Anshi Hypes Things Up, Mission Begins

[Sweet CP Guardian: To be honest, I originally thought this variety show was just plain awful, like a negative hundred out of a hundred.

But my good friend kept recommending it to me like it was life or death, so I figured I’d give it a peek.

I went in for An Huaixu, but the moment I landed in the live stream, I was immediately captivated by Teacher Shi’s legendary “delivery boy’s mischievous tactics” and “hip-thrusting dance king” moments.

I kept watching, unable to tear myself away, and gradually noticed something was off—

Teacher Shi walks by in the background, An Huaixu stares.

Teacher Shi teaches class, An Huaixu steals glances.

Teacher Shi talks to Teacher Jiang, An Huaixu keeps peeking.

Teacher Shi and Teacher Jiang walk away, arm in arm, chatting and laughing, An Huaixu… his brows furrow into the four-character phrase: “I’m jealous”!!

What really sold me was what Teacher Pin Chi said when he asked a passing staff member about Teacher Shi:

– “Teacher Shi is a bit of an old soul; he’s not very good with cell phones.”

– “Yeah, he’s a local. Teacher Shi has been with us from the start, when we were negotiating with the villagers. He has a great personality, and the villagers really like him.”

So what does this all mean, people?

It means Teacher Shi is a genuine outsider who doesn’t know the first thing about shipping, and with his current style and simple, somewhat clueless personality, you could sell him into a ship, and he’d probably count the money for you while you did it.

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In short, wherever there’s sweetness, I’ll be there. Unnecessary personnel, step aside; the guardian has arrived! #AnShi Needs Meds#]

In the replies to the post, ‘The Big-Mouthed Waga Who Loves Shipping CPs’ and her kindred spirit finally met, and they chatted away, cackling as if nobody else existed, leaving the fans who had followed them there in stunned silence.

Likewise, An Huaixu’s work team was also completely flabbergasted.

At that moment, An Huaixu, completely oblivious to all this, threw the lollipop stick in the trash.

Just as he was about to head back inside, his cell phone started ‘ding-ding-ding’ ringing.

Seeing that it was a number he didn’t recognize, he hung up immediately.

Then, message notification after message notification kept coming in, as if they were going to bother him to death if he didn’t respond.

An Huaixu wordlessly sent the other party a question mark.

[Manager-Lin Xia: You still haven’t saved my contact info!]

[An Huaixu: ?]

[Manager-Lin Xia: (Shared link: As everyone knows, AHX’s sexuality is no longer a secret. What’s he doing on this variety show? Boldly pursuing love?)

(Shared link: The way An and Shi look at each other is so shippable it’s ridiculous.)

(Shared link: An Huaixu has finally gotten over his white moonlight and is starting to chase after the non-celebrity teacher?)…]

An Huaixu stared at the string of links in silence, feeling like Chinese had suddenly become a foreign language.

When had he and Shi Yun ever exchanged meaningful glances?

Those were obviously suspicious stares, so how could they interpret everything as…

He was somewhat speechless.

Lin Xia threw a tantrum, threatened to cry, and even threatened to hang herself, telling him to behave and stop causing trouble.

[Manager-Lin Xia: In the past, other people were always trying to stick to us to get CP fame, but this time, you’re the one starting the fire.

We can’t even stay out of it if we wanted to.]

[An Huaixu: No need to get involved. It’s a waste of time.]

[Manager-Lin Xia: Other than filming and variety shows, you don’t seem to care about anything. I take care of everything else for you.]

[Manager-Lin Xia: Do you even realize how many people are watching you right now? You think that last assault incident was easily resolved?

If I hadn’t hired Internet trolls to guide public opinion and had been too slow to send out a clarification or lawyer’s letter, you would have been finished!]

[Manager-Lin Xia: My dear little An, my boss, let’s be reasonable. As your employee, I’m also under a lot of pressure!]

An Huaixu noticed a particular word. His finger paused, his brow furrowed, and a look of displeasure instantly filled his eyes:

[An Huaixu: You hired Internet trolls to target Shi Yun?]

[Manager-Lin Xia: You have to hurt someone to benefit yourself.]

[Manager-Lin Xia: I just checked Wei Tie. Your reputation has turned around, and you’ve gained a lot of fans.

The momentum is much better than I expected. Let’s just add some fuel to the fire!]

Lin Xia fell silent, stroking her chin, and the more she thought about it, the more feasible this “use a CP to improve his image” strategy seemed.

[Manager-Lin Xia: This is a golden opportunity for you to attract fans. Just listen to me this once. I would never do anything to hurt you!]

So, she hastily called a meeting and, after confirming that the plan was sound, she logged into An Huaixu’s account, feeling smug about it, typed out a sentence, and posted it.

[An Huaixu: Teacher Shi is very excellent. We are good friends, and I am working hard to learn about childcare from him!]

In less than three seconds, fans flooded into the comments section.

Before she could even check what people were saying, the screen suddenly froze.

Then, a system notification appeared:
(Your account has been logged in from another location, please…)

Lin Xia clearly realized what was happening. Her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly re-logged back into the account.

Everyone knew that An Huaixu’s account had been created more than four years ago, and other than the occasional login for work, the team had always managed it.

This was tacitly understood by the fans.

What was going on right now—

Lin Xia frantically refreshed the page, and the overwhelming flood of notifications nearly crashed the screen.

It slowly loaded, revealing:

[An Huaixu: Not acquainted.]

The two posts, with their drastically different tones, were stacked one on top of the other.

