The host's head was so shiny at that moment that it was practically blinding Chi Yining.
Host, if you have something to say, just say it. What was with that pause? Were you trying to keep the viewers on edge? Or the guests?
"Tomorrow's task is... to compete in randomly assigned pairs and earn points!! And what can those points be used for?
"Points can be exchanged for food, props and items, or given to someone you want to pursue. Any points left after the dating show ends can also be exchanged for money. One point equals one yuan."
Chi Yining: "!!!"
Were they trying to reel him in? He had already prepared to be a background character... What was he supposed to do now? Besides, he had social anxiety.
That money might not amount to much to anyone else, but for Chi Yining, it was a lifeline!
If he organized his time, he could earn money during the day and keep earning after the livestream ended at night! Paying off his loan would be within reach instead of endlessly far away!
Although Chi Yining was shocked, he showed none of it.
"Of course, the production team will provide ingredients every day, but only a limited amount. If you want better food, get out there and earn those points!!"
"As for what the competition starting at ten tomorrow morning will involve, stay tuned!"
Once it ended, the production team did not require any text-message interaction segment. There would probably be one later, but this let Chi Yining breathe a sigh of relief. He was straight, after all, and pretending to be gay was exhausting for a straight man.
The men headed back to their rooms one after another. Chi Yining planned to be the last to go upstairs, but he had not expected Yan Guiyun beside him to hold out even longer.
Ding.
A text had arrived.
Chi Yining lowered his head and opened his phone to find a message from Ma Ling: The production team livestreams almost everything. Watch your image and keep it up.
It seemed like praise, but Chi Yining would have had a hard time not keeping it up. He felt that even those few words of self-introduction had been a struggle.
A knowledge quiz didn't count as interacting with people, right?
He only had to answer questions.
Besides, this world's knowledge and culture were almost no different from those of his previous life. Apart from the country being Xia Country rather than Hua Country, and the setting allowing same-sex marriage, it was practically identical. Even the famous people were exactly the same.
Right... This was a book. The author must have used Hua Country as a reference for the setting.
That was how things had unfolded, so he was not nervous about it.
Seeing that Yan Guiyun beside him still showed no sign of moving, Chi Yining finally could not hold out any longer.
He still had drawing work to do, and time waited for no one.
After standing up, he returned to his room at an unhurried pace.
Meanwhile, the viewers in the livestream chat were gloating.
[Let's see if Chi Yining acts just as fake as always tomorrow.]
[Haha, not necessarily. Chi Yining goes to Capital University of Fine Arts, after all. I heard his college entrance exam scores were pretty good...]
[I bet those scores were padded. Who knows if his family paid his way in!]
[Does no one else think Chi Yining is really handsome?]
[Did Chi Yining pay the person above to post that?]
[Waiting here! See you tomorrow morning...]
Seeing that it was already nine, Director Feng had the livestream shut down. He was almost laughing out loud. There were so many male guests present, all so handsome, yet hardly anyone was thirsting over them.
Tonight, the firepower of those five million viewers had been concentrated almost entirely on flaming Chi Yining.
Sure enough, wherever Chi Yining was, there was something to talk about.
It was just that the male guests had not started interacting yet, so there were relatively few people shipping them.
Director Feng's sly smile turned sinister. It looked like he would have to really stir things up tomorrow~