The viewers in the livestream exploded at the sight too.
[This has to be the first guest to disappear on a variety show.]
[Drop the "first," commenter above. The guest in the other stream beat him to it.]
[The production team must be losing it. Two guests have vanished.]
The cameraman called the chief director in despair.
The chief director was numb too. Staring at the two empty livestreams with neither guest in sight, he nearly blacked out. Please let this be a hallucination~
After finally recovering, he hurriedly sent the staff to look for the two of them.
Elsewhere, Yan Yi's cameraman wished his eyes could scan the area.
Just as he was on the verge of breaking down, a handsome young man with exquisitely delicate features suddenly rode past him on a motorized suitcase.
The comments erupted at the sight of that familiar suitcase.
[It's Shen Ting!!!]
[Director, director, calling the director! Target number two has appeared.]
[What's the cameraman waiting for? Catch whichever one you can!]
Meanwhile, Shen Ting's cameraman had also run into the missing Yan Yi.
The two camera crews greeted each other, then finally decided to roll with the mistake and hand their respective lunatics over to the other team.
The cameraman followed closely behind Shen Ting.
Shen Ting never noticed that the people behind him had changed. He happily drove his suitcase to a bubble tea shop.
"I'd like a taro bubble milk tea, without..."
"Without the taro or the milk tea?" the cashier instinctively finished the joke.
"No, without the bubbles. Just bubbles would be so monotonous. The flavor's too bland. It wouldn't work." Shen Ting looked utterly serious.
The young cashier screamed inwardly at the deadly serious Shen Ting in front of her. Sure enough, someone being too serious could drive you a little crazy too.
[Hahaha, one second she was all smiles, and the next she wasn't smiling anymore.]
[One second: a hot guy's flirting with me, yay! The next: he's actually buying milk tea, boo.]
[Shen Ting is so calculating. Isn't everything he's done these past few days just to get everyone's attention? Don't let him fool you.]
[Exactly. It's almost time to meet up, and he's still taking his sweet time buying milk tea. He has no sense of time at all.]
[Steer clear.]
With his milk tea in hand, Shen Ting followed another enticing smell to a fried chicken shop.
"I'd like a whole fried chicken leg."
"One fried drumstick, please."
Huh? Shen Ting instinctively turned to look beside him. Which bro has such great taste?
Yan Yi looked at Shen Ting too.
The two cameramen also exchanged a glance, then tacitly looked away at the same time. Neither wanted to go back to following Shen Ting-or Yan Yi.
As long as I don't say anything, the other guy won't know he's following a lunatic.
Shen Ting and Yan Yi sat at the fried chicken shop's only table. Right beside it was the meeting point for the dating show's guests.
Wearing an off-white jacket and a broad smile, Su Yu looked gently at Si Chen beside him.
"Good morning, Mr. Si. That massager you lent me a few days ago works really well. I accidentally strained my back while rehearsing a fight scene, and it's been noticeably better these past few days after using your massager."
"I'm glad it helped. Keep using it. There's no rush to return it." The corners of Si Chen's mouth lifted slightly as he spoke.
"Thank you, Mr. Si. You're really too kind," Su Yu said with his palms pressed together.
Si Chen said nothing, merely reaching out with his large hand to ruffle Su Yu's soft hair.
[Our little Yu is so dedicated. You couldn't tell at all that he was injured in the drama. Baby, make sure you rest.]
[Mr. Si is so gentle too.]
[The crown prince and the noble heir from the drama have met in real life.]
Their fans and shippers flooded the livestream chat. Even the occasional comment from a casual viewer was instantly buried.
Beside them were several other guests on the dating show: Meng Yun, the young master of Tianheng Entertainment; Bai Yuanyuan, the wildly popular female singer and dancer; Shen Rui, the eldest young master of the Shen Group; and Su Weiwang, the Su family's second young master.
Watching the two get along so well, Shen Rui's eyes flickered with sadness. He radiated melancholy, like an abandoned puppy.
Shen Ting curled his lip at the sight. "What even is this?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Yan Yi suddenly spoke beside him.
"Huh?" Shen Ting looked at the bro beside him in confusion.
Yan Yi put down his fried drumstick. "He really emphasized the key points: Si Chen, the massager Si Chen lent him, getting injured in a fight scene. Isn't he just fishing for views?"
Hello? You just went right ahead and said that?
The cameramen behind them looked ashen too. Can we even air this?
The chief director fell straight out of his chair when he saw this. They had only just started!
Shen Ting couldn't help taking a closer look at the bro beside him. Those looks, that build, and that mouth that dared to say anything-he was the perfect banter buddy!
[Where did the production team find this non-celebrity? Are they blind?]
[Exactly. Which eye of his saw our Su Yu fishing for views?]
[Isn't he obviously fishing for shipper views and sympathy views from fans and casual fans?]
[Did nobody notice that right after this guy finished speaking, Shen Ting actually looked impressed and pleased?]
[I noticed. If he weren't holding a fried drumstick, I feel like he would've started clapping.]
Time ticked by, leaving ten minutes until the final meeting time.
Si Chen frowned as he checked the time. "Shen Ting is getting more and more out of line, making all of us wait for him."
"It isn't time to meet yet, is it? Besides, my brother isn't the only one missing," Shen Rui retorted. They could criticize him, but not his little brother.
"Am I wrong? Even if you're his older brother, you can't keep indulging him."
Su Yu stood between them as a peacemaker, gently soothing them both.
Playing on his phone nearby, Meng Yun curled his lip at the scene. So these two both have feelings for that minor celebrity.
Bai Yuanyuan's smile was strained. Two desirable prospects had fallen for the same person. That really wasn't good news.
Su Weiwang trembled all over. For someone with severe social anxiety, appearing on a variety show like this was still a bit too much. He would rather go work a job.
Inside the fried chicken shop, Shen Ting finished his chicken leg and wiped his mouth. "Who's he calling?"
"You," Yan Yi said, sipping his cola.
"No, you heard wrong. He was clearly calling for daddy one." Shen Ting opened a suitcase and, as though rummaging through a treasure chest, pulled out a large megaphone.
Shen Ting deftly switched on the megaphone, brought it to his mouth, and cleared his throat.
"Ahem..."
"Daddy one is here. What do you want with your daddy..."
The booming megaphone instantly drew everyone's gaze.
That included Si Chen and the others. Once Si Chen made out the words coming through the megaphone, his face darkened frighteningly.
Meng Yun couldn't help laughing at those words. Only one person in our group was talking about Shen Ting, wasn't there?
Si Chen clenched his fists tightly. "Isn't there another non-celebrity too?"
"Daddy two is here too..."
Shen Ting stared blankly at the bro who had leaned over to his megaphone. He's Yan Yi, the other minor cannon fodder on equal footing with me?
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