“Bumping Love” has never encountered such a fierce CP split before. After recording, Director Zhou was about to lose it. It was more thrilling than riding a roller coaster with a heart condition; it was practically playing with his life!

Whose romance reality show re-shuffles CPs in the second-to-last episode? The only thing left for the next episode is the confessions. The CP was formed in the seventh episode, without any gradual romantic tensions at all. How is he supposed to market this CP feel!

Director Zhou wore a troubled face since the end of the show and his headache became even worse when he saw Ji Xizhi in the meeting room.

He really regretted inviting Ji Xizhi! The regret was tearing at his liver!

He was trying to cultivate a love-brain through the show, but before he could even plant it, Ji Xizhi had gone and shattered all the love-brains he’d planted!

Ji Xizhi is simply the arch-enemy of romance reality shows!

Yet, it seemed Director Zhou was the only one feeling dejected as the rest of the crew circled around Ji Xizhi with excitement.

It’s one thing for the love experts, but what about his staff? What were they doing around Ji Xizhi?!

With an incredulous look, Director Zhou walked to the meeting table and finally managed to overhear the internal discussions through the two rows of people.

The staff of “Bumping Love” mixed with love experts were eagerly firing questions at Ji Xizhi.

“Teacher Ji, you’re amazing! You’re like my god!”

“That kind of jerk was bound to die horribly, be ground to ashes! But Teacher Ji, how on earth did you find out?”

“Teacher Ji, I know it, you must be a face-reading expert, right? Can you help me have a look, this is my boyfriend!”

“Me, me, me… the person I have a crush on, Teacher Ji, can you check if they have a girlfriend? If not, I’m making a move!”

“Teacher Ji, while others are still growing their love brains, I’ve already cut mine off; can you tell me when I might get divorced?”

Hearing this string of conversations, Director Zhou even looked up bewilderedly at the big pink heart logo at the front of the meeting table. If it weren’t for the logo, he might have thought he’d stumbled into some metaphysics organization.

Scientist Director Zhou: “…”

He shouted loudly, parting the crowd at the table, finally catching sight of Ji Xizhi in the middle.

Ji Xizhi held paper and pen, greeted Director Zhou politely as he approached.

Ji Xizhi: “Director Zhou, the recording is over. Can I go back to school later?”

Director Zhou looked at Ji Xizhi’s pure and innocent face, forced a smile.

He wanted to say, go ahead! Please, go quickly, if you don’t, I’ll have to switch to doing metaphysics live-streams!

The words gathered at his mouth, but in the end, he didn’t have the nerve to be so direct. He just nodded and said: “Alright…”

Director Zhou had just begun speaking when urgent shouts suddenly interrupted him.

“Director Zhou, Director Zhou, the data from this episode exploded!!!”

“The Weibo topic discussion rate is fifty times that of the last episode. After the live-stream ended, everyone across the internet is talking about this episode. TikTok and Small Red Book are following with many videos on identifying jerks, and lots of people are shipping CPs. We’ve already got nearly a million reservations for the next episode!!”

Director Zhou: “! What?”

In an instant, Director Zhou didn’t even have time to look at the data. The words that were rolling at the tip of his tongue immediately transformed into:

“Alright… dear Teacher Ji ———— could you give me a chance, give us a chance, give our program crew a chance~”

As he spoke, Director Zhou raised his eyebrows suggestively.

Ji Xizhi listened, eyebrows furrowed: “?”

“Director Zhou, why don’t you write two papers to calm down!”

Director Zhou: “??”

Why wasn’t he calm? Wasn’t he sincere enough? These were reference quotes he picked out from the next episode’s confession script, even Tang Seng’s pilgrimage wasn’t this sincere!

The staff in charge of preparing the next episode’s content: “??? “

He quietly picked up the intercom and notified his colleagues: “We have to withdraw all the confession dialogues from the next episode, redo them! This batch isn’t cutting it; it’s unbearable to hear!”

