I was slacking off on a dating reality show when the female guests treated me like a treasure chest.

Xia Yao's proactive move suddenly made things complicated.

The three sat in the bookstore coffee shop, but it had already become scorching hot outside. In the sweltering summer heat, Liu Ting and Tang Xi met Zhou Yu and, before they could even ask where Chen Nian was, they learned the answer.

"Xia Yao?" Liu Ting was surprised.

"Surprised? No, it shouldn't be surprising, right?" Tang Xi said. She had originally planned to switch with Chen Nian today, but considering that Xia Yao had already gone to take photos with Chen Nian, she figured there was no chance.

It's not that she's unwilling to fight, but she'll only fight if the timing is right.

"What do you mean?" Liu Ting and Zhou Yu looked at Tang Xi with puzzled expressions.

Tang Xi then told the two of them about the photo shoot, and also mentioned what happened at the waterfront restaurant.

After listening, the two fell silent.

"No wonder..." Zhou Yu muttered, then said in surprise, "So that means Xia Yao and Chen Nian are very likely to get together?"

"Is that so?" Tang Xi wasn't sure either, but at the moment, they were the first pair to successfully exchange partners.

Thinking about this, the three of them felt a headache coming on. "Should we still exchange these tokens?"

In the end, the three of them were exchanged with Suhe, Li Tian, ​​and Wen Jingran.

The speed was so fast that none of the three knew what had happened.

Of the remaining people, Qi Feng was the only one.

Qi Feng learned that Xia Yao and Su Xiao were at the bookstore, so he went there to find them.

When they arrived, the three of them were drinking coffee and quietly reading books.

Seeing Qi Feng arrive, Xia Yao was somewhat surprised and asked, "Where are the others?"

"At another coffee shop, they've all finished exchanging tokens," Qi Feng said, then looked at Su Xiao, who was now the only one left.

Logically speaking, the two should have naturally become partners.

"Su Xiao, I want to exchange tokens with you," Qi Feng said, sitting down at the table next to him.

"Me..." Su Xiao paused for a moment upon hearing this, then shook her head and said, "Sorry, after thinking about it, I'll go alone for the third level."

"..."

"Is this possible?" Qi Feng was stunned.

"Yes, it's possible according to the rules, I remember that, but are you sure? If that's the case, then you'll be acting alone in the third stage, right?" Xia Yao asked curiously.

Su Xiao nodded slightly and said, "But isn't this a dating show? If there's no spark, then I'll just be alone, right?"

These words silenced the three people present.

Chen Nian put down the book in his hand and said in surprise, "Indeed, if there isn't a suitable one, then naturally one has to do it alone. How come I didn't think of that?"

Although it's a dating show, there's no rule that you have to find a partner the whole time.

"What are you thinking about?" Xia Yao asked quietly when she saw Chen Nian deep in thought. "But it's just a show after all. It's interesting to try it out, right? Otherwise, coming to this show would be meaningless."

"You have a point..."

Regardless, Su Xiao and Qi Feng ultimately did not team up, which meant they separated in the third stage.

Although Qi Feng was somewhat disappointed, he quickly adjusted his mindset.

To be honest, his initial goal in coming here wasn't to find love, but to gain online traffic, which seems like a good thing.

The live stream featuring the four of them will generate unprecedented buzz.

No one expected that there would be a situation where someone was left out of the show.

Furthermore, the audience is very curious about what they would do if they were alone.

In no time, the keywords surged to the top of the trending searches.

#Xia Yao takes the initiative to pursue Chen Nian...

#Su Xiao and Qi Feng are alone...

By dusk, the outside world was bathed in golden light, with rosy clouds obscuring the sky.

As Chen Nian left the coffee shop, he felt refreshed. He had drunk three cups of coffee that afternoon, and he didn't know if he would even need to sleep that night.

The four were wondering where to eat when Liu Ting and the others came here together.

"Let's go back to the boys' villa. Tonight's outdoor barbecue will be in the villa's courtyard," Suhe said. They had just received a notification from the housekeeper.

Upon hearing about barbecue, Chen Nian's eyes lit up, and he asked, "You really didn't catch a single fish today?"

"No, the waves are too big to fish," Suhe replied, and the group headed towards the villa.

On the way, Su He and the others saw the crystal ball in Chen Nian's hand and came over to ask, "So, where did you go with Xia Yao today?"

When pressed by the group, Chen Nian gave nonsensical answers.

Before long, they returned to the villa, where the ingredients for tonight's barbecue had already been laid out in the courtyard. All kinds of ingredients were available, including seafood, lamb, and beef, which made everyone's eyes light up.

Chen Nian took a slurp and then called on everyone to get started, saying they should eat their fill first.

Soon enough, smoke began to rise from the courtyard.

Viewers came and went in the live stream room. Many had just finished eating and were watching while eating. Seeing this scene, they suddenly felt that the food in front of them didn't taste good anymore.

As night fell, the three barbecue grills in the courtyard were already full of skewers. Chen Nian and his group of five were in charge of grilling, while the girls were responsible for getting water and fruit platters and other snacks.

After all that fuss, more than an hour had passed, and it was completely dark by then.

By the time everyone had brought several large plates of kebabs to the table, Liu Ting and the others were already starving and their mouths were growling.

Two long tables were put together, and ten people sat around them. Besides the sizzling, oily skewers, there were also many snacks piled up.

"Let's eat!"

"Give me a chicken leg skewer!"

"Why are there only five or six skewers of lobster?"

"Chen Nian, do you have to do this? Holding four strings of skewers in your hand, good heavens!"

"And you, Sukh, put down my last lobster..."

"....."

The courtyard was bustling with activity as people ate and continued to add skewers to the grill.

In less than half an hour, half of the ingredients prepared by the production team were gone.

By this time, everyone had almost finished eating, and the pace slowed down, becoming more leisurely.

Seeing this, the butler walked over at the opportune moment, holding a writing board in his hand.

In an instant, everyone's attention fell on the butler.

"Are you ready to announce the schedule?"

"Really? What time is it?"

"It's past eight o'clock, there's still plenty of time, right?"

The viewers in the live stream were discussing it curiously.

The butler then announced, "Everyone, before the schedule for the third stage is announced, we have prepared a little game for you."

"First of all, we want to tell you that in the third round, each guest will only have ten vouchers. These ten vouchers represent the number of times each guest can use them in the third round."

"This mini-game has a penalty mechanism; the loser will lose a voucher."

"So, the game is called 'Name Bomb.' I will write a guest's name on a board, and everyone will take turns guessing it, and they can guess the same name multiple times."

"Suppose I write down Liu Ting's name, and after one round, five people guess Liu Ting's name, then those five people all lose."

"Do you all understand the rules?" the butler asked.

"..." Upon hearing this, everyone rolled their eyes at him, thinking that he was trying to reduce the amount of their vouchers because they had too many.