I Love Her Because She’s Dim-Witted And Filthy Rich - Chapter 26

The fan asked a companion to take a photo of them together. Perhaps genuinely feeling distressed for this “iron-headed adorable” idol of theirs, the fan insisted on ordering a large pile of food for Su Miao, stuffing it into her arms before finally leaving with a heart full of satisfaction.

Su Miao gleefully carried the spicy hot pot and the snacks given by the fan back to the apartment. The moment she stepped through the door, she couldn’t help but shout loudly, “Duan Bainian, a fan gave me a gift!”

Duan Bainian was not actually asleep; she couldn’t sleep at all. Saying she wanted to sleep was merely an excuse to avoid talking to Su Miao.

Hearing Su Miao’s shout at this moment, she pulled the quilt over her head and pretended to have fallen fast asleep.

Su Miao shouted once, and receiving no response, remembered that Duan Bainian was sleeping. She moved light-footedly to the dining table and began to eat.

While eating her spicy hot pot, Su Miao idly scrolled through Weibo and discovered that the “Truth After Drinks” program crew had released a preview for a new episode.

Seeing a headline titled “Niansu Combo Drops Candy Again,” she clicked in to take a look.

As she watched, Su Miao couldn’t help but grin.

She hadn’t felt it while filming the show, but looking at the program’s editing now, the way Duan Bainian looked at her was truly so doting!

Thinking that the whole world knew Duan Bainian had the best relationship with her, Su Miao felt the spicy hot pot in her mouth become a few degrees more fragrant.

The one-minute video ended with several close-up shots of Duan Bainian. Su Miao was so captivated she even forgot to eat her food.

Duan Bainian is truly so beautiful! How can she smile so beautifully?

Sigh, comparing people really is infuriating; why wasn’t she as good-looking as Duan Bainian?

However, thinking that such a beautiful Duan Bainian had the best relationship with her, Su Miao immediately felt relieved again and shoveled two more mouthfuls of spicy hot pot into her mouth with vigor.

After eating, Su Miao tiptoed into the bedroom and poked her head in to glance at Duan Bainian. Seeing that Duan Bainian was still sleeping, she retreated and curled up on the living room sofa to play on her phone.

Before long, a new trending topic appeared: #Duan Bainian Su Miao Head Rub. It was likely a trending search bought by the program crew.

Ever since they tasted a bit of sweetness from the “Niansu CP” hype last time, the “Truth After Drinks” crew began to deliberately sell “Jill” (lesbian) vibes. During filming, they arranged for various intimacies between Duan Bainian and Su Miao, and the post-production editing was geared toward a queer direction. They bought trending searches for any little thing, wishing the whole world knew that the show had a couple called the “Niansu CP.”

At the beginning, the effect was quite good. By hyping the CP, the two gained fans, and the program gained increased heat.

But as they say, too much of a good thing is a bad thing.

The program crew, worried that the heat would decline, bought trending searches almost every few days.

To be honest, Duan Bainian’s fame wasn’t particularly large, and Su Miao was “so obscure she had pierced through the center of the earth.” Neither had any noteworthy works to show. Under these circumstances, with one trending search after another, the melon-eating public soon stopped buying it.

[Who are these two? A trending search every day, isn’t it annoying?]

[I was originally a passerby fan, but with these daily trending searches, sorry, I’ve turned into a hater.]

[No works to speak of, just rubbing heads, holding hands, or staring at each other every day. Do they think the whole world is gay? This heterosexual girl doesn’t want to see you show off your love. Disgusting.]

There were also CP fans of the two in the comments trying to turn the tide, but it was clearly useless.

With the cursing continuing like this, in less than half a day, the direction of the wind shifted.

Among Duan Bainian’s fans, the vast majority actually disliked this CP with Su Miao. This was because the fans felt Su Miao had no fame at all and was completely leeching off Duan Bainian’s heat to gain an advantage.

Usually, seeing that the CP hype could bring heat to their idol, the fans kept quiet. But now, seeing a bunch of people coming to scold Duan Bainian, the fans were suddenly unhappy—as if they were willing for Duan Bainian to hype a CP with Su Miao.

Old Man’s Young-Young-Young Girl Heart: Taking away our Sister Nian, we are not involved with the rest of you.

Duan Bainian’s Little Fairy: The trending search wasn’t bought by our sister. You people scolding should have some decency; don’t push people too far.

Sunny Weather: Exactly! The trending search wasn’t bought by our sister! As if we’re eager to hype things with “Number One Cutie in the World.”

Miao Miao is Invincible replied to @Sunny Weather: What do you mean upstairs? Who are you implying things about?

Sunny Weather replied to @Miao Miao is Invincible: Which eye of yours saw me implying anything? Am I not praising someone for being cute?

Miao Miao is Invincible replied to @Sunny Weather: Stop being sarcastic. As if our Su Miao is willing to hype things with your 18th-tier has-been artist! Debuted for so many years and hypes with this person today and that person tomorrow, isn’t she still as obscure as sh*t?!

Sunny Weather replied to @Miao Miao is Invincible: If DBN is as obscure as sht, then isn’t your little retard so obscure she’s not even as good as sht?

By nighttime, the two principals finally discovered that their Weibo accounts had been overrun.

It was a flood of fans scolding each other.

The few comments that looked normal were drowned in the saliva and vanished in an instant.

Su Miao had discovered the fans were fighting a long time ago. She originally wanted to call for Duan Bainian, but Duan Bainian was still sleeping, so she could only sit silently back on the sofa, looking blankly as both sides’ fans continued to curse each other.

After eight o’clock, Su Miao heard movement in the room and immediately scurried into the bedroom. “Our two fanbases are fighting.”

Duan Bainian, who had gotten up to go to the bathroom, stopped in her tracks. “Fighting?”

