After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 317: Lu Sen Ashamed, VR Glasses

Chapter 317: Chapter 317: Lu Sen Ashamed, VR Glasses

Shen Huchen decided to break off his newfound friendship with Lu Sen for ten minutes.

It wasn’t until they got into the car for the return trip that Lu Sen realized Shen Huchen was ignoring him. Hastily, he apologized, "I was being thoughtless, I shouldn’t have made that joke. Please don’t ignore me."

Only then did Shen Huchen coldly glance at him, with a seriousness he’d never shown before, "Let me correct you, you shouldn’t joke about Teacher Jiang."

Lu Sen was a bit tongue-tied and turned his head to see Su Yi and Qian Yaya scrambling to sit next to Jiang Lingxi.

Qian Yaya was a step too slow and couldn’t get the seat, so she sat ahead of the two with an unwilling face, still twisting her body to look back.

He couldn’t help but fall silent.

He was a bit embarrassed to admit it, but when he first learned there were two actors in the show, he wasn’t impressed.

If they were actors, they should stay in the cast and film; what were they doing here in a specialized program? If they didn’t perform well, they might even have to accommodate these two.

Otherwise, the gap would be too glaring, and it wouldn’t look good.

The show had been recording for two days now. He originally thought Jing Huai would outperform Jiang Lingxi, but reality hit him hard.

Jing Huai’s mishaps were unexpected, and the old man had concluded he was incompetent. On the contrary, Jiang Lingxi, whom he didn’t expect much from, turned out to be a real dark horse.

Not only did she outshine fellow actor Jing Huai, but even those of them specialized in painting were left in awe before her "Bibo Wanxiang".

Reflecting on his earlier self-assuredness made his face burn with embarrassment.

He made a small joke with Shen Huchen, thinking Jiang Lingxi was indeed someone beautiful and capable, hard not to like, but he had no idea it would go too far, almost leading to a fallout.

Seeing Su Yi and Qian Yaya’s antics now, truthfully, he felt a bit jealous.

"I was wrong, I beg your forgiveness!"

He said it quite loudly to Shen Huchen, hoping the person sitting behind who was listening to Qian Yaya chatter would hear him.

"Su Yi, you already added Sister Jiang’s contact? No way, I want it too!"

Jiang Lingxi looked at the phone with a small rabbit case raised in front of her. She met the expectant eyes of the girl above the seat and silently took out her phone.

Achieving her goal, Qian Yaya beamed, casually changing the contact note while mumbling, "Sister Jiang, your name and nickname setting are so simple, just ’Xi’. Wait, is this ’Xi’ on your profile actually written by you using a brush?"

"Yeah."

Jiang Lingxi nodded and met Qian Yaya’s eyes shining several degrees brighter.

"I, I, I..."

"No more ’I’, the car’s moving, turn around and sit properly."

Qian Yaya slapped her hand over her mouth, why did her tongue always tie at critical moments?

But once she met those eyes, she somehow obediently turned and buckled her seatbelt.

Lu Sen, retracting his alert ears, brought out his phone to open the add friend interface, experimentally typing ’XI’, and hit search.

Instantly, a multitude of entries appeared using those letters.

He scrolled through an array of avatars until his eyes almost blurred, finally finding the one written with brush-strokes ’Xi’, and instinctively hit the add friend request.

On hearing a notification from the seat behind, his heart skipped a beat.

But after a moment, no approval message came through.

He couldn’t help but laugh bitterly to himself.

Of course, who would accept a stranger’s friend request just like that?

Lingering in the stranger message input screen for a few seconds, he ended up deleting the words ’I’m Lu Sen’.

*

The car had been running for nearly three minutes when finally someone realized, "Seems like someone isn’t on the car!"

Others: "..."

Oh, Jing Huai isn’t here.

Faced with everyone’s gaze, Chen Weiwen cleared his throat, "Jing is dealing with a last-minute issue and won’t be traveling with us."

Everyone immediately understood, nodding in acknowledgment.

He got scolded quite badly by Mr. Zhang this morning, not wanting to lose face as an idol, they got it!

Thus, no one else brought it up; even Qian Yaya only pursed her lips and lowered her head.

After having seen Jing Huai’s books and paintings, the seed of doubt silently took root in her mind.

With his performance on-site, how was he selected for the show anyway?

She didn’t dare to think further!

"Director Chen, after we get back, can we disperse?"

"Yes," Chen Weiwen nodded with a smile, "However, tomorrow is the final day of recording. Originally it was to be outdoors, but due to the weather forecast predicting rain, and to accommodate everyone, Judges included, it’s been moved indoors. If you guys don’t have any urgent matters, you can visit the recording hall after we return and prepare ahead."

Everyone: "..."

A vague sense of foreboding rose among them.

By now, they were immune to Director Chen’s smile; the sweeter he smiled, the worse the news likely was!

"How about we take a look before heading back?"

"I don’t have anything to do if I head back anyway."

...

Inside one of the TV station’s recording halls.

Once the guest stars finishing their outdoor shoot, the Judges’ duties were concluded, too.

However, before they could leave, they were invited over here.

In front of each of the five people sat a high-tech product resembling an eye massager.

Li Wanxuan picked it up and examined it, being unfamiliar with such high-tech products, she couldn’t tell what it was for, "What’s this?"

The PD stepped forward to explain.

"These are VR glasses," Xu Qingmei took the gadget and fiddled with it, "The full name is Virtual Reality 3D Full-view Glasses. Wearing them allows you to see programmed scenarios, like you’re truly there."

Li Wanxuan listened and nodded with a frown, "Does this have anything to do with our show?"

"It’s like this, Mrs. Li," the PD glanced at Xu Qingmei, explaining, "Because there’s rain tomorrow, the outdoor recording is changed to indoors. These VR glasses, kindly provided with the sponsor’s consent by Teacher Xu, make it seem like you’re genuinely outdoors. We’ve invited you all here to select a few scenes for tomorrow’s recording. This way, it’s a fusion of tradition and high-tech."

Though Li Wanxuan wasn’t very keen on the fusion of tradition and technology idea, she acknowledged that rain was an uncontrollable factor. Everyone had their own commitments, and it wasn’t feasible to pause the recording for rain, so she shrugged, "Guess we should give it a try."

Xu Qingmei was about to wear the glasses when she saw Shen Yunqing fumbling with the VR glasses in his hands, "Mr. Shen, do you need help?"

She was about to reach out.

Shen Yunqing sidestepped to avoid her, "No need."

He then awkwardly but accurately put them on.

Xu Qingmei huffed and tried not to roll her eyes. How many times had he turned her down already?

Such a dense person!

If not for finding it somewhat amusing...

With Old Shi’s assistance, Li Wanxuan also managed to put on the VR glasses, but as soon as she switched to the first scenario, she couldn’t last a few seconds before waving it off, "No, no, it makes me dizzy!"

Old Shi, standing by her side, quickly helped her take them off when he saw her distress.

Li Wanxuan sat on the chair her husband brought over, her face a bit pale. She took a sip of water and slowly said, "Getting old, I can’t handle you young folks’ stuff anymore. You guys choose, I won’t participate this time."

Xu Qingmei was still enjoying the experience with the glasses, smiling as she heard, "It can indeed feel a bit awkward on the first try. How about you, Mr. Shen, and the other two teachers, all good?" turning her head towards one side.

After a moment, she received two ’all good’ responses, but not the one she most wanted to hear.

Jiang Lingxi entered from the door and immediately noticed the somewhat pale face lit by the indoor lights, recalling the person’s state when ill. Her act of brushing the rain droplets off her hair halted.

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