Eddie looked utterly distraught as he cried out in melodramatic agony, "Why'd you guys conspire against me! Over a few extra pounds!"
The more serious he looked, the harder the livestream audience laughed.
"Confirmed. He's ostracized."
"My mom said I shouldn't play with chubby boys 'cause one of you counts as two."
"LOL. Now I wanna see what Shannon's gonna wear when she shows up."
"If all four end up in their original outfits and only Eddie isn't… I guess this is what they call showbiz bullying."
The livestream chat was practically on fire with laughter.
Olivia and Vincent exchanged glances before looking toward Juniper with wide-eyed innocence. "This is just a coincidence. I swear."
Eddie's lips twitched in helplessness as he forced a smile. "Yeah, I'm totally buying that."
He didn't press the issue further as the fourth car arrived.
Everyone, livestream audience, present cast members, and production crew alive, held their breath and turned to the car door with intense gazes.
Since the sixth cast member from Season One had long been discredited, everyone assumed there wouldn't be a sixth cast member this time. That meant Shannon would be the fifth person to arrive.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the car door slowly opened, and a young man in funky, street-style clothing stepped out.
The moment they saw his face, the livestream audience went dead silent.
"Wait… Is that Kai? Did he walk onto the wrong set?"
"Isn't this supposed to be a full reunion of Season One's cast members? As a Season Three cast member, what is he doing here?"
"Ahem… Technically speaking, Kai was part of Season One…"
It was clearly an inviting gesture.
Given the rumors online and his alleged connection with Shannon, this move had everyone looking at the car in anticipation. Could there be someone else in it?
Five of six cast members had arrived. That left only one possible person.
Suddenly, no one cared whether Kai deserved to be there as an OG cast member. All intense gazes were locked on his hand, and they wanted nothing more than to have the production crew stick their cameras into the car.
As the suspense hit peak, Kai slowly drew his hand out of the car and held a… turtle.
It was an alligator-snapping turtle far too large to be held with a single hand, yet Kai somehow effortlessly held the hefty creature as if it weighed nothing.
Viewers were disappointed and even pissed. Was he seriously trolling them by bringing a turtle onto the show?
Just as the livestream chat was gearing up to flame him, a clear, familiar voice rang out from inside the car. "Kai, open the door a little wider."
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