MSISAS |Chapter 1: First Entry into the Sweetheart and Heartbeat Variety Show

“Xu Qing, your dad has arranged for your uncle to get you on a variety show this year, no matter what, you must bring back a partner for me!” Madam Xu admonished Xu Qing.

Xu Qing lazily leaned against the sofa, her black hoodie making her skin look even fairer, and her long, slender fingers were like green onions.

The sound of her typing on the keyboard could be heard, and after a while, she simply replied, “Mm.”

Madam Xu looked at Xu Qing on the sofa, wishing she could kick her back into her stomach.

Every day, she’s either at home or in the hospital. Who knows when she’ll have a boyfriend, and there’s a possibility she won’t find a boyfriend at all.

Really, with short hair that’s even more handsome than a guy’s, if worst comes to worst, even a girlfriend isn’t out of the question.

“Don’t be perfunctory! I’ll see it on TV,” Madam Xu said as she put on her coat, preparing to play mahjong. She didn’t have many hobbies other than playing mahjong with her sisters and going shopping. Today was one of those biweekly days meant for mahjong.

“Bang,” the sound of the door closing was heard, and only then did Xu Qing slowly stand up. At a height of 185 cm, Xu Qing appeared tall and slender. Her long and narrow face featured a superior nose bridge, and her eyes seemed to have a vortex that could suck people in.

With her neat short hair, anyone would doubt if she were a boy.

Xu Qing leveraged her long legs to quickly walk to her room, casually packing some things into a suitcase before setting off.

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At the scene of the Sweetheart and Heartbeat variety show:

“Excuse me, are you Miss Xu?” A young man from the editing team looked up to ask with a thought, “So tall.”

“Yes, what am I supposed to do?” Xu Qing looked down at him nonchalantly.

“Uh, just keep walking straight ahead, and a young lady will lead you to the room.”

“Okay.”

Xu Qing strode forward quickly with her long legs. “Could she be mistaken for a boy?” the editing young man wondered to himself.

“Hello, you must be a guest?”

“Yes.”

“Alright, please follow me.”

Xu Qing silently followed behind the young lady, looking at this pink-themed place with a bit of discomfort. However, she merely licked her lips and didn’t say anything.

After a while, the young lady led Xu Qing into a room with dozens of seats. The fresh green room lifted Xu Qing’s mood a little.

Xu Qing casually found a seat to sit down. The position being toward the back, if it weren’t for her height, she wouldn’t be noticeable among this group of male guests.

Wearing a hat, her soft bangs slightly covering her eyes, she thought to herself: According to the usual routine, as long as I’m not chosen, I can leave directly.

But what puzzled Xu Qing was: Are all the female guests this season so masculine? It’s really strange.

Xu Qing lowered her head and slowly waited for the show to start.

“Welcome everyone to watch the third season of the Sweetheart and Heartbeat variety show, sponsored by Good Milk. Drink Good Milk when you drink milk. Hello, I’m Xiao Song.”

“This season we’ve made a brand new transformation. Our guests will not be screened by the production team, but by our beautiful female guests. We will have five men and five women entering our Sweetheart House.”

“The guests entering the Sweetheart House will have a month to interact, during which they can confess or arrange dates through our tasks.”

“Let’s look forward to it!”

The more Xu Qing listened, the more she felt something was off. It seemed like she had entered the wrong room; she seemed to be mistaken as a male guest.

But thinking about how she was sitting at the back, probably no one would notice her, so she still didn’t say anything.

The show soon reached the heartbeat selection segment.

The female guests were selecting the male guests through screens. At first, they didn’t notice Xu Qing toward the back, just looking at those in the front rows.

Then, an exclamation came; the third female guest noticed Xu Qing in the corner. Her casually crossed legs and lazy demeanor made her stand out among the crowd.

“So handsome!”

“Where? Where?” The first female guest looked in her direction.

“In the lower right corner, there’s a very handsome one,” she said.

Lu Xianzhi heard this and enlarged the screen to the lower right corner.

Only the person on the screen had their long legs casually crossed, the black hood of the hoodie covering most of the face, only revealing the chin and delicate M-shaped lips.

However, her slender build and demeanor made Xu Qing look very handsome. Instantly, she grabbed the attention of all the female guests.

“But he hasn’t raised his head. What if he’s ugly?” the first female guest said.

“Yeah, we shouldn’t act like we’re digging for treasure,” the third female guest echoed.

Lu Xianzhi remained silent; she thought that simply based on intuition, he looked very handsome.

After a while, feeling a bit sore in the neck, Xu Qing raised her head.

She complained quietly, “Why isn’t it over yet, I still have work files to read.”

“Wow, he really is handsome,” the first female guest exclaimed.

The other three female guests also joined in exclaiming.

Lu Xianzhi still remained silent, but her heartbeat couldn’t be contained.

Her eyes, if possible, might have been filled with heart shapes.

So with the careful selection of the beautiful female guests, Xu Qing and four other male guests were lined up.

Xu Qing looked confused, her eyebrows couldn’t help but furrow. Yet her cold temperament made her look not confused, but slightly annoyed.

She slowly accepted the fact that she was mistaken as a male guest and would have to keep up the disguise.

The production team arranged for them to head to the Sweetheart House tomorrow, so for tonight, Xu Qing had to stay at a nearby hotel.

“Hello, Mom, I’ve been selected.”

“What? Selected, isn’t that great?” Madam Xu answered nonchalantly; if one listened carefully, they could still hear the sound of her playing mahjong.

“But…”

“What’s there to but, Mom’s busy, I’ll hang up now!”

“Beep… beep… beep…”

If she could, Xu Qing’s face would have a few black lines now.

I’m not interested in men, but as for girls… never thought about it, Xu Qing pondered.

Xu Qing lay on the bed browsing her phone. She thought of herself as a dull person; ever since she was a child, she would persist once she set her mind to something.

During her student years, her mind was full of studying. Even after starting work, she was always stuck in the hospital. Her daily life was monotonous, but she found joy in it.

In terms of medical expertise, Xu Qing was outstanding, but in love, she was completely oblivious.

Therefore, Xu Qing, at 25 and still single, was forced to participate in the variety show.

Xu Qing stared at her medical materials, lost in thought as to how she could pretend a little better.