With Qin Sili's assurance, Lu Chiyan felt at ease. He would keep farming favorability with Qin Sili after he came back from filming the variety show.
With his big brother in his corner, he wouldn't have to panic in the future!
At seven, Qian Le arrived at the Qin residence on time to pick up Lu Chiyan.
"You need to prepare yourself," Qian Le told Lu Chiyan. "This time, We Live Together won't be prerecorded. It'll be livestreamed."
"Livestreamed?" Lu Chiyan froze for a moment.
Why had it changed to a livestream?
Could his appearance have changed the plot, causing the show's broadcast format to change along with it?
The so-called butterfly effect?
Whatever. A livestream was a livestream. It wasn't that different.
Lu Chiyan nodded. "Okay, there's nothing to be scared of with a livestream, either."
"Don't go talking big. Jiang Zhinian will be on this show too." Qian Le looked at Lu Chiyan worriedly. "Are you sure you don't have any feelings for President Duan anymore?"
Qian Le was terrified that, once Lu Chiyan saw Jiang Zhinian, the slightest provocation from Jiang Zhinian would send him into a jealous rage, lashing out in humiliation and doing something irrational.
If it were prerecorded, they could still beg the production team not to cut out those clips that could easily attract hate, and not broadcast them.
But with a livestream, there was no way to edit anything. If something went wrong, there would basically be no hope left for his career for the rest of his life.
It wasn't that Qian Le didn't trust Lu Chiyan. The main issue was that he had a history.
Duan Linfeng was supposedly Lu Chiyan's boyfriend, but in reality, he treated Lu Chiyan poorly. He had been seeing Jiang Zhinian behind the scenes all along, and he showed absolutely no restraint, often getting lovey-dovey right in front of Lu Chiyan.
Normally, anyone who encountered a scumbag like Duan Linfeng would have dumped him and said goodbye long ago.
But not Lu Chiyan. Even knowing Duan Linfeng was a scumbag, he still loved him desperately and refused to break up with him. He even fantasized about winning Duan Linfeng's heart back one day.
As for Jiang Zhinian, there wasn't the slightest shame about being the third party, nor any sense that interfering in someone else's relationship was wrong. Counting on Duan Linfeng's affection, Jiang Zhinian flaunted their love in front of Lu Chiyan all day long, deliberately provoking him.
Unfortunately, Lu Chiyan was the sort who lost his head at the slightest provocation, and once he lost his head... he got physical.
When Lu Chiyan hit Jiang Zhinian, Duan Linfeng naturally wouldn't let it go. He would find every possible way to bully Lu Chiyan in retaliation on Jiang Zhinian's behalf.
Qian Le had always thought something was wrong with Lu Chiyan's brain. He had someone as wonderful as Qin Sili right beside him, yet he insisted on being blind to him and falling for Duan Linfeng, who couldn't measure up to Qin Sili in any way.
He insisted on suffering when he didn't have to.
So Qian Le really couldn't quite trust Lu Chiyan's claim that he wanted to break up with Duan Linfeng.
She worried that during the livestream, the slightest provocation from Jiang Zhinian would make Lu Chiyan lose his head with jealousy and hit Jiang Zhinian.
Assaulting someone on a livestream-now that would be quite a spectacle.
At that point, never mind his future career being completely ruined; he might even have to spend a couple of days drinking tea at the police station.
Lu Chiyan looked at Qian Le and smiled faintly. "I do. Of course I still have thoughts about Duan Linfeng. Thoughts about killing him!"
Whoa! Good grief!
Qian Le's mouth dropped open in shock. Was this completely transformed person in front of her really Lu Chiyan?
The premise of We Live Together was to have eight celebrities live together in a villa for a week and complete games and challenges set by the production team.
The show's special feature was that no one was allowed to bring luggage into the villa. In other words, anything they needed for daily life had to be purchased after entering the villa, using flower coins they earned themselves.
Moreover, the guest list was kept completely secret. The show wouldn't officially announce its guests, and the participating guests wouldn't know who else was coming.
The only reason Qian Le knew Jiang Zhinian would also be participating was that Jiang Zhinian had deliberately revealed it to provoke Lu Chiyan.
After Lu Chiyan arrived at the venue, the person in charge from the show's directing team explained the rules to him, then arranged for him to enter the villa.
By then, the show's livestream had already begun.
As soon as Lu Chiyan appeared on-screen, the show's bullet comments began scrolling rapidly.
[Finally, the first guest! Who is this? He's pretty handsome!]
[Isn't that Lu Chiyan?]
[Aaaaaah, my darling Chiyan really is so handsome! Does anyone understand how it feels when a celebrity you love finally comes on a variety show you love watching?]
[I guessed Lu Chiyan would be on it. He's been pretty popular lately. In that drama that just finished airing, his second male lead was the one who really broke out.]
Lu Chiyan was the first to enter the villa.
"Is no one here? Am I the first?" Lu Chiyan walked around the villa's first floor and found that there really was no one there besides him.
"All right, I'll wait a bit," he murmured to himself.
He had barely finished speaking when he heard a noise at the entrance. He stood up and looked toward it. Sure enough, the villa's front door swung open.
When he saw who came in, Lu Chiyan froze for a moment, utterly surprised.
It was actually Duan Linfeng?
Duan Linfeng was one of the guests on this show?
Had the butterfly effect caused such a huge change?
Lu Chiyan wasn't the only one surprised. The bullet comments were too.
[Who's the second guy? A rookie? I don't think I've ever seen him before!]
[That's the Chinese entertainment industry for you. It always restocks with exactly my type.]
[He's not a celebrity, is he? Doesn't he look a bit like Duan Linfeng from Linfeng Technology?]
[That is Duan Linfeng. Is he planning to switch careers and debut in the entertainment industry?]
[Holy crap, the production team really pulled it off this time. They actually got rising business star Duan Linfeng to come!]
[So what exactly is this Duan Linfeng's background?]
[He's the heir to the Duan Group. Apparently, he didn't want to rely on his family, so he started his own business in college and founded Linfeng Technology. He took it public in less than three years. Good-looking and capable-he's practically the ultimate dream man for fangirls! Love him, love him. I have to follow this show!]
[Forget being fangirls' dream man. I heard Duan Linfeng is into men and already has a boyfriend.]
Lu Chiyan had been ready to give the second person a warm greeting, but the moment he saw it was Duan Linfeng, the smile vanished from his face. He coldly rolled his eyes at Duan Linfeng, then turned around and went back to sit on the sofa.
[Lu Chiyan is so rude. He won't even greet someone who just came in?]
[Did Lu Chiyan just perform a one-second disappearing-smile trick? LOL. Did these two know each other before? Why does it feel like there's bad blood between them?]
[I don't know why, but the atmosphere feels a little awkward. Duan Linfeng keeps looking at Lu Chiyan, but Lu Chiyan seems to be deliberately ignoring him.]
Duan Linfeng went straight over and sat beside Lu Chiyan. Just as he was about to speak, Lu Chiyan scooted his butt over several times, putting plenty of distance between them.
Duan Linfeng: "...???"