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Zhai Xingchen and Hu Ying walked really far, until the cameraman behind them couldn't keep up anymore, then they went back.

The Production Team was very satisfied with these two. This date had both playful pink bubbles from gaming together and heartfelt seaside conversation.

Whether you look at it from a couple's angle or friends' angle, it's both comfortable and romantic.

Guo Bing couldn't help sighing: 'If only every guest were as cooperative and proactive as these two.'

They also have great CP chemistry. Among this season's guests, the two top-tier looks, the sexual tension might not be that strong, but together they feel really well-matched.

Their dynamic is also very comfortable, the most comfortable pair among all the Red and Blue CPs so far.

Candid shots of the two at the Dance School got leaked online too. Even though a lot of netizens had already been shipping Lan-Lan CP beforehand, they also knew this show's main focus is Red and Blue pairing.

[Didn't expect Zhai Xingchen and Hu Ying to be quite a match. At first I thought Zhai Xingchen, this soft top, was a bit weak.]

[Because Hu Ying is too gorgeous, and has long hair, so whoever he stands next to, the top/bottom dynamic is crystal clear!]

[This face-slut only looks at faces, please lock them down forever!]

[Anyone come up with a CP name for them? Chen-Hu CP?]

[Oh god, too depressing. Star Lake CP, so much nicer!]

[Star Lake is such a perfect name, and it fits them so well, has this fresh lake-light-and-stars brightness to it!]

[Stop randomly pairing people up, okay? Hu Ying clearly belongs to Yan Zhi! Yanhu CP refuses to accept this!]

The official broadcast hadn't even come out yet, and Red and Blue CP fans had already started arguing.

But in the end it ended with Yan Zhi's complete victory.

Because once their CP fans put Yan Zhi's resume up, Zhai Xingchen was immediately overshadowed.

'Born into a rich family, East City's Yan family, anyone need a primer? The most popular esports player in the country, do I even need to list the championships he's won?! What does Zhai Xingchen have, isn't he just a little good-looking... okay okay, I admit, he's not a little good-looking, he's very good-looking! But what good is a man just being good-looking? Does he have Six-ge's money, does he have Six-ge's fame, most importantly, does he have Six-ge's size?!'

Setting aside the rest, that last shameless line ruthlessly ground Zhai Xingchen into the dirt.

Zhai Xingchen and Hu Ying didn't get back to the Red and Blue house until 9:30 PM. The moment they walked in, they smelled something burnt.

Hu Ying frowned: 'Fire?'

Zhai Xingchen changed his shoes, hurried to the kitchen for a look, and saw a bunch of people in there, plus Production Team staff, the scene total chaos.

The black smoke in the kitchen hadn't fully cleared, every window that could be opened was open, and the exhaust fan was still humming away.

'What's that smell?' Hu Ying called out.

Wen Nu said, 'Brother Huo and the others were making dinner...'

The three men all looked a bit sheepish when they saw Zhai Xingchen. Zhai Xingchen walked past them and looked at the pot, a layer of burnt crust. The cooking wine and soy sauce next to it had spilled everywhere, dripping down.

'What did you guys make?' Zhai Xingchen asked.

'Just... fish.' Huo Cheng said. 'I only made fish.'

He'd learned a signature dish from the chef today.

Because he felt something like scrambled eggs with tomatoes didn't have enough impact!

'Huo-ge saw the oil pan catch fire and just splashed water on it.' Yan Zhi said. 'Hot oil pan.'

Huo Cheng felt this was a sneaky accusation trying to slander him, so he immediately fired back: 'Then this pile of stuff wasn't knocked over by me.'

Zhai Xingchen sensed gunpowder in the air.

Pei Xu didn't say anything, put on Gloves and carried the pot off, his fair face still smudged with black grime.

'Huo-ge said he wanted to show off.' Pei Xu said. 'Yan Zhi went to help, accidentally knocked over the spice rack next to it.'

Zhai Xingchen glanced at Pei Xu upon hearing this.

Huh, why did even such plain, normal words feel like they had passive-aggressive undertones to him.

'You guys said you'd cook and actually started cooking, it's fine if the food didn't work out, as long as no one's hurt that's the big blessing.' Hu Ying said.

Everyone cleaned up together, took over half an hour to get the kitchen clean.

