After Appearing on a Dating Show with a Top-Star Omega - Chapter 14

After hanging up the call, Yu Qingshi continued looking through the messages on her phone.

The Weibo posts exposing Jiang Yuan’s appearance had already all been taken down by her.

The A University post had also been deleted by the administrators after it was reported.

Now, only Jiang Yuan’s own Weibo post remained, and the comment section was still fermenting.

Everyone below was chattering, already treating their participation in the dating show as a settled fact.

Yu Qingshi sighed and raised a hand to rub between her brows.

It seemed this dating show was now something they had to join.

Yu Qingshi opened WeChat. Sure enough, Qin Yiting had already sent messages.

[Qin Yiting: They dug it up…]

[They’ve followed the clues and already dug up the couples I contacted too. What kind of famous detectives are this generation of netizens?!]

[My dating show has to be moved up. What do you and that person of yours think? If you’re not participating, tell me so I can do emergency PR.]

Yu Qingshi raised her hand and typed a reply.

[Give me two minutes.]

She exited the app, returned to the call page, and dialed Jiang Yuan.

“Beep—”

The sound of the front door unlocking suddenly rang out.

Yu Qingshi raised her eyes and looked over.

The door opened, and light poured in, wrapping the person outside in a layer of warmth.

Jiang Yuan had her phone pressed to her ear. Even her hair seemed gilded by the light. When she saw Yu Qingshi, she could not help smiling.

“Qingshi.”

“Qingshi.”

The voice came from both the receiver beside Yu Qingshi’s ear and the person in front of her at the same time, waking Yu Qingshi from her daze.

She blinked several times before reacting. “Yuanyuan is back?”

Jiang Yuan closed the door and walked up to her. “Mm. Doctor Lü said there’s nothing wrong.”

“That’s good.”

Yu Qingshi poured a cup of water for Jiang Yuan and handed it over. “I’ve already handled the online public opinion, but netizens are still guessing that we’re going on a dating show. Qin Yiting asked me to ask what you think.”

“Does Qingshi want to go?” Jiang Yuan lowered her eyes, observing Yu Qingshi’s expression.

She was afraid Yu Qingshi did not want to be tied together with her at all.

She said seriously, “If Qingshi wants to go, then we’ll go.”

Jiang Yuan had also read a few comments and knew what everyone was discussing.

“Then let’s go,” Yu Qingshi said with a smile.

Although appearing on the show would bring many inconveniences, as long as she was there, she would take good care of Yuanyuan.

Yu Qingshi picked up her phone and replied to Qin Yiting.

Qin Yiting had clearly been waiting by her phone. The moment she saw the message, she exploded.

[That’s great!! That’s great!!! Love you, Old Shi. See you tomorrow. [heart]]

Yu Qingshi was merciless:

[Remember to prepare the contract. Pay special attention to the appearance fee.]

Qin Yiting: “…”

After settling that side, Yu Qingshi continued speaking.

“Also, about your photos being exposed this time…” She paused for a few seconds. “It has something to do with that classmate of yours.”

“Jiang Qi?” Although it was a question, Jiang Yuan immediately locked onto the person. She was not surprised and had vaguely guessed it already.

Yu Qingshi handed her phone to Jiang Yuan.

Inside were the real-name records behind the anonymous forum account. In the name column, the two characters Jiang Qi were written clearly.

Yu Qingshi chose her words carefully. “So how this matter should be handled is up to Yuanyuan.”

“…Thank you, Qingshi. I caused trouble for you.”

“What trouble?” Yu Qingshi said. “I was the one who insisted on going to A University to eat.”

“Yuanyuan, go talk to her first. I’ll take a shower.”

It was already late, so Yu Qingshi did not say more.

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan suddenly reached out and grabbed her. “No.”

“Mm?” Yu Qingshi was startled and looked blankly at her.

“You haven’t fully recovered yet. You can’t take a shower. You’ll get a fever again.” Jiang Yuan was extremely glad that she had come back and could still stop Yu Qingshi.

“But I feel uncomfortable.” Yu Qingshi pressed her lips down, making a shallow dimple appear in her cheek.

“…Wipe yourself with a towel?” Jiang Yuan did not have much experience being this firm, so her voice unconsciously softened as she coaxed her.

“Fine—” Yu Qingshi leaned against the bedroom door and dragged out her tone, reluctantly agreeing.

“Then… good night, Yuanyuan?”

Jiang Yuan’s lashes trembled. She stood there without making a sound.

“?”

The expected words did not come. Yu Qingshi was puzzled. She stretched out a finger and poked Jiang Yuan, as if pressing a broken toy. “Good night, Yuanyuan?”

“I’m sorry!” Jiang Yuan gathered all her courage and finally blurted out the words that had been stuck in her chest the whole way back.

“Ah?” Yu Qingshi was completely confused. “What is Yuanyuan talking about? The trending search? That wasn’t because of you. Yuanyuan, don’t—”

Unable to face the other person’s gentle gaze directly, Jiang Yuan closed her eyes and said everything in one breath. “Doctor Lü let me smell, smell… your pheromones from your heat period… I-I’m sorry.”

As she spoke, her head lowered further and further, as if she wanted to sink into the cracks of the floor.

Heat rushed straight to the top of her head like a small steam train puffing loudly.

After holding it in for so long, she had finally said it.

She could have pretended nothing had happened, but Jiang Yuan could not do that.

In this ABO world, pheromones were viewed as extremely important, let alone pheromones from a heat period. Her behavior was truly, truly far too offensive!

After hearing this, Yu Qingshi froze for an instant.

