“Please take the blackboards and face the camera.”

The little bee host blinked her left eye, reminding them.

“……”

Lan Qi and Talia stopped communicating. They looked straight ahead, each holding a small blackboard, not focusing on the other.

When their fingertips lightly touched the blackboard, they could paint new colorful elements in this graffiti world, or summon strange little animals, much like their heartbeats at this moment.

“Well, neither of you has expressed a desire to quit at the same time, so the game will continue!”

The cartoon bee host twisted excitedly in mid-air like a top in the classroom, then spun rapidly to face the two of them.

She magically conjured a card from the air, glanced at it, and threw it out, turning it into a banner above the program screen.

The ever-changing pixelated sky passed through a forest composed of musical notes, each step accompanied by a pleasant melody, and then transformed into a river of jumping light spots, dancing on the water like a brilliant fairyland—

[Question 10 (Male & Female): What is the one thing you want to hear the other person say to you right now?]

The two, who had been sitting upright, were stunned for a moment, as if the question was too sudden, and even they themselves didn't know the answer.

The subconscious always arises before the brain analyzes it.

Words had already appeared on the two small blackboards:

[Tata, how can you be so cute? I really want to gobble you up.]

——This is what Tata wants Lan Qi to say to her.

[I'm hungry, can you feed me? I love being fed by you the most.]

——This is what Lan Qi wants Tata to say to him.

The two of them lowered their heads almost simultaneously, blocking their blackboards!

“……”

What followed was a terrifying silence.

After a long while.

“…Did you, see it?”

Talia asked, her voice trembling.

“If I said I didn’t see it… would you believe me…”

Lan Qi had originally caught a glimpse of Talia's blackboard and almost laughed.

But when he realized that his own answer was no better, he immediately lost his desire to laugh.

Even more terrifying was that their answers had been displayed to everyone at the same time.

The two of them just kept their heads down.

Lan Qi was even a little afraid that Talia would suddenly have a mental breakdown and take him with her.

The burst of laughter from the audience in the real world made them feel like they couldn't stay in this world any longer.

The audience's laughter was like the fires of hell, roasting the two of them on a spit.

“Hey, you’ve triggered a special reward!”

The golden bee host said to them with a smile, as if she had received a message from the backstage.

“As long as you fulfill each other’s wishes, you’ll receive a pair of Golden Bee Amusement Park annual passes! You won’t have to buy tickets no matter how many times you come within a year.”

“Fulfill… wishes?”

Lan Qi and Talia raised their heads upon hearing this, looking at the golden bee host in confusion.

“That’s right! Don’t you each have something you want the other person to say to you? Now you know what the other person wants you to tell him/her, so just fulfill each other’s wishes, and both of you will be satisfied and have no regrets! The audience will definitely be very happy too!”

The golden bee explained.

Instantly, the cheers of the players in the central courtyard of the Golden Bee Amusement Park in the real world surged like a tide, wave after wave, as if to engulf the entire shadow world's graffiti space.

Both of them buried their heads even lower, not daring to look at each other.

Now, they both regretted coming to this stage.

What was this all for?!

“The answers are right in front of you, but you’re too afraid to say them? Weren’t you two very brave just now?”

The golden bee raised her eyebrows, looking at the two who were now like deflated balloons.

“Or… are you going to admit defeat to each other? If one of you bravely speaks up at this time, and the other doesn’t dare to speak, then the one who doesn’t dare to speak is the loser.”

She continued to hold the microphone, grilling the two students in school uniforms sitting in the classroom.

For a long time.

It seemed that the next question wouldn’t continue unless the two of them made a move.

“I’m hungry, can you feed me? I love being fed by you the most.”

Talia said, her face red, her voice trembling with difficulty.

She felt like she was about to die after saying this sentence, but it caused the same amount of damage to Lan Qi.

No matter what! She would never admit defeat to Lan Qi.

“……”

Lan Qi looked at Tata's shy, flushed face, still trying to maintain a serious expression. Her eyes contained three parts provocation and seven parts fierceness, making him unable to think for a moment.

It wasn’t just a demonic sound piercing his ears, making Lan Qi momentarily suspect that Talia had learned the rhythmic magic of the great love poet.

His brain could imagine any scene in the world, but he couldn't imagine Talia with this expression.

“Oh oh! She has already fulfilled your wish, so next… are you going to give up?”

The little bee host flew to Lan Qi's side and asked.

Lan Qi gradually clenched his fist.

He felt that he could never say the words on Talia's blackboard.

But Talia had already struck first.

If he chickened out at this time, he would truly be a coward!

He would go all out!

“Tata, how can you be so cute? I really want to gobble you up.”

Lan Qi stared intently at Talia, watching her golden eyes begin to waver, and said this sentence to her.

After saying it, his own face was also a little red.

This line was too outrageous.

“I…I.”

Talia felt dizzy and leaned back in her chair.

The last time they read lines, at least they were alone.

This time, the cheers and jeers from outside the stage were like a tsunami, making it impossible for the two of them to hear anything.

The audience below had already exploded.

“Congratulations on completing the special challenge of Question 10!”

The golden bee host clapped her hands, and at the same time, the prize [Golden Bee Amusement Park Double Monthly Pass x12] fell onto the short table between the two.

“The two of you, let me interview you. How do you feel now? What feedback do you have about the tier-one artificial shadow world [Romance Corridor Academy]? Currently, other classrooms and entertainment modes are being developed in [Romance Corridor Academy]!”

The golden bee host asked the two.

They shook their heads repeatedly, as if they were exhausted from playing.

If there was a next time, they would never step into this tier-one shadow world together again.

Lan Qi had never felt that any shadow world was so difficult.

“Alright, since you both look ready, let’s continue to the next question.”

The golden bee looked at the newly drawn question card.

“But don’t be nervous, this question looks quite simple.”

[Question 11 (Male): When you are on a date with the other person, if you receive a notice from a female colleague about urgent work, will you abandon the other person for work?]

(End of this chapter)