Time rewinded to earlier.
[Ah, I finally see the 6:30 AM sun again]
[My soul has left my body]
[Can the production team do some market research? If you told me it started at 3 AM, I wouldn’t say a word, but 6 AM ah]
[Do you see the massive broadsword in my hand? I’ll allow you to run one meter, smile]
A batch of fans who usually sleep early and wake up early replied: Aren’t you all still here?
Cursing while guarding the computer, why did it make people want to laugh so much.
Immortal cultivators1: [Isn’t it all for my Goddess]
[Isn’t it all for my little sister]
[Isn’t it all for my hubby Young Master Fang]
[Isn’t it all for my cub Xingxing]
Anyway, it definitely wasn’t for this dog of a production team. So inhumane, how could they make the honorable VIPs wake up at 6 AM?
If my cub gets dark circles on his face, I’ll buy a pack of explosives and fight the production team to the death.
The fans chatted to relieve their sleepiness, [Sigh, I wonder who the last pair of guests is. The production team is so mysterious]
[Rumor has it that it’s Lin and Zhou, who just officially announced their relationship]
[As everyone knows, the finale guest must have a bigger status than those who just announced. Lin and Zhou’s status isn’t high enough yet]
[To outshine Wen Xin, it would have to be someone on Gu Zhan’s level, right]
[My Gu is absolutely impossible. Last time on the dating variety show, the director begged him to go. This time there’s no favor to repay]
[Stop talking, it’s starting, it’s starting]
A man’s perfect face appeared on the screen, Fans: ????
Fuck, it really is my Gu!
Fans jumped up, Quick quick quick, sisters, wake up! The last guest on Love Island is Gu Zhan!! Isn’t it a huge loss if you don’t look at such a handsome man!
If the guests could see the live broadcast room, they would find that the number of viewers in the top right corner was continuously jumping up, quickly reaching a shocking number.
#Gu Zhan actually went on a dating variety show again, you’re not human if you don’t watch#
#He’s here, he’s here, he’s here, who is his partner this time? Let me pray for the other party first#
Shi Yi didn’t know the live broadcast had already started, but she knew she was just this close to passing away on the spot.
At the corner, the figure of a man was revealed. He slightly raised his eyes, revealing a pair of eyes as pitch-black as ink.
The man’s gaze swept past the group of surprised people and landed steadily on Shi Yi.
Auntie Chen, who had been waiting for this moment, was suddenly amused. She completely noticed this look passing through the crowd and held back a smile to continue watching the show.
“…”
Shi Yi’s expression perfectly interpreted the words “as if struck by lightning.”
Gu Zhan walked over and stopped in front of Shi Yi’s sofa. A light, cold fragrance instantly enveloped this area.
“Morning,” he nodded and greeted the several guests.
The guests naturally responded one after another.
Young Master Fang: “Brother Gu, long time no see.”
Xie Yixing: “Teacher Gu.”
Wen Xin: “Teacher Gu ah.”
Ming Qiuqiu: “Senior Gu~”
Gu Zhan nodded, turning his head to look at Shi Yi, the only one who hadn’t spoken.
Ming Qiuqiu noticed his gaze, mustered her courage, and said shyly, “Senior Gu probably doesn’t know who this is yet. Let me introduce her to you, Senior, this is—”
“No need.”
Gu Zhan interrupted her. He turned his head to look at Shi Yi, “Aren’t you going to greet me?”
What did this mean??
The gazes of the several guests also fell on Shi Yi.
The air inexplicably became somewhat subtle.
Noticing the several cameras shoved in front of her at some unknown time, Shi Yi found it a bit hard to breathe. Greet what greet, she just wanted to start cursing directly.
But could she?
Of course not.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the little fairy took a deep breath and gave a calm and natural smile. “Teacher Gu.”
“I didn’t expect you to still remember this old classmate of yours.”
Gu Zhan: “Old classmate?”
“Mhm, old classmate.”
Shi Yi emphasized her pronunciation. On the surface, she was calm and breezy, but her eyes carried murderous intent.
The two stared at each other for a long time. Just when the others were about to sense something was wrong, Gu Zhan took a step back and nodded in agreement, “Mhm, old classmate.”
He couldn’t push her too hard.
“…”
He sat down in an empty seat. The tense atmosphere that had been lingering in the air finally dissipated, but there was still a faint, subtle feeling.
Wen Xin smiled to liven up the atmosphere. “So Little Yi and Teacher Gu are old classmates, it really is fate.”
Ming Qiuqiu also playfully chimed in, “No wonder I didn’t need to introduce her.”
Shi Yi smiled.
She tried hard not to look at Gu Zhan sitting in the middle. Her mind spun rapidly; the thing she least wanted to see had happened. So, how did Gu Zhan know she was going to be on this variety show?
Was it a mid-way coincidence?
Or was it a trap right from the start with the producer?
If it was a trap from beginning to end, didn’t that mean Gu Zhan had long known her pen name?
…Then had he read it?
The moment she thought of this possibility, Shi Yi felt her scalp tingle with numbness. The indescribable sense of shame was no less than a public execution.
No, no, no, he definitely hasn’t read it.
Shi Yi resolutely told herself that it was impossible for him to know her pen name. If he had read it… then everything made sense.
Pah! She already said it was impossible!
Shi Yi stuffed the impending guess deep into her mind, pretending that everything was just a coincidence.
Mhm, a coincidence.
The fans in the live broadcast room were a bit hesitant.
[Friends, why do I always feel like my Gu and his old classmate are acting a bit weird?]
[I also feel something’s wrong. Clearly, neither of them is looking at the other right now, but I just feel there’s a myriad of connections between them. That aura, no matter how you look at it, it’s not right… Hiss, someone come slap me awake]
[Same here, are they really just old classmates?]
Some people had a sharper sense, but ultimately they had no evidence. A few sparse live comments scrolled across the screen, only to be washed away by the army of fans screaming “Ahhhhh.”
[Ahhhhh my cub is so milky! Don’t be so good, Mama can’t take it]
[This is little sister’s first time on a dating variety show, I hope everyone takes good care of her]
[Ahhhhh it really is my Male God, I’ll never curse the production team again wu wu wu, I love the production team]
[Isn’t it just waking up at 6 AM? Opening my eyes to see my Male God’s handsomeness glowing, I can do it]
[What is the background of this old classmate, her beauty is so high]
The director was much more certain than they were. What overthinking! There was no overthinking!!
Directors who make dating variety shows all have a sharp pair of eyes. The special magnetic field between these two clearly meant there was something fishy going on!
The director thought back to when he had asked Teacher Chen what would happen if none of the male guests chose the person she recommended, and Teacher Chen Hongmei’s meaningful gaze at the time.
He didn’t understand then, but he understood now!
This wasn’t some ordinary person at all; this was a gold-plated mega treasure!
The director’s eyes shone. He decisively crossed out his original pairing arrangement, called over a staff member in a low voice, and moved two fixed cameras to the position outside Shi Yi’s window.
“Ah, weren’t these two cameras supposed to be placed at the door of Ming Qiuqiu’s room?”
“Why are you asking so many questions? Just put them wherever I tell you to put them.”
He had a premonition that these two cameras just might capture something huge.
For example…
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