FIMA Ch37: The Blind Man

The production team of “Who is the King of Adventure” was evidently confident in the broadcasting effect of this episode. A few hours before the broadcast, they edited a faceless 50-second clip and bought several hot searches on various platforms.

The Fruit Channel’s editing and subtitles have always been the best in the country, especially with so much material to work with this time. Although faces were not visible, the eerie and exciting atmosphere, along with the thrilling and amusing conversations among the guests, still attracted everyone.

Apart from the usual fan wars on Weibo, real passers-by on other short video platforms watched and eagerly asked when the show would air, tagging various IDs to invite friends to watch.

At 8:20, the program was officially launched simultaneously on TV and online platforms.

“Who is the King of Adventure” itself has a strong audience base, and it almost immediately shot to the top of various popularity charts as soon as it started.

As usual, the camera first gave a comprehensive close-up of the story’s location, that eerie and dilapidated old castle.

Then, suddenly the atmosphere shifted, with the amusement park bathed in afternoon sunlight, and the four regular guests appeared on the scene, laughing and joking.

At this time, the bullet comments were still quite harmonious.

Until Mr. Li temporarily took over as the host and, with a smiling face, introduced today’s three special guests, the bullet comments on the online platform immediately became chaotic like a barrage of fire.

The haters had their field day.

“Why is it this Xie Jinzhao again? How come he’s in the variety show I’m watching?”

“I still remember watching the TV drama before, Xie Jinzhao’s acting was so bad it almost made me lose my appetite for three days!”

“Our entertainment industry is really doomed, with such artists still being invited!”

“Xie Jinzhao is garbage, get out!”

However, the pace of this variety show was really fast, and the number of haters was nothing compared to the real audience.

Because in the castle hall, the sudden appearance of the high-tech horror judge at the oval table made the bullet comments full of “Ah, I’m scared…”

“xxx protect me!”

“Mom, hold me tight!”

The haters’ comments were completely drowned out.

Then, the show moved on to the body search.

Several staff members came forward with instruments, instructing the celebrities to raise their arms and legs, directing them around.

Some viewers couldn’t help but sigh on the bullet comments, “Xie Jinzhao’s face looks really good, and his figure is great, look at those long legs.”

“Yeah, although his acting is average, his face and figure are impeccable!”

Usually, it wasn’t that noticeable, but with a comparison, it became very pronounced.

The inspection staff, who was a bit over 1.7 meters tall, was decent among ordinary people, but in front of Xie Jinzhao’s 1.8 meters, he looked half a head shorter, especially with the stark contrast in their figures and postures.

It was like watching real-time pictures of celebrities at airport security checks, where the stars would look like giants compared to the people around them.

Some haters were not convinced: “Now male stars are so proud of being pretty boys?”

“Don’t they have any self-respect?”

“Our entertainment industry is really doomed!”

Xie Jinzhao’s fans also argued back, “So our entertainment industry is controlled by Xie Jinzhao, if he doesn’t make it, the industry will collapse directly!”

However, this argument was quickly submerged in the vast group of passerby viewers.

Because the first big laugh of the show appeared.

On the screen, Xie Jinzhao was boldly questioning the production team, saying that the regular guests were not searched under their supervision, suspecting there might be a conspiracy, and it was unfair.

The witty viewers on the bullet comments immediately started making jokes: “When the leader eats, not only do you turn the table, but you also flip the table.”

“Very good, young man, ignorant and fearless.”

“Mr. Li: Xie Jinzhao, you did well on this show, don’t come next time.”

“Right, you did well, but don’t come next time.”

“Haha…”

And when the regular guests were also checked, and the high-tech judge hosted the drawing, he specifically gave Xie Jinzhao a cold look first and said, to ensure fairness, let Xie Jinzhao draw first.

The bullet comments became lively again:

“That high-tech black face looked at Xie Jinzhao, scared me, is it holding a grudge?”

“Haha, even robots are so petty, actually holding a grudge!”

“Holding a grudge is great, keep going.”

“Be careful of getting small shoes!”

And two minutes later, when the drawing results came out, Xie Jinzhao and Xi Shuang, the two newbies, were grouped together, the audience laughed uncontrollably.

“Haha, Xie Jinzhao is so pitiful, one careless remark leads to everlasting regret, but why do I want to laugh so much?”

“Haha, indeed targeted!”

“It must be targeted, our judge looks so scary, but acts so petty and is actually quite cute!”

“Haha, let’s all take a bet on how many minutes it’ll take for Xie Jinzhao to be eliminated!”

“So miserable yet so hilarious!”

Xie Jinzhao’s fans, watching their beloved’s performance and the increasingly harmonious and exciting bullet comments, finally felt completely at ease.

