The female guest was wearing a black leather jacket and had a tall figure.
What's most striking is her gradient hair, which is silver-white at the top and jet black at the ends.
She's like a cool and sassy witch straight out of a comic book.
The screen briefly introduced her identity: Yu Liqi, a short video artist from a media company.
[Ahhh, witch sister! So cool!]
[It exudes an aura that may not necessarily attract men, but it's sure to attract women...]
I just touched my sister's cheek, and I cut myself. Turns out, it was her sharp jawline that scratched me!
She was walking.
Beside them were Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu.
The two people were also walking.
Because the program required each group of guests to go to the recording site on their own, the two of them woke up late and were worried about traffic jams, so they walked to the subway station to take the subway.
Yu Liqi asked the production team for Su Mian's spot early in the morning and came to find her.
Because of this show, besides Fang Nuonuo, she only knows Su Mian.
As someone with social anxiety, I only feel more comfortable when I'm surrounded by people I know...
The temporary host here also conducted a brief interview with her.
When asked why she came to the show...
Yu Liqi kept her head down, not daring to look at the camera. "My family is poor, but this program has a high advertising fee, so I followed the company's arrangement and came to participate."
Wait! Why does her voice sound a little trembling?
[Is there a male guest she likes on the show that's making her so excited!]
[It must be! Making money is just her excuse!]
[Maybe she's just a person...]
The three were hurrying along when they suddenly passed a milk tea shop.
The sign at the entrance reads, "Sing one line of lyrics and you can get a one-dollar discount."
Su Mian immediately stopped the car and asked Duan Xuanyu and Yu Liqi, "Would you like some milk tea?"
Duan Xuanyu immediately nodded, saying he had never tried it before and wanted to give it a shot.
Yu Liqi felt embarrassed to refuse other people's kindness.
So Su Mian ran over, took the microphone, and started singing.
Yu Liqi stood to the side, touching her nose, scratching her hair, and then took out her phone, switching between different apps.
Even though it was Su Mian singing, she felt incredibly uncomfortable and hoped that passersby wouldn't notice her...
Su Mian quickly bought three cups of milk tea.
Duan Xuanyu took it and held it in his hands as if it were a priceless treasure.
Yu Liqi accepted it with both hands. "Thank you, thank you..."
She was thinking that she must find an opportunity to buy Su Mian something later and pay her back for the milk tea.
It's not that I'm being polite, it's just that people with social anxiety always feel uneasy if they accept something from someone and don't return it.
The three walked for a while longer.
Su Mian was the one who initiated all the talking.
No matter what Su Mian said, Duan Xuanyu would just say, "Wow, you're amazing."
Yu Liqi felt that it was impolite of her to remain silent.
She mentally prepared herself more than a dozen times before finally mustering the courage to tell a joke she had been secretly laughing about for two years.
" Su Mian, actually, the song you just sang, I think the original version is only okay for the beginning. Because the rest requires VIP access."
Su Mian immediately started chatting with her. "Now you can listen to VIP content for free by watching ads!"
Yu Liqi: "Really?"
Su Mian: "Yeah, it's true. I have a lot of other tips for being broke. If you want to play games on Steam for free, you can play for two hours and then get a refund; after you subscribe to a video streaming service, be sure to cancel the auto-renewal as soon as possible; as for when it's most cost-effective to buy KFC, I don't need to tell you that, right?"
"Around 2008! That was when Yum! Brands's stock was at its lowest, less than eighteen yuan!"
Yu Liqi's cheeks flushed red as she mustered her courage to utter such a long sentence.
[KFC in China is owned by Yum! Brands. During the 2008 global economic crisis, acquiring Parkson shares was the most profitable opportunity... Even truly poor people wouldn't understand...]
[I identified who the real poor person was in 0 seconds, you should try it too.]
[So heartbreaking! Even though Sister Mian wasn't very popular before, she still filmed a few short dramas. How can she be so poor?! Is Starry Entertainment withholding her salary?!]
[God, you've already made Mianmian suffer, you can't make me suffer too!]
[ Lu Zhou is fired! Just criticize Lu Zhou no matter what!]
Su Mian also realized that Yu Liqi was pretending to be poor.
However, since there was no conflict of interest between them, she didn't expose them and simply said, "Actually, it's Crazy Thursday."
I boarded the subway at that moment.
Everyone wore hats and masks tightly, so they didn't attract the attention of passersby and quietly headed towards their destination.
Yu Liqi felt awkward standing still and not saying a word, so she took out her "awkwardness-avoiding artifact"—her phone.
Once she went online, she discovered that many viewers had seen through her faking poverty.
They also accused her of deceiving Su Mian, just like the previous male guests.
Yu Liqi felt a pang of heartache.
That's right, she and Fang Nuonuo are cousins, and both come from wealthy families.
But her pretense of poverty was different from those men's.
She wasn't testing whether others loved money or her, nor was she trying to deceive Su Mian.
She pretended to be poor in order to complete a particularly dangerous task at work.
After explaining the reasons to Su Mian, she will surely understand his predicament.
Half an hour later, the three arrived at the recording site.
It's outside a large shopping mall.
Only Gu Yichen and Fang Nuonuo arrived earlier than them; the others hadn't arrived yet.
Fang Nuonuo's face turned pale the moment she saw Yu Liqi.
Why is she here?
Neither of them initiated a conversation with the other.
Fang Nuonuo immediately took out her phone and asked her agent.
Fang Nuonuo: "Did the production team invite my cousin specifically to get back at me? You guys aren't planning to sacrifice me to promote Su Mian, are you?"
Agent: "What are you thinking? I didn't know the production team would invite this person. This dating show is the most profitable show in the whole company right now. With money comes power; they don't need meetings or reports to make any arrangements."
Agent: "Besides, didn't you tell me last night that your cousin has always been your supporting role since childhood? What are you afraid of?"
Fang Nuonuo: "Okay... I hope you don't cause me any trouble."
Agent: "Don't worry, we've already arranged for this trending topic to reveal your identity as a wealthy heiress. Once we find a starting point, it'll go viral immediately."
Agent: "Oh, by the way, I just checked the company behind your cousin. The entertainment company she works for is really strange; it was just established last month, and I can't find any other information about it."
Fang Nuonuo glanced over there without making a sound.
Su Mian is already difficult enough to deal with.
Don't let her cousin, whom she's always used as a comparison group, try to ride roughshod over her too!
Yu Liqi has been there for so long, but she hardly ever looks at Fang Nuonuo.
She stayed close to Su Mian the whole time.
Fang Nuonuo didn't know the purpose of her appearance on the show, so she could only take it one step at a time.
Soon, the other three guests arrived.
Duan Hongxu's flashy Cullinan was the last to arrive.
When Su Mian saw him, she recalled what Duan Hongxu had told her that morning, "We'll see each other again soon."
Why is this guy like this? He should have said he was coming too, then I could have hitched a ride with him.
Oh right! Now that he's joined the game, we can check his Disgust Points now!
Su Mian immediately went to check his data.