The production team’s mission, “ask five passersby to take a photo of you kissing,” was completed with ease, simply because the surrounding passersby not only volunteered to take photos for them but also helped them come up with ideas.

“Even though you’re filming a show, you’re both so busy, you probably rarely take photos together in a place like this, right?” said an auntie holding her granddaughter. “If that’s the case, you should take some more memorable photos.”

Yoon Nam-hyuk thought for a moment. “You’re right.”

It was thanks to the production team that they could come to the amusement park. Who knew when they would have the chance to come again?

“Do an ice cream kiss!” said a young woman from a couple. She winked. “These kinds of photos are really popular on social media right now. A couple’s ice cream kiss, a four-panel photo with a real summer vibe.”

The girl showed them a photo she had posted on Instagram with her boyfriend. Qi Huai took her phone, scrolled through it for a while, and smiled. “That’s pretty good.”

The first photo in the four-panel grid showed the couple holding ice cream cones and looking straight at the camera. The second and third were still shots of them smearing ice cream on each other’s faces and then licking it off with the tips of their tongues. The last one, without a doubt, was of them passionately kissing with ice cream in their mouths—a sweet kiss in the truest sense of the word.

[Netizen: There really are a lot of good people in the world.]
[Netizen: Damn it! I was right there! My mind, which has so many risqué pictures saved, went completely blank and all I could remember was to take photos! Was I mute at that moment?]

At the urging of the onlookers, Qi Huai and Yoon Nam-hyuk decided to replicate the four-panel ice cream kiss. There was an ice cream cone shop right at the entrance. Yoon Nam-hyuk chose a milk flavor, and Qi Huai chose strawberry.

“You like strawberry milk?” Yoon Nam-hyuk frowned. Didn’t Qi Huai dislike these kinds of milky, sweet fruit flavors? Had he remembered wrong?

Qi Huai smiled. “Pink suits you better.”

Yoon Nam-hyuk’s skin was fair, and a little bit of pink on him would look just like a cream cake decorated with a ribbon—delicious just to look at.

Hearing this, Yoon Nam-hyuk instantly regretted his choice. He thought to himself that if he had known, he would have bought a cotton candy-flavored ice cream—a mix of blue, pink, and purple. Smearing that on Qi Huai’s face would surely look both poisonous and bizarre.

With the ice cream bought, the photos had to be taken quickly. The follow-cam PD directed them to a spot in front of a whimsically painted wall. The photographers were four volunteers who had eagerly offered their help.

For the first photo, the two stood side-by-side, smiling at the camera. Just before the shutter clicked, Qi Huai suddenly turned his head and lightly kissed the tip of Yoon Nam-hyuk’s ear. The mission required a kissing photo, and although it didn’t specify where to kiss, they had to kiss somewhere, right?

President Yoon had clearly forgotten this point. When Qi Huai’s lips touched his ear, he jumped in surprise, his eyes widening.

It was different here by the painted wall than inside the shop. They were surrounded by people. Even though everyone was looking at them with kind eyes, without any mental preparation, Yoon Nam-hyuk’s entire face turned completely red.

“Hey…” There were children around. Yoon Nam-hyuk instantly fell silent, stomped hard on Qi Huai’s foot, and then lowered his voice. “Stop fooling around!”

[Netizen: So red~]
[Netizen: For someone with such fair skin, his chili pepper and milk beans must be pink, right? Hehe.]
[Netizen: No wonder he bought strawberry flavor!]
[Netizen: It’s a pink thermos filled with strawberry milk up there. If his nutrition is good, Actor Qi should still be able to grow taller at his age, right?]

Actor Qi was already tall enough. One of them was 188cm and the other was 180cm. When they took the second and third photos, Qi Huai could easily lean down to lick the cream off Yoon Nam-hyuk’s face. While Yoon Nam-hyuk didn’t have to stand on his tiptoes, if Qi Huai dodged backward, Yoon Nam-hyuk would miss.

So, President Yoon got angry again. He grabbed Qi Huai’s collar, cupped his face, and fiercely licked the milk-flavored ice cream off his partner’s cheek, murmuring resentfully into Qi Huai’s ear, “Are you looking for a beating?”

Qi Huai loved to tease him on a normal day, but definitely not this frequently. Yoon Nam-hyuk had no idea what was wrong with Qi Huai.

He wasn’t truly angry, just shy. He always found it strange to be watched by people.

“I know, I won’t tease you.”

Qi Huai sighed regretfully and squeezed Yoon Nam-hyuk’s cheek. He thought to himself, I’m already exercising a lot of self-control. At least I didn’t stick my head into your shirt to smell you in front of everyone, nor did I drag you into the bathroom for a quickie, much less ask you to kiss me in the pitch-black haunted house…

During this sensitive time before his susceptibility period, Yoon Nam-hyuk had smiled and talked with other people multiple times right in front of him, even leaning in close for photos… It was already good enough that he could hold back his anger. It was highly praiseworthy. Qi Huai licked his lips and just smiled.

A weird, eerie smile…

Yoon Nam-hyuk frowned.

When they took the final ice cream kiss photo, Qi Huai was even more restrained. To avoid angering President Yoon, he didn’t make any extra moves, just leaned down slightly and waited for Yoon Nam-hyuk to kiss him.

Yoon Nam-hyuk didn’t expect him to be waiting for him to take the initiative. He instantly tensed up, feeling that this moment—with all eyes on them, waiting for their kiss—was no different from a wedding ceremony.

There was a gorgeous setting, but whether it was a wedding or this moment, the people around were all here to witness their happiness.

