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The host held the last question card, only lifting a small corner to ensure that neither the audience nor Liu Yifei could see it.

There are only three words on it.

【I love you】.

Fang Yu raised an eyebrow.

This question is interesting.

As long as you describe the concrete things in those idioms, you can usually guess them pretty accurately.

But the three words "I love you" are too abstract.

You cannot write characters, draw pinyin, or use numbers.

It would really take some brainpower to make Liu Yifei understand it at a glance.

The audience craned their necks, trying to glean some clues from his expression.

"Last question, timer starts!"

At the host's command, the stopwatch clicked.

Fang Yu stood in front of the whiteboard, holding a marker, and paused for a full ten seconds.

Immediately, some people in the audience began to murmur.

"It's stuck! It's absolutely stuck!"

"The last question is definitely going to be super abstract; this lobster feast is probably going to be a waste!"

"I told you, a free meal costing 1888 yuan isn't that easy to get!"

Fang Yu ignored the voices from the audience.

He quickly went through the composition in his mind, then raised his hand and the pen tip fell steadily.

Swish swish!

This time, he didn't draw any people or animals.

Three boxes quickly appeared side by side on the whiteboard.

Then he added a horizontal line and a vertical line to each box.

Three grids.

The audience was completely stunned.

What do you mean?

A master of traditional Chinese painting has suddenly switched careers to teach elementary school students calligraphy?

The host, standing to the side, was also full of questions.

What does this have to do with "I love you"?

Fang Yu did not stop.

He moved the pen tip to the middle grid and drew a full heart.

Then, a thick arrow pointing to the left was drawn on the left, and a thick arrow pointing to the right was drawn on the right.

After finishing the drawing, he took the whiteboard off the easel.

He held the whiteboard with both hands, turned slightly to the side, so that it was angled towards Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei was still worried.

But when she saw the whiteboard clearly, she was stunned.

The three grids represent three characters.

The heart in the middle represents "love".

The left arrow points to Fang Yu, who is holding up the whiteboard.

The arrow on the right points to her standing opposite.

Fang Yu.

Love.

Liu Yifei.

Connecting them...

"three!"

The host has started the countdown.

"two--"

The time was about to reach zero.

Liu Yifei didn't have time to think it through; her brain had already automatically translated the image into an answer.

She took a step forward and raised the microphone.

The crisp sound echoed throughout the entire event venue.

"I love you!"

"Beep—"

At the same time, a beep signaling the end of the timer sounded.

The host paused for half a second, then suddenly raised the microphone.

"Correct answer!"

boom!

The audience erupted in cheers.

"Wow—awesome!"

"Give me a kiss! Give me a kiss right now!"

"This isn't 'Pictionary, I Guess,' it's blatantly a ploy to trick someone into confessing their feelings!"

Hearing the commotion from all directions and looking at Fang Yu, who was still holding up the whiteboard, Liu Yifei felt a little dazed.

and many more.

What did she just shout into the microphone in front of hundreds of people?

I love you?

Did she call out to her on her own initiative?

The heat shot from my cheeks to my ears.

Even with a mask on, her panic couldn't be hidden.

Liu Yifei instinctively wanted to turn around and find a place to hide.

"Clang!"

Fang Yu simply threw the whiteboard back next to the easel.

He strode across the distance between them, opened his arms, and pulled the still-dazed Liu Yifei into his embrace.

"I love you too!"

This sentence was both quick and loud.

Without the slightest hesitation.

The cheers from the audience instantly rose even higher, with applause and whistles blending together.

The host was so excited that his face turned red, and he wished he could give them the Best Couple Award on the spot.

"Congratulations to the mysterious agent couple, you've successfully completed the challenge!"

"The 520 deluxe free meal, worth 1888 yuan, is yours!"

Fang Yu held Liu Yifei, whose body was still a little weak, in his arms, and gave the host a thumbs up with one hand.

That's it.

The confession has been made.

Lunch is ready.

This is a truly dominant performance.

