The Villainess Awakens After Marrying the Male Lead’s Brother - Chapter 41

Chapter 41

The second round of the game began, and the production team gave some time for the guests to change their clothes.

Wearing formal attire was indeed inconvenient.

At this stage, Wen Yu received her transition card—[Please choose the guest you want to switch to as your companion].

Wen Yu is the undercover agent today. When the production team knocked on her door last night to assign the mission, she hadn’t grasped it yet. Her task is for two non-teammates to tell her, ‘You’re the best.’

So, if Fu Chun hadn’t pulled this stunt, Wen Yu planned to convince Yuan Tan to switch teammates.

Thanks to Su Lengyue’s presence, otherwise, this task would be challenging to accomplish. She had just met everyone for the first time, and during the task, there wasn’t much interaction with each other. Making the other person say such a sentence would easily expose her.

Now that Yuan Tan has switched out, they are not teammates, and it counts as success.

Once the task is completed, the undercover agent can add a teammate. The clues purchased by the guests will prioritize revealing the teammate’s clues. As long as Wen Yu doesn’t expose herself, she’s safe.

Looking at the list of seven names above, she swiftly wrote two words—Liang Heng.

The director was somewhat surprised: “Why choose Teacher Liang?”

Wen Yu said, “He has good acting skills, and I’m not familiar with him, so he can keep a secret!”

The director smiled and walked away with the card.

After a while, Wen Yu, now in sportswear, also went out. The others came out one by one. Just as they settled, the director said, “Announcement—your opponents have successfully found their allies!”

“What?” Everyone was astonished. “Did the undercover agent complete the task so quickly?”

“I haven’t even started showing off!” Liang Heng lamented.

Yuan Tan was also somewhat surprised. With a stable mindset, she wasn’t panicking, just feeling something was off. She looked at Wen Yu.

Wen Yu, looking puzzled, met her gaze. “What’s wrong?”

Yuan Tan thought about it. It probably wasn’t her; there was no sign of guilt. She shook her head. “Nothing.”

Liang Heng and others were also speculating about who did what special action or thing. At this moment, people came in one after another, followed by a large round table appearing in front of them. Then, a group of people came with trays, placing various dishes on them.

While the guests were still in a daze, the director said, “Okay, come over and play a little game.”

“What game?”

“Radish Squat.”

Everyone was speechless but obediently formed a circle, playing the game one by one. After squatting for red radishes, they squatted for green radishes. After a round, they sat down in the order of elimination.

Next, a staff member held a long microphone and handed it over. The director said, “I ask, you answer. One question, two points. Let’s see how many you can answer correctly.”

Before the guests could react, “How many waiters ago was the one wearing green shoes?”

Perplexed, Xu Bin was asked, “???”
“Next.” The microphone faced Jiang Yunjin.

Jiang Yunjin also froze and hurriedly said, “The third one?”
“Wrong, next.” The director continued.

This time it was Yuan Tan’s turn. She immediately said, “The fifth one!”

“Correct.” The director listened temporarily.

Shen Xi was dumbfounded. “Director, did you make us play the game to distract our attention?”

“Yes.” The director replied.

Everyone: “…”

Being too straightforward made it awkward to say anything.

Certainly! Here’s the English translation of the provided Chinese paragraphs with space between paragraphs:

In the end, they could only resign themselves to continue answering questions.

Wen Yu’s memory was quite good; even now, despite being disrupted, his accuracy remained above sixty percent. Fortunately, the other groups were slightly inferior. However, the production team didn’t switch questions for a wrong answer; instead, they gave each team a chance to guess one by one.

Always managing to guess correctly.

Overall, they had quite a high number of correct answers.

Ten minutes later, the director waved his hand, “Alright, the pre-dinner game comes to an end, you can eat first.”

Guests: “???”

Just like this?

[So hungry, finally, we can eat.]
[Is it that easy to have a meal?]
[Aren’t we going to have another quiz later?]
[Didn’t you notice the director didn’t say it’s over?!!!]

