With Qiu Chengye joining them at the last minute, Xu Shuangrong lost her chance to talk to Shen Yeqing on the way back.
The entire trip had been fruitless.
In the car, she checked the recent online chatter on her phone.
Her mutually destructive feud with Xiao Jingxi had sent both their reputations plummeting. Even the sympathy she had earned by playing the victim a while back had been completely worn away.
Meanwhile, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing's pairing was only growing more popular. After his identity as the founder of 666 became public, they had gained a huge following among casual viewers.
As things stood, one pair was climbing higher together, while the other was fighting its way toward mutual destruction.
This couldn't go on.
Since she couldn't find anything out through Shen Yeqing, she would have to have a proper talk with Xiao Jingxi.
The opportunity soon arrived.
After they returned to the villa, Director Niu announced the schedule for the next few days.
"To celebrate fifty days since the show premiered, we'll be holding a promotional roadshow in three days to thank our viewers for all their support."
"We'll spend the next three days preparing for it."
"So tomorrow, the three most popular pairings from our last Weibo poll will be shooting their couples' promotional photos."
"They are the Xie Yeqing Kills Donkey CP, the Xiao Rong CP, and... the Cheng Mi CP."
[? Who's the Cheng Mi CP? Never heard that name before.]
[Wasn't it the Father-Son CP?]
[Aren't we getting two couples' shoots and one parent-child shoot?]
Director Niu had really gone out of his way to spare Qiu Chengye's dignity with that pairing name.
Everyone knew Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye's officially recognized pairing name was the Father-Son CP. Even the Weibo poll