Chapter 187 - New Proposal
translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha
The slightly sweet anaesthetic diffused through the life-saving capsule.
After it detected that Wu Jin had suffered no serious injuries, the small dosage of anaesthetic was extracted back out.
Wu Jin fluttered up and down inside the life-saving capsule, sometimes rolling, sometimes spinning. The life-saving capsule was then lifted up by the mechanical arm and tossed into the recycling area for the staff to open up––
Wu Jin smacked into the walls: Bang, bang, bang!
After the little crew member in charge of logistics heard the noise, he opened up the cabin door. A Wu Jin plopped out from within.
“Oh, it’s Little Witch.” The little crew member smiled broadly and greeted him, “Congratulations, your ranking was pretty good in this match!”
“Hm? You’re asking about your teammate’s life-saving capsule? Contestant Wei’s capsule is over there…”
Wu Jin thanked him quickly and took advantage of the fact that n.o.body was around to pull out the big boss’s life-saving capsule and push it out. In a while, they would be interviewing the contestants after their cabins were opened up, and if Little Wei was captured by the director, the poor cub would be pushed in front of the camera, all at a loss, innocent and helpless…
Wu Jin took a deep breath and pushed hard.
The capsule didn’t move at all.
Wu Jin sucked in a breath, gathered his strength, and suddenly sent out all his power, continuing to push––
The life-saving capsule swayed slightly, but before Wu Jin could push it into the corner, another member of the crew wondered, “How come there’s someone over there? Who is stealing the life-saving capsules?”
Wu Jin stopped quickly, looked left and right, and took the time to stretch his waist.
“It’s fine,” the deputy director glanced over, “Oh, it’s just Little Witch pushing a ball around. The inspector is still on his way over. Just let him play on his own for a while.”
Seeing that their attention was no longer focused on him, Wu Jin immediately pushed the big boss’s life-saving capsule into a corner away from the camera. After he kabedon-ed the life-saving capsule into the corner, he bent over neatly and quickly to open up the cabin.
Everything was ready.
He just had to wait for the big boss to wake up.
The program group’s temporary working quarters was located near a side exit from the amus.e.m.e.nt park. Wu Jin sat down and leaned against the wall. It had just been a short 6 hours, but he’d really been hollowed out! His big legal partner was cruel, and the younger one was arrogant, and he didn’t know which one it would be when the big boss woke up…
On the other side of the wall, there was a quiet corner of the amus.e.m.e.nt park that stood in the shade of the mountains, a fire was still blazing on the roller coaster tracks, and the sundial stood upright against the sunset. Outside, the amus.e.m.e.nt park’s LED vending machine lights were flashing.
The had saved Wu Jin a lot of credit points. At this time, Wu Jin still had 50 credits left on his watch.
He swiped the watch over the vending machine, and two bottles of pure water dropped out.
Wu Jin unscrewed the cap of the first bottle and gulped at it fiercely. The water that he was unable to swallow slid down his neck, and he set the other bottle outside the big boss’s life-saving capsule.
There were 30 credits left.
In the tallest row of the vending machines, colorful amus.e.m.e.nt park commemorative coins shone in the light. Each type of coin seemed to represent a survival event that had once been held in the Tuwala Amus.e.m.e.nt Park fixed map.
From left to right there was the Star League, Crosson Show Season 27, Hyacinth Season 12, Stardust League Cup Federal Season 45, Spring Series…
Wu Jin used up all his remaining credit points, and the vending machine dispensed a ‘Stardust Cup’ commemorative coin. The White Moonlight company’s professional team should be partic.i.p.ating in the Stardust Cup this week.
Wu Jin bowed his head and rubbed his fingertips over the lines of the coin. Caesar was already a reserve member of the White Moonlight Battle Team and would soon make his debut in a professional compet.i.tion. There were only a few subst.i.tute positions left, and if he couldn’t make his debut in the Crosson Show, he would be putting his chances of entering the professional team at risk.
Wu Jin pinched and rubbed the coin, and quickly tossed this sense of crisis to the back of his head.
