All that fuss for two minutes

After learning that Chen Sinian had a wealthy lover backing him and would leave the show after this episode, Zeng Xinwei completely deflated.

Then what was the point of her coming on a dating reality show?

The other male guests might not even have connections as good as hers!

If it wouldn't help her career, she didn't want to date or get married!

She had only gone on that blind date because she couldn't withstand her mother's pressure and planned to go through the motions.

As for her mother running off with her blind date... best not to get into that.

That wasn't the point.

She abruptly rose from the couch. "Director, there's something I'd like to discuss with you."

The director responded almost reflexively, "No, there isn't!"

"?" Zeng Xinwei was baffled. What kind of reaction was that?

He Pijiu: I'm numb. Completely numb.

He didn't need to think to know she wanted to discuss withdrawing. In a tone that brooked no argument, he said, "Whatever it is, we'll talk after tonight's filming."

Zeng Xinwei said, "Oh," and agreed.

Oh my god! Holy moly!

Although Zeng Xinwei didn't think her mother running off with her blind date was the point.

Su Tangtang was dying of curiosity. She hurriedly dug into it, then... was utterly stunned.

Her entire worldview took a massive hit!

That blind date was actually Zeng Xinwei's younger brother? Her dad had another family all along? He abandoned them for that family for over a decade and only came crawling back after Zeng Xinwei became famous playing Consort Yu?!

So her mom got together with her son?

No, no, her mom got together with the son her own husband had with his mistress?

Fuck! That's insane!!!

Everyone nodded like chicks pecking at grain. It really was insane!

Enough to shock their entire families!

Under their furtive glances, Zeng Xinwei's face alternated between green and white. Although she hadn't known any of this either, who would want their family's private affairs broadcast to everyone?

Especially with them looking at her like that, she felt utterly humiliated.

Her lips moved as she prepared to interrupt Su Tangtang, but Su Tangtang's thoughts came first. Her dad and that illegitimate son actually did all this to swindle Zeng Xinwei out of her money?

But Zeng Xinwei didn't fall for it at all. Or rather, because of her dad, she'd seen all the hardship and misery her mom had suffered over those dozen-plus years. She had zero interest in marriage and only wanted to focus on her career. Even when they pressured her into that blind date, she remained indifferent and couldn't muster any interest.

Her dad and that illegitimate son realized they couldn't get anywhere with her, so they targeted her mom instead. Her mom wasn't as rich as Zeng Xinwei, but she owned at least several properties!

Huh? That's not right. What I just saw clearly said her mom and that illegitimate son fell for each other.

Ohhhh, so it was only after that illegitimate son and her mom fell for each other that he proposed targeting her mom to his dad. For the money, his dad gritted his teeth and agreed to let his own son cuckold him!

Now that illegitimate son and her mom are living very happily together. They both cut ties with her dad and left him to fend for himself. They said they'd come back to register their marriage once he kicked the bucket!!!

Aaaah, this is such a mess!

Su Tangtang felt as though her CPU had fried. She looked up at Zeng Xinwei and even gave a solemn nod. Your family really is a mess!

Zeng Xinwei: "..."

For a moment, she felt the same way and even wanted to nod back!

Fortunately, just as she was about to, she caught herself and stopped in time.

Then she raised a hand to brush back her hair and looked away awkwardly.

The others were still digesting the gossip. This was probably the most outrageous thing they'd heard in all this time!

Zeng Xinwei took a while to recover too. She had intended to call her mother and say something, but after hearing Su Tangtang say that her mother still had a firm grip on all her money and properties, she thought it over and decided against it.

Ever since her good-for-nothing, social-climbing, cheating father had left home, her mother had become quiet and withdrawn, barely saying a few words to her all year.

Their conversations had been limited to money. When she was in school, she asked her mother for money. Once she started working, she asked whether her mother still had any money.

Honestly, she'd been happy when her mother eloped with her blind date. At least she no longer had to stay home waiting on a husband who had only returned after abandoning them for over a decade.

That disgusting man made her want to throw up every time she saw him!

It was best that her mother and that blind date had now cut ties with him. She certainly wasn't going to take care of that scumbag. He'd barely bothered with her after she was born before running off with someone else, so why should she support him?

If he wanted to sue her, he could go ahead. She wasn't afraid.

At worst, she'd pay him whatever monthly amount the court ordered.

Besides, as far as she knew, he didn't even have a job and had always lived off women. They could talk about it if he lasted long enough to sue her.

Thinking that way, she suddenly brightened up.

She was positively enthusiastic as she helped everyone prepare dinner.

They ate dinner out in the courtyard. As dusk settled, the lamps beneath the eaves and trees cast a pale white glow, their filaments flickering. It was rather romantic.

Qiao Yufan and Qi Zhaoyi fetched several bottles of beer from their generous new sponsor out of the refrigerator and asked whether anyone else wanted some.

Su Tangtang looked up. Wow, that's the brand Xu Guanghao's manager poured over him when they were doing their kinky play. I wonder if seeing it will remind him of that scene?

Xu Guanghao: "..."

No, it won't, thank you.

If you hadn't brought it up, I'd have forgotten all about it.

Qiao Yufan and Qi Zhaoyi, still holding bottles of that brand of beer: "..."

That came out of fucking nowhere!

They didn't know whether Xu Guanghao would remember that scene, but they certainly felt awkward now.

They couldn't drink this beer, but they couldn't exactly not drink it either.

Su Tangtang paid no mind to their troubles. She didn't drink beer, so she withdrew her gaze after a glance. But come to think of it, Xu Guanghao only lasts two minutes. Why does he bother with all that fuss?

Is this the legendary "if you can't last, make up for it with foreplay"?!

"Pfft-"

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Even though they had grown somewhat accustomed to that mouth of hers, she still made them choke from time to time.

Where did you hear this supposed legend? How come we've never heard of it?

Xu Guanghao himself: "!!!"

You're the one who lasts two minutes! Your whole family lasts two minutes!

If I only lasted two minutes, why would my manager still play with me?!

Still, you really can't tell just by looking. Xu Guanghao's this huge guy over six foot three, yet he actually likes dressing as a woman. Hahahahahahaha!

Especially when they're doing it. He wears a wig, a skirt, black stockings, and high heels, plus makeup and all sorts of accessories, and makes his manager call him "little sister" the whole time!

Is this what people mean when they say even macho men have a girly side? Hahahahahahaha!

Everyone was trying very hard to suppress their laughter.

Their faces had turned red with the effort.

But imagining that towering, muscular man in a skirt, black stockings, and high heels made it impossible to hold back.

Someone let out the first laugh, and several more immediately followed.

Some even collapsed directly onto the dining table, their shoulders shaking as they laughed nonstop.

Xu Guanghao: "..."