He Likes Me to Death

He Jianing's face paled. He turned toward Xie Lin and forced a smile.

"You're so charming, Xie Lin. You actually got three love letters!"

Xie Lin waved a hand with exaggerated modesty.

"That's nothing. The Privilege Card is what matters."

It was clear that he really had no interest in the other two love letters.

Some got nothing, while others had more than they could handle!

He Jianing gritted his teeth in resentment.

Next, the genders switched roles. The Alpha guests stepped away, and the Omega guests wrote their love letters.

[Great, there are already fewer Omega guests. Even if they each pick someone different, one person still won't get a letter!]

[Calling it now: Lu Ye gets Xie Lin's and He Jianing's, Yue Lan gets Yu Zhiwei's, and the other two get zilch!]

[Ha, why would Ningbao ever pick Lu Ye? If he picks anyone, it'll be Film Emperor Fu!]

[Oh my, the Xi Paper Wraps Ning shippers are still alive?]

[Anyone with eyes can see He Jianing has a thing for Lu Ye!]

A little over ten minutes later, the Alpha guests were invited back.

Lu Ye stood staring at his mailbox as if he wanted to bore a hole through it.

Zhou Shuyuan smiled.

"You seem nervous, President Lu?"

Lu Ye took a deep breath, glanced at him, and strode forward.

He really was nervous.

He was afraid-afraid Xie Lin would write to Fu Yunxi.

Those two had twenty years of history together. He had only known Xie Lin for a few days!

Even so, he wouldn't back down.

Braced for the worst, Lu Ye opened his mailbox with a long face, then froze.

There were actually two love letters lying inside!

The corners of his mouth rose higher and higher. He chuckled to himself for a good while before taking one out and opening it.

"I'd like to participate in the next activity with President Lu!"

It was signed He Jianing.

Lu Ye frowned, folded it, and tossed it back in.

"What the hell is this?"

Then he picked up the other one.

"Ah! Fine!"

It was signed Xie Lin.

[Wait, are these two having a whole conversation through their letters?]

[Hahahaha, Lu Gougou is going to die of happiness!]

Lu Ye grinned, turned toward Xie Lin, and waved the love letter in his hand.

"You said it!"

"Yeah, so?"

"An Omega can only have one Alpha!"

"Right, nothing wrong with that, but my Alpha doesn't have to be you!"

"..."

The smile vanished from Lu Ye's face.

He strode over to Xie Lin, cupped his face in his large hands, and kneaded it hard.

"Say that again!"

"Let go of me, damn it!"

Xie Lin punched and kicked, but those hands clamped around his face like iron pincers. He couldn't break free.

In the end, Lu Ye reluctantly let go, worried he would hurt him.

"What the fuck? I'm a delicate Omega. Why were you using so much force?"

Meanwhile, Fu Yunxi opened his mailbox. As expected, it was empty.

When he turned to look over, he noticed a finger mark on either side of Xie Lin's fair face and went pale with alarm.

"Taotao, what happened to your face?"

Xie Lin pointed irritably.

"Ask him!"

Lu Ye panicked and frantically twirled his hands.

"No, I really didn't use any force!"

[Haha, no force? Tao Miaomiao's face was practically reshaped!]

[You know nothing about an S-Class Alpha's strength!]

Fu Yunxi's expression darkened.

"President Lu, Xie Lin doesn't like you at all. Stop harassing him."

Lu Ye raised an eyebrow.

"What makes you think he doesn't like me? He likes me to death, okay?"

"Ha, I don't see it!"

The director stretched out his arms and separated them.

"All right, stop arguing. President Lu gets the Privilege Card, Yue Lan gets one love letter, and Fu Yunxi and Zhou Shuyuan get none. Rock-paper-scissors will decide who comes last."

After a best-of-five match, Zhou Shuyuan lost. He and He Jianing were responsible for making lunch.

Before long, seven plates of diet food were laid out on the dining table.

