The guests on the screen each held cue cards and read from them.
Liu Qingye smiled sweetly. “Thank you for ordering me that strawberry cake. It was delicious.”
It sounded like the message had been written by a female guest from another group.
Zhang Xiaotao guessed that it was probably Wang Aitian and Cen Yu. They had chosen each other, seemed destined to meet, and got along quite well.
Xu Jinsi slowly read, “I had a wonderful time chatting with you at the restaurant. Looking forward to tomorrow.”
The comments exploded again.
【Ahhh! This is so sweet! This has to be Xu Jinsi writing to Yezi, right? Such obvious favoritism.】
【Not necessarily. Xu Jinsi had dinner with both Liu Qingye and Ji Liuyue at the restaurant.】
【Are you stupid? Xu Jinsi’s date with Ji was at the botanical garden. The restaurant date was with our Yezi!】
【He said he was looking forward to tomorrow! Wow, I’m here for Leopard and Kitty!】
Just as everyone was passionately shipping them, the production team mischievously played a clip from the post-interview.
Xu Jinsi sat in the post-interview studio, holding a microphone.
He slowly said, “Who was the card meant for? Actually, it was meant for two female guests. Since it was our first time meeting, I wanted to get to know both of them.”
The moment he said that, the barrage went completely silent.
【Xu Jinsi, what?! What kind of move is this? You wrote it to two people? I’m speechless.】
【What a womanizer move! How did I forget that he said in the preview footage that he’d dated so many times he couldn’t even count them…】
【Fine, fine, fine! Womanizer, you win. I have nothing to say.】
【Protect our Yezi! Lu Nanxun is still better. What kind of trash is Xu Jinsi?!】
The comments began attacking Xu Jinsi relentlessly, calling him a womanizer and saying he had terrible character.
Even Zhang Xiaotao laughed.
She was simply enjoying the show. After all, she hadn’t liked Xu Jinsi much from the beginning, so seeing him get roasted was entertaining.
The scene changed.
The footage switched to the female guests resting in their rooms, each of them holding a phone.
Then the post-production narration began:
【Congratulations to the female guests on moving into the house. Tomorrow, the first official dates will begin.
The invitations will be made by the women knocking on the men’s doors, and the invitees may not refuse.
Please complete your invitation within one hour. Any invitation made after the time limit will fail.】
The first official dates in the house were about to begin.
Everyone was looking forward to them, naturally hoping that their favorite couples would successfully go on dates together.
Liu Qingye gripped her phone, seemingly lost in thought. Then her expression turned resolute, and she opened the door and dashed out.
The BGM was surprisingly rousing.
【Ahhh! Brave Yezi, go chase your love!】
【Our Yezi is the female lead of her own story—she dares to love and hate!】
【Yezi, don’t go looking for that womanizer Xu Jinsi. Lu Nanxun, the honest puppy, is much better.】
【Exactly! Choose the devoted puppy!】
The camera cut to Liu Qingye knocking on a door.
Knock, knock, knock—
The door opened right afterward, revealing the face of the male guest Lu Nanxun.
Before the CP fans even had time to celebrate—or for the comments to flood in with “Yezi and Nanxun forever”—the scene suddenly changed.
The female guest standing opposite Lu Nanxun had become Ji Liuyue.
The editing had once again used a deceptive transition, making viewers think Liu Qingye had invited Lu Nanxun, when in fact it was another pair entirely.
【The production team is so evil! Come out here—I promise I won’t hit you!】
【Oh my god, why did you have to split up Yezi and Nanxun? Ji Liuyue, there are so many male guests—why did you have to come after our honest man Lu Nanxun?】
【It’s over! After seeing this pairing, I don’t even want to watch the rest of the show.】
No matter how furiously the viewers cursed, the footage continued to play.
Ji Liuyue asked, “Can I invite you out tomorrow?”
“I…” Lu Nanxun’s hesitant expression appeared as the camera cut to his face.
Ji Liuyue said decisively, “The rules say you can’t refuse this invitation, so I’ll see you tomorrow.”
With that, she waved goodbye.
Lu Nanxun took a deep breath, then called after her.
“Okay. What time tomorrow?”
Ji Liuyue gave him a time.
Lu Nanxun asked, “Would you like to have breakfast together?”
