Chapter 146: Possession 1/2

Halfway through speaking, Jiang Mi suddenly realized something was wrong.

How could she talk about Gu Chuan’s size in front of others?!

Her tongue twisted in a knot.

After a moment, quick thinking kicked in.

“Yes, yes, it’s the right to skip a question! We have the right to skip!”

The director, who had been worrying about how to resolve the situation, almost cheered for Mi-sister. She managed to salvage this seemingly doomed situation.

“Yes, yes, there’s a right to skip, so this question can be passed. Is that okay, President Gu?” The director looked at Gu Chuan, seeking approval.

But Gu Chuan didn’t even glance at the director. His dark eyes rested on Jiang Mi.

Jiang Mi met his gaze, her almond-shaped eyes slightly narrowed, as if daring him to defy her.

Gu Chuan’s lips curled slightly, his voice low and melodious, filled with indulgence, “I’ll listen to you.”

Jiang Mi’s tension eased a little.

But at that moment, Shen Mingxuan, who had been waiting to see Gu Chuan embarrassed, wasn’t happy. He frowned and said sarcastically, “The right to skip was won by Jiang Mi. Isn’t it inappropriate for Gu Chuan to use it?”

His tone was just short of outright accusing them of rigging the game.

The director almost rolled his eyes to the heavens.

“It was a push-up contest, and Jiang Mi and Gu Chuan were teammates. Sharing the victory between teammates is perfectly reasonable.”

【What’s Shen’s problem? Just looking for trouble, huh?】

【How does he even have the nerve to be sarcastic? If Gu Chuan had answered, Shen would have been the first to feel awkward.】

【Wait, am I the only one who thought that Mi’s “yes” sounded a bit suspicious, like she was hinting at 18?】

【Sister, as soon as you mentioned that number, things instantly got weird. 18 centimeters?】

【Holy cow, that big?!】

【Wait a minute, the real question is, how does Mi know it’s 18? Did she actually measure it?】

【I was still wondering if ChuanMi is real, but these two are already playing such an R-rated game!】

At this moment, the director glanced at the barrage of inappropriate comments on the screen and felt his legs go weak. This was heading straight for a banned broadcast!

He hurriedly moved the show along. With Gu Chuan using his right to skip, the explosive question was bypassed, and the bottle spun, landing directly on Shen Mingxuan.

Shen Mingxuan tensed up, sensing something bad was coming.

Jiang Mi, with familiarity, leaned in toward Gu Chuan and spoke.

“Although he’s selfish, hypocritical, and jealous, when he’s caught in the rain, he always wants to tear off someone else’s raincoat. But we won’t stoop to a dog’s level. Let’s just ask him something simple, like reciting The Memorial to Emperor Wu.”

Insulting someone by comparing them to a dog, right to their face.

Shen Mingxuan almost exploded with rage. “Jiang Mi, what does this have to do with you?!”

Jiang Mi sneered, “And what does the right to skip have to do with you?”

Shen Mingxuan was momentarily at a loss for words, his neck stiff as he said, “As a guest, I have the right to question any unclear rules with the director.”

“As a teammate, I have the right to suggest creating problems for people I don’t like,” Jiang Mi turned to Gu Chuan. “What do you think?”

Gu Chuan raised an eyebrow slightly and looked at Shen Mingxuan with a calm voice, “Recite The Memorial to Emperor Wu.”

Shen Mingxuan choked on his words, his face turning red.

Everyone knew that the entertainment industry didn’t require much education. Even a primary school graduate could become a superstar.

Shen Mingxuan did graduate from primary school, but his knowledge level wasn’t high. Yet, he loved to market himself as a high-achiever.

Now, with his face turning red, he couldn’t get a single word out.

Qin Ling, feeling satisfied, started freestyling a passage from The Memorial to Emperor Wu.

“‘When the late emperor passed away, the empire was divided into three. The state of Shu was exhausted and in a precarious situation,’ hey yo!”

At the end, he couldn’t help but mock, “This is a passage everyone has to memorize for the middle school exam. Emperor Shen, don’t you know it?”

