I really want baby to kiss it

"Good morning, everyone."

The PD first greeted everyone, and scattered replies of "Good morning" came from the guests.

Then, once the room had gone quiet again, the PD continued, "You all did very well with yesterday's intimacy tasks, and after spending a day together, I think you've successfully broken the ice. So today, we'll suspend the intimacy tasks for a day and replace the task selection with your first date invitations."

As soon as the PD finished speaking, the screen that had just displayed their romantic interest messages flickered a few times, then displayed the rules for this round of dates.

"For this round, the production team will provide each guest with two date invitation vouchers, one for tomorrow and one for the day after.

That means you can choose different partners for those two days, or give both invitation vouchers to the same person. Another option is to give neither away if there's no one you want to date.

But please note that you can only successfully match and go on a date if both parties give each other an invitation voucher. Also, this time, you'll write the names on your vouchers and hand them to the production team. You aren't allowed to notify the people you invite."

"Huh?" Chen Mingyi blurted out in confusion. "So basically, there's a good chance we'll end up missing each other? Like, if I give someone an invitation for tomorrow, but they give me one for the day after, we still won't match?"

"Yes," the PD replied calmly.

The livestream viewers instantly lost their composure.

[Holy shit, these rules really test how in sync two people are and how sincere they are. This is getting exciting.]

[Exactly. The best-case scenario is for two people to give each other both days' invitations. That would guarantee they get their dates, but people inevitably get greedy and want to get to know someone else.]

[And another thing: if two people don't see each other on the first day but meet on the second, there's that angsty feeling of "I'm not your first choice"! Production team, you really know how to play this game.]

[It's fine, we're not panicking. Broken Dew will definitely give each other both days' invitations.]

[Guaranteed. Plus, the day after tomorrow is Jiang Jingzhe's birthday. I'm already looking forward to Lulu celebrating that guy's birthday.]

"Now, please come collect your invitation vouchers."

The moment Song Nianxing received his invitation vouchers, he sensed someone watching him. He raised his eyes and looked over, meeting Jiang Jingzhe's gaze across a table.

At that instant, his fingers unconsciously tightened around the vouchers.

The date that was practically etched into his bones sprang into his mind. The day after tomorrow was the birthday he shared with Jiang Jingzhe.

He had once suffered a very severe fever as a child, leaving his memories hazy ever since. When he woke up that time, only Jiang Jingzhe had been there watching over him.

Back then, Jiang Jingzhe had told him that the two of them had grown up in the orphanage together and were the closest of all the children. Song Nianxing had believed him without a doubt.

That day happened to be Jiang Jingzhe's birthday, and since he could no longer remember his own, Jiang Jingzhe had said they could make the day he woke up their shared birthday. From then on, they would spend every year together and never be apart.

And they had indeed done so every year since.

Then... what about this year?

He gazed at Jiang Jingzhe, and Jiang Jingzhe looked back at him. Their eyes met, and the whole world seemed to fall quiet, with only the colorful particles in the air drifting and swirling in the sunlight.

Until Qiu Bailu's voice rang out, breaking that brief silence. "Jingzhe, what would you want to do if you went on a date?"

And so their silent exchange ended when Jiang Jingzhe looked away first. He turned to Qiu Bailu with a smile. "If it's with you, I'm happy to do anything."

Song Nianxing quietly withdrew his gaze.

That's right. This year is different.

Jiang Jingzhe has Qiu Bailu by his side now. Why would he still celebrate a birthday with me?

Then who should I give my invitations to?

Thinking this, Song Nianxing raised his head and looked around. His gaze passed over Yuan Man, Yu Xinyan, Chen Mingyi, and Du Yuesi in turn, rejecting each person as he looked at them, before finally settling on Shen Siyi...

What about Shen Siyi?

Would he choose me?

After thinking blankly for a long time, Song Nianxing still dismissed the idea.

If Shen Siyi doesn't choose me, but I choose him, I'll definitely get accused of trying to ride his popularity.

And this setup is so tricky. Shen Siyi might give me an invitation, but there's no way he'd give me both, right? It would be too easy to miss each other.

Looking at it that way, it's better not to give either away. The PD said we could skip the dates anyway. Staying in the villa would be pretty nice too.

After comforting himself this way, Song Nianxing felt considerably better.

But as Shen Siyi watched Song Nianxing's expression shift from downcast to bright, then saw him put away his invitation vouchers, his gaze involuntarily darkened a little.

Clearly, Song Nianxing's series of actions was conveying one piece of information to him.

Song Nianxing wasn't going to choose anyone for a date.

But... that won't do~

His fingers gently rubbed the invitation vouchers for a moment, and the corners of Shen Siyi's lips curled up uncontrollably.

Once everyone had received their invitation vouchers, the PD announced the official start of the house's second day of romance.

Today, everyone except Song Nianxing had work engagements to attend.

The livestream was therefore split into several feeds, which the viewers could choose between freely.

But for the sake of viewership, the professional camera operators and the main camera still left with the other guests. As a result, Song Nianxing ended up alone in the entire villa, filmed by its fixed cameras, with his feed placed in the far-right corner of the livestream.

To keep him from getting too bored, the production team kindly returned his phone and even allowed him to connect to the internet.

But Song Nianxing had never liked spending time on his phone, and with that pervert constantly harassing him with messages, he was even less willing to look at it.

So he only connected the phone provided by the production team to the internet and searched for information about the show "Starstruck Moments."

When he saw the large words "Gleaming Starlight," Song Nianxing's hand tapped them before his brain had even caught up.

Then he discovered that this was actually the ship name for him and Shen Siyi.

Every link under the topic was an edited clip of his interactions with Shen Siyi on the show.

There are actually people who like and support me being with Shen Siyi?

Feeling a little amazed, Song Nianxing opened one of the videos.

The video included an interview from his boy band days in which he discussed his ideal type.

His face back then had still been youthful, and he had looked thoroughly bashful as he talked about liking someone "gentle" and wanting to cook together, go to an amusement park together, and so on.

After that interview ended, the edit showed how closely people's assessments of Shen Siyi, both inside and outside the industry, matched his description of his ideal type. It even particularly emphasized his wish to cook with someone like that, followed by footage of Shen Siyi cooking with him.

Watching it, Song Nianxing really did feel that the way Shen Siyi was now matched the kind of persona he had always dreamed of.

Next, the video played scenes of him and Shen Siyi getting close to each other in the kitchen.

It even looped the part where Shen Siyi rubbed against his hand several times, and the editing made what Shen Siyi had said then sound much more brazen. The instant "Haven't we already done it?" poured into his ears, the tips of Song Nianxing's ears flushed red.

He turned off the screen, his eyelashes trembling nonstop. He was terribly embarrassed, but he still wanted to watch, so only after taking a good while to recover did he unlock his phone again.

But this time, a new link popped up when he unlocked it. It was unlike the other links, but Song Nianxing still took it for a fan-edited shipping video of him and Shen Siyi and tapped it without giving it much thought.

The screen abruptly flickered twice, then several messages popped up.

[Baby, did you miss me? You're alone right now, aren't you, baby? Can I come find you? I want to touch your c*]

[I really miss you, baby. I'm so hard from missing you that I can't stand it. Can I show you? I really want baby to kiss it.]

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