Chapter 39: The Mermaid Couple’s Zoo Date

After the earlier probing and getting along, Sang Zhiyi was no longer as restrained and shy in front of Yu Zilin as she had been at the beginning.

Sang Zhiyi had come to understand that Yu Zilin was a rather slow-to-warm-up person, so she couldn’t be as direct with him as she was with Song Ying.

Instead, she needed a gradual, step-by-step approach.

For instance, right now, although Sang Zhiyi had moved a little closer to Yu Zilin because she was the one asking, she still maintained a certain distance, keeping it at a level that showed familiarity but wasn’t overly intimate.

And she still gently placed the final decision in Yu Zilin’s hands.

Hearing this, Yu Zilin didn’t hesitate and nodded. “No.

You choose.”

So, a few minutes later, Sang Zhiyi led Yu Zilin to the waterfowl area of this zoo.

[Wow, flashback to the aquarium in the first episode of Limited Season?!]

[As expected of the mermaid sister.

Whenever conditions allow, she brings her partner to the water, hahahaha.]

[Jiang Yingru, who didn’t come this episode: ?]

[The “Mermaid” CP falling in love by the water—very reasonable!]

[Is Qian Bao going to perform as a mermaid here again?!]

Of course, Sang Zhiyi would not perform as a mermaid here again.

If she used such a trump card too frequently, it wouldn’t carry as much weight.

Moreover, this was a zoo, after all, quite different from the aquarium environment—it simply wasn’t a suitable stage.

On the way over, Sang Zhiyi had quickly memorized the map of this waterfowl area.

She turned back and waved at Yu Zilin behind her.

“Mr. Yu, this way!”

The entrance to the area featured a lake where several snow-white swans were swimming—the first scenery visitors would notice.

“Let’s take our first photo with the swans, shall we?”

Sang Zhiyi pointed toward the lake.

“There are also mandarin ducks, mergansers, tundra bean geese, and lion-head geese.

That way, we can get all five animals in one go!”

[Huh?

What did Ren Xiaoqian just say?

Did a bunch of technical terms just fly by?]

[Xiao Ren’s knowledge base is impressive.

She can identify so many different kinds of waterfowl at a glance!

But thinking about it, it’s not that surprising.

In the first episode, she explained things very detailedly to Sister Yingru at the aquarium.]

[The camera is giving a close-up of the water surface now!

But even with the close-up, I still can’t tell which is which!

They all look too similar—only the swans are easy to recognize!]

[Wow, no wonder the two of them weren’t in a hurry earlier and just strolled leisurely through the zoo.

So this was their efficient method!]

Yu Zilin also seemed not to have expected Sang Zhiyi to so easily handle the task assigned by the production team.

He glanced at Sang Zhiyi.

The girl standing by the lake had a face full of smiles, her long hair and dress stirred by the breeze from the water, looking as beautiful as a painting under the shimmering light of the lake.

Yu Zilin: “…”

He looked away and nodded again.

“Okay.”

Having received Yu Zilin’s agreement, Sang Zhiyi returned to his side, held up her phone, switched to selfie mode, and captured both of their figures in the same frame.

For all five photos, Sang Zhiyi smiled warmly and radiantly in each one.

Because they needed to get different animals in the shots along the way, Sang Zhiyi kept adjusting the camera angle.

During this process, the distance between them, which had started with a small gap, gradually shortened, their bodies making slight contact.

Finally, Sang Zhiyi tentatively reached out and lightly looped her arm through Yu Zilin’s.

As if she couldn’t help herself, yet careful and cautious.

If Yu Zilin moved away just a little, he could completely remove himself from Sang Zhiyi’s touch.

Although there was no direct physical contact this time, the distance approaching zero allowed Sang Zhiyi to clearly feel that Yu Zilin’s muscles had stiffened for a moment.

But until the final photo was taken, Yu Zilin did not move away.

In that last photo, Sang Zhiyi smiled especially sweetly.

[How is this any different from an actual couple taking selfies?!

In what way?!]

[They remind me of the warm, slightly shy lovers from school days.

I love their vibe so much, aaaa.]

[So sweet, so sweet, so sweet!!!]

[It seems like all the guests are really efficient today?

The Unpleasant Couple finished ages ago, and now the “Mermaid” pair has completed their task so quickly too!]

[There’s one more pair, who was it again?

Oh right, Song Ying and Zhong Yueyi.

Those two have no chemistry at all—I hardly remember them.

What’s going on with them?

Are they almost done too?]

The situation with Song Ying and Zhong Yueyi’s pair was simply that there was no situation.

Nothing happened, literally.

Starting from the car ride to the zoo, Song Ying acted as if there wasn’t even a partner beside him.

After entering the zoo, he continued in the same manner, strolling along at his own pace, occasionally saying extremely pointless things to the accompanying camera crew.

Zhong Yueyi, trailing behind Song Ying like a complete outsider, wore a smile that grew increasingly stiff.

