"That's amazing! Lao Jiang! How come I never noticed how good-looking you were before?"
Gao Zhouzhou crossed her arms. She hadn't thought much of Jiang Shuiyun's casual attire before, but now that she was dressed like this, she felt that her aura had changed. Just standing there, she gave off an aura of intimidation that made people feel unapproachable and unreachable.
"Where do I pay?"
Jiang Shuiyun wore the high heels that Gao Zhouzhou had picked out for her. They fit her well, and she often wore them to banquets before, so she didn't feel uncomfortable with them.
"No need, just deduct it from my account. Let's go!" Gao Zhouzhou waved her hand generously and left with Jiang Shuiyun.
Back in Gao Zhouzhou's van, as soon as she got in, she darted to a corner, opened a safe the size of a suitcase, and the dazzling jewels inside were simply blinding.
I picked out a sapphire brooch, several pairs of earrings, two watches, and a few rings.
First, Gao Zhouzhou put the brooch on Jiang Shuiyun's finger, then gestured and picked out a low-key black watch, and finally put a plain, understated ring on Jiang Shuiyun's index finger.
"No need, right?"
Jiang Shuiyun had almost become a display shelf. Watching Gao Zhouzhou busy herself, she hesitated and refused, as she really wasn't used to these ornaments.
“If you don’t understand, don’t offer your opinion,” Gao Zhouzhou finally picked up two pairs of dark purple earrings, leaned closer to Jiang Shuiyun, and was about to put them on her. She pinched Jiang Shuiyun’s earlobe, and Gao Zhouzhou paused for a second, looking at Jiang Shuiyun’s profile with surprise and uncertainty. “Did I forget… how many pairs of ear piercings did you have?”
"A pair of ear piercings."
Jiang Shuiyun turned her head and met Gao Zhouzhou's gaze. She had noticed Gao Zhouzhou's pause just now, and she naturally realized that she might be somewhat different from the original owner of this body.
Their eyes met, and the atmosphere in the car almost froze until the driver slammed on the brakes. Gao Zhouzhou, who was standing, swayed and fell forward, losing her balance.
"careful."
Jiang Shuiyun grabbed Gao Zhouzhou's arm and pulled her to the seat next to her. Looking at the bewildered Gao Zhouzhou, she whispered in her ear, "Miss Gao, I'm sorry, but please don't ask me what happened. If I knew, I wouldn't be here."
Gao Zhouzhou looked up in surprise, but seeing her friend's familiar face felt strangely unfamiliar.
Jiang Shuiyun released Gao Zhouzhou's hand, letting her look her over.
Having been through countless bizarre TV dramas, Gao Zhouzhou quickly calmed down, leaned closer to Jiang Shuiyun, and whispered, "What about the original Old Jiang?"
"have no idea."
Jiang Shuiyun answered honestly that she was here the moment she opened her eyes, and she didn't even understand how she got here, let alone where the original owner of the body had gone.
"No wonder you've changed so much. Did you always look like this?"
Gao Zhouzhou pinched Jiang Shuiyun's face, unwilling to give up. How could the two of them look so alike?
"Um."
Jiang Shuiyun blocked Gao Zhouzhou's hand without changing her expression. She wasn't flustered at all, since no one would believe such a bizarre story anyway.
Jiang Shuiyun watched Gao Zhouzhou sitting not far away, staring at her, and let her stare. However, she didn't know what Gao Zhouzhou was thinking as she stared at her. Her eyes gradually became frightened, and she slowly moved towards the driver.
Jiang Shuiyun simply closed her eyes to rest. She guessed that Gao Zhouzhou wasn't up to anything, but she couldn't be bothered to care, since she had no way of explaining it to her.
When the car returned to the recording location, Gao Zhouzhou didn't even need the driver to open the door this time. She opened the door herself and dashed out, yelling, "Bodyguard! Get Jiang..."
Before Gao Zhouzhou could even speak, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head, and it looked like she was about to have a close encounter with the ground. Jiang Shuiyun, who was behind her, reached out to support her. It was the first time she had realized that not only could she not reveal her identity, but others could not either.
Supporting Gao Zhouzhou, whose head was already numb with pain, Jiang Shuiyun waved his hand in front of her eyes. "Calm down. I've tried it. Whenever I talk about this, I get a severe headache, and it gets worse each time. You can try it if you don't believe me."
