The four of them left the haunted house. The two male guests who had been genuinely scared both secretly breathed sighs of relief, their hearts still pounding.
Jiang Boyan grumbled to himself that next time, places like haunted houses were a no-go! They completely failed to showcase his brave and powerful masculinity!
As for Bo Shenyu, who had fainted from fear…
Well, it was a good thing, a very good thing, that no one had discovered a grown man like him was actually afraid of the dark!
Meanwhile, the two female guests who were the least afraid of the haunted house both began to flex their acting skills, each trying to outdo the other in pretending to be frail and delicate.
“That really almost scared me to death just now. It’s a good thing Jiang Boyan and Brother Shen were there. It was so terrifying.”
“Yingyingying! That almost scared me to death too. Thank goodness you all were there, it really frightened little old me.”
Hearing Bai Baozhu’s words, Jiang Boyan and Bo Shenyu, the two male guests who held favorable impressions of her, didn’t think too much of it. Instead, they felt even more protective and affectionate towards her.
As for Su Han, she was smiling on the surface, but cursing inwardly!
She was ranting and raving in her mind! Green Tea Bitch! Yingying Monster! So fake! All she knows is how to act weak and delicate in front of men! Disgusting!
Unfortunately, she forgot that the current Bai Baozhu was completely copying her ╮(╯▽╰)╭
As for the production team staff, after seeing Bai Baozhu acting so weak, delicate, and yingyingying, the corners of their mouths twitched uncontrollably, their faces utterly wooden.
The staff who had witnessed the entire scene and captured everything with the night vision cameras felt that today’s date was really… too damn chaotic and bewildering!
It was so bewildering it felt unreal!
“The haunted house was just too intense. How about we go on the Ferris wheel instead?”
Jiang Boyan thought to himself that the Ferris wheel was the most romantic attraction in the entire amusement park!
Since Bai Baozhu had been scared by the haunted house, he would take her on the romantic Ferris wheel to soothe her ‘poor little heart’ that had been ‘so traumatized’!
Who knows, maybe once Bai Baozhu was on the romantic Ferris wheel, with his comforting, she would start to develop feelings for him!
After proposing the Ferris wheel, Jiang Boyan felt incredibly pleased with himself, his mind painting a beautiful picture.
However, reality was…
“I’ll ride with Zhu Zhu.”
“What gives you the right! I want to ride with Zhu Zhu! You ride with Xiao Han!”
“You ride with her.”
…
Seeing Bo Shenyu and Jiang Boyan arguing over who would ride the Ferris wheel with Bai Baozhu, the smile on Su Han’s face instantly froze.
She felt she had suffered an unprecedented humiliation!
These two men actually despised her so much! They were both fighting over Bai Baozhu!
Did she even have any face left?!
So! This was Bai Baozhu’s purpose in dating her!
For a moment, Su Han shot a resentful look towards Bai Baozhu, her gaze indescribably complex.
Bai Baozhu, however, looked back at Su Han with a face full of confusion.
“Alright then! For the sake of fairness, there’s a boxing machine over there. Let’s use the punching scores to decide who gets to sit with Zhu Zhu.”
Jiang Boyan’s eyes landed on the nearby boxing machine, and he made the suggestion.
Hearing Jiang Boyan’s proposal, Bo Shenyu thought that constantly arguing like this wasn’t getting them anywhere. So he nodded in agreement.
Watching Jiang Boyan and Bo Shenyu ultimately use the boxing machine scores to decide which of them would ride with Bai Baozhu, Su Han’s mood soured even further!
What about the fear of heights?! So you’re not afraid of heights when it’s about riding a Ferris wheel with the girl you like?!
Just as Su Han was resentfully muttering to herself like a discarded wife, Bai Baozhu was—
“Wait a minute, what gives you the right to decide who I ride with all on your own? I don’t want to ride the Ferris wheel with either of you!”
Bai Baozhu looked somewhat displeased at the two men, now full of fighting spirit and already standing before the boxing machine, her tone distinctly unfriendly.
