taken aback by him.

"later?"

Gu Qing took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind.

"I'm going to go it alone!"

"Going it alone?"

Zhang Yixing was even more surprised, "Brother, why don't we continue our alliance?"

Gu Qing turned her head, looked at Zhang Yixing with a very sincere gaze, and patted him on the shoulder.

He said earnestly, "Brother Lay, it's not that I don't want to form an alliance with you, it's just that... you're not as smart as me."

He paused, then added an even more hurtful sentence: "I'm afraid you... will drag me down."

Zhang Yixing: "..."

He was so angry he laughed, and gave Gu Qing a shove.

"Xiao Gu, Xiao Gu, come here, I want to talk to you about something."

Seeing that they had finished whispering, Chef Huang quickly spoke up to greet them, trying to salvage his image in the eyes of his "allies".

“Teacher Huang, please speak right there. I can hear you.”

Gu Qing didn't even move an inch, shouting from a distance, full of vigilance.

Seeing this, Chef Huang sighed helplessly, knowing that the road to rebuilding trust was long and arduous.

He had no choice but to raise his voice and say, "So, this round of the game is over now, and the winner has been decided."

"I'll trade you five watermelon coupons for a bag of salt coupons I have. How about that? Let's exchange what we have and prepare for the next round."

Gu Qing thought about it and felt that the transaction itself was reasonable. Maintaining the diversity of goods would indeed be beneficial in dealing with the unknown rules of the game later.

“Okay, Mr. Huang, the deal is on. But you have to give me the salt coupons first.” He remained highly vigilant.

"Hey kid! You think I'm Honglei? Do you think I'd cheat you out of your melon tickets?"

Huang Xiaochu was both amused and exasperated by his caution, but she still took the initiative to go over and hand the salt coupons to Gu Qing first.

Gu Qing quickly took the salt coupons, and after confirming that they were correct, he lowered his head, counted out a few watermelon coupons, and handed them to him.

Huang Xiaochu took the tickets, counted them as usual, and immediately frowned: "That's not right, Xiao Gu, why are there only four? You said there would be five."

"Oh,"

Gu Qing looked up and said, "I saved one."

Chef Huang: "..."

He was so choked by those words that he almost passed out. Holding his forehead, he sighed to the heavens, "You child... this matter is not going to get over, is it?"

Seeing her master's discomfiture, the little lamb couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter, clutching her stomach and laughing so hard she almost cried.

Behind the monitor, the production crew's work area.

"Haha, Teacher Gu Qing is so witty, 'I saved a card'! Amazing, it echoes the beginning and end of the story."

"I laughed so hard my stomach hurt just from the live recording. If this episode doesn't break ratings after it airs, I'll resign and apologize!"

"I'm so glad that Teacher Gu left 'Running Man'... Otherwise, with him on the other side, wouldn't our 'Go Fighting!' be stuck in second place forever?"

The staff members, watching the hilarious scene on the monitor, couldn't help but chuckle and whisper among themselves, filled with anticipation for the show's broadcast.

At this time,

Sun Honglei, who had been taken away by the NPC, rejoined the team. He approached the group with a mysterious air and began his usual "key information" theory: "Everyone, listen up! I have some truly crucial information to share..."

"This concerns the success or failure of our upcoming mission. Do you want to hear it?"

"No money! I'm not listening, take it or leave it!"

Still angry, Chef Huang retorted irritably. He had just exchanged three watermelon tickets for a chrysanthemum ticket with Zhang Yixing, finally collecting tickets for salt, watermelon, and chrysanthemum.

"Huang Lei, are you on fire? Why are you so angry?"

Sun Honglei was taken aback by the retort, his small eyes widened, and his temper flared up. "The more you tell me not to say it today, the more I'll say it! A free giveaway!"

He cleared his throat, flashed his ham ticket, and announced loudly, "I just received an exclusive mission hint: our next destination is a wealthy family. They're having a big celebration, a grand banquet!"

He proudly waved the ham ticket: "Since it's a wedding banquet, do you think we can do without plenty of meat and fish?"
My ham is definitely a hard currency; it's very useful.

So, anyone who knows their stuff wants to form an alliance with me? This is a golden opportunity, don't miss it!

His gaze turned eagerly to Gu Qing again: "Little Gu, are you coming? I'll treat you to the best of everything!"

"I'm not coming."

Gu Qing shook her head vigorously without hesitation, her attitude resolute: "I'm enough on my own."

