Everyone in the Entertainment Industry Thinks I’m a Flirty Diva [Entertainment Circle] - Chapter 75

It was like a single stone causing a thousand ripples. Two people who had seemed like parallel lines, never meant to intersect, suddenly had a tiny trait connecting them. Following that small clue, people dug deeper and deeper, only to horrifyingly realize just how many similarities and coincidences lay hidden beneath that one little overlap.

Fans who noticed the coincidences frantically switched between the livestream and the Weibo page of the blogger known as “I Don’t Wanna Wear Makeup Today”—affectionately nicknamed “Er Gou” by fans, who later had a boyfriend referred to as “Dog Bro.”

They scrolled through past posts.

First, there was the same little strawberry nightgown. Though the face was obscured, the body shape was unmistakably similar.

Someone compared Chu Xi’s previous red-carpet photo in a black spaghetti-strap dress to this picture—the chest, the collarbones, the neck—aside from slight differences in skin tone possibly due to lighting, the curves of the shoulders and collarbones were strikingly alike.

And there was more.

The bag the blogger said her boyfriend gave her? Chu Xi had carried it at the airport. The blogger mentioned being swamped with work? Chu Xi’s.

The first to explode were the fans who followed both the blogger “I Don’t Feel Like Wearing Makeup Today” and the surprise couple—dual fans who adored both.

After stanning Er Gou and Dog Bro for so long, it turns out they were Chu Xi and Gu Mingjing! Oh my God!

Oh dear heavens, look at Er Gou—no, look at the sweet, adorable, and sometimes grumbly mix of posts in Chu Xi’s little treasure of a secret account! Look at these words penned by a girl head over heels in love—do we even need fanfiction writers to imagine their romance? This is pure sugar, nothing but sugar! How sweet my favorite blogger is, that’s how sweet my beloved CP is!!!

Then came the surprise couple’s CP fans and hardcore fans, along with the blogger’s own followers who seemed completely out of the loop.

What? What’s going on?

The dual fans, terrified of being exposed and having their posts deleted, frantically took screenshots while confirming that this was indeed Chu Xi’s secret account—this beauty and lifestyle blog with 200K followers belonged to Chu Xi!

Fans: Holy sh*t!

The newly arrived CP fans scrolled through the alleged secret account, post by post, until tears welled up in their eyes.

Sweet. So unbearably sweet.

Maybe not every post documented their relationship—some were just complaints and teasing about her boyfriend, and only a handful were outright displays of affection. But the entire account radiated such vivid authenticity, such sincerity, that even the grumbling words seemed to shimmer with pink bubbles.

So, when Gu Mingjing gifted her a bag, he even included lipstick and tissues inside. So, when he “picked her up from work,” it meant waiting for Chu Xi to finish filming so they could grab dinner together. So, Chu Xi had once secretly grumbled about their generation gap, how Gu Mingjing didn’t even understand what a “super topic” was.

And that one time—the night before they were interrupted by a reporter knocking on the wrong door after that—they had gone boating on the Seine, and Chu Xi had sneakily snapped a photo of Gu Mingjing as they passed the Eiffel Tower. Could anything be more romantic?

They must have been together for so long.

They probably had no idea how sweet these little routines of theirs seemed to everyone else.

All that talk about money or looks—the only thing these words revealed was that what they truly sought in each other was love.

Love! Raw, unapologetic, saccharine love!

Please, stay this sweet forever.

By the time the CP fans were sobbing from the overdose of sweetness, the pure followers of “I Don’t Feel Like Wearing Makeup Today,” who had seemed oblivious until now, finally caught on.

Huh? Our blogger Er Gou—who fearlessly smashes cockroaches barehanded, lives a ridiculously lavish life, and has been enjoying her private time with boyfriend Dog Bro—is actually Chu Xi?!

The sobbing CP fans were suddenly amused by the belated discovery of Chu Xi’s secret account followers.

[Hahahahaha yes! That’s right! It’s Chu Xi!]

[So jealous you guys got to enjoy the sweetness before us, wuwuwu~]

[Come on, welcome to the big family of the Surprise Couple CP fans!]

[Why do you call Xi Bao ‘Second Dog’? Hahahahaha, that nickname is both cute and hilarious!]

[So Xi Bao’s personal tags in private are slapping cockroaches bare-handed, being ridiculously wealthy, and then with her boyfriend…]

At this point, they suddenly paused.

Wait, what?

