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

[Double Bed: Chen Xixi, you think you’re above it all, refusing to be dismembered? Fine, just dismember my bed instead. Everyone, come see, is this still a human being?!]
[Chen Xixi’s Chainsaw Horror Series — “Chainsaw Bed Fright”.]
[Watch closely, the woman in the live broadcast is Little Mei. Right now, Little Mei has taken a chainsaw and brutally sawed a perfectly good double bed in half—such extreme cruelty! Is this a distortion of human nature or a decline of morals?]
Han Qianyi exclaimed, “Chen Xixi’s 6 points were so well-spent, totally worth it.”
How come she hadn’t thought of that? No wonder she lost to Chen Xixi in the last season’s show; she was now getting a glimpse of Chen Xixi’s extraordinary prowess.
Both are human beings, but how in the world does Chen Xixi have such a brain? Han Qianyi was very curious.
Seeing Chen Xixi’s move, Zheng He was taken aback, and then quickly turned his head to Hu Yun and said, “Let’s go! We’re going to switch to a double bed, too!”
Zheng He and Hu Yun walked back to the Points Supermarket. They told the staff they wanted to return the two single beds and exchange them for a double bed.
To their surprise, the staff member pointed at a notice board behind them, “Read it clearly, exchange successful, no returns or exchanges.”
“!!!”
Zheng He was dumbfounded; isn’t that a waste of 4 points!
He turned to look at Hu Yun with a gloomy and annoyed look in his eyes, complaining, “If it weren’t for you insisting on the single beds, would we be in this mess? It would’ve been so much better if we’d listened to me and gotten a double bed from the start!”
Hu Yun snorted coldly and muttered under her breath, “Hindsight is 20/20.”
Zheng He didn’t catch it clearly, and he frowned, “What did you say?”
“Nothing.”
Zheng He did not dwell on that trivial issue, and said coldly, “Next time we switch things, you listen to me!”
Hu Yun curled her lip, hiding the disdain in her heart, “Fine, let’s see what brilliant decisions you can make.”
Zheng He lifted his chin slightly, with an appearance brimming with confidence, “Just trust me, all you need to do is enjoy the ride!”
Hu Yun: “…”
She wasn’t asking for much, just not to suffer would be enough.
She now truly regretted choosing this partner; she had thought Zheng He would be a fool easy to manipulate, but it turned out, he was a fool with too many of his own ideas.
It seemed that exploiting Zheng He wasn’t going to be so easy after all.
Hu Yun was not originally a guest on the reality dating show; she volunteered when she heard Vice President Wang say they were urgently in need of a female Guest.
In the early stages of a career, of course, one must seize every opportunity to appear in public.
Coincidentally, the recording schedule of the variety show was short, which wouldn’t affect her joining the cast for filming next month.
Actually, before her, the emergency Guest selected by the company was another newcomer.
But with her relationship with Vice President Wang, getting on this show was just a word away.
Before coming here, her girlfriends were all envious to death, thinking she had struck it lucky — first the role of the second female lead, and now on a love reality show; all within half a year, she would soon be on the fast track to stardom.
Hu Yun greatly enjoyed these praises, and of course, she wasn’t willing to be outdone by Chen Xixi, who had somehow hooked up with President Lu.
How exactly Chen Xixi managed to hook up with President Lu, Hu Yun had no idea, but now it seemed like Chen Xixi was going to hook up with President Zhou of the Zhongjing Group, which was really annoying!
She could accept her own backdoor dealings, but she hated when others did the same.
Because that wouldn’t highlight her advantages.
“Alright, hurry up and see what the next segment is about, so we can win some points and exchange them for breakfast.” Hu Yun was too lazy to listen to him bragging; she had used up a lot of brainpower earlier and was already hungry.
The other guests also wanted to return their single beds at the Points Supermarket and switch to double beds like Chen Xixi did, but they were ultimately rejected by the rules of the show. They could only look on enviously and jealously as Chen Xixi spent the least points to solve two big problems.
…
Zhou Jinyuan looked at the double bed sawed in half with a very natural expression on his face.
After all, it’s Chen Xixi; it’s not surprising at all that she does things out of the ordinary.
After she was done, Chen Xixi put the electric saw down on the ground, straightened up, looked at Zhou Jinyuan, patted her chest, and smiled, “President Zhou, rest assured, I’ll guard your innocence. It’s absolutely secure!”
Zhou Jinyuan smiled, “Okay, I’ll entrust my innocence to you.”
After saying that, he paused mid-sentence, glanced at the electric saw on the ground, and asked, “Did you learn how to use this electric saw from murder cases where bodies were dismembered?”
“No, they don’t teach that there; I learned it by watching my dad operate it. You go ahead and eat, I’ll return the saw to the village chief. If there’s a task later, just have Qian Yue wait for me for a bit.”
Just as Chen Xixi was about to pick up the electric saw and leave, Zhou Jinyuan stretched out his hand to stop her, saying, “Eat first; I’ll return it after we’re done.”
She should have been a carefree young lady, but now she’s adept at handling an electric saw.
Before he found her family, her home life must have been harder than it is now.
A trace of complexity flashed through Zhou Jinyuan’s eyes, she shouldn’t be like this now.
Chen Xixi put down the electric saw again, “Fine, let’s eat first, otherwise it will all get cold.”
A breakfast for 1 point is a bowl of plain congee and two steamed vegetable buns; not luxurious, but enough to fill the stomach.
They don’t have a table at home, so they have to put the congee on the bedboard to eat.
“We’ll have to win points later to exchange for a mattress and blankets, so we need to save on food where we can. Just bear with it for now. If we win enough points today, we can also get some mosquito repellent; there are definitely going to be a lot of mosquitoes here at night. Then, we still need to exchange for a water heater, since we have to shower, and… there’s just too much stuff we’re lacking in our house right now.”
As Chen Xixi drank her congee, she didn’t forget to comfort Zhou Jinyuan, who wasn’t used to hardships, and then she looked around their empty house with a deep sense of longing.
They were too poor right now, lacking too many things.
Zhou Jinyuan frowned and took a sip of the tasteless congee, “Okay, I’ll follow your lead.”
Chen Xixi took a bite of the vegetable bun, swallowed, and then suddenly remembered something, “We’ve divided the bed, we’ve divided the breakfast, and now we have 2 points left, should we each take 1 point? This seems a fair way to split it.”
The show provided special points cards; she took out the two points cards from the crossbody bag she wore over her shoulder and was just about to hand one to Zhou Jinyuan.
Zhou Jinyuan lowered his gaze to look at the points card Chen Xixi was handing over but didn’t take it immediately.
After two seconds, he set down his spoon, took the points card in his hand, then reached out to unzip the single-strap bag she was carrying and put the points card inside, before zipping it back up.
There was no hesitation in his movement, which carried an undertone of dominance.
He then looked up at Chen Xixi, “You’re making me feel like we’re splitting up even before we’ve started dating.”
Chen Xixi: “…”
If he hadn’t mentioned it, she would have forgotten they were supposed to be dating on a romance reality show.
Right now, all she could think about was how to eat and drink well to ensure that she and Zhou Jinyuan can live a little better.
[Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter! President Zhou really has a way with words!]
[Breakfast, divided. Double bed sawed up, divided. The remaining 2 points, also divided. Doesn’t this feel like dividing shared assets before breaking up or getting a divorce? Hahahaha!]