Their baby is indeed very impressive… even on a variety show, he can instantly grab people’s attention.

Unlike Qi Ran, who is pretentious, boring, and fake.

Qi Ran’s fans were not in a good mood. Up to this point, the show had basically become Xie Jinzhao’s personal stage.

Their dear son is a noble young master, a serious actor, and naturally wouldn’t act crazy and silly like Xie Jinzhao for attention. But why wasn’t anyone else stepping in to steal Xie Jinzhao’s spotlight?

Watching the audience’s growing favorable impression of Xie Jinzhao was really frustrating.

The fans of the two were openly rival factions; seeing the other doing well made them feel uncomfortable.

However, things quickly went as Qi Ran’s fans had hoped, and someone did steal the spotlight. But this person made them even more unhappy.

When Wang Xue finally chose her person for outside help and Mr. Li cheerfully asked her why, Wang Xue covered her mouth and straightforwardly and shyly gave her reason: “Because he’s handsome.”

So, the audience in front of the screens and the guests on the scene alike were instantly drawn in, following the camera’s direction.

It was a different kind of handsome from the male stars Xie Jinzhao and Qi Ran on site; it was a kind of cold, handsome, sharp, steady, and tall charisma that radiated from the bones, instantly commanding admiration.

The screen was almost immediately filled with exclamations.

“Handsome, really handsome!”

“Oh my god, oh my god, he’s really so handsome!”

“A man praised as handsome by a seasoned pro like Sister Xue, this aura, this build!”

“Facial features pale in comparison to aura, this is my new destined husband!”

“Drooling… slurp slurp…”

Especially when the assistant director eagerly asked Gu Siyuan if he would like to participate in their variety show, Gu Siyuan’s indifferent face and the moment Cheng Ou came out to refuse for him further amplified Gu Siyuan’s charm infinitely.

After all, true handsome guys are all BKing, they all have little brothers to speak for them.

All members were present.

The official recording also began.

What followed made Gu Siyuan’s charm magnify a hundredfold.

Especially when everyone else was running for their lives, but Gu Siyuan remained calm and composed, not dodging or avoiding, and even turning the tables, scaring off the NPC in one swift move.

At this moment, the Fruit Channel’s post-production playfully added a warning sign 【Professional action, do not imitate】.

The bullet comments immediately erupted in screams.

“Ah, ah, ah… hubby!”

“Why is hubby so handsome and awesome!”

“Who are you calling hubby in front of me? He’s obviously my hubby!”

“Don’t you have your own husbands? Why are you calling mine?”

Even the male viewers, who rarely commented, remarked: “Quick reflexes, judging by his moves, he’s really trained.”

In front of the screen, Xie Jinzhao also saw this scene for the first time and couldn’t help but feel his heart race.

So good at showing off!

But when he saw the colorful bullet comments calling all sorts of “hubby,” his face instantly turned dark.

Hmph, don’t you people have your own husbands? Why are you calling him so casually!

Thinking this, he glared angrily at the guy beside him.

Gu Siyuan happened to look up, coldly glancing at him and said, “What, are you jealous?”

Xie Jinzhao’s face suddenly changed.

Did he notice?

…How can this guy be so blunt?

He stammered, feeling flustered, “Jealous… so what? Is it not allowed to be jealous? Hmph…”

Just then, a warm hand suddenly touched his shoulder.

Xie Jinzhao’s heart fluttered, could it be…

The next moment, he felt that big hand squeeze his shoulder forcefully, then his arm, and so on.

Gu Siyuan sneered coldly, “With your build, no wonder your fans only call you baby. Can anyone be a hubby? Jealousy and envy won’t help.”

“…” Xie Jinzhao.

Damn it?

Is he jealous of that? Who wants to be a hubby? He just wants to call someone hubby, okay?

Xie Jinzhao angrily shook off Gu Siyuan’s hand.

If you don’t mean it, don’t touch me and say such misleading things!

The variety show on the screen continued, and at this moment, the three members of Gu Siyuan’s yellow team had already arrived at the door of the study of Mr. Bai.

Everyone watched as Gu Siyuan broke a wire from a model, saying it was his first time picking a lock, and then easily unlocked it in less than three seconds.

After entering the room, Gu Siyuan repeated the process and opened a few drawers.

The audience first habitually posted a wave of “hahaha”, “hubby is awesome”, “hubby is a genius” on the bullet comments, and then, someone started a trend, changing the tone.

“Damn, looks like my hubby is a habitual offender, such good skills, and can pick locks.”

“Everyone take note, here are three thieves, they are xxx, xx…”

“Okay, I see someone breaking and entering, I will immediately report to Mr. Bai!”

“Everyone, speak softly, don’t alert the police or Mr. Bai.”

