I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Mao Cancan and Ding Helin jogged all the way to the bottom of the building. Before they even went upstairs, they saw several girls gathered at the entrance, chatting excitedly, looking like typical onlookers.

Mao Cancan and Ding Helin, who were running towards them from a distance, also attracted the attention of the girls.

One of them recognized Mao Cancan and his eyes lit up immediately, "That's Mao Cancan!"

Upon hearing this, the other girls immediately looked over, their expressions becoming even more excited.

Gossiping is human nature, especially for women.

These girls were all just bystanders, and they were also students in this building. They didn't have the patience to wait upstairs, so they came down to wait for the first-hand information.

The girl who recognized Mao Cancan shouted into the stairwell, "She's back!"

The shouts were relayed and passed up the corridors of the apartment building.

"Huff... huff..."

Mao Cancan ran all the way to the bottom of the building, panting heavily.

She looked at the group of girls at the entrance of the apartment building who were excitedly watching her and whispering to each other, and she was quite puzzled.

But she can't care about that now.

After resting for a while, Mao Cancan entered the building entrance and began climbing the stairs.

When Mao Cancan got to the first floor, she found that there were many girls gathered at the entrances of 101 and 102. The doors were packed from the outside to the inside.

The girls were all looking at her with curious and friendly expressions. They were whispering among themselves, excited and thrilled—witnessing such a real-life romantic scene unfold, being the first to witness the drama firsthand, how could they not be excited and thrilled?

Mao Cancan vaguely heard a sentence or two.

"Is that Mao Cancan?" "That guy's such a blockhead. She's clearly quite pretty, but he insists on calling her 'delicate'."...

?

Mao Cancan was slightly puzzled, but she didn't stop and continued climbing the stairs.

There are even more people now.

On the small landing between the first and second floors, three girls were standing. They smiled at her as she came up and whispered among themselves.

Climbing up to the second floor, the doors to rooms 201 and 202 were also crowded with girls watching the spectacle.

Finally, on the third floor, Mao Cancan arrived at her large dormitory room, 301.

The place was also packed with girls, but without Mao Cancan even saying a word, the girls took the initiative to give orders.

"The person in question is here! Don't push!" "Make way, others need to come in!"...

Like Moses parting the sea, the crowds inside and outside Gate 301 automatically parted in front of Mao Cancan, making way for a passage to Gate 3013.

Mao Cancan walked in with her head slightly lowered—although she was quite brave at times, she was essentially just an ordinary college girl who had never received such attention before, so she naturally became shy.

Fortunately, everyone was very friendly.

Upon entering room 301, Mao Cancan discovered that the living room was already packed with people.

The doors to the small dormitories 3011 and 3012 were also open, and you could see that there were many people inside when you passed by.

This made Mao Cancan lower her head even further and walk quickly towards 3013.

At the entrance of room 3013, Mao Cancan's roommate Zhang Wen was already waiting impatiently.

As soon as Mao Cancan arrived at the door, Zhang Wen grabbed her arm and pulled her inside, exclaiming, "Cancan's here!"

In dormitory 3013, besides the girls from Mao Cancan's dormitory, there were also a few girls from the neighboring dormitories, but overall there were fewer people than in the two neighboring dormitories.

Upon seeing Mao Cancan enter, the last girl in dormitory 3013 immediately pushed her down in front of a desk and made her sit down.

On the other end, the 211 Entrepreneurship Base

Shen Kang had already slipped behind Jin Bo again, and he could hear the constant announcements from everyone in the room.

"We've surpassed 8,000 people!"

"We've surpassed 9,000 people!"

"Nine thousand five!"...

When Ma Liang shouted, "We've broken 10,000!", everyone in Class 211 cheered excitedly in unison.

"Awesome!" "I can't believe it actually broke 10,000!"...

This achievement is the result of everyone's concerted efforts, and everyone feels a great sense of accomplishment. Excitement and enthusiasm permeate the entire 211 campus.

