AITFYMIBP Chapter 63

TL: Hua

Looking at the card’s content, which was completely different from the other guests’ cards, Lin Yanran looked at Zhang Shanfeng doubtfully.

“Why is mine a Task Card?”

Everyone else clearly got a Wish Card and had their wish fulfilled smoothly.

How come when it got to him, it suddenly turned into a task that he needed to complete?

Lin Yanran glanced at the task above, and his heart suddenly gave an involuntary jump.

For no other reason than the last artist friend he contacted was named Gu Siye.

Last night, the two of them had just spent nearly an hour talking about Ultraman, and then, by sheer coincidence, he drew this very task today…

Lin Yanran looked at the dozens of cameras facing him and the dense crowd of staff members in front.

The thought of facing the camera and having an awkward phone conversation with Gu Siye in front of so many people made his scalp tingle.

Upon hearing Lin Yanran’s doubts, Zhang Shanfeng, across from him, smiled, spread his hands, and looked especially innocent.

“There are only two Task Cards; the remaining fifty are Wish Cards.”

What Zhang Shanfeng meant was, who knew that such a small probability event would happen to you?

“But since you drew it, Teacher Yanran…”

Seeing that Zhang Shanfeng was about to urge him to do the task, Lin Yanran waved his hand, putting the Task Card next to the box. For the first time on the show, he played a little trick. “I’m afraid the person might be working. Can I draw a new one?”

Zhang Shanfeng certainly didn’t believe this excuse.

However, this time he was surprisingly accommodating and readily agreed to Lin Yanran’s suggestion. “You can.”

Seeing that the usually cunning Zhang Shanfeng gave in so easily, Lin Yanran was a bit unaccustomed.

He looked at the other party suspiciously, then thought about what he had just said—that there were only two Task Cards—before reaching into the box to draw a new one.

There were fifty-two cards in total. After removing the seven already drawn, only forty-five remained.

Only one of those was a Task Card, a one-in-forty-four chance. Surely he wouldn’t get a task card again this time?

Pulling out the new card, Lin Yanran immediately opened it. After quickly reading the contents, he didn’t say a word for a long time…

Fu Anqi, who was beside him, noticed that Lin Yanran hadn’t spoken for a while after drawing the card, and her curiosity flared. She immediately ran behind him.

“Yanran, did you draw a Wish Card?”

As soon as Fu Anqi spoke, she saw the content on Lin Yanran’s card and gasped, “No way… Is it that intense!”

Fu Anqi’s exclamation immediately drew everyone over to see the card Lin Yanran had drawn.

“What did you draw?”

“Is it a powerful wish?”

However, when the others gathered around Lin Yanran and carefully read the content of his card, they couldn’t help but laugh.

The text written on Lin Yanran’s card was as follows:

Task Card:

Please call the artist friend you contacted most recently right now.

However, the guest must complete the following two sub-tasks during the call:

Tell the other party—

1. I miss you. (Rule requirement: The artist friend must also say this phrase at the same time for the task to be complete. The guest can guide but cannot give other hints.)

2. Can we spend New Year’s Eve together? (Rule requirement: The other party must agree to the invitation for the task to be complete.)

Lin Yanran read the content repeatedly several times, completely unable to believe that his luck was so terrible.

What kind of luck was this, to draw the only two Task Cards?

And the second task card was even more excessive, a ‘plus’ version of the phone call…

“Director Zhang, did you really only put two task cards in? I’m genuinely skeptical!”

Fu Anqi was laughing and asked Zhang Shanfeng, half-jokingly and half-gleefully.

The other guests joined in the heckling. “Exactly! I’m highly suspicious!”

The consequence of being constantly tricky was a complete loss of trust from the guests!

Faced with everyone’s doubts, Zhang Shanfeng immediately cleared himself. “Yanran, you can pour out the cards in the box and check the contents.”

Gao Zitai was the fastest to act. He immediately emptied all the cards and started looking through them one by one.

Then he looked at Lin Yanran with utmost sincerity and said, “The rest really are all Wish Cards.”

Gao Zitai’s confirmation only made Lin Yanran even more speechless.

Cao Zhengpeng took Lin Yanran’s Task Card, read the two additional conditions aloud, and laughed, “Yanran, this difficulty is quite a bit higher than the last one. You were better off with the previous one.”

Zhang Shanfeng immediately vetoed Cao Zhengpeng’s suggestion after hearing it.

