Scum A with a Sweet Black Lotus O – Chapter 78.2
by Little Panda《Love at First Sight》 Confession Night
On the big screen, “Fu Chaoyun’s” voice came again, lazy and casual, with a playful disregard for everything.
“No expectations, no plans.”
“Weren’t you the ones who forced me to come fill the numbers? An alpha of my caliber dating anyone would be like poverty relief.”
Pei Xuezhi’s protective stance towards Fu Chaoyun froze.
Fu Chaoyun also stiffened.
【Yay!】
【You slapped yourself in the face, and I like this boomerang; I love watching it!】
【Has Fu Chaoyun figured out how to coax your Zhizhi?】
【Don’t rush, isn’t Qi Changfeng’s standard answer right there?】
This powerful boomerang left Fu Chaoyun herself bewildered. Upon closer inspection, she noticed that the redness in Qi Changfeng’s eyes had noticeably diminished; this former self-identified good brother was now entirely in a spectator’s posture.
The next second,
she was firmly pinned down by Pei Xuezhi.
The beautiful woman’s lips leaned into her ear, cool and indifferent, exuding an air of extreme danger.
“Are you doing poverty alleviation? ”
Fu Chaoyun: “……” Please let me explain!
Pei Xuezhi moved closer, “Then thank you, jiejie, for your precise poverty alleviation; I am very satisfied.”
Fu Chaoyun: “……”
She also learned from the other’s manner and quietly leaned in, “But I feel like, Zhizhi, your expression doesn’t look very good right now.”
Pei Xuezhi looked at her with a seemingly smile but not quite.
“Really?”
Fu Chaoyun: “…………”
It seems even worse now!
【I can’t wait! Let me fast forward to tonight!】
【I want to see the punishment play right now, watching Fu Chaoyun being pinned down on the bed by Pei Xuezhi and being thoroughly roasted, one after another, while being told in her ear—“Jiejie, do you dare to continue?”】
【No, it’s “Jiejie, continue the poverty alleviation!,” “Haven’t you eaten? Can’t even muster the energy for poverty alleviation?”】
【Anything goes, bring on more spicy literature!】
【I’ve said it a thousand times, Pei Xuezhi is the omega!!】
It was probably Fu Chaoyun, the culprit of this “sinful retribution,” that made everyone else’s past black histories seem trivial by comparison.
For nearly the next two hours, everyone watched the program playback with great interest, reminiscing about past events, including Qin Zhenyan treating everyone to hotpot and Fu Chaoyun getting drunk after just a couple of drinks.
By around eleven o’clock, as it was time to prepare for lunch, the program director’s voice echoed again.
“What you’ve seen so far are the heartwarming moments edited together by the production team. I believe each guest teacher has more personal interactions they would like to share with everyone, so—next!”
“After lunch, the guest teachers will need to personally arrange their own romantic confession rooms for tonight’s confession night. We will give you an entire afternoon to do this, so please pay attention to how you use your time and try to give your beloved a memorable night.”
【Romantic confession room… confession night… what a cheesy name.】
【Raising my hand, is there a bed in the confession room? Can we get a little frisky? Give me a spectator position.】
【I’ll buy a standing ticket!】
The director thought this idea was brilliant for the final night and was waiting for the guests to ask questions. However, when he looked around, he found that these people had all turned to look at Fu Chaoyun in unison.
Fu Chaoyun: ?
She could only explain.
“This idea wasn’t mine.”
She thought these people would probably relax, but instead, she heard Qi Changfeng shouting sarcastically from across the room.
“Why is it that all the good ideas aren’t yours, but all the bad ones are?”
Fu Chaoyun darkened her face, “Shut up!!”
She couldn’t do anything about Pei Xuezhi, but couldn’t she handle a Qi Changfeng?
Hmph, just a plastic brother.
Most people ate their lunch hurriedly.
