Chapter 97: Love Variety Show Strategy System (15)

Fu Yichen smiled, two shallow dimples appearing at the corners of his mouth.

His fans exclaimed that they had hit the jackpot today!

One must know that because Director Fu has dimples, he rarely smiles in daily life.

It was also for this reason that he gradually shifted from in front of the camera to behind the scenes; never did they expect to be lucky enough to see him smile with his dimples today—a trending search topic is guaranteed!

Fu Yichen did not yet know that he was about to trend again because he had smiled and revealed his two dimples; he led Xie Yang to the restaurant he had reserved by phone early that morning.

"It's a pity there aren't many restaurants on the island. Let's make do with a meal here today; once we return to the Main Island, I'll make other arrangements for whatever you'd like to eat."

Fu Yichen pulled out a chair for Xie Yang, his tone carrying a hint of regret.

Xie Yang nodded with a smile to thank him: "You're too kind, Teacher Fu. This place is quite good; you've put in the effort!"

"It's only right."

Fu Yichen said this with his mouth, but in his heart, a sliver of regret quietly sprouted—

He should have put in more effort last night to properly plan today's date itinerary.

The Lighthouse was a place he wanted to see, and the restaurant was one he had booked at random.

There was only this one restaurant on Shazhou Island that was remotely decent; the others were either hole-in-the-wall eateries or street stalls. He rarely went to them himself, and it wasn't for the sake of his female guest.

It could be said that not a single thing was done out of consideration for his date.

Yet she seemed to think it was something he had thoughtfully arranged, praising him for the proper planning.

Fu Yichen felt truly ashamed, thinking that if his next date partner was still her, he would definitely plan things well.

Xie Yang enjoyed the island-style seafood delicacies with satisfaction.

Fu Yichen, however, was somewhat distracted because he hadn't yet thought of the next date location.

After thinking for a long time, he finally recalled a place, so he asked, feigning casualness:

"The Hilltop Cafe on Shazhou Island is also a local specialty here. Shall we go sit there for a while later? And have a cup of coffee while we're at it?"

"Sure."

It didn't matter to Xie Yang where they went; even continuing to stroll along the coastline would be fine, as she wasn't lacking in stamina right now.

However, before they could leave the restaurant, Liu Ying came looking for them:

"Sister Xie, I forgot to add your contact information earlier, luckily you haven't left yet. By the way, do you have any plans for the afternoon? Are you interested in coming to visit our Training Camp and then watching a movie together?"

She had come bearing a Task entrusted to her by the coach—to absolutely invite Xie Yang to the Training Camp to watch a movie.

Of course, this movie was not that kind of movie, but rather one of the training materials: "Opponent Film Footage."

Coach Guo had practically come to view Xie Yang as half a team member; he didn't want to waste a single day and wished he could enroll her into the National Team right now to start training, so he sent Xie Yang's fan, Liu Ying, to go out and invite her.

Xie Yang remembered that she still had a date partner, so she turned her head to look at Fu Yichen: "What does Teacher Fu think?"

Seeing the sparkle in her eyes, how could Fu Yichen not see that she was more inclined to visit the National Team's Training Camp and watch a movie with them than to go drink coffee on the hilltop with him?

At this moment, he felt annoyed at why he had chosen Shazhou Island as the location for their One-Day Date.

He should have turned around and changed locations the moment he heard at the pier that the National Beach Volleyball Team was training here!

"Ahhh! Xie Yang and Director Fu are going to visit the National Team's training base? And they're going to watch a movie with the National Team Members? This development is something I never expected!"

In the Observation Room, the four Love Observers faced the date itinerary of this pair of guests with both regret and excitement.

The regret was that, up to this point in their date, the two guests didn't seem to have sparked any romantic chemistry;

The excitement was that they were lucky enough to follow the camera to visit the National Beach Volleyball Team's training base.

"I can guarantee that our show will definitely trend today."

"Our show might not, but the topic of Xie Yang playing beach volleyball with the National Team is guaranteed to trend!"

"No need to guess, it's already trending!"

"So fast?"

Everyone clicked into the Weibo trending page, and sure enough—#XieYangTheSpikerDelayedByShowbiz# had already surged to the top of the trending page.

Of course, Xie Yang wasn't the only guest trending; Fu Yichen's #Dimples# and Zhou Hanqing's #MusicGenius# were both up there.

But only Xie Yang had more than one topic attached to her; several topics were related to her, and also related to beach volleyball.

The scene where she jumped up to meet the ball hit by a male National Team member and scored with a spike was even made into short videos by various fans and reposted to every social media platform.

"Wow! Many of them are fans from the sports circle!"

"She's blown up."

"And she brought our show to popularity all by herself. In just this short while, the show's follower count has already increased by over a hundred thousand."

That afternoon, Xie Yang and Fu Yichen spent an extremely meaningful half-day at the National Team's training base, unaware that the outside world was already in a stir.

The weather on the island changes faster than flipping a book.

It was clear skies for thousands of miles during the day, but a torrential downpour suddenly arrived in the evening.

Having just returned to the Main Island from Shazhou Island, the two were almost drenched like drowned rats.

Hurriedly getting into the business car arranged by the production team, Xie Yang discovered that Fu Yichen's clothes were all wet, and she wasn't doing much better herself, so she simply suggested returning to the Cabin:

"I don't know when the rain will stop; how about we just eat something at the Cabin for dinner."

Fu Yichen sighed in his heart.

The date during the day hadn't been planned with enough heart—

They had wandered around the Lighthouse for half the morning, and although he had taken many photos for her, he felt it was a bit perfunctory;

The afternoon had been quite fulfilling; he had visited the National Beach Volleyball Team's Training Camp on Shazhou Island with her, participated in several interesting interactive games with the beach volleyball players, gotten to know each other, and afterwards, they had even gathered together to watch a documentary about beach volleyball.

Even as a layman who didn't understand beach volleyball, he had understood the rules of a beach volleyball match after watching the film.

If it weren't for catching the last boat back to the Main Island, those female team members who were fans of Xie Yang even wanted to organize a unique social gathering to host them.

But no matter how meaningful the afternoon had been, it wasn't a program he had arranged; instead, he had relied on Xie Yang's good graces to have the opportunity to visit the National Beach Volleyball Team's training camp.

Therefore, he planned to make up for it in the evening; after returning to the Main Island, he would first take her to a highly acclaimed Michelin restaurant to eat seafood.

After eating, he would charter a sightseeing vehicle to take her on a night tour of the island, to see the neon lights and fireworks show; in short, as long as they returned before ten o'clock, it would be fine.

As a result, it was all smashed to pieces by a sudden downpour...

Both of their clothes were soaked, and their hair had also been rained on; they couldn't go on a date while dripping wet, right? They could only return to the Cabin first.

Xie Yang saw that his expression was not very good, and she thought he was worried about not having dinner after returning, so she comforted him:

"Don't worry, I saw the staff fill the refrigerator with ingredients this morning; there isn't time for anything complicated, but isn't it easy to just whip up something simple?"

After she finished speaking, she saw that Fu Yichen's expression not only didn't improve, but instead looked as if he had suffered internal injuries; what was going on?

Xie Yang thought for a moment and suddenly realized: Yichen might not know how to cook.

Consequently, she said in a comforting tone: "It's okay, I can cook, I'll make it."

"..."