CH 74

Chapter 74 – Stimulating Game

Adult development

Fang Juexia pulled his hand back, holding back the corner of his mouth that wanted to quirk up. 

New teammates entered the game, and the two of them also separated, one going back to the red team, one towards the blue team, with the hosts standing in between them.

As soon as Ling Yi went on, Fang Juexia came to He Ziyan, who raised his head and reached out to him for a high-five. After that, Fang Juexia sat down and looked at his hand. His palm was still red from the impact left after Pei Tingsong’s balloon burst. He turned it over and looked at the back of his hand, which was also a little red.

It was a trace left from Pei Tingsong’s hold. 

The residual trembling-like sensation still hadn’t completely disappeared from his pores, just like the shrieking sounds that were coming from below the stage. Clearly, even though the two of them had been blindfolded, it was almost as though Fang Juexia could actually see it. He could even describe Pei Tingsong’s appearance, including the way he had pressed into him to stop his struggles. 

He didn’t have the heart to watch the later rounds, although they seemed very interesting, for everyone was laughing. Only when the host announced that the game was over and that the blue team had won did Fang Juexia come to know that Ling Yi had actually burst the captain’s balloons first. He stood up with everyone, and Ling Yi, who had removed his blindfold, ran like the wind to hug him and He Ziyan.

“We won la!”

“Really powerful, I didn’t even go up.”

Fang Juexia also hugged Ling Yi back, patting him on the back. “Really good, really good.”

The losing side needed to be punished, and even Pei Tingsong, who had recouped a round, was no exception to this. Previous experience had taught everyone that Pei Tingsong’s luck was very poor. His teammates were afraid that he would draw some novel punishment, so they took the lead in blindly drawing their punishment. This result could count as being normal: they had to do push-ups while singing their part in ‘Break Through’ for one and a half minutes.

Push-ups…

Fang Juexia glanced to his left. Pei Tingsong still had a plaster cast, and it definitely wouldn’t be easy for him to do push-ups.

“How about Xiao Pei just doesn’t do it?” The host was still very worried about his hand injury.

Pei Tingsong followed his teammates. “It’s fine, I’ve been working out this whole time.”

He Ziyan suggested, “We’re afraid you won’t be able to hold up when pressing to the ground, so how about doing sit-ups? It’s also a bit easier.”

The punishment was soon changed, and Pei Tingsong now needed a partner who would hold his feet down. All the fans below the stage were shouting out Fang Juexia’s name, and the host also couldn’t refuse them. “Then Juexia will help?”

Fang Juexia nodded and went to Pei Tingsong, who had already laid flat on the mat and bent his legs, held his ankles, looked at Pei Tingsong’s left hand, and said in a soft voice, “Be careful.”

This sentence once again triggered revelry from the countless fans below. Clearly, it was just a common concern, but they associated too much meaning to it.

Pei Tingsong made an “okay” gesture, then put his uninjured hand around the back of his neck. After the host called out, “Punishment begins”, he began to do sit-ups.

He maintained the habit of exercising all year long, so Pei Tingsong was very relaxed while doing this. Before, in order to play the game on the stage, he had taken off his big avocado green jacket and only wore a white T-shirt now. Every time he sat up, his clothes would pull up a little. From Fang Juexia’s perspective, Pei Tingsong’s abdominal muscles were completely visible.

This was different from the other ordinary times. Pei Tingsong’s abs, under the effect of the sit-ups, looked fresh and alive as they became covered with a thin layer of sweat, and as they contracted and then relaxed, they seemed to be carrying a certain unspeakable frequency, and his sunken mermaid line embedded at the edge of the waist of his jeans, continued to extend down….

Fang Juexia tried to look away. He didn’t know what he was feeling guilty about, the hot and dry heat remaining behind from the blindfolded game was too stubborn, and it lasted for a long time.

As a rapper, Pei Tingsong’s breath had always been very stable. Even while doing sit-ups, his breathing flowed outstandingly, he was just gasping a bit more than usual this time. Those gasps, mixed with the sound of his breathing, were inexplicably sexy.

