On their way to lunch, Yu He told Jiang Yumiao about his interaction with the livestream viewers before soaking in the hot springs.
After hearing him out, Jiang Yumiao said, "...Looks like the viewers have a rebellious streak."
Yu He now understood that all too well. "Exactly! Even calling them my babies didn't help. They actually voted me into first place!"
Jiang Yumiao smiled and began thinking about how to get the second male lead into the top two.
Lunch was over, but Ning Chunchi still hadn't returned.
With the second male lead absent, Jiang Yumiao figured this was a good opportunity to sneak in some canvassing. After all, he couldn't expect President Ning to drum up votes for himself. He would have to do it.
Leng Haiyue asked everyone, "The Thai spa here is pretty famous. Want to go for a massage?"
Lin Xu and An Zhiwan nodded eagerly in agreement. Naturally, Mu Yunzhi would go wherever An Zhiwan went.
Qin Yuan looked thoughtfully at Lin Xu, then agreed as well.
Yu He hesitated. He really wanted to visit the spa, but he was worried he wouldn't have time to deal with the voting.
Noticing his hesitation, Jiang Yumiao told him, "Go with everyone else. Leave the rest to me."
Yu He felt bad about leaving Jiang Yumiao behind to go enjoy himself, but then Jiang Yumiao winked at him. "If you stay here, who knows what you might say to set the viewers off and make them vote for you like crazy again? Don't worry. Let me give it a try."
Still shaken by those unpredictable viewers, Yu He finally nodded and left everything to Jiang Yumiao. Before leaving, he made an encouraging gesture. "Come get me if you can't handle it!"
Jiang Yumiao smiled and waved him off, watching the group walk away.
Once Jiang Yumiao was alone in the restaurant, his sunny expression instantly clouded over. He had racked his little brain without coming up with a way to canvass for the second male lead. All he knew was that if he and Yu He urged everyone to vote for Ning Chunchi together, those fun-loving viewers might get even more contrary and cast votes for him and Yu He like mad. That was why he had decided to try alone.
Worried that Ning Chunchi might come to the restaurant at any moment, Jiang Yumiao decided to move somewhere else.
He looked through the hot spring area's brochure, then headed toward the screening room.
After soaking in the hot springs, most visitors went for massages or played pool, so the screening room was relatively quiet.
The screening room was decorated in the same lavish Thai style. A lounge area in front held plenty of sofas, separated by imposing, enormous columns.
It was midday, and hardly anyone was around.
Jiang Yumiao went into the lounge, picked a sofa at random, and sat down, beckoning his cameraman over.
The cameraman immediately caught on. Jiang Yumiao was about to make something happen. He quickly aimed the camera straight at Jiang Yumiao's face.
Seeing this, Xiao Wu, the production director beside them, handed Jiang Yumiao a phone. Jiang Yumiao took it and saw his own face on the screen!
The phone showed his livestream, with comments scrolling rapidly across it.
[What's Yuyu planning~]
[Help, the camera's so close!]
[Waaah, his skin is so nice. I want to squish his cheeks!!]
Jiang Yumiao was stunned. This was his first time experiencing everyone's enthusiasm so directly. Looking closely, he found that nearly all the comments were friendly and positive, which made him happy-but also even more nervous.
He bit his lip, his gaze wandering. He had never done anything like livestreaming before, and with a mission to accomplish, he didn't know how to begin.
After thinking it over, he decided to be straightforward. There was no way he could outsmart these clever, crafty viewers with tricks.
Jiang Yumiao started with a polite greeting. "Hello, everyone! Have you... have you eaten?"
[Pfft! What a down-to-earth opening.]
[Yep, we've eaten.]
[No, but looking at Yuyu's face fills me right up. He's a feast for the eyes.]
[The person above is so cheesy!!]
Jiang Yumiao caught that comment and couldn't help smiling, sending the chat into another frenzy.
He cleared his throat. "You all saw the midday voting update, right? I never expected you to vote me into second place. Thank you so much..."
[You're welcome, you're welcome. It's only right.]
[I'm dying. That thank-you sounded so reluctant!]
[We'll keep voting this afternoon.]
Jiang Yumiao forced himself to continue. "Since you've already voted me into second place, I hope you'll keep voting for me~" He paused, then added, "Actually, besides voting for me, there's something else I'd like to ask of you."
Jiang Yumiao had thought it through carefully. Unless he expressed his feelings for Ning Chunchi, he had no grounds to step in and canvass for the second male lead. He had read plenty of dating-show novels and knew how powerful shippers could be, so he decided to rely on their help.
Besides, Ning Chunchi wasn't here. He was busy with work and surely had no time to watch the livestream. Even if Jiang Yumiao spoke a little more openly, he wouldn't see it.
With that thought, Jiang Yumiao threw caution to the wind. "Well... um... you all know I have those kinds of feelings for President Ning, right?"
[What kinds of feelings? I don't know!]
[Not sure what feelings you mean. You'll have to spell it out for us.]
Jiang Yumiao pressed his lips together and looked into the camera, his eyes seeming to reproach the viewers for teasing him.
The "looks lovingly even at a dog" gaze buff made the Omega look as though he was pouting coquettishly.
[Wifey, I'm sorry...]
[Ahem, can't blame President Ning for falling in two days.]
One look at the comments told Jiang Yumiao that the weird buff had kicked in again. He hurriedly closed his eyes for a moment, then said seriously, "Tonight's overnight stay is a good opportunity for me. I'd like to ask you all to help me and v-vote for President Ning!" By the time he got that last sentence out, he hardly dared look at the comments.
[Yooooooo~]
[A great opportunity to share a bed~]
[Oh dear, wifey wants us to vote for his husband. What should we do?]
[We can only spoil him. I'll vote, okay? I'll vote!]
Seeing the word "husband" in the comments, Jiang Yumiao flushed bright red.
He still had to grit his teeth and maintain his persona as the "devoted Omega chasing his future husband." "Thank you, everyone. My happiness is in your hands!"
[No problem, no problem!]
[From today on, I'm the bodyguard of Ning and Yu's love!]
The comments made Jiang Yumiao laugh again, but his heart was far from light. This counted as openly declaring that he liked Ning Chunchi. There was no turning back now.
Still, Jiang Yumiao had never intended to leave himself a way out. He had already made up his mind to reach a happy ending with Ning Chunchi.
For that, he was willing to do anything.
Jiang Yumiao chatted with the viewers a little more, then returned the phone to Xiao Wu and got up to enter the screening room, planning to pass the afternoon with a movie.
After they left, a cool, aristocratic Alpha remained seated on a sofa two columns away.
Hidden by the enormous columns, Ning Chunchi had gone unnoticed by everyone, though he had been sitting there from the start. He didn't bring his cameraman along while working, so he was alone at that moment.
Ning Chunchi had already finished his work call and quietly listened to Jiang Yumiao's entire livestream appeal.
His eyes were dark and brooding, unfathomably deep, as though a dangerous storm was brewing within them.
This was the first time he had heard Jiang Yumiao express his feelings for him so clearly-and it had been a public confession on the livestream behind his back.
He had even begged the viewers to vote for Ning Chunchi so they could sleep in the same bed.
A mesmerizing smile curved Ning Chunchi's lips.
So... his Omega was this eager.
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