Did you think just anyone could get on a legal affairs show?

[Bai Luochuan, you liar! Since when did you like money! Wasn't playing with men your favorite thing!]

[Damn you, you heartbreaker! Why have you suddenly stopped liking playing with men! Are you trying to make your man jealous!]

[Right now, this instant, immediately! Open your game! Apologize to your man!]

[And let us see who your man actually is while you're at it ()]

The live chat erupted with laughter.

The viewers had originally thought they were only joking around.

But they had never, ever expected this.

Qi Yu looked utterly heartbroken as he asked Bai Luochuan, "Ge, you don't like playing with men anymore?"

Bai Luochuan: ...

Everyone around them: ...

You could actually feel wronged over him not liking to play with men?

Why not just be more direct?

Just say you liked him playing with you.

Wouldn't that be more specific?

He worked hard to adjust his expression.

Bai Luochuan gave Qi Yu a smile full of reassurance.

He said, "Of course playing with men is still my favorite, but I'm afraid he'll read too much into it if I say that. So let's keep it simple: I like money, because with money, I can play with men better."

Bai Luochuan put it very subtly.

But everyone present understood him.

What Bai Luochuan was saying was this.

The men he liked playing with weren't men like Lan Muxing.

Lan Muxing couldn't give him anything that satisfied him.

So it was better to return to basics.

Money was pretty good.

The smile on Lan Muxing's face crumbled for a moment.

But he was a professional, after all.

After just two deep breaths, he composed himself again. Still looking at Bai Luochuan with that same expectant gaze, he said, "But you did save my life, after all. I'd feel bad repaying you with nothing but money."

Bai Luochuan frowned.

That stingy?

Although he hadn't actually planned to ask for money over this.

But if he wasn't even willing to give him money.

How else could he repay him?

A measure of speechlessness had already entered his gaze.

Bai Luochuan waved a hand and said, "I said to forget it right from the start. It was no trouble, so there's no need. Let's just eat."

Lan Muxing wanted to say more.

Beside them, Qi Yu had already narrowed his eyes.

He said nothing.

But the threat in his gaze was unmistakable.

He was telling Lan Muxing this.

If he had any sense, he should obediently shut his mouth now.

His wife was eating.

He shouldn't disturb someone just because he had nothing better to do.

And that wasn't all.

Even Yan Cheng, on the other side, couldn't help speaking up. He said, "Lan Muxing, although I don't know what you're thinking, it's very rude to disturb someone while they're eating."

As he spoke, he glanced at Bai Luochuan beside him.

He must have looked very handsome stepping forward like that, and he thought Bai Luochuan would glance at him.

Instead, Bai Luochuan kept his head down and devoured his food.

Yan Cheng: ...

Seriously.

Are you that hungry!?

Throughout the meal, Lan Muxing and Yan Cheng could barely taste what they ate.

Bai Luochuan, on the other hand, enjoyed himself immensely.

People needed to respect food.

Especially people who regularly lived on instant noodles and fast food: they should learn to respect fine meals like this that were hard to come by.

Once everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they returned to the living room to await the Production Team's next arrangements.

This time, Qi Yu was very clever.

He pulled Bai Luochuan over and squeezed into an armchair with him.

That way, even if anyone else wanted to sit with them, there would be no room.

At last, he could avoid that bunch of nuisances.

Pressed tightly against his wife, he even draped an arm over the back of the chair.

It looked as though he was merely making himself more comfortable.

But in reality, all Qi Yu was thinking about was how this position put his arm a little closer to his wife's shoulders.

His eyes curved into lovely crescents.

Qi Yu asked, "Ge, I wanted to ask you yesterday. Why are you so short on money? Working in this industry, you shouldn't be that poor, right?"

After all, if he wasn't desperately short of money, how could he bring the subject up every time he opened his mouth?

Last night's attraction survey had dealt Qi Yu far too great a blow.

Even knowing that the other man was making money for his sake.

He still found it a little hard to accept.

And when faced with this question, Bai Luochuan's answer was nothing short of straightforward.

Nodding emphatically, Bai Luochuan said, "Working in this industry, I'm not really that short on money. I'm poor because there used to be something wrong with my brain. How else would I have ended up on a legal affairs show?"

Qi Yu: ...

Ge.

You really don't need to sound so proud of that.

The smile on his face stiffened for a moment.

But Bai Luochuan's explanation didn't end there.

As though afraid Qi Yu wouldn't understand, he only paused briefly before continuing, "Wasn't I always trying to become an Omega before? So I kept going for those differentiation experiments or whatever."

"That stuff was seriously expensive!"

"You have no idea. Looking back now at that string of zeros, I feel like those aren't numbers at all, but blood dripping from my heart."

Bai Luochuan spoke with bitter anguish.

Back when he had been a mercenary in his previous life, he had even taken down scam operations like that.

When he saw the victims imprisoned inside those dens back then, he had wondered why such simple, obvious scams could still lure in so many people.

As it turned out, the world was one giant boomerang.

The questions he'd had back then would one day come back to strike him.

A sucker who could get on a legal affairs show.

Bai Luochuan thought it was impressive just thinking about it.

Apart from himself, there probably wasn't another one in the entertainment industry.

[Bai Luochuan really dares to say anything, huh? I thought he'd do everything he could to avoid this topic? I never expected him to bring up the legal affairs show. Has he really let it go?]

[Even if he hasn't, what else can he do? Didn't an expert say before that pheromones follow the soul? He can change other things, but can surgery swap out his soul for him?]

[Wait, seriously, wait! Don't you think Bai Luochuan really seems like he's had his soul swapped out now?]

[Holy shit! Could that scam operation actually have been onto something?]

[Scam operation: Sorry, even we didn't realize we were onto something.]

The discussion in the live chat continued.

But after a moment of silence, Qi Yu looked seriously at Bai Luochuan and said, "Ge, you haven't thought about doing any of that again now, have you?"

"Of course not. It's not like there's something wrong with me." Bai Luochuan shrugged.

Relatively speaking, he preferred being a Beta.

After all, things like pheromones were far too removed from him.

Accepting that stuff.

He felt that would be a little difficult.

Seemingly understanding his thoughts.

Qi Yu moved a little closer to Bai Luochuan again.

His voice grew even sweeter and more cloying than before.

He said, "I like you as a Beta, Ge. Of course, even if you really become an Alpha or Omega someday, that's fine too. As long as it's you, Ge, I'll like you."

Bai Luochuan blinked.

Qi Yu had said similar things to him many times in the game.

So he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Unexpectedly, Lan Muxing's voice came from beside them.

It carried a measure of dissatisfaction and sarcasm.

He said, "Alphas all need an Omega's pheromones to stabilize themselves. How could they possibly stay with a Beta forever?"

Qi Yu frowned slightly.

But Lan Muxing looked at Bai Luochuan.

He continued, "But Omegas are different. They don't absolutely need an Alpha's pheromones to stay calm. What I mean is, an Omega and a Beta being together is pretty good too. At least, personally... I quite like that."