Becoming Popular Through The “All Villains” Variety Show

Do You Still Hate Her? 34 – Escape Room (Non-Horror Version)

Jiang Jing is the same as the last time when the show went to the haunted house to search for the Tangram pieces. Due to health reasons, she couldn’t participate in the escape room, so she would watch the entire process from the control room. If someone found a prop, they could also call her in the control room for help, like she’s an off-site NPC.

What they were about to enter was an escape room with moderate horror, with a total of thirteen participants from two different TV shows.

The original five guests from <The Most Hated Her and Him>, along with the temporary team members—Ou Yi and Yu Su, as well as the six from <Love Is Love>, were divided into two different teams based on the shows they represented.

There was competition between the two teams. They would enter the same escape room, each wearing a wristband. If they felt too scared and couldn’t continue, they could press the button, and they would be considered eliminated, escorted out through the staff exit.

The criteria for winning or losing between the two teams were straightforward: the team with the most members who successfully escaped from the escape room without pressing the button would win.

Shang Lu’s mission was to make others press the button and get eliminated as much as possible, regardless of which team they were on.

The outcome of this game would affect the next day’s recordings of both shows.

If the guests from <The Most Hated Her and Him> won, all the guests from <Love Is Love> would have to record an extra episode where male and female guests swapped genders and filmed in secret at a restaurant. If the guests from <Love Is Love> won, <The Most Hated Her and Him> would turn into a romance variety show.

Uh???

When the director said this, the expressions of all the guests from <The Most Hated Her and Him> became complex.

Shang Lu slowly said, “The most loved her and him…?”

The netizens burst into laughter.

[This reminds me of that episode where Shang Lu tricked them into thinking it’s a romance variety show, hahaha]

[It seems like the program team must think that that banner shouldn’t be customized in vain; they must utilize it, right?]

[I suddenly hope that the Xiao Taoyan side loses this time. I really want to see what kind of a terrifying appearance the show turning into a romantic comprehensive program would be, hahaha]

[The final results are out. The number of successful guests is : 0]

…

Ye Lu’s expression immediately turns indignant, “We must win. We can’t let them humiliate us in this twisted way!”

Lin Yanyan, holding onto Shang Lu’s arm, says, “This is the first time I truly regret coming on this show.”

Although the others haven’t spoken, their expressions are filled with resistance.

[Haha, I’m dying of laughter. I remember when they cross-dressed, everyone was pretty calm. But recording a romance variety show seems to have shocked everyone as if it’s their doom. Isn’t the former weirder? Starting to wonder if the weird one is me.]

[The main reason is that their relationships are described as friendships so it’s really weird if they record a romance show, haha]

[I feel like a fire is already blazing over everyone’s heads, even Xu Ze’s eyebrows are furrowed intensely, hahaha.]

[If they don’t win today! It feels like one by one, they’re all on the verge of breaching the contract and won’t come for the recording that day (joking)]

[Except Shang Lu, since she still appears quite calm. It’s as if there’s nothing Shang Lu can’t accept in this world.]

[To answer the previous commenter, wrong, Shang Lu can’t handle being praised hundreds of times a day by Ou Yi and Lin Yanyan, hahaha]

Shang Lu didn’t have much interest in this, but she didn’t really dislike it either.

Although she had only been an observer on <Love Is Love>, she didn’t see much difference between playing a couple in a variety show and acting as a couple on a drama or film. There was no need for her to try it, but there is no need for her to reject it either.

The guests from <Love Is Love> also looked bewildered.

Yan Zijiao couldn’t help but complain, “Why do you all have such expressions? Shouldn’t we be the ones who are afraid?”

What’s the big deal about recording a romance show? Don’t the guests from <Love Is Love> do it every episode? And it’s still a romance show with their exes.

Ye Lu asked directly, “You don’t use the internet much, do you?”

Yan Zijiao had been participating in various competitions abroad for years and didn’t really pay much attention to domestic affairs. In fact, he didn’t even recognize the guests in front of him.

So he admitted, “Yeah, what’s the matter?”

Ye Lu continued with a sly smile, “Your punishment game is just a leftover from our show. We’ve already done it.”

Yan Zijiao : “?”

These celebrities actually made such a big deal out of it? And why did this person have such a proud expression? Is he a weirdo?

Ou Yi suddenly looked to both sides, then turned to Yu Su beside him and said, “Both of us are just staying for one day, right?”

Yu Su nodded.

Ou Yi revealed a mysterious expression, then leaned closer to Yu Su and said, “Doesn’t that mean the game’s outcome has nothing to do with us? The punishment won’t affect us. Why don’t we join the other side?”

Shang Lu kindly reminded, “Ou Yi, next time you want to have a private conversation, remember to mute your microphone first.”

Ou Yi : “!?”

[Shang Lu : I really wanted to pretend I couldn’t hear, but I’m not deaf.]

[Hahaha, Ou Yi’s loud plotting was caught in the act.]

Some people were puzzled.

[Why does Ou Yi want Xiao Taoyan to lose here?]

Someone quickly responded.

[Maybe Ou Yi wants to see Ye Lu make a fool of himself, haha.]

Since the number of people on both sides was not significantly different, the program team implemented a rule where two participants from each variety show would enter the room in pairs, leaving the odd one out to enter the room alone.

Naturally, no one wanted to be the odd one out.

The choice of partners was left to the guests of <Love Is Love>.

Despite being disliked by Shang Lu, the Male #1, Wang Hanfei, appeared a bit shy and said, “I would like to enter with Teacher Shang Lu.”

In the <Love Is Love> show, Wang Hanfei and Female #2 had once been a popular CP, which had boosted his popularity. However, since Female #2 and his ex-girlfriend, Female #1, became close friends, both of them started to dislike him.

Because Shang Lu had made a few casual remarks in one episode, the label ‘jerk’ was slapped on him, all the show’s attention shifted to Female #3. Now, he was like a semi-invisible figure on the show.

Given this situation, Wang Hanfei wanted to give it his all and turn the tide.

If it’s about personal popularity, anyone would know how high the popularity of topics related to Shang Lu are. If he and Shang Lu could become a CP, then what awaits him is endless attention and traffic.

Shang Lu : “?”

She doesn’t like this man, feeling that his politeness is very insincere, and even gives her a somewhat inexplicable feeling of similarity to Xia Yuan.

But this is just the order of entry, and according to the rules of the show, it’s up to the other person to choose. So, Shang Lu still follows this rule.

And at this moment, Tang Qingqing’s voice suddenly sounded, “I want to choose Shang Lu too. Senior Duan Anguo and I should choose first, shouldn’t we?”

The program team was a bit hesitant because there was no clear rule regarding the order. So, they handed the choice back to Shang Lu.

Wang Hanfei was very surprised. Shang Lu and Lin Yanya are so close, while Lin Yanyan and Tang Qingqing don’t get along, so why does Tang Qingqing want to choose Shang Lu?