@JIAN0812_JianYouFanStation: 12.29. Departing from PEK. Filming’s over~ Heading back for the New Year. Director Jian is so beautiful today! Looking forward to the start of filming for Sister!
【??? Why did Jian You go back early? Did she have a falling out with the show? Is she not filming anymore?】
【Didn’t we just see leaked photos of Zhu Wan’er and President Pei’s date?】
【Did anyone else go back? What’s going on? @LittleTricksForLoveOfficial, come out and explain! Our princess traveled all the way to the countryside (no offense to the countryside) to film your crappy show, and you’re sending her back before filming is even over?】
【Does this mean she’s done filming for good? Yay! My wife finally doesn’t have to put on a show with someone she doesn’t like!】
【Strongly support this. Who needs romance! Focusing on her career is the coolest thing!】
【Jian You looks pretty happy too, hehehe. I told you our princess was basically kidnapped to film this damn variety show! Yun Chu! Go find someone else!】
【My Jia Jian Cheng Chu [heartbreak]】
【??? I’m shattered. I just started shipping them! Who said they were the ‘royal family’? Who said they were the officially pushed couple? Who’s going to take responsibility for my broken heart?!】
【I’ve been rewatching the first episode for the past two days, they’re so sweet! Even if they weren’t, just based on their faces, they should get together for me to see! I won’t allow Jia Jian Cheng Chu to have a bad ending!】
【LMAO, some of these fans are acting like evil mothers-in-law, and they’re so forgetful! Yun Chu is the female lead in the movie Sister. The little couple is just changing locations to continue their romance. Just wait for the change of scenery for their dating show~ Hehe!】
【Are Yun Chu’s fans dropping the act? Weren’t you the ones always chanting ‘don’t believe it until it’s official’? Now you’re already drooling over the role?】
【Drooling my ass, the official announcement is coming any minute.】
【Looking forward to them dating in a new location, hehe.】
【Wait! Yun Chu left too??? What does the production team mean by this? Are they sending away the first couple that gets together? I want to see the romantic details! I want to watch people fall in love!】
【Folks, inside info here. Their filming isn’t over, there’s just been a change of plans.】
【Elaborate.】
【This episode’s dates have a theme. They drew lots, and three people got to choose their date partner and plan the date. Jian You planned a trip to the seaside. The production team needs to set it up in advance, and they can’t film until it’s ready, so that’s why the two of them came back first.】
【So you’re saying, the date partner Jian You chose herself was…】
【Yep, it was Yun Chu.】
【My heart is dead.】
【No wonder she was smiling so brightly. Turns out it’s because she gets to go to the seaside with her wifey, hahaha. I never expected Jian You to be so love-struck!】
【Starting to worry about her new work. Hope she doesn’t stumble and fall.】
【Can you just come back and focus on making movies… We career fans don’t care about your love life, okay? Don’t fall in love and lose your creative spark…】
【Anyone questioning Jian You’s professional ability can get lost! She definitely chose Yun Chu because Yun Chu is right for the role. Stop blaming everything on her being ‘love-struck,’ it’s annoying.】
【I suddenly have a thought, could it be that Jian You actually likes Chen Shuangxu? Isn’t Chen Shuangxu about to get engaged? So Jian You had to find a substitute…】
【Wow, I love a good substitute romance trope!】
【Stop talking crap! If we’re going back in time, Jian You was a senior when Yun Chu got into the film academy. They overlapped for a year. Maybe they knew each other way back then. If that’s before Chen Shuangxu, it’s not certain who’s the substitute for whom!】
【Gotta hand it to the CP fans, they can spin anything to fit their narrative.】
【Yun Chu looks pretty happy too.】
【I was there at the airport today. I don’t know how to describe it, but that’s exactly how I am when I’m in love. Look at her, constantly on her phone and smiling as she looks at it. Something is definitely up!】
【What is it that Mommy can’t see!】
【Damn, President Jiang from Mangosteen Entertainment personally came to the airport to pick up Yun Chu!】
【…Why do I always get the feeling she has ulterior motives regarding Yun Chu?】
【Looks like Mangosteen Entertainment is finally taking Yun Chu seriously. Oh yeah, I love to see a beautiful woman focus on her career! Get it going!】
Yun Chu was a little surprised that Jiang Yu had come to pick her up, but then she remembered Chen Jing telling her the company was going to create a new career plan for her. Reassured, she ran over to meet Jiang Yu. “President Jiang!”
The weather in Yunzhou City had been good the last couple of days, and the winter sun was pleasantly warm. Dressed in warm colors, Yun Chu was like a little sun herself, shining straight at Jiang Yu. Jiang Yu licked her lips and said, “Get in the car first.”
Once they were on the road, she asked, “Why are you so happy?”
Yun Chu was texting Jian You as she replied, “Because something good happened, of course~!”
She drew out the last syllable, her smile threatening to spill over.
