Chapter 25
Yin Mu was confused: "I don't understand, why don't I know what the mission is."
"You don't need to know," Zhong Mengyuan said. "Just treat this book as a game instance and complete it safely."
"Is it that simple?"
"It's that simple," Zhong Mengyuan confirmed. "All you need to do is survive to the end. I don't think that will be difficult for you. After all, with your character, it's impossible for you to end up being cyberbullied to the point of mental breakdown and eventually jumping into the river."
"Wait." Yin Mu asked in surprise, "You mean, Yin Mu in the book committed suicide in the end?"
Zhong Mengyuan was even more surprised than her: "You don't know?"
"I don't know. I just know that she disappeared after leaving the show. I don't know what happened to her in the end."
"Okay." Zhong Mengyuan sighed and said, "Now you know. You have a clear idea of what's going on, right?"
"I understand." Yin Mu nodded, and at the same time figured out a problem, "No wonder you are so calm and not worried about me at all. - That's not right, didn't you say before that you didn't know?"
Zhong Mengyuan paused and evaded the question, "You have to give me some time to digest it."
What she said made sense, and Yin Mu couldn't refute it: "Okay, you are right."
“That’s what it is.”
"Okay, okay." Yin Mu replied perfunctorily, then asked doubtfully, "Since you know I'll be fine, why bother following me and taking this risk?"
"It's because I'm worried about you. What if something happens to you? What will happen to your uncle and aunt? They've been so kind to me, I have to protect their only precious daughter." Zhong Mengyuan said, lowering her eyes with a hint of sadness. "Anyway, I'm alone now, no one will care no matter what."
Yin Mu felt sad when he heard her say this: "Don't say that, my parents have always treated you as their own daughter."
Zhong Mengyuan sighed softly: "So I have to protect you even more, and this matter..." She seemed to have some concerns and did not continue.
Neither of them was the type to express their emotions openly. Yin Mu rarely heard Zhong Mengyuan say such heartfelt words. He felt his eyes well up and warm: "Mengyuan."
Zhong Mengyuan pushed her uncomfortably and said, "Alright, alright, stop making that face. It makes me uncomfortable."
Yin Mu sniffed and pursed his lips in grievance: "Oh."
"Anyway, this is the current situation." Zhong Mengyuan patted Yin Mu's leg. "As for you, just treat it as a good vacation for yourself. If you can finish this plot smoothly, we can go home safely."
Yin Mu understood the whole story and felt relieved: "I know, I will be careful. Besides, you are here no matter what, what do I have to be afraid of?"
Zhong Mengyuan responded, and after a while he said, "Actually, there is one more thing."
Yin Mu tilted his head: "Hmm?"
Zhong Mengyuan wanted to say something but hesitated. Before she could open her mouth, there was a knock on the door.
The two looked at each other, and Zhong Mengyuan asked in a low voice: "Who could it be?"
Yin Mu shook his head: "I don't know."
"I'll go open the door." Zhong Mengyuan stood up and said, "If anyone asks, just say we couldn't sleep and were chatting. Chatting isn't illegal, right?"
"Um……"
Zhong Mengyuan opened the door and was stunned when she saw who was outside: "Meng Meng?"
Yin Mu leaned over to look and saw Meng Meng standing at the door holding a large whiteboard with a smile on her face, so he greeted her.
Meng Meng tilted his upper body slightly, waved at her, and said, "Please put on some clothes first. I need to bring the camera in."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Mengyuan pulled off a coat and put it on, then took out another one from the closet and threw it to Yin Mu. Only after seeing that she was dressed did she let Meng Meng in.
[Huh? Why is Yin Mu in Zhong Mengyuan's house?]
[No, you two are so good to each other, aren't you? ]
Ah, behind a pretty face is an even prettier one. I like it.
[The program team did this surprise attack just to expose the female guest's bare face. How scheming!]
I love this segment! All four girls are so pretty!
…
Meng Meng walked into the room and said to Yin Mu, "I just knocked on your door, but no one answered. I thought you were in Zheng Wei or Zhou Jingyu's room, but I didn't expect you to be here."
Yin Mu replied vaguely: "Well, I came to chat with Meng Yuan."
"It's okay," Meng Meng joked. "We're not a prison. We don't forbid communication."
Yin Mu curled his lips and asked, "Why are you here so late? Do you have any tasks for us?"
"Oh, yes." Meng Meng finally got down to business and said, "It's very simple. Just write down the person you want to date next time on a card."
"No need to add anything else?"
"No, no, of course I won't stop you if you want to add me." Meng Meng pulled over a chair and sat down, holding up the whiteboard in his hand. "For the sake of confidentiality, please come over here one by one and write. No need to discuss it."
Yin Mu looked closely and saw that on the left side of the whiteboard, there were name tags with the guests' names printed on them, listed from top to bottom. The female guests were on the top and the male guests were on the bottom. On the right side, the names of Zheng Wei and Zhou Jingyu were covered with white name tags, and the space behind the names of the others was still blank.
"Have Zheng Wei and Zhou Jingyu both written about it?"
"Yeah, it's your turn now." Meng Meng asked with a smile, "Who will write first?"
Yin Mu shrugged: "Then I'll go first."
She walked over to Meng Meng and took the whiteboard and marker from her. When she was about to write, Meng Meng kindly reminded her: "You can only write boys' names this time, not girls' names."
"……knew."
Yin Mu wrote his name and showed it to Meng Meng: "Okay."
"Good boy." Meng Meng praised, and then covered it with a white name tag. This is Zhong Mengyuan, "Zhong Mengyuan, it's your turn."
