Heartbeat Emergency 16

Chapter 16: Preparing Gifts

As the two continued their awkward chat, the number of viewers in the live stream dropped drastically. In the end, only a few tens of thousands of people were still watching online. After all, the audience didn’t want to watch the two of them flatter each other.

At two-thirty, Su Jian Yue woke up to the sound of her alarm. She went to the bathroom to quickly wash up, then removed the cover from the camera in her room.

Su Jian Yue smiled at the camera. “Hello, everyone. I’m going to see if Older Sister is up yet.”

With that, Su Jian Yue pushed open the door and walked to the room next door. Her follow-cam cameraman, having learned that Su Jian Yue was awake, had also brought his equipment upstairs to continue filming.

Su Jian Yue reached out and knocked on the door a few times. “Older Sister, are you awake? It’s almost time.”

She hadn’t knocked for long when the door was opened from the inside.

Shen Xun was already ready. Seeing the little puppy obediently coming to wake her up, her eyes curved into a smile. “I’m ready too. Let’s go. Let’s go downstairs and get some water to drink.”

“Mhmm.” Su Jian Yue followed Shen Xun with a well-behaved expression.

When the two of them went downstairs, Jiang Ying and Liang Wenjing were already sitting in the living room, waiting. Seeing Su Jian Yue and Shen Xun come down, Liang Wenjing greeted them with a smile. “Did you rest well?”

Su Jian Yue looked towards the living room and replied, “Not bad. I’m not sleepy anymore.”

Shen Xun had already gotten two glasses. She looked up at Su Jian Yue and asked softly, “Do you want milk or water?”

“Water, please. My throat is a bit dry,” Su Jian Yue replied with a smile.

And so, Shen Xun got two glasses of warm water from the kitchen counter. Su Jian Yue took her glass, and then sat down on the sofa with Shen Xun to wait for the others.

This time, Shen Xun had Su Jian Yue sit on the edge of the sofa, so there was no space for anyone else to sit next to her.

A few minutes later, the guests came downstairs one after another.

Chen Zhibin saw that there was no one next to Shen Xun at a glance. He quickly walked in that direction. Zhao Qifei also wanted to go over early, but he had to maintain his persona as a refined high school teacher and couldn’t bring himself to compete with Chen Zhibin. So, he could only watch as Chen Zhibin walked towards Shen Xun.

Chen Zhibin smiled shyly at the camera, looking like a sunny, shy boy as he looked at Shen Xun. But Shen Xun didn’t even give him a glance. Chen Zhibin could only sit down, a bit shyly, by himself.

He looked at Shen Xun with a red face and greeted her, “Hello, Teacher Shen.”

Shen Xun’s brow furrowed almost imperceptibly. She then gave a faint nod and turned her face to look at Su Jian Yue.

Chen Zhibin hadn’t expected Shen Xun to be so dismissive of him and could only give a couple of forced laughs.

Zhao Qifei, who had sat down next to him, saw Chen Zhibin being snubbed and was secretly glad, but he still maintained a friendly smile on his face.

[Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter. Chen Zhibin put on a show for so long, and Shen Xun didn’t even give him a glance.]

[And that Zhao Qifei, why is he always with Chen Zhibin? Could he be into alphas?]

[That’s perfect. The two of them can be locked together. Can they please not bother our baby Xunxun and Little Moon?]

[Is the person above sick? Isn’t a romance variety show all about competing and fighting? The two male alphas didn’t do anything wrong, did they?]

[I didn’t say he did anything wrong. I just think the two of them are both fake and greasy.]

Soon, the guests had all gathered, and the host, Yang Rui, appeared again.

“Alright, everyone has had a short break. I’m sure you’re all well-rested. Then, let’s officially begin our afternoon’s heart-fluttering journey.”

