Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Huo Cheng actually struggled with the decision for a long time.
Last time, he overthought things and did the opposite of what was expected, which backfired. He still hadn’t fully recovered from that frustration.
Therefore, he was very cautious when making this selection.
Logically, he should have chosen Ice and Snow City or Happy Valley.
This was the place where romance reality shows should be filmed.
The last coffee shop was clearly just there to make up the numbers; you could go for coffee anytime, he figured no one would choose it.
And that sculpture park.
There were plenty of places to go in the park, but it’s so cold here.
Museums, art galleries, and miniature trains were all fairly standard dating spots.
Hot springs were nice, but he doubted anyone would choose them. Going on a date to a hot spring in a dating reality show just seemed a bit dangerous.
He struggled with the decision for a long time, but in the end decided to do the opposite.
He felt he could take another gamble.
He bet Zhai Xingchen won’t go to places with too many people.
He hesitated for a while between the coffee shop and the park, but finally chose the park, which was slightly more suitable for a date than the coffee shop.
He chose the park for another reason: he glanced at the map and found that the sculpture park and the art museum were very close to each other.
It was also not too far from the coffee shop on the card.
Because all three of them are located in the city center.
He thought that if Zhai Xingchen hadn’t come to the park, he could go to the art museum or the coffee shop, since they were both nearby, which would increase their chances of running into each other.
The production team didn’t stipulate that they had to stroll around in the park!
When he arrived and saw the banners and colorful balloons at the entrance, he became excited.
The music festival was bustling with crowds. It was a romantic and celebratory occasion for young people, and an unexpected surprise for him.
At that moment, he desperately hoped that Zhai Xingchen could come too.
Did God hear his heart’s desire?
He stood by the roadside, watching the flow of traffic.
He didn’t stop until he saw their production crew’s car slowly drive up and stop about 100 meters away from the gate.
At that moment, his heart almost jumped out of his chest.
Until he looked through the car window and saw Zhai Xingchen’s familiar face.
Oh my, at that moment his eyes really welled up with tears, and his heart was pounding with indescribable emotion.
He pursed his lips, his expression softening, and reached out to knock twice on the car window.
“Zhai Xingchen”.
His name…
Zhai Xingchen was surprised. He put on a mask and got out of the car: “Brother Huo.”
Huo Cheng just smiled. Zhai Xingchen also smiled, perhaps because Huo Cheng was so happy that he felt a little embarrassed.
Huo Cheng nodded, his mask covering the lower half of his face, revealing only his bright, smiling eyes.
“Should we wait here for the others, or go inside first?” Zhai Xingchen asked the staff.
“Let’s go inside first. It’s too conspicuous with the cameras here,” Huo Cheng said. “I just saw a lot of people doing live streams at the entrance and inside. Let’s blend in with them.”
No one should be coming, right?
He felt that more people would choose the ice and snow city or the coffee shop.
God help us, let Pei Xu and Yan Zhi choose to go to Ice and Snow City, the farther away the better!
“Then you can go in first. We don’t know if any more guests will come, or how long it will take,” the staff member said.
Huo Cheng and Zhai Xingchen then went into the park.
Huo Cheng walked and laughed.
Zhai Xingchen turned to look at him, smiling, and said, “What are you laughing at?”
“I knew you’d come here!” Huo Cheng said with a smile.
That sentence really touched him. I knew you would come here, so I chose this place.
This was exactly the kind of straight shot that Huo Cheng played.
Zhai Xingchen said with a smile, “I thought no one would choose here.”
The music festival officially started at 5 p.m., and the park was already packed with people. The park was very large, with a huge lake covered in thick ice, and many people were playing on the lake.
The music festival stage was set up on the lawn on the north shore of the lake. It was still early, but the colorful lights on the stage had already begun to flash. The lawn was packed with people, and a long line of food and drink vendors stretched along the lakeside street. The music was deafening, and everyone wore small red antler-shaped lights on their heads.
The North City Music Festival, also known as the Deer Music Festival.
The closer they got to the stage, the noisier the environment became. Huo Cheng turned slightly to the side and said loudly, “I thought this area was all sculptures, the kind that’s very quiet and deserted.”
“Me too.” Zhai Xingchen looked at the lively crowd and put on the hood of his down jacket.
Seeing that he had put it on, Huo Cheng put it on as well.
Even with masks and hats on, their stunning figures attracted the attention of many passersby. Fortunately, many online celebrities were livestreaming nearby, with selfie sticks and cameras everywhere, so no one noticed the staff member with a handheld camera next to them.
“How about we buy one too?” Huo Cheng asked.
Before Zhai Xingchen could answer, he grabbed his arm and led him to a woman selling things nearby.
He bought two antler headbands that they could wear on their heads.
He thought the antler headband was so cute and perfect for Zhai Xingchen. Choosing this place was definitely the right decision; it feels so romantic!
