Song Yushi didn’t ask Qi Ke how she had explained things to the staff member. She only saw that after the explanation, the staff member’s expression grew even more dazed, and they went downstairs as if in a dream. Qi Ke also grabbed a change of clothes, slipped into the bathroom, and stayed there for two hours.
Song Yushi took a nap while hugging Candy.
She was woken up by the sound of WeChat messages.
Still groggy, Song Yushi fumbled for her phone with her eyes closed. After searching for a while without finding it, a mix of morning grumpiness and pent-up frustration began to surface. Just as she was about to lose her temper, something soft was placed in her palm.
Song Yushi squeezed it reflexively.
It was Qi Ke’s hand.
Qi Ke’s other hand wasn’t idle; she gently patted Song Yushi’s back, her voice soft. “There, there, don’t be scared.”
She thought Song Yushi was having a nightmare.
Song Yushi’s eyes stung as an inexplicable emotion welled up in her heart, only to be forcefully suppressed a moment later. When she opened her eyes again, they were clear. She met Qi Ke’s gaze and said, “Phone.”
Qi Ke didn’t immediately understand. “Huh?”
Song Yushi simply let go of her hand, pulled her phone out from under the pillow, and unlocked it. The WeChat messages were still buzzing incessantly.
Qi Ke: “…” So it wasn’t a nightmare, she was just looking for her phone.
Song Yushi scrolled through her phone messages. The Sweet Day group chat, which she hadn’t muted, was buzzing with lively conversation. As she scrolled, she felt something was off and paused. If this had happened in the past, after Qi Ke had created an awkward situation, she would definitely have tried to save face, but now—
Qi Ke was strangely silent.
Song Yushi brought the phone closer to her eyes, observing Qi Ke from the corner of her eye.
But then she saw Qi Ke smile. “As long as it wasn’t a nightmare, it’s fine.”
Song Yushi: “…What?”
Qi Ke’s hair wasn’t completely dry, sticking damply to her fair face. Her eyes were just as dewy, innocent and lighthearted. “I thought you were having a nightmare. It’s good that you weren’t.”
Song Yushi gave a muffled “oh.”
“Thump.”
Qi Ke got out of bed barefoot, leaving a trail of wet footprints from the bedside to the door. In a flash, her figure disappeared behind it.
Song Yushi slowly shifted her gaze back to the group chat screen.
Zhong Yi: I was randomly browsing the Song Yushi and Qi Ke couple super-topic on my side account today and saw the bio changed. Hey, it suits you two quite well.
A screenshot.
Song Yushi tapped it open—Qi Ke x Song Yushi. It is only because of her that she is who she is; with anyone else, the ending would be lost.
Song Yushi: Did you really just stumble upon it by chance, Zhong Yi?
Zhong Yi: Yeah, yeah.
Song Yushi: A “by chance” with a 42-day consecutive check-in streak and a level 9 account?
Zhong Yi: …
Bye-bye!
Lunch had been sumptuous, so dinner was a casual affair. Song Yushi had been on a diet recently and planned to just eat an apple, but Qi Ke ordered barbecue takeout and ate with great relish.
And she kept tempting Song Yushi while she ate.
Qi Ke: “The grilled chicken wings are the best, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.”
Song Yushi: “…”
Qi Ke: “The rice cakes are so chewy. I love them.”
Song Yushi: “…”
Qi Ke: “Coke with barbecue is pure bliss.”
Song Yushi: “…Stop it.”
Qi Ke: “What?”
Song Yushi: “Is there any left?”
The great lead singer Qi, as scheming as ever, had ordered a portion for two. Song Yushi’s diet failed for the 11th time.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Candy, who could no longer contain her desire to go out and play, started barking at the door. Qi Ke cleaned up the trash and called out to Song Yushi, “Captain, want to go for a walk to help digest?”
Song Yushi was still wallowing in the sorrow of her failed diet. When she heard Qi Ke call her, she looked up and said abruptly, “I’m not eating tomorrow night.”
Qi Ke smiled and nodded. “Okay.”
