Chapter 48: 48 Some are letting go, some are falling in love in the wind, and some can't scrape together seven dollars

Xu Qingyan's gaze met with Pei Muchan's, and for some reason, he felt somewhat uneasy in his heart.

After a moment of thought, he still walked over.

"Can I have a seat?"

"Hmm?" Pei Muchan slightly lifted her eyelids, stared at him for two seconds, then moved over on the sofa, "Have you had breakfast?"

Upon hearing this, he pondered for a moment and felt that the focus was not on eating breakfast.

"I have, and it was quite expensive."

He leaned back into the sofa, adjusted his position, and comfortably squinted his eyes. The six yuan soy milk was truly outrageous; he almost forgot he was still poor.

Fate is indeed a strange thing. Just two days ago, he was driving his Wuling fish head with chopped chili all over the place looking for a job. Three or four interviews a day, zealously boosting those dumb HR's performance.

When the pressure was almost too much to bear, he liked to park his fish head with chopped chili in the furthest parking spot. Waiting for the lucky ones looking for a spot to come over joyfully, then leave cursing and swearing.

If someone had told him then that he would be on a dating show with a million up for grabs,

Xu Qingyan would have jumped up furiously and kicked that person's ass with his pointed leather shoes. My life is just waking up to suffer, what kind of sci-fi movie is this!

But reality is often more absurd than science fiction, he went all-in on the dating show and even hit the jackpot with a traveler's Gold Coin.

His greatest dream was to gain without pain, and now he had one more, to stand out from the crowd.

In the dating show, they vote and eliminate someone every three days, two rounds in total. Xu Qingyan was very clear, even if he could hang on until the end, he would still leave the show after seven days.

An unknown, armed with a universally hated script on a dating show, what could he do afterwards?

Generally speaking, there are three choices for ordinary guests after leaving a dating show. One is to stir up drama and do live stream sales, another is to use their persona to purify fanbases and do live stream sales.

If you act well, then you do live stream sales. The end of the universe is about cutting leeks and live stream sales. A very few with a slightly problematic brain would chase dreams in the entertainment industry.

Xu Qingyan carefully pondered, and none of these three options was what he wanted.

However, there was no rush; dedication comes with the job. He had to finish his work on the reality show "Love Hunter" properly and then carefully plan his next steps.

At his life's most helpless moment, it was Director Chen Fufeng who offered him this job; a person needs to have some conscience.

If the director pocketed him, how could he kick the director into the ditch?

Before long, a staff member arrived belatedly and issued a mobile phone to everyone present, with a special app installed on each one.

This was an app exclusively for the "Love Hunter" production team called "Love Hunt," where all the chats and updates posted by the nine guests would be synced to the live broadcast room.

Honestly, Xu Qingyan thought the name was quite edgy, almost mistakable for some monthly subscription software. The production team knew how to drive traffic; seeing their eagerness, he suspected it was another task from a deep-pocketed sponsor.

For convenience, the staff had already added everyone as friends on each phone in advance.

"This app allows guests to make calls, video calls, rate their crushes, and share updates. Additionally, the Love Hunt app comes with mini-games, which participants can play in the 'Love Manor'"...

The staff member babbled on about the aggressive promotion, and Xu Qingyan was truly happy for them. The production team was rolling in money, which meant his million would be paid out quickly.

Frankly, besides the basic communication functions, this app also included an outdated couple's farm feature. Everyone got a small manor, where you could cultivate and sell crops to acquire a wife.

Real-life dating was tiresome enough, but now the capitalists also wanted you to experience cyber romance.

Visiting, buying gifts, a bouquet of flowers for 9.99, a sports car for 648. Truly malevolent—a sure way to shear the wooly heads of the audience.

Soon, Xu Qingyan received a mobile phone designated for his use.

He opened the "Love Hunt" app, browsed through, instinctively went to his most familiar contact, Pei Muchan, and after a moment's thought, sent over a message.

"Some are letting go, some are falling in love amidst the wind, some can't even scrape together seven yuan in their WeChat Pay or Alipay, give me a chance—how about I freeload on lunch with you?"

Ding-dong, Pei Muchan was looking at her phone when she received this rascally quip from Xu Qingyan.

At the moment, the live comment feed was also eagerly watching the screen, waiting for one of the guests to send the first heart-racing private message. They didn't expect that after all the waiting, it would be Xu Dog who would send it.

The next second, Pei Muchan replied with a word.

"Okay."