“Speaking softly won’t help, I just recorded the screen, hehe, smart as always JPG…”

The netizens in front of the screen were first amused by the variety show, then laughed so hard they had snot bubbles from these silly netizens. At the same time, they invited friends on various accounts to come and watch “Who is the King of Adventure.”

It was really too funny.

Soon, Wang Xue and Ji Hao Ying found a safe hidden in the bookshelf.

Netizens were all shocked and joked in the bullet comments: “Next, please watch Mr. Gu Siyuan demonstrate how to open a safe!”

“It’s all because my husband was too amazing earlier; this safe has to be opened!”

“Alright, I’ll record this time too. After the show ends, this gentleman will definitely have to visit the police station.”

However, things didn’t go as the silly netizens had hoped.

On the screen, they saw Gu Siyuan step forward empty-handed, grab the safe lock dial, turn it gently a few times, and then “click,” it opened.

The netizens were dumbfounded. What kind of operation was that?

After Gu Siyuan explained the reason to his teammates in just a few words.

The bullet screen was filled with “6666” (a Chinese slang term meaning “awesome”).

“Just now, flipping through the diary, faster than I count money, he memorized all the content.”

“I’m here to worship the big shot!”

“The big shot joined the wrong variety show. With this IQ and memory, he should go to ‘The Brain’.”

“I suddenly feel unworthy of my husband. Before final exams, even with the teacher highlighting the key points, I want to die.”

“Every family needs a fool, but my loyalty to my husband won’t change. Husband, please bless me not to fail my next exam!”

The bullet screen started to be filled with prayers for blessings.

Gu Siyuan had thoroughly established his high-ranking big shot status.

At this point, the camera finally shifted to Xie Jinzhao.

The netizens, still reeling from the impact of the ‘The Brain’ segment, were first greeted by a black-and-white eyeball through a crack in the door.

Even though they knew it was fake, it didn’t stop them from being scared. Just as they were about to grab someone beside them and scream, a blood-curdling scream, akin to a pig being slaughtered during the Chinese New Year, came from the screen.

Compared to that, their own fear seemed trivial.

But what surprised them more was that this pig-slaughtering scream actually came from Xie Jinzhao, who usually had a few hundred kilograms of idol baggage and was always incredibly handsome.

“What’s going on? Did I recognize the wrong person? Is this the pretentious Xie Jinzhao?”

“Hahaha, oh my god, that scream! My neighbors downstairs thought I was doing something illegal at home.”

“Damn, my upstairs neighbors are about to come knocking too.”

Xie Jinzhao’s fans, watching their idol’s performance, couldn’t help but facepalm. Previously, only they knew Xie Jinzhao was timid; now the whole nation knew.

They simply started to self-deprecate: “Don’t blame the fans, blame Xie Jinzhao.”

“Our fans are very brave!”

“No worries, fans praise, and take the blame ourselves.”

After a bout of screaming, everyone watched as Xie Jinzhao and Xi Shuang, the two cowards, hid in a corner to have a post-mortem meeting.

The two spoke eloquently, talking about how they would cooperate sincerely and never abandon each other.

The audience almost believed their nonsense.

However, when the NPC made a noise behind them again.

These two indeed showed great tacit understanding, decisively abandoning each other and running away as fast as they could.

Especially when Xi Shuang bumped into Xie Jinzhao, knocking him away and hiding in a room, not forgetting to “bang” shut the door.

Everyone burst into laughter…

The bullet screen was filled with “???”

“This is the legendary sincere cooperation and never abandoning each other?”

“Am I too mature to understand this society?”

“Disjointed Green Team!”

“Touching team friendship!”

But that wasn’t all. Xie Jinzhao and Xi Shuang seemed utterly clueless.

After the NPC left, they instantly forgot their previous history of mutual abandonment and once again vowed to cooperate and stay calm to achieve victory.

Typical of amateurs with big egos!

The netizens saw through their routine and waited for them to slap themselves in the face.

Sure enough, when the eerie laughter of a girl came from the room in the next moment.

These two instantly reverted to their disjointed nature, not only focusing on escaping alone but also being more agile in pushing away their teammate.

“Hahaha,” “Knew it,” “Indeed disjointed” and other words almost instantly filled the bullet screen.

When these two timid fellows mistook the door-guarding Gu Siyuan for a century-old ghost and badmouthed him.

The netizens were laughing so hard they had snot bubbles.

“Hahaha, anyone who says these two cowards are timid, I’ll argue with them!”

“Who has more guts than these two, daring to call Gu the big shot a ghost to his face!”

“I can’t take it anymore, why is this so funny, are they here for a comedy variety show?”

