Grandson!

Lu Xingchuan emerged from the flowerbeds with a grim expression.

Shen Yan did not even look at him. He took the task card from the staff member and climbed back into the room through the window.

Staff member: ...

After watching Shen Yan's entire wall-climbing process in stunned silence, the staff member swiftly left the rooftop under the overwhelming pressure of the powerful auras of Lu Xingchuan and Pei Heng.

For a moment, only Lu Xingchuan and Pei Heng remained on the roof.

Lu Xingchuan put away his phone and stepped forward. "President Pei, I think there may be some misunderstanding between us. Let me explain."

Pei Heng lounged lazily against the back of his chair, his eyelids slightly lowered. He did not look at Lu Xingchuan at all.

Instead, his attention was caught by a word on the tea table.

Dog.

At some point, Shen Yan had dipped a finger in water and written a word on the table.

Pei Heng could not help but smile.

Lu Xingchuan stood there, and when he saw Pei Heng ignoring him yet curling his lips in a smile, he felt insulted.

Was Pei Heng mocking him?

Anger surged through him. Lu Xingchuan said, "Shen Yan was the one who kept seducing and harassing me before. Since he couldn't have me, he tried every possible method to get my attention. I hope President Pei won't be deceived by him, or let him drive a wedge between us. He's a calculating man with plenty of tricks, despicable and shameless."

Pei Heng raised his eyes to Lu Xingchuan. "Dog."

Lu Xingchuan's face instantly turned livid. "I don't believe I have any grudge against President Pei. Why are you always targeting me?"

A faint, almost imperceptible smile lingered in Pei Heng's eyes. He slowly rose from his chair, lifted a hand, clenched it into a fist, and rotated his wrist.

Lu Xingchuan's expression changed drastically.

Thinking Pei Heng was about to hit him, he immediately stepped back half a pace. "This is a society ruled by law!"

After rotating his wrist, Pei Heng extended one finger with an air of condescending generosity and pointed at the table. "Dog."

After saying that,

he slipped both hands into his pockets and walked away.

Lu Xingchuan followed the direction of Pei Heng's finger.

Only then did he see the word written on the table in tea.

Remembering that Shen Yan had been sitting there earlier, Lu Xingchuan knew Shen Yan must have written it. Furious, he gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath, "Bitch. I'll make you kneel and beg me to forgive you."

He spat viciously.

Lu Xingchuan turned to chase after Pei Heng. "President Pei, listen to my explanation, I—"

When he turned around,

Pei Heng was nowhere to be seen.

There was clearly quite a distance from here to the attic stairway.

How had Pei Heng walked so fast?!

Unable to explain himself, Lu Xingchuan kicked the table leg in frustration before heading downstairs.

Bang, bang, bang.

He knocked on Shen Yan's door again.

Inside, Shen Yan was lying facedown on his bed playing a game. He had already attempted one tiny level eight times.

Great.

He still had not cleared it.

He was practically smoking with rage.

Suddenly hearing the knock, Shen Yan set down the game console and went to open the door with a head full of fury.

Swish!

The moment the door opened, as expected, Lu Xingchuan was standing outside.

Lu Xingchuan's face was still clouded with anger as he lifted a foot to enter Shen Yan's room.

Shen Yan raised an arm against the doorframe and unleashed all his rage from failing the game on Lu Xingchuan. "Are you a masochist or are you sick? I told you to get the hell away from me. How are you already haunting me before you're even dead? Couldn't wait until you died?"

Shen Yan was not quiet; people upstairs and downstairs could basically hear him.

Swish!

The neighboring door opened.

Pei Heng's face appeared, looking very eager for gossip.

Lu Xingchuan: ...

How had Shen Yan become like this?!

He had not been like this before!

Lu Xingchuan clenched his fists and lowered his voice, nearly threatening Shen Yan in a whisper. "I have footage of you acting like a diva. Give me back the recorder, or I'll release the video."

Shen Yan raised his voice.

"What? You have footage of me acting like a diva? You want me to give you back the recorder, or you'll release the video?"

After shouting that,

Shen Yan clapped three times right where he stood.

He pointed at Lu Xingchuan's nose.

"Release it right now! If you don't, you're my grandson!"

Lu Xingchuan's fury shot straight to the top of his head. "You think I don't dare?"

Shen Yan burst out laughing three times. "Grandson!"

After saying that,

he felt much less stifled by the rage the game had given him, even though his mammary glands had basically degenerated away.

Bang!

He slammed the door shut and turned around to continue gaming.

"You've already found relatives on the show so quickly?" Pei Heng looked at Lu Xingchuan and gave him a thumbs-up. "A model for our generation."

After saying that,

he shut his door and went back inside as well.

Aaaahhh!

Lu Xingchuan wanted to scream, howl, and roar on the spot!

What was wrong with this world?!

First floor.

The director plopped down onto the floor, wanting to burst into tears.

How the hell was this show supposed to be filmed?!

Ah!

How was he supposed to film it?!

Someone tell him, how was he supposed to film it?!

Silence, silence. One either perished in silence or erupted in silence!

The director sprang to his feet.

"I'm going to erupt!"

Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!

Countless staff members looked over.

With a thunderous command, the director announced, "All departments, attention! We're going live!"

The livestream began.

[Ahhh! Is this Teacher Lu's huge villa?]

[You're still calling him Teacher Lu? His reputation's already in ruins. Some fans really need to stop loving him so blindly.]

[How is it ruined? The private villa incident was entirely a misunderstanding. Teacher Lu has so many villas that he remembered the address wrong. That counts as ruining his reputation?]

[Sure, sure, so many villas that he got the location wrong. But that doesn't change the fact that he immediately tried to frame Shen Yan. What an ugly face. No wonder Shen Yan spat in his face.]

The livestream had only just begun, and Lu Xingchuan's fans were already fighting people from all sides in the comments.

The director shed a bitter tear.

No matter what, the popularity was still pretty high.

The six guests gradually arrived on the first floor.

The director took a deep breath and silently repeated to himself: Dating show, dating show, dating show.

With a smile on his face, he said, "After all that commotion, I'm sure everyone is hungry. The program has prepared a lavish dinner for everyone."

Bai Jing immediately cheered. "Yay!"

Song Qianshan lightly smacked her on the head. "Dummy, we definitely have to complete a task first. Look at how slyly the director is smiling."

Director: ...

He smiled at Song Qianshan. "Bingo, Teacher Song is very smart. You guessed it! To increase everyone's interaction, the production team has prepared a thoughtful little game.

"The game is called—Pink Hand-Holding!"

Heh heh!

Pink, and hand-holding.

I refuse to believe my show won't have the sour stench—no, the sweet fragrance—of romance!

"As the name suggests, the guests completing a task together must hold hands throughout the task and cannot let go. Letting go means the task has failed.

"The side that fails the task will not get anything to eat.

"As for the groups, of course they'll be decided by drawing lots. Two people per group."

A staff member brought over a large box.

"There are six colored bracelets in the box. Guests who draw the same color will form a group.

"Before guests in the same group hold hands, they must look into each other's eyes for five seconds, then tell the other person what they most want to say at this moment."