Gao Zhouzhou held her head, her eyes glazed over. Once she recovered from the pain, she glared at Jiang Shuiyun and asked, "Did you cast a spell on me? Like in the TV dramas, where you die as soon as you say something?"
Jiang Shuiyun: ...
Jiang Shuiyun released Gao Zhouzhou's hand, "Watch less TV dramas."
As Gao Zhouzhou walked, she kept staring at Jiang Shuiyun, saying, "Let me see you in pain."
"I've already experienced the pain twice, each time twice as bad as the last. I don't know how many more chances I have. Am I crazy? Why would I risk my life for you?"
Jiang Shuiyun shook her head. "But you can try it again yourself and see if I'm right."
Gao Zhouzhou, recalling the excruciating pain she had just experienced, simply didn't have the courage to try again. "So you were forced to come here too? What mission do you have?"
"have no idea."
Jiang Shuiyun looked at Xi Rong and Gao Zhouzhou's agent walking towards them from a distance and said, "Shut up, or you'll have another headache."
Gao Zhouzhou glanced at the people around her, grabbed Jiang Shuiyun's arm, and whispered in Jiang Shuiyun's ear to make sure only the two of them could hear, "I'll be keeping an eye on you, so you'd better not do anything bad."
Jiang Shuiyun nodded helplessly, "Whatever you say."
Gao Zhouzhou was pulled away from Jiang Shuiyun's side by her manager who rushed over. "My goodness! What are you doing in public, surrounded by paparazzi?!"
Gao Zhouzhou glanced at her agent, snorted coldly, and walked inside first.
Xi Rong walked slowly to Jiang Shuiyun's side. "Teacher Jiang, why does Miss Gao seem so angry?"
"Maybe."
Jiang Shuiyun and Xi Rong also went inside.
When they arrived backstage, everyone was already in place. Fei Yan glanced at Jiang Shuiyun and then looked away, making no attempt to hide his hostility.
Jiang Shuiyun was used to this hostility. Whether it was directed at the original owner or at herself, it didn't matter. She ignored Fei Yan and greeted the other two team captains after being introduced by Xi Rong.
"Captain Jiang Bai, seeing is believing."
Zhulang took the initiative to extend a helping hand. No matter how much the news on the internet was raging, they were e-sports players who valued skill above all else, and absolute skill could earn them respect.
"Captain Zhulang, I've heard so much about you."
Jiang Shuiyun also extended her hand. The other person was friendly to her, and she respected them in return.
"Feng Jue, I hope we can face the Miracle team in the next match."
When Feng Jue looked at Jiang Shuiyun, her eyes held not only admiration but also undisguised eagerness. She had watched the Miracle Team's matches. Although their opponents were not strong, the Miracle Team's performance was enough to ignite her fighting spirit. As the previous SWC champions, apart from the runner-up, the Wave Chaser Team, their Feng Jue Team had not had any rivals for a long time.
"Okay, it will be quick."
Jiang Shuiyun smiled and shook Feng Jue's hand in return. She was never afraid of challenges from others; only when the opponents were stronger would the competition be more interesting.
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Chapter 57
While the three team leaders were having a good time, Fei Yan and Gao Zhouzhou ignored each other. The two had disliked each other since their last meeting, and with Gao Zhouzhou currently busy keeping an eye on Jiang Shuiyun, they were even too lazy to put on any pretense.
"Teachers, shall we get ready first?"
Soon, people from the production crew came to make arrangements.
Since they were already there, they had to cooperate, so Fei Yan and Gao Zhouzhou had to put on a friendly and harmonious act.
After going over the script and communicating thoroughly, we began preparing for recording.
In front of the camera, the group appeared exceptionally harmonious. The four hosts had all been hosting for many years, and they handled the entire process without any problems. The show began with Fei Yan and Gao Zhouzhou performing the theme song from the game "Star Wars." After that, they exchanged pleasantries with the hosts, followed by the appearance and introduction of the three team captains.
"Welcome Captain Zhulang of the Zhulang Team! Captain Fengjue of the Fengjue Team! Captain Jiangbai of the Shenji Team!"
After greetings and a brief introduction, the host set the stage and announced the start of the game: "Today's theme is Star Wars, so we'll be divided into several teams to compete. The team with the highest cumulative score over several rounds will be the winner. Star Wars, the winner takes all!"
