CH 18

The crew of “Traceless Escape” was very diligent. They filmed the videos of the guests getting into the car, edited them together, and immediately posted it on Weibo. They used that footage to announce the list of guests that had been kept a secret before.

@TracelessEscapeOfficial: @CocoaBeiKe @T.ATW-GuWei @T.ATW-ShiXinyan @TMW-Xun @QianYiningLovesToSing, Xiao Tao1The Tao in Xiao Tao is “逃”, the same as the username of the account: “逃之夭夭官微微” and the five guests have successfully checked in! The guests have handed in their cell phones, and they still don’t know who they will meet in the show. Let’s look forward to their wonderful performance together with Xiao Tao~ Follow Xiao Tao and retweet this post on Weibo!

On the first episode premiere, Xiao Tao will select five lucky people to get our guests’ autograph~ To enter, follow and share this post!

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As soon as the official Weibo account sent this post, it immediately attracted the attention of many people. The fans of the guests began to line up to comment about their excitement and discussion of the show. 

Netizen 1: Powerful actor Bei Ke is here? There’s no need to say anything more. Instant follow.

Netizen 2: I knew my boys will be the guests! Both Weiwei and Yan-ge are here, so I’m watching. 

Netizen 3: Ahhhhhhhhh Jiang Xun! This is like a dream come true! Which Immortal heard my prayers ahhhhhh. I am different from y’all, I don’t understand e-sports, I am Jiang Xun face fan, so I really want to see him on variety shows.

Netizen 4: Qian Yining’s variety show debut!

There was also a group of netizens who have been squatting on Weibo, waiting for Jiang Xun and Gu Wei’s response to that shitstorm from last night. They didn’t get a response from the two main stars, but then they found this variety show announcement about them guesting on the same variety show—

Netizen 5: Was yesterday Jiang Xun’s Weibo fiasco just a hype for this variety show?

Netizen 6: Hype your mother2very common form of curse words is calling your opponent’s family members names lol, does the hype require God Xun to pay such a high price? The old post that was dug up was from ten years ago. You dig up your own black history from ten years ago and I’ll show you some fucking hype. 

Netizen 7: You e-sports fans are so irritable. Let’s not mention the unimportant shits. Did you see that in the video, Gu Wei just turned on his phone, and when he opened Weibo, his expression immediately changed hahahahaha. Did he just see what kind of post he liked? I’m not going to shut myself up until I get the answer!

Netizen 8: It should be what happened. Although I am Gu Wei’s fan, I must say that our didi‘s acting skills are really not that good. This must be his genuine reaction.

Netizen 9: This is the first time I saw Gu Wei appearing in a variety show looking so elated. Is it because he wants to escape God Xun’s inevitable retaliation for his mishaps? [doge head] Has Gu Wei ever thought that Jiang Xun will appear in the same variety show?

Netizen 10: Oh my god, I’m so looking forward to it, please show more shots of Gu Wei in the later stage, please please please!  I can’t wait to see these two people meet!

Due to Gu Wei’s slippery hand the day before, the official announcement of “Traceless Escape” had attracted the attention of countless netizens as soon as it was released.

After Gu Wei handed in his mobile phone, the director team’s car stopped at an intersection not long after. Shi Xinyan got into another car at the director’s request.

“Weiwei, remember to look for me first in the game later,” Shi Xinyan said as he waved goodbye to Gu Wei.

“Understood, don’t worry, I will be the first one to find you.” Gu Wei thought it over, no matter what the venue would be, he must first find his groupmate. He didn’t want to face strangers with his lack of variety show charisma.

The car continued to drive forward. Gu Wei originally wanted to sleep, but he woke up a few times. He simply pulled himself together and didn’t go back to sleep. He couldn’t help thinking about the hot  search he had seen not long ago.

By now, the popularity of Jiang Xun’s hot search post should have dropped, but that ten-year-old Weibo post had definitely been deeply burned into the hearts of netizens.

Little Lonely Xun. Never be forgotten by the netizens. 

What was Jiang Xun doing now?

Was he staying up late training at the club, or was he still sleeping?

When Jiang Xun sent him that “see you tomorrow” message, he must have not know that Gu Wei would be filming a variety show today. 