“No, no. Teacher Yanran has already been given one chance to redraw the card ^_^. We’ll proceed with the task on this card. Once Teacher Yanran completes it, this episode’s recording will officially conclude~”

It had to be said that while Lin Yanran’s luck was terrible, the program’s effect was explosive.

Therefore, Zhang Shanfeng, who could already foresee the future trending topics, immediately made a very annoying ‘thumbs up’ gesture toward Lin Yanran. “You got this, Teacher Yanran!”

Seeing Zhang Shanfeng’s expression and gesture, Lin Yanran suppressed the urge to hit someone and said earnestly, “The person I contacted most recently is Gao Zitai. How about we don’t call? I’ll just say it to him right here.”

Gao Zitai, suddenly named, actually believed him.

“It’s me? But saying ‘I miss you’ face-to-face feels a bit strange…”

Gao Zitai then started pondering what tone he should use to tell Lin Yanran, ‘I miss you.’

However, the cunning Zhang Shanfeng immediately knew Lin Yanran was joking.

“Then, Teacher Yanran, please show your call history. Don’t worry, I’ll blur out the other contacts.”

Knowing he couldn’t avoid it, Lin Yanran sighed and gave up the struggle.

“Fine, it’s not Gao Zitai.”

He then took his phone from Xiao Wang and displayed the call history for Zhang Shanfeng to verify.

Making a surprise call to an artist friend and saying those two ambiguous phrases.

It was obvious that the conversation resulting from this call would be either intensely exciting or utterly awkward.

After all, there was once an incident in the industry where two celebrity friends of the opposite sex did this task, and one of them, not knowing they were being recorded, started flirting on the phone, accidentally exposing their relationship.

Therefore, everyone was extremely excited for this call.

They desperately wanted to know who the friend Lin Yanran was about to call was.

On the scene, only Zhang Shanfeng knew, besides Lin Yanran himself.

So, everyone’s gaze naturally focused on his face.

Then, they noticed that after reading Lin Yanran’s last contact, the expression on his face was bizarre.

First, there was great surprise.

Afterward, it seemed to reveal unconcealed delight.

Furthermore, there was even a faint hint of furtive and eager gossip.

Seeing Zhang Shanfeng’s reaction, everyone on the scene started to anticipate the call.

“Looking at Director Zhang’s expression, I feel like this friend’s identity is a bit special…”

As Sun Yuetong whispered to Cao Zhengpeng, the rest of the staff who didn’t know the truth, especially the camera operators, kept their lenses tightly focused on Lin Yanran, afraid to miss any detail.

After verification was complete, under everyone’s anticipation, Lin Yanran finally started dialing on his phone.

The ‘ring’ sound of the phone connecting immediately came through the microphone.

The scene instantly fell quiet, and everyone’s eyes were fixed on the phone in Lin Yanran’s hand.

After three rings, the call was answered.

Everyone present held their breath at that moment.

They were completely focused, trying to identify, through the voice, who this mysterious artist friend of Lin Yanran was.

However, the opening everyone had imagined did not happen.

The first thing this friend said was—

“Come here, Ultraman. Be a good boy.”

The man’s lazy voice came through the speakerphone, deep and pleasant, more magnetic than usual.

The moment this voice was heard, almost everyone present knew who it was immediately!

Gu Siye!!

It was actually Gu Siye!!

Everyone originally thought that the top-tier star Gu Siye and the third-tier celebrity Lin Yanran’s so-called “friendship” was something deliberately fabricated and hyped up because they were in the same company.

Who would have thought it wasn’t a PR stunt but that they were genuinely quite close!!

Several staff members present were huge fans of Gu Siye.

Suddenly hearing their idol’s voice, a few of them covered their mouths, holding back the urge to scream, wildly communicating with their eyes right where they stood!

Ahhh, that voice, that tone!!!

So alluring, so charming, so gentle!!!

So this is what the untouchable, ice-prince male god sounds like when he’s talking to a friend privately!

Gu Siye, who had just unexpectedly received Lin Yanran’s call, leaned over and picked up Ultraman into his arms, then sat down on the nearby sofa. Idly stroking Ultraman’s head, he asked, “Are you done recording the show?”

Normally, Lin Yanran would have just told Gu Siye directly and would have also asked about Ultraman’s well-being.