Hearing her laugh, Jiang Yu smiled too. “You’ve really made it. You have a lot of commercial offers now. Even after Chen Jing and I filtered many of them out, your upcoming schedule is still packed.”
Yun Chu’s smile vanished. “What? What schedule?”
Jiang Yu was surprised. “You don’t know?”
“Of course I don’t know!” Yun Chu exclaimed. “I’m joining the film crew in February, and I just got the script for Sister. I need a lot of time to get into character. How could I have time to run around doing promotions?”
“Then we’ll have Chen Jing cancel the less important ones,” Jiang Yu said. “But you have to do the endorsement and magazine shoots.”
She found it strange. “So what was the good thing that happened to you?”
Yun Chu gave a shy smile. “I’m in a relationship!”
Jiang Yu’s hands tightened on the steering wheel. “What?”
Yun Chu didn’t notice her strange reaction. She covered her face, mumbled, “It’s a bit embarrassing,” then looked up, blushing. “You know I like Teacher Jian. It turns out she likes me too!”
“…She likes you too?”
“Yeah, yeah.” Yun Chu cupped her face, her eyes crinkling with a smile as she watched the cars ahead move closer and farther away. “You know how I slept with her before? She knew it was me, but she thought I was just sleeping with her for the sake of it, so she didn’t contact me.”
Jiang Yu grunted in acknowledgment. “You’ve cleared the air now?”
“We have!”
“You’re dating?”
“We are!”
“Being in love… what’s it like?”
“What’s it like?” Yun Chu glanced at her. “You’ve had so many relationships, and you’re asking me?”
“I haven’t,” Jiang Yu said. “They were just fleeting affairs.”
“So wild, our President Jiang!” Yun Chu took a can of cola from the car fridge, then remembered Jian You telling her not to drink cold things. She reluctantly placed it on the console, watching the condensation drip down. She thought about the concern in Jian You’s voice when she’d reminded her, and the corners of her lips couldn’t help but curve up. “Being in love… is wonderful.”
She thought about how dangerous it was to place your emotions, completely unguarded, into another person’s hands. But she was willing, more than willing. It was more surreal than being drugged. She was willing to entrust her emotions to Jian You.
If Jian You smiled, she smiled. If Jian You frowned, she grew upset. If Jian You beckoned to her, she would scamper over happily. If she wanted a hug, she’d give her a hug. If she wanted a kiss, she’d give her a kiss. If she wanted… Ahem. Yun Chu shook the dirty thoughts from her head and said, “Anyway, it’s wonderful.”
Jiang Yu nodded thoughtfully. “Don’t let it affect your work.”
“How could it?” Yun Chu looked disagreeable. “Did you forget? The variety show I’m on is all about dating openly!”
“Is it?”
“…”
“I remember that on Little Tricks for Love, you’re not allowed to officially become a couple during filming.”
“You sure know a lot,” Yun Chu muttered under her breath. “Right, where are we going now? Back to the company?”
“Yes, back to the company.”
Chen Jing had packed Yun Chu’s schedule to the brim. Even after canceling a few less important engagements, Yun Chu was still running nonstop. After a meeting at the company, Chen Jing dragged her directly to a series of interviews. By the time she finished five or six of them, it was already past two in the morning.
Chen Jing drove her home. “I’ll pick you up at eight tomorrow morning.”
Yun Chu: “So this is the life of a female celebrity?”
Chen Jing cupped her face and gave it a squeeze. “You’re not that 18th-tier actress anymore. Work hard, make money for me, and get famous! Slap the faces of all those people who say you’re not good enough for Jian You!”
At the mention of Jian You, Yun Chu’s spirits lifted. She clenched her fists. “Yeah!”
Chen Jing: “You’re doing a great job with the fan service with Jian You. Keep it up!”
Yun Chu: “We’re not doing fan service anymore!”
Chen Jing: “Not getting along?”
Yun Chu: “No…”
Chen Jing: “I knew it. With Jian You’s personality, she can’t tolerate the slightest imperfection! It’s a miracle she put up with you for so long. She probably only endured it because she wanted you for her movie. We can switch partners, that’s fine. I see the netizens also enjoy shipping you with President Pei. We can switch to a domineering CEO and still be the top ship!”
Yun Chu: “No, listen to me…”
Chen Jing: “What do you mean, no? I could tell she was getting impatient with you a long time ago. Anyway, you’ve got the role now, so it doesn’t matter whether you do the fan service or not! What’s wrong, Yun Chu?”
Yun Chu closed her eyes for a moment, then looked past her. “Teacher Jian…”
Chen Jing: “?”
She smiled at Yun Chu. “Don’t tell me Jian You is behind me.”
Yun Chu also smiled and nodded. “She is.”
Chen Jing: “…”
Yun Chu sighed and said, “And the reason Teacher Jian and I aren’t doing fan service anymore is because-”
Chen Jing: “Because of what?”
“Because we’re actually dating,” Jian You said from behind her.
