“Zhu Zhu, guess what I just saw?”
Bai Baozhu, who was in the middle of preparing lunch, listened to Xia Tiantian’s words and shook her head in confusion.
“I just saw Ye Jingyu write Bo Shenyu’s name on the bulletin board for a Sun Date…”
Looking at Xia Tiantian’s utterly gossipy expression, Bai Baozhu wasn’t the least bit interested.
In her opinion, dating was super boring. How could it compare to the fun of gaming or cooking?
Xia Tiantian seemed to suddenly think of something. She looked at Bai Baozhu with a face full of surprise.
“Ah! Zhu Zhu, I just realized, among all us female guests, you’re the only one who hasn’t used your Sun Date yet.”
“Mhm.”
Bai Baozhu nodded indifferently as she chopped vegetables.
The production team hadn’t stipulated that the dating guests had to use their dating rights, so she could choose not to.
“So, who are you planning to use your Sun Date on?”
Xia Tiantian asked curiously while helping Bai Baozhu wash the vegetables.
By now, the relationship lines within the entire Love Cottage were basically all clear. However, Bai Baozhu’s relationship line remained fuzzy.
She shared a bedroom with Bai Baozhu, yet she simply couldn’t figure out who Bai Baozhu liked.
But… she still felt the probability was higher for Bo Shenyu.
“The production team didn’t specify you have to use the dating right on a male guest, right?”
Bai Baozhu mumbled absentmindedly, her attention not on Xia Tiantian’s question at all.
Consequently, she didn’t see the astonishment on Xia Tiantian’s face, or the thoughtful expression on the production team staff’s faces.
“The production team didn’t specify, but you really don’t plan to use the Sun Date?”
Once she processed it, Xia Tiantian simply couldn’t understand.
Although she herself no longer had a male guest she liked in Love Cottage, and was destined to be a guest who was already out of the running.
Even so, she still wanted to use her unused Moon Date.
She never considered just giving up because she didn’t have someone she liked…
“Yeah, not planning to use it.”
Bai Baozhu thought, since she had already confessed to the production team that she had no crush on anyone in this show, she might as well let loose~
“What about the Moon Date?”
“Not using that either.”
Bai Baozhu stated decisively.
However, what Bai Baozhu didn’t know was that her letting loose and her frankness actually gave the production team a chance to react!
So, that very afternoon after lunch, all the dating guests of Love Cottage received a notice from the production team.
“The opportunity to use the Sun Date and Moon Date must be utilized by every dating guest. Otherwise, the production team will randomly select a date partner for any guest who has not used their Sun Date or Moon Date opportunity.”
When the production team announced this new rule on the spot, all the dating guests were quite surprised, not understanding why the production team suddenly added such a clause.
However, Bai Baozhu and Xia Tiantian understood perfectly well that this hastily enacted rule was specifically to deal with Bai Baozhu, who didn’t want to date…
Bai Baozhu was a little angry about this!
Coupled with the fact that the production team had recently forbidden her from gaming, her dissatisfaction with them grew even stronger!
Therefore, during her personal interview that evening, Bai Baozhu straightforwardly expressed her feelings.
“When will this show finish filming?” Bai Baozhu: Puffed up with anger.
“……???” The production team: Covered in question marks.
“Can I quit this show early?” Bai Baozhu: Dead serious.
“……??!” The production team: No! You don’t want to! [Picture of someone reaching out to stop her]
……
Compared to Bai Baozhu, this carefree person who wanted to quit the show, the other dating guests in Love Cottage were much more ‘well-behaved’.
Even Bo Shenyu, who was originally the most reluctant to participate in this show—purely forced and begged by a certain producer cousin of his, who used every trick in the book to barely get him to come ‘vacation’ on this show—never once thought about quitting the program early.
Moreover, he had actually started to have thoughts about wanting to go on a date with a certain female guest on the show!
This was something Bo Shenyu had never imagined before coming to the show!
It was also completely unexpected!
He originally thought coming to participate in Love Cottage would be like taking a vacation.
As for the female guests on the show, he would just treat them all equally with polite courtesy.
However, he never expected that he would develop somewhat different feelings towards one of the female guests on the show.
Although he didn’t know if this meant he had fallen for that female guest, he could be sure that he cared about her, and his feelings for her were different from his feelings towards the other three female guests.
Especially this time, after Ye Jingyu used her Sun Date on him, he actually felt disappointed yet also somewhat expectant.
The disappointment was that the person using the Sun Date on him was Ye Jingyu.
The slight expectation was… would she draw a sun for this Sun Date?
Such thoughts kept Bo Shenyu awake all night.
