At this moment, the servant came over holding a bright red wedding robe and said, “Hurry up and put it on.”

The wedding robe was not very form-fitting, but whether it fit or not was unimportant. Wearing it was mainly to align with today’s theme of ‘Throwing the Embroidered Ball for Marriage.’

Once Lu Jingdu had put on the red wedding robe, a group of people surrounded him and escorted him upstairs.

As soon as they reached the upper floor, the wealthy lord beamed with satisfaction at Lu Jingdu and said, “Since you caught the embroidered ball, from this moment on, you are my good son-in-law.”

【Congratulations to the movie king for becoming the wealthy lord’s live-in son-in-law!】

【Congratulations to the movie king on successfully marrying into the wealthy lord’s family!】

【Congratulations to the movie king for securing a long-term meal ticket!】

【Congratulations, congratulations! This truly calls for a celebration!】

Downstairs, the tourists started to cheer, “Send them to the bridal chamber!”

“Yes, yes, send them to the bridal chamber! Right away, immediately!”

【As everyone knows, sending the couple to the bridal chamber is the final stage of the ‘Throwing the Embroidered Ball’ attraction in the scenic area.】

【So, will tourists be allowed to watch?】

【What are you thinking? Usually, once they announce ‘send to the bridal chamber’, the attraction ends.】

【That’s it? I was expecting more!】

【What a pity, what a pity! Can’t they improve the final bridal chamber process? I really want to see it.】

【Who wouldn’t want to see it?】

Hearing the tourists’ chants, the wealthy lord grinned and said, “Alright, send my daughter and son-in-law to the bridal chamber!”

【Congratulations to the movie king on earning a new title: Son-in-Law.】

【Tsk, tsk, tsk.】

With those words, today’s ‘Throwing the Embroidered Ball for Marriage’ event came to a perfect close.

Ning Xiaoyu was just about to take off her elaborate wedding attire when suddenly, a CP fan’s loud voice echoed from downstairs, “Son-in-law! Be proactive in the bridal chamber! Our lord’s daughter is rather lazy, so you’ll need to take the initiative!”

【???】

【Damn, CP fans even think about this kind of thing? CP fans, you guys are really something else! But I love it!】

【I’m smiling like a proud mother.】

【I haven’t stopped smiling this whole time.】

【Exactly, a salted fish needs someone to turn it over. If in the bridal chamber…… ahem, you all understand.】

【Yep, I got it instantly. So, if this CP actually becomes real, the movie king will have to work extra hard.】

【I couldn’t help but imagine the scene of Xiao Yu lying there like a salted fish, and then…… Wait, I can’t keep thinking about this, or the livestream will get banned.】

【Green and harmonious!】

No matter how regretful the audience and fans were, today’s ‘Throwing the Embroidered Ball for Marriage’ event had officially ended.

After the event, Ning Xiaoyu and Lu Jingdu got back into the sedan chair and were carried by four enthusiastic fans to the park.

Upon arriving at the park, the first thing Ning Xiaoyu did was buy a single portion of green tea pastries.

The love system watched with heartache. 〖Is this how you treat the son-in-law who married into your family? So stingy that you won’t even give him a bite to eat?〗

Wearing her perpetually blank expression, Ning Xiaoyu replied expressionlessly, “He’s the wealthy lord’s son-in-law, not mine.”

The love system clicked its tongue. 〖Girl, the moment the ‘Throwing the Embroidered Ball for Marriage’ event ended, you instantly turned cold and heartless.〗

To Ning Xiaoyu, ‘Throwing the Embroidered Ball for Marriage’ was nothing more than a scenic attraction’s game, no different from acting in a play.

She had played the role of the wealthy lord’s daughter, but she wasn’t actually the wealthy lord’s daughter. So why take it seriously?

In the end, Ning Xiaoyu spent 10 yuan to buy two pieces of green tea pastries.

Speaking of which, these pastries were quite famous, but she had never gotten the chance to try them before.

Now, she could finally enjoy them properly.