Sounds could be heard from the big boss’s life-saving capsule!
Wu Jin happily tossed the coin. Heads meant that Little Wei would be the one to come out, and tails meant it was Big Wei––
The coin fell to the ground and continued spinning. Wu Jin watched it carefully until it slowed down, and the coin slowly fell into a gap…
There was a jingling sound and the coin ended up stuck in the crack between some stone bricks, coming to a stop while still upright.
The big boss’s life-saving capsule opened at almost the same time.
Wu Jin immediately looked up.
The setting sun burned through the haze as their gazes met. Wu Jin stilled.
The 16 year old Wei Shi was unruly, arrogant, and domineering, and his brows were filled with a youthful air. The 27 year old Wei Shi was calm and deep, and most of the time, his mood couldn’t be seen. He was also Wu Jin’s legal partner.
The big boss that stood in front of him seemed to be somewhere in-between.
Wei Shi bowed his head and reached out to the Wu Jin who was still in a daze against the corner of the wall. When he looked at the youth, his eyes were focused and sharp, and it was as though both the 16 year old and 27 year old Wei Shi were looking at Wu Jin through the dark pupils at the same time.
Wu Jin gave a cry and reached out to grasp his hand, using the big boss’s strength to pull himself up. He patted the dust off his combat uniform––
Wei Shi suddenly pulled him into his arms. One hand held him steady as he gnawed fiercely at Wu Jin, his lips traveling over the tips of his ears, his earlobe, chin, and neck. Wu Jin cried out; naughty! It was definitely the adult big boss, for sure!
Wei Shi interrogated, “You tied me up in the game? Hm?”
“!!” Wu Jin quickly attempted to flatter him, “The cub, I tied up the cub… ah, don’t bite!” Wait a minute, did Little Wei and Big Wei’s memories fuse together? Was Big Wei back to normal, or had he suppressed Little Wei––
Where was his cub? Where was his cub––
On one hand, Wu Jin struggled to survive the big boss’s interrogation, and on the other hand, he was like a big kangaroo who’d lost his little baby kangaroo, and was now being bullied and bouncing around. It wasn’t until the staff came over to call for them that he was finally given a break.
Wei Shi’s expression was very normal, his eyes a little languid and lazy. He leaned against the wall, his arms crossed over his chest as he savored the feeling.
It was like he was pressing Wu Jin up against the wall to ravage him for the first time.
Wu Jin: “!!!” Angry!
However, Wu Jin didn’t have time to ask about what had happened to Little Wei as he was quickly dragged off by the staff member for a post-game interview.
In the preparation room, Raphael’s expression was complicated as he looked at Wu Jin. He looked like he was on guard against being tricked again by the trainee, but unexpectedly, Wu Jin ran up to congratulate him warmly, “Tied for first place! Congratulations, congratulations to both of us…”
Raphael, who was forced to share this ‘joy’, “……”
By the time the cameras turned back to them again, Raphael was once again closed off and reserved. Wu Jin held Raphael in place and very solemnly finished off their interaction for the camera before happily waving goodbye.
At the entrance, Jingyi and Wen Lin/Zoe who had tied for 3rd and 4th place finally arrived.
As soon as Ming Yao saw Wu Jin, he shouted and squeezed Wu Jin against the wall. The two of them chattered non-stop in the corner of the preparation room and were taken by surprise when the door was pushed open, and Wei Shi slowly glanced over at Wu Jin.
Wu Jin instantly quieted down and stared at him with rounded eyes. He was very well behaved as he watched the big boss walk into the interview room.
Wei Shi came back outside very quickly.
As long as the big boss was willing to put in the effort, he could kill the mood even faster than Wei Yan, making it so that the director and staff of the Crosson Show were forced to end the interview quickly within acceptable levels of embarra.s.sment.
Only after Wei Shi had finished changing into a white shirt, put on a coat, and strode out of the studio to walk with Wu Jin––did the little staff member suddenly react, “That’s not right! Even if Contestant Wei sat still and didn’t move at all, the fans would still be happy to see Scarf on the same screen. Why did we let them leave?!”
