6: Chapter 6 is strange, something's wrong! Why would the goddess choose someone so insignificant?!

He paused, deliberately keeping them in suspense.

"Put the shells in your hands into the shell box in front of your favorite male guest. If the male guest also agrees, then you will become the first couple of this episode."

The staff quickly brought over four small baskets, each containing a white shell.

The four girls each took one.

"You can begin!" shouted Director Zhou.

The livestream chat instantly boiled over.

[Here they come! The first iconic scene!]

[Who will Shen Qingxue choose? I am so excited.]

[She will definitely choose Zhou Yichen. Their star power is the highest, they will definitely be put together.]

[Not necessarily. I think Lin Mo is pretty good too, very classy.]

[Choose Zhou Yichen plus one. During the red carpet earlier, both of them were the finale acts, clearly a pair.]

At this moment, all four girls were holding shells in their hands. According to the rules, they were supposed to drop them in randomly at the same time, or go in seating order.

But Shen Qingxue suddenly spoke up.

"How about I go first?"

Her voice was not loud, but it stunned everyone present.

The other three girls looked at each other, their expressions a bit subtle.

In terms of star power, Shen Qingxue was indeed the biggest, so her making this request was not too excessive.

But the problem was that this segment was supposed to have some suspense. With her pulling this stunt, what was the point for the people after her to choose?

Lin Yu opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but closed it in the end.

Chen Wenwen and Su Qing did not have any objections either, merely nodding.

"Alright, Teacher Shen, please go first." Director Zhou quickly chimed in from behind the camera.

After all, it did not matter who went first or last; all he cared about was the buzz.

Soon, the livestream chat instantly became lively.

[??? Shen Qingxue wants to choose first?]

[Good grief, this is way too direct.]

[As expected of the goddess, she does not even pretend.]

[Well, now that is great. Once Shen Qingxue picks the best one, whatever is left will be picked-over scraps.]

Lin Yu sighed helplessly to the side, then glanced at the four boys opposite her, her gaze finally landing on Lu Li at the very end.

Then the corners of her mouth turned down.

Needless to say, Shen Qingxue would definitely choose Zhou Yichen, and Su Qing and Chen Wenwen, who had slightly higher star power, would surely take Lin Mo and Xu Hao away.

In that case, what was left for her...

Lin Yu subconsciously glanced at Lu Li, who was lazily leaning against the sofa.

Unlucky.

So unlucky.

She took a deep breath, trying hard to maintain her smile, and could only keep comforting herself inwardly. Whatever, it was just recording a show anyway, she just had to tough it out.

At this time, the gaze of everyone was concentrated on Shen Qingxue.

She stood up, holding that white shell in her hand.

The sea breeze blew her hair, and she raised her hand to gently tidy it, then swept her gaze across the four boys opposite her.

Zhou Yichen sat up straight, wearing a just-right smile, looking at her with gentle and firm eyes.

Ever since last night, he had been trying to cozy up to her, actively finding topics to talk about during dinner. Plus, the two of them had the most suitable star power.

Although the responses from Shen Qingxue had always been lukewarm, he figured are not aloof girls like this all the same? Being a bit reserved was completely normal.

He believed in his own charm.

Meanwhile, Lin Mo and Xu Hao beside him also subconsciously straightened their backs.

Although they knew in their hearts that the hope was slim, what if? What if Shen Qingxue happened to take a fancy to them? Who would not want to seize this kind of opportunity?

Only Lu Li was sitting at the very end, leisurely leaning against the sofa, one hand resting on the armrest and the other hand slowly drinking a yogurt he had swiped from the rest area earlier.

Seeing this scene, the livestream chat went crazy with laughter.

[Hahaha what is Lu Li doing!]

[Drinking yogurt? Drinking yogurt at a time like this???]

[Hysterical, everyone else is puffing out their chests hoping the goddess will choose them, but he is good, he still has the mood to drink yogurt there.]

[I can tell, this buddy is purely here to slack off.]

[Plus one, I feel like even if Shen Qingxue glances at him it would count as him winning.]

[Rest assured, she will not choose him no matter who she picks.]

[Look at the expression of Lin Yu, it is simply epic. She probably guessed that she is going to be paired up with Lu Li, hahahaha.]

At the scene.

The gaze of Shen Qingxue swept across the face of Zhou Yichen, across the face of Lin Mo, across the face of Xu Hao...

Then finally her line of sight fell on Lu Li at the very end.

Lu Li had just happily taken a sip of yogurt, then felt someone looking at him, and raised his head.

Their eyes met.

He was stunned for a moment, the swallowing action pausing for half a second before continuing.

The scene was eerily quiet.

Shen Qingxue just stood right there, her gaze resting on Lu Li with no sign of looking away.

The eyes of Zhou Yichen, Lin Mo, and the others gradually filled with shock. No way, she would not choose him, right...

The several girls opposite were even more directly dumbfounded.

The livestream chat flashed past frantically.

[??????]

[Who is the goddess looking at? Lu Li???]

[No way, no way, no way.]

[Wait, wait, wait, wait, is something wrong with my eyes?]

[Shen Qingxue is looking at that filler person???]

[Look at the direction she is walking in, holy crap she is really walking towards the side of Lu Li.]

Soon, Shen Qingxue moved. Holding that white shell, she unhurriedly walked towards the sofa area opposite.

The gaze of everyone followed her movement, finally watching her stop in front of Lu Li.

Lu Li had an ominous premonition, hurriedly raised his head, and then locked eyes with her.

"You..."

He had just opened his mouth, and before a single word was finished, Shen Qingxue had already dropped the shell into the box in front of him.

Clatter.

That soft sound was exceptionally clear.

The whole venue fell dead silent.

Director Zhou looked at the image in the monitor, was stunned for two seconds, then snapped back to reality and frantically gestured to the cameraman.

Close-up! Close-up! Give close-ups for all of them!

The livestream also completely exploded at this moment.

[Holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap]

[Shen Qingxue chose Lu Li???]

[I do not believe it, this must be a script!]

[Script my ass, look at the face of Zhou Yichen, can that expression be acted out?]

[Hahahaha I am dying of laughter, the face of Zhou Yichen has turned green.]

[Indeed, just now he was all valiant and high-spirited, yet the goddess did not even spare him a glance.]

On camera, the expression of Lu Li was indeed a bit subtle.

He stared at the shell in the box, was stunned for two seconds, and then raised his head to look at Shen Qingxue.

Shen Qingxue was standing right in front of him, looking down at him with no expression whatsoever on her face.

Lu Li did not have time to look closely; right now there was only one thought in his head.

This is not right, very not right.

Why would a national goddess like Shen Qingxue choose him?

With millions of people watching the entire venue, she chose an obscure little nobody? There must be a problem here.

However, regardless of whether there was a problem or not, he did not want to be paired up with Shen Qingxue.

She was, after all, hailed as the national goddess by netizens nationwide, with cameras trained on her everywhere she went, acting as the focus wherever she walked.

If he were to be paired up with her, would that not just be asking for trouble for himself? He still wanted to quietly coast through this episode of the show.