Ning Xiaoyu looked at the green tea pastry in her hand. Just as she lowered her head to take a bite and savor it, the love system’s voice rang out sneakily once again.

〖Just a little bit more, and you and the movie king would have entered the bridal chamber together. The movie king was, at the very least, your husband during the event. Giving him a bite of soft rice to eat wouldn’t be too much, would it? How can you bear to eat the pastries all by yourself? Right now, you can:

A. Give the movie king the green tea pastry you just bit into and let him eat it!

B. Break off half of the pastry you just bit into and give it to the movie king.

C. Let the movie king take a bite right from where you bit.〗

Ning Xiaoyu: “???”

What kind of hellish options were these?

Was the love system serious?

And what was with that explanation before the choices?

Giving the movie king a bite of soft rice?

Did the movie king know the love system was describing him like this? Would he even be willing to eat this so-called soft rice? He definitely wouldn’t!

Ning Xiaoyu didn’t know much about Lu Jingdu and had barely watched any of his works.

But from what she knew, he neither lacked money nor popularity, and he came from a privileged background. How could he possibly be willing to eat soft rice? As far as she knew, most men disliked being in that position.

Ning Xiaoyu hadn’t seen the livestream chat and had no idea what the audience was commenting.

The love system, however, questioned her back, 〖You’re not him, so how do you know he doesn’t like eating soft rice? And how do you know he’s not enjoying it?〗

Neither of them was Lu Jingdu, so neither of them knew what he truly thought. But the love missions still had to be completed. Lately, Ning Xiaoyu had been doing fewer missions than before, which was both a good thing and a bad thing for her.

The good thing was that she could slack off and avoid these annoying missions.

The bad thing was that the fewer missions she completed, the further away she seemed from the day her father would wake up.

Ning Xiaoyu had a good mindset. She believed that when the boat reached the bridge, it would straighten itself^[1]problems will resolve themselves when the time comes or that things will fall into place naturally. For now, she would just go with the flow. The fact that she had managed to bind the love system, giving her father— who had been in a coma for seven years— a chance to wake up, was already an incredible stroke of luck. Sometimes, certain things simply couldn’t be forced.

With that thought, Ning Xiaoyu selected the least ominous option from the three choices in front of her.

—Option b.

It was the only one that seemed somewhat normal.

She broke off more than half of the green tea pastry in her hand and handed it to Lu Jingdu beside her. She couldn’t be bothered to explain anything. If Lu Jingdu misunderstood and thought she was deliberately messing with him, he could just refuse. Of course, if he coldly stared at her and expressed his displeasure, that would be even better.

After all, she clearly had an untouched piece of green tea pastry, yet she chose to break off a piece from the one she had already bitten into and give it to Lu Jingdu.

Normally, people would find such behavior stingy and be displeased.

Perhaps she would even get scolded by fans for it.

Just as Ning Xiaoyu was thinking about it, Lu Jingdu took the pastry from her hand naturally, both in expression and movement, and said in his deep, pleasant voice, “Thank you. I just happened to be hungry.”

Ning Xiaoyu: “???”

Audience: “!!!”

〖Love System: !!!〗

【The movie king ate it! He really ate it!】

【Ahhh, so eating soft rice really is addictive, isn’t it?】

【If you could get green tea pastry without spending a dime, wouldn’t you be happy?】

【Of course, I would! But the movie king isn’t me!】

Occasionally, some haters would pop up, saying things like, 【It’s just for the show.】 or 【Look at how gullible you all are. Do you really believe it?】

But these unfriendly comments were completely ignored by passersby and CP fans alike.

They firmly believed that the movie king had developed a taste for freeloading off Ning Xiaoyu! Slurp, slurp, soft rice is really delicious! So bring on more of it!

After finishing their green tea pastries, the two of them sat down in a pavilion in the park.

Ning Xiaoyu leaned back against the bench, looking drowsy.

She couldn’t help it. Whenever winter came, she just wanted to curl up in bed. Since there was no bed to lie in now, taking a nap would have to do.

Perhaps unwilling to let her be so leisurely, the program team quickly sent the second task.

