It was late at night.

A dim light shone from a two-story villa on the outskirts of the city.

In the kitchen, Jian Zhizhen picked up the soup bowl, brought it close to smell the aroma, and looked on with anticipation and joy before turning and walking towards the living room.

A handsome man dressed in pajamas was sitting on the sofa reading a book, his eyes focused and intent, staring straight ahead, as if unaware that someone had come over.

Jian Zhizhen stood to his right and cautiously said, "Brother Nanyan, you haven't eaten all day, so I specially made you some chicken soup."

Li Nanyan didn't look up and casually replied, "You can leave it there."

The joy in Jian Zhizhen's eyes slowly turned into melancholy, but she still managed a strong smile and whispered, "Brother Nanyan, drink it while it's hot, it'll taste fishy if it gets cold..."

Li Nanyan frowned and looked up impatiently: "I said to leave it for now!"

Jian Zhizhen was startled by his suddenly raised voice, which made her hand tremble.

"Smack—"

The soup bowl shattered, and chicken soup spilled all over the floor.

The fragrance spread rapidly, and Jian Zhizhen and Li Nanyan were both stunned.

The atmosphere was quiet for a few seconds before Jian Zhizhen came to her senses and silently squatted on the ground to clean up the broken pieces of the soup bowl, looking like a bullied bun who dared not fight back.

Li Nanyan looked down at Jian Zhizhen, feeling a little reluctant.

Actually, she is quite pretty, with fair and radiant skin and clear, bright eyes. She initially gained popularity because of her "transparent" and "pure and alluring" appearance.

I just didn't expect that the real person was so cunning and not transparent at all.

He is currently on the set of a live dating reality show.

As a top idol, he is the male celebrity with the largest audience and highest popularity on this show.

It's perfectly normal for female guests to like him and treat him well.

But Jian Zhizhen was just a poor student with no connections or background in the entertainment industry.

There's absolutely no benefit to be gained from pairing her up with someone else.

Besides, he doesn't like women who are so scheming.

He liked women like Zhai Qinghe, who were as pure and serene as lotus flowers, never vying for anything.

Unlike Jian Zhizhen, whose desire for fame is written all over her face, she even came to fawn over others and steal the spotlight in the middle of the night.

Suddenly remembering the camera, Li Nanyan realized that they were currently live-streaming.

Although it was so late and there were few viewers, there were still some, and he couldn't afford to ruin his gentlemanly image.

Li Nanyan quickly put on a worried expression: "I'm sorry, I just don't like being disturbed when I'm reading."

Upon receiving these words of comfort, Jian Zhizhen's previously dejected face immediately broke into a smile: "It's alright, I'll bring you another bowl whenever you're hungry. I won't disturb you from reading now."

With that, she picked up the broken pieces and walked away happily.

Walking into the kitchen, Jian Zhizhen casually tossed the broken pieces in her hand into the trash can.

She slowly washed her hands, pressed a button on the smart peripheral on her wrist, and real-time comments immediately appeared in her contact lenses.

[It's 2223 already, why are there still love-struck female simps like Jian Zhizhen! She gets up in the middle of the night, all excited, to make chicken soup for him.]

[If she were just pursuing someone, we wouldn't criticize her, but she knows perfectly well that my Nan Yan doesn't like her, yet she still goes out of her way to fawn over him. Jian Zhizhen is disgusting!]

[Jian Zhizhen is so degrading! She's a disgrace to women! A deadbeat simp!]

[I'm so angry! Jian Zhizhen is quitting the entertainment industry! She should go find a mountain to dig for wild vegetables!]

Seeing that she was so popular, Jian Zhizhen felt relieved.

The show she's currently on, "Love Across Time," is a cross-time romance variety show produced by Apple, a current entertainment giant.

It uses the latest technology to send guests to different parallel universes to conduct live-streamed dating reality show tasks.

The program is broadcast live in real time via a smart satellite located in a special gravitational field within a spacetime continuum. This smart satellite broadcasts the guests' situations based on the frequency of their names mentioned in the live chat. Of course, viewers can also choose to watch the guests they wish to see.

This satellite was initially developed with investment from several large entertainment companies, so it is used solely for entertainment. Scientific research, education, and other purposes will be broadcast live by other satellites, and the satellites do not interfere with each other.

The revenue generated by the program will also be distributed to the guests based on their appearance ratio.

A celebrity with a large following like Li Nanyan naturally attracts a fan base, and the more fans discuss him, the more often he appears in public.

Chien Chih-chen was not originally in the entertainment industry; she was just a college student who became famous for her handicrafts and her looks.

Her company, Jinju, is also a very small company.

The agent used all the resources of the company to get her into this show.

If she becomes famous, the company will be financially secure for at least three years. If she doesn't, she'll drag the company down with her.

So her agent came up with an extreme image for her: a subservient female simp.

In today's era, women's consciousness is extremely strong. People can tolerate female celebrities who are incompetent, lazy, and simply give up, but they cannot tolerate them who are clearly capable and hardworking but do not shine on their own and instead make endless sacrifices for men.

This has led to the current situation where everyone in the live chat is criticizing her.

The more times she is criticized in the live chat, the more screen time she will receive from the satellite.

Therefore, Chien Chih-chen can stay for a few more periods.

Making money is a minor matter for her; the key is that it gives her more opportunities to uncover the truth she seeks.

Jian Zhizhen was watching the comments with great interest when suddenly, all the comments disappeared in an instant, replaced by a red exclamation mark!

Jian Zhizhen frowned in confusion, and was about to go back to her room to check if her glasses were broken when the voice of the program director, Lin Yi, suddenly rang out from the villa:

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