novelraw Chapter 476 - 475: Is It You or Me Who’s Sick?
Chapter 476 - 475: Is It You or Me Who’s Sick?
The cameraman pointed the camera at Mu Qiu, and all the other cameras followed suit.
No other camera was focused on anyone else, and the hall was filled with her crisp voice.
Cheng Zhirang, taking advantage of his ability to pretend blindness but not necessarily needing to close his eyes, openly tilted his head to observe her profile. As she spoke seriously, the focused look with a hint of intensity caught his attention. Under the bright lights, the fine peach fuzz on her cheek and her fluttering eyelashes were quite attractive.
"What are you staring at? Do you really like it that much?"
Beside him, Jiang Lu teased him in a low voice.
Cheng Zhirang withdrew his gaze, adjusted the tilt of his head slightly, and said with half-closed eyes:
"She’s my girlfriend, so naturally, I like her."
Jiang Lu just raised an eyebrow and shrugged without saying much.
Mu Qiu didn’t notice their conversation. After facing the camera, she stared at her own reflection in the lens and earnestly debunked the rumors.
"Answering Meng Lu’s Tears, and everyone else online. First of all, I declare, I didn’t plagiarize. Not this book, not the last one, and definitely not the next one either. Also, there’s no color palette. Making up rumors that I plagiarized randomly, are you sick or is it you who’s sick? I will pursue responsibility for those spreading rumors, zero tolerance, that’s it."
On the live broadcast screen, only she remained in the frame, in high definition, her face serious and earnest, it felt less like a show and more like an official clarification interview video.
The viewers in the live broadcast room kept sending barrage comments discussing the matter.
[I told you, she didn’t plagiarize. I’ve been following her books for so long.]
[It’s rare for this program to be so serious.]
[Is this scripted? Just come on and ask this question.]
[Why not say it was Guan Yu’s timely performance? She’s the atmosphere generator of the show, and whatever’s said, she says it first.]
[Plagiarism is intolerable, and falsely accusing others of plagiarism is even more intolerable!]
[Where did these rumors come from? Sue them.]
[Mu Qiu: Please listen to my clarification next.]
[Hahahahahaha, damn you, youth pain literature! Even Jiang Lu’s smile is gone!]
[Brother Huai, I might not be able to help you with ancient astronomy.]
[Li Yang might be the least able to help...]
[Foreign modern poetry hahahahahaha, I can only give a thumbs up in admiration!]
[Let’s see how everyone performs in the comments next/dog head]
[Is it everyone who’s delayed or is the network delayed? How come some are still stuck five minutes ago when it’s already reached clarification?]
[Diverse knowledge, impressive]
[Counting through, the only one I can help might be Guan Yu, Li Yang, I’m sorry]
[All those years of memorizing ancient poems finally useful/feeling proud.jpg]
[Don’t say that, if you say that, Li Yang would be so heartbroken hahahahahahaha]
[Brother Huai hasn’t realized that his cheat sheet is gone?]
[It’s the first time Jiang Lu’s handsome face displayed such a stiff frozen expression/sneaky laugh]
[Some people really have nothing better to do than spread rumors about this and that]
[The show’s mysterious curse is maybe the handiwork of a fixed team? All sorts of rumors have been non-stop since the show started]
[My Qing Rong is out to help debunk rumors! Indeed, Qinghuo Tea CP is real!]
[Qing Rong, my love! Jumped in to help debunk rumors immediately, definitely real friends!]
[This rumor truly tries to drag many people down, right? If Mu Qiu was actually plagiarizing, her editors, her author friends, and even the website would be affected, the person spreading rumors is really malicious]
[Youth pain literature, I can handle! Those dozens of small romance novels at home didn’t go to waste!]
[Dozens of books?! Sister, "The family is rich," huh]
[Hurry, search for foreign poetry and ancient astronomy on your phone]
[Quick, quick, quick! Think about any mystery novels and movies Qiu Shuang might’ve seen]
[Not me, I’m helping Shu Ran search folk stories, I remember the elder folks at the square mentioned a couple, let me go look them up]
[Mu Qiu is really in danger this episode]
[Ancient astronomy! Found it!]
[...]
After addressing this urgent question, let’s consider this matter over.
Mu Qiu said "That’s it," and the camera zoomed out, including others into the frame.
Guan Yu still smiling, as if it was just a trivial problem in a game, posed the second question without pausing.
"Though I couldn’t hear what you were saying, being just an ordinary deaf person, I could sense your serious attitude towards the matter. So, I want to know—
Among the works you squeezed out over seven weeks last week, what are the names of the twenty-eight lunar mansions?"
While asking, she also winked at Shi Yuhuai, implying he should listen carefully.
If Mu Qiu couldn’t answer, points would be deducted. If she answered, it’s a live demonstration to him. Such a good cheating opportunity doesn’t come easily; borrow ideas from her later!
Shi Yuhuai, rare to understand her implication, listened attentively to Mu Qiu’s response, while the others had their eyes widened, wondering "This is possible?"
Wei Yi widened his mouth, staring left and right in shock at others: "Is this really allowed?"
Mu Qiu’s diverse knowledge is a challenging bug, everyone could ask questions related to their literary direction, and if she answers, isn’t it live learning and application?
Guan Yu’s mind is really fast.
Mu Qiu also realized this.
And was even more speechless.
The game’s themes, deafness, and diverse knowledge, were all the biggest pitfalls, and she got them all.
Can she still turn the tables?
She tried hard to control her expression to not be so stiff, remembering she couldn’t directly answer the question, she wore a troubled face and turned to Qiu Shuang, like about to die, stammering: "Meng Lu’s Tears, again... what nonsense question is this?"
Qiu Shuang suppressed laughter and gestured with sign language.
Pointing at the sky, then the ground, then at Shi Yuhuai, and gestured a 28, done.
Mu Qiu faked a gasp: "The twenty-eight lunar mansions?!"
Shu Ran rolled her eyes across.
Even such gestures could be understood as the twenty-eight lunar mansions, amazing acting indeed.
Pity that artificial intelligence can’t judge they are acting.
Mu Qiu didn’t care about others’ opinions, she was searching through her mind for the details of the twenty-eight lunar mansions.
Back when she wrote her first novel, it was in a cute notebook, immature writing with non-mainstream naming, disastrous. The subject matter she used was extremely difficult like the Classic of Mountains and Seas, even worse, simply indescribable.
But to write that story, she searched for a long time through the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and had written the twenty-eight lunar mansions into her notebook for reference to enhance characters.
After pondering for half a minute, she finally remembered.
"Answering Meng Lu’s Tears, the twenty-eight lunar mansions are—Eastern Azure Dragon seven mansions: Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei, Shi; Northern Black Tortoise seven mansions: Dou, Niu, Nü, Xu, Wei, Shi, Bi; Western White Tiger seven mansions: Kui, Lou, Wei, Mao, Bi, Zhen, Shen; Southern Vermillion Bird seven mansions: Jin, Gui, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi, Zhen."
Qiu Shuang led the applause: "Impressive!"
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ps: There will be a surprise in the next Chapter