Running Man: Female MC causing trouble? I don't take the pressure!

Kimchi Country, Cornel.

During the morning rush hour, you can feel the overwhelming power of the crowds just by standing on the street.

"It's changed quite a bit over the years."

Zheng Kai and Li Chen looked around and sighed.

The first round of the game will take place here.

Please come up and collect your task cards.

"We'll do it right here?"

Sha Yi asked疑惑地, "With so many people, what games are we playing?"

Bai Lu retrieved the task card and read its contents aloud.

Make the best instant noodles

Find people from different countries, ask them for ingredients and seasonings, and make a delicious pot of instant noodles.

The player who completes the game fastest can draw a number card first; this number card will affect all subsequent game plays.

"No! They're hiring foreigners again!" Li Chen wailed with a bitter face.

"Asking for ingredients? Are you begging?" Zheng Kai's lips twitched.

Zhang Zhenyuan asked, "What kind of ingredients and seasonings make instant noodles delicious?"

"Does the production team have a recipe?" Chen Mo also wanted to know.

Yao Yitian replied: "We have professional instant noodle tasters who will score the instant noodles you make."

After saying that, a Korean man stood up from the group of staff and greeted the MCs.

"Alright, alright, let's begin." Bai Lu said, then turned and left, as if she were racing against time to avoid wasting any.

"Let's go too." The other MCs nodded and plunged into the bustling crowd.

The first stage is an individual battle, where the MCs should split up and each find their own target.

But the cunning Chen Mo and Zheng Kai didn't follow suit. Instead, they followed behind the "host" Song Yuqi and asked her for advice.

"Yuqi, do you have any tips for eating instant noodles?"

Song Yuqi confidently replied, "Of course! Just follow my lead!"

The foreigners Yao Yitian mentioned did not include the local residents of South Korea, nor could they ask for the same person twice.

Fortunately, Juru is the capital of South Korea, and countless foreign tourists visit every day.

So they quickly locked onto their target—a beautiful Chinese woman who had just come out of a convenience store.

"She has beef in her basket!"

The recipe that Song Yuqi listed required beef.

"Let's go, she's the one." Zheng Kai smoothed his hair, preparing to use his charm to win her over.

The American woman took out her phone, preparing to follow the guide to the next place.

Unexpectedly, three people walked towards her at that moment.

"Hello ma'am, may I trouble you for five minutes? Could you help us complete a task?"

Zheng Kai wore sunglasses, looking clean and cheerful, with a roguish smile, looking just like a playboy going out for a trip.

At this time, South Korean boy bands were all the rage in Europe and America, and it was hard not to attract attention with Zheng Kai's looks.

as predicted.

The beautiful foreign woman showed interest and asked, "Of course, what task would you like me to help you with?"

"May I ask your name first?" Zheng Kai asked.

The beautiful woman nodded: "My name is Lucy."

"Lucy, that's a beautiful name."

"Here's the thing, we're filming a show called Running Man, and we're doing a task to collect ingredients. We want the beef in your basket. Would it be convenient for you to give it to us? We're willing to grant you one request."

Zheng Kai first praised the woman's name, and then expressed his request in fluent and standard English.

After this series of moves, Lucy simply couldn't refuse.

She glanced at the beef in the basket, then generously took it out and handed it to Zheng Kai: "Here you go."

Zheng Kai smiled brightly, "Thank you so much."

"I'd like to take a picture with you, what do you think?" Lucy also expressed her request.

"Of course, it would be my honor."

Without saying a word, Zheng Kai took out his phone and went to Lucy's side to take a photo together.

Lucy also called over Chen Mo and Song Yuqi, who were on the other side and hadn't spoken yet.

The moment she pressed the shutter button, she suddenly turned her head and kissed Zheng Kai's cheek, leaving Zheng Kai with a shocked expression.

"Kai, you're amazing." Song Yuqi gave him a thumbs up in admiration: "A heartthrob."

"Brother Kai is like fine wine, the older he gets, the better he becomes," Chen Mo joked.

Zheng Kai was overjoyed by the praise: "I'm your Brother Kai! Let's go, let's move on to the next one."

..........

the other side.

Sha Yi and Li Chen searched aimlessly for their target.

"The best instant noodles... is that judged by the price of the ingredients, or simply by the taste?"

"I don't know. Right now, the most important thing is to find someone to get the ingredients."

As they talked, a suitable target appeared.

—A young man carrying a backpack and a large bag of lunch boxes in his hand.

"Hey, Chen'er, someone's here!" Sha Yi spotted the person immediately and called over Li Chen, saying, "It's him."

Li Chen squinted and looked: "I can't see what he's holding in his hand."

"Never mind, let's go up and ask first."

Sha Yi cleared her throat, activated her social bull ability, and successfully struck up a conversation with the young man.

"Hello handsome, would you mind cooperating with us for five minutes?"

The young man looked him up and down, then turned and ran away with a sinister gaze.

"Hey, handsome, hey." Sha Yi called out several times, but the more she called, the further away he went.

He pursed his lips in frustration, revealing an awkward smile.

Li Chen shook his head and smiled: "Did he mistake you for a policeman?"

He was tall and burly, and he immediately demanded cooperation from others, quite like a policeman.

Sha Yi said helplessly, "The duck that was almost in my hand just flew away. Oh well—I'll just have to look for another one."

..........

at the same time.

Bai Lu and Zhang Zhenyuan also found their ideal partners.

—They were a couple traveling together, their canvas bags bulging with vacuum-packed groceries.

"Hello~ We are the MCs from the Running Man program. We are currently undertaking a challenge and need your help, is that alright?"

Zhang Zhenyuan's voice when speaking kimchi was unusually sweet and gentle.

The couple traveling together were from France and did not refuse Zhang Zhenyuan's request.

"We'd love to help you, but we need you to provide something of equal value in exchange. What do you think?"

"Equivalent... anything is acceptable?" Zhang Zhenyuan asked with a troubled expression.

"Yes, anything is fine, as long as it's of equal value to the ingredients you're asking for."

The couple responded generously.

This put Zhang Zhenyuan in a dilemma, as they didn't have anything valuable on them at the moment.

"Zhen Yuan, what are you talking about?" Bai Lu, who had been smiling the whole time but couldn't get a word in edgewise, couldn't help but ask the reason when she saw Zhang Zhen Yuan's embarrassed expression.

Zhang Zhenyuan said, "They asked us to bring out items of equal value in exchange."

"Oh, that's easy!"

Bai Lu suddenly realized and said with a smile, "Just tell them to give us the ingredients, and I'll sign them."