Shen was happy again

Song Yunxing froze briefly, the man's face reflected in his light brown eyes.

"You're insane!" Song Yunxing's face visibly reddened, and he immediately pushed the man's chest away.

The young man snapped in embarrassment, "Don't you know Alphas and Betas should keep their hands to themselves? What's with the kissing!"

The man wasn't angry at being pushed away. He lifted his eyelids slightly. "Oh, so you do understand that? Then when you started taking your clothes off in front of me just now, were you trying to..."

His gaze settled on Song Yunxing as he deliberately drew out the words, his tone suggestive. "Seduce me?"

Song Yunxing felt unbearably hot, his ears and neck flushing bright red.

"Shut up! Who's trying to seduce you? This is a perfectly normal outfit! You're the one with your mind in the gutter, seeing something dirty in everything!"

Angry and embarrassed, Song Yunxing strode ahead.

The man raised an eyebrow but didn't argue.

The young man didn't try to unfasten the sun-protective jacket again. The loose white jacket hung off him, its hem and cuffs extending well past where they should.

He walked ahead, muttering as he carelessly rolled up the overly long sleeves.

Shen Yanci was visibly in a much better mood. His expression relaxed as he leisurely followed behind.

The livestream feed returned to normal, showing the two walking along the beach, one behind the other.

The romantic seascape of the Maldives stretched behind them. Warm light fell over them as they appeared in the same frame, looking like a story waiting to unfold.

The livestream viewers were practically losing their minds over them.

[You won't let us see anything! Shen Yanci, do you have to be so mean?]

[Shen's happy again!]

[Aaaaah, you two are definitely real!]

[It's mostly the way Shen Yanci looks at him. Whenever he's behind Xingxing, he doesn't hold back at all, but face-to-face, all he does is tease him.]

[You call this mutual dislike? Without the livestream cameras, Shen Yanci would practically devour Xingxing!]

As the two passed the shallows, Lu Ran stared at the jacket Song Yunxing was wearing, growing increasingly certain of her suspicions.

She had never seen Song Yunxing wear someone else's clothes. He was a bit of a clean freak, too. She had even heard that back when he lived in the group's dorm, he only wore his own clothes and never let anyone touch them!

So they're real! Leaving me and Song Yunxing out of it, does that mean at least one or two of the couples on this show are fake?

Lu Ran's gaze drifted behind her. Things sounded rather noisy over by the sailboat, though she couldn't tell what they were saying.

"They've already finished their task! You wouldn't listen to me earlier, and now they're ahead of us!" Lu Yiyi couldn't help complaining. "We should have..."

Lu Yiyi complained nonstop while Luo An stood beside her, his face tense as he adjusted the boat's heading.

Sailing wasn't as leisurely as he'd imagined. He had to work the sail and constantly shift his weight. Even with his experience in water sports, Luo An struggled to handle the boat.

The task required them to stay out of the water for twenty minutes. Luo An had to watch the wind and waves the entire time; even a moment's distraction could capsize them.

Not only did Lu Yiyi refuse to help, but instead of simply sitting there spacing out, she kept complaining about his poor skills.

If the livestream cameras hadn't been nearby, he would have fallen out with her long ago.

"...They've probably both done this before. That's why they finished so quickly. We just need to hold on a little longer, and we'll be done too." Luo An worked the sail at the front without looking back.

Lu Yiyi stared at his back, deeply annoyed.

She had specifically come out in this swimsuit, yet here he was, copying Shen Yanci and refusing to even glance at her!

What's that supposed to mean? Does everyone have such terrible taste these days?

"Can you even do this? My skin's getting sunburned!" Lu Yiyi frowned deeply, touching her slightly reddened shoulder.

The two had already capsized several times, spending a total of thirty minutes on this.

To show off her figure, she had deliberately chosen an extremely thin sun-protective jacket that offered almost no protection.

Luo An pretended not to hear and ignored her completely.

A stronger gust swept over the waves, and Luo An adjusted the sail.

Lu Yiyi couldn't help rolling her eyes. She stood straight up and snatched the rope from his hands.

"Move aside! Why are you dodging a little breeze? You can't even sail a boat."

She shoved him aside, abruptly shifting the narrow sailboat's center of gravity and making it rock wildly.

"Wait! Don't do anything rash!" Luo An tried to retrieve the rope controlling the sail.

A gust swept in with the waves. The sail shuddered violently before the powerful wind forced it in the opposite direction. With the sea surging beneath it, the boat lost its balance and flipped upside down on the water.

Both were flung off the boat, only surfacing after a long moment.

Nearby, the livestream director announced with obvious relish, "Luo An, Lu Yiyi, task failed. Restart the timer!"

Floating in the water, Lu Yiyi glared viciously at Luo An.

Useless! I should never have expected this Beta to be any good.

Fury rushed to Luo An's head. He genuinely wanted to punch this woman.

There were only a few minutes left! She just had to pull this crap!

If the gender laws didn't make hitting an Omega illegal, she'd have died countless times by now!

Luo An gritted his teeth, let out a long breath, righted the boat, and climbed aboard deftly.

Lu Yiyi disdained his help even more and hauled herself aboard with some difficulty.

For some reason, her upper body seemed to have soaked up a great deal of water. It felt so heavy.

Without thinking much of it, Lu Yiyi used her abdominal muscles to pull herself onto the boat.

Suddenly, with a "pop," something shot out of her life jacket.

Luo An frowned slightly and took a closer look.

A fair amount of water had pooled in the boat's white bottom, and a flesh-colored silicone pad floated in it.

Lu Yiyi froze halfway through climbing aboard, her entire body contorted into an extremely strange pose, like a fleshy abnormal Titan.

Luo An looked at her in disbelief, then lowered his gaze to the silicone pad in the boat.

Lu Yiyi's face turned crimson as she tightly clutched her one remaining full breast.

With another "pop," the other silicone pad flew straight out, streaked past Luo An's eyes, and landed squarely on the sea.

Both their gazes settled on the flesh-colored breast pad floating on the water.

Their eyes met, two very different looks crossing.

"Pfft-cough, cough..." Luo An pressed his lips together, his entire body trembling as he struggled to hold back his laughter.

So that was why Lu Yiyi had suddenly become so busty. She'd brought equipment.

Trembling with rage, Lu Yiyi climbed fully aboard and instinctively raised her hand, wanting to slap Luo An.

Remembering the cameras, she could only clench her fists and fold her arms over her chest, pretending nothing had happened.

But the man's eyes across from her had already turned cold, without a trace of amusement.

His contract with his agency would expire in the next couple of days. No one could stop him from leaving!

If his agent hadn't signed a contract with this woman's management team, he would never have agreed to a contract requiring him to promote a fake romance.

A woman like this didn't deserve anyone's affection!

The livestream director was stunned too. The camera slowly turned toward the flesh-colored breast pad floating alone on the water.

[Holy shit! Hahahahaha, isn't that a breast pad?]

[Talk about faking it to save face! Now she's been exposed!]

[She mocked someone else's figure when she wasn't even confident in her own and had to wear padding!]

[Was she about to hit Luo An just now? She's way out of line!]

[She brought this on herself!]

[So much for the sweet, innocent campus beauty. Her whole persona's fallen apart. She's stupid and nasty!]