On the way to the arcade, the atmosphere inside the vehicle was especially oppressive.
Although An Chenru was paired with Shen Aofu, his gaze never once left Su Zhi.
This caused many of An Chenru’s fans to continuously flood the barrage with messages saying they felt sorry for their idol.
Every time Shen Aofu turned her head and saw this scene, her expression darkened a little more. By the time they got out of the car, her face was practically as dark as the bottom of a pot.
When Su Zhiyan saw that the program crew’s vehicle had arrived at the destination, she started to get off. Just as she reached the door, she seemed to trip over something. Losing her balance, she fell backward straight into Bai Ye’s arms. Bai Ye instinctively reached out and steadied her.
At that moment, a gentle breeze swept past. One lowered his head to look down, the other tilted her head with lowered eyes. It looked exactly like a scene from an idol drama.
Su Zhiyan and Bai Ye’s CP fans instantly exploded with excitement.
【Ohhh, I knew BaiZhi[1]白纸; White Paper jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1629785_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1629785_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], }); couple is the sweetest! Screenshot it, screenshot it!】
Just as that comment was sent, Su Zhi’s somewhat mood-killing voice came through the livestream.
“Move aside a bit. There are still people behind you.”
That single sentence shattered the idol-drama atmosphere completely. But seeing the guests lined up behind Su Zhi waiting to get off, even the CP fans had nothing to say.
Su Zhiyan snapped back to her senses at once. She turned to Su Zhi apologetically and said, “Sorry, Ms. Su. I’ll move right away.”
Bai Ye released Su Zhiyan’s hand and asked gently, “Zhiyan, are you really okay?”
Su Zhiyan curved her lips into a resilient smile. “Thank you, Brother Ye. I’m really fine.”
With that, she walked out of the car together with Bai Ye.
Seeing Su Zhiyan apologize to Su Zhi yet again, Shen Aofu felt indignant. She deliberately walked past Su Zhi, intending to stomp hard on Su Zhi’s foot with her high heel.
Unexpectedly, at the very moment she was about to step down, her knee suddenly went weak, and with a thud, she dropped straight to her knees in front of Su Zhi.
“Oh my, Ms. Shen, what are you doing?” Su Zhi said. “Even if you offended me before, there’s no need to apologize in such an over-the-top way, right?”
Shen Aofu was already unable to muster any strength. Hearing Su Zhi’s exaggerated tone, she felt so furious she was about to cough up blood.
She yelled at Su Zhi, “Who wants to apologize to you?! I just tripped, that’s all!”
Su Zhi nodded. “I understand, I understand. Best friends share both blessings and hardships. Since Su Zhiyan fell, of course, you had to fall once too. I won’t wait for you to get up. I’ll head off first.”
Shen Aofu stared at Su Zhi’s retreating back and tried to stand up, but her legs refused to cooperate.
Du Weihan passed by Shen Aofu without the slightest intention of helping her up. After getting out of the car, a thoughtful look flashed through his eyes.
The way Shen Aofu fell, why did it look so similar to his own?
Shen Aofu watched as the guests walked past her one by one. Not a single person stepped forward to help her up.
Her face flushed red with humiliation as she forced herself to stand.
But the very next second, her legs went limp again, and she collapsed back onto the ground.
In the end, it was An Chenru who stepped forward and helped her up.
Grinding her teeth as she looked at Su Zhi’s departing figure, Shen Aofu turned to An Chenru and vented her anger on him, “As my partner, why didn’t you help me at once when I fell?!”
Seeing this, An Chenru’s fans no longer cared about being upset that Su Zhi had chosen Bai Ye. Instead, they aimed all their firepower at Shen Aofu.
【Wow, people call you a young lady, and you really start acting like one? How ridiculous!】
【Shen Aofu is unbelievable! My brother helping you up at all is already generous, okay?!】
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Watching Shen Aofu limp over with An Chenru, the director couldn’t help coughing. Then, with a serious expression, he addressed the guests, “Alright, now that everyone is here, let me announce the rules. Your date this time will last three hours. During these three hours, the votes you receive will be converted by the program team into Heartbeat Coins at an equivalent value. Of course, within this arcade, you also have opportunities to earn Heartbeat Coins……”
That sentence immediately grabbed the audience’s attention. Even Shen Aofu, aching all over, couldn’t help pricking up her ears to hear how Heartbeat Coins could be earned.
