CH 20

Chapter 20- Status: Maintained

Ran Shu is a regular guest on a reality show and has been a resident from the first season to the fourth season.

The name of the show is ‘Not Me’.

This is a program where contenders compete in physical strength and IQ. The type of the program is an escape room. The guests will be divided into four groups to compete for which can escape first.

Among the teams, there is a group of betrayers. They are affiliated with creating the secret room. They need to use various means in the process of escaping to increase the difficulty for the other three groups who ought to escape.

Of course, this increase in difficulty also requires the betrayer group to do the task secretly in order to obtain props and murder other teams.

Often, the betrayer will familiarize himself with the terrain before the program is recorded, research various props, and then use them to obtain their objective.

Sometimes, in order to alleviate their own suspicions, they will also use props for their team, so that everyone can’t guess who is the real hider.

If the concealment was successful, the concealer will receive four medals.

However, if the concealment is unsuccessful, the team that cracks the concealer’s identity will receive a medal, and the first person to escape will also receive a medal.

It is because of this program that Ran Shu has a nickname: Ran Dashui.

Obviously an antonym.

Ran Shu is completely inexperienced in deciphering mechanisms and solving problems.

And when facing a terrifying scene, Ran Shu will yell louder than anyone else.

The only thing he can do is that he has good physical fitness. Ran Shu is often the first to complete the extreme challenges in the show.

As a result, the flying guests who came to this reality show would choose not to be on the same team as Ran Shu to increase the probability of winning.

When Ran Shu was getting ready in the dressing room, a voice that annoyed him came in: “Brother Ran!”

Ran Shu didn’t hide the way he rolled his eyes. Liu Xun, who just came in, saw his expression in the mirror and didn’t care. He smiled and asked, “Brother Ran, long time no see. I heard you’ve been busy recently. I thought I won’t see you in this recording.”

Liu Xun is also one of the resident guests of this reality show.

In the first season, Ran Shu and Liu Xun had some collisions, but no one mentioned that after a while. After all, Ran Shu was purely funny, and Liu Xun at least had some wisdom and courage, while Ran Shu didn’t have it at all.

In addition, Liu Xun is four years younger than Ran Shu, and his popularity has been stable over the years. He has grown from being a boy to a man. Not to mention the fact that he was a child star before, making him an existence in the cultivation system. Thus also making him as the most popular in reality shows.

Ran Shu’s popularity declined in the past two years, and many people speculated that Ran Shu would be replaced in the reality show.

For this reason, Liu Xun also spoke for Ran Shu, and posted on Weibo: [The four of us are the best of bad friends.]

It’s a pity that Ran Shu didn’t appreciate it.

It was mainly Ran Shu, who was annoyed at Liu Xun.

Liu Xun always talks to him in a strange way.

When filming a drama and signing a contract, it was agreed upon that Ran Shu would be shooting his part early on, so that during the filming period, he can complete all his needed parts in just a few days of shooting.

And then the crew would simply arrange to focus on the people’s scenes early on.

Ran Shu didn’t bother to explain it, though, when Liu Xun came to see him. He picked up the moisturizing spray and sprayed it on his face. He doesn’t know if it was intentional, but Liu Xun was sprayed on a few times.

Liu Xun was unprepared, his eyes were still open, and he was sprayed back a few steps.

“Ah! It’s Xiao Liu!” Ran Shu greeted him as if he had just seen him.

Liu Xun laughed angrily as he tries to open his eyes to look at Ran Shu and asked, “Your new boss is taking good care of you, as I can see from Su Diandian’s incident.”

“You really care about me?”

“Of course, Brother Ran has always cared about me as his little brother. Although, you never reply to my WeChat messages.”

Ran Shu began to try to sound out Liu Xun’s tone: “Oh…you went to familiarize yourself with the venue yesterday?”

“Don’t lie to me. Ah, I saw you go out last night.”

“You did go out, and you want to squat outside the shooting site to see who passes by.”

Liu Xun was not surprised by his behavior, and sat beside him. He sat crookedly as if there were no bones in his body. He asked, “Have you squatted enough?”

“No, the staff drove me away.”

“Brother Ran’s approach has always been very smart.”

“…” Upon listening to how he say it, Ran Shu felt like Liu Xun was mocking him.

Ran Shu looked down at the screen of his phone, but there was no message. So he kept turning his phone to play.

Liu Xun glanced at his actions, and then said: “Brother Ran, I have a play on hand, so I came here specially to find you.”

After hearing this, Ran Shu sneered: “I’m not good at acting, I want to ask what is the title of the film first. “

“Dangai drama, the book is good.”

Ran Shu came back to his senses, and turned to look at Liu Xun: “You also accept this book as your project? It may not be broadcasted after filming. Are you filming feelings already?”

“I don’t understand, it’s an international filming with a big team.” 

However, the film can’t broadcast domestically. That is why, the platform is trying its best to find a way, and simply came up with a joint venture method. As a result, it will be broadcast overseas first, and then when the control is not strict anymore, the team responsible will then be able to cast a domestic version.

After thinking about it, Ran Shu asked again: “Are you inviting me to join? Should I play the top or the bottom?”

Liu Xun was amused after hearing this: “Who gave you the confidence to ask?”

Although Liu Xun is younger than him, he is still 186 centimeters tall and has a good figure.

Standing in front of Ran Shu, who is 178 centimeters tall and slender, he will naturally not be reduced to zero.     