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Always feeling the director had malicious intentions, the guests, having learned their lesson, ate cautiously. They stole glances at the production team while carefully picking up a dish.

As the production team showed no reaction, they quickly started devouring the food.

After a morning of activities, their breakfast was long digested. They were starving, and the dishes provided by the production team were delicious—mostly seafood, ranging from light to spicy, catering to everyone’s taste.

Must admit, aside from the watchful production team, the taste was really good. Liang Heng exclaimed, “This food is so delicious! The production team is generous!”

“The taste is great, probably hired a chef?”

“And the king crab, I love it!”

Once they almost finished eating, when the guests were most relaxed, the production team swiftly came to clean up the remaining dishes, took away the tables, and led them to a nearby swimming pool.

“Alright, the second half begins. You can freely choose between answering questions and accepting punishment,” the director grinned. “Let’s raise the difficulty a bit this time. Once answered incorrectly, the teammate immediately faces the punishment.”

Su Lengyue decisively said, “I’ll go, Xiao Yu, your memory is better than mine.”

Wen Yu didn’t refute, “I’ll do my best!”

With a wave of the director’s hand, the four were sent onto a two-meter diving platform. Sitting on foam boards in front of the platform, a long microphone was thrust towards them, “Who was the first to move their chopsticks just now?”

Fu Chun: “… Xu Bin!”

“Wrong,” the director said, and immediately, Fu Chun’s teammate Yuan Tan was pushed down, screaming, becoming the first soaked chicken.

Others looked tense, completely nervous.

A series of questions followed, and in the end, not a single person escaped the water.

However, compared to others, Su Lengyue fell into the water fewer times. Therefore, she insisted on not switching to answer questions, and Wen Yu successfully accumulated twenty-four points for their team.

In comparison, the other teams had at most sixteen points. Both of them were quite satisfied with this result.

The production team asked again, “Alright, this round is over. Do you want to buy clues?”

“Buy!” Jiang Yunjin quickly raised his hand.

Su Lengyue and Wen Yu glanced at each other and nodded, “Buy!” Su Lengyue said to Wen Yu, “We earned a total of twenty-four points. I’ll cover six points myself, and you’ve worked hard answering questions, so you don’t have to pay. We’ll share the clues.”

Wen Yu didn’t argue, “Sure, thanks, Sister Su.”

Su Lengyue smiled and went over to make the deal, successfully obtaining the clues given by the production team. Jiang Yunjin quickly approached, “What did you get?”

“Ours is a song, seems to be from 2003. I’ve heard it, but the song doesn’t seem related to us,” Su Lengyue frowned.

Jiang Yunjin said, “Ours is a photo of the Yellow River, looks like a very old photo, with a vintage color tone.”

At the same time, Fu Chun, who also bought a clue, said, “My clue is a special task for the mole that requires cooperation from others. Have you guys cooperated with someone on something?”

Yuan Tan’s heart skipped a beat, looking again at Wen Yu.

Wen Yu happened to look over with enthusiasm, “Sister Yuan, we’ll be together later.”

She still had water droplets on her face, and her hair was wet. Although there was no diving in the quiz, getting on the foam board required swimming over. Her hair was wet, with a few strands clinging to her cheeks, giving her a tender and fresh appearance.

Nothing like a bad person.

Yuan Tan suppressed her speculations and smiled, “Okay.”

Only the bullet comments serve as the God’s perspective, and some have started to doubt: [“Feels like it’s Wen Yu, she collaborated with Su Lengyue, also said that thing with Yuan Tan, I felt a bit abrupt at the time, but was afraid it’s just her personality.”]
[**I think it’s Liang Heng, he’s the oldest, both these clues have a sense of age.**]
[**Maybe it’s Yuan Tan, Fu Chun is not young either.**]
[**Yellow River, is this a travel photo? Jiang Yunjin comes from a good family, maybe it’s him, taken on a trip at a young age.**]
[**I still think it’s Wen Yu, those two times people said she was the most powerful, really strange.**]
[**I really suspect Su Lengyue is her teammate, the coordination is too perfect.**]

In front of the camera, the guests discuss, locking possibilities on them, just like the bullet comments. Among them, Jiang Yunjin suddenly has a bright idea: “Fan Li’s wife is Xi Shi, and Xi Shi has the beauty of a sinking fish and falling goose, Wen Yu’s nickname is Little Fish!”

