After saying goodbye to the viewers, Sheng Nian collected himself and followed a staff member to his room.
It was a separate room, ensuring that none of the guests making confessions would encounter one another. They would go out in the order determined by drawing lots, and a large screen in the room let them watch the other couples' confessions.
By eight that evening, the official livestream for Heart-Throbbing Observation Diary: Experience Season was already packed with viewers. Even the servers for Tomato TV's app nearly crashed under the traffic; only an emergency call for programmers to perform maintenance spared the staff's ancestors from being cursed.
Meanwhile, all the major media outlets, especially Starblog's trending list, were filled with topics about confession night.
Everyone was waiting to witness the start of this hit variety show's grand confession event.
Seeing that it was almost time, Sheng Nian stopped trying to squeeze in some last-minute practice for the surprise he had prepared for Yan Feizhuo. He turned on the large screen in his room and opened Heart-Throbbing Observation Diary's official main livestream, ready to watch confession night.
The first couple to confess was Mo Yuanyuan, the first good friend Sheng Nian had made on the show, and Qi Xiao.
Rows of lanterns stood beneath the tall Marriage Tree, their warm yellow light and the fluttering red silk forming a beautiful landscape.
But the two people at its center drew even more attention.
Departing from her usual lively style, Mo Yuanyuan stood beneath the tree in a gentle, ladylike long dress of pale blue-gray, her slightly curled hair falling down her back and a shy blush on her face.
The evening breeze was gentle, lifting the hem of her dress.
Clearly, she was waiting for someone.
Before long, a debonair Alpha appeared at