Gu Wei, who managed to dodge the consequences of his action (for now), was secretly happy.

At 5 o’clock in the morning, the car carrying Gu Wei stopped, and Gu Wei looked out the car window. Thanks to the car’s headlights, he could see the gate of a middle school.

Gu Wei: “We’re recording in a school?” 

The director team actually found a middle school as the show’s venue.

Gu Wei: “…” Somehow, he had a bad feeling.

Before he finished asking his question, his silent seat companion – a man in black – put a blindfold on him and took him out of the car.

“Where are we going?” Deprived of his vision, Gu Wei can’t help but feel panicked.

No one responded to him, he could only hear the sound of deliberately slowed down footsteps around him.

The man pushed him into a room, turned around and left. Gu Wei took off the blindfold, and after adapting to the bright light in the room, he saw that this was a school office. He lowered his head to pick up a note on the table.

It was a clue about about this variety show’s settings and his goal–

[At dusk, a flood will submerge the school. Before that happens, you need to find your four teammates, complete various tasks, find the key, and escape from the school]

[Your identity is: School Bully. Please change into clothes that match your identity.]

[Bring this bracelet. When you are close to your teammates, your bracelet will vibrate, please find your teammates in time and start your tasks.]

Gu Wei: “???”

School bully?

Was this randomly assigned?

He opened the box at his feet and found the school bully’s clothes inside. The neat school uniform was not as flashy as he had imagined. Gu Wei put on the school uniform and the bracelet prepared by the program crew. Finally, he started to wander around. 

The funds for the show were probably spent on hiring actors for NPC roles. He saw that there were many people walking around the school – definitely NPCs –  playing the roles of students and teachers respectively, which made it more difficult for the guests to find their teammates in the school.

Of the other four guests invited by the program group, Gu Wei only knew of fellow T.ATW member Shi Xinyan. The show’s crew did not disclose any information about the other three.

“Shi Xinyan!” Gu Wei yelled as he kept searching for Shi Xinyan from this sea of walking students.

Gu Wei passed by a classroom, then the bracelet on his wrist suddenly vibrated slightly. He stopped and looked into the classroom.

“The school bully is here!”

“Who is the school bully going to hit today?”

There was a lot of yelling in the classroom to the point that Gu Wei got into their act. The extra actors the director invited were really dedicated playing their part. 

“Hand over the person I’m looking for,” Gu Wei played his designated role, he fiercely rushed into the classroom and raised the bracelet on his wrist.

“We don’t have anyone like that here.” The actor who played as a student said timidly, “you might as well go upstairs to have a look.”

Gu Wei looked around in the classroom, but couldn’t find anyone that could be a guest. So he decided to follow the suggestion and go upstairs to have a look.

There were no classrooms on the fifth floor of the school, there were only the teacher’s offices and the infirmary. After going up to the fifth floor, Gu Wei felt that the vibration of the bracelet on his wrist was getting stronger and stronger. A teammate must have been very close then. 

Gu Wei finally stopped by the door of the infirmary, looking forward to his teammate whom he had never met before.

He was so excited he could feel his heart racing, like he fell in love.

Would this meeting be sweet or sour?

Would his teammate had the voice of nature or was a rising star in acting? 

In any case, Gu Wei had seen their future friendship blossoming without seeing them.

Maybe it was because of the school setting, but he inexplicably felt that he and this teammate should hit it off very well. As long as he opened the door, their epic story would begin.

Gu Wei put his hand on the doorknob, his heart was beating wildly in his chest. He believed that the teammate behind the door was also full of enthusiasm, walking towards him while feeling the vibration of the bracelet going stronger.

Gu Wei smiled sincerely at the following cameraman..

No. Wait.

Gu Wei’s movements stopped. Thanks to this variety show, he was able to escape his otherwise dreadful beatings from a certain hooligan. He would use his own efforts to repay the great kindness of the show’s crew. 

Who said that T.ATW’s lead dancer had zero sense of variety show? Who said that Gu Wei treated strangers coldly? Gu Wei would show his true sense of variety show to all those nonbelievers. He would show what true enthusiasm looked like.

Just saying “hello” was not enough.

He decided to give his future new best friend a big, loving hug.

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