He didn't take it too seriously at first.

But when they entered the apartment together and stayed there for an increasingly long time, not coming out all night until the next morning!

Zhao Jie was disappointed, utterly disappointed.

He believed that when a single man and woman stayed alone together all night, something was bound to happen!

And those things that happened were what he refused to acknowledge!!!

Zhao Jie lowered his head at this moment, tears welling in the corners of his eyes, his face twisted like a pretzel:

"Fine, fine! So cold and distant in front of me, yet willing to abandon all principles for another man! Fine, just fine!"

"All that talk about staying chaste before marriage - that was just for me!!!"

Zhao Jie probably never imagined that he was completely mistaken in his assumptions.

Absolutely nothing had happened between Jiang Ran and Wang Qingzhao!

......

"Welcome dear audience to our 'A Distant Relative Is Not as Helpful as a Near Neighbor' game livestream."

"The 26th round of the game is about to begin."

"Let me introduce this round's lab rats!"

The same dark studio as before, where the long-haired beauty wore a blue qipao dress, ethereal as a fairy, continued hosting as usual.

Currently in the livestream room:

The viewer count stood at 189,054, bustling with activity.

Middle-aged Uncle: [After waiting a whole week, it's finally back on air!]

Little Dragon Girl: [The wait was torture, wuwuwu...]

Little Aunt: [Tell me about it! The past week without the livestream felt so dull!]

Domineering Female CEO: [You're all exaggerating... It's just one week. Couldn't you just spend time with some young men instead?]

......

The long-haired beauty continued hosting:

[Now let me introduce this round's five lab rats.]

[The first lab rat is Jiang Ran, who survived last round and had the last laugh. You're all familiar with him, so I won't elaborate.]

Domineering Female CEO commented: [Honestly, I never expected Jiang Ran to survive another week and make it to the 26th round.]

Middle-aged Uncle: [Same here! During the days without broadcast, I was actually worried Jiang Ran might die. Turns out he's really tenacious, our little Haki Ran!]

Little Aunt: [Wow, Middle-aged Uncle, are you really middle-aged in real life? You sound so young, even saying 'Haki Ran'!]

Middle-aged Uncle: [I'm definitely middle-aged, no doubt about it!]

As the livestream buzzed with discussion, the long-haired beauty continued:

"Alright, now introducing the second lab rat."

"Second lab rat: Zhou Wu, male, 24 years old, family owns a textile factory. Recently moved into the Alice Apartment with his fiancée Shen Xing, where they bought their marital home."

Hearing this, the livestream erupted again:

[Huh? Bought a marital home in Alice Apartment? But Alice Apartment isn't for sale to the public, is it?]

Alice Apartment appears listed for sale, but actually purchasing it is impossible.

Especially when the buyers are just ordinary people.

Domineering Female CEO said: [I know! The organizers must be short on money! Selling property to ease financial pressure!!!]

Little Dragon Girl: [Uh...haha, really? Then I'll donate 100 yuan to the organizers!]

Little Aunt: [I'll donate 50!]

No one actually believed the organizers were short on money - even if they were, they wouldn't sell property to solve it!

The only possibility was that this was similar to Jiang Ran's situation last time - an unconventional way for lab rats to enter Alice Apartment.

The long-haired beauty said: "Many of you have probably guessed it - Zhou Wu and his fiancée, like Jiang Ran last time, entered Alice Apartment through unconventional means."

"And what's even more interesting - Zhou Wu's fiancée Shen Xing is Jiang Ran's ex-girlfriend."

The moment these words were spoken, the livestream exploded.

[Holy shit, what a small world! They actually ran into each other?]

[Ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, current fiancé, marital home...this is getting interesting...]

[Not sure if the organizers planned this or if it's pure coincidence that the ex-girlfriend and her fiancé bought property here...]

[Pure love faction passing by, don't want to see any NTR...]

[NTR is a must! Perfect opportunity with an ex-girlfriend involved! Isn't this a popular theme in Japanese media?]

"Alright, alright, moving on to introduce the third lab rat."

"Third lab rat: Xiao Q, male, college student, 20 years old. You probably know him already - Xiao Nuo's friend from last time. Signed a contract with us for 10,000 per day."

Domineering Female CEO: [This keeps getting better! Last round we were just speculating how interesting it would be to get this smart college student involved, and now they actually did it!]

"Fourth lab rat: Ke Bei, male, 25 years old, unemployed. Mother died young, father was a private investigator who mysteriously disappeared during a case. Signed a contract with us for 10,000 per day."

Fairy Sister: [Ke Bei? Please tell me his dad wasn't named Conan Edogawa?]