0713: You who shine in the parallel world

Perhaps because the male group performed so well in their last re-employment episode, creating a unique ending on their first appearance on Escape Room, the Escape Room production team contacted them again a year later, inviting them to participate in a special episode.

In fact, after the previous episode aired, Yu Yu, as an undercover agent for the "enemy," was so successful in his imaginative and brilliant actions and portrayal of the seemingly innocent but actually cunning villainous BOSS that it sparked a lot of discussion and calls from the audience. The Escape Room program team had also invited him to be a regular guest for the entire season.

As expected, Yu Yu refused.

The main reason was that he felt something was missing when Zhang Yuan and Lu Hu weren't around. He was an introverted person who valued relationships, and he always felt uneasy in the haunted house without his brothers' voices by his side.

Now, faced with another group invitation from Escape Room, Yu Yu asked the same question as when she first received the message last year: "A horror game?"

The voice even sounded somewhat expectant; it was truly remarkable that he had finally found a sliver of comfort during his agonizing dance practice.

'Uh, slightly scary?' Li Mu wasn't sure if this escape room was scary for Yu Yu, or if there were truly scary escape rooms in his eyes.

Based on his performance in the terrifying locked room, even ghosts would have to bow and scrape before him, calling him "Hello, Satan!" Li Mu thought to himself, after all, his idol was just that cool.

"Will the others, mainly one or two people, go? Never mind, I'll just go and ask them directly."

Without saying a word, Yu Yu hung up the phone, turned around and opened the re-employment group, and tagged Zhang Yuan and Lu Hu. She didn't say anything, but just sent a manually created funny emoji.

"If I were any more fragile, I would have died.jpg." - Zhang Yuan

"Don't come any closer.jpg." Land Rover.

Yu Yu understood when she saw their emojis: "Looks like you two are both free. What about the others? Type 1 if you're going, Allen can type 2."

Su Xing felt that Yu Yu was subtly criticizing him, and he had evidence: "? Cursing and swearing.jpg".

"Looks like Fish hasn't been taking enough dance classes. What's wrong with your production team, letting the artists so easily grab their phones and slack off?"

Wang Zhengliang understood what Yu Yu was saying. He quoted Yu Yu's words and posted a screenshot: "Hahaha, Little Fish, is this what you meant? [image.jpg]"

The image shows Su Xing's big-eyed reply in 2022: "In the end, I didn't even get first place, I didn't even get first place."

Su Xing, who once joked about not having a 1, probably never dreamed that history's boomerang would strike him right on the forehead three years later.

"!!! So, Brother Liang, why did you save this screenshot? Is something on your mind?!" Su Xing roared in a fit of impotence.

Then Su Xing saw a message from Wang Zhengliang: "Of course, because I can start a side hustle by saving the screenshot."

His alarm bells immediately went off—

"This is my new career path, grinning.jpg"

Su Xing sent a meme of herself looking petrified, indicating she had probably been gone for a while.

Yue Laiyue was still wailing about his declining intelligence. Yu Yu looked at the tired jokes on his phone, closed his eyes, and felt that the screen was dirty. He quickly wiped the screen, and accidentally deleted Wang Zhengliang's sentence.

He abruptly changed the subject: "So you all received invitations to this year's escape room event, and you've all confirmed you'll be going, right?"

"That depends on whether Chusheng is going that day or not, right? @CCS." Before the other four had recovered from the blow of the tired joke, Wang Zhengliang replied with a hidden meaning, and also tagged Chen Chusheng.

A short while later, Chen Chusheng finally saw the group message.

"Is it now okay to openly discuss confidential schedules in the group chat?" Chen Chusheng sent a yellow bean emoji with a hand covering his mouth and laughing.

Su Xing replied seriously: "Actually, Chusheng, we were discussing this in a private group behind the backs of the investors. To be precise, it wasn't open and aboveboard, but rather clandestine. Besides, this isn't the first time we've done this clandestinely."

Chen Chusheng: "I didn't have anything else to do that day. The recording time also happened to be different from the performance of Brother Pi, so it's okay to go. Just think of it as the brothers getting together in another place."

The reason the brothers asked this question is because the recording time sent by the Escape Room production team is July 25th, Chen Chusheng's birthday.

"That's alright then. I heard this time it wasn't too scary, so I'll never be a pushover again. I'll stand up and prove to everyone that I'm not the same person I was last year. Last year was just an accident!"

Zhang Yuan immediately made his bold and ambitious statement.

Wang Zhengliang: "Actually, being a steamed bun is quite nice, Xiao Yuan. Being a steamed bun makes you very patient and cautious, because patience is limited (of filling)."

The Land Rover, caught off guard by another cheesy joke, burst into tears, crying out, "Aaaaaah, the pot's been lit!!!"

"Enough, enough, really enough! This is the second lousy joke of the day!" Su Xing felt powerless, unable to climb over the internet and strangle Xiao Liang Ge. The president of the Chang'an Lousy Joke Victims Alliance urgently needed legal aid.

"Two are correct. Isn't he Brother Liang?" Chen Chusheng smiled.jpg.

The two tired jokes were bound to happen, but this time it was Chen Chusheng, not Wang Zhengliang, who uttered them. And the smiling soybean he added made Yu Yu momentarily unable to tell whether it was Chen Chusheng trying to express a smile or just him being sarcastic because he was also annoyed by Wang Zhengliang's cheesy joke.