With her boyfriend… intimate life… going really well…

No wonder her cup size seemed to have grown in those later strawberry-patterned pajama photos.

The fans went wild again.

We could tell from the hickeys on Xi Bao when that reporter accidentally exposed their relationship by knocking on the wrong door! Boss Gu had already gotten his fill, Boss Gu is so awesome and mighty ahhh! It’s fine if Xi Bao can’t get out of bed, we really don’t mind! Xi Bao’s radiant, womanly charm definitely has Boss Gu’s hard work and effort behind it hahahahaha!

After realizing this, watching them pretending to sleep separately in Charming You…

Hmph.

Alright, alright, we get it, all for the show’s requirements. But if there were no cameras around, the scene…

Tsk tsk.

Just thinking about it made their ears turn red.

So thrilling.

#Chu Xi Secret Account# and #Chu Xi I Don’t Feel Like Wearing Makeup Today# immediately soared to the top two spots on the trending list.

Countless netizens, after seeing the uncovered Weibo posts in the trending topics, were overwhelmed by the sweetness and rushed to watch the live stream.

But at this very moment, the Chu Xi fans who had just been celebrating the separate rooms in the live stream fell silent.

The evidence for the secret account was so solid it could mine diamonds—no one else but Chu Xi could be behind it.

The pain from last time, when she appeared in pajamas with visible hickeys, hadn’t even faded, and now their hearts were stabbed again.

Their darling daughter had long been defiled by that damned Gu Mingjing.

Oh, look at those Weibo posts, personally posted by Xi Bao. Sweet?

Yes, not just sweet, but sweet enough to kill.

But the moment they realized it was Chu Xi’s secret account, that she had been secretly dating for so long, the sweetness turned into shards of glass, cutting their throats.

The brick-heavy fanbase, which had just started recovering thanks to the popularity of Peach Blossom Promise, was thrown into turmoil again, with fans splitting into different camps.

Some couldn’t bear their idol hiding such a long-term relationship from them and chose to unfollow.

Some were so sweetened by the sugar that they converted into CP fans.

But the majority of the brick fans declared that dating was Chu Xi’s private life—she couldn’t stay single forever without marriage or children. They followed the Chu Xi under the spotlight, hoping she’d bring more positive energy, better works, and performances as pleasantly surprising as Peach Blossom Promise.

Unlike the usual fanbase meltdowns when idols reveal relationships, Chu Xi’s fans were subtly shifting toward supporting her as a serious actress.

Charming You’s production didn’t confiscate phones, so Chu Xi watched helplessly as fans uncovered her secret account from a single pajama photo, seamlessly turning it into a sugar-coated promotional campaign that ultimately exposed her account and sent it to the top of the trending list.

If it had been purely a beauty blogger account, being exposed wouldn’t have mattered much—maybe just boosting some Taobao sales. But now…

Chu Xi felt as if countless eyes were looking at her with “you-know-what” expressions, making her so embarrassed she wished she could vanish into the ground.

What should she do? She couldn’t face anyone now.

Chu Xi shut herself away, locking herself in the bathroom and refusing to come out.

Fans and curious onlookers who had followed the trending topic to the live stream saw only an empty room.

[Xi Bao seems so shy…]

[Xi Bao, don’t be shy! We’re all adults here. We totally get it when couples get carried away with that kind of thing!]

[The woman who once killed a cockroach bare-handed is now blushing? How adorable!]

[Actually, the content on Xi Bao’s alt account is all very wholesome and normal. It’s just that netizens have wild imaginations. Laugh-cry.jpg]

[Yeah, her posts are totally innocent. It’s just that her alt account followers have next-level imagination skills, lol.]

[Off-topic, but this room is seriously dreamy.]

[Where’s President Gu? Where’d he go? Your woman’s embarrassed—go comfort her!]

Speak of the devil—Gu Mingjing appeared in the frame, pushing open the door from the adjacent bedroom. He seemed to glance at the camera before entering and knocking on the bathroom door.

Hearing the knock, Chu Xi knew it was Gu Mingjing and mumbled, “Come in.”

Gu Mingjing opened the door and saw Chu Xi sitting dejectedly on the toilet lid, her head hanging low.

He closed the door behind him.

The camera once again showed an empty bedroom—both of them were now in the bathroom.

The audience understood perfectly:

[Alright, alright, no more teasing. President Gu’s gone to comfort Xi Bao.]

[Be happy together! The Surprise Couple forever!]

