Female Partner Became Popular in a Love Show - Chapter 149

The man was gazing fervently at the wooden board that Ruan Qiu had sliced open. Just as he was about to say something to her, he felt the stage beneath him tremble slightly, and his expression turned serious.

Ruan Qiu also sensed the minor tremor of the stage. She exchanged glances with the man and instantly understood each other’s intentions, immediately rushing toward the two oblivious hosts.

Ruan Qiu scooped up the female host, who was wearing a long dress. The host hadn’t realized what was happening; she stared blankly at Ruan Qiu’s face so close to hers, thinking how beautiful Ruan Qiu was, with her fair and flawless skin—truly deserving of being a star. She was completely unaware that she had already been swept off the stage by Ruan Qiu.

On the other side, the male host was still dazed as he was carried by the muscular man. The muscles were so hard against him that he felt like throwing up. Just as he was about to ask the man to put him down and question what he was doing, he saw the steel framework supporting the stage begin to collapse inward, and the originally stable stage suddenly crumbled.

Everyone at the scene was stunned, except for Ruan Qiu and the muscular man.

When Ruan Qiu set the female host down, the host was still in a daze. She stared at the chaotic stage for a moment before regaining her senses. After half a minute, she turned to Ruan Qiu with gratitude, “Ruan Ruan, thank you for saving me…”

She couldn’t bear to think what might have happened to her if Ruan Qiu hadn’t acted.

Ruan Qiu smiled at her and then turned to Xue Wu, who was anxiously gripping her arm, having rushed up the moment the stage incident occurred. She whispered, “I’m fine.”

Xue Wu continued to hold her arm tightly, mumbling, “Mm.”

The barrage of comments was also shocked, all asking if anyone was hurt and how Ruan Qiu was doing.

The staff quickly went on stage to check the situation, and the backstage team informed the audience through the screen that no one was injured and that they would immediately investigate what had caused the stage incident to provide a satisfactory answer.

At Zheng Jiu’s request and amidst the crowd’s clamor, the live broadcast continued without interruption, but this stage accident had already begun trending online.

[As long as Ruan Ruan is okay, and everyone is safe, that’s wonderful.]

[Ruan Ruan was so cool while saving the female host! I also want to be held by Ruan Ruan, boo hoo.]

[So what caused the accident? If it’s due to stage quality, then this program might as well be canceled, as they can’t even ensure the basic safety of the guests.]

Watching the live broadcast, Qi Yingying and Bai Jinyao both breathed a sigh of relief, putting down their phones, which they had been prepared to use to call Ruan Qiu. Jiang Yan, after being scolded by his manager, picked up his guitar again, but his eyes remained glued to the live broadcast screen. Ye Xingyu had also learned about the stage accident from his manager, but no matter how he looked at the black-clad assistant next to Ruan Qiu, he felt that person was Xue Wu.

Cheng Tianya tightened her grip on the edge of her phone, just about to make a sarcastic remark about how Ruan Qiu should have met with an accident and died, when she met Qin Shuwen’s gaze, which seemed to hold a smile.

Qin Shuwen took the phone from her hand, glanced at Ruan Qiu talking to Xue Wu on the screen, and said to Cheng Tianya in a flat tone, “I know what you’re thinking. I advise you not to do anything foolish. If something happens, the Qin family won’t protect you.”

Cheng Tianya fell silent for a few seconds, humiliated, and nodded reluctantly.

Only the system knew that she hadn’t dismissed her internal thoughts at all. Instead, because of Qin Shuwen’s words, she felt even more resentful toward Ruan Qiu, believing that Ruan Qiu’s presence had created a rift between her and Qin Shuwen, even causing Qin Shuwen’s loyalty toward her to drop to thirty-five percent.

Meanwhile, at the live broadcast venue, the staff had already removed the red carpet covering the stage and found the rupture where the stage had just broken.

The bent steel support beams were positioned exactly at the spot where Ruan Qiu and the man had just competed.

The staff checked again, unwilling to believe it, and finally, drenched in sweat, reported the cause of the accident to Zheng Jiu. After a moment of silence, he instructed them to post the reason for the incident in the live broadcast room.

[So, while I know Ruan Qiu and the muscular guy are impressive, there’s no need to blame them for this, right?]

[If I say that a sword and a knife brought the stage down, and there’s still a thick wooden board in between, would anyone believe it?]

[Whispering: I do believe it. If you look closely at the broken ends, the strong man’s side was knocked off-balance, causing it to tilt, while the side of Ruan Qiu was directly split, which matches their weapons…]

[Huh? This world is starting to feel fantastical. Is it too late for me to learn martial arts?]

[By the way, what was the strong man’s name?]

Upon hearing this reasoning, everyone instinctively felt it was absurd at first. The staff then obtained Zheng Jiu’s consent to modify the explanation displayed in the live stream, informing the audience that they would continue investigating the cause of the accident and would definitely provide a reasonable explanation later.

With the stage destroyed, the competition could not continue, and the day’s surprises had already raised the show’s popularity. The two hosts adjusted their state, skipped the intermediate program flow, and came to Ruan Qiu, ready to follow the rehearsal order and conclude with the final segment.

The female host said to the still-standing large screen, “Before the show ends, we will randomly select three questions for our guest to answer. Everyone can send in their questions through the bullet comments!”

In an instant, a barrage of questions flooded the screen. Although they claimed it was random, the staff behind the scenes was struggling to sift through acceptable comments, trying to avoid questions that would put Ruan Qiu in a difficult position.

The male host received a signal from the staff, nodded to Ruan Qiu, and said, “Alright, we have drawn three questions, and each one is quite interesting. Now let’s have Ruan Qiu answer the first question from [Staying Up Late]. Did Ruan Qiu worry when encountering a love triangle in the dating show?”

The female host, also a fan of the variety show, laughed and added, “Ruan Qiu has been chosen as a crush by so many guests. How does she feel about being liked by so many people?”

Upon hearing this question, Ruan Qiu immediately became alert, her expression serious as she looked at the screen and said to the scrolling comments, “In a love triangle, a bystander never crushes!”

As long as she remained a bystander, love triangles had nothing to do with her! There were no choices, no helping anyone out, and no crushing, right?