Ji Liuyue looked puzzled. “What do you mean?”
Lu Nanxun explained, “We could have breakfast here at the house before we leave. I know how to fry eggs and make hot toast.”
Ji Liuyue nodded. “Sure. Then I’ll leave it to you.”
【My heart is dead! Why couldn’t our Nanxun refuse? This is so unfair.】
【Those are the rules of the show. Female guests can’t be turned down. But ah, what about our Yezi?】
【I think Liu Qingye probably went upstairs to invite someone. Otherwise, she and Lu Nanxun were both on the first floor, so she should have been able to invite him before Ji Liuyue.】
【Lu Nanxun is still such a gentleman. He even invited her to have breakfast tomorrow.】
【I think that’s a signal! If he’s willing to have breakfast with her, could it be that he actually has feelings for Ji Liuyue?】
【No way! Would an honest man like that really be attracted to a flashy, seductive woman like her?】
【You never know. I think Ji Liuyue is exactly Lu Nanxun’s type, and she has a natural ability to draw him in. Just keep watching.】
Another knock echoed through the video.
Knock, knock, knock—
Lu Nanxun ran to the door.
When he opened it, he was greeted by Liu Qingye’s warm, sweet smile.
“Nanxun, are you surprised to see me?”
Lu Nanxun looked incredibly excited, his eyes shining brightly. He was so stunned that he couldn’t say a word.
【Ahhh! You all guessed wrong! I knew our Yezi was coming to find Nanxun. Ji Liuyue just beat her to it!】
【Oh my god, that awful Ji Liuyue! She broke up our CP!】
【From this moment on, I officially hate Ji Liuyue. No explanation needed!】
【From this moment on, I officially hate Ji Liuyue too! +1!】
Even Zhang Xiaotao found the scene rather dramatic. What was going on?
Had Ji Liuyue really managed to invite Lu Nanxun first? Liu Qingye had clearly been the first one to dash out of the room, so how had she still arrived too late?
On-screen, Liu Qingye lowered her gaze and continued.
“I’m sorry. I already invited someone upstairs.”
“I thought that since we got to know each other today, maybe I should spend the second day in the house getting to know someone else.”
“But I was worried you might misunderstand, so I wanted to explain it to you in person.”
As she spoke, the footage flashed back to Liu Qingye standing on the second floor and knocking on Xu Jinsi’s door.
With a shy expression, Liu Qingye asked, “Are you free tomorrow?”
Xu Jinsi nodded.
Liu Qingye said, “I’d like to invite you out. Is that okay?”
“Sure.”
Liu Qingye smiled like a girl falling in love. “Then it’s a date. See you tomorrow. Bye-bye.”
“See you tomorrow.”
【I’m going crazy! Is the production team playing with us? Yezi really did invite Xu Jinsi!】
【Why is the womanizer so popular? Is this really a case of women loving bad boys?】
Just as everyone was silently feeling sorry for Lu Nanxun, the scene shifted again.
Someone knocked on Xu Jinsi’s door.
Wang Aitian stood outside, smiling brightly. “Are you free tomorrow, Xu Jinsi? I’d like to invite you out.”
“Sure.”
【It’s over! My Tiantian and Cen Yu CP is dead!】
【Tiantian, you fool! Why did you choose Xu Jinsi? You really are hopeless!】
【So what are we supposed to do about Cen Yu? Sob, sob—the world is ending! Xu Jinsi is just a little handsome; what’s so great about him?】
The next second, Xu Jinsi’s door was knocked on again in the shot.
Pushing up her gold-rimmed glasses, Zhang Weiyi asked in a cool voice, “Xu Jinsi, each female guest has one chance to invite someone out. I’d like to go with you tomorrow. According to the rules, you can’t refuse. I’ll send you the exact time later.”
Xu Jinsi froze.
Zhang Weiyi asked, “Is there a problem?”
Xu Jinsi took a deep breath. “All right.”
【Xu Jinsi must be stunned too. He probably never expected to be invited by three female guests.】
【The hottest male guest in the history of dating shows has arrived. What kind of treatment is this?!】
【Wait! Doesn’t that mean that, apart from Ji Liuyue, all the other female guests chose Xu Jinsi...?】
【I’ll say this much: I don’t like Ji Liuyue, but she really does have good taste.】
