Qin Shu had heard of pop-up shops before, but this was his first time visiting one.
Unlike his Close Friend who meticulously planned their outing, Qin Shu wore a huge cosplay costume and people outside were taking pictures with him.
Qin Shu felt embarrassed.
His Close Friend seemed addicted to it, randomly turning their tourist visit into a role-playing experience.
Once inside the park, a kindergarten teacher affectionately called them little friends.
Then everyone found their class based on the names listed.
Following their class, they could choose to attend an art class or act in a play first.
He and his friend were assigned to the same class.
This place was a 1:1 recreation of the Starry Sky Kindergarten.
As mature adults, it had been a long time since they were treated like children.
It was quite touching for them, as students had student pressure, office workers had office pressure, and everyone seemed surrounded by immense pressure, except here where they could be treated as little friends.
The play they were assigned this time was a spy drama.
Unlike previous experiences, they didn't even know their own identities. There were three factions, and each had to eliminate members of the other factions while finding their own comrades.
Additionally, each person had 2-3 professional identities, such as a rickshaw puller or a waiter.
This was an advanced version of the game.
The play was originally intended as a TV series, but the scriptwriter had been refining it for a long time.
However, due to the long production cycle, it was repurposed as an immersive play for them.
Manager Su Jun couldn't bear to see such a great script wasted.
The youth were full of ideas, and with the guidance of professional drama instructors, they planned out the script.
They had internal tested it fifteen or sixteen times.
They were very confident in this script, and its effect was explosively successful.
Online, people were stunned: "I really want to play this game."
"I've always known Shen Wei was wealthy, but this time she's really exceeded my imagination. Using such a premium script for an immersive experience."
"I envy those who managed to get tickets."
"In recent years, no spy drama has been as rich as this."
"I wish I could go too, I love watching spy dramas, but the scripts nowadays are mediocre. Who knew the best script would be used for a game?"
Online, people were buzzing.
In reality, the players were also thoroughly engrossed.
Although Qin Shu had never played before, he was highly intelligent.
With his calm demeanor, no one could discern which faction he belonged to.
As he played, Qin Shu's aura gradually changed.
The small leaders of the three organizations were all trying to recruit him.
But only the omniscient audience knew that he was actually a member tasked with delivering medical supplies, sought by the righteous faction while the opposing faction wanted to eliminate him.
Everyone was tense because his identity card had such a minor role.
But he was a true expert. Several times he emerged undefeated, displaying incredible wit not written in the script.
Viewers watched with bated breath.
"I was wrong, I'm not worthy of this game."
"Thank goodness I didn't play, just watching terrified me!"
In the end, he successfully delivered the medical supplies to the front line, then heroically sacrificed himself.
Although it was just an immersive game, his expression was so rich that everyone present was moved.
"Why watch acting variety shows when you can watch this?"
"Each time, you discover all kinds of acting prodigies."
"They're just regular people with no acting training, but their performances, their eyes, make you feel like there's a story in them."
Qin Shu's Close Friend was the first to be eliminated.
He exposed his identity too quickly and was discovered, swiftly dealt with by the opposing faction.
Those eliminated could watch the play on a big screen in another room.
Qin Shu's "death" made his Close Friend cry.
When everyone took their curtain call after the play ended, his Close Friend's eyes were red from crying.
He immediately hugged Qin Shu, too overwhelmed to speak.
The live audience was similarly affected, and online viewers cried en masse.
This patriotic theme was far more moving than petty romance.
After the performance, they found it quite enjoyable.
But the 4-hour immersive play was extremely exhausting.
It wasn't until lunchtime that they recovered.
There were master chefs on site, and the food was delicious.
Qin Shu, born to a wealthy family, had never been deprived in food and drink.
He had dined at many renowned restaurants but was still astonished by the food here.
No wonder this place initially gained fame for its cuisine.
They truly did charitable work.
Even he, usually uninterested in food, ate a lot.
Eating such satisfying food brought an unfamiliar sense of fullness, truly gratifying.
In the afternoon, everyone discovered Qin Shu was a talented all-rounder.
He had studied street dance before and danced gracefully with the dance instructor.
Afterward, he even performed a solo, stunning the entire audience.
After excelling at dance, the next class was art.
Using oil pastels, he painted Monet's Water Lilies from memory without referencing an image.
The oil pastels captured the texture of oil painting.
Even Qi Zhong watched him intently, and when he added just a couple of strokes to Qin Shu's already impressive painting, it immediately felt alive.
Expertise truly requires specialization.
Those two strokes were the finishing touches.
Qi Zhong rarely helped others with paintings, doing so this time because he genuinely felt it was good.
The third class was singing, taught by a blind music teacher.
Qin Shu had some inner troubles, but seeing a truly disabled person gave him a different perspective.
He realized he shouldn't be so self-pitying but face life more positively.
The final class was calligraphy, and by the end, everyone was reluctant to leave.
They knew getting tickets for the next event would be difficult.
The pop-up shop provided an unprecedented sense of exhilaration.
Qin Shu's Close Friend kept saying: "What do you think? Didn't I tell you this place is great? If only we could come every day, it's really stress-relieving!"
Qin Shu remained silent, but there were people arguing in front of him.
Close Friend went over and found that a customer insisted on taking away the buffet food, but Su Jun refused. Unexpectedly, the customer lost his temper and started swearing loudly.
As the manager, Su Jun quietly listened and apologized. Close Friend was furious in an instant.
"The forest has grown too large, harboring all kinds of birds!"
They paid 400 yuan for a day's experience here, and received such great service, showing how much effort all the employees had put in silently.
Yet someone still came to make trouble.
Clearly, they had already provided services worth more than the money, but the customer still wanted to take away food greedily, which was unreasonable.