Ran Shu twitched the corners of his lips and asked in a low voice: “Why did you think of asking me?” 

“If the scale is large, the gimmick of the show will be there.”

“I won’t act on it.” Ran Shu immediately waved his hand without any hesitation.

Liu Xun was puzzled and asked again: “Why? Are you really that conservative? I can’t tell. You have the face and the character of a sea king, but you are really guarded like a jade?

“I’m already happy with what I have today. And besides, I don’t need to have an intimate scene to succeed.”

There are plenty of good scripts, so there is no need to limit himself here. Plus, he wants to switch to acting in dramas in the past few years.

Moreover, it is not yet known whether this kind of transnational delay will be successfully broadcast in the end. The first batch may indeed be popular, but he does not want to be a pioneer.

At this time, a message popped up on Ran Shu’s mobile phone. He immediately turned on the phone, looked at the message, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and replied quickly with his fingers.

Liu Xun watched his actions and asked in a low voice, “Who is it?”

“A friend.”

“That Suihou Yu?”

“…” Ran Shu didn’t answer immediately. He hesitated for a while and then answered vaguely, “Yes.”

Liu Xun continued: “I will mail you the book in a few days. You can only be seen in less than one-fifth of the plot, but you will definitely shine.”

“Actually, it won’t.”

Liu Xun was silent for a while and then he asked another question: “Brother Ran, what type is your ex-boyfriend?”

Ran Shu paused his typing fingers and looked up at Liu Xun.

Even if there are only the two of them in the dressing room now, this issue is a bit sensitive.

Liu Xun was looking at him with interest.

He let out a breath of displeasure: ”Are we that close?”

“Oh…” Liu Xun stood up, walked a few steps outside, then stopped. He could not help but say, “Brother Ran, think again. I’m serious, you are the first choice I can think of.”

“Okay.” Ran Shu replied vaguely.

Liu Xun looked at Ran Shu in the mirror for a long while before pushing the door and going out.

On the phone screen, there is a message from Sang Xian: [Are you going to drink?]

RS: [When the first episode is launched, I will have a symbolic drink. After all, the reality show team is really good to me. But I will control it and not drink too much.]

X: [That Su Diandian is investigating me.]

RS: [Even if you give him three heads, he can’t find out.]

X: [You’d better be careful and drink less.]

RS: [Hmm. Okay.]

X: [After you finish shooting, I can go to see you.]

RS: [You will come to my hotel? Reporters might be there to ambush you.] 

X: [I’ll think of a way.]

RS: [I hear movement. Maybe filming is about to start again.]

X: [Ok, got it.]

RS: [You can’t sneak yourself a shower until I call it quits!]

X: [Voice message]

Ran Shu looked around like a thief and then clicked on the voice message to listen. The content was very simple. It was only one sentence: “Well, okay.”

However, that chuckle really entered Ran Shu’s heart.

He has to say… the sound of the subwoofer is real and his laughter sounds so good.

Before Xiao Qi came back, Ran Shu listened to it five or six times more.

The program started to be recorded. The first part was to snatch teammates and there would be a part of trash talking.

This link is often called the “beep beep” link by program fans.

From time to time, there will be a large silence and everyone has become accustomed to it.

This momentum was brought about by Ran Shu. Like telegraphs in the world, it contains a very high amount of “sugar”.

While adjusting his equipment, Liu Xun asked Ran Shu casually: “Brother Ran, your mouth is so big, will you leak water?”

Ran Shu knew that the close-up was on his own mouth, so he pursed his lips immediately and finally replied: “Your nose is so big, can booger spray out by itself?”

There was only one girl among the resident guests, and she laughed immediately: “You talk too dirty!”

Ran Shu cupped his hands at her: “Come here.”

Liu Xun thought for a while and replied: “Don’t fall for him. This idiot doesn’t reply to WeChat.” 

The female guest aroused curiosity: “Eh? Girls don’t reply to your WeChat?”

Liu Xun shook his head, pointing to Ran Shu: “It’s Brother Ran. He doesn’t reply to messages, or there is no follow-up after a few chats.”

Ran Shu immediately pushed Liu Xun: “Who are you scolding?”

“People who don’t reply to WeChat.”

“Am I not busy?”

“You haven’t worked for half a year; what are you busy with?”

“I…” Ran Shu replied after thinking for a while, “Training in the dance studio to dance.”

*

In the second half of the journey, Ran Shu and Liu Xun had a fight, but was finally pulled away by the other two guests to end it.

Liu Xun couldn’t help laughing when he saw Ran Shu gasping for breath.

Flying guests need to play simple games, and only after winning can they be eligible to choose their companions first.

Generally, the first guest’s choice will be Liu Xun. Liu Xun has the highest chance of winning in the show.

The second reason is that Liu Xun is very popular, and there will be more shots with him.

Today’s flying guest, the winner, is a mixed-race male model. He is tall and strong, with a handsome appearance, who just appeared on the stage and caused a burst of exclamation from the others.

This guest was the first to choose: “Ran Shu.”

Not only were the others shocked, but Ran Shu himself was shocked for a moment, unable to respond to him immediately.

Then he smiled: “I appreciate your vision very much.”

Liu Xun didn’t show much at this time, but secretly looked at the mixed-race male model and then looked back at Ran Shu.

His eyes went back and forth before finally retracting freely.