But soon, she adjusted her emotions, pulling herself out of the passive awkwardness and putting a hint of sadness into her expression.

Watching Song Ying’s back, anyone could see Zhong Yueyi’s loneliness.

She was clearly a bit aggrieved, wanting to say something to Song Ying, but in the end, she swallowed her words.

In her footsteps, she followed Song Ying closely without getting too near.

This made Zhong Yueyi’s fans very angry.

[Who was it that said Song Ying wasn’t doing this on purpose?!

This isn’t on purpose?!]

[Damn, my heart aches for Sister Yueyi!

Being inexplicably targeted by Song Ying—what did she do wrong?!]

[Is this how a great director cold-shoulders an innocent partner?!]

Even viewers who weren’t fans of Zhong Yueyi noticed something was off.

[What grudge does Director Song have against Zhong Yueyi?

If he really treated her like air, that would be one thing, but Song Ying naturally walks faster than Zhong Yueyi, yet he occasionally slows down on purpose.

Isn’t that waiting for her?

He’s deliberately making her uncomfortable, forcing her to stay by his side, making things difficult for her!]

Song Ying naturally noticed Zhong Yueyi’s little maneuvers.

Even so, he still acted as if he hadn’t seen them and continued to do as he pleased.

Between the two of them, nothing happened at all.

Only when the accompanying camera crew, unable to bear it any longer, urged him from off-camera did Song Ying ask casually, “So the other two pairs have finished their tasks?”

After receiving an affirmative answer, Song Ying raised an eyebrow.

“That’s good.

Then this pair is done too.”

With that, Song Ying changed direction and headed straight for the zoo exit, clearly planning to go back directly.

The audience was dumbfounded.

[?

Director Song, what are you doing?!

Your pair hasn’t taken a single one of the five photos yet!]

[Oh, so you know you have a partner beside you.

You deliberately avoided her just now, huh!]

[Don’t tell me Song Ying is going to forfeit again?!]

The barrage guessed correctly this time.

Under the equally dumbfounded gaze of the staff, Song Ying explained, “You set the task, so there are two possible outcomes: completing it or not, right?”

Song Ying looked completely unconcerned.

“So this pair counts as not having completed the task!”

Seeing the staff’s expression about to crack, Song Ying became even more interested.

“You wouldn’t happen to have no plan for when a guest fails a task, would you?

Like some kind of punishment?”

[Damn, Director Song, are you actually looking forward to it?!]

[Limited Season hasn’t had a punishment segment yet.

Thinking about it, I’m looking forward to it too!

The production team won’t disappoint us, right?!]

[Song Ying and Ren Xiaoqian are really a perfect match in a way.

They both can create unexpected entertainment effects.

With them around, you can never guess what will happen next.]

[My “Pine Nut” CP is just that good to ship!]

There were also many voices of disagreement.

[If you’re always unwilling to follow the game rules, then what exactly is Director Song doing on this show?

Freely bullying his partner?]

[Once or twice is fresh, but doing this all the time gets a bit boring.]

[Director Song has really gone too far…

Sister Zhong has a good reputation and audience appeal.

How exactly did she offend Director Song?]

[Zhong Yueyi is so pitiful…]

No matter what the audience thought, it couldn’t change Song Ying’s unilateral actions.

Under Song Ying’s unilateral decision, the task for him and Zhong Yueyi’s pair came to nothing.

Today, the production team’s schedule did not only consist of the zoo tour and photo task.

After all six guests returned to the villa hall, many live stream viewers expressed that they felt a bit unaccustomed.

[In the previous two episodes, there was only one activity, and sometimes not even one finished.

This time, there’s actually another activity?]

[Indeed [doge].]

[So what exactly is the punishment for Director Song?]

[If there’s a punishment, the whole pair should be punished.

Zhong Yueyi is really unlucky—she did nothing wrong and got dragged into it…]

As for the punishment for Song Ying and Zhong Yueyi’s pair, the production team of Love of a Limited Season kept it a mystery, not announcing it right away.

This led many viewers to share Song Ying’s question: had the production team really not prepared for the possibility of a guest failing a task?

But soon, the audience’s attention was drawn elsewhere.

Because the production team staff directly announced the rules for the next game segment.

The existing three pairs of guests were to be completely mixed up and re-paired.

And the basis for this new round of pairing was still the audience voting data from the beginning of this episode, extended from the top three non-conflicting pairings.

[???

Did I hear that right?

They’re changing partners after just one game?!

That’s too fast, isn’t it?!]

[Wait a minute, I suddenly think I understand what the name of this dating show actually means?!]

[Damn, you mentioning that made me forget.

The show’s full name is Love of a Limited Season!

So it really is “limited” love?!]

[…I’m stunned.

As expected of you, production team.

Competing with the guests to see who can stir up more trouble, huh?!]

[I can’t even remember the voting results from before!

So how are they pairing them up now?!]

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