Premiere

Filming all three scenes took nearly three hours. What remained was mainly post-production editing and dubbing. At the soonest, a rough cut could be ready within a week.

However, they also had to consider the follow-up advertising campaign and clothing inventory, so the commercial was tentatively expected to meet the public in half a month.

By the time Li Yu and Zhou Yanqing left the building, it was already nearly two in the afternoon. They had been busy filming the commercial and had not had lunch yet.

"Do you have any other plans this afternoon?" Zhou Yanqing asked.

"No. I think this commercial is the only job I've taken these past couple of days."

Li Yu's company had not given him many resources, but he was happy to have the free time.

"Then let me treat you to lunch?"

"Sure. I was practically starving just now." Li Yu smiled.

Since it was already late, the two of them casually picked a less crowded restaurant.

"I don't know what you like to eat, so you can order," Zhou Yanqing said after Li Yu sat down.

Li Yu picked up the menu and ordered several lighter dishes. Considering that Zhou Yanqing was a model who needed to watch his diet, he probably did not enjoy strongly flavored food.

Once all the dishes had been served, Zhou Yanqing noticed it as well. He did not say much, only thinking that Li Yu was rather considerate.

"I think the first episode is coming out tonight," Zhou Yanqing said.

"Yeah, I saw that this morning too! Yanqing, are you going to watch it tonight?" Li Yu asked.

"If I have time, probably. It is my first time appearing on a variety show, after all."

"It's my first time too." Li Yu added, "I quite like this variety show. Everyone is really nice."

"I heard the second episode will be filmed at the seaside. It should be even more fun."

Zhou Yanqing stared at Li Yu, an unconscious smile touching his lips.

"I haven't received any notice yet, but if it's the seaside... I'm looking forward to it too. Looks like I need to prepare some things to have fun there."

After saying that, Li Yu looked at Zhou Yanqing and realized that Zhou Yanqing seemed to have been watching him the whole time. His gaze instinctively darted away.

"Mm. You definitely need to bring sunscreen and things like that."

Noticing Li Yu's little movement, Zhou Yanqing stopped looking at him.

"Mm, I'll remember," Li Yu said.

After that, neither of them spoke again. They simply ate in peace, but Li Yu found it rather awkward.

Strange. So strange. Why had Zhou Yanqing looked at him like that just now?

For some reason, Li Yu thought of Chi Yan at that moment. It would have been nice if Chi Yan had been sitting across from him. Even if they did not speak while eating together, it would not feel this awkward.

The Chi Yan Li Yu had been thinking about was working at the company when his office door was suddenly knocked on.

"Come in."

After saying that, Chi Yan did not even raise his head and continued reading the documents.

"President, th-this was just given to the front desk by someone. They said you had to open it personally."

The assistant placed an envelope on the desk. Though he feared that the person might be a scammer, he did not dare inspect the president's things without permission.

Only then did Chi Yan raise his head and take the envelope.

There were only a few photographs inside. Chi Yan pulled one out and found it very familiar. It was precisely the scene of him carrying Li Yu out of the bar in his arms the night before.

The remaining photos showed the same thing, only with different lighting and angles.

The assistant caught a glimpse of what was in the photo and hastily lowered his head in fright.

Oh my god, who was the president holding in his arms? And they had even been secretly photographed by paparazzi!

Chi Yan did not need to think to know that the other party wanted to ask him directly for money.

If he ignored this envelope today, then tomorrow these photographs would be posted online by some entertainment news bloggers.

He did not care about such things, but he still had to settle the matter.

Even though Li Yu's face was not visible in the photos, netizens were terrifyingly observant. They could dig Li Yu out from all sorts of clues.

Chi Yan flipped the envelope over. Sure enough, a string of numbers had been left on the back.

"Call this person later. Give him however much he wants."

After saying that, Chi Yan added, "Make him delete every copy he has. If I see these photos anywhere..."

"Yes, President. I understand."

After saying that, the assistant was about to take everything away to deal with it when Chi Yan said, "Take the envelope. Leave the photos."

"Understood."

How could the assistant dare disobey? He took the envelope and went out to make the call.

Chi Yan stared at the photographs and suddenly laughed.

He had told Little Fish not to show his face, yet they had still been photographed.

He put the photos into a drawer and continued working.

In the end, the assistant came in to report that the person on the other end of the phone had demanded seven million.

Chi Yan nodded and continued with what he was doing.

He had no intention of telling Li Yu about this. As for the photos... he would keep them for himself.

Saturday night at eight was universally acknowledged as prime time.

By then, office workers were off work, students were more or less on break, and families could gather together for dinner.

And as soon as eight o'clock arrived, the first episode of A Day to See All the Flowers would air simultaneously across major online platforms and television channels.

Duan Xinyue had just gotten off the subway. Seeing that it was almost eight, she hurriedly packed up dinner, raced home at a hundred-meter sprint, and turned on the television.

When she heard the A Day to See All the Flowers theme song begin to play on the television, she breathed a sigh of relief—thank goodness, she had made it!

In fact, she did not need to run that fast. She could have simply watched the replay later, but she just could not wait!

Curled up on the sofa, watching television, slurping hot noodles—nothing could have been happier!

She had followed the livestream, but the footage from the livestream had inevitably been more chaotic. The proper episode had gone through editing and post-production, making it much more interesting to watch.

The first person to get out of the car was Li Yu. The moment he appeared, the barrage flooded the screen, filled entirely with crazed perverts thirsting over him. "Husband," "wife," "baby"—all kinds of names flew everywhere.

Seeing how unhinged the barrage was, Duan Xinyue silently used the remote to turn it off.

Too terrifying...

She had previously wondered why Li Yu did not seem to have many fans. Thinking about it now, perhaps livestream viewers were still only a minority. Compared to livestreams, the edited episode showed many more details.

But Duan Xinyue was not here to chase a star anyway. Today, she was purely here to ship a CP!

The Chi-Yu CP was seriously so good to ship!

Tsk, tsk, tsk. The moment they went onstage, Chi Yan stood beside Li Yu. That had definitely been intentional!

Oh my god, Li Yu only leaned on Yu Lin for a moment, and Chi Yan's face had already turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He was definitely jealous!

Oh-ho, in the second round, Chi Yan had even quietly kicked Yu Lin out of the team. How devious!

Chi Yan's glances at Li Yu were way too obvious. Was he not even going to hide it?

The more Duan Xinyue watched, the more she felt she had truly struck gold this time. She had already drafted a novel in her head about a president joining a variety show for love!

During the Canglang River photo-taking segment, Duan Xinyue practically screamed, "I'm dead from sweetness!" The indulgent smile on her face never faded.

"Ahhh, Shu Menglan, you're way too good at taking photos! Chi and Little Fish look absolutely perfect together in this picture!"

The proper episode showed every guest's photography results in full screen. The moment Shu Menglan's photo of Chi Yan and Li Yu appeared, Duan Xinyue instantly felt as though her eyes had been healed.

In the photo, Li Yu beamed happily at the camera and held up a V sign, while Chi Yan looked at Li Yu, the corners of his lips lifted as well.