Just as the two men were left a bit flustered by Bai Baozhu’s words, feeling they might indeed have been in the wrong, the show’s on-site director stepped in.
“Zhu Zhu, consider this a temporary rule added by the production team. Don’t overthink it, just let them have their little competition.”
The production team felt that the two men having a boxing machine PK to fight over Bai Baozhu was quite entertaining.
So, just as Bai Baozhu was getting upset, they patched in this explanation.
Even with the production team’s reasoning, Bai Baozhu was still not happy inside!
Especially when she saw Jiang Boyan and Bo Shenyu, facing a maximum score of six hundred, only managing to punch scores just over five hundred each. Her disdain only grew.
Seeing the pouty, angry expression on Bai Baozhu’s face, the production team thought that doing this really was quite disrespectful to her…
Considering Bai Baozhu’s daily culinary offerings, they finally cautiously suggested:
“How about… you two girls also have a boxing PK? The girl with the higher score gets the right to choose who to ride with?”
Hearing the production team’s words, Su Han, who had been full of resentment, instantly perked up! Her eyes lit up with a spark!
Bo Shenyu was afraid of heights. Riding the Ferris wheel with him might lead to some unique interactions…
So—
“Good! I think that’s an excellent method!”
Su Han hurriedly agreed before Bai Baozhu could respond!
She thought to herself that even if she had to use every ounce of strength she was born with, she had to beat Bai Baozhu! She had to win the chance to ride the Ferris wheel with Bo Shenyu!
Facing the ambitious Su Han, Bai Baozhu felt a bit worried.
She was thinking… would this boxing machine make her break her persona again?
What if she wasn’t careful, didn’t control her strength properly, and ended up breaking the boxing machine? That wouldn’t be good, right?
Would her delicate, frail little fairy persona ever recover?
But seeing how expectant and happy Su Han looked, Bai Baozhu felt she couldn’t refuse.
In the end, she could only reluctantly nod, thinking to herself that later she would hold back all her strength and imitate the truly weak and delicate little fairy, Su Han, to get through this challenge!
However, what she never could have imagined was that this time, her imitation of Su Han would truly… backfire spectacularly!
With Bai Baozhu deferring, Su Han stepped up to the boxing machine first. She had come into contact with these machines a few times before.
However, it was always while playing with guys. She never took it seriously, just threw a casual punch for show, to display her extreme fragility.
But even so, Su Han was somewhat confident. After all, during her dates with different guys where they played the boxing machine a few times, and through those guys’ boastful explanations, she had picked up some small tricks for scoring higher.
Plus, she had carefully watched Jiang Boyan and Bo Shenyu’s movements just now.
So, she was relatively confident about this boxing machine!
She took a deep breath, stood sideways to the punching bag, used the power from her legs, quickly pivoted, and threw a punch!
The movement was quick, clean, and quite pleasing to the eye.
It made Bai Baozhu’s eyes practically sparkle with admiration.
Wow—! Su Han’s punching motion was so graceful, so beautiful~
Bai Baozhu didn’t even bother to look at what score Su Han had achieved; she only focused on Su Han’s gentle, soft movements.
After all, in her eyes, Su Han’s punch was like a light scratch, with absolutely no power behind it.
Just as Bai Baozhu thought, even though Su Han employed some boxing machine techniques, she had never undergone specialized training, and her strength was genuinely very low.
So, it was all just for show—the movements looked professional and pretty, that’s all.
As for the score…
“A score of 200 is already pretty good for a girl.”
Seeing that even after using all her strength, she had only managed a score of 200, Su Han suddenly felt a bit nervous.
She stared nervously at Bai Baozhu, mentally pleading over and over that Bai Baozhu must, must not score over 200!
Amidst Su Han’s silent curses, Bai Baozhu stepped up to the boxing machine. She clenched her fist, smiled at Su Han who was staring intently at her, and then completely replicated all of Su Han’s earlier movements, including her expressions and demeanor.
Watching Bai Baozhu imitate her, Su Han was fuming inside, but she couldn’t very well say anything.
So she kept bottling up her anger, nearly bursting.
