"Correct! First place this round goes to Chu Ci."
Ye Qingzhou raised his eyebrows slightly and applauded with a smile.
Ye Qingzhou was the biggest star among the six guests present. The other guests all wanted to use this opportunity to befriend him while filming the show, so they instinctively joined him in applauding.
"The winner of this game gets first pick of a partner and an additional one hundred yuan in starting funds."
The final task on "Let's Fall in Love" was to prepare dinner.
Ingredients were essential for cooking, and the guests needed to earn "living expenses" through their efforts today to complete the final task. Receiving starting funds meant Chu Ci was already ahead of the other guests.
"Chu Ci, please choose your partner."
The director still sounded somewhat incredulous.
Clearly, he hadn't expected Chu Ci to win this round.
[? Chu Ci actually won?]
[I must've gotten up too fast. Ye Qingzhou actually lost a game?]
[Who said they'd wash their hair upside down? Who said they'd call me Daddy? And who said they'd give everyone here a hundred yuan each? Hurry up and own up to it.]
[This guest named Chu Ci is exactly my type. Is he a newcomer who only debuted in the last couple of years? Are any of his fans watching the livestream? Could you tell me what his notable works are?]
[Chu Ci's notable works include "How to Tie Yourself to an A-List Celebrity as a CP," "How an Eighteenth-Tier Nobody Can Leech Clout," and "How an Ignorant, Useless Idiot Can Establish Himself in Showbiz."]
[Is there really any need to be so hostile toward Chu Ci? I don't think he's as awful as you make him out to be [sweat][sweat][sweat]]
More and more bullet comments filled the livestream.
More and more trending topics related to "Let's Fall in Love" appeared as well, with "Let's Fall in Love" itself firmly holding first place.
Half an hour had passed since Ye Qingzhou arrived on set, and the livestream's viewer count had soared to over two million.
As the director watched the livestream's numbers improve, he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes. He repeated what he'd just said. "Chu Ci, please choose your 'one-day romantic partner.'"
The director deliberately emphasized the words "romantic partner."
"I choose..."
Chu Ci's brow furrowed slightly, his expression hesitant.
He actually wanted to complete the upcoming tasks on his own, but according to the rules the production team had given earlier, it seemed he... had to choose a guest before he could proceed with the remaining tasks.
Perhaps because Chu Ci had performed so well in the last game, the director found him considerably more likable. Seeing his indecisive expression now, the director smiled and helped him out. "Would any of our guests like to volunteer? Partnering with Chu Ci means winning at the starting line~"
A total of six guests had come to participate in "Let's Fall in Love." After the quiz game, they would form three teams.
The production team had prepared three tasks, with difficulty levels of "hard," "medium," and "easy." The hardest task corresponded to a lavish feast. The guests who drew that task would have to buy the most expensive ingredients in this episode, worth approximately five hundred yuan.
Next was the medium-difficulty task. The guests who drew it would need to buy three hundred yuan's worth of ingredients.
Finally, there was the easy task. The guests who drew it would need to buy two hundred yuan's worth of ingredients.
There were two ways to obtain funds. The first was to complete tasks assigned by the production team, as Chu Ci had done to obtain his starting funds.
The second was the method the production team used most often-"stealing."
Before the game began, the guests needed to put on white hats prepared in advance by the production team. While completing tasks and earning funds with their partners, they had to protect their white hats.
The white hats were closely linked to their funds.
If another guest removed someone's hat during filming, all the funds that person possessed would go to the other guest.
Completing the production team's tasks would earn them not only funds, but potentially all kinds of skill cards as well. The production team had prepared many types of skill cards, but the director hadn't elaborated, merely leaving them with a mysterious, "You'll find out when the time comes."
Now that Chu Ci had already won a hundred yuan in starting funds through the game, if he also happened to draw the easiest task, his task today would become particularly easy. That was why the director had said, "Partnering with Chu Ci means winning at the starting line."
Chu Ci slowly surveyed the two female guests present.
Li Muting deliberately avoided Chu Ci's gaze, clearly not wanting to become his partner. Bai Zihan briefly met his eyes, and Chu Ci heard her inner voice: Please don't pick me. I want to partner with Teacher Ye.
Chu Ci had no particular feelings toward either of them to begin with, and he wasn't the sort to force anyone, so he turned his gaze to the three male guests.
When Zhou Jin saw Chu Ci looking his way, he instinctively took two steps back, his eyes full of wariness and defensiveness.
-Don't fucking look at me. I like women.
Hearing Zhou Jin's inner voice, Chu Ci couldn't help laughing. He slowly shifted his gaze to Zhou Ze. Unlike the wary-looking Zhou Jin, Zhou Ze seemed to have forgotten this was a dating show. All he could think was: If I partner with Chu Ci, would the two of us have a really good chance of winning today?
Ye Qingzhou had dropped in to replace Lu Qi, leaving the show with four male guests and two female guests. That meant there would definitely be one all-male team.
If all Zhou Ze could think about was how to win, then partnering with him seemed like a good choice?
"I choose..."
Before Chu Ci could finish, Ye Qingzhou interrupted him. The young man's beautiful peach-blossom eyes gazed straight at Chu Ci, their outer corners curving slightly as he suggested with a smile, "Teacher Chu, would you like to pick me?"
Chu Ci raised his eyes to look at Ye Qingzhou.
Their gazes met for a long, long time.
Seeing Chu Ci staring unblinkingly at him, the smile in Ye Qingzhou's eyes deepened. He listed his strengths one by one. "I'm not too stupid, so I can help you complete the production team's tasks smoothly. My stamina isn't too bad either, so I can help you steal other people's funds. I'm pretty obedient. If you tell me to go east, I'll never go west..."
[If Ye Qingzhou has anything to do with the word "stupid," is there anyone smart left in this world? [confused][confused][confused]]
[Seriously, Ye Qingzhou, can you get your facts straight about yourself? Does your stamina have anything whatsoever to do with "bad"?]
[I have no objections to the first two points, but... obedient? Ye Qingzhou, do you think that word has anything to do with you?]