After leaving the flower shop, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing immediately worked their way through the shops along the street, completing tasks such as "buy each other milk tea," "go grocery shopping together," "prepare a little surprise for each other," and "take a set of photos of each other."
Just as they finished their eighth task, "post a photo of each other on Moments," Director Niu stepped in to move things along.
"All right, you two! You've now spent your first hour on your couple's date, so I'll reveal the current points ranking."
"As of now, Xu Shuangrong and Yu Jinche are in first place, Liu Woxing and Xiao Jingxi are in second, your team is in third, and Lai Bingxuan and Qiu Chengye are in fourth."
"From now on, I'll reveal the rankings once every hour. Enjoy the remaining twenty-three hours of your couple's date."
Having announced the rankings, Director Niu withdrew, leaving behind a grave-faced Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing, who was trying to soothe her with milk tea.
"Mimi, don't listen to his nonsense. Have some milk tea first."
"Thank you, Qingqing, but I still think we have a big problem."
Xie Mi downed the rest of her milk tea in one go, then began seriously analyzing their current situation with Shen Yeqing.
"The top two teams have an extra hour on us. That doesn't just mean they have an extra hour to do tasks."
She raised her right wrist, showing the wristband and the tether connecting the two of them.
"There's also this."
"I overlooked this just now. Every second we spend tethered together earns us one point. That means, besides having an extra hour to do tasks, they automatically have 3,600 more tether points than us."
"Those 3,600 points, plus the points they earned from