Since it's a wedding banquet with many guests, and it's so hot, my watermelons will definitely be a hot commodity for cooling down and quenching thirst; I won't have to worry about selling them.

He remains confident in his strategy of monopolizing watermelons.

"Then I can too."

Zhang Yixing's eyes lit up, as if he had seen a business opportunity. "Banquets also need decorations, and my flowers will definitely come in handy."

"Lay...it's a wedding banquet, and you're bringing a few pots of chrysanthemums...are you trying to 'add icing on the cake,' or are you trying to ruin the occasion?"

Gu Qing couldn't bear to look at it.

Sun Honglei laughed without any restraint, pointing at Zhang Yixing, "Yixing, Yixing, are you really not afraid of being chased out with a broom? You really know how to handle both happy and tragic occasions."

"Alright, alright, stop joking around."

Huang Xiaochu interrupted their nonsense, "Let's go, let's go to the restocking point and check the market first. There's no use just talking here."

The four of them arrived at the supply point, only to find Huang Bo and Wang Xun already standing there, their brows furrowed as they looked at the prices on the supply list, deep in thought.

"Xunzi, Xiaobo, what are you buying?"

Sun Honglei, still full of vigor, strode over with an air of arrogance and patted Huang Bo on the shoulder. "Let me tell you, I have the only ham ticket in the entire venue right now. Want to form an alliance with me? The price is negotiable!"

"Honglei,"

Huang Bo twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a meaningful smile, and pointed to the price list on the wall with his fan, "I suggest you take a look at the current market prices before you speak."

Sun Honglei looked in the direction Huang Bo pointed with a puzzled expression. The next moment, the smile on his face froze instantly, as if he had been struck by lightning.

The latest prices for supplies were clearly displayed:

Salt: Seven Gold/bag (price increase)
Watermelon: 2 gold/each (price increase)
Chrysanthemum: Two gold coins per pot (dropped)
Ham: 10 gold coins/piece (price plummeted!)
In particular, the price of his prized ham plummeted from twenty gold bars to ten gold bars, a reduction of half!
Sun Honglei stood there dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning, and couldn't recover for a long time.

He looked down at the ham ticket in his hand that had instantly lost half its value, then looked up at the price list, his face filled with disbelief and heartache.

For a long time,

With a mournful face, he grabbed Huang Bo's arm and pleaded, "Xiao Bo, look, he's selling it for ten gold coins here, I... I'll sell it to you for eight gold coins, no, seven gold coins is fine too!"
I only need cash right now, just enough to tide me over.

Huang Bo crossed his arms, looked at him leisurely, and slowly uttered two words: "Six Gold".

"You...you come with me."

Seeing that he couldn't get a better price, Sun Honglei tried to use his "information for money" trick, pulling Huang Bo aside to whisper to him.

After quickly glancing at the price increase, Gu Qing immediately began to calculate rapidly in his mind.

"The prices of salt and watermelon are rising, while the prices of chrysanthemum and ham are falling... It seems that the demand for the next stage is very clear."

He decisively abandoned his entanglement with the others and, while they were still bickering, quickly set off for his next mission location to sell watermelons.

Time is money, and he must seize the initiative.

“I have 37 watermelons left. If I sell them all at the current price of two gold bars each, I can get 74 gold bars in return.”

As Gu Qing walked briskly, she analyzed and calculated, "Even though Brother Bo just received the fifty gold reward, I still have hope of turning things around."

As long as... as long as we don't get screwed over by our own people again!

quickly,

Gu Qing arrived at her next destination—'Huixi Village'.

This is a village that looks quite wealthy, with blue bricks and gray tiles, and towering horse-head walls.

"Oh, guest, you've arrived. This way, please. I'll take you to see our head butler."

A servant dressed in old-fashioned cloth clothes greeted Gu Qing warmly and led him into a grand mansion.

Walking along the way,
Gu Qing keenly noticed that many corners of the courtyard were filled with potted chrysanthemums.
There were also many cured hams hanging on the wall, and the air seemed to be filled with a faint fragrance of chrysanthemums and the salty aroma of hams.

"No wonder the prices of chrysanthemum and ham have plummeted... It turns out there's no shortage of these things here at all."

Gu Qing suddenly realized the truth and had a clearer understanding of the next steps.

He successfully met a seemingly shrewd and capable head steward in the mansion.

"Welcome to our Huixi Village, esteemed guest."

The head steward, holding a brush and ledger, prepared to record, "Currently, we only accept watermelons and salt."

As for chrysanthemum and ham, as you can see, we have plenty at home, so we really don't need them.”

