In the livestream room, as Su Zhi opened the letter, the production team displayed the rules for obtaining Heartbeat Coins on the screen.
Although no one yet knew what the Heartbeat Coins were used for, it was easy to guess that their role in the show would definitely not be simple.
So when viewers saw the rule stating ‘When guests in the same group ride amusement attractions together, Heartbeat Coins are doubled’, many fans of the guests could no longer control their emotions.
【Who came up with this rule? This is completely unfair to Zhiyan!】
【Right now, the only fixed pairs are Su Zhi’s group and Cheng Feiran’s group. With this rule, they’ll easily leave the other groups far behind. Production team, do you hear yourselves?!】
【I seriously suspect the first place is rigged. Su Zhi is already in the lead. If she plays a few more rides, she’s guaranteed first place. Ugh, this is so infuriating!】
……
While viewers were busy criticizing the production team over the rules, Su Zhi had already successfully locked onto her coin-farming tool— An Chenru.
“Brother Chen, you’ll definitely be fine with the roller coaster, right? I’m a little scared.”
Su Zhi looked at An Chenru with eyes that were alluring yet tinged with trust, calling him ‘Brother Chen’ again and again.
All the anger An Chenru had toward Su Zhi instantly vanished. The moment he heard her say she was scared, a surge of heroic bravado rose in his heart.
Eager to salvage his image, An Chenru agreed to the roller coaster without much thought.
He said confidently to Su Zhi, “Don’t worry, Little Sister Su Zhi. A roller coaster is nothing to me!”
With that, he began enthusiastically explaining to Su Zhi and the livestream viewers the various thrilling rides he had tried before.
007 stared speechlessly at An Chenru, who had once again been bewitched by Su Zhi. Only one thought echoed in its mind.
Is this guy an idiot?
The amusement park chosen by the production team was the largest in A City. The roller coaster alone had an average height of around fifty meters, with a maximum drop that could even reach seventy meters.
An Chenru had ridden quite a few roller coasters before and didn’t really have a fear of heights.
But when he actually stood next to the ride, watching the cars plunge downward at terrifying speed and hearing the piercing screams rise and fall from the track, his legs went weak.
He looked at Su Zhi with a pale face and said, “Little Sister Su Zhi, isn’t this roller coaster a bit too intense? How about we switch to another one?”
Hearing that, Su Zhi responded very ‘considerately’, “Brother Chen, don’t give up something you like just for me. Don’t worry, if you’re with me, I won’t be scared.”
As she spoke, Su Zhi made a move as if to step forward and pull An Chenru.
An Chenru was instantly blocked by her words. Just as he was about to say something else, he saw Su Zhi reaching toward him.
In a flash, the needle-like pain surged back into his mind. He reflexively pulled his hand away and took three steps back.
A hurt look suddenly appeared in Su Zhi’s eyes. Her long lashes lowered slightly. “Brother Chen, I wasn’t trying to touch you. There was just a dragonfly on your sleeve, and I wanted to chase it away.”
Sure enough, as Su Zhi spoke, the dragonfly that had been resting on An Chenru’s shoulder finally seemed satisfied. It fluttered its transparent wings and flew off into the distance.
Seeing the hurt in Su Zhi’s eyes, An Chenru wanted to explain himself. But when he saw that Su Zhi didn’t say anything and instead silently sat down in the first row of the roller coaster, he could only swallow the words he hadn’t spoken.
Just as An Chenru hesitated over how to apologize to Su Zhi, most of the seats on the roller coaster had already been filled. Only the first row and the last row still had empty spots.
An Chenru originally wanted to sit beside Su Zhi, but when he imagined the view he would face from the front row, his heart began pounding wildly.
While he was still wavering, a little girl of about seven or eight years old decisively sat down in the seat next to Su Zhi.
Seeing this, An Chenru immediately felt relieved. He explained to Su Zhi, “Um…… Little Sister Su Zhi, I’ll go sit in the back row.”
From beginning to end, Su Zhi didn’t respond to An Chenru at all. She looked genuinely upset.
Suddenly, a childish voice sounded beside Su Zhi, “Big Sister, are you and that big brother boyfriend and girlfriend?”
Su Zhi turned her head to look at the soft, adorable little girl next to her and didn’t refuse to answer, “No.”
Hearing that, the little girl patted her chest like a grown-up. “That’s good, that’s good. Big Sister, you’re so pretty. That big brother doesn’t seem worthy of you.”
Immediately after, like a salesperson, the little girl began recommending her own uncle to Su Zhi, “Big Sister, how about you consider my uncle? He’s super, super handsome, very rich, and especially outstanding!”
Next, the livestream viewers listened as the little girl bragged about her uncle for a full five minutes, until the roller coaster finally began to move and her endless chatter came to a stop.
Fans who had been angry over the girl belittling An Chenru could only attribute it to a child’s innocent words.
They redirected all their anger toward Su Zhi. In their eyes, this was all Su Zhi’s fault.
【Heh, what does Su Zhi have to be sad about? Chenru clearly didn’t want to be involved in rumors with her, so he avoided her. Isn’t that normal?】
【Exactly. With Su Zhi’s reputation, which male guest would want to be linked to her?】
【Su Zhi is really scheming. A little girl might not know better, but does she not? She actually smiled when she heard Chenru didn’t deserve her! Is it really that funny?!】
【My screenshot hand is already itching. I’m going to specifically capture Su Zhi’s ugly moments later. Didn’t they say she looks good from all 360 degrees? I want to see if she still has no bad angles on a roller coaster!】
【Yeah, I’m taking screenshots too. Not only that, I’ll post them in the super-topic. I want to see who really doesn’t deserve whom!】
……
As the roller coaster slowly started, 007 finally voiced the doubt in its heart.
〖Host, why did you deliberately arrange for An Chenru to sit in the back?〗
007 believed that even if the little girl hadn’t appeared, its host still wouldn’t have let An Chenru sit beside her.
Feeling the wind roaring past her ears, Su Zhi explained in a very good mood, “Of course, it’s because I wanted him to experience the most exciting position on the roller coaster.”
Then she added another sentence.
“Oh, right, I was also afraid he’d throw up on me.”