Romance Variety Show: The aloof and beautiful fourth female lead is always coveted.

On the fourth day of their gathering at "Heartbeat House", the eight guests are finally about to have their first 1v1 date.

The dating rules are similar to opening a blind box—after sending out their letters the night before, the male and female guests each choose a date location they want to go to. The four locations are: an art museum, a zoo, a seaside park, and an outdoor off-road club. After blindly choosing a location, they can only meet their chosen date at the location.

Both male and female guests are selected blindly, based on their chemistry and understanding of each other's preferences.

If multiple people are competing for the same date location for either the male or female guest, then that's a problem the guest needs to solve on their own.

The selection process for the female guests went smoothly; they were chosen quickly and there was no overlap.

The first female lead, Ye Siyao, chose the art museum; the second female lead, Jiang Meng, chose the seaside park; and the third female lead, Liu Zhiwei, chose the outdoor off-road club.

Bai Nianchu didn't care which place it was; she waited until they had all made their choices before taking the zoo date card.

"Zhiwei really knows how to choose outdoor off-roading," Ye Siyao joked. "Just by looking at Zhiwei, I can tell you're good at extreme sports."

Liu Zhiwei raised an eyebrow and smiled, "If you don't have someone you like, you can't just not choose a sport you like, right?"

"It would be nice for Siyao to go to the art museum," Jiang Meng said, offering a friendly compliment. "She can browse the exhibitions, take photos, and chat in a relaxed atmosphere."

"You too," Ye Siyao replied in return. "Watching the sunset at the seaside park sounds so romantic."

As for the zoo left for Bai Nianchu, Ye Siyao also reminded her, "The sun has been quite strong these past few days, Nianchu, remember to apply sunscreen and bring an umbrella."

Seeing Bai Nianchu nod to Ye Siyao, Jiang Meng felt uncomfortable again.

She was jealous of Bai Nianchu, but she never considered her a real rival.

After all, with Bai Nianchu's appearance, competing with her is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot—an act of overestimating one's own abilities.

Liu Zhiwei doesn't count either. Forget competitors, Liu Zhiwei hasn't even stepped onto the track.

All that was left was Ye Siyao.

Now that Jiang Meng sees Ye Siyao as the only girl who can talk to Bai Nianchu, her competitive spirit has resurfaced.

Why should I?

They lived in the same small house. Bai Nianchu would occasionally respond to Ye Siyao, but she always had a cold face towards her.

Jiang Meng grew angrier the more she thought about it.

At the same time, another inexplicable, even somewhat crazy, thought popped into her head—right, since there's no chance of a romantic pairing anyway, and all the male guests only like Bai Nianchu. If they can all be together… then why can't she?

Jiang Meng's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Even if we can't ship the romance, we can still ship the friendship aspect, right?

Anyway, her goal is very clear: if she can't find someone to date, she'll just make a lot of money online.

Jiang Meng is a woman of action. Once her mind suddenly clicked, she immediately went into full-on charm mode, intentionally or unintentionally pushing Ye Siyao aside and taking the place next to Bai Nianchu.

Taking advantage of her small stature, big eyes, and the adorable way she looked at people with her lower eyelids raised, she coaxed Bai Nianchu in a soft voice, "Nianchu, there are a lot of mosquitoes at the zoo! I brought mosquito repellent with me, I'll spray some on for you before you go out tomorrow."

Ye Siyao: "..."

Liu Zhiwei: "..."

Both of them had somewhat complicated expressions.

Ye Siyao's face showed not only speechlessness, but also a hint of... displeasure as if her territory had been invaded.

Whether it was due to a sense of rejection or something else, words that sounded like vying for attention slipped out of her mouth: "Nianchu, I'll apply sunscreen for you tomorrow, but you won't be able to apply it to the back of your neck and shoulders."

Jiang Meng: "..."

As Jiang Meng glared fiercely at Ye Siyao the moment the camera lens shifted, and Ye Siyao returned the gaze with a forced smile, her aura stronger than ever... Liu Zhiwei's expression became even more indescribable.

She glanced discreetly at Bai Nianchu, who was caught in the middle, her eyelids drooping as if she were lost in thought.

Only one thought remained in my mind—

Bai Nianchu, you really are a succubus.

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Compared to the "harmonious" atmosphere on the girls' side, the boys were much more anxious.

Among the four scenarios—art museum, zoo, seaside park, and outdoor off-road club—Su Yi'an and Ling Yan both chose the zoo, while the other two male guests—Lin Zhao and Xu Muyang—both chose the art museum.

Ever since Lin Zhao was given the cold shoulder by Bai Nianchu, she had been looking for an opportunity to talk to him alone.

As luck would have it, the show's producers announced the rules for 1v1 dating that very evening.

Lin Zhao didn't know much about his childhood sweetheart's preferences, but he did remember that she often went to art museums to see exhibitions.

After witnessing that scene in the corridor, Xu Muyang found Lin Zhao displeasing in every way, which was one of the reasons he followed Lin Zhao to choose an art museum.

While sabotaging him was one aspect, the main goal was to prevent Lin Zhao from actually being paired with Bai Nianchu in the blind dating selection.

No matter how you look at it, he has to get involved.

Ling Yan and Su Yi'an chose the zoo based on two different reasons: one was purely based on intuition, and the other was based on careful consideration.

Su Yi'an first ruled out outdoor off-road clubs and seaside parks.

He thought that Bai Nianchu was in poor health and probably wouldn't choose an extreme sport like off-roading, which has safety risks.

The same goes for seaside parks. Looking at the dating photo cards provided by the program team, the photos not only show the beach and the sea, but also thrilling amusement facilities such as pirate ships, drop towers, and jet skis, which are very demanding on the heart and physical strength.

Ultimately, Su Yi'an chose the zoo over the art museum.

He guessed that, given Bai Nianchu's family background and social standing, she must have attended many art exhibitions before. Unless it was a renowned and distinctive exhibition by a master, it probably wouldn't have piqued her interest.

Su Yi'an was betting on that one-in-two chance.

Betting that Bai Nianchu is not interested in a date at the art museum.

Neither of them would give in. Even Ling Yan, who was usually on the periphery and had the least presence, was now staring intently at the zoo card. No matter how Su Yi'an tried to coax him to change his mind, he was like a wild beast claiming its territory, refusing to move.

The way the four men were openly and secretly teasing each other was hilarious for the viewers in the live stream.

[I never thought men could be so cunning...tsk tsk tsk.]

[Su Yi'an, like a cunning fox, kept hinting that Bai Nianchu would choose the art museum, but Ling Yan wasn't so easily fooled.]

[Actually, if I were Ling Yan, I would genuinely believe it! After all, Lin Zhao and Xu Muyang are both vying for the art museum, and you know, the third male lead has always been very direct with the fourth female lead.]

So how did Su Yi'an and Ling Yan guess that Bai Nianchu would choose the zoo? We have an omniscient perspective, but they don't.

[What's even more dramatic is that the zoo was the last of the female guests to choose from, so the fourth female guest didn't care where she went on her date at all.]

It really was fate...

The men were deadlocked for half an hour, but finally decided the order by playing rock-paper-scissors.

The live stream has ended here.

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What does this mean? They only let us know who's paired up on the day of the date?

[Dog shows, perfectly catering to people's appetites!]