Chapter 156: Turtle Son of a Bitch

Chapter 156

The camera flashed back to the past. The audience was eagerly guessing who painted which picture. The guests on set were no exception. Bai Yinyue whispered into Zhong Ruanxing's ear, "The third one must be painted by Xia Xi."

The guitar and piano notes were too obvious. The guests and audience guessed it right away.

The other three paintings were harder to identify. Zhuang Xueyu walked up and said, "As a new addition to the show, may I go first?"

No one had any objections.

Zhuang Xueyu approached the four easels to examine them carefully, discerning in her mind which was most likely painted by Cheng Yaowen. Excluding the third painting, the first and second seemed too childish to match her impression of Cheng Yaowen's temperament.

After deliberating back and forth, she finally chose the fourth painting.

The fourth painting had the best technique, using just a few swift strokes to convey artistic flair. As the heir to a wealthy family, Cheng Yaowen must have been trained to possess such painting skills and artistic sense.

She removed the cloth covering the fourth painting. "I choose this one."

The bullet screen comments echoed her guess:

[I think this one is painted by Young Master Cheng too!]

[Zhuang Xueyu is so direct, I love guests like this who just go for it straight. Very entertaining to watch!]

[I wonder what kind of date Young Master Cheng has prepared. I'm a little curious and excited!]

...

No one noticed the helpless flicker in Yong Yun's eyes after Zhuang Xueyu made her selection. She turned to Bai Yinyue and Zhong Ruanxing and asked, "Which painting do you two want?"

Bai Yinyue winked at her. "Just leave the third one for us."

Yong Yun smiled knowingly and eventually chose the colorful underwater sea creature park in the second painting.

She thought Bai Yinyue wanted her to leave the third painting so she could choose it herself. She didn't expect Bai Yinyue to take the first painting with the matchstick people watching the sunrise, leaving the third painting with the obvious musical elements to Zhong Ruanxing.

Before coming on the show, Yong Yun had learned from Zhong Ruanxing about her history with Cheng Yaowen. After getting over her initial surprise, she quickly understood. Since they still didn't know who was Cheng Yaowen, leaving the most identifiable third painting to Zhong Ruanxing was the safest bet.

She couldn't help feeling a little envious of Bai Yinyue's unconditional support for Zhong Ruanxing.

With the paintings selected, the four women set off to their respective dates.

The male guests had already prepared everything at the chosen date locations, just waiting for the female guests to show up.

Zhong Ruanxing felt a little sorry for Xia Xi. It was so obvious he had painted the music elements to leave a sign for Bai Yinyue, but to avoid Cheng Yaowen, she had no choice but to let him down. Zhong Ruanxing decided to properly apologize to him later.

[?]

[He really loves her to death!]

[Both helicopter and cruise, is this how rich people date?]

[You were told to prepare a date, not show off your wealth!]

...

Zhong Ruanxing looked at his falsely congenial smile and wanted to punch him. She took a deep breath and continued smiling apologetically. "I'm so sorry, but I also get seasick easily. I'm afraid I can't take the cruise either."

Bullet screen:

[Zhong Ruanxing, are you Noto Mamiko's ungrateful little sister?]

[Zhuang Xueyu: Why didn't I get such a great opportunity?!]

[Zhong Ruanxing is my role model. She stays virtuous despite wealth and status!]

[It's confirmed. She really doesn't like Young Master Cheng.]

...

Cheng Yaowen gazed at her deeply.

Zhong Ruanxing shot back a faintly provocative smile.

Under such repeated rejections, a normal person would probably have backed down already. But Cheng Yaowen was clearly not normal. He curled his lips and said casually, "No problem. We won't take it then. The scenery here is great. Strolling and chatting is nice too."

With the cameras on, Zhong Ruanxing couldn't make things too difficult. It was just a walk, so whatever.

As a vacation island, Hidden Star Island's scenery was extremely pleasing to the eye. Zhong Ruanxing just treated it as touring her own territory, not caring at all about Cheng Yaowen walking beside her.

Yet Cheng Yaowen insisted on making his presence known, pointing out flowers, trees, and seagulls for her to look at every so often.

In her mind, Zhong Ruanxing cursed him down to the eighteenth generation, but her expression remained tranquil, even with a hint of a smile. She turned to him, "Young Master Cheng, why don't we play a game?"

Cheng Yaowen perked up in interest. "Sure, what do you want to play?"

Zhong Ruanxing: "Let's play the game where the first person to speak is a turtle bastard. One, two, three, start!"

Cheng Yaowen: "..."