I Joined a Dating Show to Slack Off, But Was Forced to Become a Grind King

[Complete. The whole book costs just 4.35 yuan. Thank you, dear readers, for supporting the official release.] ★ Check out my upcoming novel, When a Top-Tier Star Leaves the Industry to Cook: keywords: interstellar, full-dive virtual reality, food. The blurb is at the bottom. If it sounds interesting, dear readers, please tap the little star to add it to your collection~ ☆ Story blurb [Calculating, clingy green-tea celebrity top × healing, all-around content creator bottom] What do you do when you’re forced to sign up for a dating reality show and can’t back out? You have no choice but to go. – There’s no script for a dating show, and Wen Yu plans to coast through the whole thing. He sees himself as nothing more than a filler contestant. But whenever he tries to slack off, something always happens to his teammates, leaving him no choice but to step in and clean up the mess. While making clay figures: “Yuyu, aaaaaah, how am I supposed to shape this? Why does it keep collapsing? I followed the tutorial step by step!” Wen Yu: (silent) (walks over) (guides them hand over hand) A beautiful cup takes shape. While cutting out silhouettes: “I cut it wrong again! Yuyu, help!!!” Wen Yu: (silent again) (quietly takes it from them) (carefully cuts) A little cat silhouette appears. Netizens: ...Is this a dating show? It’s obviously Me and My Useless Teammates!!! The show’s producers try to put the contestants through the wringer, making them work together in pairs. The contestants all turn into droopy little puppies, staring at Wen Yu with pleading eyes. Netizens: These are my idols? The directors: Did we hire the wrong person? Wen Yu: ...Want me to try? The production team shouts desperately: No! You can’t dump everything on him! Netizens: The director really makes me cry. He’s afraid one of the contestants might get a break. Wen Yu: Weren’t we supposed to be slacking off? Why am I doing everything? (falls over) Just as Wen Yu is enjoying a quiet life, everyone notices Shen Yan sneaking into Wen Yu’s livestream to bring him juice, feed him fruit, and pamper him in every way. Shen Yan is completely indulgent, treating Wen Yu so carefully it’s as if he’s afraid Wen Yu might break if he holds him, or melt if he keeps him in his mouth. One day, some bored netizens realize that a video from a popular creator with millions of followers is actually Wen Yu! He’s the Bilibili crafts creator! He’s also the big shot with the gorgeous art style! Just how many secret identities does he still have to reveal!!! [Wife (screaming)!!! I knew it was you, my wife!!!] [I wondered how he could do everything! Turns out a big shot was secretly here to have fun!] – It’s only after the official announcement that everyone realizes the two of them have been appearing together for ages. This was all part of someone’s long-planned scheme! [Wow, wow, wow, he actually stole him right from under our noses! Shameless!!!] [Aaaaaah, damn it, I spotted someone snatching my wife right away! Give my wife back!] Netizens swarm Shen Yan’s comments. That night, a trending topic crashes Weibo. Shen Yan: Yuyu is mine, not yours. @NotFishButYu [Reading guide] 1. No real-life inspirations, no real-life inspirations, no real-life inspirations [important things must be said three times]. 2. The setting is fictional. Same-sex couples can date and get married. 3. Some of the show’s activities may feel a little old-fashioned. I’ll try to come up with some new ideas, but there may not be many. On the surface it’s a dating show, but in practice there’s a lot of crafting. This is plot-driven, not romance-driven. 4. There will be lots of chat comments, and sometimes the story goes a little wild. Feel free to skip those parts if you don’t like them; it won’t affect your reading. 5. The top isn’t that much of a green tea at first. He needs time to warm up before becoming clingy and sly. Overall, he’s more calculating than anything. 6. The top pampers the bottom. Not suitable for kk readers, no kk, and no top or bottom self-inserts [pay attention]. Please add my upcoming novel, When a Top-Tier Star Leaves the Industry to Cook, to your collection ●v● The food blogger Mu Fengzao transmigrates to an interstellar age where everyone lives on nutrient solution. The good news is that he’s become a top-tier celebrity. The bad news is that he can’t do any of the things the original owner could. After drinking nutrient solution for two meals in a row, he can’t take it anymore and decides to find himself something good to eat. He walks into a five-star restaurant and is stunned. The food is bland and watery, without a drop of oil or a grain of salt! Mu Fengzao can’t stand it. He quickly ends his contract, leaves the entertainment industry, and decisively returns to his old job as a food blogger! And so, in a livestreaming scene full of ingredients boiled in plain water, a food blogger appears, bringing the mouthwatering flavors of spicy, savory cuisine. When Mu Fengzao first creates his account, the bloggers around him look down on him. How could some minor celebrity understand the art of cooking? But when he starts streaming, the bloggers around him are stunned. When netizens across the interstellar world hear about it: Their idol left the industry just to cook this food? It’s so delicious!!! Zaozao, can we make a deal? We’ve been your fans for years. Could we get a taste while it’s still hot? And that’s not all. Some netizens discover that Mu Fengzao’s food contains ingredients that can heal mental powers! A patient with a troubled mental domain smells the spicy crawfish and suddenly starts dancing around in bed and opens their eyes. The patient has woken up from hunger. One bite of a crystal shrimp dumpling, and a mental domain that was deteriorating suddenly stabilizes. While gathering ingredients, Mu Fengzao happens to pick up a white lion. The lion is strange. It doesn’t like raw meat, but it’s obsessed with the food he makes. Then one day, Mu Fengzao sees a tall man in his courtyard. The netizens who witness the white lion transform into a man go crazy. Isn’t that their general?!!! #You’re eating so well, let Zaozao go so we can have some of his food too# Even after turning back into a human, the general doesn’t rein himself in. He sticks to Mu Fengzao every chance he gets, right in front of the camera. Mu Fengzao just assumes he hasn’t gotten used to being human again. The netizens are up in arms. [General, you’ve worked hard fighting the Zerg. Why not go home and rest, and let us enjoy Zaozao’s cooking?] [Exactly! You’ve got everything you need, General. Stop competing with us for him. We’ve been suffering just to get a bite to eat!] The general refuses: The food is his, and so is Mu Fengzao. Message: You have to try something before you can know whether you like it