“You look really good in it.” He said, putting it on himself as well, and it stuck on the hood of his down jacket.
His demeanor was cold and rugged, and the orange-red antler headband created an indescribable contrast. He even asked Zhai Xingchen earnestly, “How is it?”
“Cute,” Zhai Xingchen said.
Huo Cheng smiled with his eyes narrowed, as if he had turned into a big boy in a second.
Compared to Pei Xu’s restraint, Huo Cheng was clearly an outgoing person. He was genuinely happy, and Zhai Xingchen could feel his overflowing joy, which he tried to suppress but couldn’t. His intense love was straightforward and naked, almost scorching, yet exceptionally sincere, making it impossible for anyone to easily betray him.
Zhai Xingchen glanced at the map in the park and said, “It’s still early, let’s go see the sculptures first.”
The park was very large, divided into several areas, including an animal area, an amusement area, a food area, a sculpture area, and so on. The sculpture area was the largest and also the most crowded. Many people are taking pictures there. Even before you got close, you could see a spaceship sculpture that was more than ten meters tall. The spaceship was broken in the middle, and a huge flower crown extended out from it. Lying in the flower crown was a silver-white astronaut. The scene was both eerie and shocking.
“Wow.” This completely exceeded their expectations for the sculpture park.
“Coming today was definitely the right decision!” Huo Cheng said.
But what he didn’t know was that he wasn’t the only one who came to the sculpture park.
Pei Xu didn’t hesitate for long when making his choice.
He immediately set his sights on the sculpture park.
After spending time with him, he felt he understood Zhai Xingchen’s psychology better than the other guests. Although there were eight attractions, he knew Zhai Xingchen definitely wouldn’t choose places like the Ice and Snow City.
He also definitely wouldn’t choose a coffee shop, which was ranked last.
Zhai Xingchen would definitely choose one from the lower-middle class.
He felt that a sculpture park was the most likely option.
So when he got out of the car and looked around the gate but couldn’t find Zhai Xingchen, he was quite surprised.
However, since it was a blind selection, there was definitely a possibility of not getting selected.
He pursed his thin lips and asked the staff member next to him, “Am I the only one who chose the sculpture park?”
The cameraman following him, Xiao Wei, said, “I don’t know, I didn’t ask when I came.”
Pei Xu stood at the door for a while, and then saw a car from the production crew slowly driving towards him.
Pei Xu’s expression could no longer be described as serious.
The mask covered the lower half of his face, revealing only his solemn eyebrows and eyes.
The car stopped in front of him, and the back door opened, revealing first suit trousers and slender ankles encased in black stockings.
Refined and elegant, it was the essence of strict discipline.
Yan Zhi was also taken aback when he saw Pei Xu.
When he got out of the car and found that only Pei Xu was at the door, he was even more surprised.
Yan Zhi adjusted his glasses and looked around again.
“Are you all alone here?” Yan Zhi asked.
Pei Xu hummed in agreement.
The two looked at each other, and the atmosphere instantly froze.
This was the first time Pei Xu had ever felt so awkward since recording “Red and Blue Signal”.
Does he intend to spend the entire afternoon with Yan Zhi?
It was too awkward; he would rather be with people like Huo Cheng and Hu Ying.
Yan Zhi was also embarrassed, even though this kind of blind selection might have meant being paired with his love rival.
But everyone was better than Pei Xu.
He asked the staff member next to him, “Is it just the two of us?”
“Director Guo said earlier that everyone should gather at the entrance,” his cameraman said.
A large crowd had gathered at the entrance, and Pei Xu was the first to walk into the crowd.
Yan Zhi pursed his lips, frowned, looked around, and then looked at Pei Xu, who was looking around in the crowd.
Yan Zhi had already considered returning to the place.
He appeared gentle, but he was actually a person with extreme likes and dislikes. The more he loved Zhai Xingchen, the less he liked Pei Xu, and he harbored a very strong hostility towards him.
Pei Xu probably thought so too.
They rarely interacted. Among the eight guests, they were the most distant from each other. Strangely enough, at the beginning, he didn’t know that Pei Xu also liked Zhai Xingchen. His main rivals were Huo Cheng and Hu Ying.
But it seems the two were just incompatible by nature, and they barely communicated.
There was none before, and there was certainly none now.
If the two of them sat together, they probably wouldn’t even be able to exchange a single polite word.
Pei Xu stepped out from the crowd without saying a word.
The two stood by the roadside, and the cameraman next to them started to feel awkward, saying, “Brother Duan and Hu Ying are behind us, let’s see if they come…”
Three people together might be much better.
They waited by the roadside for a while.
Yan Zhi looked towards the main entrance and asked, “Is there a performance?”
“Hmm,” Pei Xu said casually, “a music festival.”
The two of them didn’t say another word and let the camera film them.
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