Chapter 80: The Hated Miss of the Dating Show (29)

Chapter 80: The Dating Show's Least Popular Heiress (29)

As Tang Qing was about to head upstairs, Xiang Xiuran stopped her and placed a sandwich-shaped keychain in her hand.

Tang Qing recognized it—it shared the same handcrafted details as the one she had seen that morning.

"Why didn't you choose me?"

The sudden question came as Xiang Xiuran stared fixedly at Tang Qing, his voice tinged with unmistakable irritation. "I don’t believe you couldn’t tell this was made by me."

Of course, she could tell. Xiang Xiuran had practically made it obvious.

Throughout the dating show house, only Dr. Xiang had ever made her a sandwich… The reason he had prepared this gift was clearly in hopes that Tang Qing would choose him.

"So, Dr. Xiang, you wanted to go on a date with me today?" The heiress tilted her head, pretending not to notice his mood.

"If Dr. Xiang wanted to ask me out, he could’ve just said so. A sandwich keychain isn’t the most obvious hint, is it?"

She was lying.

Xiang Xiuran frowned. Tang Qing was perceptive—how could she not have guessed?

In fact, she probably knew exactly who had given what. Ultimately, she hadn’t chosen him today...

His downcast eyes showed brief disappointment.

Everyone wanted the beautiful butterfly, but unfortunately, this one wasn’t willing to land on him...

"Tang Qing," Xiang Xiuran sighed, muttering to himself, "if you don’t like me, why do you always say things that make me misunderstand?"

"Or is it that you just naturally enjoy this kind of game?"

He was too sensitive. He could sense that Tang Qing had deliberately led him to misunderstand, knowing full well it was bait—yet he had willingly taken it.

In response to his question, Tang Qing only smiled without answering, like a seductive siren from a tale, alluringly crooking a finger, waiting for someone to step into her trap.

"System notification: Detected increase in Love Points from Xiang Xiuran. Current Love Points: 51."

"Tang Qing, Xiang Xiuran’s emotional state keeps changing. I’m detecting his Love Points just dropped by 2 points from 51."

"Now it's back up 2 points... It keeps rising and falling."

After Xiang Xiuran left, the system immediately updated her. "You didn’t answer his question just now..."

There was no good answer. In both realities, Xiang Xiuran was the only one who had seen through her true intentions in this game. He knew full well it was a scripted game—the only question was whether he was willing to play along.

Before she could even remove her makeup, another knock came at her door.

This time, it was Su Chengwen standing outside.

System: "Jeez! What a day—one after another coming to confront you!"

"I wanted to give you this." Su Chengwen also brought a gift—not the amber from earlier, but a date card from the lobby downstairs.

Each guest had one date card, and the invited guest could not refuse once it was used.

Su Chengwen was actually the first among all the guests to use his...

"To be honest, I was hoping my date today would be you, but... I guess my luck wasn’t great." Uncharacteristically, Su Chengwen spoke without shyness. This date invitation had clearly been a well-considered decision, practiced repeatedly until he finally gathered the courage to ask.

"Tomorrow morning, I'll be waiting for you downstairs."

The date coupon was slipped into Tang Qing's hand—not that she could refuse.

"Tang Qing, looks like Su Chengwen is making his move!" The system buzzed with gossip, its white glow floating excitedly in Tang Qing's mind, radiating obvious delight. "Hehehe, Tang Qing, you're about to enter the love triangle drama!"

Honestly? Kinda thrilling imagining these guys squaring off!

As soon as the date coupon downstairs was taken, Shi Jia was the first to notice.

It was too obvious—eight date coupons were placed in eight compartments of the lightbox downstairs. If one was taken, a compartment would dim.

"Xinxin, look! Someone took a date coupon!" Shi Jia immediately told her girl squad, and thanks to her loud voice, the other housemates also noticed.

Standing downstairs, they looked around at each other. "Who? Who used the first date coupon?"

Wen Yixuan shook her head. "Not me."

"Everyone was downstairs just now, and no one noticed who took it..."

Besides, judging from the flirty texts received so far, Tang Qing had the most.

Odds were Tang Qing got the date invite—but as for who sent it... Wen Yixuan couldn't help glancing at Xiang Xiuran.

Perhaps sensing the implication in Wen Yixuan's gaze, Xiang Xiuran deadpanned, "Not me."

Mi Yang had just finished a date with Tang Qing, so it probably wasn't him either. That left only... Su Chengwen.

Out of sight, Xiang Xiuran unconsciously rubbed his fingertips. His conversation with Tang Qing still burned in his mind...

If this was just a game, three players were already in the game.

But... the thought of Tang Qing possibly going on a date with Su Chengwen tomorrow sent Xiang Xiuran's cool facade crumbling. His surgeon's composure? Gone in a heartbeat.

In any game, there are winners and losers. Xiang Xiuran recognized this gut punch—he didn’t want to be the loser.

"Tang Qing, Tang Qing! Xiang Xiuran's Love Points have gone up again—now at 56!"

"Su Chengwen's have also risen—to 39. Seems like he’s really looking forward to your date tomorrow."

Tang Qing didn’t know exactly what had happened downstairs, but judging from the fluctuations in Love Points, she could roughly guess. "Has Xiang Xiuran's Love Points stabilized now?"

The glowing orb bobbed. "Stable. Probably won’t change much tonight."

The femme fatale smirked. "Oh? So it seems our Dr. Xiang has made up his mind."

"As expected, nothing gets a guy going like competition."

The next morning, when Tang Qing went downstairs, a crowd was already gathered—waiting for her, apparently?

Gossip-hungry Wen Yixuan had been lying in ambush. The moment she saw Tang Qing, her eyes sparkled with nosy delight as she cornered her. "Hehehe, going on a date?"

"How did you know?"

"One of the date coupons went missing yesterday—everyone knows. I bet it was for you!" Thrilled her hunch was right, Wen Yixuan pulled at Tang Qing's sleeve. "Was it Su Chengwen who invited you?"

"Hehehe, I saw Su Chengwen earlier—he's looking fine today!"

"Have fun you two!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than Mi Yang's voice suddenly rang out from upstairs. The spoiled rich boy was barely awake and thought he was still dreaming. "OMG, you've got another date today?!"