Since Hua Tuo wanted to be dropped off in Han Zhong, the competitors and the player had to tolerate another week of torturing in the carriage ride, after what seemed like a forever ride, they finally got back to Hotel Paradise. Regardless of the nauseous state Zhou Yu was in, he jumped off the covered stagecoach wearing a quilt, his face is now stained by dirt which got on his face while trying to change the wheel on a raining day, he literally fled into the palace, tripping over a few chairs, he summoned a few maids to escort him to Ce's room.

Yu took out the sack of red leafed herb, which actually shaped liked pellets, he violently stuffed it into Ce's mouth, who choked, and choked, and barely suffocated, Zhou Yu grabbed a cup of tea and poured it right into Ce's mouth and nostrils, who choked more severely, just as Yu was fearing, Sun Ce automatically stood and coughed a bit, and spoke.

" ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME???"

Zhou Yu, who was expecting a thank you instead, was a bit vibrated, he whispered to the maid.

" He's not fully healed, tie him into the bed for another night, don't let him loose for one minute, not even for peeing, that should cure him." He said.

The maid nodded, and told Zhou Yu that a bath is prepared for him, Yu grinned, and walked out of the door.

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The next day, everyone was invited to the dining hall for the round elimination, each and every one of them dressed distinctively, except for the Two Qiaos who both dressed in kimonos.

Zhou Yu and Lee were both ready an hour ago, they sat flat waiting for the girls to finish their dress up.

Just when all the attendees are present, Lee stood up, yawned first then spoke.

" Master Yu will now pick his 8 most favorable contestants, those who failed to pass the round will have to leave this enchanted place forever, those who are chosen will receive a golden emerald ring which represent their achievements, and will be granted another week of stay in this palace. That'll be all, your fate in this place in this game will now be decided by Master Yu."

After he finished, Zhou Yu fell asleep on the sofa, Lee had to tab him continuously to wake him up, he rubbed his eyes.

" Oh right, back to the selection, 8 people will be chosen, and the first person I chooses is Diao Chan." He said tossing the ring towards her, she barely caught, giving him a weird look.

Lee immediately whispered to Yu.

" Master Yu! That's not how you express you devotion, it's got to be emotional and romantic.

Zhou Yu looked at him and nodded.

" The second person who will advance is the lady who brought colour and amusement into my life, she's sweet, daring, not to mention beautiful, she's the one and only..."

" Lady Da." Zhou Yu said, he walked over to her and gave out the ring, and personally put it on for her. Da blushed like a tomato, the other girls were raging, and couldn't even stay still in there seats.

Yu walked back, and whispered to Lee.

"How was that?"

" You screwed it! The contestants aren't suppose to know how you really felt about a certain competitor, you sounded like you were presenting an award, keep your sentence in length and less descriptive." He said.

Yu looked at Lee, frowned, stood straight, and smiled again,

" The third person who will be granted a longer staying in this hotel will be..."

" Xiao of Qiao!" he asked Xiao Qiao to come up instead and put it on her finger, right after the ring's been placed, he pecked Xiao on the forehead, and drove the crowed mad.

Lee looked at Yu, and pulled him down to his height.

" Loose the peck! It's way too disturbing!"

Yu gave him an eye, and went back to his position.

" The fourth person that I found favour with is..."

" SSX" he called her up, put the ring on her, and gave her a hug.

Lee finally showed a slight smile of agreement on his face, Yu continued.

" The next person will be..."

" Zhu Rong." He said to the amazoness who walked before him, he handed her the ring, " I look forward of seeing you in the next round." and shaked her hands.

" The sixth person who I think should advance is..."

" Zhen Ji." He said, handing Zhen Ji the ring, Zhen Ji gave Yu an over expressed embrace, which was to let Yu feel her chest.

Yu grew red, he calmed called out the next person.

" The next person I'd like to see in the next round will be."

" Zhang He" the girls shocked a bit as Zhou Yu gave Zhang He the ring, and embraced him.