Shen Kang, swinging He Qiuzhu's large windmill belt, grinned and announced loudly, "To celebrate Beiming Community achieving its first-ever 10,000 concurrent online users, He Qiuzhu said she's treating everyone to dinner tomorrow night! A big feast!"

He Qiuzhu was naive and didn't argue. She did whatever Shen Kang said. If he told her to treat everyone to a meal, then she would treat everyone to a meal.

The surrounding employees, as long as they had food, didn't care and just cheered even louder.

They also developed a stronger liking for their boss's stunningly beautiful girlfriend, thinking she was truly beautiful inside and out, a real angel, and it was a shame she was paired with that bastard boss.

Only Ye Jintong, who had gradually become familiar with He Qiuzhu, looked up from her computer, quite dissatisfied: "Boss, why should Qiuzhu pay? We're all your employees!"

Shen Kang didn't even bother to acknowledge her: "She asked for it herself, you can ask her if you don't believe me."

Ye Jintong actually looked at He Qiuzhu, who was standing next to Shen Kang.

He Qiuzhu replied coolly and obediently, "Yes, I'll treat you."

"..."

Ye Jintong sighed.

Since she didn't have anything urgent to keep an eye on for the time being, she simply got up, walked over to He Qiuzhu, and whispered in He Qiuzhu's ear, "Qiuzhu, you can't just believe whatever he says. Things are already like this; if you two get married, won't you be completely controlled by him?"

For some unknown reason, He Qiuzhu's eyes lit up. She looked at Ye Jintong with sparkling eyes and said, "Jintong, you have great taste. I'll add a king crab for you tomorrow."

"???"

Ye Jintong felt bewildered.

While everyone was cheering, Jin Bo, the host, was still busy working.

Jinbo: Breaking news, the woman has arrived!

Jin Bo: Many female guests were willing to give up a spot. After discussion backstage, we finally decided that female guest number 12 would give up the spot.

Some people in the audience chat area were already saying that the main character had arrived. When Jin Bo made the announcement, many people in front of their computers cheered excitedly, feeling as if they had worked together to bring the female lead to the scene and accomplished something great and romantic, which gave everyone a real sense of accomplishment.

Another message from Jin Bo also drew everyone's attention to the right-hand column, where they saw that the profile picture and username of female guest number 12 had been removed and were now empty.

Then, a new profile picture and username took over.

Many viewers immediately clicked on the female protagonist's profile picture and entered her personal homepage.

Now that things have progressed this far, they are all very curious about what the female protagonist in the story actually looks like.

Unfortunately, like many ordinary users of the Beiming Community, this female protagonist's personal homepage has no posts or photos uploaded.

However, it was only a slight regret, as things were still progressing smoothly.

After the female lead was replaced, the process of "If You Are the One" continued.

While we were waiting, we've now reached the end of the third stage.

Jin Bo: Now it's the final round of keeping your lights on. Female guests who are interested in buying the male guests' secondhand items, please keep your lights on. Those who are not interested, please turn off your lights.

Jinbo: Three

Jinbo: Two

Jinbo: One

……

Chen Ziyi is sitting in front of the computer at this moment.

Unlike the lively scene in the girls' dormitory, Chen Ziyi's dormitory was quiet. The door to the small dormitory was closed, and Chen Ziyi was the only one in the room, sitting in front of the computer.

Everyone in their dorm loves studying; the other three are currently studying in the study room.

No one around knew that Chen Ziyi was the male lead on the dating show "If You Are the One," so it was very quiet.

On the computer screen in front of Chen Ziyi, a photo was being displayed, and the person in the photo was Mao Cancan.

This was sent to him by the production team of the dating show "If You Are the One".

According to the program's procedures, when reviewing participants' information, they are required to provide a photo of themselves.

After the first round, the production team will send photos of the female guests who kept their lights on to the male guests backstage, and also send photos of the male guests to the female guests who kept their lights on.

