It was time for the heart-flutter text messages again.
Ji Liuyue still sent hers to Lu Nanxun.
And today, she received four messages.
Four?!
That couldn’t be right.
There were only three people: Xu Jinsi, Lu Nanxun, and Ji Xizhou.
How could there be four messages?
—I’m sorry. Will you forgive me? ಠ‿ಠ
Who was this? She would blindly guess Xu Jinsi.
—I’ll take your picture again if I get the chance.
Lu Nanxun.
—The flowers are yours, the stars are yours, the moon is yours, and I’m yours too.
Tsk, tsk. Such a cheesy line from Ji Xizhou.
—You have to be happy today too!
Who was this…?
Actually, a name had already popped into Ji Liuyue’s mind.
But could female guests send messages to other female guests?
When she revealed her subtle expression, Liu Qingye, seated diagonally across from her, narrowed her eyes and made a strange face as well.
After reading her messages, she put away her phone and said, “I received two messages tonight.”
Over the past few days, she had received only one message each night, always from Ji Mingtian, the persistent simp.
She knew that much.
When she saw that she had received two messages today, she had initially been delighted, thinking that Ji Xizhou had finally switched his attention to her.
But the content of this message didn’t seem like something he would say.
—You have to be happy today too!
Would Ji Xizhou really put an “oh” at the end of his sentences?
After struggling with it for a moment, she looked at Liuyue and asked, “Did you get one extra message too?”
Ji Liuyue nodded.
It wasn’t until the next morning, when they encountered Wang Aitian and Zhang Weiyi at breakfast, that they learned the two of them had also received the same message.
Ji Mingtian was happily frying eggs in the kitchen.
Actually, he had thought the message from the previous night had been sent by Yezi. He believed that his persistent efforts had finally moved his goddess.
That was why she had told him, “You have to be happy today too!”
It wasn’t until he overheard the female guests’ discussion that he stared at them in shock.
“What? You all received the same message?”
Ji Xizhou had made the same mistake. He had thought Yueyue had sent it to him.
The night before, he hadn’t been able to stop himself from jumping up and down on the spot several times.
That morning, he was hit with the devastating truth!
Ji Liuyue glanced around and noticed that the new guest, Chen Xindi, still hadn’t come downstairs.
She said, “Cindy came to our room last night and asked whether we could only send one heart-flutter text.”
“I asked a staff member for her, and they said there was no limit.”
“So… she probably sent a heart-flutter text to every male and female guest in our house.”
The others: “…!!!”
So that was allowed?
And even if she wanted to send one to everyone, couldn’t she at least have written something different for each person?
How could she just send the same message to everyone?
What was the point?
Everyone gradually arrived at the dining room.
When Chen Xindi finally emerged from the bedroom hallway in a long white nightgown, yawning as she turned into the dining room, she found that everyone was staring straight at her.
She raised a hand and waved.
“Good morning, everyone!”
“Good morning.”
Wang Aitian was never very good at holding back. She couldn’t resist asking, “Cindy, did you send us those messages?”
“Yes. How did you know?”
Chen Xindi seemed a little surprised. She shyly covered her cheeks and said, “I think everyone is wonderful. You’ve all taken such good care of me since I arrived at the house, so I wanted to send each of you a message.”
Xu Jinsi gave Liuyue a complicated look and let out a soft sigh.
One more victim.
He, too, had thought the heart-flutter text from the previous night had finally been sent to him by Yueyue.
He had chosen not to say anything out of restraint, planning to find a time that day to talk to her privately.
Until Chen Xindi herself burst that bubble.
Chen Xindi walked over to the dining table, pulled out a chair, and sat down with a bright smile.
“Maybe I’ll send everyone another message tonight, so be prepared!”
Her attitude was open and straightforward, giving off the impression that everyone was simply a group of good friends and that she had come on the dating show to make friends.
The production crew hadn’t expected Chen Xindi to do this either.
They had tactfully tried to dissuade her the previous night, but they hadn’t succeeded.
After all, Chen Xindi had also invested money in the show, so the staff simply turned a blind eye and let it go.
Maybe rich people really did have completely different ways of thinking from ordinary people.
After breakfast, all the guests gathered on the beach near the house according to the production crew’s arrangements. They had all changed into light sportswear or yoga outfits.
Staff member: “Those who chose the number one before we set out, please stand on the left. Those who chose the number two, please stand on the right.”
Before they left, they had indeed been asked to choose one lucky number from one and two.
There had been five slips of paper for each number.
Ji Liuyue had guessed at the time that it might have something to do with dividing them into teams for an activity.
As soon as the staff member finished speaking, Ji Liuyue, Wang Aitian, Liu Qingye, Cen Yu, and Ji Mingtian stood on the left.
Chen Xindi, Zhang Weiyi, Xu Jinsi, Lu Nanxun, and Ji Xizhou stood on the right.
The staff member continued, “Today is the house’s Island Sports Day. All the male and female guests have been divided into two teams. You’ll need to win points for your team through a series of competitive games.”
“There will be three rounds in total. The team with the highest score will win.”
“Every member of the winning team will receive the right to invite someone on a date. You may invite a guest you’re interested in, and they will not be allowed to refuse.”
Ji Mingtian’s eyes lit up when he heard the rules.
“I haven’t been on a single date since I entered the house. I absolutely have to fight for the chance to win this!”
And he really hadn’t. Everyone else in the house had gone on at least one date, even Zhang Weiyi and Cen Yu.
Ji Mingtian was the only one who had stayed behind in the house from beginning to end, looking after the place.
What a miserable fate!
Ji Liuyue couldn’t help giving him a sympathetic look.
Wang Aitian pointed at herself, then glanced at the opposing team.
“There are only two male guests on our team, while they have three. Can we really win?”
Liu Qingye curled her lips. “It’s not like we’re relying on brute strength. We can win with our brains too.”
A similar conversation was taking place on the opposing team.
Chen Xindi looked at the three male guests with a beaming smile.
“The right to invite someone on a date—and the other person can’t refuse! What an amazing reward. Do you think we can win today?”
Xu Jinsi: “We can!”
Lu Nanxun smiled gently. “I’ll do my best.”
Ji Xizhou, however, made no effort to hide his intentions.
“I absolutely have to invite Yueyue!!!”
Zhang Weiyi was taking things quite casually. She didn’t have anyone in particular she wanted to invite, so she simply wore an expression of anticipation, ready to enjoy the show.
The production crew announced the rules of the games.
There would be three rounds in total.
The first round was a singles match. Each team would send out one male guest to compete in a one-on-one game of “cockfighting,” with one leg hooked over the other. If either player put both feet on the ground, he would lose.
The winning team would receive two points.
The second round was a doubles match. Each team would send out one male and one female guest to jump rope together. The team with the highest number of jumps within one minute would win.
The winning team would receive three points.
The third round was a team match, which required every member to participate.
The game was called “Tear Off the Name Tags.” Each guest would have their name stuck to their back, and the game would begin in a designated area. Once all the name tags belonging to one team had been torn off, that team would lose.
The winning team would receive six points.