The team division rules are as follows: Jiang Shuiyun, Feng Jue, and Zhu Lang are still the team captains, and there is also a host. This makes four teams. Team members are selected by drawing lots. The team members are Fei Yan and Gao Zhouzhou, and there are two other hosts.
The result was not surprising: Jiang Shuiyun and Gao Zhouzhou were on one team, Feng Jue and Fei Yan were on another team, Zhu Lang and one of the hosts were on another team, and the remaining two hosts were on the third team.
After the team division ended, we entered "Weightless Space".
After all, Star Wars is set in space, so it's normal to conduct space tests as the first step.
While the scene was being set up, everyone changed into the sportswear provided by the production team. Jiang Shuiyun and Gao Zhouzhou sat on one side. Jiang Shuiyun was looking at the game rules, while Gao Zhouzhou was staring at Jiang Shuiyun.
"Don't you read the rules of the game?"
Jiang Shuiyun used a card to block Gao Zhouzhou's eyes. Anyone would find it hard to ignore being stared at like that for so long.
Gao Zhouzhou took the game rule card from Jiang Shuiyun's hand and glanced at it. "This game is so simple. I've played it many times. It's just a zero-gravity pod where you float around. You follow the instructions to score goals, drink water, or transport things. Do I really need to read the rules?"
"oh."
Jiang Shuiyun responded and looked away, hoping that Gao Zhouzhou was as she had said, finding the game easy.
With the set set up, it's no wonder it's the most popular national variety show; they're willing to invest heavily in terms of budget. They built a huge space simulator, and once everyone entered, they felt like they were floating in space.
The other guests were quite surprised and started playing the game as soon as the host explained the rules. It was very simple to be upside down, but it was a little difficult to turn over again.
Jiang Shuiyun stood steadily to the side. Having spent years in space combat, this situation was as simple as eating and drinking for her.
"On your marks!" With the host's command, everyone helped each other to their positions. The team leader stood on the far left, and the team members stood on the far right. The team members were fixed in place and had to type the correct sentence on the keyboard in front of them.
"Space resupply, start the countdown!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Shuiyun looked at the food box and water beside her, picked them up, and used them to propel herself forward. She immediately took a big lead over the others. Seeing Jiang Shuiyun do this, the others tried to imitate her, but they lost their balance and direction and ended up tumbling over on the spot.
While everyone else was struggling to swim, Jiang Shuiyun walked effortlessly to Gao Zhouzhou, opened the food box, which contained some fruit and a small bottle of water.
The fruit floated in the air, and Jiang Shuiyun precisely used a small fork to poke it into Gao Zhouzhou's mouth. Gao Zhouzhou only needed to keep her mouth open, her eyes still on the screen, and her fingers rapidly typing on the keyboard.
By the time the others arrived, Gao Zhouzhou had finished eating all the fruit. Jiang Shuiyun poured water little by little in front of Gao Zhouzhou and let her drink it herself, while she typed on the keyboard for Gao Zhouzhou in the opposite direction.
"Wow! How does Captain Jiang Bai manage to type so fast in the opposite direction!"
The host offstage couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as he looked at the accuracy rate on the screen.
Gao Zhouzhou didn't have time to care about anything else. Her strong competitive spirit had made her completely abandon her image. After catching the floating water, she was the first to raise her hand and stop the timer behind her. Her team had finished.
Having finally completed the mission, Gao Zhouzhou's restraints were released, and her body floated uncontrollably into the air, only to be pulled back by Jiang Shuiyun's arm.
While the other teams were still scrambling to catch the escaped fruit and water, Jiang Shuiyun and Gao Zhouzhou leisurely watched as they finished rescuing the fruit and fixing the typos on the keyboard, and then had to pull back their "escaped" teammates from time to time. Among them, Zhu Lang from the Zhu Lang team was already upside down, but still didn't forget to grab fruit and stuff it into his teammates' mouths.
After the first task was completed, Jiang Shuiyun's group was far ahead, and the instructions gave them a second task.
"Working together, the countdown begins!"
Teamwork is like a three-legged race, where two people's feet are tied together, and the team that reaches the finish line first wins.
Normally, Jiang Shuiyun's group would definitely be last place, but this was in a weightless situation. Jiang Shuiyun treated it as if she had a kite tied to her leg, pulling Gao Zhouzhou, who was floating in the air, forward quickly without any pressure.