But because he was currently completing a task, he didn’t want to expose too much of his private life with Gu Siye, so he deliberately avoided answering the question, only replying, “I can only come back tomorrow. Can Ultraman continue to fight the little monsters?”

Gu Siye’s hand movements paused. He immediately sensed Lin Yanran’s unusual behavior but then instantly understood what he meant.

However, he didn’t show it, simply giving a faint “Mm,” before speaking slowly, “You’ll know when you come and see.”

Everyone had been hoping to hear how the two interacted privately, but they only heard them mention “Ultraman.”

Consequently, many people at the scene were extremely curious.

Just who exactly is this Ultraman?

Could you two stop speaking in riddles with us!!

Zhang Shanfeng on the other side was completely confused. Worried that Lin Yanran was too clever and Gu Siye had picked up a signal, he raised the task card to prompt him to get straight to the point.

But Lin Yanran ignored him and said to the person on the phone, “Teacher Gu, I’ve been recording the show for three days now.”

Gu Siye chuckled, “Yes.”

He had even watched the live broadcast all day yesterday.

As soon as Gu Siye finished answering, Lin Yanran’s clear, mellow voice came through the receiver.

“So after a few days apart, Teacher Gu, I miss your…”

Even knowing that those words weren’t sincere, Gu Siye’s heart still skipped a beat at that moment.

The guests and staff present, seeing that Lin Yanran was so bold as to utter such suggestive words directly to Gu Siye, couldn’t help but want to let out a cheer.

But before they could even be excited for a full second, they heard Lin Yanran’s next sentence.

“…house pet dog.”

Zhang Shanfeng: ???

You can complete the task this way???

Lin Yanran looked at Zhang Shanfeng, a mischievous smile playing on his lips.

Nobody ever stipulated that you couldn’t use a dramatic pause when speaking to complete the task…

Just as Lin Yanran finished his exchange of glances with Zhang Shanfeng, he heard a very light laugh coming from the phone.

The next second, Gu Siye’s voice rang out, “Mm, I miss you too.”

When he said this, his deep voice carried a hint of subtle amusement.

It was gentle and tender, as if whispering softly into the ear of his most beloved person.

Listening to it, the tips of Lin Yanran’s ears unknowingly felt a little hot.

Gu Siye’s sentence was so incredibly alluring that the entire room nearly screamed when they heard it.

But just when everyone was on the verge of madness, Gu Siye paused for about three seconds before adding, in an incredibly nonchalant manner, “I’m translating for Ultraman.”

After hearing that, Zhang Shanfeng nearly choked on his breath.

Good heavens, that’s just brilliant.

The originally incredibly ambiguous “I miss you” had been thoroughly defused by Lin Yanran and Gu Siye.

One said, “Teacher Gu, I miss your house pet dog.”

The other said, “I miss you too. I’m translating for Ultraman.”

The two were so in sync. If he didn’t know they hadn’t planned it beforehand, Zhang Shanfeng would have thought they had conspired to mess things up for the show!

Seeing Zhang Shanfeng’s bewildered expression, Lin Yanran silently gave Gu Siye a thumbs-up in his heart.

He had originally worried that his comment might be too abrupt and had planned to explain it to Gu Siye afterward.

But hearing Gu Siye’s response, Lin Yanran completely relaxed.

He truly is the person who can understand what I’m thinking with just a look.

Seeing that the first task was completed so easily, Lin Yanran seized the opportunity to move on to the second one.

“Well, since the year is almost over, Teacher Gu, are you interested in celebrating New Year’s Eve with me?”

Gu Siye responded to Lin Yanran’s invitation almost immediately, “Sounds good, I’d be honored.”

Seeing Gu Siye agree to Lin Yanran’s invitation so easily, the guests and staff on the scene were stunned.

Meanwhile, Lin Yanran, who had smoothly completed the task, breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to hang up quickly.

“Alright, Teacher Gu, I won’t disturb your rest. I’ll contact you when I get back.”

“Okay.”

Gu Siye agreed but didn’t hang up.

He patted the head of Ultraman leaning against him with one hand and then spoke in a lazy and leisurely manner.

“Since it’s almost the New Year, could you also pass on my regards to Director Zhang?”

The man’s voice paused briefly before resuming, laced with a laugh.

“Director Zhang, Happy New Year.”

Zhang Shanfeng, suddenly addressed, lifted his head in disbelief. ????

Damn it!!

So this man knew he was being recorded the whole time!!!

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