She took her phone, and as soon as she went on Weibo, it showed 6,752 new comments. When had her comments ever exceeded 2,000 in the past?

Opening them, she saw the fans of both sides scolding each other in full swing.

To be precise, it was Su Miao’s fans being scolded in full swing… Su Miao had too few fans, and her combat power was a bit lacking.

Duan Bainian originally didn’t want to talk to Su Miao, but this kind of thing had to be addressed. “Don’t worry, they’ll quiet down by tomorrow.”

Su Miao nodded half-understandingly. “Is that so? Are you hungry? Do you want me to order takeout for you?”

Duan Bainian went straight into the bathroom. “No need, I’ll go down and eat by myself later.”

The more Su Miao heard Duan Bainian’s tone, the more she felt something was wrong. She leaned toward the bathroom door. “Duan Bainian, are you still angry?”

Separated by a door, Duan Bainian’s voice was somewhat muffled. “No, I’m just a bit tired from the flight. If you have nothing else to do, go to sleep early.”

Su Miao felt a surge of panic in her heart. She sat blankly on the bed, and when Duan Bainian came out of the bathroom, she stepped forward with a fawning expression. “What do you want to eat? I’ll go down and buy it for you!”

Duan Bainian stared fixedly at Su Miao, getting angrier the more she looked—she had finally decided to let everything end, so what was this fool doing now? Tempting her to continue again?

She avoided Su Miao’s expectant eyes, gritted her teeth, and said, “Are you too idle every day? Do I need you to help me buy food? Su Miao, you should have your own life… Tomorrow, tomorrow you should go home. It’s not quite appropriate for you to always stay here at my place.”

Duan Bainian’s dislike was so obvious that Su Miao was stunned; she even forgot to cry.

After a long while, she said softly, “Um… did I do something wrong? If you have something to say, just say it directly, otherwise I won’t know where I went wrong…”

Duan Bainian turned her back to Su Miao, her voice suppressed. “No, you are very good. It’s just that I’ve been too tired from work lately, and I want to be alone for a couple of days to adjust.”

Su Miao unconsciously gripped the bedsheet and spoke haltingly. “Is that so? Then I’ll go home now, and I’ll come find you again in a few days?”

After she finished speaking, she waited for a long time, but seeing no response from Duan Bainian, Su Miao got up and went out the door, preparing to call a taxi home.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Duan Bainian’s tense body finally relaxed.

The bedroom still held the lingering scent from Su Miao’s body; it was the scent of laundry detergent, very sweet.

When Su Miao returned home, He Aizhi had also just returned from social engagements and was preparing to eat some noodles to fill her stomach.

He Aizhi: “Why are you back at this hour? Are you hungry? Do you want to come over and have some noodles?”

Su Miao said dejectedly, “I’m not hungry, I won’t eat.” Then she prepared to go upstairs.

Seeing her daughter with a face like a funeral, He Aizhi asked, “What’s wrong? Who provoked you?”

The emotions she had been holding back all the way home finally burst out as her mother asked, and Su Miao wailed out loud.

He Aizhi was heartbroken. She stepped forward and patted Su Miao’s back. “What’s wrong, what’s wrong? Did someone bully you?”

Su Miao opened her mouth, originally wanting to say bad things about Duan Bainian, but swallowed them back when they reached her lips. She couldn’t speak ill of Duan Bainian in front of her mother.

She said between sobs, “They’re scolding me online.”

So it was about this. He Aizhi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. “What’s the big deal? Look at those famous stars, who hasn’t been scolded their way up? Being scolded means you’re about to become popular.”

As He Aizhi spoke, she pulled out her phone, preparing to see how bad the scolding was. She had been busy all afternoon exchanging resources with a studio, negotiating for a long time before settling it, and hadn’t had time to check her phone.

He Aizhi flipped through Weibo and spoke strangely, “No one is scolding you. I’m looking at your Weibo comments, and they’re all apologizing to you.”

Su Miao stopped crying abruptly. She pulled out her phone in a daze and looked; sure enough, the comments were all apologies.

As she was wondering, a new comment came in: To be honest, I don’t want to apologize to you because I feel you really are taking advantage of our sister, but since Sister has spoken, I have to listen. I’ll say ‘sorry’ to you, and we won’t meet again in the world of the fans.

Eh? Did Duan Bainian ask the fans to come and apologize?

Su Miao clicked into Duan Bainian’s main page but didn’t see any newly posted Weibo. After thinking about it, she clicked into Duan Bainian’s Super Topic.

She found a post pinned to the top, posted by the Super Topic moderator. Clicking in to look, it was a screenshot of a Weibo fan group chat.

On the screenshot, half an hour ago, Duan Bainian had “air-dropped” into the fan group and sent a few sentences: [Hello everyone, I have something I’d like to ask of you. Su Miao and I are very good friends; there is no issue of anyone taking advantage of anyone else. Seeing everyone arguing so fiercely makes both Su Miao and me feel a bit upset. So please, can we stop fighting? Also, if you are willing, it would be best if you could go and apologize. Thank you, everyone!]

As she watched, Su Miao couldn’t help but grin again.

That’s right, Duan Bainian still likes her, otherwise why would she specifically air-drop into the fan group to say such things?

Duan Bainian said she wasn’t angry and was just a bit tired—it must be true! Exactly, how could Duan Bainian possibly get angry at her for no reason?

Then for these two days, she would let Duan Bainian be alone to have some peace and quiet. After three or five days, she would surely have adjusted, and then she would go find her to play! Just thinking about it made her happy!

Looking at her daughter who had changed from tears to smiles, He Aizhi tested the waters, “Are you hungry now? Eating?”

Su Miao nodded. “I’ll eat!”