Forced Cohabitation After a Hit Romance Variety Show with My Rival Actress - Chapter 21

Her soft voice brushed against Chi Yu’s eardrums, carrying a hint of amusement.

“……”

OMG, Gu Yuan’s going to take a shower!

Yeah, after a day at the beach, she definitely needs a good wash.

Cover your eyes, cover your eyes! Don’t look, don’t look! Let me peek!

The live chat flooded with blushing emojis. Given that Love’s Heartbeat was a law-abiding show, there were no cameras or microphones in the bathroom.

This meant that if a guest removed their personal microphone, no sound could be heard at all.

Chi Yu walked over and leaned against the TV cabinet, grabbing a bottle of water from the side.

She gazed at the frosted glass door, its hazy silhouette revealing a shadowy figure within. Twisting open the cap, she took a sip.

The water slid down her throat, completing the swallow.

Inside the bathroom, the figure was now removing her white dress.

The fabric glided over her curves before being lifted by her outstretched arms, gathering her smooth hair like a waterfall cascading down her bare back.

Then came the rush of water.

Water droplets splattered against the floor, sounding like shattered jade beads.

Chi Yu narrowed her eyes and tilted her head back for another sip.

She tilted her head, still undecided whether to warn Gu Yuan.

Just then, with a click, the bathroom door swung open from the inside.

Due to the camera angle, only Chi Yu could see the doorway; the room’s equipment couldn’t capture the image.

Chi Yu’s first instinct was to grab the rolled-up bath towel draped nearby. With a flick of her wrist, she tossed it, directly covering the room’s camera.

……

The audience watching the suddenly blacked-out livestream:  ……

Live Chat:

Huh??

What’s Chi Yu doing?

Is there something we VIP members aren’t allowed to see?

Chi Yu, you’re being too secretive! We’re not trying to peek at your wife—don’t be so stingy!

The live chat erupted into chaos, but Chi Yu remained oblivious.

She slowly turned her head toward the bathroom door.

A slender, jade-white arm extended through the crack, water droplets clinging to its fingertips. Water trickled down the delicate forearm.

The hand held a lavalier microphone, which it carelessly tossed onto the bedside table.

So Gu Yuan had been removing her microphone. Chi Yu chuckled self-deprecatingly. What was I even thinking?

She lifted her water bottle, intending to take another sip and calm her inexplicably agitated emotions.

But just then, the door opened again.

Gu Yuan’s voice, soft and slightly muffled by the bathroom’s acoustics, called out, “Xiao Chi, could you bring me a towel?”

……

Live Chat:

???

One camera feed went down, causing fans and viewers to flood the remaining two streams.

Though Lu Wenrui and Ruan Feiyu were said to have separate rooms, their elegant floor mats and Starry Sky Hammocks were actually both in the front yard.

The difference was that Lu Wenrui’s mat was on the porch, while Ruan Feiyu’s hammock hung between two trees just beyond the porch.

A hidden camera buried in the ground between them served as one stream. The other stream focused on the CEO and the rock chick’s “tent room.”

That setup was also semi-open-air, featuring a tent strung with beaded fairy lights in the backyard. It was considered semi-open-air because it was partially sheltered under the eaves of the tool shed.

Apart from the genuinely luxurious king-size bed room, the remaining three options were merely deceptive marketing.

Ruan Feiyu lay back in her hammock, gently swaying.

Gazing up at the starry sky, she sighed softly. “I wonder what they’re doing in the luxurious king-size bed room?”

The live chat erupted:

Feifei! High five! We want to know what’s happening over there too!

The Gu Yuan and Chi Yu stream seems to be blocked. Why aren’t they showing it?

Lu Wenrui, kneeling on her floor mat, smoothed out the corners of her bedding.

Hearing Ruan Feiyu’s words, she turned back, puzzled. “You’re already lounging in your hammock. Why are you worrying about what’s happening in the luxurious king-size bed room?”

Ruan Feiyu sighed. “Just wondering aloud. It’s not like I can see anything anyway.”

The live chat exploded:

Exactly! We can’t see anything either!

Yeah, you couldn’t see anything from that angle anyway. We only caught a glimpse of steam. And they wouldn’t even show us that? They don’t treat us like family, do they?

But! Friends, did you hear? The Best Actress asked Chi Yu to bring her a bath towel!

Lu Wenrui plopped down on her luxurious floor mat, letting out a dramatic sigh that seemed deliberately louder than Ruan Feiyu’s, as if to vent her frustration.

“I really didn’t think the production team would actually make me sleep on the floor. I thought it was just for show, but… it’s real!”

“Damn it! I can’t even take a proper bath!”

“Bath…”

Ruan Feiyu’s eyebrows instinctively furrowed at the mention of the word.

Oblivious to her thoughts, Lu Wenrui continued to wallow in self-pity. “Why didn’t I try harder today? If I’d earned more Heartbeat Coins, I could have been sleeping in a deluxe suite right now, soaking in a luxurious bath, maybe even a petal bath…”

Before she could finish, Ruan Feiyu suddenly sat up in her Starry Sky Hammock.

Lu Wenrui’s eyes widened in surprise. “What’s with the sudden outburst? Hey, where are you going?”

By the time she asked, the hammock was swaying gently on its tree trunk.

Ruan Feiyu had already dashed onto the porch, leaving only a parting shot: “I’m going to crash their room for a bath!”

“……”

Luxury king-size room, bathroom.

The marble-tiled walls were already misted over, droplets coalescing into clusters that silently rolled down.

Chi Yu, clutching a pristine white bath towel, stepped through the bathroom door.

Her silhouette was faintly visible through the frosted glass, while the personal microphone she had been wearing, previously clipped to her clothing, now rested on the living room TV cabinet.