Out of a total of five hundred thousand votes, Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci had received an astonishing three hundred and ninety thousand. Zhou Jin and Li Muting came second with seventy thousand votes between them, not even matching the remainder of Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci's tally. Zhou Ze and Bai Zihan came last with only forty thousand votes.
More and more viewers poured into the Let's Fall in Love livestream.
The guests had all played the same game at the beginning, so the production team had used a single cameraman. Later, once the three teams split up, the production team assigned a cameraman to each team.
They were called "cameramen," but they were really just ordinary people filming with phones. The production team had a limited budget for activities and could not yet afford professional cameramen to follow the guests.
Watching the viewer count in the livestream climb higher and higher, the cameraman following Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci felt the fingers holding his phone tremble slightly. However, he quickly composed himself. Since the name "Ye Qingzhou" appeared more often in the bullet comments, he aimed his phone camera at Ye Qingzhou once again.
To give viewers a better view of everything happening on-site, the production team streamed without beauty effects or filters. Yet even under such unforgiving camerawork, Ye Qingzhou's handsome face still held up remarkably well.
They had started filming at ten in the morning. Between answering questions, completing tasks, and playing out a case of "the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind," two hours had passed.
It was now noon.
The midday sunlight spilled languidly through the window onto Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci, gilding them both in gold.
The scene was as beautiful as a painting.
[Whoa, with looks like those, Chu Ci could be a flower vase with plenty to spare.]
[Chu Ci never went viral for his looks before? That can't be right, can it? I think his face would rank pretty high even in the entertainment industry, where gorgeous people are everywhere.]
[I'm pretty picky about looks. Of all the handsome men and beautiful women I've seen in the entertainment industry, only Ye Qingzhou's looks suited my taste. Today, Chu Ci joined the list.]
[...Is it just me? Why do I feel like Chu Ci keeps getting better-looking? His features are still the same familiar features, and he's wearing the same clothes, but the impression he gives is just different.]
[So I'm not the only one who feels that way. Chu Ci definitely wasn't this fresh and handsome before...]
The bullet comments gradually shifted their attention to the two men's looks.
At the filming location for Let's Fall in Love.
"What's our task?"
Ye Qingzhou asked curiously.
The staff member was still caught up in how Chu Ci had correctly guessed every skill card's name. Looking at his handsome features, she asked in puzzlement, "Did the director tell you the names of the skill cards beforehand?"
Rather than believe Chu Ci had "guessed" every skill card's name without a single mistake, the staff member still thought it was more likely that the production team had leaked the information.
"No."
Chu Ci shook his head honestly.
Seeing the suspicion in the young woman's eyes deepen, Chu Ci spoke with a hint of helplessness. "If you don't believe me, you can ask the cameraman standing across from you."
This cameraman's main job today was to follow Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou. Before Ye Qingzhou arrived at the set, he had stayed almost constantly at Chu Ci's side.
His word was therefore quite credible.
The staff member turned her gaze to the cameraman.
The cameraman explained, "I can vouch for Chu Ci. Neither the director nor any of the staff spoke with him privately."
Hearing this, the young woman could only set aside her doubts for the moment. She picked up the task card beside her and handed it to Chu Ci. "This is your task for today. Complete it to earn a skill card."
After the task of "kissing through a candy wrapper for thirty seconds," Chu Ci thought he was mentally prepared. Yet when he saw the words on the task card, his mind still went briefly blank.
"...What's the task?"
Seeing his reaction, Ye Qingzhou leaned over curiously.
When he read the words on the task card, a brief flash of surprise appeared in his beautiful peach-blossom eyes as well.
[What? What? Let me see.]
[Guys, what are you being so cryptic about this time?]
[Last time it was kissing through a candy wrapper. What is it this time?]
[Don't tell me it's actual kissing? Are we going that far?]
[Let's all say the words "Let's Fall in Love" out loud. Kissing is perfectly normal for a young couple. Just so everyone knows!]
Seeing the bullet comments, the cameraman walked toward Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou. "Gentlemen..."
Before he could finish, Chu Ci handed him the task card. The cameraman slowly shifted his camera toward it.
There was a line written on the task card.
-"Finish one chocolate stick between the two of you."
The chocolate stick provided by the production team was a little over ten centimeters long. If they finished it, their lips could very well touch.
Even if their lips did not touch, there would only be a few centimeters between them.
That was a very intimate distance.
[Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!]
[I can't even imagine how soft their lips must be!]
[Aaaaaah! Kiss for me! I've got plenty of data for this!]
[You people are terrifying. These are two men! [shocked.jpg]]
[True love knows no gender. [finger heart][finger heart][finger heart]]
[Such an intimate distance. Love it. Love watching it. [finger heart]]
[If a little accident happened during the task and they ended up kissing, hehe [drooling], hehe [drooling]]
"Are we still... doing the task?"
Chu Ci looked at Ye Qingzhou, his expression somewhat hesitant.
This task was more intimate than "kissing through a candy wrapper for thirty seconds."
Their lips would draw closer and closer, as though they were seeking a kiss from each other.
"I'll do whatever you say."
Ye Qingzhou carried out his principle of being "obedient" to the letter.
[Ye Qingzhou is so good. I really want to give him a kiss.]
[Actually, we have Chu Ci to thank for this. If it weren't for Chu Ci, how would we ever get to see this side of Ye Qingzhou?]
[Wait, do Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci really not know each other? Then why do they get along so well?]
[I think they must know each other in private. After all, Ye Qingzhou called Chu Ci "Teacher" today...]
[Aaaaaah! They're so sweet together.]
[For realsies or fakesies o.O?]
[I honestly never expected that, after all these years since Ye Qingzhou's debut, the person he'd have the most couple chemistry with would actually be Chu Ci...]
Chu Ci's mind raced.