4:00 PM.
The third livestream started once again without a word of warning. The timing was pinpoint accurate; all the guests were present.
Ming Qiuqiu and the other two female guests sat on the long sofa, holding a stack of photos in their hands as they picked out which one was relatively perfect.
Gu Zhan sat in front of a table, a sheet of blank paper resting before him. Holding a pen in his hand, his eyes were deep in thought.
Fang Yanhang was holding a mop, pacing back and forth in the living room.
Many fans had been guarding the livestream room non-stop.
【Ahhhhhhh it’s finally started!】
【It’s here, it’s here, it’s here!】
【What photos are they looking at? Can the camera zoom in?】
【Hahahahaha my husband’s sweeping movements are so stiff!】
【Is that Ming Qiuqiu’s modeling task?】
【What is Gu Zhan writing?】
【When does the voting open?】
Fang Yanhang stopped in front of the sofa. “Is it clean?”
He was asking Gu Zhan.
Gu Zhan’s calm eyes swept around the living room before he nodded slightly.
Fang Yanhang immediately tossed the mop aside. The soul practically left his body as he flopped his bottom onto the sofa. “This is the first time I’ve realized cleaning a room is so exhausting. When I get back, I’m definitely giving my housekeeper a raise.”
He had already submitted it for inspection several times earlier, only to be judged as failing by the robot every single time.
【Scanning in progress. Cleaning work failed to meet standard. Hello dear! There is still plenty of room for improvement in your task completion. We hope you will keep up the good work!】
【Scanning in progress. Cleaning work failed to meet standard. Hello dear! There are no shortcuts when it comes to cleaning. A perfect cleaner leaves no corner unchecked. Dust remains underneath the sofa. We hope you will keep up the good work!】
【Scanning in progress. Cleaning work failed to meet standard. Hello dear! Kitchen cleaning work failed to reach standard.】
“…”
Fang Yanhang was on the verge of getting PTSD from the words “Hello dear.”
Sure enough, this time the cleaning work passed the inspection.
Three more gold coins appeared in his bank card.
The three female guests were picking out photos, while Gu Zhan was writing poetry. Fang Yanhang looked left and right, scouting out the competition. “Brother Gu, how many love poems have you written?”
Gu Zhan retracted his gaze, his voice calm and understated. “8 poems.”
Fang Yanhang, who had just asked casually: ???
!!!
He sat straight up like a dying man springing back to life. Eight poems? That many? Eight poems yielded at least eight gold coins, and up to forty gold coins at most!
Seemingly sensing his disbelief, Gu Zhan remarked with quiet restraint, “I had inspiration.”
Love Island was a dating variety show, so the tasks assigned to the guests weren’t purely generic. A poet had to write love poems.
…Had it been any other topic, he might have found it a bit more difficult.
?
Fang Yanhang: “…”
As someone who knew the inside scoop, he felt like he had just been stuffed full of dog food.
He forced out a praise about how amazing Gu Zhan was, then immediately changed the subject. “Where’s Little Xie?”
Wen Xin didn’t look up. “Isn’t he sitting right beside you?”
“Nope.”
“Eh? He was just here a moment ago.” Wen Xin looked around. “Shout out for him… Little Xie! Little Xie?”
Even while telling someone else to call out, Wen Xin couldn’t help shouting first herself.
After all, he was the partner she had picked.
“Over here!” Xie Yixing poked his head out from the Task Hall. “Sister Xin, everyone come over quickly, the tasks have appeared!”
“Teacher Chen is here too.”
Tasks?
The guests all froze for a second before realizing—right, the rules said ten fan-submitted tasks would be drawn every day.
The guests stood up one after another. “Let’s go take a look.”
【Switch the livestream channel quickly! Ahhhh I’m gonna lose sight of them!】
【Fan-submitted tasks? Did everyone go submit tasks? What’s the selection method for tasks—random draw or based on the number of likes?】
【Crying, turns out we could submit tasks, I didn’t even know!】
【I didn’t know either!! Sobbing hysterically】
【The way to submit tasks is to download the Love Island app. There’s a Fan Task module on the interface. Submitting tasks below gives a chance of being selected. The more likes it gets, the higher the odds. Today is the first day, so many fans probably didn’t notice】
【I see my Male God and the others almost forgot about the fan tasks too 2333. Nobody plays it smoothly on the first day, it’ll be better later on】
Under the eager anticipation of the fans, the production team switched the livestream feed. On the big screen, the ten tasks were displayed clearly word by word:
- Exchange contact information.
- Set nicknames for guests.
- Set profile pictures for guests.
- Send a compliment to the three female guests.
- Send a message to the three male guests.
- Write down a poetic line you think suits the three female guests.
- Send a photo of yourself to a guest of the opposite sex.
- Invite a female guest to sing a love duet.
- Choose a male guest to take a photo of you / Choose a female guest to take a photo of her.
- Choose a male/female guest and try holding hands for three seconds.
Note: Tasks 1–9 reward one gold coin each; Task 10 rewards three gold coins.
【????? Why do these tasks sound so simple? Did the production team make these up?】
【…The tasks are way too childish, nothing exciting to watch】
【I’m a fan, I submitted items 5 and 6! I think it’s great! It’s only the first day, shouldn’t people who just met take things step by step?】
【Are the netizens asking them to kiss actually serious?? They just met and you want them to kiss right off the bat?】
The fans held differing opinions. Some thought the tasks were very appropriate, as taking things step by step was the right path. Others thought the tasks were too tame and lacked entertainment value.
