I’ve Gone Viral Because of a Money-Saving Variety Show

Chen Xixi’s first thought was: Oh no, he’s coming for me!
Just two days ago, she had declared she wanted a love that was unbreakable, and the other person said they had no interest in dismemberment, such an obvious hint. If she still couldn’t see it, then her head was really just for show.
Who on earth is this male guest? How come he has such good taste!
Wouldn’t it be a bit too much not to approve him?
Chen Xixi couldn’t be bothered to choose anymore, just this one then. Otherwise, if she chose someone else and they didn’t choose her, she’d have to pick a partner again, which would be a hassle.
She clicked to approve and looked up to say to Qian Yue, “I’ve chosen my partner.”
After she said it, Chen Xixi remembered she hadn’t even checked his social circle yet.
She lowered her head again and opened his social media, where he hadn’t posted anything at all; even his WeChat profile picture and name were absent, except for the friend verification message he sent her, everything else was very mysterious.
Twenty minutes later, Qian Yue announced the results: “Two pairs have mutually selected each other, the remaining three pairs need to make another choice.”
After announcing the results, Qian Yue looked at everyone’s selections, his expression complicated.
The reason Qian Yue was stunned was because Zheng He actually had no female guest choose him!
Zheng He was also perplexed, he asked the staff next to him, “Is there something wrong with my phone? Why didn’t any female guest choose me?”
The staff member looked at him puzzledly, “Let me see your phone.”
After testing the WeChat friend-add function and confirming it was fine, the staff was about to say there was nothing wrong with the phone or WeChat, but accidentally opened Zheng He’s social media.
The words that were about to come out of the staff member’s mouth were swallowed back; he looked at Zheng He and sincerely suggested, “Try changing your profile picture, and also change the content of the photos in your social media.”
“What to change to? Are my photos not handsome enough?” Zheng He opened the photos and admired them carefully, “I think they’re pretty good, very handsome!”
“It’s not that they’re not handsome, just change them to something else, anything else will do, just don’t use your own photos. Give it a try.”
“This will get female guests to add me?”
“Guaranteed.”
Zheng He snapped into action, changing his profile picture to a black supercar, his background to a starry sky, deleted the photos in his social media, and casually posted a series of landscape images.
He had just finished switching, and the very next second, a female guest added him.
Zheng He was stunned: “Damn, your trick is so effective!”
After speaking, he realized something was amiss.
So the problem wasn’t with the phone, but with him, right?!
[Ha ha ha ha ha! Should I say it or not, the staff really knows women!]
[Without the staff, Zheng He might wait all day without any female guest choosing him ha ha ha!]
[It seems Zheng He’s self-awareness is still not thorough enough ha ha ha!]
[I was also worried that no female guest would choose Zheng He, but this blind selection of partners by the show really saved him, and then he exposed himself ha ha ha, it’s so funny!]
Regardless, at least there was a female guest who was fooled… ahem, I mean took the bait, so he wouldn’t be left alone till the end; this was a small redemption of a man’s pride.
So Zheng He decided not to cling to this and embarrass himself further.
Zheng He didn’t immediately accept the female guest but waited to see. After noticing no more female guests were sending him friend requests, he then accepted that female guest.
He definitely was not going to actively add other female guests because if he got rejected, how embarrassing that would be—he was, after all, a worker who mixed in the online world, and his laughing stock, couldn’t increase anymore!
The female guest who added him had a white cloud as her WeChat profile picture, her friend verification message was just a smiley face emoticon, without any other text.
Her social media was also a blank slate, Zheng He had no way to determine what kind of person she actually was.
Once everyone had successfully formed pairs and all the mutually selected partners had met.
First, the show arranged for the five female guests to step forward.
Then came the male Guests’ appearance.
Chen Xixi frowned slightly when she spotted Hu Yun among them.
[Eh? Weren’t there supposed to be eight Guests in total? How come there are now five female Guests and five male Guests?]
[That’s because President Zhou also went to the show as a Guest.]
[Is President Zhou looking to fall in love?]
[Maybe, or perhaps it is to create a buzz, to preheat the company’s next project? Anyway, when big bosses like him show up, it’s definitely not just for fun.]
Han Qianyi’s partner was the first one to appear, and she wasn’t at all surprised when she saw it was Wan Chen.
Because it was Wan Chen who added her first, his friend request was very straightforward: “Is this Han Qianyi? This is Wan Chen.”
With such a clear and concise way of communicating, Han Qianyi didn’t hesitate to accept, since they had agreed to be partners before coming to the show.
However, she didn’t reveal any of her information on WeChat. She turned her head to look at Wan Chen standing beside her and asked curiously in a low voice: “How did you recognize my WeChat?”
Wan Chen: “Actually, I didn’t.”
“Then it was…?”
“I sent this friend request to every female Guest, thinking it was so obvious that if the person wasn’t Han Qianyi, they probably wouldn’t have the nerve to accept.”
“…Wow, turns out you cast a wide net to find me.”
Wan Chen corrected, “This is wisdom.”
In fact, it wasn’t really casting a wide net; there was one female Guest to whom he didn’t send a friend request.
That was the Guest with the God of Wealth in the background and a Grandpa Mao profile picture.
It was obviously Chen Xixi.
Apart from Chen Xixi, who else would declare their love for money on a dating show? Typically, such outwardly money-loving women would see their popularity among male Guests plummet, and so hardly anyone would choose them.
Only Chen Xixi would do such a contrarian thing.
Han Qianyi: “Aren’t you afraid someone else might also agree?”
“No worries, you’ll agree as well and then we could choose again until it’s just the two of us successfully pairing, right?”
Han Qianyi couldn’t help but give a thumbs up, “You’re impressive.”
[Huh??? Han Qianyi and Wan Chen as a duo? This pairing feels a bit odd, doesn’t it?]
[I’ve never shipped the two of them, this sudden move makes it hard for me to start now.]
[This is my jam, my jam!! The Instant Noodles Brother and Instant Noodles Sister of the frugal variety show! I’ve been shipping them since the start of the show, never thought it would actually happen today!]
[Waving a big flag for my Instant Noodles pairing!!]
[Wasn’t it Zheng He who Han Qianyi liked? Wouldn’t this pairing make it a love triangle? Such a melodrama!]
The second to come out was Hu Yun’s partner—Zheng He.
Zheng He’s mouth curled into an excited smile when he saw the attractive Hu Yun.
A beautiful woman had initiated contact with him, how could he not be happy!
Zheng He stepped forward, smiling as he introduced himself, “Hello, I’m Zheng He.”
Hu Yun’s eyes flashed with a hint of disdain, which was quickly replaced by a friendly smile: “Hello, Hu Yun. I hope we can defeat all the Guests today and become the winning pair.”
Zheng He raised an eyebrow, this girl sure had grand ambitions, but they suited his taste.
Last time, he had already lost on the show once; this time, without Hu Yun saying, he was determined to win!
And this was an opportunity to showcase himself in front of a beauty—naturally, he would fully displayed his charm!