“Okay! Time’s up!”

At last it was done. Fang Juexia had never felt that a minute and a half could be so long; a blunt knife like that rubbing against his heart was really hard to bear. He loosened the grip his hands had and stood up in front of Pei Tingsong, who also got up soon and leaned on him while saying, “So tired ah.”

This guy took the opportunity to blow into his ear, and Fang Juexia trembled all over.

He was doing it on purpose.

After the game segment ended, the host chatted with them about the concept of the new album, its creation process, and the difficulties encountered during the process. During this segment, they also played a video clip of the members hurrying to shoot the MV without taking breaks for eating or sleeping.

In the first second, the boys were showing a strong expression in front of the camera. In the next second, the six boys were so sleepy that they fell asleep leaning against the wall, head to head. When a cameraman asked Fang Juexia about how many hours it had been since they had slept, he said 24 vaguely, then shook his head, saying that that wasn’t right, it was actually 25. He was still dressed in a classical dance costume, and had a high ponytail, but his eyes were half-closed. He then showed an embarrassed smile because he had remembered the wrong number.

The fans below the stage saw this scene and felt incomparable tender love for these K boys. At the end of the video, they were shown riding six horses in the desert park.

In the background was Jiang Miao’s voice as he said, “We’re about to make a comeback, quickly make a wish, Ling Yi.”

Ling Yi yelled, “I wish that this album can recover its investment! Don’t let our boss lose money any longer!”

Laughter from several other members appeared.

“Hahahaha, that’s too simple ba.”

“Then let’s make a little more money and let the boss take us to the Maldives!”

“Tch, no taste.”

“You’re the one with no taste, stupid Xiao Pei!”

In the video, they were urging their horses forward. It was originally meant to be a very cool picture, however, unexpectedly, Lu Yuan’s horse turned its head and started to trot in the opposite direction, everyone started laughing. That was the end of the video.

All of K’s little gags and videos exuded a very happy atmosphere, and this one was no exception. It seemed that they had never once shown a slumped mood in front of the camera. For example, Fang Juexia was even very embarrassed when his weary appearance was caught on camera.

Being an idol was a profession where the person had to deliver light and warmth, and these six had always followed this principle.

The fans standing under the stage couldn’t help but shed a few tears when they saw the scene of the six people sleeping against the wall, as well as during Ling Yi’s last simple wish.

When the video ended, Chen Mo also sighed and spoke, “Our little K faced a lot of difficulties during their comeback this time, but fortunately, they got past it all. I always think that the great thing about boy-bands is that although there are many troubles and difficulties we encounter in this life, and that we always have to grit their teeth to get through it all, and most of the time we are all alone, but no matter how hard it is, you all at least have each other, which is the most precious thing.”

Another host adjusted the atmosphere by remarking, “It’s suddenly gotten quite sentimental, I even find myself welling up in tears.”

Lu Yuan immediately nodded. “Me too, I was just thinking, what to do, how do I quietly wipe away my tears and not look shameful?”

Ling Yi immediately unmasked him. “Tch, you were sniffling just now.”

The fans below broke down again and laughed.

Fang Juexia was still immersed in the end of the video, and suddenly asked, “So have we made enough money to go to the Maldives this time yet?”

“Hahahahaha what’s with this Ge?!”

“Hahahaha, what a persistent group.”

After filming half of the program, the host led everyone to start a new game segment. “The following game is a very classic one.”

Kaleido was arranged in front of the long table according to their official positions. There were six screens on the side of the table facing the audience. There was nothing on the screen for the time being, but the audience had already pretty much guessed what the game was. 

Chen Mo said with a smile, “That’s right, next is our ‘Guess Which One of Us in Undercover’ segment! First of all, let’s talk about the rules of the game. At the start of the game, each member of our small K will draw a card, in which there will be one undercover and one blank slate card. The undercover card will be different from that of everyone else’s, while the blank slate card is blank and has nothing written on it. Everyone will speak in order and describe their cards. At the end of each round, you have to vote for who you think has the blank slate card or is the undercover person. As long as you manage to pick out all the blank slates and undercover people, you’ll win the game.” 