However, this intense effort to control her emotions completely shattered the moment Bai Baozhu, imitating her to a tee, threw a punch and the score appeared on the boxing machine…
“S-six hundred?!”
Everyone stared in disbelief at the score displayed on the boxing machine, utterly stunned!
Bai Baozhu’s movements had been exactly the same as Su Han’s, even her punching motion seemed lighter and weaker than Su Han’s.
But she had scored a perfect 600?!
At this moment, Bai Baozhu was also dumbfounded!
She had definitely held back her strength a lot, and when imitating Su Han’s punching motion, she had been especially careful to restrain her power. How could she possibly have scored a perfect result?!
Unfortunately, what Bai Baozhu didn’t know was that precisely because she imitated Su Han so perfectly, she had ended up derailing her own plan.
Seeing everyone staring at her, dumbstruck, Bai Baozhu’s heart leaped into her throat.
No! She absolutely could not break her persona!
Bai Baozhu took a deep breath. Though panicking inside, she maintained a calm facade on the outside.
“This boxing machine must be broken. How could a girl like me possibly score a perfect result?”
Bai Baozhu widened her large, watery eyes, blinking innocently, looking at everyone with a pitiful, wronged expression as she muttered softly, the very picture of a delicate, cute girl.
“Yeah! It must be because the boxing machine hasn’t been used in ages and broke!”
Jiang Boyan was the first to react, stating with absolute certainty and conviction!
Well! What else could they say? Admit that they were actually worse than a girl? No! That was absolutely impossible!
Hearing Jiang Boyan’s words, Bo Shenyu also silently nodded, agreeing with his reasoning.
The boxing machine must be broken!
In the end, Bai Baozhu’s delicate, frail, beautiful young woman persona was preserved! And… she very happily chose to ride the Ferris wheel with Su Han from between Jiang Boyan and Bo Shenyu~(/≧▽≦)/
“……” Su Han: ‘I have some choice words I’m not sure I should say!’
“……” Jiang Boyan: ‘Forget it! This outcome is still better than Brother Shen riding with Zhu Zhu!’
“……” Bo Shenyu: ‘Fear of heights… is it too late to back out now?’
Just as the four of them, each with their own thoughts, boarded the ‘incredibly romantic’ Ferris wheel, the production team staff… began testing whether that boxing machine was really broken.
After all, they had just witnessed Bai Baozhu easily performing a princess carry on a man over 1.8 meters tall! Her strength definitely couldn’t be small!
So, under the staff’s suspicious investigation, it was finally confirmed! The poor little boxing machine had been wronged!
“Uh… it’s not broken.”
“… Damn! The boxing machine isn’t broken, and she scored the highest.”
“Is Bai Baozhu really studying dance and not sports???”
…
Bai Baozhu, happily riding the Ferris wheel with Su Han and believing her persona was intact, had no idea that her delicate, graceful, beautiful young woman persona had already shattered into a million pieces!
This Sun Date ultimately passed with Bai Baozhu having a blast by herself, the other three being thoroughly unhappy, and a group of staff members feeling utterly bewildered!
As the sun set, Bai Baozhu took Su Han’s hand and they went to rest and eat desserts at the amusement park’s themed cafe. Su Han, who had been sullen all day, finally couldn’t hold it in any longer after seeing Bai Baozhu once again imitating her every move while eating and talking to people. She had nearly been turned into a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle from holding it in all day!
“Zhu Zhu, can you please stop this?”
Su Han’s eyes reddened as she looked pitifully at Bai Baozhu, appearing as if she had been bullied by her, a sight that truly evoked sympathy.
“Huh? Sister Hanhan, what’s wrong with me?”
Having imitated Su Han all day, Bai Baozhu subconsciously began mimicking her again. She also put on a pitiful, deeply wronged expression as she looked at Su Han. Because her own looks were superior, she actually appeared even more pitiable and heart-wrenching than Su Han.
“You… why do you keep copying me? You’ve been copying me all day, even now.”
As she spoke, Su Han’s eyes grew misty, looking as if she was about to cry.
“Did I do something wrong? Is that why you’re treating me like this? If you’re angry with me, just say it. I, I… will definitely try to change.”