He paused, then explained, "Furthermore, the master's instructions stipulate that goods will be collected based on the bidding prices offered by the merchants. May I ask, sir, what is the unit price you intend to set for the watermelons and salt you brought?"

After a moment's thought, Gu Qing decided on a strategy. He snapped his folding fan shut and said in a calm tone, "Honesty is fundamental; we will never deceive the young or the old."

Watermelons cost two taels of gold each; salt costs five taels of gold a bag.

"Alright! Two gold coins for the watermelon, five gold coins for the salt. Please go to the side hall to rest for a while and have some tea."

The head butler skillfully noted down the prices, a professional smile on his face. "We still need to wait for the other merchants to come up with their prices. After everyone has submitted their prices, the master will make a decision and choose the best one."

"Okay, I'm done."

Gu Qing nodded and followed his instructions to the side hall.

He had just sat down in the side room and hadn't even taken a sip of tea when he heard that familiar voice that made his heart clench, a voice as familiar as a nightmare.

"Xiao Gu, oh dear, I've finally found you! Why did you run so fast?"

Gu Qing turned his head and, sure enough, saw Chef Huang's sturdy figure appear at the door. He couldn't help but smile wryly: "Teacher Huang... how come I run into you everywhere? Did you install a GPS on me?"

"Why do you call me 'again'? You child, do you even know how to speak properly?"

Huang Xiaochu pretended to be angry, walked over and sat down next to Gu Qing, and put on a sincere expression, "The last round was really an accident. It was my miscalculation and carelessness."

This time I promise, you'll definitely win! How about it? Trust me one more time?

"Really?"

Gu Qing looked Huang Xiaochu up and down suspiciously, her eyes filled with distrust.

"Really, more real than real gold!"

Huang Xiaochu raised one hand as if making an oath, his expression serious.

Gu Qing stared at him for a few seconds, as if she were having a fierce internal struggle, and finally gritted her teeth, "Okay, Teacher Huang, I'll trust you one last time!"

He decided to take another gamble, so he revealed all the information he had obtained: "For this mission, they only accept watermelons and salt, and it's an auction-based system."

The price I quoted was two gold coins for watermelon and five gold coins for salt.

"Teacher Huang, please don't get me into trouble this time, or I'll really believe you're the mole planted by the production team."

"Don't worry, I guarantee there won't be any problems this time. Just watch me."

Chef Huang patted his chest to assure her, then confidently walked into the auction hall.

Gu Qing waited in the side hall, silently praying that nothing else went wrong this time.

In no time,

Chef Huang returned with a beaming smile, his tone relaxed: "All done, sorted out."

"Teacher Huang, how much did you pay?" Gu Qing asked hurriedly.

Chef Huang smiled smugly and lowered his voice, "I quoted 100, 50 gold coins for a watermelon and 50 gold coins for a bag of salt!"
"How about that? With this price, how could we possibly beat your two gold and five gold items? This time it's a sure thing!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing felt relieved.

Surely there won't be any more surprises this time?
quickly,

The head butler walked into the side hall with a smile, carrying the final result.

"Gentlemen, I apologize for the wait. The price has been set," the head butler said slowly and deliberately.

Gu Qing and Huang Lei immediately went over.

"Our master has spoken,"

The head steward spoke clearly, word by word, "Because our Huixi Village is a well-known wealthy village, the most important thing is 'face'."

So... naturally, when we buy things, it has to be commensurate with our status and style—"

He declared emphatically, "When it comes to things, buy the most expensive ones!"

Gu Qing: "..."

He choked instantly, abruptly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then, without saying a word, turned and left, not wanting to say another word.

"Xiao Gu, Xiao Gu, don't go! Let me explain, I really don't know anything about this."

Huang Xiaochu couldn't help but laugh out loud. He quickly stepped forward and grabbed Gu Qing's arm tightly to prevent him from leaving, while still trying to "explain" his situation.

"Teacher Huang! How can I trust you anymore?!"

Gu Qing broke free of her grip, her voice agitated, "Once is an accident, twice is still an accident? What kind of coincidence is that?"
You did this on purpose! I feel like I'd be better off partnering with Brother Honglei; at least he openly steals from people, unlike you... who subtly sabotages them!

"Sir, sir, please don't be angry, calm down."

Seeing this, the head butler quickly stepped forward to smooth things over and comfort Gu Qing, "Our master also runs a teahouse in the back, where many guests come and go, and it's well-informed."
Perhaps you'll find some useful information there. Why don't you check it out and maybe change your luck?

