The first thing Yun Chu saw when she woke up was Zhou Zhitao.
Her heart clenched in terror, and she nearly fainted on the spot. She slapped a hand on Zhou Zhitao’s forehead and pushed her back, saying irritably, “You’re squatting by my bed staring at me this early in the morning. Don’t tell me you’ve turned gay!”
Zhou Zhitao sat on the floor, a lewd grin spreading across her lips. “I won’t say who’s as bent as a mosquito coil.”
Yun Chu was just waking up from a hangover and still felt a bit dizzy. She closed her eyes and lay back down for a while, not forgetting to retort, “You might as well say it. It’s me! Last night, I-”
Scenes from the previous night flashed rapidly through her mind.
They were all fragmented snippets: the singing in the bar, the scent of Jian You’s scarf, Jian You’s occasional replies on the way back, and then-
“Holy crap!” Yun Chu sat up in bed.
Zhou Zhitao was all gossip. “What, what?”
Yun Chu: “I %#…#*@#!”
Zhou Zhitao: “Don’t you dare start self-censoring at the critical moment!”
Yun Chu stared blankly ahead, her eyes barely moving. She met Zhou Zhitao’s gaze and said, “I stripped naked in front of Teacher Jian.”
Zhou Zhitao was unfazed. “Not the first time.”
Yun Chu: “…”
Zhou Zhitao: “Keep remembering.”
Yun Chu covered her face. “Isn’t that explosive enough? She likes women, I like women, and I stripped naked in front of her, but she didn’t do anything to me. What else could possibly happen? I %…@*#¥!”
Zhou Zhitao: “What now?”
Yun Chu looked up, stunned. “I think I kissed Teacher Jian.”
Zhou Zhitao: “!!!”
She leaned forward, propping herself on the edge of the bed, her eyes shining. “How did you kiss her? Was there tongue? Did she kiss you back? Did sparks fly between you two!”
…She couldn’t remember.
She only remembered that when she kissed her, Jian You’s body had stiffened for a moment. The hand on her shoulder had slid down and gripped her waist, hard. It had hurt.
“And then?”
“…I fell asleep.”
“You-!” Zhou Zhitao pounded the bed in frustration. “But it makes sense now. Jian You was acting a little strange when she came downstairs. It seems she really minds that you kissed her.”
“Don’t hurt me.” Yun Chu lay back down and pulled the covers over her head. After a moment, she threw them off again and asked, “How was she acting strange? Give me the details.”
Zhou Zhitao recalled, “Yesterday, you insisted on clinging to her and making her take you upstairs. You even cried.”
“I cried?” Yun Chu’s toes curled in embarrassment. “What were you doing? Couldn’t you have taken over the great responsibility of taking care of me from her?”
“I wanted to!” Zhou Zhitao was also annoyed. “Is Jian You interested in you or not? When she saw I was at your place, her face turned so sour, as if you were hiding another woman at home. She was jealous, right? It was jealousy, wasn’t it?”
“Has your CP brain gone into overdrive? Keep talking!”
“Then she took you upstairs and came down about half an hour later. I was worried about you, so I stayed awake. When I saw her coming down, I pretended to be going to the bathroom and ran into her. I just asked, ‘Is she asleep?’ Jian You glanced at me, hummed in agreement, and said, ‘Prepare some milk for her tomorrow morning.’ I said okay, thank you for the trouble, Director Jian.”
“And then?”
Then, Jian You said, “No trouble. Remember to prepare the milk.”
Zhou Zhitao said, “Okay.”
Jian You: “Milk can protect the stomach. It should be warmed up.”
Zhou Zhitao: “Okay!”
Jian You: “It must be pure milk.”
Zhou Zhitao: “…Okay.”
She asked Yun Chu, “Is your Director Jian a broken record? How could I forget to prepare milk? And it has to be pure milk, as if I don’t know? Why are you so quiet?”
Yun Chu’s face was red. “Well, Teacher Jian was just concerned about me.”
Zhou Zhitao: “…Can you have some self-respect!”
Yun Chu collapsed onto the bed, kicking her legs. Then she threw herself to the edge of the bed and met Zhou Zhitao’s eyes, her own sparkling. “When are you moving out? Don’t let Teacher Jian get the wrong idea.”
Zhou Zhitao gritted her teeth and went to choke Yun Chu. “Believe it or not, I’ll go pour out your milk right now.”
Damn lovebirds!
Bei City International Airport.
Jian You, who had just gotten off the plane, let out a loud sneeze.
She looked up at the sky and thought, it’s going to snow again.
With the broadcast of The You I First Met, the character played by Yun Chu occasionally appeared as a white moonlight in the protagonist’s memories. Mangosteen Entertainment also put in some effort, having someone create a story-driven CP edit that went viral overnight. After exceeding ten thousand shares, Yun Chu’s acting was once again recognized, and she gained another small wave of fans.
She hadn’t posted much on Weibo since returning to Yunzhou City, but her new fans weren’t lonely. Thanks to her talkative past, they were now busy enjoying the fun of digging through her old posts.