Shen Mingxuan stiffened and forced out, “Of course, I know it. I just didn’t think of it at the moment. ‘When the late emperor passed away, the empire was divided into three. Now, now…’”

Even after hearing it once, he couldn’t continue.

Qin Ling burst into laughter without any mercy, “Keep going! Now what?”

Shen Mingxuan’s face grew redder, and in the end, he couldn’t say another word.

It was Bai Ruoruo who stepped in, “This is a truth-or-dare question, not a recitation challenge. You just need to say whether you can recite it or not.”

Shen Mingxuan felt a surge of relief. “Right, right, I can recite it. Okay, next question. My turn to spin the bottle.”

Jiang Mi sneered and commented, “Idiot.”

Shen Mingxuan, feeling quite pleased with himself, thought he had just narrowly escaped disaster. However, his earlier embarrassing display had been fully captured on camera, and the audience, with their keen eyes, wouldn’t miss a thing.

【Shen Mingxuan’s image has completely collapsed. He’s really got no shame left.】

【He used to promote himself as having a high education, yet he can’t even recite The Memorial to Emperor Wu.】

【To be fair, it’s been more than ten years, so forgetting it isn’t that strange. But for such a famous passage, not being able to say even a word is odd.】

【The phrase “the empire is divided into three” comes to mind immediately.】

【Chuan-ge and Mi-bao are too kind. If it were me, I would’ve asked him if he even knows what CNKI is.】

【Oh my god, don’t mention that! My graduation thesis almost didn’t pass because of it!】

【CNKI is too high-level for him. Just ask him about 鹅鹅鹅, 曲项向天歌 (“Goose, goose, goose, with neck curved to the sky”), haha.】

【I’ve had enough of this! Shen, you fake academic, get out of the entertainment industry!】

Shen Mingxuan hadn’t yet seen the barrage of scathing comments. He spun the bottle, and this time, it landed on Gu Chuan. A vicious, malicious grin spread across Shen Mingxuan’s face.

“President Gu, did you know that Jiang Mi and I were betrothed as children?”

This single sentence, packed with too many shocking revelations, caused half the people present to mentally freeze.

What? Shen Mingxuan and Jiang Mi had a childhood betrothal? No way, that can’t be true!

【What nonsense is Shen Mingxuan spouting? There’s no way Jiang Mi and he were betrothed as children!】

【I don’t believe it! Ahh, I refuse to believe it!】

【There’s no way such a wonderful person like Mi-bao could be linked to that jerk. I don’t accept this engagement! Mi-bao belongs to Chuan-ge, and no one else!】

【If it’s true, then what’s the deal with Mi-bao and Chuan-ge now?】

Lu Yu, Chen Wanru, and Fu Li, who had no idea about any of this, were completely shocked and confused.

After her initial surprise, Cheng Lin suddenly remembered hearing something about this during kindergarten!

Jiang Mi, one of the people involved, also looked puzzled for a moment but quickly recalled that this did indeed happen. However, wasn’t it already…?

As she was thinking this, her peripheral vision caught Gu Chuan’s sharp, cold profile. Her heart thudded heavily, and she instinctively called out, “Gu Chuan.”

Gu Chuan didn’t respond to Jiang Mi. He lifted his eyes and stared at Shen Mingxuan.

His deep, dark eyes held an unfathomable gaze, filled with bloodlust and a deadly aura, like a beast’s eyes locking onto its prey. Anything that fell under his gaze was doomed.

Shen Mingxuan, feeling Gu Chuan’s stare, felt a chill rise from the bottom of his feet.

But when he blinked again, Gu Chuan’s face had already returned to its usual calm, as if the intense moment was just an illusion.

At that moment, Gu Chuan spoke softly, uttering four words, “I know. There was.”

With these words, the entire room fell into a deathly silence.

Gu Chuan had personally confirmed it—Jiang Mi and Shen Mingxuan were indeed betrothed as children!

But how…?

Before anyone could delve further into their thoughts, the director hurriedly announced, “The truth-or-dare segment ends here. According to the staff’s tally, the winner of this round is Lu Yu. Congratulations, Little Yu!”