Chapter 86

When the amusement park episode aired, neither Ye Qiusuo nor Xie Xi watched it, as it happened to be the time for their date.

However, when the show aired, the audience was watching, and the show's view count maintained a stable, incredibly high number.

Unlike the recording process, the audience could see all three groups simultaneously. With the comparison, it became even more obvious how different Xie Xi and Ye Qiusuo's group was.

After the six people drew lots and formed groups, You Feibai also had a general idea, but he was misled by the task card he received at the very beginning. He and Xia Zhoubing spent the first half of their time looking for clues on the ground, without spending any time going on the rides.

According to the original script design, if none of the three groups got on the right track, the program team would privately remind them. But Zheng Longju had never been soft on the guests. Since one group had already started playing the attractions from the beginning, they decided not to remind the other two groups for now and just keep recording. Sweating celebrities were also a kind of fresh material.

[This show is too addictive. Honestly, you wouldn't know without comparing, but putting Xia Zhoubing and You Feibai side by side, it's truly tragic.]

[I remember Xia Zhoubing secretly trying to copy You Feibai's route before, right? Later, she was exposed by Xie Xi.]

[Speaking of which, the guests invited to this show are really heading for a disaster. They all seem to have some conflicts. But, I love it, hahahahahaha!]

The audience first watched two groups sweating profusely, panting, and anxiously looking for clues, and then the scene shifted. Xie Xi and Ye Qiusuo were leisurely playing games and even asking the staff for small plush toys.

[Shocking, a popular male singer throws away his dignity for a small plush toy.]

[Xie Xi is too shameless, hahahaha, the staff clearly asked Professor Ye.]

[Hehe, Professor Ye obviously doesn't care, she will definitely agree to give it to Baby Xi.]

[Hahahaha, I've played here before, their plush toys are indeed very cute, but previously they only gave them to children. I'm angry! Who isn't a baby?]

[If the park gives away small plush toys, then I'll go too.]

[Plus one.]

[Am I the only one who thinks Professor Ye spoils Baby Xi a lot? She agrees to whatever Baby Xi says.]

[Hehe, I love this show, there's plenty of material. I can already edit several videos in my head.]

When it was time to ride the roller coaster, the program's editing team stirred things up by specifically zooming in on the scene of the two holding hands, and then adding the word friendship, but netizens obviously didn't think so.

They took screenshots while expressing their shock.

[Holding, holding hands?!!!]

[Holy crap, isn't this the scene I fantasized about?!]

[Sisters, what are you waiting for, take screenshots!]

[I can rest in peace, actually getting to see Professor Ye and Baby Xi holding hands, sobbing, so sweet, so sweet.]

[The Xie-Ye CP must be real!]

These were only the beginning. For the later attractions, Xie Xi got a pair of rabbit ears, and Ye Qiusuo personally helped him put them on, even flicking one of the ears. Netizens simply went crazy on the spot, alternately struck by Xie Xi's stunning looks and desperately shipping this hard-won CP material.

There was no need for uploaders to edit it!

The other two groups were dull to watch, and people just wanted to fast-forward to see Xie Xi and Ye Qiusuo. These two were practically emitting pink bubbles all around them.

[Awww! Eating ice cream together!!!]

[Baby Xi, you are amazing. Usually, it's the girl tasting the boy's ice cream, but you, you ate two and still wanted to eat Professor Ye's.]

[I announce that I no longer hate Zheng Longju. Because of her, I get to see such a wonderful scene.]

[Dying of laughter, what is that expression on Wan Yurou's face? She looks like she's about to pass out.]

After Ye Qiusuo took Xie Xi smoothly eating, drinking, and having fun while completing the tasks, the audience's attention could only shift to the other two groups.

There is a saying that things will develop in the opposite direction when they become extreme. Because Wan Yurou looked too miserable, sympathetic bullet comments actually began to appear during the broadcast, feeling that she was too pitiful and was simply being brutally abused.

After the hit show aired, it was bound to trend on hot searches, especially Xie Xi, who had an exceptionally large number of hot searches.

One of the hot searches was particularly eye-catching: Little Princess Xie Xi

Many netizens rubbed their eyes subconsciously upon seeing this tag, wondering what kind of devilish combination this was.

When they clicked in, they saw the big star Xie wearing pink and white rabbit ears, holding various pink and tender little plush toys in his arms, with an overly good-looking face, plus the filter adjusted by fans.

He was simply a princess himself!

[Mom fans are breaking their hearts. Who will be worthy of our Baby Xi in the future?]

[Baby Xi, I'll pick up trash to support you!]

[I'm twenty-eight this year, female, have a house and a car, and millions in savings. A proper young talent. Baby Xi, follow me, I'll spoil you for a lifetime.]

[Millions are still too little, tens of millions is barely enough.]

[... I'm different. Am I the only one who thinks Baby Xi's pants look a bit familiar?]

[Worn before?]

[Huh, I also think they look very familiar.]

[... This... aren't these the pants worn by the passerby guy in a certain star's airport photo the other day?]

[???]

As soon as this comment came out, netizens exploded instantly and immediately went back to dig. Comparing the back and side photos, they looked more and more familiar, but half of them still didn't quite believe it.

[It might be a coincidence, just a pair of pants and a similar figure, so they look alike.]

[Yeah, does Baby Xi look like someone who could get a partner?]

[I don't believe it! Sobbing, the Xie-Ye CP is the real one!!!]

[Shouldn't he still be recording the show that day? How could he appear here.]

However, another wave of netizens provided explanations one by one.

