“I want to eat snacks.” Qiao Huaiyao hung the hangers and thought about the bag that hadn’t been taken from the suitcase. He quickly added, “I don’t want to eat the one I brought from home. Could you buy something else for me?”
As Bai Jinyan was halfway through packing his suitcase, he looked up upon hearing Qiao Huaiyao’s words.
Qiao Huaiyao blinked lightly and smiled at him.
Bai Jinyan stood up and said, “Alright.”
Then, Qiao Huaiyao waited for his brother to ask that particular question, the one he should ask.
However, he watched Bai Jinyan leave without showing any intention of asking.
Qiao Huaiyao: “……?”
What should he do now?
Would not asking affect his points?
When Qiao Huaiyao was feeling uncertain, Director Zhao Jiamo sent another message.
Zhao Jiamo: [Use the answer board at the door to record the snacks you like. Any kind will do.]
[For the snacks brought back by the guest, there will be extra point rewards corresponding to the answers on the board.]
It turned out that the answer board at the entrance was for this purpose.
Understanding this, Qiao Huaiyao stood up and looked outside, but Bai Jinyan’s figure was nowhere to be seen.
Taking the answer board and thinking for a moment, Qiao Huaiyao wrote down the snacks his brother often bought for him. Given his brother’s understanding of him, there was zero chance of answering this question incorrectly.
After writing it, he placed the board under the camera and continued packing.
The convenience store opened by the production team wasn’t far away. Bai Jinyan returned quickly.
“Snacks.” Bai Jinyan handed him the bag.
Qiao Huaiyao’s eyes curved as he accepted the bag and handed over the pre-poured warm water. “Thanks for your hard work, brother.”
Bai Jinyan ruffled his hair with his hand. “Go and have your snacks. I’ll take care of the rest.”
“No need, I’ll just have this for now.” Qiao Huaiyao brought the remaining clothes over to himself, hung them on the hangers, and placed them in the wardrobe.
The snacks his brother brought back, he didn’t need to examine them closely. Even through the bag, it was evident that they were exactly the same as what he had written on the answer board.
It was fortunate that he had specific and relatively few requirements for snacks. Otherwise, Bai Jinyan might have brought the entire supermarket back this time.
Before the filming began, a cleaning service should have gone through the room. Everything was tidied up and clean.
Qiao Huaiyao put the bag of snacks on the table and took out a convenient one. At five o’clock in the afternoon, Director Zhao Jiamo sent another message.
Zhao Jiamo: [This game task will be conducted through audience voting. The videos of the participating guests have been uploaded to the program’s official account.]
[Thank you all for your support and cooperation.]
This message was sent to every guest simultaneously.
Qiao Huaiyao noticed Bai Jinyan’s phone lighting up. He received the message at the same time.
Bai Jinyan, seeing the message, wasn’t surprised at all.
Qiao Huaiyao leaned over and couldn’t help but ask, “Did you guess?”
With his casual demeanor, it was clear he wasn’t just finding out.
“Mhmm.” Bai Jinyan didn’t deny it.
It was too obvious, even though Qiao Huaiyao had only said one sentence back then.
Qiao Huaiyao sighed, “Is my acting really that bad?”
Bai Jinyan looked at the script and nonchalantly said, “Your acting is fine; it’s just that I know you too well.”
Qiao Huaiyao was momentarily stunned, clearly not expecting Bai Jinyan to say that. He pursed his lips but couldn’t hide the faint smile at the corner of his mouth.
Qiao Huaiyao cleared his throat, turned his head slightly, covered half of his cheek with a pillow, and opened his phone. Feeling a bit awkward, he said, “Let me see how the voting is going.”
The official variety show’s Weibo had quite a few followers. Qiao Huaiyao had followed it with his main account earlier during the promotion.
Clicking into the latest Weibo post, it was for the voting of this game. The long video included all the guests.
Joined by our beloved V: [Voting this time will contribute to the program’s points accumulation. In this game, you can vote for the guests you think performed well!]
The video and the voting list were attached.
Opening the video, it started with Ji Zhenqi’s family. Following the director’s process, Ji Zhenqi quickly asked, “What kind of snacks do you want?”
After receiving his wife’s response, Ji Zhenqi appeared visibly flustered. Without asking any more questions, he went out to buy snacks.
Most of the other guests also quietly left after asking their questions. The video stopped at Bai Jinyan.
The direction of the barrage comments had changed.
[“I waited for so long and didn’t fast forward, just to see Bai Jinyan’s guilty expression after asking that question. And the result?!”]
[“I was ready to make fun of him, and this is what they show us!”]
[“I’m not satisfied with this video; send it back for re-editing.”]
[“Whether to say it or not, this understanding between Bai Jinyan and Qiao Huaiyao is really well played.”]
…
At the end of the editing, the program team also specifically paid attention to whether the snacks brought back by each group of guests matched what they had written on the answer board in their houses.
From the first group down, only Bai Jinyan’s brought-back snacks were a perfect match.
For the group that came after, the one with Nie Yihang, the votes weren’t low either. Many netizens expressed that they liked the purity and unhidden enthusiasm of this group.
Looking at the video, Qiao Huaiyao saw Nie Yihang’s unmistakable expression of disdain after asking the question. With a fingertip press, he also voted for them.
Suddenly, his Weibo exploded.
Using this account mostly for learning, he often received comments, retweets, and likes, and the numbers weren’t low, but usually, they wouldn’t jump up to hundreds in a matter of seconds.
Qiao Huaiyao didn’t notice that the vote was automatically reposted. Only when he saw the increasing comments did he realize that his Weibo had an extra post.
Many fans seized this opportunity to comment.
[“Wifeeeee—”]
[“He finally posted on Weibo. He finally posted on Weibo! If I didn’t know he’s recording a variety show, I would’ve suspected Bai Jinyan tied his Weibo up.”]
[“@Bai Jinyan, your wife voted for someone else.”]
[“I don’t mean to sow discord, but…”]
There were playful, teasing, and all sorts of comments under Qiao Huaiyao’s Weibo post.
It was quite lively.
The comments were changing too fast; comments at the front would be pushed down in a matter of seconds.
Qiao Huaiyao switched to real-time refresh mode and looked up to see Bai Jinyan entering the kitchen, seemingly preparing dinner. He put down his phone and got up to help.
After they came here, the production team had sent a small fridge. It was convenient to have a fridge, so they hadn’t taken anything out of the small fridge.