Upon learning this news,
Gu Qing could no longer heed Huang Xiaochu's attempts to persuade her to stay. She fled from this "heartbreaking place" almost as if she were escaping, heading straight for the teahouse behind the village.

Huiyun Teahouse

Inside the teahouse, which is decorated in an antique style, several NPC tea drinkers, played by program crew members and local volunteers, are dressed in different costumes and are sitting in twos and threes, leisurely sipping tea and chatting.

Gu Qing walked over and tried to strike up a conversation with a few tea drinkers.

They would respond according to pre-set lines, but most of it was just small talk about local customs and traditions, which sounded like nonsense and didn't seem to contain much direct or useful information.

Just as Gu Qing was feeling somewhat disappointed and preparing to leave, an elderly gentleman sitting by the window, with a refined and approachable demeanor, caught his attention.

The old gentleman, with his white hair and beard but still vigorous, smiled slightly upon seeing Gu Qing. Without speaking, he picked up a brush from Wang Bolin, dipped it in water, and slowly wrote three powerful characters on the clean table:

"Draw inferences from one instance..."

He deliberately stopped writing and looked at Gu Qing with a smile.

"learn by analogy?"

Gu Qing understood immediately and grasped the old man's hint.

This was clearly a segment specially prepared for him by the production team, with the aim of cleverly promoting the excellent traditional culture of Huizhou, especially the famous "Four Treasures of the Study".

"With these people playing the game with tips from outside the venue, how am I supposed to compete with those 'old foxes'..."

Gu Qing silently complained to himself, but his feet didn't stop. He immediately started looking for clues related to the "Four Treasures of the Study" in the shops and stalls in the village, based on the clues.

After some searching, he successfully collected Huizhou ink, She inkstone, and Chengxintang paper, which, together with the Wang Boli brush he had seen before, completed the image of the Four Treasures of the Study in Huizhou.

They also received a calligraphy work created on the spot by a local calligrapher, containing a famous line from the well-known poem "To Wang Lun" by the poet Li Bai:
"The water of Taohuatan is a thousand feet deep, yet it cannot compare to the love Wang Lun gave me."

Subsequently,

Zhang Yixing and Sun Honglei also arrived one after another. The three of them studied and pondered the calligraphy and poem, trying to decipher the clues that might be hidden in the next stage of the mission.

It was here that the recording of this morning's program came to a temporary end.

"Cut! Thank you all for your hard work! This morning's recording is now over. You can all go back to the hotel to rest and have dinner. We will continue filming tonight."

The voice of the chief director, Yan Ming, came through the walkie-talkie.

While stretching her slightly sore limbs, Gu Qing walked towards Yan Ming with a smile, half-jokingly and half-complainingly saying, "Director Yan, isn't this game segment designed a bit too 'targeted'?"
I felt like I was being tricked the whole time, how am I supposed to win?

"I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry, Teacher Gu."

Yan Ming immediately clasped his hands together and apologized repeatedly, adopting an extremely humble posture, "We were just trying to create some dramatic conflict for the sake of the show. Thank you so much for your hard work, please bear with us!"

"Director Yan, I was just joking with you, please don't be so polite."

Seeing this, Gu Qing felt a little embarrassed and quickly waved his hand with a smile.

"Brother, let's go!"

Just then, Zhang Yixing ran over excitedly and grabbed Gu Qing's arm. "Let's find a place to practice dancing during our lunch break. I know a pretty good dance studio nearby."

"Lay, aren't you tired? Don't you need to rest?"

Gu Qing was stunned for a moment. He was exhausted both physically and mentally from the morning's battle of wits.

"Dancing is the best way for me to relax."

Zhang Yixing's eyes were bright and full of enthusiasm. "Moreover, during my last live stream, many fans flooded my comment section, saying they really wanted to see a dance video of me and you working together."

"Why don't we record something while we have this opportunity? Is there a dance you particularly want to perform?"

"I'm fine with anything, I'll do whatever you say."

Gu Qing responded with a smile, "Brother Lay, I learned many of XO's classic dances when I was a trainee in South Korea, such as 'Growl' and 'Addicted'. I still remember the basic moves."

"Let's dance to 'Roar,' it's the most classic and widely sung!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yixing became even more excited, his face beaming with pride. "Don't worry, there's no problem with the copyright of this song. I can use it legally!"

He is the only one among the "Five Returned Sons" who still maintains a contractual relationship with his original company, SM Entertainment.

