After finishing the fish, the director signaled the host to proceed with the next segment.
Host Liu Yishou: "Since this is a couples' variety show, there's one thing couples simply must do..."
He deliberately slowed his speech here.
[Is it what I'm thinking? Probably not.]
[They're filming a show, bro. Even if they dared, would the director dare to shoot it?]
[Even if the director dared to shoot it, would he live long enough to air it?]
Seeing the atmosphere sufficiently charged, Liu Yishou finally continued.
"That would be the 'Heartbeat Challenge'! Here are two heart rate monitors—please put them on."
"As the saying goes, the one who falls first in love is always at a disadvantage. So today, we'll test which of you can make the other's heart race first."
Honestly, Lin Ran was already planning his escape route.
If he lost, he might get beaten. If he won, he might also get beaten.
What exactly was the production team trying to do? Had he somehow offended them?
Luo Yao put on the alien-looking helmet, her heart rate displaying a steady 68.
Seeing Lin Ran hesitate, she frowned—her heart rate instantly spiked.
Lin Ran sighed and put on the monitor. The moment he met Luo Yao's gaze, her yellow light flashed—her heart rate had already soared past 90.
Everyone froze, including Lin Ran himself.
Was his charm really that lethal?
Luo Yao asked, "What were you thinking about just now, A'Ran?"
Suddenly, Lin Ran understood her heart rate spike—she was angry.
So, he unleashed the ultimate textbook answer, ensuring the entire internet would remember it.
"I was wondering whether winning or losing would make you happier. But then I realized—it doesn’t matter. What matters is that I love you, and you love me too."
"Ding! Ding! Ding!" Her heart rate instantly breached 100, the red light flashing.
Liu Yishou was stunned. This experiment had been conducted many times, but never had a winner been decided so quickly.
Especially with long-married couples—the novelty usually fades, replaced by comfortable familiarity. Yet Lin Ran had obliterated Luo Yao’s defenses with just one sentence.
[Is Luo Yao really this much of a romantic?]
[I believe Luo Yao genuinely loves Lin Ran.]
Unbothered by the comments, Luo Yao shot Lin Ran a smoldering look—clearly signaling a reward.
Lin Ran’s heart rate jumped from 60 to 100, his own red light activating.
[Lin Ran’s lit up too! One flirtatious glance from Luo Yao did it.]
[Or maybe he’s just terrified?]
[You might be onto something…]
Lin Ran wasn’t scared—just flustered.
Host: "I declare Lin Ran the provisional winner!"
Lin Ran: "??? Provisional?"
The host gave him a sympathetic look. "It means you’ve won on-screen. What happens after the show ends… who knows?"
Lin Ran: "Oh, so that’s how you wanna play? Fine. Just wait till you see how my wife avenges me."
Ignoring the threat, the host moved to the final segment.
"Now, for today’s 'Heart-to-Heart' session—express your deepest feelings to each other."
This segment was new to Lin Ran and Luo Yao, but it wasn’t hard. After a pause, Luo Yao made her declaration.
Luo Yao: "A'Ran belongs only to me."
Lin Ran: "I love you. Even if Lin Tianba drops dead, I’ll keep loving you."
[LMAO Lin Ran’s playing 4D chess—taking digs while confessing.]
[World’s worst dad just got obliterated.]
[After reading Lin Ran’s backstory, ‘disgusting’ is the only word for Lin Tianba.]
[Anyone else think Luo Yao’s lowkey yandere?]
Watching the livestream, Lin Tianba hurled his phone in rage. "That ungrateful brat! I’ll kill him!"
The host grinned like a proud auntie. "And that concludes today’s episode of 'The Boss and His Wife'! For our final game—"
Lin Ran interrupted: "Hold up."
Host: "Yes, Mr. Lin? Any words for the audience?"
Lin Ran: "Nah. Their opinions don’t matter—I can’t crawl through the internet to argue with them anyway."
Host: "Then…?"
Lin Ran: "I just wanna perform a magic trick."
Host: "What trick?"
Lin Ran: "I bet your show’s about to end early."
The host smiled. "Mr. Lin, we’ve got time left. Even if I collapse, someone else can—"
Suddenly, she clutched her stomach. Why did it hurt so much?
The cameraman wobbled, nearly cutting the feed. The director was sweating bullets, struggling to keep filming.
The host frantically signaled the assistant director—only to find him squatting like a toddler, banging his head on the floor.
Then the director hurled his walkie-talkie and bellowed: "I AM LU BU OF BAOTOU! ALL DISOBEDIENT GUESTS SHALL CALL ME DADDY!"
The assistant director, barely conscious, lunged to cover the director’s mouth. "Sir! Stop spewing nonsense!"
The host, now hallucinating, mumbled: "Was… the food poisoned?"
Lin Ran blinked innocently. "No way! That fish was air-flown. And the mushroom soup? Special Yunnan imports—I shared my premium stash because you all work so hard."
Host: "Hehe! Thanks, Young Master Lin. How about… turning the director into soup next?"
The cameraman spat out his water. What kind of deranged script was this?!
With a final burst of clarity, he yelled, "SHOW’S OVER—DIRECTOR’S LOST IT!" before killing the feed.
The livestream ended in a storm of comments:
[Holy guacamole! Did the whole crew just go feral?!]
[My theory: Lin Ran got scammed with bad ingredients.]
[How hated IS this director? Even their delirium trashes him!]
[LMAO Lin Ran & Luo Yao—ditch the crew, go solo! Turn on donations; I’ll tip!]
[Lin Ran: Thanks for the pocket change, peasant. My dog eats better.]
[Luo Yao: Darling, they can’t afford our dog’s treats.]
As the broadcast cut, the entire crew collapsed.
And just like that, the hospital admitted a dozen new patients.
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
nto another world, I bought a slave for the first time, never expecting the silver wolf girl to be so cute... Lin Feng: I know it's cold, but you don't have to sneak into my bed! Yuna: Just sharing body warmth, if you dare do anything naughty, I'll definitely...
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