“Team-based games are the best way to determine whether a friend is truly reliable. The more time two people spend together, the more they can observe each other’s true personality through small details and gauge whether the other person is dependable.

So, the program team has added a new task. Right here in this scenic area, there’s a live-action CS^[2]combat simulation field. Guests will form teams and play a shooting game. The last team standing wins first place and gets a reward!”

Upon receiving the task, Ning Xiaoyu opened her eyes and glanced at Lu Jingdu, only to find that he was also looking at her.

In the end, Lu Jingdu spoke first, “Let’s go to the CS field.”

Ning Xiaoyu hummed in agreement.

The field wasn’t far from the park, and before long, the other guests arrived one after another.

Like them, the first thing everyone did upon reaching the park was buy green tea pastries.

As soon as Shen Yueyue saw Ning Xiaoyu, she complained, “What do I do? I ate too many green tea pastries earlier. I won’t be able to run later.”

Ning Xiaoyu reassured her, “It’s fine. This is a team game. As long as your teammate survives, it doesn’t matter.”

Live-action CS was a type of team-based combat simulation where players wore special military gear and used specialized equipment for mock battles.

Considering time constraints and other factors, they played the simplest version of the game— minimal terrain complexity, little need for tactics, and a straightforward rule: if you had good shooting accuracy, you had a high chance of winning. It was essentially a more intense shooting game.

It was a simple and brutal competition.

Teams were either kept as they were or had to be rearranged.

For four-person groups, they had to split into two pairs. In short, for this game, two people would form a team and compete against other teams.

Ning Xiaoyu quickly changed into her outfit.

Just as she finished, the love system shrieked in excitement beside her ear, 〖Girl, the movie king looks so A^[3]refers to someone exuding a strong, dominant, and charismatic aura and handsome in this outfit! Absolutely stunning!〗

Ning Xiaoyu had long gotten used to the love system’s occasional meltdowns.

Holding her special weapon, she lazily walked out of the changing room and immediately spotted Lu Jingdu heading toward her.

She had to admit, just as the love system said, Lu Jingdu did look incredibly A in his combat gear.

His hair wasn’t particularly long, revealing sharp, well-defined features— so strikingly handsome that he didn’t seem real.

His outfit was cinched at the waist, making his legs look even longer. He was practically walking hormones incarnate. And camouflage gear naturally added a filter of coolness.

All in all, good-looking people would look like models no matter what they wore.

The moment Lu Jingdu appeared, the livestream chat was flooded with adoring comments from his fans.

Ning Xiaoyu took one glance at Lu Jingdu before nonchalantly looking away. “Let’s go play the game. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can be done.” Whether they got eliminated early or won quickly, it was all the same to the salted fish queen. Ending early meant going home early.

Both Lu Jingdu and the love system were used to her unbothered attitude.

Without saying another word, Ning Xiaoyu and Lu Jingdu left the changing room together. But even in silence, their interaction didn’t feel awkward.

Once all the guests were in position, the instructor gave the command.

“Begin!”

As soon as the words fell, Ning Xiaoyu pulled the trigger— “Bang!”— and cleanly eliminated Xu Cheng with a headshot.

Ning Xiaoyu: “???”

Lu Jingdu: (⊙o⊙)

Audience: “??!”

Even Ning Xiaoyu herself was momentarily stunned. Since when did she become a sniper?

At that moment, the love system chimed in sweetly, 〖Girl, after doing so many love missions, have you never noticed that your physical abilities have improved?〗

Now that it was mentioned…… Ning Xiaoyu really hadn’t noticed.

Most of the time, she just lazed around, avoiding unnecessary movement whenever possible. She never paid attention to any changes in her physical condition.

But just now, in that instant of shooting, she realized that her dynamic vision and reflexes had improved significantly. So the love system actually had quite a few unexpected benefits.

Seeing how skilled Ning Xiaoyu was, some of the audience members finally processed what had happened.

【She landed a perfect headshot in one go. Is the movie king going to coast to victory again? So jealous!】