Countless netizens transformed into screaming chickens once again, completely losing their minds this time as they shrieked at the top of their lungs.
【Why! Why break for commercial right at this moment! The production crew isn’t human!】
【I knew it, I knew they had something fishy going on!】
【I could tell from the moment he handed her the tissue! Since when is Gu Zhan ever this thoughtful toward women?! Is he the kind of guy who notices a woman needing a tissue?! Is he?!】
【If what Gu Zhan sent the young lady was ‘a friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water,’ I will literally do a handstand and take a dump!】
【The tension between you two is about to burst into flames, ahhhh!】
【How does he have the nerve to say he didn’t notice!!】
【Aren’t you someone who never holds hands with women? Weren’t you playing the gentleman?! Every time you’re with female guests, you stay ten thousand miles away!】
【How come this time you went straight in for the hand-hold! And held it for so long!! The time was up and you fucking refused to let go!!】
【Ahhhhh smash their heads together! Mama is smashing your heads together! Kiss already!】
Netizens chattered incessantly; even though the livestream had been cut for several minutes, they still couldn’t pull themselves out of the excitement.
The bullet chat speed hit an all-time historical high.
Little Liu looked at the bullet chat and comforted himself: It’s not his fault, really not his fault.
He had tried his best.
Fighting, failing, failing, and fighting again, he had kept pushing through.
…What an idiot he was, daring to make blind guarantees without even understanding what kind of person Gu Zhan was!
Little Liu could only console himself, “Forget it, luckily Shi Yi’s identity hasn’t been exposed yet.”
Beside him, a junior standing in front of another computer whispered, “Is there really any difference?”
It was probably just a matter of time.
Little Liu: “…” Do you even know how to talk?
Even though Little Liu didn’t want to admit it, it was true.
On Weibo, Love Island had gone completely viral.
This viral explosion was different from the one at noon; at noon, it was fans doing the heavy lifting to promote their idols, but this afternoon’s blew up organically.
Tens of thousands of ordinary netizens united, pushing the Love Island tag from “Hot” all the way to “Explosive”.
The spotlight was squarely on Shi Yi and Gu Zhan.
Netizens:
【Go watch it, everyone go watch it! I won’t allow such a sweet variety show to remain unknown!】
【Ahhhh after watching this variety show, we are still best friends!】
【Is there a screen recording? Did anyone record it? I want to ship them more, oh god I can’t stop】
【Awww, wuuu, ahhh, ship it hard!】
People who just got off work: 【Another one gone crazy, haul them away, next!】
Though scoffing on the surface, seeing so many people claiming it was insanely sweet, the onlookers couldn’t help but feel curious.
A post quickly gained massive traction.
《On the identity of guest Little Yi—I’ll eat shit if she isn’t the ex-girlfriend》
The OP opened with: I am the same OP who guessed Little Yi was Shi Yi at noon and got slapped in the face by many netizens, I am back!
OP: I’m just going to lay it out—Little Yi IS the ex-girlfriend! Evidence listed below, but first let me shout out—where are those people who told me not to overthink at noon? Come fight me!!
Where to begin? Let’s start with Gu Zhan as a person.
Gu Zhan took a completely different path from other stars in the industry; he started as an action star, and because of his face, he became half an idol.
Of course, regardless of whether one is an idol or an actor, in an era dominated by traffic, stars pamper their fans.
Gu Zhan is different; ever since his debut, he has maintained a cold, distant attitude.
He dropped into major variety shows overnight, with top directors tailor-making movies for him, clearly backed by powerful connections.
Because he doesn’t need fan support, he has a degree of willful independence.
He only accepts custom-tailored movies and refuses any intimate scenes, including simple hand-holding.
Saying all this is just to prove one point: Gu Zhan NEVER does things he doesn’t want to do (Highlighting this key point).
Holding hands with a female star just for two gold coins?
Does not exist.
But this time he held her hand!!
And once he held it, he didn’t want to let go!
Claiming he didn’t notice—do you see a single netizen believing you?!
I won’t even bring up Gu Zhan’s performance in the previous dating show; compare it yourselves—how he treated Wen Xin versus how he treated this young lady.
