Chapter 40: Chen Sisi Has a Breakdown

After the successfully paired guests went out on sweet dates, four people were left behind in the ancient courtyard, staring at each other in dismay.

Chen Sisi sat there, her pretty face slightly distorted with anger at the moment.

She gritted her teeth, her inner agitation seemingly about to break through her seemingly fragile exterior.

She felt she was on the verge of an outburst, experiencing a sense of frustration she had never known before.

She, Chen Sisi, a rising naive sweetheart blessed with natural traffic, was always the center of attention wherever she went.

Yet her dating text message to the Best Actor had sunk like a stone into the sea, receiving not even a sliver of a reply.

What she found even more unbelievable was that not a single other man had sent her a text message.

"How is this possible?"

She questioned repeatedly in her mind.

"Are these men all blind?"

She could not understand how she clearly possessed a charming appearance and extraordinary allure.

How could those men prefer to go on dates with obscure female guests rather than choose her?

She was, after all, an object of universal adoration.

These unappreciative men!

Her eyes burned with fury, as if ready to reduce everything around her to ashes.

Fortunately...

Glancing at Xu Zhaozhao, who was also left alone, she wasn't the only one who hadn't been chosen; there was still Xu Zhaozhao at the bottom to keep her company.

The distorted expression on her face slowly relaxed a little.

At least it wasn't too humiliating; Xu Zhaozhao was unwanted too.

Noticing Chen Sisi's blazing eyes scrutinizing her and finally turning into a look of covert smugness, Xu Zhaozhao rolled her eyes.

Then, she naturally opened a cup of instant noodles that had just been steeped to perfection.

She had been craving these instant noodles all day and finally got to eat them.

In her past acting days, even for minor supporting roles, she strictly managed her diet and strictly maintained her figure.

Now, on the verge of retiring from the entertainment circle, she had no taboos left.

[Ever since I started watching this dating reality show, the thing I see most is Xu Zhaozhao rolling her eyes at Chen Sisi.]

[Seriously, every single eye roll of Xu Zhaozhao's is so entertaining, looking exactly like me secretly rolling my eyes at my boss.]

Although most of the audience followed the live streams of the various dates, quite a few still remained in the ancient courtyard's live stream.

There were always people uninterested in sweet romance who preferred drama and chaos.

Especially since two people whose true colors were exposed from the start hadn't gone out on any dates at all.

Everyone stayed behind mainly to watch the farce between Xu Zhaozhao and Chen Sisi.

[No way, I want to collect all of Xu Zhaozhao's eye-rolling materials and make tons of GIFs so I can roll my eyes at the whole world whenever I'm bored.]

[You guys are too slow, some blogger has already made a compilation, pointing the way to "Little Sweet Xin".]

[What "Little Sweet Xin" posts on Weibo are all entertaining GIFs of Xu Zhaozhao; I guarantee you won't leave empty-handed.]

Hearing "Little Sweet Xin" mentioned in the bullet comments, Zhao Xin offline revealed a smug smile.

That's right, "Little Sweet Xin" was her.

Her Weibo feed was entirely dedicated to Xu Zhaozhao.

She had created a super-topic community for Xu Zhaozhao a long time ago.

Back then, however, Xu Zhaozhao had little fame and few fans, so most people entering the community only left scolding comments.

Now, Zhaozhao was on a dating show, and while everyone else had managers or friends and family helping to run their socials, only Zhaozhao had no one to rely on.

At a time like this, Zhao Xin naturally had to step up.

While juggling Liu莉's various tasks, she secretly posted some of Zhaozhao's past pretty photos, along with breakout images from this dating show, onto Weibo.

Aside from that, she was adept at summarizing the demands from the bullet comments and had no qualms about turning some of Zhaozhao's quirky expressions into GIFs and posting them.

Xu Zhaozhao had no idea that her various GIFs were already spreading all over the internet, and her popularity had skyrocketed tens of thousands of times compared to before.

At this moment, she was wholeheartedly battling her instant noodles.

However, before she could take a few good bites, Chen Sisi suddenly stepped forward and swept her instant noodles straight onto the floor.

Watching the noodles scatter all over the ground, Xu Zhaozhao looked calmly at Chen Sisi. "What kind of madness are you having again?"

Having spent time with Chen Sisi in the past and witnessed her volatility and temper tantrums too often, it had become second nature.

Facing Chen Sisi's sudden explosion, she felt not a shred of surprise.

Chen Sisi looked at her with dissatisfaction. "You still have the mood to eat? Why aren't you upset?"

Mindful of the cameras present, she had endured and endured, but still couldn't keep her temper under control.

She had originally found some equilibrium through Xu Zhaozhao, but seeing Xu Zhaozhao eating instant noodles as if nothing were the matter suddenly reignited her fury.

Seeing Chen Sisi like this, Sun Yu was somewhat stunned.

He had never seen Chen Sisi behave this way. Was this really the gentle and pure naive sweetheart everyone talked about?

Indeed, appearances can be deceiving, and one shouldn't blindly trust external rumors.

Fortunately, he had only been paired with her once.

And the audience in front of the cameras was just as unfazed as Xu Zhaozhao.

[Is Chen Sisi finally unable to hold back and exposing her true colors?]

[She must have held it in for a long time. Being left alone in the mutual selection this time triggered her, and her fiery temper just couldn't be contained anymore.]

[Especially since she originally had Xu Zhaozhao at the bottom with her, only to find that Xu Zhaozhao was completely casual and didn't care at all—that just made her blow up completely!]

[A person like this has zero magnanimity. The fact that she can thrive in the entertainment industry must be entirely thanks to her colleagues' tolerance.]

[Should say, entirely thanks to her coworkers' tolerance.]

[Haha, the person above hit the nail on the head.]

"I'm hungry, of course I have to eat. Eating is the most important thing in the world, and besides, why should I be upset?"

Xu Zhaozhao cleaned up the mess on the floor, then straightened up and replied.

Her flat tone made Chen Sisi appear even more frantic.

"Don't you even care that you were left behind?" Her voice was filled with dissatisfaction and accusation.

Xu Zhaozhao smiled faintly. "Why should I be upset? Being left alone doesn't mean I have no value, nor does it mean no one will love me."

Actually, what she wanted to say most was: What the hell does being left alone have to do with me? Weren't you the one who dragged me to this dating show? I didn't want to come here at all!

[Xu Zhaozhao sounds so hypocritical. I can totally tell she doesn't want to participate in this show at all.]

[Haha, Xu Zhaozhao is just a wage slave, and this dating show is basically a corporate team-building event.]

[To the person above, you really know how to describe it.]

"You!"

Chen Sisi wanted to say more, but catching sight of the camera, she finally recovered the rationality she had just lost.

"I'm sorry, Sisi..."

She immediately put on an expression of immense guilt, biting her lip with a pitiful look.

"I don't know what came over me just now, I inexplicably knocked over your noodles. Let me make you another bowl, okay?"

With that, she made as if to go back to the room to get the rest of Xu Zhaozhao's instant noodles.

She knew precisely where Xu Zhaozhao kept her belongings.

"Never mind," Xu Zhaozhao shook her head. "I'm almost full anyway."

She should even thank Chen Sisi for helping her practice some self-discipline.

More importantly, she needed to save those remaining boxes of instant noodles just in case there was nothing to eat by the end.

Thinking of this, she stood up.

Those on dates had all gone out on dates, and those left behind had no other activities scheduled; she might as well take this opportunity to go out and make some money.