Chapter 101: Ex-boyfriend Announcement (Part 1) [Huh?! They actually...
All the guests received the new preview text message immediately, but no one showed any abnormality during the day. Everyone was still the same as before, with no obvious emotional fluctuations.
The ones who were more excited than the guests were definitely the netizens in front of the screen. The number of comments on the program team’s official announcement blog was rising rapidly.
[Wrong Frequency Love: What kind of stories do those of us have in the past? Tonight at 7pm, let's gather in the cabin and listen to their stories with their exes. [Live Link]]
[Fuck... Well done to the production team, they really know how to press on with the victory]
[This is great! I feel like the livestream tonight is going to be packed with people.]
[Ah… Besides revealing their exes, they’re also going to reveal their past together and the reasons for their breakup… That’s so exciting.]
[I suddenly feel a little scared. I dare not think about the reason why Shengyan broke up with me.]
[What should I do? I'm so nervous, even more nervous than when I'm about to run the 800 meters.]
[I will keep watching until the live broadcast starts...]
[Although I can see that the two I'm obsessed with are not exes, I still hope they can be together in the end, thank you]
[Everyone is still speculating now, it will be more interesting once it is fully revealed]
【What we are playing for is the heartbeat】
@Zhu Shengting @He Yan, is it possible to be the first couple to get back together?!
【Must do, thank you! 】
[We are now just one step away from the absolute status of the American Empire. As long as we officially announce our reunion, this position will belong to them! ]
[Although it has now returned to the position of the American empire, I still support what the above said]
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At 6:30 in the evening, all the guests finished their meal and gathered in the screening room on the fourth floor of the villa.
The screening room was very spacious, and the sofa was large enough to accommodate more than a dozen people, which was more than enough for ten adult men to sit.
He Yan was the first to arrive and he sat on the single sofa at the side.
Others came one after another. Zhu Shengting sat in the middle of the sofa to push the process because he was entrusted by the program team. Zhou Chengyin and Fu Zhuxing sat on both sides of him respectively.
Yang Shao sat on the edge of the sofa closer to He Yan, and Yuan Xingliang sat next to him.
Lu Hengting sat next to Fu Zhuxing, and Tan Shengming and Li Yuan also sat on Lu Hengting's right. Qian Zhixing arrived last and sat next to Li Yuan, on the side.
After everyone arrived, the staff adjusted the projector equipment and turned off a few lights. The screening room instantly became dark, giving it a movie theater atmosphere.
Zhu Shengting glanced at his watch. It was seven o'clock sharp and the live broadcast officially began.
The audience had been ready for a long time, and when the time came, they rushed in like a pack of wolves seeing sheep.
【Here I come! First place!】
[Wow, this screening room is so cool, the sofas are so comfortable, I want to lie down here and watch a movie too]
[Oh no, why are we sitting separately at the feast?]
[You can also exchange glances while sitting apart if you have nothing to do]
[Haha, I guess the people sitting next to each other are definitely not exes, after all, today they are going to announce who is their ex.]
This afternoon, the official Weibo account released a poll for guessing exes. Everyone else was being affectionate, but you two, Shengyan, have already voted for each other. Please reflect on this.
[I'm so nervous. Why do I feel like they don't look nervous?]
[Everyone and the other two are already seasoned veterans. Even Xiao Qian and Xiao Yuan's acting has improved! It seems they've been training in facial expression management these past two days.]
[But is this atmosphere intentional so that we can't clearly see their micro-expressions?]
[No matter what! Let's get started! -]
Zhu Shengting opened the task card handed to him by the staff and began to read the contents word by word: "Dear guests and audience friends, now we will announce the story of the first couple of exes. Please look at the big screen."
As soon as Zhu Shengting finished speaking, the curtain in front of them lit up, and everyone looked forward with bated breath.
Why do I feel like I'm not ready yet?
[Who will be the first pair?]
I'm really nervous as hell.
[Can you please hurry up and give me a feast directly? Do you dare to do this, production team?]
【Based on the production team’s nature, it seems that the couple at the banquet will be the last to be announced】
[Alas, I don’t know why I want to sigh, but I’m holding my breath.]
Ah, the first pair is...
*Screen*
[Qian Zhixing, Lu Hengting]
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"If you had to use three words to describe Lu Hengting, what would they be?"
The staff member's first question made Qian Zhixing think for a long time. He paused for more than ten seconds and finally said three words: "Beautiful, talented, and... sensitive."
"Why do you say sensitive?"
"He is a very good illustrator. People who create works always have delicate minds. Most of the time he is very sensitive to emotions. You can feel it when you are with him, because... sometimes I make him angry, but I don't realize it myself, and he doesn't say anything. He just sulks there. But in the end I still find out, and by the time I find out, he seems to no longer need me to coax him." Qian Zhixing smiled when he said this.
The scene switches to Lu Hengting's perspective.
"Do you remember when you first decided to be together?"
Lu Hengting's expression remained cold during the interview, but this time he spoke with warmth, "I remember."
