Huayu: Starting with Rejecting 00s Actresses on a Dating Show

Tan Wen hung up the phone and turned to look at Lu Yuxiao, who was humming a little tune.

He was reluctant to spoil her mood, but he had to follow the show's rules.

"I probably won't be able to go with you to get Xiu Xiu's medical check-up," Tan Wen said.

Lu Yu glanced at him questioningly, and Tan Wen immediately handed her the text message: "I have an appointment and need to go right away. It should be a new female guest."

Lu Yu took the phone and carefully read through the text messages, including Tan Wen's rejection message: I have more important things to do!

Is the more important thing to do to accompany me to Xiu Xiu's medical check-up? With this guess, my mood wasn't so bad anymore.

She handed the phone back to Tan Wen, "Okay."

"Aren't you wronged?"

"Why should I feel wronged? I'll take you to our date."

"You're so generous, no wonder my sister wants me to marry you," Tan Wen joked.

"...Did you tell your family about me?" Lu Yuxiao found herself not angry, but rather more curious.

"No, my sister saw a clip of the two of us online, and she thinks you're better than Mi'er."

Lu Yu looked straight at Tan Wen: "So what are your own thoughts?"

Tan Wen looked at her sincerely: "Would you mind being a concubine?"

"Why don't you just die!"

······

After a journey of about forty minutes, Lu Yuxiao dropped Tan Wen off at their meeting place.

"Come pick me up when you're done with your work," Tan Wen said to Lu Yuxiao after getting out of the car.

"Okay, wait a minute, you want me to pick you up and your date?" Lu Yuxiao didn't know what to say.

"This shows I'm completely open and honest. I'm giving you a chance to assert your sovereignty, so if you don't want to come, that's fine too." Tan Wen was shameless.

"I definitely won't bother you anymore, goodbye."

······

Tan Wen didn't go in immediately. He smoked a cigarette outside, took in the twilight of ZH City, and finally let the smoke dissipate before pushing open the door and entering.

The private dating room had a very artistic feel, with bookshelves filled with books all around.

When Tan Wen entered, the first thing he saw was not the female guest, but the other three male guests in the house.

They were all dressed in clean suits, made up, and had powder on their faces, looking as formal as they had on the first day of filming.

Tan Wen was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he had been tricked by the production team. Every male guest had received a dating text message.

He waved and greeted them. Ao Ruipeng gave a wry smile, and Kent smiled awkwardly as well. William sighed silently. He noticed that Tan Wen was dressed very casually, as if he had been dragged there on a last-minute date.

Ao Ruipeng asked, "How did you feel when you came in and saw us?"

"Greatly disappointed!" Tan Wen replied truthfully.

Kent nodded in agreement. "The moment I walked in and saw William, I wanted to turn around and leave."

"I heard footsteps behind me, turned around and saw Kent. To be honest, I wanted to punch him."

Everyone smiled helplessly.

Ao Ruipeng asked Tan Wen in a low voice, "Where have you been for so long?"

Tan Wen: "Lu Yu and I went out. Didn't you see us earlier?"

Ao Ruipeng felt he had asked an unnecessary question, and his mood soured again.

After the four male guests arrived, the waiter started serving dessert. They ate it listlessly, each with their own ulterior motives.

"There must be a new female guest, right?" Kent finally couldn't help but ask.

William analyzed, "Of course there is, otherwise why would the production team gather a few of us old men here?"

Several people nodded.

"That's good. I'm really looking forward to this date," Kent said.

"What? Didn't you like any of the original female guests?" William asked.

"Yes, there are, but we haven't had much opportunity to meet. However, I need Tan Wen to explain this to me." Kent looked at Tan Wen jokingly.

Tan Wen shrugged and said nothing.

······

The group chatted casually for a while when Ao Ruipeng nodded, glanced at his phone, hesitated for a moment, and then stood up and said, "I'm going to the restroom."

Ao Ruipeng left the private room, walked through the corridor, took the elevator to the third floor, and then, guided by the staff, entered a quaint private room.

There was a girl sitting there, with her back to him.

Ao Ruipeng's first impression was that the girl's back looked a bit thin, but that was all he felt. Because of the rules, he could only sit behind the female guest.

"Hello," Ao Ruipeng greeted him first.

"Hello," the girl replied.

The voice has a slightly nasal quality, which is very pleasant to the ear.

"Hello, my name is Ao Ruipeng."

"I know." The girl didn't say her name. "Now I need to ask you a few questions."

"Okay." Ao Ruipeng rubbed his knees with both hands.

"After spending this time together, what do you think of the other boys in the cabin?" the girl asked.

Ao Ruipeng thought for a moment and replied, "They are all decent people, except for one."

The girl was clearly taken aback by the answer.

"who's that person?"

"You'll see for yourself later," Ao Ruipeng replied.

"Okay, second question: Do you currently have someone you're interested in or are in contact with at the cabin?"

"I have feelings for them, and I've been in contact with people, but they're not the same person," Ao Ruipeng answered truthfully.

"Oh, so you love her, and she loves him, right?"

"right."

"The third question..."

"Is it possible that this is the fifth question?" Ao Ruipeng interrupted her.

"Leaving aside the extended questions, the third question is: How would you rate the other girls in the cabin?"

"They're all decent people!"

"..." The girl felt that this person was a bit stubborn, and she didn't want to ask any more questions.

"Let's stop here for now."

Ao Ruipeng asked in confusion, "Is that all? I haven't even seen what you look like yet."

"It's alright, you'll find out when we get back to the cabin."

At this point, even the live stream chat was speechless at Ao Ruipeng's antics.

······

When Ao Ruipeng returned, he was a little sullen. At this moment, William got up and said, "I'm going to the bathroom too."

He also went to the girl's room.

"Hello, I'm William."

"Hello, I have a few questions for you."

William sized up the girl's retreating figure. "Okay, I'll answer truthfully."

"After spending this time together, what do you think of the other boys in the cabin?" the girl asked the same question.

William pondered for a moment and said:

"Kent is a very gentlemanly man. Ao Ruipeng is very tall and handsome. Although he can be a bit abstract at times, his character is fine. As for Tan Wen, well... he's quite a charming man and gets along well with the girls in the cabin."

The girl keenly realized that William was subtly criticizing Tan Wenwen while praising him, trying to give the impression that he was a playboy.

"Do you currently have someone you're interested in or are in contact with at the cabin?" the girl continued to ask.

"Hmm... I'm still learning about it and making contact. After all, I can't make a decision in just a few days; that would be too impulsive."

"A very safe answer," the girl thought to herself. "Okay, third question: how would you rate the other girls in the cabin?"

"Xu Jing is a quiet girl, Sun Yike is a very lively child, Lu Yuxiao is very sunny, and He Mier is very outstanding."

"Fourth question: If you were going on a date with a girl, what would you take her to do?"

William thought for a moment and said, "I think I'll do everything I can to create a romantic setting for her, like a gathering of celebrities where I can play a song for her alone."

The woman stiffened for a moment, then said in silence, "Okay, I'm done asking." William's fourth answer made her not want to ask a fifth question.

William paused for a moment, somewhat puzzled, but ultimately bowed slightly to the girl in a gentlemanly manner and left the private room.

······

"Shall I go to the bathroom too?" Tan Wen received the text message shortly after William returned.

······