" The last person will be.."

" Ma Yun Lu." Yu gave her the ring, and shook her hands.

" 8 people are chosen, please remain seated until Master Ce arrives." Lee said.

The un-chosen girls scowled, some cried, looks like they really felt something towards him.

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The following day was the starting of Zhou Yu's individual dates with everyone of the girls, Xiao Qiao was up first, she spent nearly 24 hours doing her make up and hair.

(Warning: The following content contains slight romance between Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao)

Their date was set in the luxurious dining room inside the hotel, Zhou Yu felt really tense, this is actually his first date with an opposite sex, he didn't really know what to do, the chef prepared them some dishes that can get a cat to drool, however, the delicious meal was ruined by the awkward silence.

Zhou Yu took some peeks at Xiao Qiao, which made Xiao blush, she began eating a bit faster, Yu stared at her ways of eating, which made Xiao Qiao devouring quicker and quicker, causing her to miss biting a chunk of beef and swallowed it whole, she immediately began coughing, Zhou Yu stood for concern, but Xiao Qiao signaled him that she's fine, and began choking, harder and harder.

Yu dropped his chopsticks, took a few seconds remembering his CPR lessons, and hurried over to Xiao's aid. He locked Xiao by the waist and tightens it by the stomach, Xiao immediately sent the chunk of meat flying towards the entrance.

At the time Sun Ce was walking by......

"OUCH!!!"

Then everything went black..

In the living room, Yu was greeting a doctor who just examined Ce's condition.

" So, basically he only got a black eye right?" Yu asked.

" Yes, it's not severe, just treat it with ice everyday." the doctor said.

" Okay, I understand, thanks for coming doctor." He said, directing the way to the exit.

He sat, he first sighed, then chuckled, finding humor in Ce's unfortunate.

Xiao popped her head by the doorway, her big eyes gazing at Yu.

" Psst!" she whispered to him.

Yu raised his head, noticing Xiao, he spoke back.

" It's okay! No one's going to accuse you of trying to assassinate Ce!"

Xiao smiled, and skipped her way to Yu.

" So can we still go to the carnival?" she asked.

" Sure, if you're still up for it." he said.

" Yah!!"

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The carnival was the leading place in the ways of entertainment for teens, one place that you're able to see the extraordinary view of our Zhou Yu chickening out.

Here you see a plain waterwheel, then you see a wimpy blue face, which belonged to Yu, then you see Xiao already on a water cart dragging Yu, who's on the run.

5 minutes later....

The ride stops, Yu ran off like wind, towards to bathroom, a while later, you see him coming out of the bathroom, rubbing his stomach.

They're now by the cotton candy stand, sitting on a bench.

Xiao pouted, Zhou Yu sighed.

" I know you've been bored to death waiting for me to come out of the bathroom and everything, but I promise I'll make it up to you." He said.

Xiao turned to Yu.

" Yeah? How?"

" Well.. Maybe I can win you a teddy bear?" he said, doubting his own abilities.

" Teddy bear? Nah! I have plenty, win me a butterfly hair clip!" she said, pointing at the wack-a-panda.

Yu looked at the direction, where surrounded by macho guys, beating the crap out of the machine, he gulps, then walks over, Xiao follows.

" Hey! Do you mind if I play too? My date here wants that hair clip." He said, indicating that hair clip on the shelf.

The guys laughed.

" You wanna play? Sure! But if you loose! Let us have some fun with your date!!" a guy with hammer said, winking at Xiao.

Xiao was disgusted at the wink, and yelled.

" Lord Yu! Show them what you're made of!"

" Me? I'm made out of meat, I mean flush." He said cluelessly.

Xiao's smile faded, she grabbed Yu's collar, bringing him to her height.

" If you don't win this, I'll tell the other girls that you chickened out on that water ride!" she threateningly whispered.

Yu looked at Xiao, stood straight, rearranging his cloth, and spoke to the barbarians.

