I like you too

At that moment, Yin Zhengchuan had even decided what position he would kneel in to beg for forgiveness.

But Wei Zisu only said, "You only put down one quilt, and it's so thin. Of course it feels hard."

Yin Zhengchuan: ...

"Yes... it is a little hard. No, no, it's not hard. I like sleeping on a hard surface," he said incoherently.

Well, his body wasn't hot anymore, and he could control his pheromones now.

After a moment of silence, Wei Zisu suddenly asked, "Zhengchuan, did you already know me before we met?"

Yin Zhengchuan jolted again. "How did you know?"

Wei Zisu said, "Since Baozhu has liked me for a long time, you must have heard about me from her. So on the day of our blind date at the civil affairs bureau, you recognized me right away, didn't you?"

"Yes."

After answering, Yin Zhengchuan looked at Wei Zisu, remembering the mockery and encouragement from people on the forum. With one hand pinching his own thigh under the quilt, he finally gathered his courage and said earnestly, "Zisu, my sister likes you, and I..."

"Do you like me too?" Wei Zisu asked before he could finish.

Yin Zhengchuan froze, as though his pressure points had been struck, unable to react at all.

His heart pounded wildly in his chest, as though it were about to burst out. He took several deep breaths, but still couldn't suppress the feeling.

"I do!"

At last, he had said it!

Yin Zhengchuan stressed every word, afraid Wei Zisu wouldn't hear him clearly.

Hearing that, Wei Zisu smiled and said, "I like you too."

Yin Zhengchuan: !!!!!!

He felt as though he were about to ascend to immortality!

The confession he had spent so long working up to, the admission of affection he had voiced with such trepidation, had actually received a response so easily.

Wei Zisu had just... said he liked him!

He felt he had to leap up, climb to the top of the rockery, turn into a monkey and screech a couple of times, scoop the fish out of the pond and stroke each one, gild their scales, then jump into the sky and pluck down the moon to give to Wei Zisu before he could calm the excitement in his heart!

But the next moment...

"I like Baozhu too," Wei Zisu said. "And Dad and Father. You're all so good to me. I like all of you."

Yin Zhengchuan didn't need to turn into a monkey, catch fish, or pluck down the moon. His feelings settled down anyway. Not only did they settle, they also split open with a crack as deep as the Mariana Trench.

So, in Wei Zisu's eyes, his affection for him was that simple and innocent, and it wasn't unique. To Wei Zisu, he was no different from Baozhu, Dad, or Father. At most, he was family.

By comparison, his affection for Wei Zisu wasn't quite so innocent.

Fine. Family it was.

Time would reveal his heart. He had the confidence and the patience to wait for Wei Zisu to discover his true feelings and fall for him.

After brooding for a while, Yin Zhengchuan asked, "Zisu, why did you choose me on the day of our blind date?"

Resting his head on his arm, Wei Zisu thought back and said, "Didn't I arrange to meet four alphas that day? One didn't show up, one kept calling me a mere performer and wanted me to wait on his family, and another was a kid in an alpha-alpha relationship who wanted me as a cover. You were the only one who seemed relatively normal."

Yin Zhengchuan understood. So it was all thanks to the competition making him look good. He was really lucky.

But then another question occurred to him: If... the one who acted normal that day hadn't been me, but someone else, would Zisu have agreed to marry him too?

It seemed he would have.

Because he had noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with Wei Zisu's understanding of romantic feelings.

Having tormented himself with that thought, he didn't dare think any further, much less ask aloud.

Wei Zisu was getting sleepy. Struggling to stay awake, he said to Yin Zhengchuan, "Oh, right, Cui Xiangxiang is coming to our wedding the day after tomorrow too. Can we add another seat?"

"Of course." Seeing that he was sleepy, Yin Zhengchuan lowered his voice a little.

"Good. Thank you," Wei Zisu mumbled, then closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Yin Zhengchuan slowly sat up. Looking at Wei Zisu's small, sleeping face, he couldn't help smiling. He raised a hand to touch it, but his hand stopped in midair. After hesitating for a moment, he withdrew it.

He told himself, Yin Zhengchuan, don't be so greedy. He's already your husband. Take things slowly. You have plenty of time ahead of you.

Early the next morning.

Wei Zisu was woken by his phone ringing.

He stretched with his eyes closed. He had slept so well.

Opening one eye and seeing the top of the enclosed canopy bed, he finally remembered that he was at Yin Zhengchuan's house.

He abruptly rolled over to look down beside the bed. Yin Zhengchuan had gotten up at some point; both he and his quilt were gone.

He picked up his phone, saw that Director Zhang was calling, and quickly answered.

"Hello, Director Zhang."

"Zisu!" It was a little noisy on Director Zhang's end; he was probably on set. He said loudly, "My old classmate has finalized the guests for his show. There are three couples in total, and you and Zhengchuan are one of them!"

Wei Zisu brightened. "That's wonderful! Thank you, Director!"

Hearing that, the director said with some difficulty, "No need to thank me. It's just that this old classmate of mine is a variety-show veteran. He's always trying to stir things up. As a director, he really cares about how much buzz a celebrity generates."

Wei Zisu didn't understand what he was trying to say. Of course variety-show directors cared about how much buzz celebrities generated. Wait, no. If that was the case, why would he choose a nobody like him, who generated no buzz at all?

He had debuted five years ago. Apart from being a little popular in his first year, he had faded into such obscurity in recent years that he might as well not exist. He had only recently trended because he broke off his engagement with Sun Liang and cursed out Yuan Zizhen. Could it be...

Director Zhang's next words confirmed his suspicions.

"He's also chosen Yuan Zizhen and Sun Liang as another guest couple."

So that was it!

Wei Zisu understood. This variety-show director wanted to use that to generate publicity for the show. Never mind anything else-the guest announcement alone would be enough to draw attention. If the four of them appeared on the show together, even if they simply sat there without moving, the production team could spend an hour embellishing and recapping their past grudges and entanglements!

And it was a live show. He could imagine how lively the livestream chat would be.

This director knew how to reel in the views.