Ji Yanluo was bound to a debunking System in her previous mission world. This time, she enters a badly concluded dating-show novel, where her mission is to successfully pair up with a male contestant and become a wildly popular couple.
But as soon as she joins the show... her professional fact-checker instincts kick in.
All these first-round male contestants are so "fake."
Guy 1: I'm a rich second-generation heir and company CEO. I drive a supercar.
I'm kind of into you, so I hope you'll pursue me.
Ji Yanluo: You're the playboy who got the original host cyberbullied. You borrowed a car and pretended it was yours to get on this show. Get out of here.
Guy 2: A short-video creator on Mankuai with millions of followers, who claims to be sincere and faithful in relationships.
Ji Yanluo: Ha. You sell counterfeits in your livestream, and while filming this dating show, your alt account is still flirting with your "ex" girlfriend.
Guy 3: A manager at a fashion label who keeps saying "my brand's clothes" and claims to work with Mr. Ji Yunsheng, one of the country's top male designers.
Ji Yanluo: What? Ji Yunsheng is a woman.
The System comes online, completely baffled: Didn't we transfer to a new department together?
Show crew: Ma'am, this is a dating show. Please, we're begging you to stop.
Ji Yanluo (shrugging): I also want to form a couple and get my mission reward as soon as possible, but I can't date a fake guy.
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Three male contestants have crashed and burned on Heartbeat Romance. Viewers discover that aside from all having a crush on Female Contestant 1, Ji Yanluo, they have something else in common: they all received the same love note from her.
[I'm dying. That's not a love note, it's a notice to get out!]
[She's got eagle eyes! The ultimate scumbag detector!]
Ji Yanluo becomes famous, and the show's spectacular collapses send its popularity through the roof.
Viewers cheer and complain at the same time:
[Can the producers get it together? Is it really so hard to find a few quality men for the show?]
The show's producers are sweating buckets. A few more male contestants arrive.
One of them was invited after an employee accidentally appeared in a livestream at the filming location and gushed about how handsome he was. It later comes out that he's the show's biggest sponsor and the future heir to the Qin Group.
Viewers: Dig into him! There's no way he came here to date!
"What should I call you?" "Qin Liupo."
"The jade moon moves through the empty sky, its reflected soul drifting over cold waters?"
"No. It's from:
Cold light fills the window, brightening pillow and mat; clear rays gather dew and brush the misty vines.
A cassia branch slants across the Milky Way as its spirit drifts; a breeze stirs the duckweed, rippling the water."
Ji Yanluo: ...Is he here for me?
Viewers: Holy crap! Don't dig too hard, this name-based ship is kind of cute!
P.S. 1. This is a dating show for civilians. I'm terrible at titles and blurbs, so I hope you'll click in and read the story~ The heroine has an ordinary job, but she's one of a kind on the dating show (doge). She's adored by everyone and doesn't engage in female rivalry. The male contestants get debunked, then compete with each other for her (hee hee).
2. The poems in the blurb are excerpts from On Behalf of Commander Ding Wenbo of Kuizhou and Admiring the Moon on the Night of the Fifteenth Day of the Eighth Month.
The celebrity dating show All the Contestants in This Dating Show Are Held Hostage by the Truth is nearing its end. Please add it to your reading list. Here's the blurb:
After being reborn, Duocai discovers she's the doomed-to-die white moonlight of the male lead in a dating-show novel.
What? When someone is speechless, they really do laugh. So, after ten years in showbiz, just as she was about to become an A-lister, she was blacklisted for refusing to sleep her way to the top, quit in a fit of rage, and got hit by a car and killed, all because of this?!
She also gets inexplicably bound to a living-person System:
[Join a dating show and earn Living Points to change your fate~]
[Who says Living Points are hard to earn? They're so easy! Host tells the truth, the other person responds with the truth, and you earn Living Points in no time~]
Duocai: ...Tell the truth in the domestic entertainment industry? Got it. Let the hunt begin!
When the celebrity dating show Love in Peach Blossom Spring begins airing, viewers assume it's just a bunch of overpaid celebrities trying to take a shortcut to fame by manufacturing a couple. They never expected the contestants to get real!
They go all out on the very first day!
