Chapter 122
Chapter 122
[Sheshe, please, for the love of everything, don’t let your love brain take over this time.]
[She probably won’t. Jiang Sheshe has seemed pretty firm these past few times.]
[Shouldn’t everyone be more worried that Jiang Sheshe will try to share the water with Ning Xi…? I mean, the person Jiang Sheshe loves most right now is clearly Ning Xi, hahaha.]
[Then at this moment, the one who should be worried is the Program Team.]
When Director Qin saw that Danmaku comment, his eyes snapped toward Jiang Sheshe like twin blades.
He was terrified that Jiang Sheshe would mess up his opposite-sex reality dating show the same way Ning Xi had.
As it turned out, everyone was overthinking it.
Jiang Sheshe’s mental circuit had only just reached the question of how 500 ml should be split evenly among three people.
“Three times 160 is 480. Three times 170 is 510. So 500 divided by 3 is… one hundred sixty… mm… six… yes! 166, with 2 left over!”
Jiang Sheshe excitedly arrived at the answer.
Everyone fell silent.
[…………]
[Jiang Sheshe, in the end, it was I who overestimated you.]
[The only thing I’m curious about is why Jiang Sheshe is dividing by three. Which three people is she planning to give it to?]
As they were talking, Jiang Sheshe walked up to Shen Yibai with the water bottle.
She looked up at Shen Yibai, confirmed she hadn’t gotten the wrong person, and started pouring water for him.
The entire time, she stared cautiously at the measuring cup. She even pulled out a phone distance-measuring app, afraid she might pour too much or too little.
In the end, she gave Shen Yibai 166 ml.
When she came to Fu Zhi, Jiang Sheshe became even more cautious.
She looked as if she wished she could pour for Fu Zhi one drop at a time.
Finally, the measuring cup stopped at the 2 ml mark.
“Mission accomplished!” Jiang Sheshe said, pleased.
[2 ml. So in Jiang Sheshe’s heart, Fu Zhi only has the favorability of table scraps.]
[Allow me to answer the previous Danmaku on Jiang Sheshe’s behalf: Fu Zhi doesn’t count.]
[It’s over. These two are about to start bickering again.]
The netizens thought they were about to watch another good show.
Who would have thought Fu Zhi would have no reaction whatsoever to Jiang Sheshe’s “humiliating” move?
He sat there alone, neck stiff, avoiding the front-facing camera. He looked at no one and paid attention to no one.
It was as if he had gone from the irritable little dog he used to be into a lone wolf.
Because the cameraman needed to capture Fu Zhi’s reaction to what Jiang Sheshe had done, he shifted the angle slightly.
And then he noticed that Fu Zhi, who had always been ready to take on the heavens, the earth, and anyone he could possibly offend, actually seemed to have slightly red eyes at that moment.
And with his lips pressed tightly together in stubborn silence, he seemed… a little aggrieved?
“What are you filming?” Fu Zhi noticed the camera, and in an instant, he turned back into his old irritable, impatient self.
In fact… he seemed even fiercer than before.
As if that moment just now had been nothing but an illusion.
[…I thought Fu Zhi was about to cry and almost felt bad for him. Now it looks like I should just feel bad for myself instead.]
[He’s clearly already a puppy drenched by the rain, but he still insists on baring his teeth and lashing out at others. Who would dare get close like that?]
[Someone with Fu Zhi’s personality might only be suited to a lover who can’t be driven away. He wants that person to see through his tough exterior and understand the things he says but doesn’t mean. But that’s too hard. Because even if they can understand at first, they’ll get tired in the end.]
[That’s why I really like the kind of lover who gives positive feedback. Isn’t dating supposed to make both people happy? If one side always has to accommodate the other, it really gets exhausting.]
[Xie Lanchen has become the role model once again.]
[Right, exactly. At first, I was biased and shipped Ning Xi with Fu Zhi more. But one day, when I suddenly put myself in Ning Xi’s shoes, I realized that just imagining being with Xie Lanchen feels so happy and easy.]
[I don’t know if any of you have noticed this, but Ning Xi has never once said anything harsh to Xie Lanchen. Every time she talks to him, she’s super measured. It’s completely different from her attitude toward Fu Zhi and Jiang Sheshe. That’s because what she’s always received from Xie Lanchen is respect and sincerity, so when she faces him, she responds to Xie Lanchen in the same way he treats her.]
[Exactly. Puppy Ning may love going off the rails, but she’s always had a sense of propriety. [crying]]
A single change in Fu Zhi’s expression sparked a heated discussion in the Danmaku.
But the guests in the livestream didn’t pay much attention to it.
Or rather, even if they noticed, they wouldn’t think too much of it.
After all-that was Fu Zhi. How could Fu Zhi possibly feel wronged?
With his personality, it was already a blessing if he didn’t make other people feel wronged.
The little episode passed quickly.
After Jiang Sheshe, she poured 166 milliliters of water for Wei Xuan and Xie Lanchen respectively.
Completely fair and impartial. Aside from Fu Zhi, the three male guests received an exact equal share.
It was as if she were announcing directly to the camera: these three people held the same place in her heart. None of them was special.
The netizens were delighted.
Wei Xuan’s expression, however, darkened.
He had thought Sheshe was only throwing a tantrum a little longer than usual this time. Once the two of them talked it out, they would go back to how they had been before.
He hadn’t expected things to develop completely beyond his control.
And what was even worse was that his mood was now so terrible that he could no longer control his emotions in front of the camera.
This had never happened before…
Wei Xuan was, after all, older than everyone else. He had experience, emotional intelligence, intellect, and experience in relationships.
In the span of a few breaths, Wei Xuan figured out the reason.
Jiang Sheshe was very important to him.
Not important in the way a younger sister was important to an older brother.
But… the kind of person he would never want to let go of for the rest of his life.
That kind.
Otherwise, why would he, for a girl next door who wasn’t related to him by blood at all, have taken on almost every matter big and small, caring about her affairs even more than his own?
He had always considered himself smart, ruthless, and someone who put personal gain above all else, someone who weighed profit and return in everything.
Treating a person this well completely went against his nature.
Because in his eyes, only someone like Ning Mingyue-someone as hypocritical and profit-driven as he was-suited him.
But Jiang Sheshe had completely fallen outside his system of judgment.
She wasn’t smart. She wasn’t smooth. She even often caused trouble for him…
But he had never once thought that there was anything wrong with Jiang Sheshe being that way.
Memories of the past surged through his mind, and Wei Xuan finally realized his feelings for Jiang Sheshe completely.
His heart was filled with both regret and relief.
Regret that it had taken him so long to understand, and relief that from the moment Jiang Sheshe gave up on him to the moment he finally woke up just now, only one night had passed.
And if he subtracted the seven hours spent sleeping…
Wei Xuan felt he should still be able to salvage this.
So when Ning Mingyue appeared last to pour water and, for reasons unknown, actually gave him and Shen Yibai 200 milliliters each, making him second in the favorability ranking…
For the first time since joining this nightmare of a variety show, Wei Xuan felt a kind of “gratitude” toward Ning Mingyue.
Although he could guess that Ning Mingyue wanted to use him to provoke Shen Yibai while continuing to keep him dangling.
But that didn’t matter. He had become second place. According to the order, he would definitely be able to team up with Sheshe next.
“The results of the male guests’ favorability have been determined. Congratulations to Xie Lanchen for ranking first in the female guests’ favorability and receiving the right to choose today’s partner first!”
Director Qin announced the final result.
“As for the other three male guests-“