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Chapter 365 - 366: Shameless Zhou Ziyu_1

Chapter 365: Chapter 366: Shameless Zhou Ziyu_1

Of course, on those ten signs, five already had the lower couplets filled in—it was obvious that others had already responded.

Li Changlin thanked and took a look at those matching lower couplets and found the responses to be indeed quite good. He knew his own abilities—should he try to respond, he certainly wouldn’t be able to manage. It was an unavoidable situation.

Li Changlin majored in music, and when it came to door couplets, this quintessence of traditional culture, he really didn’t have much insight.

Shaking his head, he motioned Qian Ziwei to hand over her phone, and Li Changlin started to provide commentary.

Since it was a live broadcast, of course, he had to give his brothers a sense of participation.

For the couplets that had been matched, let’s set them aside; the five that remained unanswered must be of interest to the brothers.

So, Li Changlin took Qian Ziwei and went to the front of those five door couplets. He first scanned them with his phone, then chuckled and said, "With no king to lead, who will rule? Does any brother have a matching couplet? If the brothers can think of one, Changlin can also make an appearance—to help Changlin out, hurry up and think!"

Speaking of which, it was all just for fun. Li Changlin was aware of his own limitations, so he was also worried about the brothers causing him trouble; he decided to directly toss this trouble to them instead.

Anyway, everybody loved this kind of thing, and Li Changlin was happy to enjoy it too.

As a result, the chat room quickly became lively, with many brothers writing out their answers.

Li Changlin looked at them one by one and realized the brothers were indeed talented. The lower couplets many had matched were so good that they couldn’t help but receive praise and admiration.

"Brother Changlin, what do you think about the couplets the brothers came up with? Hurry up and give it a try."

At that moment, someone in the chat channel made a suggestion.

In just a short while before, at least a hundred brothers had written a lower couplet, and everybody believed that among them must be sentences with perfect symmetry.

Li Changlin didn’t reply immediately. He carefully reviewed the chat history and then selected a few entries for the brothers to vote on.

Without a single drop, water turns not to ice;

With a tad less force, one’s bound to meet the knife;

By bowing one’s head, others intrude without a fight.

Compared to other responses, Li Changlin felt these three sentences were indeed the most symmetrical.

Whether it was the artistic conception or the allusions contained within, each had some points for discussion.

So, after unanimous agreement from the brothers, Li Changlin picked these three sentences for the brothers to vote on.

Setting up the vote was easy—there was a voting feature right in the live broadcast room.

Li Changlin configured the three sentences and then opened the voting channel.

Soon, the brothers entered the voting section to cast their votes for the sentences they liked.

Actually, this was all about the joy of participating; such games were completely cost-free, but the brothers were very delighted.

Li Changlin too smiled as he watched the phone screen, and soon numbers appeared next to the three sentences.

Those numbers, of course, were the voting results.

As time passed, the ranking of the three sentences was quickly determined.

Among them, "Without a single drop, water turns not to ice" received the most votes, reaching over forty thousand.

The vote counts for the other two sentences weren’t much different, with both around the twenty-thousand mark. "With a tad less force, one’s bound to meet the knife" placed second, slightly ahead of "By bowing one’s head, others intrude without a fight."

"Brothers, the results are in—shall we go up and give it a try?" Actually, Li Changlin was a bit excited himself. After all, "Without a single drop, water turns not to ice" was chosen by tens of thousands of people; he believed it should surely pass the preliminary selection.

However, after the preliminary selection, Li Changlin hadn’t given much thought to what the next segment entailed.

In truth, it was just a participatory event. If he couldn’t come up with an answer on the spot, simply conceding defeat was no big deal, right?

Li Changlin didn’t harbor much desire for fame and fortune when it came to such events.

"Go for it, go for it, Brother Changlin, we’re all behind you!" Seeing that Li Changlin really wanted to give it a try, everyone immediately perked up.

Many people were cheering for Li Changlin in the chat channel, and a good number of fans even began to send gifts.

Suddenly, the big screen in the live broadcast room was dominated by all kinds of small gifts.

Naturally, Li Changlin expressed his gratitude.

Afterward, he passed his phone to Qian Ziwei and stepped forward, ready to approach the wooden sign.

But just then, an unexpected change occurred.

Li Changlin had just taken a step when he saw a scrawny kid dash beneath the wooden sign.

The little rascal grabbed a big marker from the display table and swiftly wrote something on it.

Not a single drop of water fails to turn to ice!

Well now, this little brat had really turned the tables, preemptively writing the couplet Li Changlin had planned to use.

After finishing, the kid looked up at the two judges standing beside the host.

Smart kid, knew who the real decision-makers were.

Seeing such a small child, the two judges were momentarily taken aback, then turned to look at the couplet written on the wooden sign.

"Not a single drop of water fails to turn to ice, not bad, not bad, a well-matched pair!" Soon enough, an older judge nodded and smiled, "Good job, little friend. Did you come up with this yourself?"

"Yeah, of course, I did," the brat said arrogantly, tilting his head and patting his chest a couple of times.

But as he patted himself, he sneakily glanced over at Li Changlin a few times.

How utterly disheartening, Zhou Ziyu, do you really have to go this far? Can’t we just have a good time, brothers?

Li Changlin felt hurt, but seeing the pleading look in Zhou Ziyu’s eyes, he stopped in his tracks and didn’t go any further.

"This guy, such shamelessness!"

"Brother Changlin, kick him out, he’s spying on us!"

"Haha, this guy must want to impress Little Meng Mei, that’s why he’s joining the couplet selection!"

"Psh, him joining the couplet selection? I bet he’ll be gone after the first round."

"That’s a given, without our support, how could he play!"

In the chat channel, a flurry of comments erupted, but on closer inspection, not too many people seemed to have an issue with Zhou Ziyu.

After all, the couplet he had written was a crystallization of the brothers’ wisdom.

If Zhou Ziyu passed the preliminary round, it would be an acknowledgement for everyone, wouldn’t it?

Forget it, let’s let him off this time, was the common sentiment of many at that moment.

Moreover, since Zhou Ziyu was doing it all to woo Little Meng Mei, the brothers didn’t have the heart to mess up his chances, did they?