“No, Sister Hanhan, you haven’t done anything wrong. It’s precisely because you’re so wonderful, and I like you so much. That’s… that’s why I copy you. Please don’t misunderstand, I really have no issue with you.”
Seeing Su Han on the verge of tears, that delicate, pitiful look with moisture gathering in her eyes, Bai Baozhu thought it was absolutely gorgeous!
So, she also imitated Su Han’s on-the-verge-of-tears, particularly wronged, pitiful, and beautiful expression, speaking with utmost sincerity.
“If you don’t like it, I, I… will definitely try to change.”
Originally, Su Han’s outburst, using her old, familiar tricks, was meant to make Bai Baozhu look bad in front of the two male guests, to make others think Bai Baozhu was bullying her.
She had used this tactic many times, both in her past life and this one.
It had never backfired or failed before. Every time, she could wrap the boys around her little finger and infuriate the girls.
But! What Su Han never expected was! This time, she had actually met her match!
And it was a formidable opponent who could act even better than she could!
Moreover, this opponent’s looks were even more beautiful than hers!
Seeing the other party using her own familiar tricks ‘against’ her, Su Han felt for a moment that she was receiving her karmic retribution!
Right now, she understood the crushing feeling of all those girls she had ‘green-tea’d’ in the past!
Especially when she saw those two idiots, Jiang Boyan and Bo Shenyu, take Bai Baozhu’s side, pitying that damn green tea Bai Baozhu, and condemning her with their eyes, she felt even more devastated!
“Xiao Han, it’s such a small matter, you’re making too big a deal out of it. Zhu Zhu is still young after all, she just likes to play around.”
“Yeah, Su Han, you’re being too sensitive.”
Hearing Jiang Boyan and Bo Shenyu completely fail to see the true nature of Bai Baozhu, this Green Tea Flower, and instead blame her, Su Han was practically fuming with rage.
“Who said you could be so mean to Sister Hanhan! Don’t you dare be so mean to her!”
Already on the verge of exploding, feeling utterly wronged and ‘green-tea’d’, Su Han could no longer control her emotions after hearing Bai Baozhu say that.
“Bai Baozhu! Stop putting on an act! Don’t go too far!”
Su Han, the seasoned green tea expert who had outmaneuvered countless others, cried out in utter despair, having been pushed to her limits by Bai Baozhu’s own green tea tactics.
“Sister Hanhan, don’t be angry, don’t be angry. I went too far, I apologize, it’s all my fault. Please don’t be angry.”
Seeing that Su Han seemed genuinely angry, Bai Baozhu immediately dropped the pitiful ‘beautiful maiden’ act from before. She stopped imitating Su Han and began apologizing to her with utmost seriousness.
“……”
Looking at Bai Baozhu’s incredibly sincere apologetic face, then at Jiang Boyan and Bo Shenyu frowning at her, and also… the doubtful gazes from the production team staff, Su Han’s mentality completely collapsed!
“Waaah—!”
Su Han, cried out by the green tea, for the first time revealed her ‘true temperament’ in front of the cameras without any pretense, and ran out sobbing.
Wuwuwu—! Green tea bitches were too terrifying! She never wanted to have any contact with a green tea bitch ever again!!!
Watching Su Han run out crying, Bai Baozhu wore a look of complete bewilderment.
She didn’t understand. She was just imitating Su Han, why would she have such a big reaction…
In the end, an utterly absurd four-person sun date concluded with one person running off in tears and the other three left utterly baffled.
This four-person date, while lacking any particularly sweet, pink-bubble romance, was absolutely riddled with cringe-worthy moments and was undoubtedly a very watchable episode…
Just as the Love Cottage post-production team received the raw footage of this four-person date and were seriously contemplating how to edit it…
The show’s higher-ups on the other side received an investment and collaboration proposal from a certain hugely popular 5v5 competitive mobile game. They specifically requested Bai Baozhu to endorse their game.
While Bai Baozhu was still worrying about Su Han’s emotional state, her first pot of gold from work had arrived.