At the entrance, the inspector had already approved Scarf’s leave application.
The suspension car took off and turned into a white streak, heading for the commercial district in a nearby city.
The scenery outside the window pa.s.sed by rapidly.
Wu Jin was well behaved and tied up behind the seat belt, but his gaze kept scurrying over to the side of the big boss’s face. The big boss’s expression had a very noticeable layer of languidness, and the corners of his lips weren’t as straight as usual. Every inch of his face seemed to be a little less tense––
It was as though a lost portion of his feelings, his emotional side, was slowly being patched up.
The suspension car parked in a crowded commercial area.
Wei Shi turned and skillfully released Wu Jin’s seat belt. The window was half open, and the sweet scent of the handheld wraps floated along the breeze. Wu Jin was instantly excited, his small round face glowing as Wei Shi helped him with his seat belt, rubbing twice against Wu Jin’s neck. Out of habit, he took the test paper out of his pocket––
Wu Jin watched happily: Oh hey, there were no more!
Wei Shi’s actions stopped abruptly.
His face was expressionless. “He threw them away?”
Wu Jin quickly helped Little Wei explain, “Nonono, he dropped them accidentally––”
Wei Shi narrowed his eyes.
“!!!” Wallflower Wu Jin suddenly remembered that his big lover and little lover had exchanged memories and immediately shrank into a crack in the wall and pretended to be silly, “Oh, oh, I don’t remember anymore!”
Wei Shi was dissatisfied, and his eyes narrowed further. He acted as though he was looking through the garbage can as he searched through Little Wei’s memories.
Wu Jin was worried once again. The cub had tossed away the big boss’s things, and looking at this current situation, it wasn’t like the cub had been fused with the big boss at all. It was more like he’d been destroyed!
Wei Shi took Wu Jin out of the suspension car. By the time he held out a handheld wrap, Wu Jin was still attempting to see if he could find Little Wei.
Wei Shi tossed the food over to Wu Jin who was waiting to be fed, “Eat first.”
Wu Jin opened wide and chomped down, “Your subconscious––”
Wei Shi grunted in acknowledgement.
The amus.e.m.e.nt park was set in the mountains, and the nearest city also bordered the mountain range. There weren’t many pa.s.sers-by, and as soon as they sat down, a group of pigeons from the square came by to try and beg for food. The smooth plastic bench that had been soaked by the rain wasn’t very long, and Wei Shi took off his coat, spreading it out on the bench to block off the moisture.
The two of them sat down next to each other, alternately taking bites out of the handheld wrap as the delicious scent wafted out into the air.
Wu Jin gnawed on a mouthful of his wrap, then looked at the big boss’s fried chicken and cheese wrap. In this world, it was always true that the things in his boyfriend’s food bowl were better than those in his own bowl!
Wei Shi handed it over and took the handheld wrap that Wu Jin had chomped down on in exchange.
Wu Jin turned again and continued to stare at him.
Big Wei was his sworn legal partner, but the lonely Little Wei was also very pitiful––
Wei Shi glanced at the Wu Jin who had eaten one wrap yet still wanted another.
The man’s face remained expressionless as he spoke, “Finish eating before buying another one, little shortie.”
“!!!” Wu Jin’s eyes lit up.
The big boss in front of him almost overlapped with the teenager who’d called him little shortie in the R-Code Base. However, the 27 year old Wei Shi was more mature and sophisticated, like a completely evolved version of the 16 year old Wei Shi.
––Wei Shi had thoroughly accepted the 16 year old in his subconscious.
Wu Jin was finally relieved and smiled broadly as he crowded in against the big boss, chattering nonstop.
The pigeons at their feet started protesting the lack of food, but Wu Jin was even louder than they were.
“Did you see? Was I handsome at the end or not!! …”
“You’ll go back to Floating City for a checkup, and I’ll be going back to White Moonlight for special training tonight.”
