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Chapter 256 The Cool Brand

“Director Wang…” the staff member said, pointing tremblingly at the display screen, “She picked up the box along with the table.”

After hearing this, Director Wang calmly took another puff of his cigarette and said, "So what? She still didn't pick the box up from the table, did she?"

"Yes, you're right, but the table fell, and she still has the box in her hand."

"What!" Director Wang was now completely taken aback. He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, sat up straight, and leaned close to the screen. Sure enough, he saw the girl on the screen holding the box that had lost its base, staring blankly at the table that had just fallen to the ground.

Lu Renkui looked at the red box in her hand, then at the table with the bottom of the red box stuck to it, and fell silent—she had felt something was wrong when she went to get the box, and had thought that she might be able to lift it if she used more force, but she didn't expect that the box and the table were stuck together. She picked up the box and the table together.

Lu Renkui originally planned to put the two things back in their original positions and then obediently follow the instructions of the production team, but unexpectedly the body of the box separated from its bottom.

Lu Renkui looked around and finally spotted the hidden camera in the corner. She gave it an awkward smile, her voice trailing off as she spoke: "The glue's pretty strong, but this box isn't very sturdy. Hehehehehe, ha...ha..."

Just as Lu Renkui was about to put the box back, she noticed a round piece, like a plastic sheet, covering the hole in the center of the bottom of the box. It was a size larger than Lu Renkui's current body's clenched fist.

Lu Renkui placed the other sides of the box on the table, reached in and opened the hole herself. Then Lu Renkui understood why the table had a tablecloth that could drag on the floor—she made eye contact with the person inside the hole.

Judging from his clothes, the person inside the cave should be a staff member.

After an awkward and silent stare for two seconds, Lu Renkui silently closed the lid, put the box back in place, and then reached inside—the procedure still had to be followed.

The staff didn't really play any pranks on Lu Renkui, who was inside Sen Ouling's body—everything had been discovered, so what kind of reaction could you expect from her?

So Lu Renkui swiped left and right under the table and successfully got a small sign.

Take out a small sign; the sign has the number 6 written on it.

At that moment, an announcement came over the loudspeaker: "Please proceed to your accommodation according to the nameplate you received."

It seems there won't be any additional performances. Lu Renkui thought to herself, dragging her suitcase as she began looking for accommodation.

After finding it, Lu Renkui pushed open the door and went inside. He found the apartment to be quite nice—it had a bed, a table, a chair, and a window, but there weren't many electronic devices. But that made sense; it was a lifestyle variety show, and it wouldn't be interesting if everyone was just watching celebrities scrolling on their phones.

The decor is simple, but it looks new.

Lu Renkui walked to the window near the bed and looked out. He could see a large field with large greenhouses covered with white transparent plastic sheets. Through the greenhouses, he could see the bare land, which should not have been planted yet.

Lu Renkui then walked to the window near the door. The windows were covered with film so that it was impossible to see inside from the outside or vice versa. But if you opened the window, you could see what the courtyard looked like.

After checking the condition inside and outside the room, Lu Renkui began to tidy up the room.

Halfway to the bed, Renkui heard the thumping sound of suitcase wheels on the ground—someone was coming.

Just as Lu Renkui had guessed, a voice came from outside the courtyard, and it sounded like a girl's.

"Wow, is this where we're staying this time? It's pretty much the same as last season." Jiang Xinhe dragged her suitcase, looking around curiously.

At this moment, Jiang Xinhe also heard a voice, exactly the same as the one Lu Renkui heard inside Sen Ouling's body: "Please put your hand into the red box, please put your hand into the red box."

"Oh, is this the box?" Jiang Xinhe said, reaching into the red box. "There's nothing inside... Oops—!"

Jiang Xinhe felt that she had touched something furry and wriggling, which made her feel very scared.

At this moment, the director's sound system announced: "Guests, please guess what made you touch the object. Only those who guess correctly can take the room key and leave."

Hearing the scream, Lu Renkui ran out and saw a pretty and cute girl clutching her suitcase in terror, keeping a safe distance from the table.

"What's wrong?" Lu Renkui asked the girl from a distance that was neither too close nor too far. She checked in her mind and knew that this was Jiang Xinhe, the popular young actress.

"Someone got here before me, that's great!" Jiang Xinhe saw that others knew about it and must have gone through the same process, so she asked "Sen Ouling," "Do you know what's in this box?"

“Hmm, the box? Inside the box…” Lu Renkui was interrupted abruptly by the speaker halfway through his sentence.

"Guests who arrive first are not allowed to reveal what's inside the red box to guests who arrive later, and new guests are not allowed to reveal what's inside the red box to guests who arrive later."

Listening to the repeatedly playing audio, Lu Renkui and Jiang Xinhe, both inside Sen Ouling's body, fell silent.

Lu Renkui raised her head and looked at Jiang Xinhe in front of her again. Jiang Xinhe was looking at Lu Renkui inside Sen Ouling's body with a pitiful expression.

Lu Renkui remained silent for a while, then raised his hands in front of him, making a gesture as if he were hugging a box. However, Jiang Xinhe clearly did not understand, and she blankly imitated the gesture that "Sen Ouling" had taught her.

Lu Renkui turned his head toward the red box, and then gestured to Jiang Xinhe as if to lift the box up.

Jiang Xinhe seemed to understand what "Sen Ouling" wanted to teach her. She walked to the box, placed her hands on both sides of the box, and suddenly lifted it up. The red box was lifted up, but its bottom was still stuck to the table as before.

Then Jiang Xinhe saw a hole covered with a plastic sheet in the very center of the bottom.

"What's inside?" Jiang Xin asked curiously as she opened the lid, then made eye contact with the staff member holding the plush toy.

There was another long silence.

Finally, a staff member sitting under the table reached out a hand and handed a sign to Jiang Xinhe.

After Jiang Xinhe received the sign, the two people in the courtyard heard a voice coming from the loudspeaker: "Guests who have entered the room are not allowed to leave the room."

"It's probably to prevent later guests from not getting information from earlier guests," Lu Renkui thought. After saying goodbye to Jiang Xinhe, she went back to her room to continue packing.

After tidying up for a while, Lu Renkui finally finished cleaning the room. Remembering what the production team had just said about not being able to go out anymore, Lu Renkui decided to take advantage of the fact that his phone hadn't been taken away yet and check it for a little longer.

After scrolling through his phone for a while, Lu Renkui decided that just scrolling wasn't very interesting, so he sat up and slightly opened the window, intending to peek inside to see how the next guests would behave. Then Lu Renkui noticed that Jiang Xinhe had opened the red box and hadn't put it back.