Bai Luochuan had successfully stunned Qi Yu into silence.
He stared blankly in Bai Luochuan's direction.
Qi Yu's mind had already begun racing, considering when and how he should make Bai Luochuan's original spouse disappear for good.
But before he could reach a conclusion,
the lion alpha walked over to them instead and spoke with an odd smile. "You really know how to joke. This is a Dating Variety Show. If you were married, how could they possibly let you participate?"
Bai Luochuan: !!!
Crap.
Although they had already made it clear that the production team would pay him as usual regardless of how he behaved on the show,
didn't that depend on him being able to keep filming?
What if they latched onto this and refused to let him continue recording because he was married?
Holding up anything else wouldn't matter.
But if it interfered with his money, how would he buy his husband a present?
So, without so much as a second's hesitation,
Bai Luochuan immediately answered, "We got married in a game. He's my digital husband. Do I need to report that to the production team in advance too?"
The lion man smiled.
He offered no comment on that answer, only asking another question. "Is it one of those romance games?"
Bai Luochuan simply nodded.
The lion man continued, "That's an interesting hobby you have. Could you introduce me to your game?"
He was clearly trying to chat Bai Luochuan up.
Watching his wife start chatting with someone else added fuel to Qi Yu's fire just as he had finally recovered from the pain of being a virtual homewrecker.
He moved a step closer to Bai Luochuan.
But before he could speak,
Bai Luochuan had already answered in a thoroughly bewildered tone. "I already told you the character in that game is my man, and you still want me to introduce you? What's that supposed to mean? Are you that eager to be a homewrecker?"
The lion man: ...
Bai Luochuan wasn't done. "Don't you have a husband of your own? If you don't, go find one. What's with coveting someone else's?"
The lion man said, "No, I..."
"Oh, right, you don't. You couldn't be on the show if you did." Bai Luochuan said sympathetically, "It's fine. Isn't this a Dating Variety Show? Hurry up and find someone suitable. Stop thinking about someone else's man. That's inappropriate."
As his words fell, Qi Yu, who hadn't yet had a chance to step in and defend his wife, gave a muffled laugh beside him.
The lion man fell completely silent.
Seriously.
Was this guy out of his mind!?
The scene had turned surreal.
The live comments were laughing even harder than before:
[I'm dying laughing. I seriously can't take it! Where did this absolute legend in the chick head come from?]
[As a self-insert shipper omega, I understand him! Who doesn't have a crush, right!?]
[The men in my phone belong to me! Insisting on seeing them is rude! What's wrong with that? As a hardcore self-insert shipper, I relate so hard!]
[But who's the lion? Who exactly is the chick? Where's my ship? I'm already lost...]
Half an hour later.
The pairing off that the production team had hoped for hadn't happened.
Not only had no one paired up successfully, but Qi Yu was even the only person who had taken out a ring.
Although the cat head had seemed the most enthusiastic, the two participants who were clearly alphas had both shown little interest in him.
As a result, by the end, the cat head hadn't gone over to invite any more rejection either.
He simply waited for the time to run out.
When the host made the announcement, everyone felt a sense of relief.
At last, they wouldn't have to make awkward conversation with that idiot in the chick head anymore.
They also really wanted to know.
Just what kind of extraordinary person was hiding under that headpiece?
Given how painfully awkward the atmosphere had become, the host immediately stepped forward to smooth things over for everyone.
The host said that had only been a trial interaction.
The proper games would begin next.
Of course, before any of the games began, everyone needed to reveal their identities to one another.
They drew lots to decide the order.
The first person to take off his headpiece was the cat head.
Although his figure wasn't as perfect as the chick head's, his slender, delicate build still made it clear that the cat head had to be an omega.
When he took off the headpiece, his slightly curled long hair spilled free with it.
His features were as lovely as a painting.
He was a very beautiful man.
But because he was so thin, even his cheeks seemed to be skin and bone. That made his already large eyes look a little larger, and lent his upswept brows and eyes a somewhat harsher look.
Bai Luochuan took one look and knew he was definitely not his type.
He really did prefer muscular men.
As he set down the headpiece, the man smiled around at everyone.
He put on a cute expression for the camera.
He said, "Hi, everyone, I'm Lan Muxing. I look forward to working with you all during the filming~"
Most of the guests present obligingly applauded.
The livestream comments also surged briefly:
[I knew it, I knew it! I said the cat head had to be our Mu Xing!]
[Now I'm even more curious which one is Yan Cheng!]
[Definitely not the fox head! Look at how the fox head treated Mu Xing earlier! Is that any way to treat your wife!?]
[I still think the fox head would be better... After all, comparisons are brutal. Standing next to the fox head, the lion head looks like a beta...]
[You know, I think so too... He can just kneel on a washboard when he gets home. I'm rooting for the fox head to be Yan Cheng!]
[I don't want to accept that my ship has been outclassed, but I have to admit the chick head has a better figure than Mu Xing too... So who exactly is the chick head!?]
[Aaah, production team, the suspense is killing me!]
Lan Muxing's introduction ended.
The next to remove their headpieces were the rabbit head, who had barely participated in their interactions, and the raccoon cat head, whose build clearly marked them as a beta.
Just as everyone had predicted,
the raccoon cat head was indeed a reasonably well-known beta actor named He Gui.
But what shocked everyone was that the rabbit, whose figure was decent but clearly outshone by the chick and the cat, was actually a very famous omega singer in the entertainment industry.
His name was Chu Zhu, and he was the pampered young son of a wealthy family, accustomed to being cherished.
That was why he had politely kept his distance and barely participated in the chaotic commotion earlier.
Now, sensing the disappointed looks around him, Chu Zhu realized something too.
He immediately swept a wide-eyed glare around him.
He said bluntly, "What? You think that because my figure isn't as good as those two's, I shouldn't be an omega?"
The people around him gave a couple of awkward laughs and looked away.
Although they didn't answer,
their meaning was quite clear.
The preview had stated it plainly: there were two guests of each of the three sexes, alpha, beta, and omega.
An omega whose figure couldn't even compare to a beta's...
If this was how people reacted in person,
just imagining how those keyboard warriors online would tear him apart already made Chu Zhu feel as though his lungs would burst with rage.
He turned to glare viciously in Bai Luochuan's direction.
He gritted his teeth. "Whether someone is an omega isn't determined by their figure or face. It's determined by pheromones! Some people have spent every last penny and worked so hard for all those years just for those pheromones, and aren't they still just betas? That's a difference you're born with. You can't change it!"
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