[RM] Infinite Variety Show C48.1

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Chapter 48. (1/2)

With the bets placed, the first round began.

The two contestants sat facing each other, their right hands placed into the lie detector.

“Who attacks first?” Contestant No. 6 asked.

“You go ahead,” Xu Jia replied nonchalantly.

Contestant No. 6 didn’t hesitate, her lips curling into a mysterious smile as she lazily asked, “My question is, did you really not know that Contestant No. 1 liked you before?”

To be honest, Contestant No. 6 didn’t believe it. Girls have a natural sixth sense and are very sensitive to emotions. Rather than not knowing, she believed Contestant No. 2 might have sensed Contestant No. 1’s feelings but pretended not to know. So, she asked this question.

If her guess was right… It would be hard for the other person to admit it in front of Contestant No. 1, right?

Qi Yuan furrowed his brows, feeling nervous.

To his surprise, Xu Jia raised her eyebrows, looking quite puzzled, and muttered, “That’s quite polite. The question is simple.”

Contestant No. 6, “???”

The next second, Xu Jia casually answered, “Yes, I didn’t know.”

The lie detector showed a green light, indicating that the contestant was telling the truth.

Qi Yuan relaxed, thinking, as he had expected, that this girl was too dense to notice…

The roles switched, and it was Xu Jia’s turn to attack. She pondered for a moment and then asked, “You’re unconventional and stand out, seeming out of place with the world and rejected by many. Have you ever regretted it?”

Instantly, Contestant No. 6’s face scrunched up. Most of the time, she didn’t feel regret, but everyone had moments of weakness. Occasionally, she would imagine what it would be like if she compromised. Would things be better? Would there be fewer troubles?

Although her moments of hesitation were brief, they had happened.

If she answered, “Yes, I’ve regretted it,” it wouldn’t be quite right because hesitation was fleeting. But if she answered, “No, I’ve never regretted it,” it wouldn’t be entirely true either.

Damn it, this was a yes-or-no question, not an essay question! Contestant No. 6 was caught in a dilemma.

Xu Jia showed a triumphant smile. On the surface, the lie detector duel seemed to be about attacking each other with facts the other person didn’t want to admit. Hence, there was another strategy—ask questions the person couldn’t accurately answer themselves!

Once there’s internal conflict, the human subjective judgment might contradict the machine’s objective judgment.

After a few seconds, Contestant No. 6 answered, “‘No,’ I’ve never regretted it.”

The lie detector showed a green light, proving she was telling the truth. Contestant No. 6 breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The roles switched again.

She needed to end this quickly. Contestant No. 6 decided to go straight to the point, “Do you like Contestant No. 1?”

In public, a girl would be shy and find it hard to admit her feelings, right? Contestant No. 6 thought, but then Xu Jia answered without hesitation, “‘Yes,’ I like him.”

The lie detector showed a green light.

Qi Yuan’s mouth twitched upward, but he quickly controlled his expression, trying to appear nonchalant.

Le Lin thought with a blank face. How did this gambling game turn into a confession of true love? Could these people be serious??

Contestant No. 6: -_-

The question she was so proud of ended up being useless.

Is this girl even a real girl? Where’s the shyness? Contestant No. 6 stared at Xu Jia for a long time, trying to find a trace of embarrassment on her face, but found nothing.

Xu Jia thought, what’s so hard about answering this? Friends like each other, too. If she didn’t like him, how could she have been so affectionate with him when they were kids?

The attack right went back to Xu Jia. She frowned, thinking hard, trying to come up with a knockout question. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she asked, “Do you dress this way because you were traumatized?”

Contestant No. 6’s face darkened, and she instinctively denied, “No… ah—”

The lie detector showed a red light, and an electric current shocked Contestant No. 6, who quickly pulled her hand away from the detector.

“You lost,” Xu Jia announced with a smile.

Contestant No. 6 glared at Xu Jia angrily and left her seat in a huff. It was all this girl’s fault for making her recall unpleasant memories.

Since childhood, she dressed casually and didn’t care much about her appearance. But she never expected that someone would mock her for it. They pretended to like her and confessed just because they lost a bet and had to fulfill a punishment.

She couldn’t understand why, despite her intelligence, people looked down on her because of her appearance.

Since then, she deliberately dressed poorly, hoping to meet someone who didn’t care about her looks. However… many years passed, and the person she hoped for never appeared, leaving her alone.

“I was careless,” Contestant No. 6 bit her thumb, reflecting deeply. “I shouldn’t have lost my composure and denied it immediately.”

Then she sighed helplessly. But she really couldn’t help it… what could she do?

The first round ended.

The system announced, “Contestant No. 2 wins. The betting results are as follows—

• Contestant No. 1 (Qi Yuan) bet on Contestant No. 2 to win 65 chips, now has 190 chips.
• Contestant No. 2 (Xu Jia), bet on herself to win, 38 chips, now has 76 chips.
• Contestant No. 3 bet on Contestant No. 2 to win 5 chips, now has 10 chips.
• Contestant No. 4 (Le Lin) bet on Contestant No. 2 to win 20 chips, now has 40 chips.
• Contestant No. 6 (Emo girl), bet on herself to win, 15 chips, now has 0 chips.
• Contestant No. 7 bet on Contestant No. 2 to win 5 chips, now has 20 chips.
• Contestant No. 9 bet on Contestant No. 2 to win 10 chips, now has 30 chips.
• Contestant No. 10 bet on Contestant No. 2 to win 10 chips, now has 20 chips.
• Contestants No. 5 and No. 8 abstained from betting.

With that, Contestants No. 5, No. 6, and No. 8 had zero chips left, effectively eliminating them from further betting.

Given Contestant No. 6’s habit of throwing the game, everyone else bet on Contestant No. 2 to win. Even Contestant No. 10, who had been a spectator for a long time, placed a bet. However, due to different betting amounts, the players’ chip counts diverged again.