It was mainly Qi Changfeng, whose alpha competitive instincts were taken to the extreme, thinking he definitely couldn’t let Ni Jiaojiao see him doing worse than others. He casually picked at his food and then left his bowl and chopsticks behind.
Xia Shiyi had already been eliminated, but the audience didn’t know that, so she could only maintain her persona and keep up appearances.
Next was Ni Jiaojiao, whose usually calm demeanor was also influenced. Once Jian Yi left, Tang Ying naturally followed suit.
In the end, only Fu Chaoyun, Pei Xuezhi, and Qin Zhenyan remained.
Qin Zhenyan happened to be sitting directly opposite; as he looked up, he was confronted with the sight of these two cozying up while eating.
He felt so out of place.
Great!
He was full; he’d better leave quickly.
Only Fu Chaoyun and Pei Xuezhi remained, still eating at a leisurely pace. Pei Xuezhi picked up a piece of rib and put it on Fu Chaoyun’s plate.
“Aren’t you in a hurry, jiejie?”
Fu Chaoyun thought she could spare a few minutes; she still wanted to finish eating before anything else, and then she heard Pei Xuezhi say again.
“Or does jiejie have any little tricks for cheating?”
Fu Chaoyun: “……”
Can we please move past this topic from the morning?
She picked up the piece of rib that Pei Xuezhi had given her and took a couple of bites. Suddenly, she felt a bit full herself.
“……Hmm?” Pei Xuezhi’s voice rang in her ear.
“This time, it really wasn’t my plan!” Fu Chaoyun hurried to clarify, meeting Pei Xuezhi’s dark eyes and saying earnestly, “I will arrange it well, waiting for you to come check it out tonight.”
Pei Xuezhi was also looking at her.
After a moment,
“Me too.”
Afternoon.
The guests began to busy themselves.
Once they stepped outside, they discovered that during the nearly two and a half hours when the curtains had been drawn in the house that morning, the production team had swiftly built eight temporary rooms outside the villa.
Each room was equipped with air conditioning to ensure that the guests wouldn’t be overheated in the sweltering summer heat while in a closed space.
Each guest had their own room. They wouldn’t personally set everything up, but when it came time for the confession at night, guests could bring their significant others to the rooms they had arranged.
If the confession was successful and both liked each other, then the latter could take the former to their little room, doubling the romance;
If the confession failed, then sorry, if no one else confesses to you, your confession night ends here, and you’ll maintain your single persona until the end of the program!
This way, every heartfelt intention would not be wasted.
During this process, all live streaming rooms will be closed, and will only reopen during the confession night in the evening.
This ensures that both the guests and the audience will be surprised.
First up are the edited clips.
“I can’t do it!” Qi Changfeng was the first to shout.
However, the production team had anticipated this. Even if there were only ten minutes of footage, their database was too vast; if this group of people were to edit it themselves, it would take the entire afternoon just to pick and choose, and they might not even finish.
Therefore, they had assigned each guest a professional editor in advance. As long as the guests specified the corresponding footage, the editors would begin cutting from various angles, allowing the guests to later choose their most satisfactory clips.
While this process was ongoing, the guests could also continue with other arrangements…
……
“Do we have to include this clip?” On the other side, Qin Zhenyan, his face darkened, raised a new question.
The editor was taken aback, “You can choose not to confess?”
Qin Zhenyan’s face grew even darker.
Xia Shiyi’s true nature had not yet been revealed to the audience. Even if she was rejected, she had to put on a show; after all, he would be the only one left looking good. How embarrassing would it be for someone like Qin, who cared so much about his image?
“Forget it, you edit it.”
……
On the other side, Pei Xuezhi.
“Only ten minutes?”
“According to the process, each person has about ten minutes. If you can’t decide right away, I can also edit a bit more, and later, Teacher Pei, you can take your time to choose.”
“Okay.” Pei Xuezhi asked again, “Can I take this copy with me?”
The editor scratched his head, “I guess… that’s fine?”
