Chapter 182
After witnessing Xie Mi’s brilliant counter-prank performance, netizens exclaimed: Xie Mi is absolutely unrivaled on the “abstract” track of the entertainment industry.
[Is this a beaver?]: Awesome, this is the first time I’ve seen someone prank the entire production team, hahaha.
[Famous Infuriating Writer]: Who gets it—this sis really has that “came to the entertainment industry with a nothing-to-lose, just-here-for-fun” vibe.
[Little Fist Boy]: Just asking, has she always been like this? If so, I’m definitely becoming a fan.
[Pig-Read-Backward]: So really, no one’s going to care about Qiu Chengye? He looks like he’s about to break down.
[Command Me Freely]: Hahahahahahaha, sorry, the moment I see Brother Kitty I just want to laugh, hahahahahaha.
Not only did no one show concern, but he was even ridiculed collectively.
Qiu Chengye’s wailing was edited into a looped meme video that went viral. Some eagle-eyed netizens noticed that Xiao Jingxi gave this video a like but quickly canceled it, suspected to be a slip of the hand.
So the crowd that loved stirring the pot began stirring harder.
[Nitpicker侠]: @Qiu Chengye Xiao Jingxi laughed at you.
[Nice Bunny Squid]: Seems like Brother Xiao was gloating too. Even though he suffered under Sister Xie’s hands earlier, once he saw Qiu bro also couldn’t escape, he instantly felt balanced.
[Android Girl No Replies]: Suffering yourself is sad enough, but seeing someone else suffer—you just can’t help but laugh.
[Sexy Little Wildcat]: Ah, my fellow brother in misery! Ah, my accidental-like-click brother!
After the prank segment, the second half of the show returned to normal: three pairs of friends chatting and drinking by the riverside.
Aside from Xie Mi and Qiu Chengye, the other two pairs were: a popular singer with his musician friend, and a popular actress with her stand-up comedian friend.
They ate barbecue while enjoying the night view, playing little games—very relaxing.
Only Qiu Chengye sat with tears welling in his eyes, staring up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, desperately holding them back.
Amidst a barrage of “hahahaha” comments, that episode wrapped up recording.
Just as they were leaving, Qiu Chengye suddenly called out to Xie Mi.
“Have you been in touch with Liu Woxing lately?”
Xie Mi paused, then looked back at him with playful curiosity. “What do you want to ask?”
Qiu Chengye gave a smug little scoff.
“She must have seen the trending topics lately, right? No other meaning, just want her to know—not to get ideas just because I treated her a little better on the show. Off-screen, there are plenty of women who like me.”
Xie Mi’s brows arched slightly.
So, Qiu Chengye taking a pretty girl out in public and getting papped was deliberately aimed at Liu Woxing.
His chauvinism couldn’t tolerate rejection from a woman—especially one like Liu Woxing, obedient and gentle, who in his eyes was supposed to be fully under his control.
Since Liu Woxing had embarrassed him on the show, he retaliated by making her look bad.
All of it was nothing but petty revenge.
Qiu Chengye kept running his mouth smugly.
“If she weren’t suitable marriage material, with a family background barely good enough for me, I wouldn’t even look at her.
Gentle and virtuous is fine, but honestly, her personality is too boring. If I take the initiative to talk to her, that’s me giving her face. Who knew she wouldn’t appreciate it…”
“Does she know you’ve been drinking Chinese medicine for treatment?” Xie Mi suddenly cut in.
Qiu Chengye’s voice stopped dead, his expression flashing with fear.
Xie Mi folded her arms, smiling brightly.
“Does she know you go to the urology clinic four times a month?”
Qiu Chengye broke into a sweat, his face flushing red-orange-yellow-green-blue-indigo-violet.
Xie Mi leisurely took out her phone.
“If she doesn’t know, should I tell her?”
“No!!”
Qiu Chengye lunged forward, pressing down on her phone, his expression instantly sycophantic. “No need, no need…”
But Xie Mi wasn’t about to let him off that easily. She kept smiling at him for a while, then suddenly turned to wave at the staff who hadn’t gone far.
“Come get the tea, come get the tea! Qiu Chengye goes to the—”
“Dad!!!”
Before she could finish, Qiu Chengye dropped to his knees with a loud thud, shouting “Dad” with earth-shaking intensity, his voice piercing straight through eardrums.
Everyone turned in shock, unable to believe what they heard.
Wait a minute—they thought all the “father-son bonding” jokes online were just memes.
But are these two actually father and son?!
Especially the four celebrity guests who had just recorded with them—because of Qiu Chengye’s wealthy background, they had spent the whole time flattering him, fawning over him with extreme respect.
And now, Qiu Chengye had just knelt to Xie Mi?!
Even though the cameras were off, the incident left the whole group deeply shaken.
Their gazes toward Xie Mi grew more and more reverent.
Over the next few days, Xie Mi genuinely got to experience the life of a celebrity.
In the daytime, she ran around with Manager Zhang attending all kinds of strange gigs, and at night, she went home to play games.
Manager Zhang wasn’t the exploitative type; when taking on jobs, he not only asked Xie Mi’s opinion but also arranged things in a balanced way so she wouldn’t feel exhausted.
Life was going pretty well.
Earlier, marketing accounts online had kept pushing the idea that Xie Mi only joined the dating show to whitewash her reputation, claiming she would quickly fade after the show ended. Now, they were all being proven wrong.
Xie Mi’s popularity hadn’t dropped—instead, it had skyrocketed. With her quirky, unpredictable ideas, she was quickly becoming a sought-after darling in the industry.
The only issue was that she herself was rather nonchalant—fans dug up multiple gaming accounts of hers and found that she often played ranked matches till three or four in the morning, losing streaks and all.
During this time, the show’s official account occasionally liked some posts from the guests, shared updates about preparations for stage two, keeping the hype alive.
Netizens’ demands for the dating vlogs, however, never stopped.
[Stop Barking]: Day three, where’s my date vlog?
[Get a Factory Job]: Day four, where’s my date vlog?
[Heehee]: We still don’t know what was written on those cards in the anonymous invite box.
[Affectionate Cutie]: @Human Love Observation Room, big coward! Hurry up and post!
Finally, under all the clamor, the show’s official account responded to the anonymous invites.
[Human Love Observation Room]: The four anonymous letters have been delivered to the invited guests, please check~
At the time, four people had chosen to send anonymous invites: Liu Woxing, Yu Jinzhe, Xiao Jingxi, and Xu Shuangrong.
And right then, sprawled on the sofa gaming, Xie Mi received two of them.
“You’ve got mail.”
Dressed in a maid outfit, Xie Lian approached with a broom, stretching out his arm from a safe distance to carefully place the envelopes on the coffee table in front of Xie Mi, holding his breath the whole way.
After placing them down, he pulled back his hand and ran off in one smooth motion!
Li Mei-yan watched her son’s victorious retreat with excitement.
“Son, you did it!”
But Xie Lian replied solemnly, “Next time, you go.”
Li Mei-yan’s face immediately fell.
Standing beside them, Butler Lao Bai sighed with relief and admiration.
“What a touching scene of a loving mother and filial son.”