This kiss…

Yoon Nam-hyuk, holding the ice cream in his mouth, leaned in. He first kissed the corner of Qi Huai’s slightly parted lips, then his tongue slipped in, giving Qi Huai a light French kiss in front of the crowd.

Qi Huai’s eyes were filled with a smile as he gently bit and sucked before letting his partner go.

“Hyung…” Qi Huai said, staring at Yoon Nam-hyuk’s slightly trembling eyelashes. “You’re so cute.”

Yoon Nam-hyuk pursed his lips. “You too.”

Qi Huai laughed out loud.

Thanks to the suggestions of the passersby, this still shot of the ice cream kiss became one of the core promotional materials for the show later on. For N years after the show aired, people still used this photo to make reaction memes and stan them like crazy.

“My ship is real, is your ship still sailing?” This was the heart-stabbing text a snarky netizen personally photoshopped onto the meme.

The amusement park mission was completed with ease. In the following hours, they rode the roller coaster, the giant pendulum, the drop tower, and wandered through the terrifying haunted house…

The screams of the other tourists were deafening. Qi Huai screamed along with them, not out of fear, but because he felt pent-up. Filming a variety show during his susceptibility period was really stressful.

Yoon Nam-hyuk was hesitant at first, but after seeing how refreshed Qi Huai was after yelling, he started yelling along too. As he yelled, he started to laugh, feeling that life was truly beautiful.

The two of them were each thinking their own thoughts, which were poles apart, but their voices were equally loud, nearly blowing out the microphones.

The subtitle team created a large, impactful text effect: AHHH!!!

[Netizen: Reaction image: President having a breakdown.jpg]
[Netizen: They really have couple vibes~]
[Netizen: Their tongue coating is very healthy.]

Normally, after the amusement park, the two should have gone to dinner. PD Seo had even thoughtfully prepared two options for them: a candlelit French dinner or a lavish Cantonese feast. However, President Yoon, fresh off the drop tower, just wanted to throw up.

He leaned into Qi Huai’s arms and dry-heaved. Qi Huai couldn’t help but ask, “Are you feeling really sick?”

The roller coaster’s dips and rises were mild to accommodate children, and while the giant pendulum was thrilling, it had a buffer time. But for some reason, after riding those two, Yoon Nam-hyuk insisted on trying the drop tower…

Sitting on the bench, Yoon Nam-hyuk’s face was pale. “It felt okay while I was on it… I thought you’d like it.”

He had wanted to go because Qi Huai had glanced at the drop tower several times as they passed by.

Qi Huai’s heart ached even more. “I did want to go, but…”

The reason I wanted to go was to release stress. Now you’re rubbing against me with a pale face, and my stress is even greater.

For a moment, Qi Huai didn’t know what to say. He could only hold the dry-heaving Yoon Nam-hyuk, sigh, and rub his back comfortingly. “There’s a themed hotel near the amusement park. Want to go rest for a bit?”

“It’s okay,” Yoon Nam-hyuk mumbled, curled up in Qi Huai’s arms. “I’ll be fine after a little rest.”

“Mm.” Qi Huai quietly held him. After a short while, he started sniffing at Yoon Nam-hyuk’s hair and sideburns. “This shampoo’s scent is too strong.”

“Huh?” Yoon Nam-hyuk was confused.

“The shampoo is too fragrant; I can’t smell your scent clearly,” Qi Huai sniffed hard.

Yoon Nam-hyuk was bewildered. “What scent do I have? Isn’t it all just the smell of shampoo and body wash?”

He believed that as long as a person kept themselves clean, they had no scent. Those so-called pheromones were just the lingering residue of daily toiletries and perfumes.

“No.” Qi Huai took a deep breath. “You smell very good. You have a very special scent that I really like… mm, a scent that I love.”

As he sniffed, he started to feel light-headed. As he spoke, he began to ignore the situation, his hands and feet becoming restless. Yoon Nam-hyuk’s earlobe was taken into his mouth, and Qi Huai’s hand started to creep toward the back of his neck.

Yoon Nam-hyuk instantly felt better. He decisively pushed Qi Huai away. “I’m going to buy an iced coffee!”

The moment the words left his mouth, he clutched the ear Qi Huai had just licked and ran. The follow-cam PD, almost failing to react in time, hurriedly chased after him. Qi Huai sat there with a blank expression, his hands still in the posture of an embrace.

[Netizen: President’s disappearing act!]
[Netizen: Wow… he’s red again, looks delicious.]
[Netizen: I’m suddenly thinking they aren’t suited for outdoor shoots. For other couples, outdoor shoots might be a good opportunity to stir up conflict, but this pair is clearly a spicy rice cake-type couple, whose arguments last thirty seconds at most. Think about it, if you take spicy rice cakes outside, the cold rice cakes are no longer hot or sticky. They just look spicy, but you can’t eat them, you just can’t… sigh.]

After drinking the iced coffee, the President’s condition clearly improved, and Qi Huai’s mood also stabilized considerably.

The amusement park was about an hour’s drive from the beach date location. The two sat in the back seat without a word, each lost in their own thoughts.

Qi Huai thought, Tonight’s mission to pretend to be strangers and hit on each other will be easy, but how will I get through tomorrow… Day 3’s theme is sharing sweet time for two. What if I can’t hold back? Should we do it tonight? Will it affect Nam-hyuk’s condition tomorrow? After all, he was still swollen this morning.

Yoon Nam-hyuk was also thinking. He thought to himself, That bastard Qi Huai is definitely hiding something from me. Although he’s usually handsy, we are filming a variety show these few days. There’s no reason for him to be so inappropriate regardless of the occasion.

Aish… speechless. Is he going to say he’s like an animal, going into heat when the weather gets warm?