After all, the program was being live broadcasted the entire time, and this content had already been exposed online, so there was no issue of leaks.
Pei Xuezhi nodded in acknowledgment, “Thank you.”
……
Tang Ying: “We need to choose flowers? I love flowers!”
……
Ni Jiaojiao: “Writing letters? It’s nothing, I just suddenly thought of it; it’s time to verify someone’s cultural literacy.”
……
……
The live broadcast was turned off, and each temporary room that had been set up was enclosed by five walls. Even when the guests came out to pick what they needed, they had to calculate their timings to avoid running into each other.
This added a layer of mystery to the entire afternoon.
Finally, it was evening.
To keep the guests’ emotions at their best, they hadn’t seen each other at all that afternoon, and even dinner was just something quick eaten in their respective rooms.
【Finally!】
【Strange… I feel like I’ve said this before?】
【Wow!】
The camera panned around.
The area surrounding the villa had transformed into a sea of flowers. It was now eight o’clock in the evening, and as night fell, tall trees interspersed throughout the flower sea were adorned with colorful little lights, creating a dazzling array of colors that intertwined with the vibrant blooms.
Romance flowed beneath the moonlit starry sky, cascading down like a gentle shower, as if one could reach out and grasp a thread of it.
Perhaps that would become your happiness.
【So many flowers… they must have cost a fortune to transport from various places; the production team really went all out!】
【All the sponsor daddy’s money was spent on this!】
【Thanks to Fu Chaoyun for this!】
Originally, the eight small rooms were arranged in a circular formation. Now, the walls of five sides had been torn down, and each former room was covered with a large black cloth, making it impossible to see what was inside. In the distance, a large crane arm was visible, poised to unveil the mysterious “romantic confession rooms”.
The eight participants stood apart, each guarding their temporarily undisclosed confession room.
A wide red carpet was laid out between pairs of participants, converging at a central point, which formed a large red heart, significantly increasing in size.
Then,
the director’s voice came on air, announcing tonight’s rules—
“The first guest to confess is Xia Shiyi.”
“The other guests please stand along the red carpet at the central meeting point and wait for Xia Shiyi to make her choice.”
The other seven walked up, with Qi Changfeng being the most nervous; even a fool knew who Xia Shiyi would choose!
Fu Chaoyun secretly glanced at Pei Xuezhi, who was looking down, seemingly lost in thought. She didn’t raise her head until Xia Shiyi walked over, bringing Ni Jiaojiao back to her little room without looking up.
“Next, please listen to Xia Shiyi’s confession to Ni Jiaojiao!”
The black cover was suddenly lifted, revealing the true nature inside. First, countless blue roses were arranged by Xia Shiyi into a bouquet shape, and behind them was a projection screen, which began to play clips of the two’s past interactions as soon as it was unveiled.
【I’m stunned!】
【So these were all arranged by the guests themselves?】
【So this is what the editing was about…】
【So many blue roses, how much did this cost!】
【Wait, Xia Shiyi’s side is decorated with flowers. Is that the same for the other guests? So the sea of flowers outside the villa was actually arranged from the leftover flowers chosen by the guests?】
【Oh, it seems there’s a letter on the flowers too!】
Xia Shiyi picked up the envelope, opened it in front of Ni Jiaojiao, and began to read aloud.
As the projection screen played in the background, the emotional impact was multiplied.
After reciting a few lines, she glanced at the person across from her, with every word filled with deep emotion. By the end, her eyes were red, and she gazed at Ni Jiaojiao, humbly and hoarsely pleading,
“Jiaojiao, can you give me another chance?”
【Wuwuwu, I’m so moved…】
【Even though Xia Shiyi seems to have been eliminated last week, seeing her like this still makes my heart ache. Girls together are the best, please don’t choose Qi Changfeng!】
【Wait, why did Xia Shiyi say ‘again’?】
【Don’t choose so quickly, let’s take another look? Our Jiaojiao is a sea king, how could she be settled down so fast! (doge emoji)】
The bullet comments were swept away by the sea of romance.