Song Yushi didn’t trust her. “If you order takeout, I’ll go downstairs and wait for you to finish.”
Qi Ke was still obedient. “Okay.”
“But—” Qi Ke added, “Captain, I have to remind you of something.”
Song Yushi asked warily, “What?”
Qi Ke said, “Tomorrow afternoon, we have a pre-broadcast livestream. After it’s over, we’ll part ways, so we probably won’t have a chance to eat dinner together.”
Song Yushi: “…”
“Of course, if you want to wait for me for dinner, I can come back to eat.” Qi Ke winked her left eye at Song Yushi, a super-sweet gesture, then led Candy out the door.
Song Yushi stood frozen on the spot.
She was internally conflicted between anger and the wink for a long time. It wasn’t until Candy called for her impatiently from outside the door that her true, hidden thoughts suddenly surfaced.
Qi Ke’s wink was very sweet.
And, aside from when they were on camera, it was only ever directed at her.
Spring was approaching, and the wind was mild. The snow that had accumulated all winter was melting silently, leaving the asphalt roads damp. Occasionally, an expensive private car or two would drive past, leaving tracks that vanished in an instant.
The owners in the villa complex mostly returned on weekends, so there weren’t many people around on weekdays.
Qi Ke let Candy off her leash, allowing her to roll around and run wild, while she and Song Yushi walked in aimless circles around the community’s green space.
The moon hung in the pale sky, as faint and insipid as water.
Song Yushi didn’t speak, and neither did Qi Ke.
Both seemed to be enjoying this rare moment of silence.
The silence was broken by a fan. Although fans weren’t allowed to film during the variety show’s recording, there was no stopping a fan who happened to be a rich woman living in the same residential complex. An encounter was inevitable.
And to be fair, this Qi Ke solo stan claimed she didn’t want to disturb them.
But watching her own idol follow Song Yushi around in circles, silent, wordless, and uncomplaining, pained the fan’s heart. Everyone knew Qi Ke loved to talk; how uncomfortable must she be, holding it all in for so long.
Besides, the Qi Yu pairing had to be just for show! The two of them looked like complete strangers! They couldn’t even find a common topic to talk about!
So, after Song Yushi and Qi Ke had slowly circled ten times, long enough for the moonlight to deepen, the fan finally rushed forward. “Keke—”
The cameraman following them had long since had enough. He didn’t even try to stop her, just propped up his camera with a look of utter despair and faithfully recorded every moment.
Qi Ke stopped first and turned around in surprise.
Without even glancing at Song Yushi, the fan handed the milk tea to Qi Ke. “It’s still cold out. Drink some hot milk tea to warm up.”
Qi Ke stared quietly at the cup of milk tea.
There was only one cup.
Was this milk tea? No, this was a test!
Qi Ke took two steps back and firmly refused, “No, thank you.”
The fan, clearly not expecting to be rejected, froze for a moment before offering it again. “It’s just milk tea, I bought it especially for you. It’s your favorite, mango coconut with mini taro balls.”
Qi Ke swallowed and shook her head. “I appreciate the thought, but really, I don’t need it.”
The fan grew anxious. “This isn’t some expensive gift, it’s just milk tea. You always accepted it before. I’m really not a sasaeng fan, I live right here. I just saw you and went to buy a cup…”
The more she spoke, the more pitiful she sounded. Even Song Yushi couldn’t bear to watch any longer and nudged Qi Ke’s shoulder with her own. “Just take it. It looks pretty good.”
The captain had spoken, so Qi Ke immediately took it.
After taking it, however, she didn’t drink it. She thought for a moment and asked, “Where did you buy it?”
The fan said happily, “Just outside the complex, across the street.”
Qi Ke nodded, handed the milk tea to Song Yushi, and said, “Wait for me a moment.”
Without waiting for Song Yushi to ask, she took off running, leaving Song Yushi and the fan to stare at each other.
Song Yushi smiled at the fan.
The fan, however, turned her head away coldly, determined not to spare a glance for anyone but her idol—the true spirit of a solo stan.
Song Yushi: “…”
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say Qi Ke had thrown her to the wolves.