Pei Tingsong asked, “Is there an undercover person and a blank slate in every round?”

“Not necessarily oh.” The host said, “If there is one, there will only be one of each; there may also be a situation where there is no undercover person, and only a blank slate in that round, or one where there is no blank slate card, only an undercover person.”

The members all nodded, and the game began.

“Okay, you guys can check your cards, and be careful not to let others see it oh.” The host told the audience below, “Everyone must remain quiet, don’t disturb our small K.”

The six members carefully picked up the cards on the table, their movements cautious. The screens facing the audience in front of each of their tables had already displayed their cards at the same time.

He Ziyan: Watching a horror film

Lu Yuan: Watching a horror film

Jiang Miao: Watching a horror film

Ling Yi: Haunted House Adventure

Fang Juexia: Watching a horror film

Pei Tingsong: Blank slate

The members began to clamor once they confirmed their cards.

“Wow~”

“Exciting.”

“Very exciting.”

Fang Juexia saw the card in his hand and very soon began to search for descriptors in his mind. Only Pei Tingsong, who had gotten the blank slate, upon hearing all his Geges say it was exciting, could pretend as if he was seeing something and make a meaningful expression.

The fans below the stage covered their small mouths and laughed secretly. After seeing the members finish confirming their cards, the host pointed to He Ziyan. “Let’s start from Ziyan ba.”

He Ziyan leaned half of his body against the table before describing, “Hmm… This is an activity that is very psychologically taxing.”

Next was Lu Yuan. “I feel like it’s not something suitable for children to do.”

The fans below the stage started laughing.

Jiang Miao went on to describe, “The ones from Japan are more famous.”

The host inserted a few words here, “Why do I feel like this is developing more and more in the wrong direction?”

“Hahahahaha adult development!”

Japanese? Ling Yi was a little confused, but he thought that the Japanese haunted houses were really famous, so he confidently and boldly described his part, “Anyway, I don’t like them, and I feel like I can’t do them.”

“Hahaha, you can’t do them!”

Fang Juexia was also amused by him. He put aside all of the descriptions he had thought of originally and glanced at Pei Tingsong as he said, “Xiao Pei may also not be able to…”

“Hahahahahahaha!”

Pei Tingsong couldn’t make heads or tails out of these words, he wondered what they were all really talking about. One second, it’s not suitable for children, the next second it’s that Japanese ones are famous, and then the next second, saying he can’t do it.

“If you’re going to describe it, just describe it, don’t imply things about your bandmates.”

He had no clue, so he could only start deriving things from the very person who went first. He thought of He Ziyan talking about psychological quality, which linked his thoughts to Fang Juexia, who had the best psychological quality among all of them, and so he threw it back.

Pei Tingsong forced himself to be calm, coughed, and gambled, “It’s easier for Juexia Ge to do this.”

In fact, he completely didn’t know what he was doing, there was just a lot of smutty garbage in his head right now.

“Oh ~” the host nodded and declared, “Then you guys can start voting now.”

He Ziyan and Lu Yuan both pointed at Jiang Miao, while Ling Yi pointed at Pei Tingsong. Fang Juexia didn’t know who to point to for a moment, then thought of how Pei Tingsonng had brought him up. He felt it was a little suspicious, so he pointed at Pei Tingsong.

As a blank slate, in order to protect himself, Pei Tingsong pointed at Jiang Miao.

The captain argued for himself, “The Japanese ones are just very famous ah.”

Lu Yuan took the microphone and added, “European and American ones are also quite…”

“Hahahahahaha!”

He Ziyan shrugged. “Can’t make them domestically anyway.”

Fang Juexia’s face showed a mysterious smile.

Pei Tingsong suspected that they were talking about porn, but he had no evidence.