Chapter 37

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Chapter 37: Title

After the two Match Days of the first theme, the next theme would shuffle the teams for the competition.

After the director announced that they would choose teammates tomorrow, dinner naturally turned into a small "friendship" gathering.

At Su Moying’s table, Gu Feng had already hinted several times that he would definitely invite her to team up tomorrow.

At another table, perhaps annoyed by Liu Tian’s constant teasing, An Xin actually started asking Zhong Yueli if he wanted to join her for the next topic, making Liu Tian furiously shout that An Xin was "abandoning her friend," and demanding that someone judge the situation.

Gong Yu, who had already sat down alone, heard the commotion and thought he had found a chance to escape the awkwardness of being by himself.

He hesitated for a moment, grabbed a chair, and walked over with a concerned look on his face, saying, "What’s wrong? What are you talking about?"

Liu Tian, who was talking angrily with An Xin, suddenly heard Gong Yu speak, and all three of them turned to look.

The dining table for the program group wasn’t big; it was just right for three people, but four would be too cramped.

At first, no one answered Gong Yu, and the atmosphere instantly became cold.

An Xin and Zhong Yueli were not familiar with Gong Yu, and only Liu Tian and Gong Yu were roommates. After a moment of silence, Liu Tian pointed to Gong Yu’s previous seat, saying, "Brother Yu, let’s go sit over there!"

Then Liu Tian glanced at An Xin and said, "I won’t disturb your invitation to your Brother Yueli!"

Gong Yu was already embarrassed, so he quickly agreed, saying, "Okay, let’s go, buddy."

The two of them sat down at another table, and the atmosphere finally became less awkward.

The mood at Song Yutian’s table was completely different from the other three tables.

The three girls each had different personalities, but surprisingly, the atmosphere was very harmonious.

The conversations of the contestants were recorded by the microphone and broadcasted to the audience.

After listening for a while, the audience noticed that the other groups often mentioned "teaming up" and "teammates," while this group was completely different.

The three of them talked about their ages, recent jobs, and the condition of their rooms; the topics were all over the place, but they never mentioned choosing teammates again for tomorrow.

After ten minutes, the initial small talk in the other groups ended, and all the tentative invitations to team up had been made. Since everyone was not completely familiar with each other, they struggled to find topics, and the atmosphere began to feel a little awkward.

However, these three continued to eat and chat, never running out of things to say, and they even got happier as they talked.

Wei Yao was the most lively one, and she spoke the most among the three.

Song Yutian didn’t speak much, but she always knew the right moment to jump in and continue Wei Yao’s conversation, keeping the mood lively.

Shen Xi was a little older than the other two and spoke the least. Most of the time, she listened with a smile while the other two talked, but when she did join in with a joke, it always made them laugh out loud.

The audience was a bit surprised by the harmonious atmosphere at this table.

[Have they worked together before? Why does it look like they weren’t just meeting for the first time?]

[As a fan of Yao, I can confirm that Yao Yao and Yutian had never worked together and had never been seen on screen together before.]

[Shen Xi must have also met the other two for the first time in this show, so all three of them were meeting for the first time.]

[Wow, I really love the vibe at this table; it felt just like chatting in the girls’ dormitory back in school.]

Dinner was finished, but the three continued talking until the production team called Wei Yao to do an interview, and they had to stop.

After a while, Song Yutian was also called to the interview room.

A few days ago, two teammates from the same team had been interviewed together, but now they were going to be separated. The program group had decided to do the interviews separately. This time, the interviews were done one by one. The male contestants had finished their interviews before the female contestants, and Song Yutian was the last one.

The director immediately asked, "Do you want to say anything to your teammate, with whom you’ve shared ups and downs for two and a half days?"

Song Yutian simply said, "No."

The director was not surprised by Song Yutian’s answer and continued, "Yutian, we need you to record a monologue for your former teammate, Gu Feng. This is special content for the edited version, so what you say will not be broadcast live."

Song Yutian asked, "Can I say anything I want?"

The director had a look that said, "I knew you would ask that," and replied, "The monologue must include the following: how it felt to team up with him, whether you wanted to continue teaming up, and your wishes for him. The rest was up to you. Oh, and you needed to use the second person, meaning you should refer to him as ‘you.’"

Song Yutian thought for a moment, "I’m ready. Can we start?"

The director nodded, "Yes, we can."

Song Yutian began, "Gu Feng, I don’t think I need to explain how it felt to be on a team together. As for whether I wanted to continue teaming up with you, you probably knew my answer. And for my wishes… I hoped you wouldn’t have to team up with me in the future."

After speaking, Song Yutian nodded at the director.

Director: "… That’s it?"

Song Yutian: "That’s it."

The next day, in the living room of the villa.

Since it was a holiday, the program group had skipped the "Morning Time" part today, and the live broadcast began at ten o’clock.

The contestants sat in a circle in the living room, and then the director appeared.

The director cleared his throat and asked everyone, "Ahem, does anyone know what day it was today?"

