The bizarre "guigui" sound from the pink pig startled Shi Yuhuai.

Having just mastered the art of the aunties’ hip swaying, ready to "sway among the people," a sudden unpleasant "guigui" made his moves freeze immediately.

Mu Qiu stood up from behind the bushes, looking innocently at him.

"Hi, um, Brother Huai, what a coincidence."

Shi Yuhuai looked at her with drooping eyelids, as if looking at a piece of dead meat.

[Hahahahahahahaha damn! Laughing to death right from the start]

[Brother Huai sways pretty well, has he been practicing secretly?]

[Oh my, this pig’s voice is so strange hahahaha]

[Brother Huai: This person came at a really bad time, I was about to get it down]

[Join them! Brother Huai, you can join them!]

[Isn’t the main point their makeup? What the hell is Mu Qiu’s deadly snake spirit makeup]

[How come no one talks about Brother Huai hahahahahahaha oh my god! Did he kill to sell blush?!]

[Red Boy, is that you?]

[Have you ever seen a Red Boy with only red cheekbones? This should be called Red Cheekbone Boy]

[I never expected this pig, where can I buy it? I want to buy ten to hang on my bag]

[Oh my guigui! Damn it hahahahahahaha]

[What is this episode? A prank?]

[Mu Qiu, why are you carrying that pig/laughing till I pound the ground.jpg]

[Came from the hot search, Mr. Qing issued a statement, they are just ordinary friends]

[As expected, good-looking authors always hang out together, is my Mr. Qing handsome?]

[What news? Did Weibo block me? Why don’t I know anything]

[It’s just nonsense, only some brainless people are jumping around]

[Can I say I ship this couple? Such a long friendship, and Mr. Qing is always the first to stand up for Mu Qiu whenever there are rumors]

[Cult followers, please leave, seriously ship the "One Leaf Knows Autumn" CP]

[Brother Huai seems like he’s about to kill someone the next second to silence them]

[Huai: Someone saw me dancing, must eliminate them]

[But with this deadly blush... I can’t find a suitable word to describe this feeling, everyone just look at Brother Huai’s face to experience it]

[Hahahahahahahahaha Brother Huai, go beat up the makeup artist]

[...]

The two of them stared at each other for a full two minutes.

During this time, the burly men with drums and aunties swayed over, circling them and singing. Occasionally, an aunty would suddenly peek at them up close, showing a subtle expression.

Mu Qiu tried hard to control the corners of her mouth, trying to persist until victory in this easily distracting staring contest.

Her perseverance paid off, Shi Yuhuai finally spoke, looked her up and down, and his gaze landed on the pink pig on her shoulder, saying, "Your whole outfit is so ugly."

Mu Qiu: ".... You’re ugly! You’re uglier! Do you know how ugly your face is?! Did you swallow ten boxes of blush?!"

She was so agitated she wanted to jump up and twist his head off, her voice loud enough to drown out the nearby drum beating noises.

Shi Yuhuai raised his hand to rub his cheek, but no color came off.

"What’s wrong with blush? It’s better than your weird face paint, with a pig on your shoulder."

"This is no ordinary pig!" She angrily took the pink pig down, vigorously squeezed it twice.

"Guigui!"

"Guigui!"

Shi Yuhuai widened his eyes in disbelief, staring at the pig intently.

"What kind of strange thing is this?"

She snorted, put the pig away: "You’ve never seen the world. It’s for reminders! My address reminder mentioned a turtle and it, didn’t you have a saying, what was it?"

"Nothing." He didn’t want to exchange anything with her.

But Mu Qiu didn’t hear what he said, the drumming from the nearby men was so loud it was deafening. Not to mention the aunties would keep popping out to look at her, making her unable to see his mouth clearly as he spoke.

"Huh? Brother Huai, what did you say?!"

Shi Yuhuai looked at her with disdain, snatched a gong from a nearby man, and struck it solidly, producing a thunderous "dong."

Mu Qiu felt like her soul had been shaken out of her, covering her ears trying to avoid hearing his last shout, but unexpectedly, his voice was so loud.

"I said! What’s it to you?! Stop facing me, your makeup is too overdone, it’s blinding my eyes!"

"..." Damn it, this is too much! She grabbed a drumstick, rushing forward to beat him.

"Today I’ll show you what it means to have too much makeup on your face!"

The aunties who were drumming and singing earlier quickly tried to pull them apart, Mu Qiu wildly kicking and punching, almost getting free.

Shi Yuhuai tossed the gong, turned and ran.

Having long legs has its benefits, he ran so fast, and in two strides, he was gone, Mu Qiu broke free from the aunties, but couldn’t catch up even after running out of breath.

Furious, she collapsed on the ground, pounding it.

"Steel straight man! You’ll end up alone at this rate!"

Her shouting echoed through the bamboo forest, startling a flock of birds.

After a long deep breath with her eyes closed, Mu Qiu finally calmed down, got up and continued looking for a place to look in a mirror.

Thanks to that living person, she now knew a very important piece of information.

Her makeup, definitely, had issues.

With two large blush marks on Shi Yuhuai’s face, looking like two red meditation mats, it looked ridiculously funny, and she had put in a lot of effort not to laugh earlier.

And yet he said her face was uglier, if that’s true, a makeup worse than two big blush marks... how terrible must it be!?

She walked a bit and stopped, smacking her face with her hand, covering her face, she mentally lamented twice.

The cameraman tried to turn the camera to get in front of her for a shot, but as soon as he turned a bit, she sneaked off to the side again. When the camera followed, she again moved a bit in the same direction.

After a couple of rounds, everyone understood: she didn’t want to face the camera.

For the rest of the way, Mu Qiu kept her profile to the camera, very cautiously not showing her full face. As soon as the corner of her eye caught sight of the lens, she’d immediately turn her head to the other side.

But that inevitably made her look a bit sneaky, shifty-eyed, appearing not like a decent person.

Meanwhile, the crew accompanying them were laughing non-stop, struggling to suppress their laughter.

With an eerie look, she covered the lower half of her face, glanced at them with resentment, then turned back and continued walking, squeezing that pink pig from time to time, making it randomly say funny "guigui" again.

Following the path where Shi Yuhuai escaped, past the little bridge and flowing water, there were mostly flower bushes and simple stone-stacked artworks, and further ahead, slightly denser buildings.

The gravel path changed into a bluestone path, with more turns, weaving around. It was hard to imagine how Shi Yuhuai managed to dash away so quickly, wouldn’t he likely crash into a wall at the next turn?