Various desires, though superficial, exude an undeniable, viscous aroma...

Various desires distort a person beyond recognition, filling their heart with malice and resentment, yet on the surface they still have to put on a hypocritical and indifferent appearance, which is both hypocritical and disgusting.

But Cheng Nianzhi couldn't see anything in Lu Liruan. What was Lu Liruan's motive for approaching him? For fame? For profit? It didn't seem to be either...

Her gaze was like a warm spring, and when Cheng Nianzhi was looked at, he felt comforted and cared for, and this feeling became more and more obvious and gentle as time went by.

What did I do? How did I appear in her eyes?

Cheng Nianzhi kept pondering this question.

He was certain that he had never met Lu Liruan before.

Cheng Nianzhi is very curious and eager to delve into things at times, and he wants to get the answers from Lu Liruan.

Do you only look at me like this, or do you look at others like this too?

"Is there something on my face?" Lu Liruan raised her hand to touch her face, feeling Cheng Nianzhi's gaze upon her.

She wore a hair tie with a fluffy pom-pom on her slender wrist, looking cute and vibrant.

Cheng Nianzhi got playful and deliberately pointed to a spot, which Lu Liruan rubbed against with her palm.

Cheng Nianzhi pointed to another spot, and Lu Liruan rubbed it against it, foolishly making a small red patch on her skin.

In terms of popularity, Fu Tingshen and Shi Jingyun were undoubtedly number one. As fans said, it was a perfect combination of strengths, far surpassing the second-place Xiao Yiyi and Lu Yuan.

With the remaining two groups, Lu Zheng's face was already undisguisedly grim. When he decided to participate in the show, he originally thought he would definitely gain a huge following on the show.

After all, most of his fans are female fans. He can show off his boyfriend charm, gain some popularity from the female guests, and then immediately cut ties after the show ends. The plan is perfect.

But unexpectedly, Fu Tingshen actually participated, and no matter what he did, he could never catch up with Fu Tingshen's popularity.

As for the remaining two male guests, Lu Zheng felt from the bottom of his heart that they were not as good as him, but the bad thing was that he was paired with Lin Qianyou.

This woman is a complete spoiled princess, completely disregarding her partner's life or death in order to establish her own persona.

They both had the same goal, but their meeting was a complete disaster.

He himself wasn't very popular, but he didn't expect that the duo's popularity would rank third. Lu Zheng, who had been feeling smug and overconfident during this period, couldn't accept it at all.

"Third place goes to... Nianzhi and Liruan!"

Before the host could finish speaking, Lu Zheng's prepared expression shattered instantly!

How can it be!

With his last shred of reason, he managed to keep himself from actually saying those words.

But clearly Lin Qianyou couldn't tolerate it as much as he could, and Lin Qianyou's character was originally a bit of a drama queen.

"Huh? How is that possible? Li Ruan was clearly in last place!" Lin Qianyou hated Lu Li Ruan the most.

It turns out that when the two of them were arranging resources, people always compared her to Lu Liruan, saying that Lu Liruan was pretty, and even the investors said so!

But in the end, Lu Liruan still managed to beat her! Before Lin Qianyou came, she thought she would definitely be able to crush Lu Liruan, but she never expected that she would be outdone by Lu Liruan!

"I'm in last place, but Nianzhi is in second place~ I won't compete with you for last place~" Lu Liruan's sarcastic and undisguised voice came through clearly.

Wow, what a perfect pair of teas!

[I'm dying of laughter! I find Lu Liruan kind of cute, aren't she? She doesn't take a single insult, and if anyone dares to mess with her, she'll retaliate immediately—what a beautiful spirit!]

[Hahahaha, I can sense a hint of a manipulative, scheming wife vibe: My CP is so awesome, his awesomeness is my awesomeness~ (V-sign and tongue sticking out)]

"It's all your fault!" Lin Qianyou said in her usual coquettish voice, preparing to shift the focus to Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng's suppressed anger was provoked by her words: "My ranking is even one place higher than yours, don't you know who's to blame?"

Lin Qianyou was so embarrassed that even her foundation couldn't cover her red face. Does he even know what gentlemanly manners are?

"I...I...Fine, it's all my fault! It's all my fault!" Lin Qianyou's eyes reddened, and she turned her head away looking like she had suffered a great injustice.

Lu Zheng knew he was in trouble as soon as he blurted it out; Lin Qianyou was no pushover.

“I didn’t mean to blame you. I mean…” Lu Zheng forced a smile, trying to rebuild his gentle image.

But Lin Qianyou didn't give him a chance. Just kidding, it seems she might have to continue teaming up with him, so she'll just have to get ahead of him first.

"Then what do you mean? Yes, it's my fault. I dragged you into this. I apologize. I'm sorry, isn't that enough? Waaah."

"You don't need to apologize to me..."

Lu Liruan was overjoyed. The pretentious weirdo had met the thorny white lotus. The wicked will be punished by the wicked.

"Stop arguing, it's not a big deal," Lu Yuan said, stepping forward. He was young, but he was not oblivious to what the two were thinking.

The young wolfhound was simple-minded and only found their noise bothersome.

"Stop! Stop! Stop fighting! You won't kill anyone like this!" Lu Liruan whispered from behind.

Shi Jingyun couldn't help but laugh out loud, her brows furrowed.

Xiao Yiyi covered her mouth with her hand, blinking her eyes repeatedly, trying her best not to laugh too obviously and to show some respect for the argument.

Cheng Nianzhi clearly didn't get the joke and tilted his head in confusion.

Lu Liruan couldn't bear to see him excluded from the silly jokes, so she secretly sent an emoji in the group chat to signal Cheng Nianzhi to look at it.

Lu Liruan withdrew her message within two minutes, but the director inadvertently opened the group chat within those two minutes...

Then a "pfft" sound came from off-screen.

Lin Qianyou was confused. She felt that seizing this point of conflict could garner her some sympathy and attention, so why were everyone else's expressions a little strange...?

Lu Zheng was furious. He was at his wits' end because of Lin Qianyou's shamelessness and was quickly thinking of how to retaliate.

But then they saw that the people sitting on the sofa were centered around Lu Liruan, and a joyful atmosphere was spreading.

Lin Qianyou also realized: Lu Liruan, it's Lu Liruan again, does she just have to make things difficult for her?!

She glared angrily at Lu Liruan, who pouted, glanced to the side, and rested her chin on Cheng Nianzhi's shoulder.

She whispered, "I hope my sister isn't angry anymore. Unlike me, I only ever feel sorry for my brother."

【Aaaaaaah, I'm seriously impressed! How many memes did she memorize?!】

There's nothing I can do about her, what can I do? I can only spoil this little devil...

[Cheng Nianzhi is so doting! Look, he's actually nodding in agreement. My god, don't give in to her lame jokes!]

Cheng Nianzhi stroked Lu Liruan's soft hair: So cute, her eyes were all wet when she looked over.

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