CH 36.3

Do You Still Hate Her? 26 – Brainless fanboys and fangirls

The invited teacher first introduced them to various professional embroidery techniques, but of course, they couldn’t understand. This segment was just to promote traditional culture, and in the end, they only used the simplest fabric and basic techniques.

Before they started working, the program team once again gave them the theme : ‘Something you like.’

Everyone quickly began to thread their needles and make their stitches. At first glance, they all seemed to be doing fairly well, but the cries of surprise from getting pricked by the needle kept echoing one after another.

Everyone tried their best.

However, the final results of everyone’s efforts were not very impressive. Even Jiang Jing’s work was just average because she didn’t know how to embroider either.

It could be said that everyone’s work was a complete mess, but the most unsightly embroidery was Shang Lu’s.

Shang Lu was unusually embarrassed.

She never expected her embroidery skills to be so lacking. While others’ creations had some form, hers was just a weird bunch of colors all mixed up.

The clumsiest person turned out to be herself? How could this be!

Ye Lu also took the opportunity to mock Shang Lu, laughing loudly, “What is this thing you’ve made? I can’t even tell, it’s worse than mine. How could you possibly sell this? Hahaha!”

Shang Lu looked at him expressionless and said, “We’re teammates.”

Ye Lu’s smile instantly froze.

[Hahaha, Ye Lu accidentally dealt damage to his own teammate because of wanting to mock Shang Lu too much!]

[Shang Lu : If we lose, we lose together. What are you so happy about?]

Instead of directly mocking Shang Lu like Ye Lu did, Lin Yanyan chose to console Shang Lu, saying, “Lulu, it’s already pretty good for your first attempt at embroidery.”

And at this moment, another voice chimed in.

“I also think Teacher Shang did an excellent job with the embroidery. I can truly sense the overwhelming artistic essence, and these rich colors carry such an Impressionist beauty,” Ou Yi suddenly appeared, extravagantly praising Shang Lu. He even turned to the program team and asked, “Can I participate in this auction? I believe it would be a perfect fit for my room.”

Leaving aside how many layers of filters Ou Yi has for Shang Lu, his father had taught him to praise others more, as people who are praised will become more popular. So, before coming to this show, Ou Yi had already set a goal in his mind to praise Shang Lu a hundred times.

Shang Lu : “…?”

The rest of the people : “???”

At this moment, whether it was the people on-site or the viewers in the livestream room, they all had the same thought : What is Ou Yi talking about?

[Ou Yi, what are you doing? Can you really say such exaggerated things?]

[Has he turned into a master of sweet talk? This over-the-top praise is hilarious.]

[Shang Lu’s face is full of confusion, hahaha.]

Everyone felt that this scene was absurd and laughable, except for Lin Yanyan, who furrowed her brows.

This Ou Yi is truly cunning. In a situation where everyone thought Shang Lu’s embroidery was subpar, he intentionally praised it so excessively, clearly trying to win Shang Lu’s favor.

He’s really a scheming and enigmatic man!

Jiang Jing also helplessly repeated Shang Lu’s words to Ou Yi, “We are teammates.”

“So what? Even if we’re teammates, my own eyes can’t deceive me!” Ou Yi answered seriously, then turned to Shang Lu and asked, “Teacher Shang, you’re truly outstanding. What is this piece of art you’ve embroidered?”

Faced with Ou Yi’s hopeful gaze, Shang Lu remained silent for a long time, somewhat afraid of hurting his understanding of the word ‘art’.

However, Shang Lu was not very fond of lying, so she responded honestly, “A chicken leg with tomato sauce on it, served on a green plate.”

Everyone : “???”

The audience burst into laughter at this answer, as Ou Yi had elevated this embroidery to an exaggerated level, making Shang Lu’s answer seem even more absurd in comparison.

The live streaming viewers were equally shocked.

[So this is actually a chicken leg? I couldn’t tell at all if Shang Lu didn’t say it.]

[Turns out a chicken leg is art, I get it now, Master!]

[This time Ou Yi seems baffled too, hahaha!]

