At the same time, a single hair on the back of Shi Jing's head turned completely white in the blink of an eye.

"hiss--"

Shi Jing gasped in pain, frowned, and reached up to pull out the necklace hidden in her collar.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Jinzhao immediately sensed something was wrong and quickly stepped forward to ask with a worried expression.

"It's nothing." Shi Jing shook his head and smiled nonchalantly at Zhu Jinzhao. "It's probably because the necklace is poorly made. It keeps poking into my chest and it hurts quite a bit."

"Huh?" Zhu Jinzhao didn't think much of it and assumed it was true.

"You can't wear a prickly necklace every day. Why don't you take it off and put it away, and then change into a non-prickly one when you get back to the villa?"

"Okay." Shi Jing hesitated for only a few seconds before deciding to adopt Zhu Jinzhao's suggestion.

He took the necklace off his neck, crumpled it up casually, and put it in his jeans pocket: "Whatever you say."

[Oh, oh, oh, I'll listen to you. The young master's henpecked nature is already showing before they're even together?]

[Look, look! They're holding hands!!! "Jing Jin Taking the Imperial Examination" must be true, or I'll go downstairs and eat the greenery!]

[Wow, Shi Jing really spoils Jin Zhao... He's only just started to show interest in her and he's already hinting that Jin Zhao can take care of her.]

[No, what happened in just a short while? Shi Jing, aren't you our friend? Why are you suddenly trying to woo me, Chao Chao?]

The fans in the live stream were completely absorbed in their ship, while Zhu Jinzhao was still standing there dumbfounded.

"Mm." She nodded, not finding anything wrong with Shi Jing listening to her.

She didn't feel anything special about holding hands, and seeing that Su Ying's pursuit had stopped, she naturally pulled her hand away from Shi Jing's.

"Shi Jing, how many points did we get?"

"..." Shi Jing looked at his empty palm with a dejected expression and replied somewhat unhappily, "I got eight points."

Zhu Jinchao: "Isn't the full score ten points? Why were we deducted two points?"

Shi Jing pouted: "Because Master Yang disliked my attitude. He said that my cursing while shoveling weeds had a terrible impact on the roses, so he deducted two points from my moral character score."

"Um..." Why do I feel like laughing?

"So, what's our ranking?"

Shi Jing: "Secondly, Fang Lei's team was one minute faster than us."

Zhu Jinzhao: "What a pity! Let's try again on the next mission!"

The three teams completed their tasks one after another, but the production team had not yet issued instructions for the next task. So all seven guests stayed put, resting and waiting for the production team's notification.

At the same time, the top three spots on Weibo's trending topics list were occupied by "Let's Make Friends Season 2".

Among them, the hashtag #ZhuJinzhaoperformsMissionMissionInTheShow# has the highest popularity.

The trending topics section is filled with both praise and criticism.

[Holy crap, Zhu Jinzhao's brain is really something else! He actually came up with this kind of idea!]

[I saw a saying in her: Never mess with an honest person, especially an honest person who is both naive and endearing!]

On the surface, he seems timid and cowardly, even a bit silly and cute, but in reality, he's full of bad ideas. Zhu Jinzhao is truly a funny person to watch.

The praise was directed at fans and casual netizens who had gained goodwill from the backlash from the haters yesterday.

The criticisms were naturally directed at her biased haters and some guests' mindless fans.

[What's there to be so smug about? It's just that a bad idea worked, is it really worth buying a trending topic?]

[Haha, Zhu Jinzhao is really cunning; he's managed to outmaneuver two innocent female guests.]

[Is this how she managed to stay in the Zhu family? With such deep scheming, I can't imagine what kind of miserable life Zhu Mingyue endured at home.]

[Damn it, this idiot is holding hands with Young Master Shi! You damn homewrecker, Young Master Shi belongs to our Shi Bao, how many times do I have to tell you?!]

[Oh dear, now she's clinging to Young Master Shi again? Why doesn't she go and create a CP with Actor Li? What a hypocrite.]

Half an hour later, after the seven guests had rested enough, the production team sent the second task to each of their phones.

"North of the garden, the golden osmanthus blossoms evoke a sense of wonder."

The mission message contained only eight characters, specifying the location but not the details of the mission.

"Let's go." Shi Jing patted his bottom, stood up from the grass, and led Zhu Jinzhao to the task location designated by the program team.

"Hey, Jinzhao and Shijing are here!"

Fang Lei's group's mission location remained the same, still in the north of the garden, only in a different flower field.

"We're here too!"

Behind Zhu Jinzhao, Su Ying's voice, filled with gritted teeth, rang out.

"..." Zhu Jinzhao's lips twitched; he could already smell the strong gunpowder.

"Oh dear..." Ning Shi put her hands on her hips, looking at the two teams with some panic. "It seems that our three groups will have to do this second task together."

Fang Lei looked terrified: "Won't that lead to a fight?"

[Hahaha, this is definitely going to turn into a fight!]

[Old grudges plus new ones, this mission is going to be interesting. Keep watching if you like it!]

[But if that's the case, Zhu Mingyue and Su Ying's group will be at a disadvantage. The other two groups have men, while Zhu Mingyue's group is all girls. If it comes down to brute force, how can they possibly win? Especially since their opponents include the cunning Zhu Jinzhao!]

【Hey, there's absolutely no need to worry about that, because Su Ying is furious right now. An angry woman could punch three men to death, okay?】

"This task is not easy." Zhu Jinzhao sighed heavily, tugging at Shi Jing's sleeve and pulling him away to Jin Gui's reverie.

Shi Jing crossed his arms, raised an eyebrow, smiled, and tapped Zhu Jinzhao's shoulder: "What are you afraid of? I'm here."

"You stinky fart!"

On the other side, Ning Shi threw away the foxtail grass in her hand and angrily called out to Shi Jing.

Shi Jing turned to look at her: "What are you doing?"

Ning Shi: "I've got my eye on you. You and Jinzhao better watch out later."

"Hmph," Shi Jing chuckled dismissively, lazily placing one hand on Zhu Jinzhao's shoulder, "Bring it on, our Jinzhao is quite formidable."

Today...

Those four simple words instantly froze Ning Shi's smile. Although she had suspected it beforehand, she still found it hard to accept Shi Jing's feelings every time she faced them directly.

【Ahhh, Shi Bao, Shi Bao has taken the initiative so many times, but why doesn't Shi Jing appreciate it?】

What's so great about Zhu Jinzhao? Why does Young Master Shi value her so much?

[Our hearts aches for Shi Bao, Shi Bao, don't be upset, your fans will always love you!]

Shi Jing is a very simple person; expressing liking someone is simple, and expressing disinterest is also simple. Ning Shi grew up with him and knows very well what he's thinking right now—

His feelings for Zhu Jinzhao definitely outweighed his friendship.