Song Yushi didn’t want to wait, but she couldn’t very well walk away with the milk tea in front of Qi Ke’s fan, so she could only stare blankly at the cameraman. Fortunately, Qi Ke wasn’t gone for long and returned quickly.
She was carrying a cup of milk tea.
Running up to her, Qi Ke bent over, panting, with one hand on her knee. She held out the other hand toward Song Yushi, her face breaking into a brilliant smile. “For you.”
A chill ran down Song Yushi’s back; she immediately sensed a murderous aura.
Her mental fortitude was strong. She calmly accepted the milk tea and communicated with Qi Ke through her eyes.
—Just one?
—It’s a double standard. Why can’t I do it?
—…?
That night, a minor tremor shook Qi Ke’s fandom—reportedly, a certain wealthy solo stan who lived in the same complex as the 《30 Days of Cohabitation Life》 cast had converted into a CP fan. The reason was baffling: It was all the milk tea’s fault!
【Haha, if you’re going to become a CP fan, just become one. What does it have to do with milk tea? The milk tea won’t take the blame for this! Get lost!】
【I said it before, solo stans should stay away from CP threads. Sooner or later you’ll convert to a CP fan and then get “purified” by the other side’s fans. It’s disgusting, I’m speechless!】
【Welcome to the big Qi Yu family, hahahahaha! I’m so curious how she converted. Did she find some concrete evidence? whispers】
【Hahaha, I’ve lived long enough to see a solo stan convert to a CP fan! Qi Yu is real! Can Qi Ke’s and Song Yushi’s solo stans please shake hands, make peace, and ship the CP together!】
【Qi Ke’s solo stans are so fierce. They treat Song Yushi like a wicked mother-in-law. Please, wicked mother-in-law, leave the little couple alone.】
For a while, it was a chaotic scene: solo stans hurled insults, CP fans beat tops, intense shippers beat drums, marketing accounts reposted the content, and the fan group went wild. It was incredibly lively.
Half an hour later, the aforementioned major fan posted a set of photos.
In the photos, under the moonlight, a perfect couple walked side by side, strolling with their dog, looking as sweet as if they were already living a married life.
The entire fandom went silent.
The solo stans were speechless, and the CP fans… well, they screamed themselves hoarse.
Only Qi Ke was frantically saving the pictures, wishing she could log into her main account to like them. In the end, she managed to restrain herself with immense self-control, merely switching between a dozen side accounts to show her support. As a result, she was branded a sycophant by the solo stans, her accounts were posted on an anti-fan page, and they all got blocked.
Qi Ke: …
This intense love was too heavy for her to bear.
The phone she had just put down buzzed. It was a message from Song Yushi, who was in the bedroom. —Not sleeping yet?
Qi Ke took a sip of water and typed back: I’m sleeping in the living room.
Song Yushi: ?
Qi Ke: …I’m pursuing you now, so I can’t take advantage of you anymore.
Song Yushi: So sleeping with me before was you taking advantage of me?
Qi Ke: …
Why is Song Yushi so good at getting to the point!!!
In any case, Qi Ke had made up her mind. No matter how Song Yushi tried to persuade her, she would not sleep in the same bed with her again.
Footsteps sounded from behind her.
Qi Ke: “Don’t try to persuade me—”
Before she could finish, a silk quilt landed in her arms. It carried a faint scent of roses—Song Yushi’s scent.
Qi Ke turned her head.
Song Yushi had already changed into her pajamas, a fluffy set that matched Qi Ke’s. She looked like a little pink, fluffy bunny, which, combined with her expressionless face, made her seem adorably dorky. Her words, however, were not so cute. “I’m not persuading you. Be careful not to catch a cold.”
Moved, Qi Ke pouted. “Thanks for your concern, Captain.”
She lay down, pulled the quilt over herself, and closed her eyes—
“Captain, can you turn off the light for me? Thanks!”
It all happened so fast that Song Yushi was momentarily stunned. She stared at Qi Ke for a bit before slowly turning off the living room light and using the glow from the bedroom’s wall lamp to find her way back to bed.