After confirming that others would also participate, Yu Yu sent a message to Li Mu, informing him that he could continue to discuss the details with the Escape Room production team.

Yu Yu has finally received her fourth small job this year, which is cause for celebration.

For the next few days, Yu Yu stayed in the practice room and practiced extra with her teammates. Thanks to He Zhancheng's targeted choreography and patient teaching, Yu Yu finally learned all the dances in a week. She even had time to go out and visit other teams, especially the "Countless" group's rehearsal.

"Look at Teacher Cai's impeccable acting skills, so effortless and natural. He truly deserves to be called a national-level artist." Yu Yu applauded in admiration as she watched Cai Guoqin portray the role of a psychologist.

"Thanks to Haoming and Huhu for practicing with me all this time, I have achieved what I have today." Faced with Yu Yu's praise, Cai Guoqin did not take all the credit for himself, but instead praised his teammates.

Teacher Cai may not understand why Yu Yu was showering him with compliments, but how could we brothers not understand?

"Haha, Teacher Cai, wait a minute, wait a minute, don't praise him yet, he still has something to say." Wang Yuexin reached out to stop Cai Guoqin, and then he looked at Yu Yu, "Xiaoyu, you continue, you definitely have more to say."

"I also want to say that Yuexin previously said my acting skills were the same as Teacher Cai's. After watching the rehearsal today, I am very sure that it is true." Yu Yu nodded.

Cai Guoqin realized what was happening and found it both funny and absurd.

Zhang Yuan curled his lip in disgust, as if he were using his face to scold a certain lazy bum who had no self-awareness and was too shameless.

Yu Yu didn't stop there, still putting on a serious act: "How should I put it, Brother Sheng's acting skills? Well, so-so, just like Yuan Yuan, he hasn't improved much."

"Look at this person, how did he even start commenting on him?" Zhang Yuan cursed and pointed.

"So, who do you think is better, me or Haoming?" Wang Yuexin was curious to hear what Yu Yu would say.

Yu Yu replied matter-of-factly, "Then I'm definitely better."

Zhang Yuan: "This kid's brain has been ruined by practicing dance."

While Yu Yu was laughing and joking in the "Countless" training room, the door to the next training room was pushed open, and Guan Zhibin poked his head out, looked at the six people in the room, and waved to greet them:

"Hey guys, we noticed Cyrus hadn't gone back to the training room, so we guessed he must have come over for a visit, and sure enough, we were right. I'm here to drag our lazy captain back with me. John said we need to practice our teamwork a few more times."

“Hey, can we go take a look? We haven’t seen your whole dance performance since Xiaoyu learned the dance moves,” Wang Yuexin suddenly suggested, her eyes lighting up.

Before Yu Yu could even refuse, Guan Zhibin spoke up first: "Sure, sure, you can even come over and record a video for us."

"Don't worry, the four of us will each stand in one corner, and Teacher Cai will sit on the sofa. We'll make sure you get a clear and detailed shot from every angle, leaving no detail overlooked." Although Zhang Yuan was giving Guan Zhibin a guarantee, the way he stared at Yu Yu was clearly malicious.

Yu Yu glanced at their ill-intentioned expressions and knew that their offer to watch the dance practice was malicious. They said they wouldn't miss a single detail, which was practically a blatant threat to slap him in the face.

Fortunately, He Zhancheng choreographed a dance that emphasized power, which fully showcased Yu Yu's strengths. In addition, he was an excellent master of facial expression management. Even when the video was paused and screenshotted from a less-than-perfect dance video, his incredible body proportions and impeccable face, even with the image blurred, still made Yue Lai Yue Yuan, who was filming the video, completely mesmerized and sigh repeatedly.

After filming the video, Wang Yuexin looked at Zhang Yuan with a smile like an uncle: "Look at this guy, he already has such perfect physical and vocal qualities. If he also makes up for his only weakness, dancing, what will happen next?"

Wang Yuexin, your boastful and proud fanboy tone is too obvious. Zhang Yuan frowned and awkwardly shoved the phone into Yu Yu's arms: "No way, you should hurry up and practice more with that handsome face of yours. There are a few small clapping movements you didn't follow. Take a look for yourself. The legendary radio gymnastics athletes have all learned to dance. What are we going to do in the future?"

"What should we do?" Yu Yu raised an eyebrow and said with a grin, "Even I have learned it, so there's not much time left for Brother Sheng to sing and dance."

Chen Chusheng didn't understand why Yu Yu had switched the focus to him again: "Me? Singing and dancing?"

“John, if we win this time and the team stays, the first thing we’ll do is bring Chen Chusheng over and have him sing and dance in the next performance.” Yu Yu hooked her arm around He Zhancheng’s shoulder and chirped in his ear in a voice that everyone could hear.

"You're too cunning. That's probably why you started your own business in the first place." Chen Chusheng deliberately showed a wary expression, narrowing his eyes as if nothing could escape his keen eyes. "Even a rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow, but we live together and you're thinking of swallowing us up."

“So what? I think our Teacher Cai is quite interested in dancing too,” Yu Yu said.

When called upon, Teacher Cai immediately struck the same pose he had on his debut stage, puffing out his chest and looking quite stylish: "Of course, I can still do some tap and cha-cha."

Amused by Cai Guoqin's pose, laughter erupted in the rehearsal room.

In this joyful atmosphere, the day of the first public performance recording slowly arrived.