That night, #WhoIsYunChu shot to the top of the trending list, marked with a “boiling” icon, indicating a high level of discussion.
“You’ve ridden this wave of popularity quite well!” Chen Jing sent her a voice message, which blasted through her Bluetooth earbuds. “How did you do it? Jian You actually took the initiative to create a CP with you!”
“My charm is just that great, I guess,” Yun Chu replied perfunctorily, lounging on the sofa with a face mask on, her voice muffled. “Is anyone flaming me?”
“That’s a given!”
“…Is anyone carrying me away?”
“?”
“You know, when two fanbases are fighting online, don’t they always say, ‘Carrying xxx away, no comment’?”
“…”
“Right, I have no fans.” Yun Chu gleaned a moment of self-awareness from Chen Jing’s silence.
“How could you have no fans!” Chen Jing said.
“Don’t try to comfort…”
“Your fans are already shipping you!”
“…What?”
That’s right. Yun Chu’s hundred thousand active followers on Weibo were a diverse bunch: mom fans, older and younger sister fans, older and younger brother fans, face fans, and even fans who just watched her eat. After seeing Jian You’s post, they all erupted.
【I’m- I’m shipping this so hard!】
【Is our little Yun Chu finally going to be in a relationship?】
【Jian You, holy crap, the ultimate lesbian heartthrob, who gets it! Has anyone not seen that black-and-white gif of Jian You on set? Wearing a tank top with a suit jacket draped over her shoulders, in the snow, explaining a smoking scene to an actor. Her every move, the way she raises her eyebrows, is just effortlessly seductive. Who wouldn’t turn gay in a second watching that!?】
【Getting ready to create the Super Topic. A pretty older sister should be with another pretty older sister!】
【Everyone, pick a CP name: ‘Bo Yun Jian Ri’ or ‘Jia Jian Cheng Chu’】
【LMAO, what kind of CP names are these?】
【Are you searching for Yun Chu? Let me tell you who she is! Top of the 2013 class at Bei City Film Academy, an artist under Mangosteen Entertainment, currently starring as Xiao Chun in the airing drama The You I First Met. Upcoming dramas include Midsummer, Lend Me the Spring Light, and A Gift of Winter. Recommended videos: ‘Foodie Soul, Foodie Life: A Compilation of Xiao Chu’s Eating Moments,’ ‘Sweet Spring Makeup Tutorial, Learn It in a Flash!,’ and ‘Five Braiding Styles You Should Learn, The Ultimate Dating Weapon!’】
Jian You’s fans: ???
Onlookers: ???
【I’m dying, this actress’s resume is something else. She might as well be a beauty blogger on Little Red Book!】
【Is she really going to leech off our Director Jian???】
【They look pretty compatible, based on their faces.】
【The ice queen x the energetic flower, this is totally hitting some of my kinks, just saying.】
【I just watched a bit of that ‘Foodie Soul, Foodie Life’ video, and it seriously boosted my appetite. How can someone look so good while eating and also make you hungry!】
【Bookmarked the makeup and hair tutorials. Some things my eyes can learn, but my hands can’t…】
【This Yun Chu is a real treasure! I can’t stop scrolling through her homepage hahahahaha. I say someone like Director Jian needs a lively person to bring her out of her shell. Their complementary personalities are killing me, I’m shipping this so hard.】
The online discussions were raging. Even after closing Weibo, she couldn’t find peace. Yun Chu replied to a few friends’ messages, then opened her Moments and saw that Jian You had posted an update ten minutes ago.
Y: 【Winter village snowscape.jpg】
Yun Chu commented: So pretty!
After commenting, she took off her face mask, washed her face, and stared blankly at the phone provided by the production team.
Today’s recording had been rushed and tiring, so the guests were more relaxed after returning. Zhu Wan’er and Pei Wan were getting along well, watching TV together in the living room. Jian You, on the other hand, had gone back to her room as soon as she got back. Before Yun Chu went upstairs, she saw Wen Xi knock on her door with a plate of cut fruit.
…Are they chatting? Are they building a connection? Will Jian You’s favored guest today still be me?
Yun Chu applied her skincare products, her mind racing with thoughts.
The phone on the table buzzed repeatedly.
Taozi: Holy crap? Did you cast a spell on Jian You???
Taozi: Is this for real?
Taozi: Is your face splitting from smiling right now?
Yun Chu: .
Yun Chu: No.
Taozi: 【Really? I don’t believe you.jpg】
Yun Chu: Really.
Taozi: ?
Yun Chu: I’m guessing that according to Teacher Jian’s script, I’m her main CP.
Taozi: Did you bribe the production team?
Yun Chu: Get lost! No!
Yun Chu finished applying the last layer of her face cream, thinking to herself that there was no better explanation for Jian You being so nice to her, creating a CP with her, and engaging in fan service, other than the production team scripting her as the main CP.
The heavens were being kind to her. This was exactly what she had wanted.
And yet, she felt a sense of loss.
She patted her own face and let out a long sigh. People really shouldn’t be too greedy.
When she had a secret crush on Jian You, she just wanted Jian You to remember her. Jian You remembered her. Then she wanted Jian You to look at her. Jian You was looking at her now. She wanted that constant attention.
Could so many good things really happen?
The show’s rules stipulated that if no guest made your heart flutter that day, you could choose to forfeit the opportunity.
Having made her decision, Yun Chu placed the production team’s phone face down on the table and stood up, ready to blow-dry her hair and get a good night’s sleep. But just then, someone knocked on her door.
“Who is it?” Yun Chu took off her hair-drying cap and shook her semi-dry hair. Tiny droplets of water slid from behind her ear down her neck. She opened the door and froze slightly. “…Teacher Jian?”
Jian You was holding a plate of fruit.
Yun Chu took a closer look. Mango, strawberries, and cherries. It wasn’t the same plate Wen Xi had brought her. Jian You held the fruit plate forward and said, “For you.”
Yun Chu was overwhelmed by the favor. “Th-thank you.”
“Aren’t you going to invite me in to sit for a while?” Jian You showed no intention of leaving.
Yun Chu quickly stepped aside to let her in.
Jian You walked in. Hearing Yun Chu close the door, she sat down on the stool in front of the vanity, glanced at the face-down phone, and got straight to the point. “Have you sent the text message yet?”
“Huh?” Yun Chu was having trouble keeping up with her pace.
“Send it to me.”
“???”
“加简乘初” (Jiā Jiǎn Chéng Chū): This name is a wordplay on the Chinese term for the four basic math operations, 加减乘除 (jiā jiǎn chéng chú, “add, subtract, multiply, divide”). It substitutes the characters for ‘subtract’ and ‘divide’ with homophones from the names 简悠 (Jiǎn Yōu) and 云初 (Yún Chū), blending the couple’s identity with a fundamental mathematical concept.
“拨云简日” (Bō Yún Jiǎn Rì): This name reworks the classic idiom 拨云见日 (bō yún jiàn rì), which means ‘to part the clouds and see the sun’ and suggests finding clarity. The name personalizes this concept by incorporating 云 (Yún) from Yun Chu’s name and swapping ‘see’ (见, jiàn) with the homophone 简 (Jiǎn) from Jian You’s name.
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