“Click.”
The light went out, and the entire third floor fell into silence.
Song Yushi did not sleep well.
She had never liked sleeping with other people. Back when they were in the group, Qi Ke had joined suddenly with nowhere to stay, so she had shared a bed with her for one night. She hadn’t slept well that night, huddled in a corner, refusing to let down her guard. The very next day, she had requested a new bed from the company.
Later, she got used to it.
But that was limited to Qi Ke alone.
Qi Ke liked to sleep with her arms around her waist, her face buried in the crook of her neck. In the hazy state between sleep and wakefulness, she would tilt her head up to kiss her lips, then move to gently nibble her earlobe, cooing softly, “Captain, I dreamed about you last night.”
Usually, Song Yushi wouldn’t speak at times like this.
Then Qi Ke would whisper again, “I wanted to kiss you, but you wouldn’t let me. I was heartbroken.”
As if to repay the debt from that inexplicable dream, her lips would be kissed again, the kiss turning and deepening until they were both breathless.
Finally, Qi Ke would say—
Song Yushi opened her eyes. Using the moonlight that grew brighter as the night deepened, she stared at the ceiling. She held her breath, trying to catch any sound of movement from Qi Ke in the silence.
But Qi Ke remained perfectly still.
Song Yushi got out of bed barefoot and opened the bedroom door. At that exact moment, Qi Ke, who was sleeping on the sofa, suddenly sat up.
She turned on the floor lamp.
The solitary lamp cast a faint glow, enveloping Qi Ke. She rubbed her eyes and stared dazedly at Song Yushi, murmuring, “I just dreamed about you.”
Song Yushi’s heart skipped a beat.
But then Qi Ke smiled, her beautiful eyes burning with endless affection. She half-knelt on the sofa, leaning over the backrest, and whispered a sentence.
The voice of the Qi Ke from that year overlapped with the voice of the Qi Ke of today.
The same breathy tone, the same gentleness, the same words.
“I like you so much, Captain.”
It was a heartfelt confession she had said to so many people that Song Yushi had never taken it seriously, yet it was the truest of truths.
《30 Days of Cohabitation Life》 was scheduled to air this Friday, with the pilot and trailer released simultaneously. Because all three pairs of guests—the romantic couple, the boy group members, and the girl group members—had massive followings, they took turns hitting the hot search list three or four times in less than twenty-four hours.
Among them, the pairs of Chen Sheng and Jiang Jing, and Song Yushi and Qi Ke, had the highest view counts.
The three most mentioned phrases in the bullet comments were: “I’m dying from shipping this,” “Get married immediately,” and “They’re so perfect together.”
Within the fan group, eight hundred threads were started to discuss the CP chemistry of Qi Yu and “Jingsheng” (Jiang Jing and Chen Sheng). At the same time, Qi Ke’s other pairings were also brought up, with one or two “All Ke” posts mixed in, which were quickly deleted by the administrator.
The group member was shocked: ? Wait, why was my post deleted? Qi Ke, are you afraid Song Yushi will see it?! If she was going to see it, she would have seen it long ago! Why would she wait until now? Can’t you have some backbone!
Qi Yu CP fans: Another sweet moment to ship.
With half an hour to go before the show’s livestream, the “World’s Happiest Child” super-topic was completely taken over by Qi Yu CP fans.
The livestream was set up on the first floor. The romantic couple had a task in the afternoon, so their schedule was staggered, leaving only the two other pairs for the livestream. The broadcast hadn’t started yet, but the guests had already arrived and were sitting together, chatting idly.
It was mainly Song Yushi chatting with Jiang Jing and Chen Sheng.
Qi Ke sat far away on a single sofa, playing on her phone, strictly maintaining her distance from everyone else.
Some people may appear cold and unapproachable on the surface, but are secretly scrolling through their CP’s super-topic, the corners of their mouth curving up in a smile they can’t suppress.