Yang Rui smiled at the group and then continued, “Next, I will announce a few rules of our Heartbeat House: 1. For the half-month of the show’s recording, everyone must live in the house and stay overnight. 2. There must be designated people to cook every day. (Four people each time, 2 alphas, 2 omegas) 3. Guests are not allowed to exchange contact information privately. 4. Every night, you can only send a message to one person of interest, and it must be sent anonymously. 5. You can be ambiguous with everyone, but you can only confess on the last day.”

“Send a message? Then wouldn’t the person who doesn’t receive a message be extremely embarrassed?” Ren Peng thought for a moment and already started to cringe.

Yang Rui smiled. “Yes, you won’t know who sent you the message, but the audience in the live stream will know. Our production team will keep a tally. I hope everyone will do their best.”

“Wouldn’t that be an even more public execution?” Zheng Tianming also became a bit nervous.

Yang Rui smiled. “Don’t be nervous, everyone. As you get to know each other better, you will become more familiar with one another. So, the person who receives a lot of votes on the first day may not necessarily receive a lot of votes later on. These things can all change. In addition, we will be starting one-on-one dates between the guests tomorrow.”

“Wow, is it starting already? Looking forward to it, looking forward to it,” Chen Zhibin said, glancing at Shen Xun beside him and nervously rubbing his hands on his pants.

Yu Lin also chimed in, “It’s not going to be another mutual selection, is it? It’s not as interesting to choose when you know who it is.”

Yang Rui smiled and said, “Don’t be anxious, everyone. The rule for tomorrow’s date is that the five alphas will each choose a gift. The gifts will be placed together on the small table at the corner of the first floor. The omegas will then choose freely. Whichever gift you choose, you will go on a date with the owner of that gift tomorrow.”

“So it’s a blind selection? How exciting,” Mao Ning also exclaimed.

“It is a blind selection. You are not allowed to communicate with each other, or you will be breaking the rules. So, the alphas can now get ready to go out and choose your gifts. All of our omegas, please return to your rooms, or you can go to the bar on the third floor to sit and chat for a while. Please avoid the area to give the alphas time to place their gifts.”

“Do we just have to wait? That’s great. Let’s go. Let’s go sit at the bar upstairs,” Yu Lin said first. After she finished speaking, she glanced at Su Jian Yue.

Shen Xun also looked at her little puppy, then stood up and followed.

When the show started filming, the production team had already asked the guests to bring their bank cards or cash. After all, their phones had been confiscated, and many of the expenses for going out on dates and buying gifts needed to be paid by the guests themselves, so the production team had notified them in advance.

But even so, the guests had no objections. After all, the appearance fees for the other eight non-celebrity guests were around one million yuan, and Shen Xun and Su Jian Yue’s were as high as 6.5 million. The guests wouldn’t be too concerned about the cost of buying gifts and going on dates.

Su Jian Yue glanced at the sky outside and quickly chose to go back and get a baseball cap. She took a blue Miu Miu baseball cap and put it on, which made her complexion look even fairer and gave her a more stylish look.

Su Jian Yue took her crossbody bag and left the villa. The production team had not prepared vehicles for the guests, so they needed to get to their destinations by their own means.

Su Jian Yue thought for a moment and directly called for a ride-sharing car. After telling the driver her destination, she began to think about the gift she wanted to buy.

If I give a little pig, it would be too obvious. And Older Sister would definitely guess it right away, which would make it less interesting.

She went straight to a shopping mall. Recently, there was a very special aromatherapy diffuser with a citrus scent. If you sniffed it carefully, you could also smell a hint of sweetness in it, but it wasn’t cloying. Su Jian Yue liked it very much herself, and she felt that her older sister would definitely like it too!

However, just this was definitely not enough. Su Jian Yue’s major in university was painting, and this was her strong suit.

After buying the aromatherapy diffuser, she took a taxi to a place that sold painting supplies. Then, Su Jian Yue bought a few canvases and acrylic paints.

After thinking about it, she decided it wasn’t suitable to paint outside, so Su Jian Yue went straight back to the Heartbeat House after buying her things.

She took her things and went straight to her room. Yan Huan, carrying the camera, followed Su Jian Yue into her room.