Popular young actress: Duocai, I saw a rumor saying you slapped Director Li and got blacklisted. Is it true?
Duocai: No, I slapped him twice. I also heard a rumor about you, that you date every male lead in your dramas and secretly beat and berate your staff. Is that true?
Popular young actress: Yes. (covers her mouth, eyes wide in shock) (What did I just say?)
That night, former employees who had been beaten and berated come forward with revelations, and the popular young actress's reputation is ruined.
A handsome young junior colleague insinuates that Duocai received love notes from three male contestants, is dating all three, and is secretly a seasoned player.
Duocai: I've been single since birth. But you... how many times have you read the company's... certain executive's late-night scripts?
Handsome young junior colleague: Nineteen times! He comes to his senses. Oh no, I'm done for.
A socially awkward musical genius passionately kisses a female contestant in the restroom, then turns around and flirts with Duocai, brazenly declaring: I have a thing about sexual purity. I won't accept you filming kissing scenes or bed scenes with other men.
Duocai: Heh. You may be obsessed with sexual purity, but you sleep with both men and women, have an exhibitionism fetish, athlete's foot, and use drugs, right?
Musical genius: Right.
The drug test results come in, and his career is over.
Viewers: Holy crap! Is this Truth or Dare: The Dating Show Scandal? This is wild!
After several celebrities crash and burn, the director takes medical leave. A mysterious new director steps in to handle the mess, bringing on Director Li, who was rumored to have been slapped twice by Duocai, along with the novel's male and female leads, who were meant to be the show's unpredictable wildcards...
By the end of filming
Duocai stands amid the ruins of a celebrity scandal. She's the real deal, beautiful and talented, and becomes a huge star!
Viewers also notice that Duocai seems to have some kind of supernatural power. Every celebrity contestant who comes up against her becomes a real person: some crash and burn, while those who don't shed their perfect-celebrity masks and become genuine and vivid.
Fans: Thank you, Teacher Duocai. We got to see my guy's/my girl's lively, adorable side.
Celebrities: Sis, you're my real sister. Please don't come near me! (scared) (clutching a little blanket) But you're welcome to go after my rival (not really).
Directors: Teacher Duocai, I have a script I'd love to work with you on!
Viewers: This is so crazy, I love it, and Zhangdeng Jiecai is such a good ship!
Duocai: You're shipping me with the new director? That's bizarre!
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After Duocai's truth-telling magic, Love in Peach Blossom Spring brings viewers another great unsolved mystery! The new director, who was mistaken for a new male contestant when he first appeared and dresses in luxury brands every day like a runway supermodel, is an overseas student who became famous abroad for starring in web dramas. Why did he suddenly return to China to take over a dating show full of scandals?
He deliberately invites Director Li, who has a feud with Duocai, onto the show to create a showdown. He doesn't seem very nice to Duocai, but his actions later on... Oh, he's definitely here for Duocai!
Theme: When you meet the right person, love them boldly and wholeheartedly!
Emmm I have reason to suspect that Qin Liupo did it on purpose, and I suspect that in the next chapter he will directly slap Wu He in the face. After all, Ji Yanluo said in the show that a good partner will avoid all misunderstandings on his own.
Finished spreading flowers [spreading flowers] ps. The director of the preview looks miserable too hahahaha
Anyone who has something evil in mind or wants to do something evil probably has to get out of the car. However, I think Ji Yanluo's brand may attract some people who are really here to find a partner. They may be naive, or they may be forced by their families to go on blind dates and get married.
Hahahahahaha, we still filmed the second season. Is the director okay?
Sweet story. It's so rare to have a female protagonist with a long mouth and a male protagonist who is more and more expressive. Although it ended a little quickly, it was really good. At least it didn't feel like it was wasted~ 🤩
I felt very comfortable watching it. I haven't read such a light-hearted sweet article in a long time 😭
Damn it, he wants to step on women, but he doesn't want women to fight back? By the way, Mr. Qin, isn't it normal not to get married after a year of dating? Some couples only get married after dating for 8 years. Their relationship is strong.
Write more, write about a mentor taking two seasons on vacation. Anyway, it fits the title of the novel.
Can you write a few more chapters about the sweet life after marriage 🤩
This is over, ah, ah, ah, ah, so fast