A pretty live streamer beckons, and a lewd male protagonist hooks her up.

"Let her go! Don't you know there's a difference between men and women?"

Jin Ye frowned. If it weren't for the fact that Wen Ruan was in Jiang Yanci's hands, he probably would have rushed over and beaten him up long ago.

Jiang Yanci didn't even spare Jin Ye a glance, instead giving Wen Ruan a gentle smile: "Is your persona that of a gold digger?"

"My suit is worth more than his cheap clothes from a street stall. It's better for me to follow him than him."

Wen Ruan touched Jiang Yanci's clothes; they did seem quite expensive.

"What you said makes a lot of sense. I'll stay with you then, but could you put me down first? This feels really weird."

Jiang Yanci held Wen Ruan in his arms, supporting her knees and lower back.

She could only look at Jin Ye by clinging to Jiang Yanci's shoulder and turning her head away, her neck aching from the effort.

"I'll carry you downstairs," Jiang Yanci explained. "Walking down from the third floor is tiring. You love to do bad things and don't use your brain. You get the benefits but then act innocent. You'll definitely take this opportunity to order me around."

Wen Ruan: "?"

Why did she always feel like Jiang Yanci was deliberately insulting her...?

"etc!"

Jiang Yanci had just taken a step when Wen Ruan immediately grabbed his collar and made him stop.

"Cilantro, I'm off now. Let's work hard together down there and maintain our characters!"

Jin Ye stretched out Er Kang's hand, "Little cake, don't you want me anymore?"

Wen Ruan said earnestly, "Go for it!"

She turned around and saw Jiang Yanci's suit jacket, which she had crumpled up in her hands. She quickly raised her hand, patted it twice, and then tugged at it, but it only got more wrinkled...

"Hmm... your clothes are of poor quality, they wrinkle as soon as you squeeze them, you must have been ripped off by the seller." Wen Ruan lied through her teeth.

She told herself, "This is just a persona!"

She didn't do anything malicious on purpose!

Jiang Yanci smiled and said, "Okay, I'll come up with a better idea next time."

He glanced sideways, his face completely devoid of the gentleness he had shown in front of Wen Ruan, and coldly swept his gaze over Jin Ye before carrying Wen Ruan downstairs.

"Damn! It's filled with black sesame!"

Jin Ye had read countless books and saw through Jiang Yanci's thoughts at a glance.

"Even these kinds of small cakes can't resist..."

He rubbed his chin and suddenly realized that the man surnamed Jiang had just insulted him by saying he was dressed in cheap clothes.

Enraged, he slammed his fist against the wall.

"Damn it!"

"It hurts like hell! Why is this wall still made of cement...?"

"Jiang Yanci, did you hear someone calling just now?"

You misheard me.

Wen Ruan asked, "Did you just overhear what I and Xiang Cai Cai... that is, Jin Ye, were saying?"

"Um."

"Can you keep this a secret for us? Chloe said we can't tell anyone, but you and Cilantro are not strangers."

Jiang Yanci paused slightly, glanced at the camera above his head, and then looked at Wen Ruan, who was still loudly plotting.

"Hey, why don't the three of us just form a few pairs?" Wen Ruan was completely oblivious, seemingly forgetting that this was a variety show recording and everything was being monitored. She was still happily counting on her fingers and muttering to herself:

"He loves her, she loves him, but he doesn't love her, he also loves another woman... Don't people love watching love triangles? No, should this be considered a love quadrangle or a love pentagon? Anyway, I think this idea is fantastic. I love watching this kind of TV show when I'm at home. Jiangjiang, what do you think?"

Wen Ruan happily swung her legs, but was suddenly patted gently by Jiang Yanci.

Why did you hit me!

"Don't move."

"I didn't do anything." Wen Ruan denied it, turning her head and snorting. "But since you've asked me, I'll reluctantly agree."

The staff member on the other end of the monitoring line: "......"

"Director, should we cut this?"

Director: "Keep it. Give them three close-ups, and also text out Jin Ye's screams."

"Then we'll have an audience interaction segment where we'll ask: 'Do you think this is a love quadrangle or a love pentagon?'"

The staff member relaxed and said, "Received!"

Meanwhile, Wen Ruan and Jiang Yanci successfully arrived on the first floor and met up with everyone.

Li Shanshan exclaimed in surprise, "Your progress is so fast?!"

"What's the progress?"

As soon as Wen Ruan's feet touched the ground, she ran far away from Jiang Yanci, touched Chloe's pigtails to see if they were broken, and said matter-of-factly, "I'm hungry, when is dinner?"

"The director asked us to team up as a man and a woman to buy groceries and then come back to cook lunch. But before that, we had to divide into groups and play a little game to determine our initial funds."

"Damn! Wasn't it supposed to include lunch?"

Jin Ye had just come downstairs when the sky fell!

What happened to the promise of three meals a day? Why do I still have to cook for myself?

Noticing the puzzled looks on everyone's faces, he coughed lightly:

"Ahem, what I mean is that I never touch these things at home, and I've never even been to the market. I thought you guys had a Michelin ten-star chef cooking here, but tsk, it's nothing special."

Yu Yun whispered in Li Shanshan's ear, "Sister Shan, is there something wrong with his head?"

Xu Ran nodded, "Maybe the director gave him too much money."

Anyway, he's not willing to go all out.

Everyone knows that dating reality shows might have a persona or script, but this is definitely the most explosive one Xu Ran has ever seen.

Everyone knows the truth, but they pretend not to.

Xu Ran's throat is a little itchy; she really wants to sit down and sing "The Actor" with her guitar right now...

Wen Ruan raised her hand: "If we're going to team up, I want to team up with the person who earns the most money!"

"That's great, little sister. Don't worry, come into my arms. See my big gold chain? I'm not bragging, I'm sure I'll be number one later."

"Wow!" Wen Ruan exclaimed, playing along. "Then you must be very rich and capable, brother. I want to be with you—"

Before she could even utter the words "team up," Wen Ruan was dragged back by Jiang Yanci.

Wen Ruan stared intently at Jiang Yanci with her big, bright eyes.

Jiang Yanci's Adam's apple bobbed. "I'm richer than him. Team up with me."

Yu Yun gave Jin Ye a flirtatious wink at the opportune moment, "So, this handsome and wealthy young man... would you be interested in teaming up with me?"

Jin Ye got goosebumps all over his body.

"Um... I think I'll team up with Xu Ran."

Xu Ran: "?"

"I'm a man!"

"He's mine!" Li Shanshan said without saying a word, and then pulled him away.

Jin Ye gave Wen Ruan a pleading look, then looked up at the ceiling: "Director, pause filming, let's cut it."

"Can we team up in groups of three?"

"Personally, I think a love triangle would get higher ratings."

The director, having reached his limit, retorted: "Are you the director, or am I?"

"You think you can just pause whenever you want, or cut whenever you want? Do you think filming a variety show is like playing house?!"

"Pfft, hahaha—"