After a round of interruptions, Director Zhou no longer had the inclination for elaborate groundwork and directly got to the point.

“No, what I mean is, Teacher Ji, given the positive response from this episode, it’s a pity if you won’t participate in the next one!”

“There are a lot of fans online who are hoping to see you in the next episode!”

“Teacher Ji, we really can’t do it without you…”

With the risk of the romance-immersed show shifting into a cold reality-check show, Director Zhou earnestly urged Ji Xizhi to participate again.

He said that the next episode couldn’t do without Ji Xizhi, which wasn’t a lie.

After Ji Xizhi’s activities in this episode, even as a director known for pioneering romance reality shows, he couldn’t help but feel jittery about the next one.

Even though understanding Director Zhou’s intentions, Ji Xizhi still didn’t plan to participate in the next recording of “Bumping Love.”

She said: “Director Zhou, I won’t participate. I’m too busy to prepare for the next show right now!”

Ji Xizhi’s refusal was straightforward, but her last words silenced everyone in the meeting room.

Even the setup of the last episode by Teacher Ji had already shaken things up; what might she prepare next!

The other love experts looked as if they’d had a textbook thrown in their faces, suddenly enlightened.

Qiu Lin was the first to speak, “I understand now. I’ll definitely prepare well for the next one!”

Su Mengtian: “Breaking… ahem, shipping CPs, that’s my strong suit!!!”

Sun Jian and Xia Xiao also hurriedly assured Director Zhou, “Rest assured, we’ll prepare well, too!”

Though his aim was to invite Ji Xizhi back, Director Zhou unintentionally spurred the love analysts into action, confusing him. He felt something was amiss but didn’t disrupt their rare enthusiasm.

After mulling it over, Director Zhou ultimately decided not to interrupt everyone’s fervor.

However, collaboration with Ji Xizhi for the next episode didn’t work out.

Ji Xizhi’s character was well-known in the industry, prioritizing studies over work, leaving Director Zhou with no choice but to focus on the finale’s planning.

The final episode’s plan had to adapt considerably due to the changes brought by the current episode.

Originally, Director Zhou intended to market the 22-cp straightforwardly. No signs yet existed, but if the buzz could be sustained, audiences could visualize it instantly; he had even thought of the keywords, calling it “mending the broken mirror!”

Unexpectedly, once Director Zhou proposed this, among the regular love experts who had no dissenting opinions, it was soon-to-be-departing guest Ji Xizhi who offered a suggestion.

With a stack of documents in front of her, Ji Xizhi considered her words: “Personally, I not encourage preemptive marketing 22-cp. Let romance be free; whether to choose male guest number 2, should be up to female guest number 2, not the audience!”

“Besides, who knows, is it mending a broken mirror or a husband’s funeral?”

The first sentence, Director Zhou didn’t think much of, but the second sentence immediately reignited his enthusiasm!

Director Zhou felt like he’d been struck with enlightenment, “Exactly, apart from mending a broken mirror, there’s that notion of a husband’s funeral too! Teacher Ji, you truly are a genius in marketing!”

Having regained his composure, Director Zhou fixedly looked at Ji Xizhi, “Teacher Ji, do you know a bit more?”

Ji Xizhi didn’t hide it, merely passing a stack of documents to Director Zhou, “Just a little; the specifics require you and the program’s guests to discuss!”

Director Zhou happily clutched the documents, never regretting inviting Ji Xizhi.

Seeing Ji Xizhi finished talking with Director Zhou, Qiu Lin, standing beside her, looked skeptically at Ji Xizhi, mumbled a question: “How do you know the term ‘husband’s funeral’? Isn’t the internet calling you a steel straight guy?”

Ji Xizhi responded swiftly, nonchalantly, “Oh, I’ve come across a few divorce cases before, that’s how I know!”

Qiu Lin was stunned: “Divor…ce?”

She didn’t know why, but she suddenly felt the urge to switch careers and start gossiping!

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