Liu Tian answered, "It’s a holiday."

Luckily, with Liu Tian around, the director never faced awkward silence.

The director then asked, "Does everyone remember what we would do today?"

Liu Tian said again, "Choose teammates!"

The director nodded in satisfaction, "Yes, I know everyone was eager to find out who their new teammates would be, so we had specially arranged this part for—"

"Tonight!" the director announced.

All the contestants: …

Seeing everyone’s puzzled faces, the director quickly added, "But don’t worry, we were about to start a surprise teaming-up session! The results of this surprise teaming-up would directly affect the final team results!"

"Everyone, look here!" The director took a small box that the staff had just brought over.

"This box contained the name tags of all the male contestants. Next, I would randomly draw names, and all the female contestants could invite the selected contestants. The male contestants could not refuse the invitation; they could only choose one from all the girls who invited them. Of course, if there was only one girl, they had to accept. After accepting the invitation, the two would form a temporary team and enjoy today’s day off together."

Hearing this rule, Wei Yao said disappointedly to Song Yutian, who was sitting next to her, "Why was it always a boy-girl team? I wanted to team up with you."

Song Yutian smiled but said nothing.

"What would happen if some contestants didn’t get any invitations?" An Xin raised her hand to ask.

The director smiled and said, "Hehe, we had definitely considered this situation. After one round of drawing, if more than one male contestant was not chosen, we would continue to draw until everyone formed a team. If only one was left, they would automatically team up with another female contestant."

"If everyone understood, let’s get started!"

The director drew the first name: Gong Yu.

The director asked Gong Yu to come to the front and said, "Female contestants who wanted to invite Gong Yu could stand up now."

One second, two seconds…

The scene was still very quiet.

Gong Yu’s expression gradually became worse.

Fortunately, after ten seconds, the director found a way out for him, "Ahem, it seemed that at the beginning of this part, everyone was still watching, so let’s continue."

Gong Yu awkwardly sat back down on the sofa.

Meanwhile, Wei Yao looked at Song Yutian nervously, as if she wanted to say something.

Song Yutian smiled reassuringly at Wei Yao, then pressed down her microphone with her hand and whispered something to her.

Wei Yao was taken aback for a moment. Then she nodded.

The second one drawn was Liu Tian.

When Liu Tian came up, no one showed any reaction at first.

But just as Gong Yu found some comfort, someone stood up.

It was Shen Xi.

In the previous days of recording, Liu Tian and Shen Xi had almost no interactions.

Liu Tian himself looked completely surprised, and the audience in the live stream was also stunned.

[What is happening? Have these two talked before?]

[Huh? Shen Xi and Liu Tian? Why?]

[Can someone explain? Have these two worked together?]

The other contestants were also very surprised.

Wei Yao whispered to Song Yutian in a voice the audience could not hear, "Yutian, why do you think Sister Xi chose Liu Tian?"

Song Yutian softly replied, "Maybe she is afraid that if she doesn’t choose now, the options later will be worse."

Wei Yao thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense."

The director waited a moment and said, "It seems no one else wants to invite Liu Tian. So, according to the rules, I announce that Liu Tian and Shen Xi have successfully formed a temporary team!"

Liu Tian finally regained his composure after his initial surprise and waved to Shen Xi, saying, "Thank you, Sister Xi, for your kindness! We’ll go play together soon!"

Next, the director began to draw the third name: Gu Feng.

Immediately, the name Su Moying rang out, almost entirely shouted by male contestants.

Under everyone’s gaze, Su Moying slowly stood up.

Gu Feng smiled with satisfaction and said, "Moying, I have finally waited for you."

After saying this, Gu Feng "casually" glanced at Song Yutian.

Song Yutian was talking to Wei Yao and didn’t notice his gaze at all.

Gu Feng’s joy at seeing Su Moying stand up suddenly faded.

"Congratulations to Gu Feng and Su Moying for successfully forming a team!" said the director.

Only two male contestants were left unchosen. The director took out one last name tag: Qin Yuanzhuo.

The room went quiet for a few seconds, and then surprisingly, no one stood up.

The livestream chat exploded.

[It seems the last three all chose Zhong Yueli. I declare a showdown between the two popular male stars, and Zhong Yueli won decisively.]

[Can some people stop causing trouble? Both handsome guys are great.]

[Gong Yu should be very happy; he’s not alone anymore.]

[What are these women thinking? Don’t they want the handsome Qin?]

[Can the fans please stop attacking the girls? Not everyone sees your brother as a treasure.]

The audience had started to argue.

The director looked at everyone in surprise, confirming that no one was going to stand up, and then took out the name card for Zhong Yueli from the box.

The director said while taking it out, "It seems that finally a male contestant can exercise the right to choose. Will the remaining three contestants who want to invite Zhong Yueli please stand up?"

An Xin and Wei Yao stood up.

The director waited for a moment, but still, only two people stood up.

"Song Yutian?" the director asked with some confusion, then frowned, as if he realized something.