Fu Chun: “Doesn’t this match?”

Wen Yu is surprised, her little face aggrieved: “Me? Impossible, right? I’m a flying guest, how could it be? And maybe Xi Shi was referring to an actress who played a great beauty. I think everyone here is possible, after all, you all look so good! But I’ve never played the role of the top beauty.”

Jiang Yunjin is stunned, makes sense!

Fu Chun frowns; she has indeed played many roles as the top beauty, falls into silence.

Wen Yu continues in a low voice: “And what if Teacher Liang is lying?”

Su Lengyue also hesitates: “Yeah, can’t rule out that possibility, and there’s another possibility that Fan Li is from the Warring States period, who here likes the Warring States?”

Suddenly, everyone looks at the only possible Liang Heng.

Liang Heng is irritated and exclaims, “Why are you all looking at me?”

Shen Xichen honestly says, “Teacher Liang, your age matches.”

Jiang Yunjin also adds, “Of these three clues, two match your age.”

Liang Heng immediately says, “Doesn’t Yuan Tan and the others match too? It’s really not me. My family was poor, and in 2003, it was the lowest point in my life. How could I afford to travel?”

Sure, here’s the English translation with space between paragraphs:

Hmm

People exchanged glances, unable to make a decision. However, they hesitated to continue buying clues, fearing that the undercover agent might have already accumulated many points.

In the midst of uncertainty, the director initiated the third round. Wenyu quickly changed teammates, and Jiang Yunjin followed suit, once again forming the configuration of the first round.

Just when everyone thought it was over, Liang Heng suddenly said, “No, no! I can’t always be in the same group as the brat. I want to be in a group with the girls!”

Shen Xi was shocked, “Aren’t we coordinating well, bro?”

Liang Heng shrugged, “Maybe you’ll coordinate even better with the pretty sister?”

Shen Xi blushed but didn’t speak. Liang Heng continued, “Alright, let’s switch Shen Xi and Little Fish. I want to take some photos with Little Fish, sign them, and bring them back for my daughter.”

He said it seriously with a hint of humor.

Yuan Tan was stunned, having switched once already, and now Wenyu had also switched. They couldn’t switch again, completely separating them. At the same time, she looked at Liang Heng with some suspicion and uncertainty.

Why the sudden change?

Wenyu immediately leaned on her arm and coquettishly said, “It’s okay, it’s okay. After recording, we can play together again.”

“Okay,” Yuan Tan nodded.

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With the exchange of sides, she joined Shen Xi’s group, while Liang Heng joined Wenyu’s group.

Jiang Yunjin, who had been silently watching, suddenly said, “It’s you two! The undercover agent must be you two! Points can only be distributed within the team. This is the last round, you must be together to combine the points!”

Liang Heng said seriously, “Don’t talk nonsense. If you suspect Little Fish, fine, but why suspect me?”

Wenyu also looked at Su Lengyue with grievances, “Sister Su, what’s his meaning? Just because I accidentally let him leave you for lunch, he started retaliating against me!”

Su Lengyue immediately frowned, looking displeased, “Ah Jin!”

Jiang Yunjin: “?”

How did it turn into retaliation?

Su Lengyue whispered, “Don’t be like this. Forget it, it’s the last round anyway. Knowing the truth won’t make a difference.”

Jiang Yunjin: “???”

Su Lengyue turned her face away guiltily, not saying anything.

Mainly because Wenyu was involved in both tasks she did, plus she happened to complete the team switch and received a notification of the undercover task completion. She had some suspicions.