Half were skeptical or just enjoying the spectacle, while the other half felt that Xia Shiyi was just as good as Qi Changfeng, and even slightly better. The younger male dog type was both fierce and sweet, so choosing Xia Shiyi seemed pretty good!
Only the informed production team and guests were disgusted.
What Xia Shiyi had done was not suitable for exposure yet. Even if she didn’t keep a low profile, selling her “deep affection persona” so openly in the final episode… even if she got rejected by Ni Jiaojiao, wouldn’t she quickly find someone new?
Among them, Qi Changfeng and Ni Jiaojiao reacted the strongest.
Seeing the blue rose that Xia Shiyi handed over, Ni Jiaojiao felt utterly disgusted.
The language of the blue rose is: pure love, and kindness.
How did that relate to the person in front of her?
Thus, in front of the camera, the imagined scene of Ni Jiaojiao shedding tears of emotion did not materialize; this beta was unexpectedly cold today.
“Sorry.”
Ni Jiaojiao did not take the flower that Xia Shiyi offered; this was something everyone present could anticipate.
In front of the camera, Xia Shiyi displayed a look of disappointment and sorrow, and the next moment, she seemed unable to bear looking any longer, the corners of her lips curling into a faint smile.
What she did regarding Fu Li didn’t amount to much, and she knew that given Ni Jiaojiao’s personality, she wouldn’t say or do anything on camera.
Her objective had been achieved.
The director announced that Xia Shiyi’s confession to Ni Jiaojiao had failed; logically, both of them should return to the center position.
“Wait a moment.”
Ni Jiaojiao suddenly spoke, and in the slightly surprised gaze of the others, she took a deep breath and said solemnly,
“You don’t deserve a second chance.”
“The blue rose, it really doesn’t suit you. No, you’re not worthy of it.”
Her voice came through the microphone, reaching everyone’s ears, and with a bang, the bullet comments exploded.
【What does Ni Jiaojiao mean by that?】
【She has never spoken in such a serious tone, except for that time she played with Qi Changfeng!】
【Sure enough, Xia Shiyi’s sudden elimination is not simple; there’s more to this story!】
【I suddenly remembered a previous online rumor about Xia Shiyi…】
【Jiejie, do tell us more!】
Ni Jiaojiao and Xia Shiyi returned to their original positions.
At this moment, she was very clear in her mind.
Netizens are curious; as long as she left the tiniest clue, they would pounce on it like sharks smelling blood, ready to tear it apart.
Would this blow up in someone’s face?
She was just a beta, and theoretically, she shouldn’t be able to empathize with either omega or alpha. However, Xia Shiyi’s series of actions had indeed provoked her.
But before this online bomb could explode,
“Next, Qi Changfeng.”
“Jiaojiao, I choose you!” Qi Changfeng’s booming voice echoed through the night.
He had directly rushed to stand in front of her, and since she was the closest, the volume was deafening, but there was no way to cover her ears.
Because Qi Changfeng had already taken one of her hands and was quickly leading her towards his “confession room”.
Ni Jiaojiao: “……”
Does this alpha not know the word “gentleman”? He was a bit straightforward when they first met, but at least he was somewhat normal; how did he become so foolish now?
Upon opening Qi Changfeng’s “confession room,” the first thing that caught her eye was countless red roses.
Then, her own cheerful voice echoed—
“I’m 32 years old this year.”
“I’m the chief secretary of the president’s office; I guess that makes me the white-collar worker everyone talks about, right?”
“I’ve been well taken care of before, and I’m very happy; I’ll trouble you to take care of me more in the future.”
“Chang~feng~di~di~”
Ni Jiaojiao: “……”
!!!
Why did Qi Changfeng choose this self-revealing introduction as the opening?!
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