@YunChu: One day I will live a life with a cat and a dog [Striving] I’ll get a border collie and have it take care of me and the kitty [Striving][Striving]
【Hahahahahahahahahahaha I’m dying】
【My baby girl is so interesting!】
【I remember Director Jian has a cat and a dog at home】
【Little Yun Chu can just move right in】
【A match made in heaven, who is this killing (meaning it’s killing me)】
@YunChu: Went to see a play today! The classic play Spring Light Departs was so good! Ding Linping’s acting is amazing, I cried so hard QAQ 【Attached photo of the play】
【Holy crap, we were at the same show! My wife and I are truly fated!】
【Why no selfie, bad review!】
【Wife, can we go see a play together next time?】
@YunChu: Had a small cameo role today, challenged a different kind of character again. You can look forward to it~ 【Attached a random photo from the set】
【Looking forward to it, looking forward to it!】
【??? This set looks a bit familiar】
【Isn’t this the family drama that Jian You directed??? I think I saw this scene in the male lead’s studio vlog!】
【Found it.】
【What a delicious meal, so our Jia Jian Cheng Chu worked together a long time ago [Starry eyes]】
【I’m dying from shipping this!】
Meanwhile, the news report about Jian You going home with a woman who looked like Yun Chu from the entrance of a bar had been fermenting for a night. Netizens were now completely convinced it was Yun Chu. Not wanting to let free publicity go to waste, that afternoon, Little Tricks for Love released its preview and officially announced its broadcast date.
The preview consisted of individual interviews with the six guests, asking some innocuous questions, mainly to let the audience get to know their faces.
【Jian You said her ideal type is sunny and cute. Don’t be so obvious, I’m telling you.】
【Yun Chu’s ideal type: No ideal type. The person I like is my ideal type. Doesn’t that just mean she already likes someone? To participate in a dating show when you already like someone, there’s only one answer.】
【The person she likes is on the dating show!】
【I won’t say who it is.】
【Some CP fans are so pathetic, picking through trash before the show even airs. I pity them.】
【There’s a press conference on Christmas Day! I’m going for it!】
【Pass it on, Yun Chu and Jian You have a date on Christmas, and it’s going to be live-streamed for us to watch [Drooling]】
【Pass it on, Jia Jian Cheng Chu will make their relationship official on Christmas.】
【Pass it on, Jia Jian Cheng Chu are going to spend a wonderful night together on Christmas.】
【Pass it on, Jia Jian Cheng Chu did it.】
…
In reality, Jia Jian Cheng Chu, who had already gotten their marriage certificate in the mouths of netizens, hadn’t contacted each other in three days.
A certain ski resort.
“Alright! Teacher Yun!”
The moment the photographer’s words fell, Yun Chu immediately jumped aside. The assistant Chen Jing had assigned her quickly draped a down jacket over her shoulders. Only after she had put it on did she slowly start processing the sounds around her.
“The last set of photos is done. We can wrap up! Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Yun.”
“Thank you for your hard work.” Yun Chu also bowed to the staff and walked shakily towards the room, her lips purple from the cold, muttering, “I’m freezing, I’m freezing.”
This was a magazine shoot that Chen Jing had gotten for her. It was said to be one of the country’s leading fashion magazines, and the editor-in-chief particularly liked her spirited aura, which was why she was invited to shoot the cover.
A shoot is a shoot, a studio shoot would have been fine. But they insisted on an outdoor location. Although she was wearing a coat and a high-necked sweater, it had just snowed here, and it was coldest when the snow was melting. In front of the camera, she had to pretend to be enjoying herself and looking happy. After finishing one set of photos, she felt like her entire being had ascended.
The assistant handed her a cup of hot coffee. “Teacher Yun, would you like to have some fun at the ski resort for a while or go back to the hotel?”
The assistant had just graduated from university and was in her most inexperienced phase. Even though Yun Chu had told her to relax and not to treat her like a big star, she was still cautious and couldn’t let go.
Yun Chu made an instant decision. “Back to the hotel!”
Right now, she just wanted to return to a warm room, order a bunch of takeout, take a bath, and have a nice sleep. It was much more comfortable than skiing in the freezing cold wearing a heavy ski suit.
Just as she was thinking this, she caught a glimpse of someone walking past the glass door out of the corner of her eye.
The person was wearing a light pink down jacket and a scarf of the same color. A light-colored beret was perched on the back of her head. She was supporting an elderly person as they walked slowly through the snow. She must have said something, because a faint smile appeared on her lips.
Yun Chu: “!!!”
Isn’t that Jian You, the very same one who had been written into fanfiction with her by CP fans and had “done it” with her a hundred and eighty times?!
The assistant: “Then I’ll call the driver to pick us up now.”
Yun Chu: “Wait!”
The assistant: “What’s wrong, Teacher Yun?”
Yun Chu: “I’ve decided I’m going to ski here!”
The assistant: “???”
How can she change her mind so quickly!
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