Therefore, all 12 female guests have seen Chen Ziyi's photos, and Chen Ziyi has also seen the photos of all 12 female guests.

Mao Cancan was a temporary replacement, so her photo has been added now. As for how the production team obtained Mao Cancan's photo, it was naturally obtained from her roommate when they contacted her beforehand.

"It really is her."

Looking at Mao Cancan's photo, Chen Ziyi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He came on a whim, but to his surprise, the show actually helped him find the girl.

Thanks to Beiming Community, and thanks to that student Shen.

Chen Ziyi felt grateful, turned off the photo, and looked at the column on the right, feeling a little nervous.

Previously, it was indeed this girl who expressed affection to him.

But Chen Ziyi didn't know whether, after his repeated rejections due to his lack of romantic understanding, and after so much time had passed, this girl would still be willing to get close to him...

Under Chen Ziyi's tense gaze, the lights next to the female guests' profile pictures on the right side of the column went out one by one.

They had kept all the lights on to buy time for Chen Ziyi. Now that the main character had arrived, these matchmakers naturally had their mission accomplished and were ready to retire.

The light at number 12 remained on and did not go out.

This put Chen Ziyi's mind at ease.

However, Chen Ziyi was taken aback when he noticed another place.

Another student who didn't turn off their light was number 1, Little Bear.

……

The finale is finally approaching.

This is the common thought in the minds of all the viewers sitting in front of their computers watching this grand show.

Everyone already knew what would happen next – all 11 female guests turned off their lights and gracefully left, leaving only the male and female protagonists to pour out their hearts to each other.

But the accident happened without any warning.

Little Bear #1 is still keeping the light on.

This left the audience completely stunned.

……

In a girls' dormitory, Liu Wenjing, nicknamed "Little Bear Sauce," sat in front of her computer.

Several girls stood around her, looking at each other, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

Liu Wenjing, however, was looking at the computer screen with a calm expression.

According to her initial plan, she should have turned off the lights at this point.

But when she looked at the photos, Chen Ziyi was exactly her type.

During the previous rounds of communication that had stalled for time, Liu Wenjing also felt that she got along very well with Chen Ziyi.

This made her really want to give it a try with him.

Liu Wenjing is a person with strong opinions who does what she thinks of.

When she saw that girls in the Beiming community could gain a lot of popularity and earn ghost money rewards by teaching how to dress, she quickly followed suit.

Because she needed money, and ghost money is money.

She didn't care what others thought of her.

Now that she realized she was somewhat attracted to Chen Ziyi, she immediately put her plan into action.

She didn't care what others thought of her.

She just wanted to try, to give it a shot, otherwise she might regret it later.

She didn't want to regret it.

So she left the light on.

This is Liu Wenjing.

……

Jinbo, who works in Innovation Base 211, was taken aback when he saw that Little Bear Sauce No. 1 had left her light on—this wasn't supposed to be part of the plan.

But his keen sense of smell made him realize something immediately; his scalp tingled, he felt an electric shock, followed by immense excitement.

Jinbo typed quickly and also granted Little Bear No. 1 the right to speak.

Jin Bo: Female guest number 1, did you forget to turn off your light?

Little Bear: No, I'm keeping the light on.

Jinbo's mind raced, and his hands kept typing.

Jin Bo: So you're saying you're more interested in the male guest's copy of "The Little Prince"?

Little Bear: Yes. According to the program rules, I have that right, right?

Kimbo: Of course, you have that right. But I need to remind you that some things, if forced, may not end well.

Little Bear: I'm going to force myself.

Jinbo: ...

Inside the 211 startup base, Jin Bo typed a string of ellipses on his phone, seemingly speechless, but in reality, his eyes were filled with extreme excitement.

That's fantastic, just the effect I wanted!

Then, Jinbo continued to type, his mind racing.

