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[Reading Game Challenge]

Registration fee: 10 yuan

[Challenge: Read a science fiction short story (approximately 9,000 words) while maintaining a smile throughout.]

Challenge successful: Reward of 50 RMB cash.

[Challenge Failed: You need to go to the nearby handmade jewelry stall to buy a piece of jewelry.]

[Merchant's comment: To be frank, no teenager aged 15-25 is likely to succeed in this challenge. Bring it on if you dare!]

"Now everything is ready, except for the customers."

Cheng Che glanced at his elegant handwriting and put away the marker with satisfaction.

Xia Ziyi rubbed her eyes, looked at the words on the cardboard in disbelief, and opened her mouth wide enough to swallow an egg.

Even someone as clueless as her could guess what kind of science fiction short story Cheng Che was talking about.

"I'll... I'll be beaten to death..." Tian Xiwei murmured as she looked at the words.

Xu Anan was shocked, thinking to herself, how could there be someone in the world with such a flexible mind?

Is he really a genius?

The cameraman instinctively zoomed in to ensure that every word on the signboard was clearly visible to the audience.

How pathetic and laughable human effort seems in the face of naturally gifted athletes!

[Analyzing from a dialectical perspective why Cheng Che is considered a genius?]

"...I could sit here for a year, ten years, fifty years, until I die, scratch my head raw, my fingernails blistered, my eyes yellow and withered, and I still could never come up with such a despicable idea."

Some say the greatest open strategy of all time was the Edict of Grace, and the greatest cunning strategist of all time was Jia Xu, but in my opinion... not necessarily!

[If any college student passing by saw this sign, the one who could resist taking the risk would be this (thumbs up).]

[Among all the college students who participate in the challenge, the one who can hold back their tears is this one (thumbs up).]

"Now we just have to wait for customers to come in." Cheng Che slumped onto the bench.

"Sister Xia..." He thought for a moment, "Sister Xia, why don't you sit down on the chair opposite us?"

"Why?" Xia Ziyi had a million questions to ask. "You still haven't told me what I'm supposed to do!"

Am I, Xia, destined to be nothing more than a decorative vase here?!

"Then I'll tell you now." Cheng Che's expression gradually changed from lazy to solemn.

This appearance also made Xia Ziyi suddenly serious.

"I think you are an excellent actress with high professional ethics and superb acting skills, even though you are very young," Cheng Che said.

"!"

Xia Ziyi couldn't help but stand up straight, like a soldier receiving praise from a general.

兑！

That's just how amazing Xia is!

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"So next, I need you to be a shill, but not an evil one, rather a righteous one."

Cheng Che's words left Xia Ziyi a little confused.

A shill is a shill; is there a distinction between good and evil?

"When you see a group of people gathering here later," Cheng Che continued, "you should immediately run over and tell them in front of them that you want to give it a try."

"Then at this point, you take on the challenge in order, and use your acting skills to shed tears in three seconds. That would be a huge achievement!" Cheng Che finished speaking.

"The only problem is that you need to watch the story I told yesterday again," Cheng Che said sincerely, "and then you need to cry in front of a lot of people."

He didn't hide anything from her. It would be best if Xia Ziyi was willing, but he wouldn't force her if she wasn't.

"I see……"

Xia Ziyi seemed lost in thought, though it was unclear what she was thinking about.

"No problem at all, leave it to me!"

She's a professional actress! This isn't a problem for her at all!

And so, Xia Ziyi, filled with enthusiasm, went to sit down on the bench opposite.

Waiting for the right moment for a hero to appear.

"Ziyi's crying scenes are indeed very impressive, but isn't it a bit too difficult for her to shed tears in three seconds?" Tian Xiwei asked.

When actors are rehearsing, there are many good actors who can shed tears in three seconds, but that requires preparation!

Only by taking the time to fully immerse oneself in the character and story being portrayed can one be moved to tears.

But where does Xia Ziyi have time to prepare now?

"It's okay." Cheng Che shrugged. "Even if I can't get the emotions right, reading the story again will definitely be enough."

"Are you so sure?" Tian Xiwei asked doubtfully.

Yesterday's story was indeed very touching, but since I had already heard it once, and I had some expectations for watching it again, would I really cry again?

"It's guaranteed. Don't believe me? Try it now!" Cheng Che was absolutely confident.

As you can see, the original text version of "Take Her Eyes" is so moving that it's impossible to be moved by it after just one reading.

On the other hand, the more times you see it, the more upset you might feel and the more you might want to cry.

"Then forget it," Tian Xiwei decisively refused.

When interacting with Cheng Che, there are a few rules and strange tales to keep in mind:

1. Cheng Che's words are not trustworthy, but Cheng Che's words are trustworthy.

2. Cheng Che can be tricked, but Cheng Che cannot be tricked.

3. Cheng Che is a person, but Cheng Che is not a person either.

……

As time passed, the number of people in the ancient town gradually increased.

Cheng Che placed the cardboard in a good spot, right next to a stone bridge, with the river behind him. People could come from three directions, and tourists often stopped nearby to take pictures.

Soon, two college students, who appeared to be a couple, noticed the words on the cardboard.

"A ten-yuan reading challenge?" The girl adjusted her round-framed glasses, carefully read the rules, and glanced back at her boyfriend.

"It's probably a scam, I suspect it's something fishy," she said.

Although the registration fee is only ten yuan, even if you lose and have to buy extra handmade jewelry, it probably won't cost more than twenty yuan. You can just have someone take a picture of you nearby and that'll be gone.

but!

Since this kind of person dares to set up a stall so openly, there must be some conspiracy behind it. There's no need to give them money.

She, a dignified college student, a flower of the motherland, the sun at seven or eight in the morning, a symbol of hope, a pillar of the world... would never fall for a trap!

Then her boyfriend said, "I want to try it."

"...What's the reason?"

"He said that people aged 15-25 couldn't possibly succeed in the challenge. He's provoking me!" the boy said indignantly.

"Your mother's kiss," the person setting up the stall was also a boy, probably not much older than me, yet he dared to put up such an arrogant advertising slogan.

Then I must challenge him and thoroughly thwart his arrogance!

We absolutely must not go along with this official's wishes!

"This is a matter of a man's dignity, baby!"

The girl looked at the boy, adjusted her glasses with her middle finger, and thought that this man was probably hopeless.

Do all men have a touch of adolescent angst flowing through their veins?

"Let's wait a bit and see what happens when someone else tries it," the girl finally decided to back down.

Although I didn't want to give away my money for nothing, I have to admit that it was quite novel to suddenly come across such a stall on the street.

She decided to wait and see what happened.

If it were just a story... she would definitely make this guy who dared to provoke her, a 20-year-old female college student, pay a painful lesson of up to forty yuan!

We will make sure he suffers a crushing defeat!