Although there were misunderstandings and twists, the yellow and green teams finally met safely. After some interaction with Miss Bai in the house, Gu Siyuan successfully obtained some clues.

Meanwhile, Xie Jinzhao shamelessly tried to join them but was ruthlessly rejected, making the audience laugh uncontrollably.

But the funniest part was the two disjointed Green Team members, who, after being rejected, immediately became angry and started dreaming and muttering.

The netizens couldn’t stop posting bullet comments.

“I want to know, were these two invited by the program team to liven up the atmosphere?”

“Hahaha, why are these two always so useless but still so confident?”

“Real amateurs with big egos, getting slapped in the face countless times but still sticking to their initial belief of not abandoning each other, haha, I’m dying of laughter!”

“If I had their mental strength, I’d pass any interview!”

“Hahaha…”

Next, the audience watched as the two Green Team members finally took the initiative to find clues, but repeatedly failed because they were a step too slow.

Suddenly, there was a feeling of watching their foolish sons grow up, and the bullet screen even started to show sympathy.

“Why can’t my two babies find any clues?”

“Sigh, it’s really heartbreaking, the two kids are clearly scared to death but still trying hard to find clues!”

However, this sympathy didn’t last long.

Because those two were essentially not good people.

After being rejected by Gu Siyuan one last time, the two idiots Xie Jinzhao and Xi Shuang habitually started daydreaming, praying for Gu Siyuan’s team to have bad luck while hoping for good fortune themselves, and even came up with some crooked ideas.

“These two brats, still in need of a lesson!”

“Once they get a thrashing from Gu Da Lao, they’ll understand the realities of society!”

“Haha, good suggestion. I kind of want to see Gu Da Lao deal with these two useless kids!”

“I swear, I’m really worried about these two brats, but I also want to see them get thrashed by Gu Da Lao. Mama is so bad…”

“Haha, me too!”

But these two obviously couldn’t let them have their wish.

Because they were too useless, they only dared to act tough with their mouths. Even when they got weapons, they hoped the other would go first.

After pushing and shoving for a long time, in the end, neither dared to really go forward and offend Gu Siyuan. Big words remained just big words.

“Looks like we still don’t understand these two brats enough!”

“Too cowardly, too cowardly! Mama covers her face!”

“What’s wrong with being cowardly? Cowardly people live longer. Even though our two kids are amateurs with big egos, at least they survived till the end!”

“Haha, I’m dying of laughter! After watching these two, my week’s fatigue is gone!”

“With such stunning looks, if they weren’t so cowardly and disjointed, what a perfect CP they’d make!”

“Hahaha, these two with their stunning looks, they really are a perfect match just based on their faces!”

Shipping CP (Couple Pairing) is a human nature.

Whether watching dramas or variety shows, if it’s popular, regardless of gender or age, the audience can ship a bunch of CPs, especially the kind that can infuriate the die-hard solo fans of celebrities.

At this moment, someone in the bullet comments posted, “These two are alike, they could be siblings. They really can’t be shipped, better to ship Gu Da Lao with Xie Jinzhao, or Gu Da Lao with Xi Shuang.”

“Can I just say, I’ve been wanting to ship them like this for a long time. Gu Da Lao and Xie Jinzhao are a perfect match, especially since Gu Da Lao is Xie Jinzhao’s fan!”

“Yes, I’ve wanted to say it for a while. Gu Da Lao is cold and doesn’t talk much to anyone, but he teased Xie Jinzhao several times, always seems to have a hint of indulgence?”

“I prefer just now when Gu Da Lao shot the NPC and smiled at Xie Jinzhao, ahhh, so charming!”

“The one above is my soulmate, Jinzhao even made a funny face at Gu Da Lao’s back, so cute!”

Xie Jinzhao kept the bullet comments on to see real-time feedback from netizens. Even though he was very annoyed by the screen full of “husband” whenever Gu Siyuan appeared, he never turned off the comments.

So, at this moment, he suddenly noticed that the comments, which were all mocking him earlier, had somehow turned into a scene full of pink bubbles, and they were shipping him with Gu Siyuan.

Hehe, the netizens don’t know, but the two of them are sitting side by side off-screen right now.

Although Xie Jinzhao always considered himself thick-skinned, his ears couldn’t help but turn a little red.

Suppressing the sweet feeling in his heart, he deliberately lowered his voice, pretending to be embarrassed, and said, “Ahaha, Gu Siyuan, did you see the bullet comments? They’re actually shipping us as a CP, so funny, you wouldn’t mind, right…”

But… after he finished speaking, there was no reaction from beside him for a long time.

Xie Jinzhao frowned slightly and slowly turned his head.

He found that the person next to him had somehow moved several meters away and was holding a phone, watching something very intently.

Damn, he threw a flirtatious glance at a blind man…