Zhang Yixing's persistence, whether out of his reluctance to part with his teammates or his desire to leave a way out for future Chinese trainees with dreams, made him pay a higher price than others.

But this persistence also brought corresponding rewards—

He is currently the only member in the country who is legally allowed to perform XO songs and use their music and dance in public.

Unlike the three members of XO, who are still labeled as XO members, they can't dance any XO dances or play their music in public.

If anyone dares to skip a segment or play a song, SM Entertainment, which always values ​​copyright, will definitely sue them, and they will inevitably be ridiculed by EXO-Ls fans.

This is something that the other former teammates who have already terminated their contracts could not do.

……

The two, along with their respective assistants and several security personnel dispatched by the production team for safety, traveled by car to a nearby well-regarded dance studio and rented a professional practice room.

On the way to the dance studio
"Hey Lay, I recently saw a really popular dance video online. It has a great rhythm and it's quite interesting."

Gu Qing took out her phone, opened the Douyin short video platform, found a video with a very high number of likes, and handed it to Zhang Yixing to watch.

"How about we both learn to dance this? It would be a little surprise for our fans."

The video is playing the "Killing Chicken Ghost Dance," which is currently very popular on the Douyin platform.

The catchy music and the simple, easy-to-learn yet slightly tacky dance moves quickly made it a phenomenal internet meme.

Having experienced the successful promotion of "Nirvana in Fire" through its deep integration with the Adou platform, Gu Qing personally experienced the benefits of having a powerful, self-owned promotional channel.

As a minor shareholder of the Adou platform, he felt that he couldn't always "slack off" and it was time to take the initiative to drive traffic to the platform and create some high-quality content.

He had even started planning in his mind to release some online content that he knew would become popular in the future, such as cross-dressing and finger dancing, in advance, in conjunction with the promotional time of his film and television dramas, on Adou.

This precise marketing strategy is believed to generate more traffic and buzz than traditional, costly promotional methods.

"Sure, I'm fine with it."

Zhang Yixing is very enthusiastic whenever the topic of dance comes up.

——Dance Practice Room
When Gu Qing and Zhang Yixing entered the rented dance studio accompanied by staff, the students and teachers who were practicing inside instantly erupted in excitement!
"Ahhh!! It's Gu Qing! It's Gu Qing!!"

"Oh my god, I've been watching his Nirvana in Fire lately! And isn't that Sheep next to him a little sheep?"

"How did they get here?! I'm going crazy!!"

The screams and incredulous gasps nearly lifted the roof off.

The trainees excitedly took out their phones to take photos and videos, while staff quickly stepped forward to maintain order and ensure that the filming and practice would not be affected.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, photos, and autographs, Gu Qing and Zhang Yixing began their practice.

First and foremost, of course, is XO's classic track, "Growl".

"Boom boom boom——"

As the distinctive, heart-pounding intro drumbeats began, screams erupted instantly, it was hard to tell if they came from the girls watching outside the glass or from the music itself.

"Sa Beining kills a black-boned chicken~ Sa Beining kills a black-boned chicken~"

Even now, the 'ghost step dance' remains the top dance style, dominating the scene.

Although it may seem like a completely unsophisticated dance in retrospect, it's considered "awesome" by today's standards.

With Gu Qing and Zhang Yixing's dance skills, they could learn to dance exactly the same way in just over ten minutes, and in half an hour they could dance even more freely and naturally than in the original video.

After the two finished their dance, they saved their videos, planning to share them when the show aired.

After practicing dance for two hours, we had dinner together, returned to the hotel, showered, and slept until evening before continuing the recording.

The remaining program content is also nearing its end, mainly focusing on cultural promotion.

Wang Xun and others tried their hand at making Xuan paper.

Gu Qingze came to Junzi Village, sold all the watermelons at a low price, and then, according to the rules, voluntarily donated half of the funds to repair roads and schools, emphasizing the positive energy of serving the people.

At last,
Gu Qing and the members of the Men's Gang returned to the starting point of the mission and submitted the number of gold bars.

Having been scammed twice in a row, Gu Qing ended up owing a gold bar.

The final winner,
It's obvious that it's a duo of Huang Bo and Wang Xun.

One knows how to make money, the other knows how to save money; a powerful combination leads to easy victory.

So far,

After Gu Qing finished her publicity work, she immediately took a plane back to the film set that same evening.

It's time to go and 'marry' Da Tian Tian.

……

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(P.S.: Honey, I'll try to schedule updates around 9 or 10 PM from now on. Updating at 2 or 3 AM is too weird. I need to adjust my biological clock.)
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