[Ou Yi, are you really going to display this chicken leg in your room? (talking in my thought)]

[Ou Yi, you’re welcome to participate! I’m a fan of Shang Lu, but this time I won’t compete with you!]

[Could it be that Ou Yi’s taste is a bit off too? Hahaha!]

However, soon everyone realized that Ou Yi’s taste was just fine, as he also criticized others for making ugly things. He was just being biased towards Shanglu.

For example, in the second round of the competition, which involved flower arrangement, he praised Shang Lu’s ordinary bouquet to the point where he seemed ready to submit it to an art exhibition.

Shang Lu knew that she didn’t have much talent in both embroidery and flower arrangement, yet no matter what she did, Ou Yi would shower her with absurdly high praise. Anyone with eyes could hardly believe it! Was this the legendary “overhype through overpraise”?

Ou Yi looked at Shang Lu with sincerity.

Shang Lu looked back at him.

Soon, Shang Lu figured it out.

Ou Yi was actually mocking her!

Then Shang Lu managed to suppress the urge to roll her eyes at Ou Yi and forced a very reluctant smile towards him.

Ou Yi: “!!!”

His noble person smiled at him! He must have done something that pleased her, right? He would continue to work hard!

At this moment, Lin Yanyan couldn’t sit still either. She couldn’t watch Shang Lu lose herself in Ouyi’s nonsense praises!

Isn’t it just praising someone? That’s too simple! If Ou Yi can do it, she can too!

So, no matter what Shang Lu did next, she could hear “Teacher Shang is really excellent,” through her left ear, and “Lulu, you’re really amazing,” through her right ear, as if Ou Yi and Lin Yanyan were caught in a strange competition to praise her, and neither of them was willing to admit defeat.

Until dinnertime.

Because Shang Lu was holding water in her right hand, she raised the fork with her left hand, and then heard Lin Yanyan’s voice from the side: “Wow, Lulu, you can actually eat with your left hand, you’re really amazing—”

“Can you be quiet?” Shang Lu held the fork expressionlessly and then directly stuffed the piece of meat into Lin Yanyan’s mouth.

Shang Lu really couldn’t take it anymore. She looked at the program team and asked, “Was it your plan for them to praise me no matter what happens today?”

The program team expressed their innocence, they really didn’t arrange such a cheesy task; it was Lin Yanyan and Ou Yi genuinely praising her.

Ye Lu nodded along and even said to Shang Lu, “I told you they both went crazy today, you didn’t believe me.”

Netizens had the same thought as Shang Lu.

[Could it be that these are their sincere words? That sounds even stranger.]

[I’m beginning to suspect that Ou Yi is actually a fan of Shang Lu.]

[If Shang Lu has two die-hard fans, they must be Ou Yi and Lin Yanyan.]

[I’ve been counting on my fingers all afternoon. During this time, Ou Yi praised Shang Lu twenty-seven times, Lin Yanyan praised Shang Lu twenty-nine times, while Ye Lu said ‘Are you two crazy?’ twenty-five times.]

[Hahaha, Ye Lu : I really don’t understand!]

[The most terrifying thing is that Ye Lu is gradually becoming more like a normal person in this absurd world of mindlessly praising Shang Lu.]

Lin Yanyan originally couldn’t stand Ou Yi, but under Ye Lu’s disdain for both of them, she suddenly felt that the relationship between her and Ou Yi seemed to have gotten a little closer.

Ou Yi felt the same way.

Although at first he didn’t think much of Lin Yanyan either, that audacious Ye Lu dared to constantly mock his noble person, while Lin Yanyan clearly protected his noble person. So, they were on the same side!

Thus, Lin Yanyan and Ou Yi exchanged a glance, and they suddenly felt a sense of finding kindred spirits, united against the external (Ye Lu).

Of course, Ye Lu felt that all of this was extremely fake on their part.

While Lin Yanyan and Ou Yi strangely reached a consensus, Shang Lu surprisingly shared Ye Lu’s thoughts.

Shang Lu also found Lin Yanyan and Ou Yi very weird. At least for her, a person in her twenties, boiling water with a kettle was definitely not something worthy of praise! If there’s nothing to compliment, please don’t force it!