When she saw the clues for this round, she completely understood.

But it was too late.

Seeing Wenyu playing so enthusiastically, Su Lengyue didn’t have the heart to expose her. Well, now they could only rely on the final round. She even intentionally used up the points from the second round, just in case it was really Wenyu, and she had done everything she could.

The other guests who didn’t hear the conversation between this couple looked at Wenyu and Liang Heng’s group with suspicion and uncertainty.

Yuan Tan’s face also changed, but she didn’t say much.

The barrage exploded at this moment:

[It must be them!]

[In the last round, as long as the two join forces, they can definitely combine points!]

[Teacher Liang is really good at holding his breath. Wait until everyone has used the teammate cards once, then cause a stir.]

[Jiang bro is so clever!]

[Am I the only one who feels that YuYu is not
surprised, maybe she already guessed it? I’m so thrilled that my ship is sailing for real!]

1[Tan Tan was confused, and now she probably found out. Shocking, that expression, it’s hilarious.]

Wenyu was confused; did she succeed or not?

Ignoring it, anyway, it’s the final stage; as long as we’re in the top three in points, it’s victory!

The director, satisfied with their guessing, finally said, “Alright, go and complete the mission.” Everyone sighed helplessly, went to freshen up, placing their hopes on the last round.

This time, they changed into swimsuits. The director led them to a boat and handed them a circle of kayaks, saying, “This mission is simple, just paddle to the front, grab a chess piece, and come back. The fastest time gets fifty points, followed by forty, thirty, and twenty.”

Jiang Yunjin, a bit nearsighted and not wearing contacts at sea, was confused, “Where is it? Why can’t I see it?”

“So far away!”

“How long will this take?”

The guests, dressed beautifully, were shocked to find out they were here to row a boat!

However, the production team was ruthless, making them get on the kayaks one by one.

Sitting in the kayak, everyone in life jackets with paddles, they started by paddling within the frame of the ship, then, when they got used to it, at the director’s command, they paddled forward.

Shen Xi shouted, “Surround Liang Ge and the others, as long as they’re the last, there’s a chance for Jiang Ge and Teacher Su to be first!”

Several people awkwardly controlled the boat and approached.

“Girl, don’t be afraid, I’m experienced! I guarantee we can stay in a luxurious suite!” Liang Heng smiled calmly, steering the boat to avoid them skillfully.

Wen Yu, at the back, silently tried to break through their encirclement, coordinating with Liang Heng.

At this point, the program’s rescue personnel were nearby ensuring the guests’ safety. The sea was calm, and many people were surfing near the coast.

Wen Yu paddled, occasionally looking around. She noticed people on jet skis passing by, looking cool.

Then they passed by again.

Hmm???

Wen Yu felt this behavior was deliberate. She couldn’t help but stare.

Those two people on jet skis seemed familiar.

Could they be people she knows?

Wen Yu: Not sure, let’s keep watching.

Until she heard, “Little sister-in-law!”

She was instantly startled, and her paddle almost fell.

Xiao Qiyu was still yelling, “Heard that Old Jiang gave you a cruise, little sister-in-law, how about a cruise camping barbecue party without Old Jiang?”

“Shut up!” Qin Zhou said speechlessly, “She’s livestreaming. If this gets recorded, won’t it cause a scandal? Just wait and see if A Yan will handle you.”

Xiao Qiyu quickly fell silent.

Certainly!

The two of them overthought; indeed, some footage was recorded, but the camera wasn’t focused on them. So, when the barrage heard about it, the screen was filled with:

【OMG OMG】

【Envy to death, who is it, sending a cruise!】

【Help! Can you actually get a taste of luxury dog food by watching a variety show?!】

【Who is Old Jiang? Haha, it wouldn’t be my brother Jiang, right?】

【Laughing to death, definitely not! Your brother Jiang next to you is already shocked and fell into the sea, just got pulled up】

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