"It was Christmas eight years ago. My first illustration book had just been published, and there was an opportunity to go to Japan for exchange and study. We had been friends for a long time at the time, and he misheard me and thought I was going there to develop my career. So, stupidly, he confessed his love to me, saying he didn't want to have any regrets before I left."
When he said this, the dimples on the corners of his mouth were filled with sweet memories.
"It was indeed a shock at that time. After all, we had known each other for so long and had been friends for so long. When he said this, I realized that he had different feelings for me, but I didn't feel disgusted. During the week of exchange in Japan, I began to miss him, so after returning to China, we got together." Lu Hengting's tone was gentle, like ice melted by spring water.
The screen changes again.
"Then why did you choose to separate?"
Qian Zhixing sighed and was silent for several seconds. "We've been together for seven years. When we were friends, we had expectations and restrained ourselves. After we became lovers, I always hoped that he would open up more and tell me about his troubles, but we often quarreled because of this."
The perspective turns to Lu Hengting.
"He thinks I'm not being honest enough, and I think he doesn't respect me enough," Lu Hengting's dimples disappeared. "Because I haven't really changed my personality in these seven years, but I used to be very upset. He wouldn't get angry about it when we were just friends, but he changed after we became lovers. He said I was sensitive and slow."
"A year ago, I met a man during a job handover. Qian Zhixing really disliked him. I didn't understand at the time because, in my opinion, he was just a partner. We even had a fight over it. Later, he confessed his feelings to me, and then I understood why Qian Zhixing was angry."
"Then one day, he accidentally put chili peppers in a dish while cooking. I didn't say anything and didn't eat the dish. When he realized it belatedly, he proposed breaking up that night." Lu Hengting's voice was calm, as if he was narrating the story of an unrelated person.
"Why did you end up breaking up because of this?"
"Because I was negligent," Qian Zhixing said, "I once said that I would always love him sincerely, but I deviated from this on something that should have become muscle memory long ago. In addition, I was tired, and he should have been angry and blamed me for this, but he said nothing. Even when I proposed breaking up, he didn't show any emotion, so we broke up not long after."
"I once suspected that he didn't love me at all, but because we had been friends for so long, he couldn't refuse me. So in the end, I got mad at him for no reason, and that was the end of it."
"Then why did you choose to accept the program team's invitation? What was your purpose?"
Qian Zhixing stared directly at the camera and said, "I want to regain the original feeling, the feeling of love without fatigue and weariness."
Lu Hengting said calmly, "Relax."
The screen went black at this moment, and a line of words appeared.
[Qian Zhixing and Lu Hengting were together for seven years and separated for one year.]
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[Oh my goodness… This means Qian Zhixing and Lu Hengting have known each other for over ten years and have been together for seven.]
[So the truth is…I couldn’t get over the seven-year itch]
[In fact, in the end, it was just a seemingly insignificant thing. Both of them were a little tired. When they were tired, they felt that they could not love each other anymore.]
[Alas, I really started sighing after reading the first story]
[Actually, I guessed that they were both, and many people should have noticed it too. I don’t know how to put it.]
「But I still feel so bad... wuwuwu.」
Is there any possibility for this couple to get back together?
[It's hard to say. Why do I feel like the two of them still care about each other and love each other? Otherwise, there wouldn't have been that subtle sense of tension at the shooting range before.]
[But once this happens...it's like that.]
Why didn't the production team ask me the question I wanted to know most... Do I still love you? Do I still miss you? Do I still cherish every moment we spent together?
[Ah…even if you double the time my couple has been together, it’s still not seven years. Haha, I don’t know whether it’s a pity to be together and finally break up, or a pity to have never been together in the first place.]
He Yan glanced at the person opposite him. Qian Zhixing lowered his head. He then looked at Lu Hengting. The other person's half face was hidden in the darkness and no other emotions could be seen.
Seven years.
Qian Zhixing and Lu Hengting have been together for longer than he and Zhu Shengting have been apart.
Will love end up like this in the slow pace of time?
It seems that no matter how grand and exciting it is, it will eventually return to normal, and this is the good ending that people call family affection after evolution.
He had only experienced love that bloomed in an instant and withered in an instant. After the passionate sweetness, there was the pain of a cliff.
The feeling of watching other people's love like this... there's an indescribable sense of oppression.
The atmosphere was a little silent, after all, this was not a pleasant topic.
No one suddenly spoke at this time, otherwise it would seem "unkind". Some things are known to everyone.
Zhu Shengting stared at He Yan for two seconds, then shifted his gaze to the screen, breaking the quiet atmosphere. "The first story is over, next... the next one."
【Is it so fast? 】
[I don’t know what to say, ah ah ah]
[Hmm… Let’s continue reading.]
Who will be the next couple? My heart is beating fast again.
[I really can’t guess the rest, except for the feast]
【Here it comes! 】
[Wait a minute...huh?! They were a couple before? I never realized it.]
*Screen*
[Fu Zhuxing, Li Yuan]
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