[Friendly House Resident Guide]Welcome, dear best friends!We’re thrilled to have you move in together for the next two weeks! Please make sure to follow the guidelines below :>♣ Best Friend☓Swap is a 24-hour educational, observational, healing reality program. The four of you may freely decide your roommates.(However, you cannot change roommates after the first day.)♣ Cooking and house chores will be left to your own discretion.(Request: Please be considerate of the viewers’ stomachs.)♣ The “Best Friend of the Day” event will be renewed randomly every day.Exchange your best friends to earn Friendship Coins! A special gift may await you on the final day.(Note: Once you make a selection, exchanges cannot be undone.)♣ All items necessary for communal living must be paid for only with the provided card.(Warning: Exceeding the spending limit will result in a penalty.)(The limit amount will not be disclosed.)If you have any additional inquiries, please contact us through the “HELP” tab at the bottom of the app!The production team wholeheartedly supports your eternal friendship.After reading through the final note, Seo-eul finally understood what the card in Ye Ju-yeol’s hand was.Unlike the previous seasons, which had imposed no particular restrictions, this time the production had given them an actual corporate card with a fixed budget.But a spending limit?The word “must” was emphasized—meaning all food, household supplies, and any other necessities had to be purchased with this card alone. Yet the limit amount wasn’t revealed, which puzzled him. And then, there was the mention of penalties.“Hm. How much can we use? A hundred? Fifty? …Don’t tell me thirty?”“What? Let me read that too.”Yoon Hyuk, who had walked over while hearing Ye Ju-yeol mutter to himself, took the guide leaflet from him.His eyes moved swiftly down the page until they landed on the final notice as well.Since the limit was undisclosed, swiping the card recklessly might trigger a penalty. He immediately started calculating. Four people living together for two weeks—so at least five hundred thousand won should be enough… or maybe not. If he played it too safe, they could easily be blindsided later.Or perhaps there wasn’t a limit at all.Having been beaten up in the jungle-like world of variety shows for years, both Ye Ju-yeol and Yoon Hyuk had long stopped taking production notes at face value. They’d experienced enough “Gotcha! Just kidding~” twists to know better. The least trustworthy species on earth were TV producers.Most suspicious of all was the lack of detail regarding penalties. As their doubts multiplied in all directions, they noticed that Seo-eul and Sa-heon’s reactions were oddly subtle.Sensing the stares, Seo-eul, lost in thought, slowly raised his head. His voice came a beat late, full of confusion.“Uh, so… you mean our living expenses are limited?”“Yes, sir!”“I think it’s a new rule this season.”“I see.”He said “I see,” but his face was a field of question marks.Why would they restrict living expenses? He couldn’t comprehend the reasoning at all. Still frowning, he subtly drifted closer to Sa-heon.Unaware that everyone was secretly watching him, Seo-eul leaned in and whispered. His voice was so low they couldn’t make out every word, but piecing it together, it seemed he was wondering whether the production budget was short—and if so, whether he should ask permission to use his personal card instead.From Ye Ju-yeol and Yoon Hyuk’s perspective, this sounded completely absurd.Given Seo-eul’s personality, it wasn’t sarcasm. Did he seriously think they’d added that rule because they were saving money?How could that make sense for such a successful show? But then realization dawned.Ah. This must be his first variety show.They’d seen an interview once where he said he only watched dramas and films, never variety programs. So this format might genuinely be new to him. The producers surely knew that, which explained why they’d inserted this rule.After all, both Seo Sa-heon and Lee Seo-eul were famously from wealthy families. The production probably wanted to capture that contrast: people who’d never once worried about money trembling over a single card swipe—it was bound to be entertaining.Seeing Seo-eul actually considering handing over his personal card, Ju-yeol and Hyuk didn’t feel frustrated; instead, a strange sense of responsibility rose within them. Their eyes met naturally.“……”“……”Let’s… take care of the variety part ourselves.Without needing to say it aloud, they both understood. Clenching his fist, Ye Ju-yeol turned sharply toward Seo-eul. Years of entertainment experience told him the timing was perfect to protect his favorite senior.“Sunbae…! I can’t take this anymore. They’re totally messing with us! They want to film us trembling every time we swipe the card! I didn’t think PD Jeon was like this—she’s devious! A cheapskate!”The last words were shouted straight at the nearest observation camera. They were fully aware that the control room was watching, and Ju-yeol was deliberately provoking them. He and PD Jeon Jae-yeon had worked together on another show and were close personally.But Seo-eul, who knew none of that, stared wide-eyed in alarm.They’re filming this—wait, can he say that to the PD?!Meanwhile, Yoon Hyuk smoothly picked up the baton. He raised the guide leaflet high above his head—facing the camera, of course.“He’s right! This wasn’t explained in the pre-meeting either! The previous season’s cast ate whatever they wanted, but why do we have to dip seaweed into soy sauce for flavor? Two weeks surviving on one packet of ramen split into breakfast, lunch, and dinner—this isn’t a best-friend swap, it’s best-friend abuse!”“Indeed!”No one had ever told them to eat that poorly.Still, Yoon Hyuk declared it with the solemn air of a freedom fighter.“We file an official protest!”“PD Jeon Jae-yeon, reflect! Reflect!”“……”“……”It was pure sketch comedy.Seo-eul watched their seamless back-and-forth with a look close to awe.Was that… talent? Or did experience in variety shows build up like a skill stat? He knew he could never pull off such energy; his hands naturally came together. If this were on TV, he would’ve clapped. But since it was unfolding right in front of him, that wasn’t an option.Their relentless protest—better described as a tantrum—continued until Ju-yeol’s phone suddenly started vibrating violently.Still calling out every possible nickname for PD Jeon into the camera, he quickly unlocked his screen. As expected, a message from the production team had arrived.HELP—Ask us anything!—[Seriously][Is this how you’re gonna be?][Reflect, my assㅠ][Yoon Hyuk too? Why are you teaming up??][ε-(‘ﾍ´○)┓][PD Jeon][I can’t back down either][I’m gonna eat something delicious with my senior][Hurry and come down here][People should talk face to face!][Told you][This season’s concept is educational observational entertainment][We’re minimizing producer–cast contact][I’m lying down for now]There was nothing more to hear.Ye Ju-yeol dropped his phone and, without a moment’s hesitation, sprawled flat on the living room floor. Going a step further, he even closed his eyes. Naturally, Yoon Hyuk started filming him. Incidentally, Ju-yeol had done the exact same thing on another program—and coincidentally, that show had also been directed by PD Jeon.PD Jeon knew better than anyone how stubbornly he ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ could play the fool once he’d made up his mind, which was why her phone started buzzing again soon after.HELP—Ask us anything!—[Ju-yeol-ah…..][I already suffered filming with Sa-heon today…][꒰(๑•᷅ﮧ•᷄ )꒱ว⊹][Ha][That damn emoticon][Fine, I’m coming…]Even appealing to sentiment didn’t work.When Ju-yeol sent nothing but a single sticker before “playing dead” again, PD Jeon finally had to surrender. Soon the front door burst open and a crowd of staff members flooded in. Unable to handle him alone, she’d clearly brought reinforcements.The cowardly tactic!Leaping up from the floor, Ye Ju-yeol looked indignant.Whether or not he realized that his tactic had been the most cowardly of all was anyone’s guess—but as soon as he spotted a familiar face among the arriving staff, he bolted straight toward it.

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