Who had a crush on whom now?

"Oh, it's so lively! Everyone got up so early. We're late, mainly because it took me forever to get Jingzhe out of bed."

Just as the livestream chat split into two opposing camps and started arguing, Qiu Bailu's voice rang out leisurely. Right afterward, he and Jiang Jingzhe came downstairs together to the living room.

As soon as the two appeared on camera, the already chaotic situation grew even more uncontrollably chaotic.

[Pay attention!! Qiu Bailu was the one who woke Jiang Jingzhe up!!]

[Oh my, oh my, we've become part of the unflappable "Broken Dew" couple's little game again.]

[Wait, what's that expression on Song Nianxing's face? The moment he heard Qiu Bailu say he woke Jiang Jingzhe up, his expression changed. Is he upset?]

[Maybe. After all, our Jiang Jingzhe is the man he can't have.]

Song Nianxing's expression had indeed changed the instant he heard what Qiu Bailu said. It wasn't surprise or jealousy; he simply felt a little hurt.

In his memories, Jiang Jingzhe had always been cranky when woken up. Back when they lived together, he got snapped at every time he woke Jiang Jingzhe.

So he could wake up without getting angry after all?

It seemed Qiu Bailu and Jiang Jingzhe really were close-much, much, much closer than Jiang Jingzhe was to him...

In that case, he really shouldn't bother Jiang Jingzhe anymore. It would be bad if he caused a misunderstanding between Jiang Jingzhe and Qiu Bailu.

Yes, that was right. He would have to keep his distance from Jiang Jingzhe from now on.

Jiang Jingzhe was already irritated about getting up early. Coming downstairs and seeing Song Nianxing beaming as he faced Shen Siyi made him even more irritated. Then, hearing Qiu Bailu pander to their ship's fans with sweet moments while putting him down, claiming they had arrived later than everyone else because he had gotten up late, made him even, even more irritated!

Hah, what was that Qiu Bailu said about waking him up? He really knew how to make things up.

Anyone in this world who came to wake him up would only get a barrage of things hurled at them, okay?

So far, aside from Song Nianxing, there really wasn't a second person who could actually wake him up and emerge unscathed.

Yet watching Song Nianxing's expression change because of Qiu Bailu's words, Jiang Jingzhe felt inexplicably pleased.

See? Song Nianxing still cared about him.

It was only a matter of time before he started clinging to him again and returned to his side.

Shen Siyi? So what if he was an award-winning actor? He would still lose to him.

With that thought, even his strides toward the others grew much more confident.

He glanced at the fried eggs on the table, picked up a piece with his chopsticks, and tasted it. His brows instantly knitted together. "Song Nianxing, you made these? Tsk, they taste awful. I told you, if you can't cook, you don't have to."

The fairly harmonious, cheerful atmosphere instantly turned ice-cold. Chen Mingyi refused to indulge him and spoke up directly. "You can comment on how salty or bland they are, but that was going too far, wasn't it? They weren't made for you in the first place. This is Little Star returning Senior Shen's favor by following through on last night's heart-fluttering message, okay?"

Hearing this, Qiu Bailu's eyes immediately darted about. Jiang Jingzhe had squeezed him painfully yesterday, and even now, his wrist still ached faintly, so he had been waiting for a chance to make Jiang Jingzhe suffer a little too.

Now that the opportunity had arrived, he naturally couldn't let it pass. He hurried forward and sighed with feigned envy. "Wow, so Nianxing made these especially for Senior Shen? Following through on a heart-fluttering message? Then does that mean Senior Shen sent his heart-fluttering message to Nianxing? What about Nianxing? Did you send yours to Senior Shen too?"

Song Nianxing nodded, and Chen Mingyi rushed to answer for him as well. "Of course he did."

As soon as she finished speaking, a notification sounded, and the large screen displaying the livestream comments, which had been dark, lit up again. The instant it lit up, it displayed whom every guest had sent their heart-fluttering message to last night.

At the publicly displayed results, the smiles on several people's faces vanished.

Especially Jiang Jingzhe's. He had finally managed to convince himself that Song Nianxing cared about him and had cheered up a little, but now, seeing on the screen that Song Nianxing and Shen Siyi had sent each other heart-fluttering messages, he couldn't help clenching his fists again.

When he hadn't received a message from Song Nianxing last night, he had already guessed that Song Nianxing might have sent it to Shen Siyi, and he hadn't slept well because of it. But actually seeing it, the displeasure inside him was still far more intense than he had imagined.

Qiu Bailu, however, was delighted by what he saw. "Wow, Senior Shen and Nianxing really picked each other! But why didn't Brother Yuan Man and Brother Yu choose each other? Brother Yu sent his to Sister Yuesi? This..."

Yu Xinyan gritted his teeth at the screen.

Unbelievable, this production team.

Then he shot Qiu Bailu a rather impatient glare. "Mm... yes... I chose Yuesi. She-she makes me feel very comfortable. Is that not allowed? Did someone make a rule about who has to choose whom?"

As he spoke, his gaze unconsciously fell on the heart-fluttering message Yuan Man had sent again.

Big brother.

Just those two simple words made his heart pound as fiercely as it had when he first received the message last night.

At the time, he had imagined what it would be like if Yuan Man really called him that to his face. Even now, he still wanted to...

No, who wanted that! He certainly didn't!

He blinked several times guiltily, then sneaked another glance at Yuan Man.

Yet Yuan Man was merely looking down and eating the fried eggs Song Nianxing had made, looking completely uninvolved.

This time, he still couldn't hear Yuan Man's inner voice either. There really was nothing at all anymore.

Yu Xinyan's brows knitted together uncontrollably again, and all he felt was an emptiness inside.

Hearing his answer, Qiu Bailu couldn't help raising his eyebrows as well.

He was quite satisfied with that answer, for no other reason than that his and Jiang Jingzhe's ship was a "competitor" to Yuan Man and Yu Xinyan's ship.

The fact that those two hadn't chosen each other would surely hurt a large number of their ship's fans. Then, after what Yu Xinyan had just said, another wave would surely leave. Once those two lost popularity, his and Jiang Jingzhe's popularity would naturally rise.

But he couldn't make it too obvious on the surface, so he could only let out a rather "regretful" sigh. "So that's how it is? Oh? Speaking of which, Du Yuesi, you actually sent yours to Chen Mingyi, and Chen Mingyi sent hers to Yuan Man... You four really are interesting."

As soon as he finished saying that, the other three he had named exchanged glances.

Du Yuesi was the first to react. The instant she looked at Chen Mingyi, she smiled. "It's just like I said in my message. I really didn't know who to send it to. That part... you believe me, don't you, Mingyi?"

Chen Mingyi nodded without the slightest suspicion. "Of course I do! That must be why. What else could it be, that you have a secret crush on me and like me? Hahahaha."

As she spoke, she immediately turned and glared at Qiu Bailu, then continued, "What's wrong with me sending mine to Brother Yuan Man? It's just like what Yu Xinyan said earlier. I also feel something very familiar and comfortable around Brother Yuan Man. I wanted to send it, so I did. If I get criticized, so be it."

Hearing her answer, Du Yuesi's smile stiffened almost imperceptibly, and she murmured in a slightly dejected tone, "You believed it... That's good, then."

The atmosphere in the room abruptly grew much quieter. Fortunately, the PD's voice rang out just then, easing the atmosphere a little again.