Then, as if embarrassment were contagious, it swept over her entire body too.

“…What happened?” she asked, forcing herself to stay composed.

“Doctor Lü said it’s normal for partners and asked me to… get familiar with it in advance.”

Jiang Yuan told her everything that had happened at the hospital.

Because she had specifically sprayed herself with pheromone-blocking spray, the magnolia scent covering her body had been hidden.

“O-okay.” Yu Qingshi tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear, using the movement to look away. “This isn’t your fault. Yuanyuan, sleep early.”

“Good night.” This time, Yu Qingshi did not wait for the other person to respond. She hurriedly closed the door, cutting off their line of sight.

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Late at night, a Weibo post from Qin Yiting rushed onto the trending list.

[Qin Yiting V: Hehe, borrowing my childhood friend’s popularity to promote the dating show.

I’ve felt everyone’s enthusiasm. The pilot episode of Same-Frequency Heartbeat will air as a livestream on Apple Video. Please tune in at 8 p.m. on Wednesday. I’ll be waiting for you~~~

Guests: @Yu Qingshi @Jiang Yuan, @Lei Lei @Chen Shu, @Gu Feifei @Ling Yu]

As usual, the comments below turned into a chaotic pot of porridge.

[Are you crazy??? Three couples: one in a passionate romance, one divorced, and one screen CP???]

[A bizarre dating show. [clap][clap]]

[That really is Producer Qin’s usual style.]

[FeiYu CP, oh my god. I can’t imagine how fiercely the two fandoms will fight.]

[Let me add something. The first pair is a B/O romance. One Beta with an S-rank Omega, one divorced couple, and one screen couple. So exciting. I’m eating this show up.]

[Yu Qingshi and Gu Feifei on the same show?? It’s over. A bloody storm is coming.]

……

But no matter how the internet judged and speculated, Wednesday still arrived on time.

At exactly 8 p.m., netizens flooded wildly into the livestream room, nearly getting the account banned.

Yu Qingshi had the greatest fame, so their pair was arranged as the finale.

The two waited in the dressing room.

Jiang Yuan had shed her student look. Yu Qingshi had personally styled her outfit.

She wore the V-neck shirt Yu Qingshi had given her, layered with a cropped leather jacket.

Her hair was loose and combed back. Light makeup had been applied to her face, and her brows and eyes had been carefully defined, making them deep-set and beautiful.

Jiang Yuan was not very used to seeing herself in the mirror. She curled her hand, her fingertips pressing into her palm, but she did not dare move around, worried that any movement might ruin the styling.

Yu Qingshi looked at the person in the mirror, dazed for an instant before quickly coming back to herself.

She patted Jiang Yuan’s shoulder. “Yuanyuan, relax. I’ll be beside you.”

“And the relationship length I reported was one month, so the questions won’t be too difficult.”

“Okay.” Jiang Yuan looked over through the mirror.

Their gazes met in the mirror, and they both smiled at each other.

The livestream format had the two of them sitting face-to-face while answering questions on drawing boards.

Behind them was a huge screen showing their heart rate monitoring.

After the two sat down, the bullet comments began scrolling rapidly.

[My sister is so beautiful.]

[I didn’t expect this Jiang Yuan to be pretty good-looking too.]

[? Did you think the paparazzi would edit photos for you?]

[How can a Beta have my sister?! I refuse to accept this!]

……

Qin Yiting cleared her throat and began asking questions.

“Your partner’s age.”

The question was simple. The two put down their pens at the same time and revealed their boards.

“21.”

“25.”

Qin Yiting nodded and upgraded the question. “If you had to describe the other person as an animal, what would they be?”

Bullet comments:

[Yu Qingshi leopard-coding supremacy!]

[I could close my eyes and still know someone would say that.]

[Great leopard-coding mommy. [starry eyes]]

Jiang Yuan wrote quickly and even had time to draw on the board.

She was the first to reveal her board.

On the board was a little cat hugging the moon.

The little cat was fluffy. The person holding the pen had excellent drawing skills, and with just a few strokes, she had outlined the soft fluffiness of the cat.

When Yu Qingshi saw it, she immediately understood, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.

[Oh my god, my sister’s smile is so sweet.]

[What is this?? Why is my sister smiling? What little secret is this?]

[I’m losing it, ahhh! What did she understand?! Please don’t have secrets, okay? I’m willing to sleep under the bed!]

[Cat? My sister really was kind of cat-like in university. Now she’s completely the adult form.]

[Are any of you even noticing Jiang Yuan’s earrings…]

Then, Yu Qingshi revealed her board, showing three elegant little words.

“Obedient puppy.”

The bullet comments froze for one second, then started scrolling even faster.

[What?? What is this???]

[Ahhhhh, what kind of nickname is that?!]

[I’m dead.]

[What segment is this? Flirting?]

[What else did you think it was?]

This was also the first time Jiang Yuan learned what Yu Qingshi thought of her.

When she saw those three words, she froze for an instant. Then her whole body instantly flushed red.

The heart rate behind her shot straight up, reaching 110 beats per minute.

[Jiang Yuan got shy.]

[Her heart is beating so fast.]

[That’s why she’s a puppy, ehehehehe.]

[Older sister x puppy. I’m kissing you all.]

Qin Yiting looked at the backend data and laughed happily behind the screen.

It was all thanks to her shameless pestering that they had these moments!! So worth it!!!

Qin Yiting drew the next question. When she saw the slip of paper, her eyes narrowed into smiling slits, her face full of teasing.

Facing her childhood friend’s icy gaze, she charged forward anyway.

“When was your first kiss?”