Ch115 - This Is A Couple ID

Lu Xu had no issues with Ji Xiunian changing the prefix of his username.

To begin with, their Grim Reaper Bureau had a standardised code name. Ji Xiunian had displayed a great attitude towards his work by changing his name without any reminders.

After the two of them bade each other goodbye, Lu Xu received two more orders.

Although Ji Xiunian was already an official grim reaper, he hadn’t yet unlocked the skills to do things like accepting orders online and teleporting.

Lu Xu decided that he still needed to set aside time to train Ji Xiunian in the relevant skills. He was striving to get him up to standard earlier.

Early next morning, the trainees cleaned up and went to eat. Afterwards, they changed into the same uniform and went to the studio to record the second elimination.

As of today, the show had arrived at its seventh episode. There was only a month left before it ended. As the temporary director taking over, Tan Yanqing made his first official appearance in front of the trainees.

“I’m filming an elimination episode the moment I’ve arrived. I don’t know if some trainees will have an issue with me.” Tang Yanqing said this, but his countenance was calm. Rules were rules, and no one could break them.

Ji Xiunian also understood this, and merely replied with, “Competition shows are cruel by nature. This is something we cannot do anything about.”

“Mm.” Seeing that other people would sometimes pass by them as they spoke, Tan Yanqing kept his professional director face on.

He waited until there was no one else around before he turned to Ji Xiunian urgently. “Brother, are we going to put the plan we discussed into motion today?”

Ji Xiunian thought about it for a second, and came to the conclusion that Tang Yanqing was a bit unreliable sometimes.

A forever bachelor who had never had any relationship experience before, and a forever single man with no experience whatsoever. This kind of situation was just like the blind leading the blind.

Ji Xiunian thought about the two of them, incompetent as they were when it came to relationships, and slowly shook his head. “Maybe we should forget about it…”

“Forget about it?” Tang Yanqing got the feeling that Ji Xiunian wanted to back out, and wanted to pull him back in. “Come on, Xiunian. Are you sure you can do this without my help? Wanting to charm someone with that docile personality of yours, I’m worried you might end up waiting until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse…”

Year of the monkey and month of the horse…

Ji Xiunian suddenly thought about Lu Xu’s age. It seemed like Lu Xu had already spent 200 years on work alone, and now that he was a Grim Reaper, did that mean he also had an extremely long lifespan as well?

If that was the case, he could definitely wait until then.

As Ji Xiunian was thinking about this, he almost wanted to ask Lu Xu himself about this lifespan problem.

However, to Tang Yanqing, his silence was seen as hesitation, as though he was undecided.

“Don’t tell me you’re really thinking you can wait for such a long time! I’m telling you, this cooperation isn’t for self-benefit. The most important thing is to help you. Chasing after Manman is just a matter of time for me, but for you, it’s different…”

“That’s not it.” Ji Xiunian didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry. He didn’t interrupt Tang Yanqing, he just smiled and quietly looked at him.

That kind of attitude stung a little, and Tang Yanqing couldn’t help but say indignantly, “Fine, then let’s see. When the filming for the eighth episode starts, let’s see who has made more progress.”

Ji Xiunian chuckled and said nothing. Tang Yanqing took that as another challenge.

“Tang ge, don’t cause trouble.” Ji Xiunian really had no intention of competing with Tang Yanqing, but Tang Yanqing was determined. The two of them were in the studio, chatting and laughing, and it seemed like they had a really good relationship.

“Xu ge, come look.” Xu Lele saw Ji Xiunian and Tang Yanqing chatting happily, and immediately wanted to share the gossip he had heard earlier with Lu Xu. “There’s no cameras around now, so we don’t have to act. But look at Director Tang and Nian ge… Tsk tsk, now I’m thinking that the rumors I saw online might really be true.”

With regards to the relationship between Ji Xiunian and Tang Yanqing, there were endless versions and variations circulating the market.

Among those rumors, the most widely known one was that Tang Yanqing was romantic and playful, full of chic and charm towards both men and women. However, as someone who was supposed to be pure and thriving, it seemed that there was something he desired in his heart that he could not obtain.

It was said that this desire was real, and everyone immediately turned their attention towards Ji Xiunian.

No one knew who had even started this thing about the love and hatred between the two of them, but it really was quite interesting.

As a youngster who was addicted to the internet, Xu Lele had seen a lot of stories related to these two.

Upon seeing that the protagonists of those stories were right there, Xu Lele couldn’t help but share this with Lu Xu.

Lu Xu’s gaze followed in the direction he was pointing at, and the corner of his mouth curved upwards, taking nothing to heart.

“Xu ge, you don’t have any thoughts after seeing that?” Xu lele was afraid that Lu Xu had loved too deeply and would get hurt, and he was even stronger for holding those emotions back.

Although there was no real proof, Xu Lele had always thought that there was something going on between Xu Lele and Ji Xiunian.