At this moment, the netizens never expected that even with such simple tasks, major tea could still be spilled.
The guests, however, let out a unanimous sigh of relief.
They had thought the tasks would be extremely difficult, but it seemed the production team was quite reasonable after all.
There was no sofa in the Task Hall; the wooden floor was covered with a thick, plush carpet. In the center stood a round table surrounded by various futons and throw pillows. Teacher Chen sat on a futon in an easy, relaxed posture.
The guests walked over. “Teacher Chen, when did you come in? We didn’t even notice.”
Shi Yi found a spot to sit down. Looking at the husky throw pillow nearby, she compared it to the small rabbit pillow in her hands.
Gu Zhan sat down beside her, picked up the husky pillow, and handed it to her.
Shi Yi glanced at him and silently passed the rabbit pillow to him, trading one for one.
Teacher Chen looked at the two of them. “You were too focused to notice me.”
No one knew who that “focused” was referring to.
Teacher Chen merely mentioned it with a smile before smoothly shifting the topic. “I’m here to supervise you as you complete the tasks. Any questions?”
“Yes!”
Ming Qiuqiu raised her hand obediently. “Teacher Chen, does exchanging contact information require internet access? My phone still has no signal…”
Chen Hongmei said, “Don’t worry, you can access the internet within this half hour, just remember to pay the fees afterward.”
“Take out your phones, download the Love Island app, search for the other person’s phone number inside Love Island to add them, and you can complete the exchange contact information task.”
【Gosh, after the guests register, I can see them on my app! I can even see their status! Great job, production team!】
Shi Yi took out her phone, and sure enough, there was internet access now.
The Love Island app icon was a pink heart with a clean and simple interface. Register with a phone number, then enter the personal profile page: avatar, gender, gold coin count.
Below was the Fan Task section, where one could directly see the ten fan tasks.
In the upper right corner was a tiny plus sign. Shi Yi tapped it, where she could search for phone numbers. Before she could search, a pink heart popped up on her interface: 【Gu requested to add you as a friend. Accept?】
Shi Yi’s finger paused for a beat before she tapped accept.
Ding-dong.
Teacher Chen’s phone suddenly rang with a notification. She pulled out her phone to look. “Ooh, Ah Zhan has already completed his first task.”
?
Guests: So fast?
They didn’t think too much of it.
Wen Xin said, “Stop looking, stop looking, let’s complete the tasks first. Xie Yixing, what’s your phone number?”
Ming Qiuqiu said, “Let’s read them out one by one, then the rest can search together. That’ll be faster.”
“Okay.”
The guests began exchanging contact information, with the livestream thoughtfully muting the audio.
Shi Yi relaxed her tightly clenched fingers. She noted down Xie Yixing’s phone number and sent a request over.
When that ding-dong rang just now, her heart had jumped right into her throat.
【I-If I remember correctly, Gu Zhan and the young lady didn’t speak to each other, right?】
【Nope】
【Then, how did my Male God know the young lady’s phone number? Did he memorize it?】
【The more you think about it, the scarier it gets】
All six guests completed the task of exchanging contact information.
“Next is setting nicknames.” Wen Xin raised her head. “Set nice ones for me, okay? If you don’t know what to put, just put ‘Big Beauty.’”
Ming Qiuqiu said, “Then call me ‘Little Beauty’?”
Fang Yanhang said, “Can’t we just use our actual names for nicknames? The task didn’t say we couldn’t use real names.”
Shi Yi noticed a private message pop up on her screen.
Gu: 【What do you want me to set it as?】
Shi Yi cast a glance at Gu Zhan. The man’s long, slender fingers held his phone, and he didn’t look over in her direction at all, seemingly deep in thought. Yet, messages kept coming through the private chat continuously.
—Gu: 【Swindler?】
—Gu: 【Coward?】
—Gu: 【Shi Xixi?】
—Gu: 【Heartless?】
Shi Yi: “…”
Believe it or not, I’ll change yours to ‘Shameless’ right now???
Banter aside, realizing this might be filmed later, Shi Yi chickened out. “Teacher Gu, Male God Gu, anything is fine.”
Gu Zhan’s lips seemed to curl up slightly.
Tsk, still so sensible when pushed.
—Gu: 【Are you still going to run?】
—Shi Yi: 【Don’t dare.】
I’ve already been scammed by you into joining this variety show, where else can I run!! Don’t push your luck!!
The man lowered his eyelashes to conceal the laughter in his eyes, then sent her a screenshot. His nickname for her: 【Xixi】.
Shi Yi let out a sigh of relief. Finally, the danger of being exposed was gone.
She joined the guests’ conversation.
“What nickname did everyone set for me?”
“Qiuqiu… Your name is already very nice.”
“Thank you!”
She didn’t know that besides the guests, many fans were also using the Love Island app.
And the page the fans saw was entirely different from what the guests saw.
For example, right at this moment:
【………】
【I-I-I-I’m not seeing things, am I?】
【Save me, what am I looking at?】
【Between Gu Zhan and the young lady, a connected heart suddenly popped up, and tapping into the status says ‘In Private Chat’?!】
【Still chatting?! STILL CHATTING?!】
【AH! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH】
【AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH】
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