You changed your minds way too fast

"Let me explain something for everyone. All that just happened? I'd call it Party A behavior."

Ye Yizhou sat on the swing chair, swaying leisurely as he spoke confidently to the camera. "Simply put, whoever has the money calls the shots. I call the shots in this livestream. If I want someone out, they have to get out."

"By the same logic, if someone wants me off this show, you can become the show's Party A and make that happen."

"When that happens, no matter how unwilling I am, I'll have to obediently pack my bags and leave, secretly crying my eyes out with snot running down my face."

The corners of Ye Yizhou's lips curved slightly. He gave a cold scoff, his words pointed. "I'm not like certain people who have no ability of their own but still come looking for trouble. Then, after getting put in their place, they actually go around telling everyone how badly they got humiliated. Have they no shame?"

"Only a true hero fights magic with magic. I'll be waiting."

Ye Yizhou raised an eyebrow, issuing his challenge in an utterly arrogant tone.

[Holy shit, what kind of wish-fulfillment novel moment is this?! This is way too satisfying!]

[Whether Ye Yizhou actually has the ability himself or has money backing him, this scene was seriously satisfying.]

[Does no one else think Ye Yizhou looks exactly like a defiant young heir from a wealthy family right now?]

[Then who was that affected, delicate little innocent before?]

[Can someone tell me what's real and what's fake?]

[If he's really that capable, why didn't he do anything before, when there were all those scandals and so many people were trashing him?]

Ye Yizhou's transformation during the very first episode of this dating show had already stunned everyone.

At the time, people had generally concluded that Ye Yizhou was planning to establish a new persona. And they had to admit, this new persona really did have more appeal.

"Are you all that curious about this?"

Ye Yizhou saw that this question made up most of the comments. Many people couldn't figure it out, but in fact, there were some things Ye Yizhou himself couldn't figure out either.

"Since everyone's got so much time on their hands, let's have an academic discussion!"

The livestream viewers were utterly baffled and flooded the comments with question marks.

"Hold on. Let me find a big screen so I can read your comments more easily and discuss this with everyone."

Ye Yizhou got off the swing chair and looked around before finally settling his gaze on the cameraman.

The cameraman had a faint sense of foreboding and looked at Ye Yizhou nervously.

Ye Yizhou's eyes lit up. "Your production team has a dedicated big screen for monitoring public opinion in the livestream in real time, right?"

The cameraman bobbed his camera up and down to indicate that they did.

"Then can I borrow it?" Ye Yizhou asked for the production team's permission.

The cameraman said meekly, "That's not my call."

"Oh, got it. That cabin, right?" Ye Yizhou pointed at a small wooden cabin nearby and headed straight toward it.

After giving the guests their tasks, Director Ji had left them space to do their own thing and returned to the cabin to watch each guest's performance on the monitors. He was discussing the upcoming arrangements with the assistant director.

When Ye Yizhou entered the cabin where the directors worked, Director Ji abruptly fell silent. The production staff also stopped what they were doing and stared at Ye Yizhou blankly.

Director Ji said nothing, waiting for Ye Yizhou to speak first.

Since Ye Yizhou had come over himself, there must have been something he needed resolved.

However, Ye Yizhou said nothing.

Ye Yizhou simply looked around the cabin. As it happened, the seat in front of one monitor was empty.

Ye Yizhou sat down without ceremony.

Director Ji: ?

Rather than speaking directly to Ye Yizhou, Director Ji whispered so quietly that his voice was little more than breath as he addressed Ye Yizhou's cameraman. "What does he want? Why is he sitting in my seat?"

Yes, that was the director's monitor. He had just gotten up to discuss a few things with the assistant director when Ye Yizhou arrived.

"He wants to borrow the production team's big-screen monitor." The cameraman unconsciously lowered his voice too, speaking quietly.

Director Ji frowned in confusion and turned toward Ye Yizhou, meeting his eyes.

The two of them were like sealed jars, neither saying a word.

In the end, Director Ji looked away first and resumed his earlier discussion with the assistant director as though nothing had happened, as if this uninvited visitor, Ye Yizhou, had never arrived.

Ye Yizhou: ?

Though puzzled, Ye Yizhou didn't ask any more questions. He likewise looked away, adjusted a few things on the monitor, and opened his individual livestream. It had a comment assistant that made the comments easier to read.

"Now, let's begin our academic discussion."

As soon as Ye Yizhou spoke, the staff in the cabin all turned their eyes toward him.

"Tell me, aren't personas like the high-maintenance beauty and the ditzy beauty popular in the entertainment industry?"

Ye Yizhou asked with a very serious expression, looking genuinely puzzled.

[I do like the ditzy beauty setup. Adorably dumb and pretty cute.]

[I used to be okay with it, but I can't really accept it anymore. I don't even like reading novels with that kind of character now.]

[Seriously, sometimes it really triggers my intolerance for stupidity. I just can't stand it.]

[Same. Without rose-colored glasses, no matter how good-looking someone is, if they keep doing stupid things and holding everyone back, I just want to smack them dead.]

Ye Yizhou read the comments with his brows tightly furrowed, but he didn't interrupt.

[As for high-maintenance beauties, sometimes the secondhand embarrassment is enough to make me dig a whole castle out with my toes.]

[Being difficult without any regard for the occasion is really off-putting.]

[The high-maintenance beauty persona was really appealing a few years back. A little prickly, a little demanding, and pretty cute.]

"A few years back? You thought that kind of persona was popular? And pretty cute?"

Noticing some recurring elements in the comments, Ye Yizhou singled them out. His lips pressed together slightly, and he looked as though he wanted to say something but held back.

[That expression of yours...]

[It can't be what I'm thinking!]

[Don't tell me you were acting according to that persona before!]

[No wonder you've seemed like a completely different person lately. Were you really playing a role before?]

[That persona fell out of favor ages ago. Didn't you know?]

"That persona fell out of favor this quickly? That wasn't what you were saying two years ago."

Reading the comments one after another, Ye Yizhou looked utterly speechless and complained indignantly, "You changed your minds way too fast! You players!"

[?]

[I'm just watching a livestream, and somehow I've become a player?]

[Two years ago? When Ye Yizhou first entered the industry?]

[Help, who told you that kind of naive, sweet airhead persona was popular?!]

[Don't tell me you found some trendy persona in an entertainment-industry novel!]

"What kind of person do you take me for?"

Ye Yizhou frowned, disagreeing with what they said. "From the very beginning, I took my plans for entering the entertainment industry very seriously! And they were all backed by data."