Early the next morning, Bo Shenyu got up and went to take a look at the bulletin board in the living room.
The result was that he saw no one else had drawn a sun on the bulletin board…
In an instant, Bo Shenyu’s face was filled with disappointment, and he also felt some resistance towards this Sun Date.
Therefore, when Ye Jingyu appeared before Bo Shenyu, dressed elaborately and beautifully, Bo Shenyu instinctively wanted to refuse.
“Bo Shenyu, this is my first time asking you out. I hope you can give me this chance to let me make some things clear.”
At this moment, the usually aloof and proud Ye Jingyu was like a defeated peacock, lowering her noble head, her voice carrying a plea.
Looking at Ye Jingyu in this state, Bo Shenyu finally gave a slight nod.
“Alright.”
Bo Shenyu’s nod instantly made Ye Jingyu radiate brilliance, and her face overflowed with indescribable joy.
All of this was seen by Su Han, who stood behind them.
Watching the bright, radiant smile on Ye Jingyu’s face, Su Han’s expression revealed nothing, but her heart was full of mockery.
Smile, go ahead and smile. There’ll be time for you to cry later. Bo Shenyu has absolutely no feelings for you.
Just thinking about the outcome of this date made Su Han’s lips twitch, almost unable to suppress a smile.
This date between Ye Jingyu and Bo Shenyu was destined to be a fruitless one.
A date singing a sad love song.
It was precisely for this reason that Su Han chose not to draw a sun on Ye Jingyu and Bo Shenyu’s Sun Date.
Since it was a Sun Date destined for no result, she might as well not draw a sun at all. Once the show aired, she could still earn some goodwill points with the audience.
Just as Su Han mentally complained, Ye Jingyu’s date with Bo Shenyu was indeed destined to be fruitless.
However, what Su Han didn’t expect was that while this Sun Date was fruitless for Ye Jingyu…
For Bo Shenyu, this Sun Date gradually made him understand his own feelings…
“Bo Shenyu, even though you don’t like me. I still want to tell you, I came to this show because of you. Our first meeting wasn’t on the Love Cottage show, but in London…”
In the quiet afternoon, in a comfortable cafe, knowing that Bo Shenyu truly had not a shred of liking for her, she simply decided to be more dignified and end this destined affection that would have no conclusion.
It was also a way to give herself closure for this affection.
“I originally thought you were just a cold person, the same towards everyone, without any special feelings. But gradually, I understood that these were just my laughable thoughts. You’re actually not a cold person. At least, you’re not a cold person in front of Bai Baozhu.”
Taking a deep breath, Ye Jingyu poured out all her thoughts.
“The way you treat her is completely different from how you treat others. It also made me understand that you’re not the person I thought you were…”
Listening to Ye Jingyu slowly recount her feelings for him, Bo Shenyu was initially calm, expressionless.
Until—when he heard from Ye Jingyu’s mouth about a very different version of himself, a version that felt unfamiliar.
And the person who made him feel unfamiliar was Bai Baozhu.
Bo Shenyu was instantly stunned. It was as if he were a blind man who had just regained his sight.
In that moment, all those things that had seemed blurry and unclear to him suddenly became clear!
Why had he been losing sleep these days? Why had he been thinking so much about Bai Baozhu? Why…
So, was it because he li… liked Bai Baozhu?
The word ‘like’ made Bo Shenyu feel somewhat bewildered again.
This feeling was completely unexpected and left him still uncertain.
Thus, after returning from this Sun Date, neither Bo Shenyu nor Ye Jingyu was in a particularly good mood, and their expressions were quite grim.
Seeing their condition, the others in Love Cottage were quite worried.
After all, among all the dates in Love Cottage, no one had ever come back from a date looking as awful as they did, especially since Ye Jingyu had even cried.
Although everyone was concerned about Ye Jingyu, only Su Han was in an exceptionally good mood.
On the surface, she maintained her gentle, understanding persona, offering especially friendly comfort to Ye Jingyu, who was clearly ‘heartbroken’.
But in her heart, she was extremely happy.
This time, Ye Jingyu was completely out of the game!
Unfortunately, what Su Han didn’t expect was that before she could revel in her triumph for long, she saw Bo Shenyu, in front of everyone, write Bai Baozhu’s name on the bulletin board, initiating a Sun Date with Bai Baozhu.
“Huh—?!”
Because this scene was far too shocking for Su Han! She couldn’t help but let out a scream.
Bo Shenyu actively asked Bai Baozhu out right after his date with Ye Jingyu???
That’s not right! In her impression! This segment didn’t exist in the novel at all!
Bo Shenyu didn’t actively ask Bai Baozhu out, did he?! This, this is breaking character, isn’t it?!