You're making things hard for me

Su Tangtang answered from inside the room, put away her phone, and hurried out.

As for the others who had already reached the sofa, when Qi Zhaoyi gave them a puzzled look, Chen Sinian sent him a message on WeChat explaining everything.

Then Qi Zhaoyi froze.

"Are you serious?"

Chen Sinian said, "Didn't you just hear it yourself?"

As he spoke, he suddenly laughed. "Impressive, Zhaoyi. I never would've guessed." He had actually dated so many people in the industry.

Qi Zhaoyi: "..."

He ignored him. As soon as Su Tangtang came out of the room, he immediately looked over at her.

Su Tangtang walked toward them with a bright smile and asked softly, "What are we doing next?"

Xu Yuntong answered, "We don't know yet. The production team doesn't seem to be ready. They just told us to chat among ourselves for now, then go outside to read the letters when it's time."

When Su Tangtang sat down, Xu Yuntong moved closer and quietly asked, "Tangtang, who did you write your letter to?"

Her curiosity had been piqued when Su Tangtang said earlier that she hadn't written it to Qi Zhaoyi, and this was the perfect chance to ask.

The others, including Liao Xuliang, all glanced her way.

Putting everything else aside, Su Tangtang was prettier than any woman he had ever been with. If she was willing, giving her a little more money wouldn't be a problem.

Hearing her question, Su Tangtang reacted: "?"

You can ask that in front of the male guests?

She looked up at Xu Yuntong. Aren't you putting me on the spot?

Am I supposed to just say it?

"Guess," she said.

Xu Yuntong: "..."

The others: "..."

[Seriously, who does Su Tangtang think she is? Our Yun Tong was doing her a favor by asking, and she actually dared to answer like that?]

[Whatever else you might say, isn't it Su Tangtang's choice who she writes to and whether she tells anyone?]

[Exactly. All I can say is that some people have seriously lost it /laughing hysterically/]

"Then do you want to know who I wrote to?" Seeing that she wouldn't say, Xu Yuntong didn't push. She leaned close to her ear and asked very quietly about her own letter instead.

Su Tangtang was blunt. "Wasn't it that guy named Qiao?"

She was so blunt that Xu Yuntong instantly blushed.

Fortunately, it wasn't her inner voice. She had whispered it into Xu Yuntong's ear too, or it would've been Xu Yuntong's turn to die of embarrassment.

Had she and Qiao Yufan really been that obvious?

Although she had been acting according to her company's instructions, she genuinely hadn't realized it.

Huh? What's going on?

That single thought made everyone stop chatting.

Xiao Ziyao found his Childhood Friend?

That shouldn't be right. Didn't the book say he wouldn't find her for another year? How did it happen so much earlier?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! He pinned his Childhood Friend to the bed!

More detail, more of this! I love it!!!

Now we can compare and see whether Xue Ruyin was faking those moans this afternoon, right? Hehehehe! And while we're at it, let's compare that bicycle everyone's ridden, Liao Xuliang, with Xiao Ziyao, who's practically doing it for the first time, and see who's better!

๛ก(ｰ̀ωｰ́ก) Fight, fight!

Xue Ruyin: "..."

I really wasn't faking!

Liao Xuliang: "..."

Heh. I don't believe someone who's practically a first-timer could be better at this than me.

Still, it wouldn't hurt to let Su Tangtang compare. Then she would know who to come to.

And Qi Zhaoyi: "???"

I feel like I missed some earth-shattering gossip!

As for Qiao Yufan, he looked thoroughly pleased. At last, he wasn't the only one being dragged out and publicly flogged over and over.

Su Tangtang, I'll hold off on cursing you out for today.

Wow~ Xiao Ziyao made his Childhood Friend cry again~

Just then, the assistant director suddenly appeared in the doorway and told them they could go outside to collect their envelopes.

Su Tangtang: "..."

I was right at the good part!

That damn director has no humanity!

I'm going to slack off just to spite him!

You slack off, I slack off, and the director's BMW turns into a Green Orange rental bike!

The assistant director: "..."

Luckily, he was only the assistant. The Head Director, He Pijiu, would take the brunt of it!

There was a Peach Blossom Tree in the courtyard. Although the flowering season had already passed, it still looked lovely with all the colorful lights the production team had hung on it. The assistant director had instructed the staff to hang the envelopes on the tree.

They weren't very high up, so all the female guests could reach them.

When asked who wanted to go first, everyone started trying to pass the turn to someone else. Mainly, it would be embarrassing to go first and discover that no one had written to them.

"How about I go first?" Xue Ruyin spoke up.

She seemed confident that someone would have written to her.

And just as she had expected, after going over and looking through them, she returned with two letters.

There were four male guests, and she had received two letters. That was a respectable showing.

[Our Ruyin is just so lovable /heart/]

[One must be from Liao Xuliang, right? Who wrote the other one?]

[Chen Sinian or Qi Zhaoyi?]

Returning to her seat with a smile, she asked the assistant director, "Should I open them now?"

The assistant director replied, "Either is fine. It's up to you." They had explained this at the start of the show. If the guests didn't want the others to know who had written to them, or whom they had written to, they could take the letters back and read them privately.

They just had to hold the letters up to the camera while reading so the viewers could find out too.

Xue Ruyin nodded. "Then I'll read them when I get back."

The assistant director didn't push her and asked who wanted to go next.

Xue Ruyin nudged Liao Xuliang with her finger, clearly telling him to go.

But after what had happened during the introductions that afternoon, he said, "Ladies first."

Then the remaining guests spent several dozen seconds passing the turn around.

When no one stepped forward, they exchanged glances, then all looked at Su Tangtang.

Su Tangtang, who had been trying to stay invisible: "?"

Oh no, an ambush!

Which bastard is trying to murder your daddy?!

Everyone: "..."

Calling us bastards, are you?

Fine. You're up.

They had felt a little guilty at first, but now several of them simply joined forces and pushed her forward.

"Tangtang, you go first."

"Yes, ladies first."

Su Tangtang: "??"

What the fuck? You're treating me like this just because I'm some obscure Z-list nobody?

Once I make some money, I'll make every last one of you wait on me hand and foot. Hmph!

o(-`д´- ｡)

She trudged over as though she were marching to her death, making everyone's lips twitch involuntarily as they watched.

Only six envelopes remained on the tree. Su Tangtang figured that since Du Lanxi had already said that to her, the others definitely wouldn't have written to her, so she planned to casually poke through them and head back.