"Thank you, Sister Yun, Sister Yun is the best!" Yang Leqi suddenly had an extra candy in her hand and quickly wrapped her arm around Qin Yun’s arm, acting coy.
Wang Sirui glanced at the candy in his own hand, then at the one in Yang Leqi’s hand, and immediately felt disheartened.
This is probably what love and lovelessness are all about...
Pei Yan raised his eyebrows at Qin Yun’s hesitant and pained look, recalling the pile of snacks Qin Yun had left with him.
If he ate that pile of snacks, he had no doubt Qin Yun would absolutely not let it go.
Everyone else knew Qin Yun didn’t easily stash snacks and had no intention to take any.
Several people arrived at the starting point of the task to receive the task information.
Pei Yan’s gaze landed on a large empty space, apart from the show crew, there were extra carts and bicycles, and he slightly raised his eyebrows.
Qin Yun followed his gaze and looked over.
Then she heard the director say, "Everyone has a hundred bucks as starting funds. Now, choose a suitable mode of transportation to head to the designated location and complete the task."
After the director finished speaking, he gave each person an envelope.
As soon as everyone took the envelope, Qin Yun opened hers and found a piece of paper and a hundred yuan inside. The paper had an address written on it, and she immediately understood. The task must be the same for everyone, but they could only gain a speed advantage with the mode of transportation.
Qin Yun and Pei Yan turned to each other at the same time, their eyes communicating, and Pei Yan immediately shouted, "Go!"
Immediately, the two of them sprinted towards the cart.
The rest couldn’t react in time and saw only their backs rushing out; then, Chen Yao also dashed towards the two bicycles.
Leaving Yang Leqi and Wang Sirui still unsure about what was happening.
Pei Yan got into the driver’s seat, started the car, and quickly disappeared from the group’s sight.
Chen Yao and Qin Hao, a bit slower, only managed to secure the bicycles and rode off in pursuit.
Wang Sirui and Yang Leqi looked at each other dully; after a moment, Wang Sirui said blankly, "So those two modes of transportation were prepared for us by the show crew..."
Yang Leqi, crestfallen, said, "I knew teaming up with you would basically determine the outcome."
"There’s a bus stop right at the entrance, if you hurry, you can still catch up." The director hinted meaningfully.
The two immediately ran toward the direction the director indicated.
"Run faster, they’re already ahead of us. If we’re any slower, we’re really not going to catch up!" Wang Sirui ran ahead, urging as he went.
"I also want to run faster; this is already my fastest speed." Yang Leqi was out of breath from running.
Wang Sirui stopped upon hearing this, ran back, and pulled Yang Leqi along.
"You, slow down, I’m going to fall." Yang Leqi was dragged along, stumbling and staggering, though she sped up, she felt her body was constantly inclined forward, making her feel like she could intimately contact the ground at any moment.
The two were a distance away when they saw the bus approaching, and they accelerated to reach it, fortunately making it before the bus left.
Wang Sirui, panting heavily, asked, "Driver, does this bus go to xx?"
The bus driver replied, "Going to."
Their faces lit up with joy, but they soon realized they didn’t have change. Eventually, a kind person on the bus helped them by swiping a card, allowing them to board.
Meanwhile, Qin Yun and Pei Yan, following the navigation, reached halfway and were a few hundred meters away when the car ran out of fuel...
"This is definitely something the show crew would do; let’s get off," said Pei Yan, calmly abandoning the car.
"We’re still roughly seven or eight hundred meters from the destination, run over?" Qin Yun glanced around; the area was an old district with strong historical flavor, mostly pedestrians.
"Chen Yao and Qin Hao should be a bit behind us; getting a cab now would waste time, running over would be faster," Pei Yan said.
With that, the two started running.
Two minutes later, they stopped in front of a shop full of literary atmosphere.
"Hello, what do we need to do to get the information?" Qin Yun stepped inside to ask.
"You need to use a brush to write a word that will please us, based on this character, to receive the information," the shopkeeper took out two sheets of paper, one with "All the best" written on it and a blank one.
"Please go ahead."
Upon seeing it was writing this character, Qin Yun realized she could do it!
She turned and raised her eyebrows at Pei Yan behind her, "Are you going to do it, or should I?"
"You do it," Pei Yan said directly.
He had already displayed his calligraphy skills before, and his calligraphy could still be found online.
Qin Yun didn’t hold back, picked up the pen, and started writing.
As she wrote, it was like a horse galloping freely, with fluid elegance and clouds and smoke in her strokes.
Just like the person, it was accurate.
Once Qin Yun finished writing, she picked up and blew on it, waiting for it to dry before handing it to the shopkeeper.
"Excellent writing! I haven’t seen such good writing in ages," the shopkeeper said, somewhat enthusiastically.
Receiving praise, Qin Yun immediately raised her eyebrows triumphantly at Pei Yan beside her: See, even the shopkeeper said my handwriting is good.
Although in Heavenly Court, they all said her handwriting was ugly, like a chicken’s scratch.
The shopkeeper asked, "Such good writing, must’ve taken quite some time to practice?"
"I rarely practice, just started writing since I can remember," Qin Yun answered truthfully.
"That’s probably almost twenty years, no wonder you can write so well," the shopkeeper nodded.
Emmmm... twenty years...
Might be a bit short.
"Can we get the information now?" Qin Yun urged without much fuss.
"Here." The shopkeeper took out an envelope with the show’s name on it and handed it over.
Qin Yun, having received the information, immediately said, "Pei Yan, go!"
Shortly after they departed, Chen Yao’s group arrived by bicycle.
The shopkeeper repeated the instructions he had given Qin Yun and Pei Yan earlier.
"Can you write it?" Chen Yao, feeling a bit overwhelmed, turned to ask Qin Hao.
"I haven’t ever written with a brush," Qin Hao replied, equally awkward.
"What should we do?" Chen Yao asked.
At this moment, Wang Sirui and Yang Leqi ran in, panting heavily.
The bus they caught had stations outside; they had to run in.
"Ah, Brother Yao, you’re still here. Luckily we hurried the whole way and weren’t delayed too long," Wang Sirui said, leaning entirely on the counter, panting yet smiling.
"How did you get here so fast?" Chen Yao was surprised, looking at them. He hadn’t even done the task yet...
"We took the bus, but the bus stop’s boarding and drop-off points were some distance from our destination, and we had to run. Now I just want to lie down and rest," Yang Leqi said with a wry face, feeling that just starting the day, she’s already used up all her energy.
"You worked hard," Chen Yao patted her shoulder.
"What kind of task is this? Have you finished it?" Wang Sirui, having caught his breath, walked over to ask.
"Brush writing, can you write?" Chen Yao asked with hopeful anticipation.
"Umm... I can’t write. If you asked me to dance, I might be good at that..." Wang Sirui instinctively said.
After speaking, he suddenly realized, swallowed, and asked, "This task isn’t just writing, is it?"