【Leaked info from the set: Captain and Keke are sharing a makeup artist today!】
【Aaaah, will I get to see a super sweet moment today? If they give us some good content, I’ll go dance to 《Cherry》 in the middle of the street!】
【My two fandoms are colliding! I’m ecstatic!】
【Whether I can make it through this month depends on whether Qi Yu gives us any sweet moments today. Qi Yu, saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda.】
Sometimes, life was just like this. Shipping a CP brought happiness. Shipping a CP that involved the person you liked brought double the happiness. If only…
“Teacher Qi, what are you looking at?”
Well, someone always had to ruin the moment.
Qi Ke looked up irritably and met Chen Sheng’s innocent, kind eyes. Feeling a pang of guilt, she immediately locked her screen. “Just scrolling.”
Chen Sheng didn’t really care what she was looking at. He naturally sat down beside her and started making small talk. By the time the conversation drifted to his cousin, who had met up with an online love interest over the New Year and only discovered the person was a man after they’d taken their clothes off, Qi Ke finally couldn’t take it anymore. “Stop!”
Chen Sheng’s expression remained completely innocent.
Qi Ke: “…”
Stop telling dirty jokes with such an innocent face!
Qi Ke changed the subject. “Your idol is sitting right over there. Why don’t you go talk to her?”
Chen Sheng glanced over. Song Yushi was making idle conversation with his teammate, Jiang Jing. He quickly looked away, his face falling. “I’m too chicken.”
She could tell.
Chen Sheng didn’t seem ashamed of being a coward and continued chatting with Qi Ke. At an exciting point, he even grabbed her sleeve. Qi Ke slapped his hand away reflexively.
Her survival instinct flared. “Don’t touch me!”
Chen Sheng: “? Teacher Qi…”
Qi Ke took a deep breath and said in a low voice, “I have someone I like. I need to keep my distance from everyone else.”
Chen Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. He muttered that he thought it was something serious, then immediately burst out laughing. “So you and Teacher Song really are the official pairing! I browsed your super-topic a couple of days ago. Your CP fans are all saying they’re shipping a real couple. It made me clench my fists in frustration.”
Qi Ke: “?”
Say that again?
Chen Sheng, completely oblivious to Qi Ke’s murderous intent, just shrugged sheepishly. “Hahahaha, forgive me, I’m a solo stan, you know.”
He really dares to keep talking?
Qi Ke gave a dry laugh. “The person I like is Song Yushi.”
Chen Sheng’s smile froze.
Qi Ke smiled faintly, patted Chen Sheng’s shoulder, and delivered the fatal blow: “And I’m going to win her over.”
Chen Sheng: “?”
Qi Ke advised him earnestly, “You should join the Qi Yu super-topic early. It’s a worthy investment.”
Chen Sheng: “…I must still be dreaming.”
Yes, let’s just call it a dream. Please let him wake up soon! This is a fucking nightmare!!!
Fifteen minutes later, the livestream began.
【Is it just me, or does Chen Sheng seem out of it? Is he not wearing makeup? His face is deathly pale. And did he just flinch when Qi Ke called his name?】
【Wait, Qi Ke is being so good. Why is she answering every question asked?】
【Because the question was, “Is there anything unbearable about living with Song Yushi?” Qi Ke: “No, Captain is great. I want to be her roommate forever.” Damn, why does Qi Ke’s flattery sound so sincere? Help!】
【This is a relationship interview, isn’t it? I’m dying from shipping both pairs.】
After the livestream ended, “Qi Ke Wants to Be Roommates with Captain Forever,” “Touching Sweet Day Affection,” and “Sweet Day’s Group Spirit” all trended on the hot search list.
Group Chat – 【We’re Getting Rich Today】
Zhong Yi: Haha, “Touching Sweet Day Affection.” Leave me out of it. I’m happy being on my own.
Chengzhi: Leave me out of it. I’m happy being on my own.
Qi Ke: ?
Song Yushi: …
Meng Ying: It’s one thing for Zhong Yi and Chengzhi’s solo stans to say that, but you two are saying it too? You two disappoint me so much!
Chengzhi and Zhong Yi: …
Uh, it seems Meng Ying is completely clueless about the romance within the group?
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