Xu Lele didn’t want Lu Xu to suffer, so he wanted to remind him, in case Lu Xu fell into the trappings of the river of love.

Of course, Lu Xu wouldn’t know what Xu Lele was getting at, so he replied to his question seriously, “What is there to think about? Hurry up and fix your hair. Look your best when you go on camera.”

“That’s right!” Gossipmonger Xu Lele suddenly regained his senses, and hurriedly looked at the mirror to fix his look for the day.

Lu Xu then glanced at Ji Xiunian and Tang Yanqing, and unconsciously laughed and shook his head-

He knew what others didn’t. This person that Tang Yanqing was in love with was most probably his shijie.

He had lived for so many years, even if he had never been in a relationship himself, he had seen what love looked like.

Lu Xu could immediately identify that bit of pettiness in Tang Yanqing’s heart.

He knew that those two were friends, so he treated the rumors that Xu Lele had shared as jokes.

Never mind the rest. If it was just about Ji Xiunian himself, he wasn’t the type of person who liked to flirt.

As Lu Xu thought that, he glanced at Ji Xiunian again. At that moment, he also raised his head, and their gazes happened to meet.

“Say, the two of us are pretty close, your little boyfriend might misunderstand.” Tang Yanqing actually already knew the rumors about himself, but he was too lazy to clear it up. When he saw those gossip pieces about him and Ji Xiunian, Tang Yanqing even thought they were quite fun, and sometimes forwarded a couple of fan videos to Ji Xiunian.

He thought it was good fun, and it wasn’t something to worry about.

Ji Xiunian’s attitude compared to Tang Yanqing’s, was even more lax, and he was even lazier in explaining things.

As such, the gossip about the two of them continued on. Even though Ji Xiunian thought it was quite boring, other netizens still created their own edits and kept themselves happy.

Tang Yanqing wasn’t particularly for or against it, but seeing Lu Xu looking over like that today, he was suddenly worried and asked Ji Xiunian if he would misunderstand.

Ji Xiunian shrugged, and didn’t even look at Tang Yanqing. He just smiled at Lu Xu.

Their gazes met, and they smiled at each other, before moving on to do their own things. The interaction was warm and natural, as though they were in their own world, and Tang Yanqing didn’t even exist.

“…”

Tang Yanqing saw the two of them interacting like this and couldn’t help but huff out a laugh angrily. He felt like he had been excluded from this little world of theirs.

Without waiting for him to speak, Ji Xiunian suddenly smiled, “He knows me. There’s nothing to misunderstand.”

Tang Yanqing had nothing to say to that. He just felt like he had been forced to eat dog food.

But when he thought about Ji Xiunian’s personality, he felt it was impossible, so he just hummed and laughed and didn’t take the matter to heart.

Very soon, the filming for the second round of elimination results officially started.

“Everyone performed very well in the second public performance. I also hope that all of you will be able to stay, but a competition is a competition. After today’s results, we will have only 36 trainees moving on to the next stage of the competition…”

Liang Da was an amazing host, and was good at his job, whether it was controlling the crowd or hyping everyone up.

It was hard on every trainee, but a competition was a competition, especially for a show like this. It was an elimination show.

“Waaah, they’re going to announce the names soon, right? I feel like I will definitely get kicked.”

“You’re so popular, how could that happen? Someone like me who doesn’t have any fans is the one who’s most in danger.”

“I don’t even want to be in the top, even if I’m the 36th person I will be grateful to god…”

The trainees chatted amongst themselves, nervous beyond measure.

Every time it was an elimination episode, everyone no longer wanted a good ranking, they just wanted to be able to hang on just enough to stay in the program and that would be good enough.

Very soon, as the representative of all the instructors, Gu Wenan started to announce the ranking results. “The votes for the rankings are in, and in 36th place we have…” Gu Wenan purposely paused for a long time, obviously for dramatic effect.

“Aaaah, Instructor Gu, don’t torture us like this, can’t you make it quick?”

The trainees fidgeted nervously in their seats, some even put their hands together in prayer.

Seeing that he had achieved the desired effect, Gu Wenan finally announced the name. “In 36th place, we have Yao Yulong!”

“Wow, I’m super envious!”

“This is our first trainee to advance, although the votes weren’t a lot, at least they feel more at ease compared to the rest…”

Yao Yulong also received a shock, and happily got up to head to the sitting area for trainees who made it through.

The four instructors then announced the rest of the rankings.

There would be happiness and there would be tears during the elimination stage. Some would jump and shout because they had made it through, and some cried because they had to leave.

As expected, Lu Xu was the centre again, no one was surprised by the results.

After filming was finished, the eliminated trainees hurried back to pack their things, while Lu Xu received a new client.

He didn’t care to celebrate that he had gotten the center position. He looked around to search for Ji Xiunian, wanting to bring him along to pick up this order.

However, when he walked over, he heard Tang Yanqing pulling Ji Xiunian closer and asking, “Hold on, brother, is this a couple ID?”