The pot was a total loss.

'Let's order takeout, I'm starving, my stomach's stuck to my back.' Duan Yihua said. 'What does everyone want to eat.'

Huo Cheng saw the pink rabbit in Hu Ying's arms: 'You guys bought this while playing?'

Hu Ying immediately pulled it out like showing off treasure: 'Cute, right. Xingchen grabbed it.'

'You guys went to grab dolls?' Yan Zhi immediately turned his head to ask.

'Yeah.' Hu Ying said. 'Annoying, I tried so many times and didn't get a single one, Xingchen was playing for the first time too, and got one on his first try.'

The moment he said first time, it immediately caught Yan Zhi's attention. Yan Zhi looked at Zhai Xingchen, then at the pink rabbit.

He could only hate that he couldn't claim it for himself.

'What did you guys do today?' Lin Qingning asked. 'Can we talk about this?'

'Didn't the Production Team say it's a secret?' Pei Xu took off his Gloves: 'Don't say anything.'

'Right, we agreed on a secret date, but everyone knows now.' Hu Ying said.

'Whose fault is it for coming back so late.' Huo Cheng said quietly.

Hu Ying and them weren't really trying to hide from anyone anyway, they heard it and didn't care. Hu Ying carried his pink rabbit upstairs, Zhai Xingchen had just cleaned up and worked up a sweat, so he went back to his room to shower too.

Their date looked very pleasant, they had a great time playing.

Duan Yihua felt a bit dejected.

Huo Cheng wasn't just dejected, he was a bit angry too, didn't even know who he was angry at.

Yan Zhi was still thinking about that pink rabbit.

Pei Xu had also gotten himself all dirty, followed Zhai Xingchen back to the room.

Zhai Xingchen was squatting on the floor, pulling clothes out of his suitcase, sensed someone coming, looked back, it was Pei Xu.

'Do you really like rabbits?' Pei Xu asked.

Zhai Xingchen asked in surprise: 'How did you know?'

'I saw your pajamas have rabbits on them, today you also grabbed a rabbit for Hu Ying.'

The attentive male lead vibes are really showing now.

Attentive, sharp observation skills!

Zhai Xingchen laughed and said: 'Yeah.'

He was born in the year of the rabbit, his favorite cartoon character was Bugs Bunny, he had a pile of them at home.

'Pei-ge, come out for a sec!'

Wen Nuo called him from outside, Pei Xu answered and went out.

When he got outside, he saw Guo Bing had also come, everyone was sitting in the living room, soon Hu Nuo and Duan Yihua came down together.

'Zhai Xingchen went to shower, right?'

Pei Xu nodded.

'What, why so mysterious.' Hu Ying said.

Guo Bing lowered his voice and said: 'Tomorrow night at 7:30, Zhai Xingchen will be participating in their Zhongwu Academy's Final Exam Performance this year, he's the lead dancer of their classical department...'

Guo Bing hadn't even finished speaking when Wen Nuo went 'ah,' very excited.

Yan Zhi and Pei Xu's faces darkened.

'Are we going to watch?' Duan Yihua asked.

'Can we go watch?' Hu Ying asked.

Guo Bing smiled and said: 'Please everyone arrive at the Zhongwu Salon Stage tomorrow night at 7 o'clock on time, to watch Zhai Xingchen's Performance together. To avoid making him too nervous, we hope everyone can keep it a secret, and after his Performance ends, we'll give him a surprise.'

'Wow,' Lin Qingning said, 'I've actually always wanted to see Xingchen dance.'

'Me too!' Wen Nuo couldn't contain his excitement.

Huo Cheng's eyes were even brighter.

Guo Bing said quietly: 'The reason I'm telling everyone in advance is so that everyone can clear their evening schedule tomorrow, so I also hope everyone can keep it secret.'

'No problem.' Huo Cheng said.

After Guo Bing left, Hu Ying and Duan Yihua chatted as they went upstairs.

'Has anyone seen Xingchen dance?' Duan Yihua asked. 'Don't know what style he is.'

'Xingchen studies classical dance.' Wen Nuo said.

'That should be beautiful.' Hu Ying said.

Oh no, he felt this wasn't necessarily a good thing for Zhai Xingchen.