“The theme for the next elimination match will be announced tonight, and it’ll cut 50 down to 20…”
“Hey, what does the test paper do? The cub won’t let you stick it on me, why are you plotting…”
Wei Shi used a handheld wrap to block the curious Wu Jin that wouldn’t stop talking.
Wu Jin: “Burp.”
Wei Shi bowed his head and licked at the youth’s glossy lips. The youth was forced to raise his head, his eyes damp from lack of breath.
Wei Shi’s pupils flashed at the same time.
His subconscious, which was just a little bit short of fusing completely, finally reached a consensus.
You see, he wants to do bad things to you too.
It was 20:00 in the evening.
The Crosson Show’s sixth elimination match finally ended.
The hourgla.s.s emptied out. The program team scooped out the trainees who hadn’t yet pa.s.sed the instances from the compet.i.tion map and packed them into the program group buses.
It wasn’t until they arrived back at the Crosson Show base that Wu Jin suddenly realized that only one of the four suspension busses that used to carry the 500 trainees remained.
By the time the results of the elimination match were announced, only 50 players would be left in the entire base.
The Crosson square that was illuminated by starlight was spa.r.s.ely populated.
When the sun came up again, suspension cars would come by to pick up the players who were eliminated in the previous round.
A few hours later, the Twin Towers were brightly lit. The contestants who’d been eliminated were once again free to wander around the dormitories, and the sounds of karaoke, laughter, and cursing drifted out from the windows, beer bottles ending up being tossed on the floor.
Wu Jin said goodbye to several trainees who he was familiar with, and when he returned back to the dorms, he was covered in the scent of sparkling fruit wine.
“Who poured it for him?” Zoe turned on the lights and frowned.
“Caesar’s already throwing up from the alcohol. Little Witch is in a pretty good state. Contestant Wei only let him drink Moscato.” Wen Lin smiled and said.
Wu Jin actually felt that he wasn’t drunk at all!
It was just that he was acting more well behaved than usual after he sat on the sofa, and his reaction was a little delayed when talking.
At this time, Caesar was blackout drunk but Zoe didn’t wait for everyone to be present before holding a short group meeting.
He first strongly praised the team’s overall performance, then implicitly criticized a certain teammate who took advantage of Little Witch to take it easy.
“A copy of your battle team contract needs to be submitted to the Crosson Show by next week. The battle team managers have already been in touch with several top individual trainees. Little Witch, has Contestant Wei signed with a team yet? Little Witch?”
Wu Jin leaned against the sofa and yawned gently. The black cat was splayed out on his back beside him.
It took Wu Jin a long time to finally reply. He nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, “He already…”
Zoe gestured, “Alright. I’ll go back and report to the manager.”
“Also, the theme for the next elimination match has come out.”
“The sponsor is a new upstart in the entertainment industry. Their proposal for the next compet.i.tion is also very unique. It’s said that the sponsor wants us to compete with the Stardust Cup’s youth training compet.i.tion members, but the company was unable to get much information. This week, the manager arranged advertis.e.m.e.nts for you guys. When you go back, continue to work on acc.u.mulating experience, and come into contact with more artists. It might come in useful for the next round.”
Wu Jin’s eyes were sleepy as he accepted his advertis.e.m.e.nt notice.
Shooting partic.i.p.ants: Wu Jin, Caesar.
Magic City idol drama guests: Wu Jin, Wen Lin.
“……” Wu Jin thought about it for a very long time, but he couldn’t figure out the relationship between ‘shooting an idol drama’ and ‘the next elimination match’.
At this time, his terminal vibrated slightly.
The theme for the second last elimination match was sent out to all the remaining players.
The Crosson Show’s seventh elimination match: Recreating the Ancient Talent Show
––High level restoration of the talent shows from ten centuries ago.
––In order to survive, should one fight for camera time? Or remain consistent to your character design? Should you spoil your fans? Or stimulate the cast?
––Talent survival show. Every step is shocking!
––How many rounds can you survive with the wrong script?
Juurensha: !!! This instance should be made for you, Little Witch!