The second post, which had been posted later, was even more popular than her first one, which had included a cute emoji!

Her vision went black, and she screamed in fury:

“That damned An Huaixu!!!”

***

At 1:30 PM, the kindergarten’s afternoon nap ended, and the live stream resumed.

The afternoon was dedicated to outdoor practice, which basically meant the teachers would take the children to complete tasks, look at the scenery, and learn about nature.

Following past tradition, Shi Yun would take the children to play “chicken and the hawk” in the front yard for half an hour before the start of the afternoon class.

This time was no exception.

Shi Yun played the mother hen, and the self-appointed mischievous Guai Guai volunteered to be the hawk.

The joyous laughter quickly flew on the wind into the back yard, weaving among the teachers who were in a meeting.

Qi Guang listened carefully, then said with a gratified expression to Wei Ziyu, who was beside him: “It’s been a long time since Miao Miao laughed like that.”

Wei Ziyu had been tilting his head back, studying the clouds in the sky because he hadn’t rested enough.

He was caught off guard by Qi Guang’s words and burst out laughing: “Hey, I think you’ve started to get a little bit comedic, too, you know?”

Qi Guang immediately straightened his face: “You must be imagining things.”

Wei Ziyu gave him a thumbs up: “You’re worthy of the name, performance teacher!”

Pin Chi was awkwardly leaning against a tree.

Qiao Yu, who happened to be standing next to him, noticed his unusual posture and asked with concern: “What’s wrong? Are you okay?”

Pin Chi shrugged, straightened up, and said with a “hiya!”: “My arm fell asleep from sleeping on it. It’s nothing.”

Qiao Yu didn’t ask any further questions, turning his gaze back to Director Zhang, who was standing at the front.

Director Zhang added some hidden background:

“The outdoor practical class is also called the ‘Relight the Spark’ mission—to help the kindergarten, which has lost its luster due to years of disrepair, regain its vitality and allow the children to grow up in a healthy and happy environment.”

“To complete this mission, the six teachers must lead the children to solve the ‘letters of help’ within the allotted time to obtain the ‘fire’ and ‘relight the spark.’”

Wei Ziyu oh-ed in understanding, then rubbed his arm: “I knew something was missing! So that’s what it was. Good, I feel relieved now!”

Director Zhang: “Going out is also a test for the homeroom teachers, and the best opportunity for homeroom teachers to bond closely with the children.

This task will be carried out by class, and the class that completes the task first will receive a special reward.

Now, I invite all teachers to come forward and receive their mission cards.”

After the senior class and middle class had claimed their cards, Jiang Song sauntered forward and politely accepted the mission card from Director Zhang, then walked to An Huaixu’s side.

An Huaixu raised his head, glanced at him, and wordlessly moved a step to the side.

[Why does An Huaixu look like he’s saying, “I have a wife. Don’t touch me!”?!]

[Without Teacher Shi, An Huaixu looks so serious… Was he always like this? I totally didn’t notice it before!]

[Did An Huaixu really get into a fight with his team over those two Weibo posts? So based! I was starting to ship them a little, but now I can’t anymore.]

[Take our Little Squirrel away! Little Squirrel’s suffering with An Huaixu!]

Jiang Song had long noticed his teammate’s mood. He shook his head helplessly and opened the mission card.

[Letter of Help: Carpenter Chen is getting old and has a bad back.

He urgently needs a strong young person to help him chop firewood, make a fire, and cook!]

“Carpenter Chen…” An Huaixu seemed to remember something and murmured the name.

Jiang Song, who had also been thinking, turned his head in surprise upon hearing his words: “You actually remember too?”

An Huaixu frowned: “What?”

Jiang Song pulled out a small notebook from his pocket, flipped through it, and stopped on a certain page:

“There’s a little girl named Chen Duoduo in our class.”

At that moment, Wei Ziyu came strolling over with his hands behind his back, pretending to casually glance at their card and muttering to himself: “Little Chi, why does their mission seem so easy?”

Pin Chi and he put their heads together, discussing how to complete their own mission the fastest.

Jiang Song keenly heard him and immediately followed behind him with a smile, picking up on the key words in his sentence to ask back: “So you’re saying your mission looks hard?”

Wei Ziyu was focused on thinking and was caught off guard.

He subconsciously continued his line of thought and, without thinking, said with a “hiya!”: “Don’t even mention it. We have to go to the east side of the village to help our class’s Wang

Xiaodou’s dad shear the sheep.

Just thinking about having to hold the sheep down first, and then… hey, wait, why am I telling you this?”

Qi Guang seemed to have already gained an unshakeable determination to win first place.

After all, their mission was related to something they had just done this morning—tilling the fields!

“Let’s go find Mu Miao!”

About a dozen minutes later, the villagers working in the fields looked up towards the mountainside and were surprised to see—along the winding mountain road, ancient trees stretched out their withered branches, interspersed with tender new growth.

They were all uniformly dressed in blue-and-white school uniforms, carrying small backpacks, holding ropes in their hands, sandwiched between their homeroom teachers in the front and back, faces beaming with happy smiles, walking towards the direction of the rising sun.

“What a cute little parade of kids!”

“Hey, Village Chief, look! Isn’t that Dan Ze hopping around in the middle of that string?”

“Teacher Shi!”

“Shi Yun!”

Shi Yun heard the faint voices, turned his head, and took two steps towards the edge in surprise.

He was just about to raise his hand and wave when his foot slipped on a loose stone, suddenly throwing him off balance!