The manly image he'd just established in the sit-ups was probably going to be knocked back into the sisters category because of this Performance.

Because in his impression, classical dance was basically two types, one was super masculine, all muscle lines, hormones exploding, the other was soft and graceful. Looking at Zhai Xingchen's figure and vibe, he was clearly going for the grace route.

Beautiful, yes, but probably not top enough.

'Does Duan-ge usually follow classical dance?' he asked.

'I watch it often,' Duan Yihua said. 'I just went with a friend last month to see Teacher Zhang Fang's dance drama Dream of the Red Chamber.'

Then it's over, someone who often watches dance masters perform, Zhai Xingchen probably won't be able to amaze him.

'Wasn't there a dance video going viral on WeChat Moments recently, a Teacher Li dancing Bunyue Dance. I was very impressed, extremely beautiful.'

'Ah, I've seen that video!' Wen Nuo said. 'I saw it online.'

'Just from the name it sounds like Xingchen's type.' Hu Ying said.

'It's their final exam performance, probably not a solo.' Lin Qingning said.

'The Director said he's the lead dancer.' Wen Nuo said.

Hu Ying laughed and said: 'Tomorrow we'll sneak over, definitely give him a big scare.'

After returning to their respective rooms, Duan Yihua opened his suitcase and started picking out clothes for tomorrow.

Wen Nuo lay on the table, looking at the Rose Flower in the vase.

Hu Ying put the pink rabbit on his bed.

Hu Ying felt the Production Team's intentions here were good.

Among the four blue side guests, Zhai Xingchen was the most disadvantaged one. In terms of ability, wealth, masculinity, he seemed somewhat lacking. He needed a chance to shine, and since dancing was his specialty, it would presumably boost his charm.

Whether these guests liked him or not was secondary, the most important thing was letting the audience see Zhai Xingchen's shining points.

Looking further ahead, this would be very helpful for Zhai Xingchen's future.

Yan Zhi and Pei Xu hadn't expected the Production Team to suddenly pull this move.

What Zhai Xingchen's dancing looked like, how much charm he had, no one knew better than the two of them.

They themselves felt this way, let alone others!

Especially Huo Cheng, wouldn't he go crazy?!

This was like a war without gunpowder, before they'd even secured a favorable position, the battle had already entered white-hot intensity!

Zhai Xingchen, this gem, couldn't be hidden anymore.

Early the next morning, the Production Team was all out.

Today was a shot of adrenaline!

If the previous sit-ups PK was just a small test, the big reversal was coming!

Star Sea Video Network, which closely followed their show's latest developments, also got the news and specifically came to meet with the Production Team.

'Prince of Lanling, this dance is great, you know classical dance, it's beautiful, yes, but it also divides into masculine and soft. If it's soft, it might attract Pei Xu and them, but might not attract Hu Ying and them. But Prince of Lanling, this dance is too fierce, beautiful AND fierce!'

'More than that, ever since they knew this show was going on TV, Zhongwu has put in a lot of effort, the stage, music, lighting are all top-tier, saying it's magnificent is no exaggeration!'

'Tonight really is this season's first big event!'

The video site's person in charge said: 'The show is about to premiere soon, so let's do a Live Streaming tonight to build some hype!'

As the flagship variety show for the fourth quarter, and Star Sea Network's ace variety show, the site attached great importance to the premiere of The Red and Blue Signal, with very active pre-launch efforts.

Early in the morning, Star Sea Network put the Live Streaming Preview on the homepage headline, and the number of reserved viewers quickly broke a million.

[Finally another Live Streaming!]

[The Red and Blue Signal has been kept so tight these past few days, why suddenly open a Live Streaming today?]

[There must be something big today, right.]

[Why hasn't this show premiered yet! I've already warmed up my voice ready to scream like a groundhog!]

[The Red and Blue Signal this season has too many tricks, the preview trailer has raised audience expectations so high, Pei Xu and them are so cocky, if the later episodes don't have real-fragrance face-slaps, won't it be embarrassing?]

[Right, and this is the only variety show that hasn't even premiered yet but keeps doing Live Streaming every few days to whet the audience's appetite, right? The reserved viewers have already broken two million now! If tonight's Live Streaming isn't exciting, just wait to be mocked!]