Chapter 355
Chapter 355
Yellow Hair and Lin Junruo still had no idea that their companions had finished filming.
They were still working hard to raise their Popularity.
The procedure was the same as before.
First, Yang Zhen had to provide three Scripts.
Romance Scripts were simply too difficult for her. She submitted the two from before, then filled the last slot with whatever came to mind: accompany each other in doing the thing each most wanted to do.
That did seem a little more like a dating show, perhaps?
Yang Zhen did not think so.
She really could not think of anything else. The idea had come to her mainly because, as a little girl, she had wished for someone to accompany her in doing what she most wanted to do.
Of course, that was a childhood wish. These days, Yang Zhen believed in relying on herself.
Since the idea had occurred to her, she threw it in to make up the numbers. Writing a romance Script really was too hard for her.
When Zhou Jingying saw the Scripts submitted this time, she thought the last one was finally beginning to feel right.
But it was still not enough.
After some thought, she added a little to the idea. The guests would have to discover what the other person most wanted to do, then accompany them as a surprise.
Of course, whether it turned out to be a pleasant surprise or an unpleasant shock would depend on whether the guests could really understand their partners.
That might produce something entertaining.
With the theme decided, the pair of guests, Yellow Hair and Lin Junruo, had to get to work.
This time, neither needed to dress up at the start. Their clothes had already changed when they entered the show.
It was a dating show, after all. They could hardly film all three episodes in the same outfit.
When filming began, the male and female guests were separated again.
The staff would first conduct a brief individual interview with each of them.
“What I most want to do? I don’t know. I’ve never thought about it.” Lin Junruo shook her head.
Then the staff member asked, “What do you think your Partner most wants to do?”
“I don’t know.” Lin Junruo shook her head again.
At the same time, Yellow Hair was going through his own interview.
The questions were much the same.
Their impressions of each other, how they saw their relationship, and, because their setup was that of a fake couple, whether there was any chance the pretense might become real. The most important question, of course, was still what they most wanted to do.
Yellow Hair’s answers were remarkably similar to Lin Junruo’s.
Because his response was also: he did not know.
After the interviews, the staff gave them their assignment.
“Find out what the other person most wants to do, then accompany them and give them a surprise.”
Lin Junruo’s face remained perfectly calm, but inwardly she rolled her eyes.
What she most wanted to do?
Before, she would not have known. There were simply too many things she wanted to do. Now, her greatest wish was to leave the Realm of Death. Failing that, giving the Realm of Death a good beating would do. But was either of those things within her and Yellow Hair’s power? As for what Yellow Hair most wanted, she suspected his thoughts were much the same as hers.
Wasn’t this making things difficult for them?
The staff did not care what either of them thought.
Once that part of the procedure was complete, they took the two guests separately to the filming location.
It was the same little courtyard as before.
Yellow Hair arrived first.
After dropping him off, the staff left. Not long afterward, Lin Junruo appeared in the courtyard too.
“You’re here.” Yellow Hair stood up as soon as he saw her and nodded in greeting.
Lin Junruo gave a cool acknowledgment.
She had to remember her aloof goddess persona at all times, after all.
“Anything you particularly want to do?” Yellow Hair went straight to the point.
Zhou Jingying: “…”
No subtlety whatsoever. Was being this direct really a good idea?
A man this clueless about romance was destined to stay single!
Who would have thought that this very display of cluelessness could earn him a rise in Popularity?
Lin Junruo shook her head. “I’ve never thought about it.” Then she turned the question back on him. “What about you? Anything you particularly want to do?”
Yellow Hair saw nothing wrong with their conversation. He shook his head as well. “Plenty of things I want to do, but if you’re asking what I really want, or want most, I don’t think I have an answer.”
Zhou Jingying felt like rolling her eyes, yet this exchange earned the two of them quite a lot of Popularity.
When the bullet comments replayed, she paid particular attention to a few of them.
“Well, damn. That’s all I can say.”
“A romantically clueless man meets a romantically clueless woman. Fair enough. Nobody wins.”
“Straight to the point, no beating around the bush. If these two ever managed a misunderstanding, the sun and moon could hang out side by side.”
“I actually think this is pretty good. Just say what you’re thinking. Why do you have to keep guessing?”
“Exactly! I like people who are direct.”
“As someone who has to guess what his girlfriend’s thinking every single day, I’m jealous!”
“Don’t try to guess what’s on your girlfriend’s mind. Whatever you guess, you’re wrong.”
“Ha. Don’t try guessing what’s on a man’s mind either. Whatever you guess, it’s all crap.”
“…”
Zhou Jingying: “…”
She was numb.
Not only had their Popularity risen, but an argument had broken out in the bullet comments. The more people argued, the higher their Popularity climbed. Zhou Jingying did not quite know what to say.
It was probably much like a real-world variety show sparking a discussion, only for two groups of viewers to start fighting in the bullet comments. The fight drew attention, but that attention had nothing whatsoever to do with the show itself.
But who cared? Listening to the beautiful sound of their Popularity rising, Zhou Jingying had only one thought: bring on the storm!
Yellow Hair and Lin Junruo had not expected this outcome either.
After a moment’s bewilderment, however, they still had a show to film.
“Since neither of us knows what we want to do most, how about this? We both list whatever comes to mind, then pick the places we both want to go and visit them together,” Yellow Hair suggested.
As soon as he said it, he received another wave of Popularity notifications.
Yellow Hair: “?”
That Popularity had come out of nowhere.
“Ah, I like how Sheng Mao handled that.”
“Yes! Both people should enjoy a date. If one person always has to accommodate the other, that’s pretty unfair.”
“I have something to say about this! My boyfriend loves science museums. God knows how bored I get every time!”
“That reminds me of the terror of going shopping with my girlfriend.”
“A million times yes.”
“…”
Yellow Hair was beginning to see that people had all sorts of grievances about dating.
Lin Junruo had not expected this either.
She had dated before. In her relationships, her own wishes had usually taken priority, and she had never thought much about it. But now…
Lin Junruo smiled. “All right.”