" Sure, no problem!" he said in a cool voice.

They set up huge stage, everyone present was competing, except Xiao Qiao.

A fat yelled.

" On three! We start! All right?"

" Okay!!" the savages all said with extreme confident, a second later Yu snapped.

" Yeah...okay."

The guys laughed at Yu who reacted a bit slower than the rest.

" Forget that fag! Let's get started! One!! T--" Most guys already started.

" Hey! That's not fair!" Yu said, then got pinned by Xiao.

" Come on! You're falling behind!" she yelled.

A spectator laughed.

" Yo! Pretty boy! It ain't going to be pretty after this humiliation!"

Yu eyed them, and rolled up his sleeves.

" Action speaks more than words!!" he said, and began hammering the black and white bears appearing.

One panda up right corner, eyes got wacked.

One panda in the middle, gone with the hammer.

" Ah! My hammer!" he yelled looking at the tattered hammer in his hand.

" Use your sword! Use your sword!!!!" Xiao yelled back.

Yu quickly took his sword from the sheath and began poking them like crazy, the sound went rather nice together with Xiao' s cheering.

" Yo! It's not working too well!" he shouted.

" Use the back of the sword!!" Xiao bellowed out.

" We shall be triumphant!" Yu yelled, copying Zhang He's quote.

The guy beside Yu got poked by the end of his sword while he switched it around, the guy in front got knocked by the flying pandas, and the rest quickly fled, leaving only one last guy standing, he winked at Xiao, Xiao grimaced, Yu and whispered into her ear, Xiao raised an eyebrow.

" No way!"

" This guy's cheating! No time to explain, do what I told you!" he said.

Xiao spit out her tongue at Yu, Yu grinned, and pushed Xiao over to the guy.

Xiao rearranged her clothing and for the purpose, smiled at the guy, she walked closer, but not too close, just in case he tries something, the guy stunned at the moment, and rose slowly, dropping the second hammer hid in his other sleeve, Xiao grabbed it and ran back to Zhou Yu, the guy intended to chase her but thought of the competition, and was forced to stay in his seat with only one hammer.

In that case, Yu was victorious, and won Xiao the hair clip she wanted.

The couple then went to watch an opera called "Woods man Wu Song thrashes Tiger", the tiger in the troupe got out of control and the woodsman got scared and ran off chasing Yu, so they decided to go to a quite place instead, like the nearby park of peach trees.

Xiao ran around in the piles of flower petals, she looked like an celestial maiden, with her beauty and everything, that's when Yu felt a strong attraction towards her, Xiao ran over and dragged Yu into the pink land, Yu laughed, she took a handful of flower petals and threw it as she turned it around, she couldn't look more beautiful, suddenly she stopped, feeling a little dizzy, she nearly fell, Yu caught her, and stared her straight in the eyes , Xiao blushed, they came closer, Xiao closed her eyelids...

At the moment, a boomerang came, hitting Yu's arm, and he dropped Xiao..

" AHH!!!!!"

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A kid ran over.

" Mister, I'm sorry, that boomerang's mine, I hope it didn't stop you guys from making babies." He said, trying not to laugh.

Yu and Xiao both looked at each other, they suddenly blushed like red hot tomatoes, and then they both yelled.

" Oh! No, no, no!!! We're not making babies!!"

The kid uncontrollably laughed, he grabbed the boomerang and ran back to his friends.

Yu looked at the kid, then at Xiao.

" Are you okay? I'm really sorry."

" Well, apparently, I sprained my ankle." She said, rubbing her foot.

Yu crouched down.

" Come on, I'll carry you home." He said, picking Xiao up before she could react.

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Well! Looks like Xiao got her date first! Well, that's because she got the most votes for the last round, anyway, keep the votes + comments coming(no flame please), and these are the people you can vote for.

Zhen Ji

Xiao Qiao

Diao Chan

Zhang He

Ma Yun Lu

Da Qiao

Zhu Rong

SSX