[Secretly wishing President Gu gets a kiss out of this.]

Inside the bathroom, Chu Xi looked up at Gu Mingjing and pouted.

Chu Xi: “My alt account got exposed.”

Gu Mingjing walked over to her: “Yeah, I saw everything.”

This was the first time he’d learned about her alt account, and he hadn’t expected the content to be so… lively.

Gu Mingjing had scrolled through all of Chu Xi’s posts, feeling quite pleased as he read her records of their daily relationship moments—until he came across one particular entry:

“The generation gap is real, lol. He doesn’t even know what a super topic is.”

The words “generation gap” made his temple twitch.

Some of his business partners—and even Old Man Gu—had wives twenty or thirty years younger, yet they still managed to appear perfectly in sync, bonding over fishing and tai chi. But with Chu Xi, a mere seven-year age difference, and suddenly there was a “generation gap”?

Chu Xi had no idea what Gu Mingjing was thinking. She stood up from the toilet seat, covering her face as she sobbed, “I can’t face anyone anymore, wuwuwuwu…”

Seeing that Gu Mingjing seemed unfazed and didn’t take the matter seriously at all, she grew both angry and anxious, grabbing the front of his shirt. “Do you even know what’s in my alt account? My fans keep saying it’s obvious I have a great… intimate life with my boyfriend! What am I supposed to do now, yingyingying…”

Gu Mingjing raised an eyebrow. “Isn’t that the case?”

Chu Xi: “………………”

Her face flushed red first, then she turned away, her expression on the verge of tears. “Right, of course you don’t care! You’re a guy—it’s not like you’re the one who can’t face anyone!”

“It’s not your alt account that got exposed. Enjoying the show, are you? All you care about is…” She paused, then gritted her teeth and forced out the word, “All you care about is… your own pleasure. You don’t care about how I feel at all.”

She sniffled, seemingly genuinely crying now.

“Alright.” Gu Mingjing realized she was truly upset. He grasped her shoulders and turned her back toward him, speaking softly, “I’m sorry. I know having your alt account exposed is awful. Don’t be sad anymore, okay?”

Chu Xi turned her head away, ignoring him.

Gu Mingjing sighed lightly and handed her his phone from his pocket. “Then how about I show you my alt account? Deal?”

Chu Xi looked up in confusion.

Gu Mingjing… had an alt account?

Wasn’t he always too busy with work to even use Weibo?

Chu Xi’s fingerprint could unlock Gu Mingjing’s phone, but she was too lazy to bother checking his private messages or social media. She rarely even glanced at his WeChat, let alone anything else.

Now, right in front of him, she opened his phone and tapped into Weibo.

It was already logged into the alt account.

Chu Xi stared at the screen, her mouth falling open wider and wider, until she finally looked up at Gu Mingjing in shock.

The username: “Chu Xi’s Boyfan.” The profile picture: her photo. A top fan in her supertopic, with a fan level of 18!

Thousands of posts chronicled how this account had rallied support for her, managed data, promoted her work, and controlled public opinion.

Chu Xi had once glimpsed this account in her supertopic and thought, “Huh, I have quite a few boyfans.” Never had she imagined that behind the screen was none other than her ex-boyfan, now actual boyfriend—Gu Mingjing!

He followed her supertopic! He rallied support and managed data for her!

Gu Mingjing added at the perfect moment, “Assistant Gao only knows the password to my main account.” Meaning the alt was his alone, and all those tasks were done by him personally.

Only then did Chu Xi realize that when he said he was her boyfan, he hadn’t just been paying lip service or throwing money at her endorsements. Her heart squeezed at the thought, and with a muffled sob, she threw herself at him, torn between laughing and crying. Standing on tiptoe to wrap her arms around his neck, she ended up making a teary, giggly face, puffing out her cheeks.

“Don’t you dare unfollow me, wuwuwu…”

Back then, she’d thought he was just playing around—even sitting on his lap and demanding he stop being a fan.

Gu Mingjing gently patted her back. “I won’t.”

Chu Xi nodded eagerly, leaning in for their daily kiss, when Gu Mingjing suddenly added,

“Though I’d like you to explain something. What did you mean by ‘generation gap’ and ‘doesn’t understand supertopics’?”

Chu Xi froze. Vaguely, possibly, maybe… she recalled a certain post she’d once made:

“The generation gap is real, orz. He doesn’t even know what a supertopic is.”

“………………”

Forget the kiss. She might as well go bang her head against the wall…