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

Chapter 48 A Luxury Car as a Birthday Gift

This is not a suitable setting for a proper conversation.

But Lin Zhao had no choice.

In private, Bai Nianchu would never take the initiative to communicate with him, not to mention that the other men would always try to attract her attention, making it impossible for him to find a suitable opportunity.

He could only suppress his anger and asked in a deep voice, "Niannian, two months before you went on the show, you attended my birthday party and gave me a Bentley."

Although he refused to accept it, she gave it to his mother instead.

"Is this considered just knowing each other?"

The guests were stunned, and the live stream was filled with memes of that cosmic, blank-eyed cat.

[Don't talk, I'm grilling.]

[Huh? What's the gift? What birthday present is he talking about??]

You heard right, they gave him a Bentley, a luxury car worth over three million.

Haha, I really want to compete with you rich people. When I'm giving gifts, I just search "birthday gifts that will make you cry" on Taobao.

[I feel like there's something going on between the second male lead and the fourth female lead. They say they "just know each other," could it be a lovers' quarrel? They're still talking about it, and calling each other so affectionately!]

[Other guests: So I've become part of your play?]

【No way, a young couple going on a dating reality show? Are we, the audience, just part of your game?】

[@HeartbeatHouse production team, come out and speak up, stop playing dead.]

Seeing the anger in the comments section growing stronger and stronger, threatening to trigger a negative trending topic, the production team immediately took drastic measures and posted a pinned notification on Weibo.

[Formal Statement: All guests on "Heartbeat House" have undergone rigorous background checks by the production team. Regarding the questions hotly debated by viewers, the production team's investigation revealed that while Lin Zhao and Bai Nianchu are indeed childhood friends, both were single before the show aired and had never been in a romantic relationship. All interactions and developments stemmed from the genuine feelings of the two guests. Thank you for your attention and support! — "Heartbeat House" Production Team]

Only after the announcement did the audience's anger gradually subside.

Okay, as long as we're both single, that's fine.

[Think about it carefully, a luxury car worth three million is less than a month's allowance for rich kids. It's not a big deal for them to use their allowance to buy a gift for their childhood friend.]

So what if they had a past flirtation? They've known each other for so many years and never got together, do you think they'll suddenly become a couple just by appearing on a TV show?

[The person upstairs is right. Childhood sweethearts can't compete with a sudden windfall, can they? The other male guests on the show may not be as rich as Lin Zhao, but they're not bad either, they're all promising young men.]

If you truly love your childhood sweetheart, there won't be any unexpected romantic interest; at most, he'll just be a stranger.

[Just between you and me... I think this childhood friend couple isn't entirely unreliable? At first, they didn't realize their own feelings, constantly watching their childhood sweetheart interact with other guys, and after getting increasingly jealous, they finally couldn't resist wanting to take back everything that was originally theirs?]

[How did the person upstairs end up in the rebirth novel channel... From the second male lead's perspective, it does seem that way, but I can't see any feelings the fourth female lead has for him? Her indifference towards the second male lead has been consistent from beginning to end; I have no idea they have a childhood sweetheart relationship, and I can't imagine what kind of story happened between them before.]

This is so dramatic, is this what a dating reality show is like?

Even the system couldn't stand it anymore, and the round sphere, like a light bulb, slammed into Lin Zhao's face with a "bang bang bang".

Even without a physical form and unable to cause substantial harm, it still leaves you breathless and exhausted.

After delivering dozens of invisible blows to Lin Zhao, the system finally flew back to Bai Nianchu's shoulder, cursing: "What a scoundrel! He ignored me when I should have cherished him, but now he's jumping in to get attention when he shouldn't!"

Bai Nianchu's heart was as still as water, and he even found the system somewhat cute.

"So angry?" she asked the system in her mind.

The system was about to explode, sitting on her shoulders and punching Lin Zhao from afar: [You bitch! You bitch! The host gave you the cold shoulder, and you still dare to fantasize about being interested in you! Get the hell away from me!!!]

"Alright." Bai Nianchu glanced at it sideways. "If you get any angrier, you'll turn into a kettle."

The system paused, stunned.

A kettle? This one?

Bai Nianchu stopped teasing the system.

She raised her eyelids and quietly looked at Lin Zhao, who was questioning her, her pupils transparent like some kind of inorganic substance.

Bai Nianchu doesn't understand but respects what the original owner did. She won't completely overturn the original owner's emotional traces, nor will she take back what the original owner gave away.

As for Lin Zhao, she never paid any attention to him from beginning to end.

When Bai Nianchu looked at him with such an emotionless gaze, Lin Zhao suddenly felt a great sense of panic.

He was unaware of how bad his complexion was; his jawline was taut.

"Niannian, that's not what I meant..."

Wow.

Lin Zhao was interrupted before she could speak; it was Ye Siyao, who was always gentle and refined.

Her lips curved upwards, but there wasn't much of a smile in her eyes. "I can tell that Nianchu is very generous to her friends."

The phrase "very generous to friends" completely reversed the meaning of Lin Zhao's previous words.

Jiang Meng chimed in: "I also want a 'rich' friend to give me a car as a birthday present, waaaaah! I don't want a Bentley, I'll be content with a Mercedes!"

The two of them eased the tension at the dinner table considerably.

Bai Nianchu could tell, of course, that they were trying to help her out of a difficult situation.

Even if she didn't do that, she certainly wouldn't be the one who loses face.

But she still noticed their care and protection.

"Okay," Bai Nianchu said.

This time it was Jiang Meng's turn to be confused: "...Huh?"

Jiang Meng hurriedly said, "No, I was just joking."

Bai Nianchu hesitated for a moment: "You don't want it?"

Jiang Meng was stunned: "You still want to."

"Hmm, when is your birthday?"

"The 5th of next month..."

"understood."

Jiang Meng was stunned, as if she were a statue.

Did she... get a Mercedes ahead of time? A birthday gift worth over 500,000 yuan?

She didn't gain any popularity from appearing on a dating reality show, but she did gain a luxury car!

More than 500,000 yuan—it would take her several years of hard work to earn that much…

Jiang Meng's heart was pounding, her adrenaline was surging, and she was excited like never before.

She finally understood why so many people online were scrambling to woo rich women. If she could win the heart of a rich woman, especially one as beautiful and wealthy as Bai Nianchu, that would be an incredible stroke of luck.

【Huh? Is that right?】

[You little brat, you're so lucky! You actually managed to get her!]

[Can the production team let me in as a temporary guest? I'm so jealous!]

I cancelled my flight to the Louvre because my Mona Lisa has already arrived.

I met my princess before even going to Disneyland (heart emoji)

[Is the fourth girl a pianist? She looks just like me, a beginner pianist!]

[Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter! The comments section for the fourth female contestant is even more intense than the civil service exam!]

"And what about me?" Ye Siyao asked with a smile, "Don't I get any gifts?"

"What do you want?" Bai Nianchu asked.

Ye Siyao comes from a well-off family and has no shortage of houses or cars, so of course she wouldn't ask Bai Nianchu to give her any gifts.

Bai Nianchu waited for a long time before she heard a soft laugh beside her ear.

I want you.