CHAPTER 53: CHAPTER 53: BRO! SORRY AGAIN!

When Li Yang jogged over casually, he happened to hear Shi Yuhuai’s heartfelt roar. He squeezed past the circle of photographers to take a look.

Whoa, the three women were about to drown Shi Yuhuai.

"Not wearing what? Brother, what aren’t you wearing?"

He glanced up and down, what could be missing? Once in costume, he was wearing the most.

Shi Yuhuai, feeling insulted again, gritted his teeth, "Nothing."

Shu Ran just raised a smile to speak, but Guan Yu beat her to it with a quick remark, "We reasonably suspect he’s wearing leggings."

Shu Ran’s smile faded.

Li Yang couldn’t believe it, "...Leggings?"

As he spoke, his gaze couldn’t help but drift to Shi Yuhuai’s lower half.

"Brother, in this weather... aren’t leggings hot?"

Shi Yuhuai took a deep breath, temporarily stopping his struggle, and solemnly explained, "I’m not wearing those."

Li Yang scratched his head and said "Oh."

But whether he actually believed it, who knows.

He looked at Shi Yuhuai’s hands being pulled on either side, and asked, "Brother, are you okay? Do you need my help?"

"No need!" Guan Yu turned and decisively rejected on behalf of Shi Yuhuai, "A man can’t admit defeat! This kind of thing must be done alone!"

"..." Mu Qiu felt that something was a bit off about that statement.

But this wasn’t the time to think it over, Li Yang’s involvement posed a big threat to their fragile alliance. If he helps Shi Yuhuai, not only would they not get Shi Yuhuai’s stickers, they might all be wiped out and have their stickers stolen by the two of them.

Mu Qiu took a deep breath and first apologized to Shi Yuhuai.

"Sorry, Brother Huai, just pretend these hands are fans helping you tidy your outfit!"

Without waiting for the others to react, she quickly reached for the collar of Shi Yuhuai’s white robe.

Shi Yuhuai instinctively leaned his head back to avoid her touch, but pinned by Guan Yu on both sides, he couldn’t dodge. He could only watch as Mu Qiu’s hand fell below his neck.

Mu Qiu’s hands were slender and fair. Starting from the round neckline of the white robe, she really did check his clothing like arranging it - flipping it open, then respectfully restoring the position, from the collar all the way to the belt.

Guan Yu and Li Yang were wide-eyed.

[Whoa? Those hands?]

[I don’t want to be a person anymore. Can I just become a body part?]

[I sat up straight with a jolt, using my 250-degree nearsighted eyes to trace the path of those hands]

[Mu Qiu: Start licking now, everyone. I’m about to stop any minute]

[Mouthing the words "No, no," yet my eyes follow her hand. I’m filthy]

[Brother, just endure a bit. Once I get the screenshot, I’ll go scold her]

[Write "Mu Qiu represents the fans" on the broadcast screen!]

[Let go! Let go! I told you to let go!]

[I feel like I’m in a 5A-grade scenic spot of the human body, just waiting for a guide introduction]

[Brother Huai, I’m sorry. Endure the humiliation for a minute, I’ll watch and then go complain to the director!]

[Brother Long Legs looks insulted but unyielding, so... so freaking cute]

Finally, those slender white fingers cleverly flipped out a sticker from inside the cloud-patterned belt.

Shi Yuhuai was already starting to twist violently, but like a disgraced zombie, his movements were awkward considering he didn’t want to accidentally touch the female guests.

It was this awkwardness that allowed Mu Qiu to get one sticker, but getting a second one was unlikely now.

Behind them, Li Yang was pacing anxiously outside their circle of four, wanting to reach out and help, but Shi Yuhuai was surrounded by three female guests. If he reached out, he’d hit them first, so he was pawing around helplessly without a solution.

He could only watch them succeed.

"I got one!" Mu Qiu shouted, clenching the sticker tightly in her palm, "Keep holding him, we have to wait till the end signal to let go!"

Guan Yu simply sat on the ground, hugging Shi Yuhuai’s hand, "Wang Tiezhu! Just resign to fate! Think about it, you might live a few thousand years less, but you can save poor souls like us from life and death! What a meaningful thing!"

Shi *Wang Tiezhu* Yuhuai expressed he didn’t want to do such meaningful things.

Shu Ran on his left was already out of breath, unable to speak, "I can’t hold on anymore! He’s too strong, I’m, I’m going to be thrown off!"

She was out of strength, but Shi Yuhuai still had plenty. He forcefully twisted and flicked, and Shu Ran was thrown to the ground, gasping for air, her expression shifting in an instant.

"I can’t help you anymore," she apologized.

No one paid attention to her at this point. With one side freed, Shi Yuhuai was like he had eaten spinach, reaching out to grab Mu Qiu.

Mu Qiu was startled and couldn’t continue looking for stickers. She retreated quickly, instinctively leaning back. Shi Yuhuai’s fingers brushed her forearm skin, missing her, but yanked the red armband pinned to her clothing off.

Thanks to Guan Yu holding him tightly from behind, Mu Qiu watched the fingers pass by her and felt her heart racing.

The backward momentum continued, and she was still retreating. The backward pull made her lose control, about to fall into the crowd of photographers, when a hand hurriedly reached out from the front to catch her.

Mu Qiu steadied herself, took a deep breath like a survivor, and thanked Li Yang who helped her.

But Li Yang didn’t let go of her hand.

"... Is this kind of intimate contact okay, Li Yang? Your fans are watching."

"It’s fine."

Mu Qiu looked up and met his puppy eyes, feeling a bad premonition. She tried to pull back, but Li Yang looked the youngest, yet his grip was strong and she couldn’t break free.

Li Yang looked at her earnestly, "Mu Qiu, can we make a trade?"

"... Trade what?" she asked warily.

"I’ll voluntarily give you one of my stickers, and you give me the one you just got from Brother Huai?"

Mu Qiu looked at him in shock, was there really such touching brotherly love in the world?

[Oh my, what an absolute cutie, willing to risk everything for Shi Yuhuai?]

[I forgive you for grabbing her hand]

[This bond is touching, have they formed an alliance?]

[Is Yangyang trying to make up for not helping Shi Yuhuai just now?]

[Yangyang’s mom says not to grab young miss’s hand!]

[Mu Qiu is really a bit pitiful, now running into Li Yang, who seems after her life too]

[Another strange CP addition, Brother Long Legs and the innocent little prince?]

[Oh, another CP? How many times has my Brother Huai been paired off?]

[Is no one going to help my Shu Ran?! She’s been on the ground for a while and no one helps her]

[Hilarious, which guest isn’t restrained here? Who has time to help your sister, with a foot?]

[My Brother Huai is too pitiful, go practice hard when you get back, brother]

[This is still unfamiliar territory, Shi Yuhuai is also wary of touching female guests. If familiar, someone like Shu Ran wouldn’t hold him back at all]