He Jianing smiled and called everyone over to sit.

"Come eat. I've brought everything out. I hope you won't mind it."

Fu Yunxi's eyes lit up, and his gaze grew a little warmer as he looked at him.

"Jianing, did you learn to cook over the past two weeks?"

"Only a little. It's still not very good."

"It's already great. It looks delicious!"

Xie Lin glanced at the two of them, his tone indifferent.

"Did you make all of this, He Jianing?"

He Jianing's expression froze, and he hurriedly waved his hands.

"No, Zhou Shuyuan made it. I helped bring it out."

"If you didn't make it, what gives you the right to say someone else didn't do a very good job?"

[Is Xie Lin sick in the head? So what if Ningbao didn't make it? Didn't he bring it out?]

[Oh, wow, is carrying a plate some huge accomplishment? Forgotten how Lu Ye made eight dishes last season?]

[He Jianing's the one with a problem. He deliberately left things vague so people would think he made it all?]

[He hasn't even eaten it, and he's already saying it's not very good. That fake innocence is nauseating.]

He Jianing stiffened. After setting down the plate in his hands, he turned and went back to the kitchen, his retreating figure looking particularly aggrieved.

Zhou Shuyuan came out afterward with an apologetic smile.

"Sorry, everyone. This is all I know how to make!"

Yue Lan turned to look at him.

"You made it all yourself?"

"Yes. He Jianing said he couldn't cook or wash vegetables, so I did everything myself. He did offer to wipe my sweat, but..."

The corner of Zhou Shuyuan's mouth lifted as he glanced at Xie Lin out of the corner of his eye.

"That would give you all and the viewers the wrong idea, so I said no."

[Whoa, who was it who just said he'd learned to cook? Turns out he can't even wash vegetables?]

[He can't even put on an act properly. Does He Jianing have no shame?]

[Exposed that quickly. He Jianing's fans, anything else to say?]

[Haha, that's just one side of the story. Who knows if Zhou Shuyuan covets Ningbao's beauty and is deliberately saying this to smear him?]

[Hiss, you really won't accept reality until it hits you in the face!]

[Are these paid shills? How can they praise him so mindlessly?]

Xie Lin's attention was entirely on the steak on the diet plate in front of him.

He looked up at Zhou Shuyuan.

"Well-done?"

"Yes. Uh, Xie Lin, how would you like it cooked? I can make you another one."

"No, no, don't bother. I love it well-done."

Lu Ye bared his teeth briefly, cut the beef on his plate into small pieces, and pushed it in front of Xie Lin.

"Have this one too!"

Xie Lin's eyes sparkled.

"You're not eating it?"

"No. You have it!"

"Then don't mind if I do!"

After wolfing down a large plate of vegetables and two large steaks, Xie Lin leaned back in his chair with a satisfied burp.

The director came over with a smile to announce the next activity.

"A romantic date at a theme park! First, we'll draw lots to form groups. Since we have an odd number of guests, one group will have three people!"

Xie Lin immediately sat up straight.

A romantic showdown. Perfect. He loved watching those!

Before long, the groups were decided.

Yue Lan was paired with Fu Yunxi, Lu Ye with Yu Zhiwei, and Xie Lin with He Jianing and Zhou Shuyuan.

The corners of Xie Lin's mouth instantly drooped. He was the joke after all!

[Good grief, every ship got split up? Is this really a dating show? Director, get over here and face your death!]

[Zhou Shuyuan's so lucky. One A with two Os!]

Lu Ye lazily raised a hand.

"Director, I'd like to use my Privilege Card."

"Sure. Who would you like to switch with?"

"Zhou Shuyuan!"

The smile on Zhou Shuyuan's face instantly flattened.

Their gazes collided in midair. After a clash of sparks and lightning, Zhou Shuyuan conceded defeat.

He smiled good-naturedly.

"That Privilege Card is practically a cheat."

Lu Ye grinned.

"You can work hard for one too!"