"Uh," the host, who was skilled in showmanship and expression management, stood there dumbfounded for a moment, failing to hide the shock on his face as he spoke awkwardly, "Mr. Xu, a passionate audience member just guessed Shen Huchen’s work!"
Xu Qingmei was instantly red-faced, embarrassed and flustered.
She regretted saying the name right after she said it, thinking she should have asked Jing Huai, who was on stage with her, to give her a hint. If not, at least signaled the assistant who was at the edge of the stage to point out the answer.
At that moment, she was thinking about why Shen Yunqing would assume the "Cat Goose War" was by Jiang Lingxi, and when it was her turn to guess, she instinctively said Shen, then quickly changed to Shen Huchen.
And just like that, she still managed to get the one easy question wrong!
She was really flustered!
Noticing Xu Qingmei’s underlying anger, the host, after his initial shock, couldn’t help but scorn silently in his heart while he quickly adjusted with, "I bet Mr. Xu wanted to ensure that Mr. Zhang also got a chance to participate in this segment just like everyone else, and that’s why he intentionally answered wrong, right?"
No matter whether the listeners believed it or not, it was still a somewhat reasonable excuse.
Xu Qingmei’s face softened a bit, and she nodded slowly with an expression of being caught in the act.
The audience below: "..."
Just see if we believe it!
Zhang Nachuan wasn’t interested in Xu Qingmei’s act, and after the camera panned over, he unceremoniously snorted before clearing his throat to answer, "Su Yi, ’Mian Sheng’."
Other works might need a second glance for him to figure out who did it, but this painting, he saw it at once.
If he and Shen Yunqing started guessing first, the audience present would only have had five paintings left to guess.
In the end, this blatantly obvious answer was left as a giveaway question.
Zhang Nachuan felt a bit complicated inside.
As for Xu Qingmei, who got a giveaway question wrong, he really had no sympathy.
So before putting down the microphone, he blandly reminded, "After the recording ends, you’d better go check your brain at the hospital!"
These words, although not aimed directly, everyone who heard knew exactly who they were meant for.
The audience burst out with some unstoppable laughter.
"Mr. Zhang actually said what I was thinking!"
"I must say, Ms. Xu’s expression management ability is truly strong; she can still keep smiling even after hearing that. Respect, respect!"
Though Xu Qingmei still wore a smile on the surface, inside she was nearly gritting her back teeth to pieces.
That old geezer, would it kill you to say less!
"Ahem," the host quickly cleared his throat, signaling to the audience to quiet down, "Now that the corresponding authors of all the seven artworks have been guessed by the five audience members and the two judges, the program has prepared small gifts which are now on stage. We’d like to invite the five audience members to come up and receive them alongside our two judges."
The five people, who initially thought the gifts would be sent directly to their seats, were pleasantly surprised and widened their eyes.
Mom, your son (daughter) has made it!
They hurriedly stood up, almost stumbling with their hands and feet, while walking up the stage amidst envious and jealous stares from others.
Once they stood in a line facing the audience, the host picked up one of the gift bags from the small cart beside them, "Originally, we prepared gold-flecked paper fans for everyone. However, during the connection segment of watching the artworks and matching the authors, an audience member suggested wanting a favorite guest’s calligraphy. The program team heard everyone’s requests and, after obtaining the guests’ consent, also prepared a few blank paper fans for the guests to do their work on. So now, you can choose between the two."
"Is the audience member who suggested wanting calligraphy on stage? Your wish has come true!"
Qian Yiheng, who could only sit in the audience and watch those bright smiling faces: "..." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ NoveI(F)ire.net
This question was really unnecessary, quite a stinger!
Of the five audience members, only one chose the seemingly more valuable gold-flecked paper fan based on its craftsmanship, while the other four all took blank paper fans to seek out a guest for either a character or a simple ink painting.
It’s worth mentioning that the one who chose the gold-flecked paper fan was the person who accidentally guessed Jing Huai’s artwork added later.
Watching as Shen Huchen and the others were surrounded by the audience to start writing and painting on their fans, and being left out again, Jing Huai: "..."