Jin Bo: I suddenly felt very moved and thought of the story of Don Quixote. When he charged at the windmill, he must have been filled with courage.

Jin Bo: Although Don Quixote's ending was being torn to pieces by windmills, his courage to charge forward is truly admirable.

……

After seeing that Little Bear-chan also left her light on.

Before Kimbo and Kobear-chan had their conversation.

The viewers in front of their computers were stunned for a moment, and then they all felt very uncomfortable.

It's like they're watching a romantic drama where the male and female leads go through all sorts of hardships and are finally about to be together, but then a female supporting character suddenly appears, clinging to the male lead and refusing to let go, which is annoying.

In both male and female dormitories, voices of widespread disgust erupted.

"They're a perfect match, what's wrong with her interfering?"

"My friend knows this little bear-chan. I heard she used to steal other people's boyfriends and loves doing things like that."

"I think she's desperate for fame. Seeing how popular she is now, she's clinging to this fame like crazy."...

But after Kimbo and Koko-chan had their conversation.

The discussions in the dormitories, while still largely focused on criticizing Liu Wenjing, also began to shift their focus.

"Sigh, but then again. Does that mean that just because everyone wants to see these two together, I have to give up even if I have feelings for him?"

"I tried to put myself in her shoes. If it were me, even if I liked this male guest, I would probably turn off the light because of the pressure from everyone else."

"I think she's really brave."

……

In the audience interaction area, the subtitles started scrolling rapidly once again.

The content is basically the same as what the boys and girls in each dormitory are discussing right now. Some are criticizing Xiaoxiongjiang for stealing someone else's love, some say Xiaoxiongjiang brought this upon herself, and of course, there are also some who support and defend Xiaoxiongjiang.

"I used to think Koko-chan was just a pretty girl who taught yoga, but I never expected her to be so brave." "Koko-chan, I support you!" "I declare that from today onwards, Qingxiao Biehan's ranking in my heart has dropped, and Koko-chan has ascended to the top spot as the number one goddess! So cool!"...

There were all sorts of opinions, it was incredibly lively.

It was under these circumstances that the program entered the final reverse selection stage.

Jin Bo: Male guest, according to the program rules, two female guests have kept their lights on for you. Next, you will enter the reverse selection round. You can ask each of them a question, and then choose one of them to be matched directly.

Jin Bo: Besides these two female guests, your preferred female guest will also have her light on again. You can ask her a question and ultimately choose her. However, unlike the other two women who kept their lights on, your preferred female guest has the right to refuse you.

Jin Bo: In other words, if you choose two female guests who keep their lights on, you can be matched successfully. If you choose a female guest you like, you might not be matched. Your copy of "The Little Prince" will also go unsold.

Jinbo: Do ​​you understand?

My heart longs for home: I understand.

Jin Bo: Next, I will announce the female guest that male guest number one is interested in.

Jinbo: She is

Jinbo: Number one, Little Bear!

……

Inside Meng Chengjiao's house.

A few people got so engrossed in watching that they brought over two cases of beer. Now, each of them had a can of beer in their hand and were drinking, chatting, and watching.

When they saw that Little Bear-chan had also left her light on and even said "I'm going to force it," the group went wild.

"Awesome! I love this girl!" "That's so true, exactly!"...

This little bear's personality is just what these guys like, making them very excited. They also typed in the audience chat area to support the little bear.

When Jinbo announced that the female guest he had randomly chosen was none other than Xiaoxiongjiang, the group went wild.

Only Zong Shijie was even more worried, and lit another cigarette.

Meanwhile, the number of concurrent online users on the Beiming Community continued to climb without anyone noticing.

10821

11342

11796

……

Shen Kang, standing behind Jin Bo, looked at the computer screen in front of Jin Bo and was also surprised: Damn it, you still insist on forcing yourselves? Are the three of you playing The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber here?

However, this unexpected situation also stirred up his playful spirit—how would Chen Ziyi choose in the end?