Sadly, life always had its regrets, and so did love

Only when everyone saw that Wen Zhiyan was not merely being polite did they abandon the idea of helping and head upstairs one after another to prepare for the upcoming group date.

Jiang Lan was in the kitchen, but he had heard the conversation in the dining room perfectly clearly.

Before everyone left, Jiang Lan said nothing, letting Wen Zhiyan help him rinse the dishes and cutlery he had just scrubbed with dish soap.

Only after everyone had left did he turn to Wen Zhiyan and say with a smile:

"President Wen, if you don't want to, you can just say so. You can refuse. Why the long face?"

At that, Wen Zhiyan gave Jiang Lan an equally insincere smile. "What are you talking about, Teacher Jiang? I'm perfectly willing."

An outsider hearing this would probably assume they were talking about washing the dishes.

But only Jiang Lan and Wen Zhiyan knew they were talking about sleeping in separate beds that night.

Jiang Lan clicked his tongue and abruptly changed the subject. "Wen Zhiyan, I dreamed about you last night."

Wen Zhiyan raised an eyebrow, his expression giving nothing away. "What an honor to appear in your dreams, Teacher Jiang."

Jiang Lan stopped washing the dishes and leaned against the sink, looking at Wen Zhiyan. "Don't you want to know what I dreamed about?"

Wen Zhiyan glanced out of the corner of his eye at the camera above Jiang Lan's head, his eyes curving with his smile.

"Since it's such an interesting story, why don't you tell me all about it in the dead of night, Teacher Jiang?"

Jiang Lan pursed his lips and said casually, "That depends on whether I can still remember it by the dead of night."

This exchange, conducted without the slightest regard for anyone else's ability to cope, instantly caused an uproar beyond the cameras.

[????]

[What are they talking about in code?]

[I've thought there was something unusual about their relationship for ages. Seriously, before, they were at each other's throats. Now there's something else there too that I can't quite describe.]

[Holy shit, one alpha telling another alpha he dreamed about him last night? What does that mean?]

[It means one alpha is provoking another. They might be about to fight.]

[Agreed. I feel like Lan-ge has always been pretty rude to President Wen, like he's constantly trying to test his limits.]

[But President Wen seems pretty tolerant. Not sure if it's because they're on a show.]

[Hard to say. My blind guess is that Jiang Lan either said it deliberately, or he really did dream about pinning President Wen to the ground and wiping the floor with him.]

[Can I quietly ask... am I the only one who thinks they're kind of shippable?]

[Me too. I think there really is a tiny bit of flirting going on.]

[!!!!!]

[That's against the natural order! Nothing good comes of two alphas getting together! With two top-tier alphas, you'd be lucky if they didn't fight to the death.]

[The atmosphere between them was fine this morning. Things only started getting tense after the room assignments. I think it has something to do with Lin Ziyou.]

[But that's weird. Lin Ziyou clearly got zero votes today.]

[I don't get it. Was it deliberate?]

[Not sure. Let's wait and see.]

Because everyone had gotten drunk the night before, the random dates originally planned for pairs that day had become a group date.

But just as the day before, they still had to draw their destination blind.

Once everyone was ready, Jiang Lan casually drew an envelope from the robot cart.

He opened the envelope and saw three large characters written on it:

[Amusement park.]

Xu Can looked at Lin Ziyou. "Ziyou, this was the place you and President Wen drew yesterday, right?"

Lin Ziyou shrugged. "Yeah, but getting to go again is pretty nice too."

Qiao Xin looked at Wen Zhiyan. "You went yesterday. Why don't you stay in your room and rest today?"

She kept feeling that Wen Zhiyan was a major threat. Although there was now a little something developing between her and Yu Nan, there was still plenty of time ahead. Yu Nan was so cute-who knew whether Wen Zhiyan might suddenly turn into a pervert and compete with her for him?

With Wen Zhiyan's qualities and methods, what omega could resist?

Especially in their industry, having a powerful backer could save someone at least forty years of hard work.

If Wen Zhiyan set his mind to seducing someone, even an omega who was married with children and had been permanently marked probably would not be able to resist the temptation, let alone all the unattached sweethearts sitting here.

If they had been dating in pairs that day and Wen Zhiyan had drawn the amusement park again, he might very well have given up and found an excuse to return to his room to sleep.

But today was different. With Jiang Lan there, he would gladly go every day and every night, even live in the amusement park.

Wen Zhiyan met Qiao Xin's gaze. "You ate yesterday too. Why are you eating again today?"

Qiao Xin glared at Wen Zhiyan, put on her sunglasses, and fell silent.

But as Jiang Lan looked at the words "amusement park," his thoughts were pulled back to long ago.

He zoned out for a while, thinking about who knew what, then rubbed his fingertips together and addressed the camera:

"Are today's venue and activities exactly the same as yesterday's?"

The reply soon came over the speakers. "No."

Jiang Lan thought for a moment, tossed the envelope onto the coffee table, and said to everyone, "President Wen and Lin Ziyou went here yesterday. If no one objects, shall we draw again?"

Everyone looked at one another. Qiao Xin was the first to nod. "Sure."

To be honest, she was not particularly interested in the rides those omegas were so enthusiastic about.

Neither was Pei Du. He was afraid of heights, which left him with very few options. "I don't want to spend the whole afternoon riding the carousel."

Naturally, neither Lin Ziyou nor Wen Zhiyan objected.

The others had no particular objections either. It was not as though they had never been there, or that they absolutely had to go.

So Jiang Lan asked the production team again, "Can we choose again?"

The reply came over the speakers. "One last chance."

Jiang Lan considered it, decided his luck with draws was not very good, and gave Wen Zhiyan a look. "President Wen, draw for me."

Wen Zhiyan knew that when it came to prize draws, Jiang Lan had never drawn anything he was happy with.

Tissues from the supermarket, forks from restaurants, stainless steel basins from department stores, and the ugliest plush toy at the amusement park.

So Wen Zhiyan did not decline, casually taking a second envelope from the robot cart.

He opened the envelope and showed everyone what it said.

[Cliff bungee jumping]

Everyone let out a startled cry in unison.

"Fuck" burst straight out of Pei Du's mouth.

Qiao Xin, on the other hand, was very pleased. She already could not wait to hold Yu Nan in her arms for a hot, passionate bungee jump.

Looking at those four characters, Jiang Lan could not help recalling the many foolish things he had done back when he had been most infatuated with Wen Zhiyan.

For example, saving a list titled [One hundred things couples must do together], then trying to work through it slowly, one item at a time.

Back then, he really had taken Wen Zhiyan along to complete some of them.

Sadly, life always had its regrets, and so did love.