The meal served at the banquet consisted of pan-fried steak and vegetable salad.

The guests took their seats one after another.

When Mu Yan saw that there was an empty seat next to Gu Yunzhou, he immediately called out to Fu Yu, who was serving the dishes.

"We're missing a set of cutlery."

"Really? Then I'll go find it."

When Fu Yu handed the plate to Mu Yan, she turned around and opened the cupboard.

When she walked to the dining table with the brand-new knife and fork, Mu Yanshi was already sitting next to Gu Yunzhou.

The only seats left for Fu Yu were the one opposite Mu Yanshi and the one to his right.

"Sit here."

Mu Yanshi naturally pulled out the chair next to him.

Fu Yu blinked and sat down naturally.

Mu Yanshi picked up the plate in front of Fu Yu and cut steak for her.

He cut it into very small pieces.

"Thank you, Brother Mu."

Fu Yu leaned close to his ear and whispered.

From other people's perspective, the atmosphere of the two whispering to each other was incredibly ambiguous.

"Oh, is there something we can't hear?"

Ji Chen joked.

"This is a secret between the two of us, right?"

Fu Yuchao blinked at the banquet.

Mu Yanshi raised her eyes and, with an expressionless calm, repeated the last two words of Fu Yu's sentence.

"secret."

Fu Yu smiled and hooked her fingers under the table to Mu Yanshi's clothes. Seeing that he did not resist, she took advantage of the situation and pressed her fingers against his abs.

It feels so good to touch.

During the banquet, Mu Yan ate with complete focus, appearing as if nothing had happened.

When Fu Yu got tired of playing and was about to leave, Mu Yanshi grabbed her hand.

Big hand and little hand pressed together.

Skin to skin.

The two, who hadn't made eye contact until now, met each other's gazes.

He didn't say anything, but his eyes alone were enough to stir one's heart.

Jiang Lu gripped her knife and fork tightly, her face extremely pale.

Suddenly, my phone vibrated in my pocket.

She seemed afraid of being overheard, so she quickly got up.

"What's wrong?"

Gu Yunzhou cast a concerned glance his way.

"I'm going to the restroom."

Jiang Lu pretended to be nonchalant as she entered the bathroom, locked the door, and took out a phone she had prepared beforehand.

This season of the show was originally intended to promote her, which is why she was able to break the rules and bring her personal phone.

I opened WeChat and saw that my assistant had sent me several screenshots.

"Sister Lu, your CP (couple) hashtag is currently ranked number one on Weibo. Why don't you just stick to creating a CP with Mu Yanshi?"

Jiang Lu opened the screenshot.

The hashtag for the couple Fu Yu and Mu Yanshi surged to third place in just half an hour.

It's such an eyesore.

It's such an eyesore.

She opened Weibo, and the top trending topic was all animated GIFs of Mu Yanshi and Fu Yu.

Some people even found Fu Yu's clarification announcement, which strongly proved that all the previous accusations were deliberately fabricated.

In a short period of time, Fu Yu's reputation underwent a dramatic change.

It's as if an invisible hand is manipulating public opinion from behind the scenes.

"If you knew how sweet the couples I ship are, you'd be envious of me too."

"I'm already overwhelmed by how sweet this episode is; it's hard to imagine what surprises they can bring in the remaining episodes!"

"I'm from the Civil Affairs Bureau, I'm here."

"I am your marriage certificate, and I'm here."

"I am the bed, I'm here."

Negative news about Fu Yu online was overshadowed by a massive amount of fan-service comments.

Some people even dug up old clips of Fu Yu playing games on live stream and turned them into parody videos.

Although it was an abstract parody, her popularity has clearly surpassed that of Jiang Lu.

Jiang Lu resisted the urge to smash her phone and returned to the WeChat interface.

"Call the fourth male lead over immediately!"

She wouldn't allow anyone to steal her thunder!

I originally thought that as long as Mu Yanshi didn't choose Xiang Nuan, all the show's popularity would remain with Jiang Lu!

In retrospect, she had oversimplified things.

Isn't the point of watching dating reality shows to ship couples?

If she were paired with Ji Chen and Gu Yunzhou now, and then switched sides when the fourth male lead arrived, she would definitely be condemned.

Therefore, the fourth male lead must enter the cabin early and create a romantic pairing with her!

"Huh? Sister Lu, are you sure you want to create a CP with male guest number four? Mu Yanshi is the most popular male guest right now! Besides, he can help your career."

Assistance?

Jiang Lu sneered.

"Tell the director that Fu Yu cannot choose Mu Yanshi for tomorrow's 'Heartbeat Date'."

After sending the text message, Jiang Lu immediately felt refreshed.

The anger that had been building up inside vanished without a trace.

After dinner, the production team sent out task cards.

It was announced that a male guest would be joining the party tomorrow, and female guests could choose one of them for their first romantic date.

As per Jiang Lu's request, the rules of the "Heartbeat Dating" program stipulate that participants cannot choose their own cooking partner.

In other words, Mu Yanshi and Fu Yu's first date was completely ruined.

The female guests need to go to the mysterious cabin and choose a token that represents the male guest.

The names of the tokens representing each male guest have already been sent to Jiang Lu.

While the other female guests were in a blind selection process, for her it was a simple open-book exam.

"Let me take a look."

Mu Yanshi gentlemanly accepted the task card from Xiang Nuan and held it in his palm.

After reading it twice, he left the hut without making a sound.

He went to the outdoor garden, where hidden cameras were installed indoors, while a professional was filming outdoors.

Mu Yanshi walked up to the cameraman and beckoned him with his finger.

"Call the director."

About a minute later, the director came running over excitedly and turned off the camera.

"Young Master Mu..."

"Um."

Mu Yanshi spoke in a cold and distant tone.

This was completely different from how she had been taking such good care of Fu Yu just moments before.

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