Noticing that he had successfully captured everyone’s attention, the director nodded in satisfaction and finally revealed the rest, “That is by breaking records. In this arcade, as long as a guest breaks any game record, they will receive one hundred Heartbeat Coins. There’s no upper limit. Please do your best!”
After he finished speaking, the once-curious viewers were left wearing expressions of numb disbelief.
Breaking records? Is the director serious?!
The arcade chosen by the program could be considered the largest in A City. Every game record inside had been honed through countless attempts by players over time. Forget about no upper limit, but even breaking a single record would be extremely difficult.
After hearing the director’s words, Su Zhi nodded and looked at Bai Ye beside her. “Let’s go in.”
Bai Ye responded softly with a hum. He cast one last glance back at Su Zhiyan before walking into the arcade with Su Zhi.
Seeing how reluctant Bai Ye looked to part with Su Zhiyan, 007 couldn’t help asking, 〖Host, Bai Ye has such strong feelings for the female protagonist. Did he really choose you just because he suspects you are the werewolf?〗
Su Zhi didn’t answer directly. Instead, she asked another question, “Do you know why I sent a message as a werewolf to Bai Ye?”
007 shook its head.
Su Zhi replied, “Among the other guests, Bai Ye has the strongest desire to win and is also the smartest. When he receives the message, he will definitely see it as a provocation from the werewolf. For him at this moment, finding the werewolf is more important than anything else.”
Hearing that, 007 grew anxious.
〖Host, you already said he’s the smartest among the other guests. Then why would you deliberately provoke him?〗
“You’re wrong. People like Bai Ye are actually the easiest to control, because they have absolute faith in their own judgment. As long as I clear my suspicion of being the werewolf this time, Bai Ye won’t doubt me again until the show ends.”
At this point, Su Zhi’s tone shifted, “Besides, why should I give Su Zhiyan a chance to farm favorability?”
Bai Ye’s true identity wasn’t merely that of a screenwriter. The powerful elite family backing him wielded enormous influence.
In the original story, Su Zhiyan successfully conquered Bai Ye and, through him, gained control over that elite family’s power.
But now, Su Zhi would never give her that opportunity. Not just Bai Ye— even Du Weihan— Su Zhi would not allow Su Zhiyan to successfully conquer either of them.
While Su Zhi was communicating with 007, she and Bai Ye had already arrived at the shooting game area.
Bai Ye pointed at the game and said to the usually quiet Su Zhi, “I want to play this. Do you want to try it?”
The corners of Su Zhi’s lips curved upward. “Sure. Since we’re playing together, how about a bet? Let’s compete and see who gets the higher score. The winner gets to ask the loser one question, and the answer can’t be a lie. How about it?”
Bai Ye fell silent for a moment before saying, “Are you sure you want to make that bet? Even if you’re guaranteed to lose, you won’t regret it?”
Su Zhi looked at him in confusion. “Why do you think I’ll definitely lose? Don’t worry, I won’t regret it.”
Bai Ye studied her deeply for a long moment before finally agreeing to the wager.
Once the viewers heard about their bet, large numbers flooded into the livestream, eager to see who would win.
Longtime fans who had followed Bai Ye for years shook their heads helplessly after seeing Su Zhi agree, and someone commented.
【Sigh, Su Zhi is definitely going to lose this one.】
【Hey, the result isn’t even out yet. Isn’t that a bit early to say?】
【Exactly! Sister Zhi was insanely accurate at shooting balloons before!】
【It’s not that I don’t believe in Su Zhi. It’s Bai Ye. His other identity is a national second-level shooting athlete.】
【???】
【Wuuwuuwuu, I don’t care. Sister Zhi, hang in there! You absolutely can’t lose!】
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