"oh."
Zhong Mengyuan stared at the whiteboard with a pen in his hand, unable to put pen to paper.
Meng Meng said jokingly, "Is it really that hard to choose?"
"It's too hard to choose." Zhong Mengyuan frowned in distress and asked Meng Meng seriously, "Actually, I don't want to choose any of them. Can I not choose?"
"No, you have to choose!"
"Okay." Zhong Mengyuan agreed reluctantly. He thought about it with his eyelids rolled, then asked, "This should be a double selection, right? If you don't choose, then there's no need to go on a date, right?"
Meng Meng took a deep breath, crossed his arms, looked at her, and said earnestly, "Zhong Mengyuan, you can't be so negative. Netizens watch dating shows for the sweet romance. If you act like this, you'll disappoint everyone."
Zhong Mengyuan was most afraid of being lectured, so she surrendered immediately: "Okay, okay, I get it, please stop talking."
She scribbled her name in a flamboyant manner and said, "That's all."
[I'm so anxious, who wrote this and they won't show it to me.]
[The production team should be human beings and deliberately keep people in suspense.]
There's no doubt that Yin Mu will choose Chen Qinglin. I'm more concerned about who Zhong Mengyuan chooses.
【She doesn’t want to choose anyone hhhh. 】
If Meng Meng hadn't reminded her, I think she would have chosen Yin Mu. (dog head)
…
"Thank you for your cooperation." Meng Meng smiled slightly and stood up. "Sorry to bother you. Go to bed early."
Yin Mu asked, "Are you still going to the boys' room?"
Meng Meng nodded: "That's right, I still have to go to the second floor for a walk."
"Thank you for your hard work, late at night." Yin Mu sighed, and asked a little worriedly, "Can you go alone? Do you want us to accompany you?"
"It's okay. I'll knock on the door and call them to the living room. There's a cameraman following us, so don't worry."
Yin Mu looked at the cameraman carrying the camera. He smiled innocently and gave her a thumbs up, looking very reliable.
【Reliable cameraman! 】
[Wow, our Yin Mu is gentle and considerate. I like her so much.]
[Meng Meng has had a hard time too.]
[It's all the production crew's fault. They had so much time during the day, but they had to drag it out until night.]
[The fundamental purpose was to use the female guest's bare face as a gimmick, and the male guest was just a side effect.]
…
"It's work, and we have to overcome difficulties." Meng Meng spread his hands helplessly, "Then I'll be leaving. See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
After sending Meng Meng away, Yin Mu took off his coat and asked, "Who did you just write about? You were struggling for so long."
Zhong Mengyuan took the coat and hung it back in the closet, then casually asked, "What about you? Did you choose Chen Qinglin again?"
Yin Mu admitted frankly: "Yes, apart from him, I have no one else to choose."
"I understand Zhang Yang and Jiang Nanyu, but what about Lu Zilin? I think Lu Zilin is okay. How was your date with him?"
Yin Mu hesitated for a few seconds and said, "I'm telling you, but don't say I'm being sentimental."
Zhong Mengyuan suddenly became interested: "Tell me, what did he do?"
Yin Mu sat on the bed, pulled the pillow into his arms, and said, "Didn't we have a shooting game the day before you came?"
"Well, then?"
"When he was guiding me through the movements, he jumped right in without even asking me, which made me feel very uncomfortable." Yin Mu frowned slightly, "How rude, and he had no sense of boundaries."
"Huh, really? How did he get started?"
"That's it. Raise your hands and I'll show you." Yin Mu instructed Zhong Mengyuan to strike a pose and repeated Lu Zilin's movements for her. He said, "Do you think I'm being too sensitive? Is his behavior normal?"
"It's really not suitable. I don't blame you." Zhong Mengyuan patted her shoulder. "It's okay. If you feel uncomfortable, you should point it out. Don't force yourself. You can't ignore your own feelings just because it's a dating show."
"Yeah." Yin Mu responded, and then said, "There's one more thing I want to hear your opinion on."
Zhong Mengyuan raised an eyebrow: "Oh? What's the matter?"
"We were having dinner at the restaurant, and Zheng Wei went to the bathroom. Lu Zilin said he'd be very sad if I hated him. He also asked me if I knew why he chose me and Zheng Wei to date. What did he mean by that? Was he trying to hook me up?"
"Need I say more?" Zhong Mengyuan slapped his thigh. "He said it so obviously, if it's not fishing, what is it?"
"I'm not overthinking it." Yin Mu slumped his shoulders, his face troubled. "But you know what? Zheng Wei likes him very much. I don't want her to misunderstand that I want to steal her man."
"That shouldn't be the case. I don't think Zheng Wei is that kind of person."
"But you also know that she just ran into a snag with Zhang Yang. I don't want her to suffer another setback, nor do I want her to hate me."
"You can't control relationships," Zhong Mengyuan said unconcernedly. "Just be honest and keep your distance from Lu Zilin if you don't like him. If Zheng Wei still cares about it, or even gets angry with you over a man, then it means you two aren't the same type of people. There's no need to be sad about it."
"You're right." Yin Mu sighed deeply, "Forget it, let it be and go to sleep."
"Go to sleep, you don't know what you will do tomorrow."
Zhong Mengyuan turned off the lights and the room fell into darkness.
Yin Mu was already sleepy, and when his mind started to get confused, he suddenly remembered something and reached out to push Zhong Mengyuan: "No, I was the one who asked you first! Who did you write about?"
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