And the only person who has ever made Gu Zhan make an exception, up until now, is his ex-girlfriend.
The ex-girlfriend is named Shi Yi, and the young lady is called Little Yi… Do I even need to say more about such a coincidence?
Solid proof!!
If this isn’t solid proof, I’ll jump off a building on livestream!!
As for arguments like “the ex-girlfriend ran away the moment she saw him last time, so it’s impossible for her to join this show,” or “asking his ex-girlfriend if she really liked her ex-boyfriend and having her answer ‘Of Course’—Gu Zhan’s personality would never allow him to do something like that.”
Ha, today your Male God said the words “didn’t notice” so naturally while his hand refused to let go—is that still not enough for you to see what kind of person he is?
He is just THAT full of smooth moves!
I reasonably suspect the ex-girlfriend was tricked onto the show by him!!!
Finally: For those who don’t believe me, it’s fine. Please upvote my fan task to the top! Make him call his ex-girlfriend live on air.
Aren’t they pretending not to know each other?
I want to see whether he makes the call or not when the time comes!
Fans: It’s complicated.
While shipping the sweetness made them happy, once they equated the ex-girlfriend with the young lady, and then recalled the “Of Course” game and the questions Gu Zhan asked…
Finished. I have a feeling I won’t be able to look at my idol the same way again.
Netizens didn’t share the fans’ complex feelings; hearing his analysis, they felt it made absolute sense! No problem at all! Upvoting you!
If the young lady really was the ex-girlfriend, then…
Ahhhhh!
Looking forward to tomorrow.
This post spread at lightning speed, blowing up across Tieba forums and Weibo before the poster even realized it, ultimately reaching the very top of the trending lists.
Both Xie Lou and Yu Wensheng were tagged countless times.
Xie Lou: ?
He really hadn’t known Gu Zhan tricked Shi Yi onto the show. Over the past two days, Yunlou had a major contract that required his personal presence, so he hadn’t managed many affairs at Feilou Entertainment.
Gaining interest after being tagged, Xie Lou called the director to ask if there were screen recordings of the stream.
There were no screen recordings.
However, the production crew had the master tapes.
“Does President Xie want to watch?”
Xie Lou glanced at the post, catching the keywords. “Give me the two segments from the livestream.”
Especially the “Of Course” game.
He had a feeling that asking Shi Yi if she liked her ex-boyfriend was exactly the kind of thing Gu Zhan would do.
Xie Lou thought of something. “Is the island about to get internet access?”
“Yes, the guests have earned enough gold coins to pay the internet fee.”
Xie Lou: “Change it.”
Twirling a fountain pen in his hand, he said, “Have someone go buy electronic smartwatches set to only support downloading the Love Island app. Weibo and forums are forbidden from being installed. Swap out their phones.”
It wouldn’t be fun if Gu Zhan and Shi Yi saw the news online. Unaware of the outside world’s reaction, unaware that they were already exposed, secretly pulling little moves right under the netizens’ noses—that would be much better.
The director thought about it, his eyes lighting up.
Exactly, this was much better.
He slapped his hands together. “President Xie is brilliant! I’ll have someone get on it right away.”
Taking a ferry to Cande to buy them would take just over an hour round trip—there was plenty of time!
“…”
The online commotion didn’t disturb the small island.
Wen Xin and Xie Yixing’s attention had been drawn away by the robot as they chose songs. Auntie Chen, along with Fang Yanhang sitting on the other side of Gu Zhan, were drawn in by Shi Yi’s voice, turning their gazes over.
Shi Yi’s expression quickly returned to normal.
She maintained a smile, looking as if she were doing the task in all seriousness without any other emotions.
Gu Zhan held her hand for a moment longer; as their eyes met, he seemed to only just notice and released his grip.
“Sorry.”
The man had a righteous expression, yet as his fingers pulled away, he lightly brushed across Shi Yi’s palm as if unintentionally.
Shi Yi: “…”
If someone weren’t watching her! If they weren’t still on a variety show! She would definitely beat this shameless guy’s dog head into a pulp!!!
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