……

Twenty minutes later.

Private rooms on the second floor of the seafood restaurant.

Once the door to the private room closed, the two finally took off their hats, sunglasses, and masks, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The table was already fully covered.

Garlic lobster, braised sea cucumber with scallions, steamed sea urchin with egg, steamed grouper, typhoon shelter style stir-fried crab...

The restaurant even served the braised pork knuckle that Fang Yu had ordered at the end.

Looking at the table full of fancy dishes, and then at Fang Yu, who was skillfully dismantling lobsters with pliers, Liu Yifei couldn't help but sigh.

"What's wrong?"

Fang Yu peeled a large piece of snow-white shrimp meat from the lobster shell and placed it on the small plate in front of her.

"Not to your liking?"

Liu Yifei picked up her chopsticks, gently poked at the shrimp meat, and glared at him.

"Fang Yu, could you be any more of a spoilsport?"

"what?"

Fang Yu stuffed a piece of sea cucumber into his mouth and asked indistinctly.

"What did I do now?"

"You still ask?"

The blush on Liu Yifei's face hadn't completely faded yet.

"Other people say 'I love you' on May 520th, either on a beach or on a rooftop terrace under the stars."

"The surroundings were covered with roses, and someone was playing the violin nearby."

She pointed with her chopsticks at the table full of seafood.

"We're doing well."

"At the entrance of a seafood restaurant, in front of dozens of onlookers, all for the sake of winning a free meal worth 1,888 yuan."

The more Liu Yifei talked, the more outrageous it seemed.

In the end, I couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

"Tell me, isn't this a bit too unromantic?"

Fang Yu swallowed the sea cucumber and wiped his hands clean with a tissue.

Then, he put down his chopsticks, crossed his hands under his chin, and looked at Liu Yifei with a serious expression.

"Comrade Tianxian, your ideological awareness still needs improvement."

Liu Yifei raised an eyebrow slightly.

"How so?"

Think about it carefully.

Fang Yu tapped the table:

"Renting out the whole venue, lighting candles, scattering roses—anyone can replicate these things as long as the money is right."

"If others can do it, so can I."

"I can even get you an even bigger setup, with rose petals raining down from a helicopter, guaranteed to be incredibly romantic."

Liu Yifei glanced at him.

Do you have a helicopter?

"Not at the moment."

"Then what are you even talking about?"

"Isn't this just envisioning the future?"

Fang Yu waved his hand, steer the conversation back to the main topic:

"But think about it, what's the point of romance that's just bought with money?"

How many people around the world confess their love under the stars every day? How many people give roses?

"But today, can you find another person in the whole world who, with just a broken whiteboard, could get the nation's goddess to say 'I love you' in the street?"

Liu Yifei was stunned by his twisted logic.

"...It seems that there isn't one."

"That's right!"

Fang Yu slapped his thigh.

"The roses will wilt in a few days, but I'll remember this meal today, and the way you blushed and shouted those three words just now, for the rest of my life."

Liu Yifei lowered her head, picked up a piece of shrimp meat, and took a bite.

The shrimp meat is fresh and sweet, with a rich garlic flavor.

"You're quite eloquent."

She muttered to herself.

But the smile on her lips was impossible to suppress.

Fang Yu knew when to stop and immediately put on a sycophantic expression.

He picked up a large pork knuckle and placed it steadily into Liu Yifei's bowl.

"Come on, eat more."

"Let's replenish our energy, we still need to go to the arcade for a shopping spree this afternoon."

Liu Yifei glanced at the braised pork knuckle in the bowl, then looked at Fang Yu.

"We only have 124 yuan left in total."

"What else can you do at the arcade after deducting the money for dinner?"

"After winning two plush toys, I'll probably be broke."

"Who do you think you are?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Yu slapped his thigh on the spot.

"Those fifty squats just now, didn't they show you my strength?"

He pulled up a crab, his face full of confidence.

"Today I'll show you what I'm made of—"

"What truly makes an arcade nightmare!"