In the living room, everyone kept chiming in, while the livestream chat was locked in a fierce argument too.
Seeing so many people kicking up a fuss because of him, Song Nianxing felt awful too. He hurriedly looked at Jiang Jingzhe and explained:
"You misunderstood. I never meant to make you give up your seat!"
Jiang Jingzhe listened to his explanation and saw his displeased frown, and laughed in anger.
Song Nianxing was angry with him?!
Song Nianxing actually had the nerve to get angry with him now?!
Fine. Just great!
At that thought, his tone grew even more sarcastic. "Heh, you never meant to make me give up my seat? Oh~ right, you were sitting with Shen earlier, so naturally you want to sit in the middle with him now."
The moment he mentioned Shen Siyi, Song Nianxing grew even more anxious, afraid of causing Shen Siyi more trouble. "What nonsense are you talking about! How could you..."
"He's right."
Shen Siyi's voice slowly rang out, its gentle tone seeming capable of soothing all resentment and sorrow.
Song Nianxing looked up. The smile on the man's lips was tender and refined.
"Nianxing, come sit beside me."
As he spoke, his gaze swept toward Jiang Jingzhe.
His slightly raised brows seemed to convey two words.
You idiot.
Song Nianxing looked at Jiang Jingzhe, then at Shen Siyi. Many, many things flashed through his mind. Finally, he pressed his lips together and let his gaze settle on Shen Siyi.
"Thank you, Shen."
The moment he watched him step toward Shen Siyi, Jiang Jingzhe felt as though something really was about to leave him. It was as if someone had gouged his heart with a knife, the pain leaving him dazed.
The PD had watched the whole thing in terror. Which of those people arguing just now could he afford to offend? They were all people he had to bow and scrape to!
Seriously, could someone tell him?
Were these people here to fall in love or tear each other apart? Bizarre! Terrifying!
"It's all a misunderstanding!" the PD said. After a few dry, placating laughs, he hurriedly steered them onto another topic.
"First, on behalf of Starstruck Moments, I'd like to extend a warm welcome to our eight guests. As of now, all our guests for the first week have arrived."
As he spoke, the PD used a remote to turn off the large screen displaying the chat, then smiled. "And with that, your first week of romance begins. We won't be showing you the chat anymore, to keep it from influencing your judgment."
"As an adult dating show, Starstruck Moments will also incorporate innovative, open-ended, free-form elements into the traditional dating-show format. In other words, neither orientation nor how far things go will be an issue."
"Ahem! Our first four guests have already answered questions about their sexual orientations and sex lives, but their answers-we'll keep those secret from the guests who arrived afterward."
The moment the PD finished, a "Holy shit" rang out in the living room.
Chen Mingyi's eyes were wide, her face full of disbelief. "You mean the guy I fall for could be gay!"
Yuan Man raised his brows too, laughing as he joined in. "That wild? He loves her, she loves another woman, that woman loves him, but he loves another man? Tsk, now that sounds fun."
The PD nodded meaningfully. "That's very possible~ We've also prepared a weekly romance theme for you. Since the first week is for getting acquainted and breaking the ice, the theme is-contact."
"Each guest needs to choose someone they want to 'make contact' with based on their first impression, then complete today's intimacy task with that person.
Your choice is locked in for the day, and you can only change it after a day has passed. Now, please write the name of the person you want to 'make contact' with on your card."
As soon as the PD finished speaking, the staff handed a card to each person on the sofa.
Yu Xinyan clicked his tongue. "An intimacy task... how intimate are we talking?"
"The level of intimacy increases over time. In other words, today's task might be hugging, and tomorrow's might be kissing, mm..."
Once the PD finished answering, a chorus of "Holy crap," "What the hell," and "Oh my freaking God" erupted.
Yu Xinyan, who had asked the question, immediately broke out in goosebumps. He looked beside him, and Yuan Man happened to look over too, the corner of his lips curled into a sly smile.
Yu Xinyan's heart instantly sank, and he shot him a warning look.
Yuan Man merely shrugged dismissively, then deliberately showed Yu Xinyan the card with his name written on it.
Fuck! He knew this damn bastard would deliberately try to disgust him!
Fine, bring it on!
Who was scared of whom!
Yu Xinyan nodded repeatedly in anger. Gritting his teeth, he wrote Yuan Man's name too, then showed him the card with a perfectly polite smile and mouthed, "You'd better write my name for the next few days too!"
Yuan Man's smile deepened. "I'll give you what you want~"
Hubby.
Yu Xinyan: "..."
Fuck! What was this guy calling him in his head now!
The camera moved toward the two of them.
The chat instantly turned into a chorus of screams.
[Aaaaaah, I've been born!! I knew they'd pick each other. This is love! Great love!]
[Please just kiss already, thank you.]
[What did I just hear!! Did our Mr. Yuan just say he'd give Yu Xinyan what he wanted, aaaaaah? Have I got their roles backward?]
[It's fine, they can switch, but they can't split. I knew our Yuan Man, an ace, couldn't possibly be a bottom.]
[No, no, they can't switch or split! Isn't our Yu Xinyan perfect as a gorgeous silver-haired top?]
On the other side, Chen Mingyi and Du Yuesi exchanged "meaningful glances" for quite a while before showing their cards in unison.
(Chen Mingyi's choice: Song Nianxing)
(Du Yuesi's choice: Song Nianxing)
[??? Seriously, does your Du Yuesi have to copy our girl even in this? Isn't that disgusting?]
[Lmao, are you blind? Your Chen Mingyi was clearly sneaking looks at our Sisi just now, okay!]
[Okay, but... ladies, Song Nianxing is gay! He's gay!]
Seeing everyone finish writing one after another, Song Nianxing couldn't help growing anxious.
Whose name should he write?
It felt like he'd get attacked no matter whose name he wrote.
An intimacy task... no one would want to do a task like that with him, would they?
He looked up toward Jiang Jingzhe.
Just then, Qiu Bailu was showing her card too, wearing an embarrassed smile.
Jiang Jingzhe's gaze also turned toward Song Nianxing.
Their eyes met for only an instant before Jiang Jingzhe's gaze turned cold and he quickly looked away, then held his card toward the camera.
Song Nianxing bit his lip, the hand holding his pen trembling slightly.
Jiang Jingzhe was out.
He didn't dare choose Yu Xinyan or Yuan Man.
As for the two female guests, he'd already made his sexual orientation public. It wouldn't be right to get close to them now.
So.
(Song Nianxing's chosen partner: Shen Siyi)
[Shen Siyi really got dragged into this for no reason. It's like he's being haunted by a ghost. Disgusting.]
[Lmao, does he actually think Shen Siyi treats him differently?]
[Exactly. Shen Siyi is usually just being polite to him, but this intimacy task involves physical contact, so that changes things. There's no way Shen Siyi will accept him now. Hahaha, this'll be a show.]
The camera moved again, settling in front of Shen Siyi.
He raised his hand and displayed his card.
Shen Siyi's chosen partner was.
(Song Nianxing)
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