[The plane flies back in two hours. That time point perfectly matches when they finished recording the show. That day, Lu Mingzhe flew to another city to attend an event.]

[The pants are limited edition, especially the pattern on the side pocket, which can be customized.]

[... The pattern on both their pants is a little yellow duck.]

Although it was just catching shadows, the vast majority of people defaulted to the person at the airport being Xie Xi. The originally happy comments suddenly took a turn, and everyone was asking who the person Xie Xi was holding at the airport was.

Due to the angle of the photo, Ye Qiusuo was not captured, only a blurry outline could be seen. She was also wearing a jacket, so netizens didn't recognize her.

The netizens, especially those who had just finished shipping the Xie-Ye CP, were heartbroken.

As sweet as it was just now, that's how bitter it was now.

They thought they were eating sugar, but it was actually glass shards, making their mouths bleed.

[Sobbing, at least let me ship it for one day, sobbing.]

[No, I don't believe it. The person at the airport must not be Xie Xi. Even if it is Xie Xi, the person he is holding must be Professor Ye. Yes, that's how it is.]

[As long as Xie Xi hasn't admitted it, then this person isn't him.]

[But Xie Xi hasn't denied it either.]

A large swath of people online was heartbroken, while Xie Xi was still completely unaware.

He was making a loving dinner.

Ye Qiusuo temporarily went to the study to handle some matters, and Xie Xi used a heart-shaped mold in the kitchen to fry an egg - a true loving dinner.

Of course, in order to make a perfectly shaped heart egg, he wasted a whole bag of eggs.

Xie Xi opened the camera, took pictures from various angles and with various filters, then picked the best-looking photo, logged into his alternate account, and posted it: [A loving dinner made for her ~ picture.jpg]

...

Tonight, Weibo was destined to be anything but peaceful. First, Xie Xi, the little princess himself, trended on the search rankings, with everyone joking and laughing. Then, someone dug up that the passerby in the airport who had his arm around his girlfriend was actually Xie Xi. The Xie-Ye CP shattered, and countless shippers abandoned ship.

Rong Shiyun didn't make it in time to watch the show today, and being short on time, she planned to save it for later. However, she couldn't resist her curiosity and logged onto Weibo. As soon as she got online, she was dumbfounded.

When did her baby start dating?!

After reading through the whole story, Rong Shiyun felt a sense of loss. She actually shipped the Xie-Ye CP too, especially since Ye Qiusuo was her good friend. If it were true, it would be keeping the goodies within the family.

Feeling disappointed, Rong Shiyun clicked into the Weibo profile of the biggest Xie-Ye CP fan account. She happened to see their latest post. She stared at it for a long time, dumbfounded once again.

With trembling hands, she typed out a comment: ??? Who are you??? Why are you in Qiusuo's kitchen???

That plate, that pot, that cutting board—Rong Shiyun had bought them all!

Not to mention the kitchen background in the photo.

As soon as Rong Shiyun posted, the comments below were uniformly filled with question marks.

???

???

??? Is the Qiusuo you mentioned the Qiusuo I'm thinking of?

??? I just want to know what relationship the commenter has with Professor Ye, and how she recognizes Professor Ye's kitchen.

I'm blind. What day is it today? I shouldn't have gone online. One CP has been brutally torn into two.

??? No, wait, my logic is suddenly confused. Assuming, if, supposing Hao Hao and Professor Ye are a couple, then why does he ship the Xie-Ye CP?

Hahahaha, I know! The blogger must be a girl. Maybe she knows Professor Ye and they are friends. This explanation makes sense.

Scared me to death. I thought Professor Ye also had a partner.

??? Are you guys stupid? Didn't Hao Hao's previous Weibo post say he had a girlfriend?

After commenting, Rong Shiyun also experienced a momentary lapse in logic. She first clicked into this blogger's homepage, wanting to scroll through their past posts. She remembered there was a previous photo mentioning a midday nap on a sofa, and that sofa looked exactly like the one in Qiusuo's house.

Wait a minute...

Rong Shiyun suddenly realized: the person taking a midday nap on the sofa wasn't this blogger, but Xie Xi.

Rong Shiyun: ???

After a moment of logical chaos, Rong Shiyun directly called Ye Qiusuo.

Qiusuo, are you actually dating my baby?

When Ye Qiusuo answered the phone, she was still holding a fork with a small piece of egg on it. Unable to eat it herself, she fed it to Xie Xi beside her. You found out?

I... I... Rong Shiyun was shocked for a long time before blurting out, Badass, and then snapped the phone shut to digest this information herself.

Xie Xi hadn't had time to check the comments on his alt account because Ye Qiusuo had come out of the study. He had happily trotted out with the heart-shaped egg and was now watching her eat.

It's delicious. Xie Xi swallowed the piece of egg Ye Qiusuo had just fed him.

Meanwhile, the entire internet was collectively dumbfounded by what they had dug up.

What exactly had they uncovered?!

A netizen assumed that Rong Shiyun's comment was true and hypothesized that this blogger was indeed making heart-shaped eggs in Professor Ye's house. Connecting the previous and subsequent Weibo posts, these two were most likely a couple. Then the question arose: was this person actually Professor Ye?

The netizens showed off their skills, superimposing a pair of hands that had previously appeared in a photo with Professor Ye's hands from the show. The overlap rate was as high as ninety-eight percent!

However, another netizen posted a screenshot of the photo Xie Xi had previously posted about his midday nap, along with the coincidental sofa that had caused such an uproar at the time.

I want to know if this is a coincidence or the exact same sofa.

Fuck, are the Xie-Ye CP shippers riding a roller coaster tonight?!