I Love Her Because She’s Dim-Witted And Filthy Rich - Chapter 35.2

Su Miao indeed became nervous. Like a salesperson, she strongly recommended various delicacies. “Do you really not want to eat anything else? There’s a Japanese restaurant nearby with very high ratings! It’s just two blocks away! One more block further, there’s a Sichuan restaurant that’s said to be very delicious! And then next to it, there’s a Cantone—”

She was interrupted halfway by Duan Bainian. “How are you so clear about this? Did you eat around here often before?”

Su Miao, of course, hadn’t been here before. She just wanted to please Duan Bainian and had secretly searched on her phone just now.

She looked at Duan Bainian pitifully. “I haven’t eaten here before. I just saw the ratings online were very high… I thought you’d want to eat it.”

Duan Bainian finally couldn’t help but laugh. “Your mom is still waiting to eat inside, and you’re asking me if I want to eat something delicious. What, are we going to wait until we’ve finished eating before bringing food back to your mom? If your mom knew you were this ‘filial,’ she’d probably be moved to death.”

Hearing Duan Bainian’s mockery, Su Miao wasn’t sad at all because Duan Bainian had finally laughed.

Su Miao laughed foolishly along with her. “Then after we buy porridge for my mom, the two of us can go eat something good. Let’s go, buy the porridge, and then we’ll go eat Cantonese food!”

The lights were just beginning to come on, and the irregular neon signs flashed with multi-colored lights.

Duan Bainian checked for nearby places that sold porridge and, holding Su Miao’s hand, navigated through various twists and turns into an alleyway.

The alley was bustling. It was dinner time, and the coming and going of people was full of the atmosphere of the mundane world.

After buying the porridge, they took it back to the hospital and gave one portion each to He Aizhi and the nanny. Seeing that they had mostly finished eating, Duan Bainian collected the leftovers, threw them into the trash can by the door, and helped He Aizhi lie down to rest.

Once everything was done, Duan Bainian took Su Miao out to eat again.

With winter approaching, fallen leaves were everywhere on the narrow road. Along with the cold wind blowing, Su Miao developed goosebumps all over her body.

Su Miao was sometimes very dull and sometimes very sensitive. For instance, at this moment, although Duan Bainian was still quiet, she could feel that Duan Bainian’s mood should be quite good.

She almost like an octopus, tightly hugging Duan Bainian’s arm in her embrace, and spoke with a grin, “I’m really exhausted today.”

Duan Bainian: “…What are you tired for? You didn’t do anything.” The one who handled the hospitalization was her, and the one who looked after He Aizhi was also her.

Su Miao still grinned. She didn’t care what Duan Bainian said; as long as Duan Bainian was happy, she would be happy too.

Su Miao added, “It seems like it’s almost your birthday.”

Duan Bainian turned her head. “What about it? Are you going to give me a gift?”

Su Miao bragged, “Of course I have to give a birthday gift! And, it must be a birthday gift with a surprise!”

Duan Bainian said amusedly, “But you’ve already told me in advance that there’s a gift, so there’s no surprise.”

Su Miao shook her head. “No, no, no, there will still be a surprise! Just you wait!”

Duan Bainian scratched Su Miao’s palm. “Alright, then I’ll look forward to it.”

Su Miao’s eyes curved with a smile. She opened her mouth to say something but didn’t continue.

Duan Bainian asked curiously, “What do you want to say?”

For some reason, Su Miao became bashful.

After a moment, she steeled herself and said, “Duan Bainian!”

Duan Bainian raised an eyebrow slightly. “What’s wrong?”

Su Miao stared intently at the bluestone ground, not daring to look into Duan Bainian’s eyes at all. “I know you were angry in the afternoon. Actually, I don’t want you to be angry. If you’re unhappy, I’m unhappy too. But I’m really afraid of my mom finding out. Last time I went home, I tested my mom’s attitude. She… she thinks homosexuality is not normal, so I don’t dare tell her. Telling her would make her sad.”

“But I… I really like being with you. The person in this world I want to be with most is you. Even if I stay with you every single minute, I won’t get tired of it. Anyway… anyway, I definitely won’t get married, and you aren’t allowed to get married either. Neither of us will get married. We’ll just be like this, spending a lifetime together!”

Su Miao finished speaking like a machine gun. She didn’t dare stop because she knew that as soon as she stopped, she would lose the courage to speak.

After saying this, Su Miao looked up to peek at Duan Bainian, but she didn’t expect the other person to have no reaction.

Su Miao became anxious. She reflexively leaned closer to Duan Bainian. “Do you not believe what I said? Everything I said is true! I really don’t want you to be unhappy!”

At this point, Su Miao suddenly thought of something. “Will you be happy if I give you a gift? Then let’s go to the mall after dinner? Whatever you want, I’ll buy it for you, okay?”

Duan Bainian actually really wanted to laugh. She didn’t expect this little fool to have a day of deep confession. That last bit of unhappiness in her heart vanished into thin air.

But she suppressed the laugh. She wanted to see for a bit longer how the little fool would try to please her in various ways.

She spoke flatly, “What’s the point of going to the mall? I don’t want to go.”

Su Miao thought Duan Bainian looked down on the things in the mall. Her brow furrowed in anxiety. “Do you not like those things in the mall? But besides a bit of pocket money, I don’t have anything else I can give you. Ah… haven’t you always wanted to be the female lead in a big production? I’ll talk to my mom tonight and have her give you the best resources in the company! Would that work?”

Duan Bainian remained silent.

Su Miao was devastated. “I’m sorry, Duan Bainian. I’m useless. Besides these things, I don’t have the ability to give you anything else. I… I just want you to be a bit happier.”

Duan Bainian finally couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “Are you stupid?”

Su Miao was dazed. “Huh?”

Duan Bainian held back a laugh. “It’s nothing. Let’s go eat.”

A few days later, He Aizhi was discharged from the hospital. After taking care of He Aizhi’s discharge, Duan Bainian immediately flew to Wuhan for a scheduled appearance.

Due to the heat brought by the new variety show and He Aizhi’s intention to help her market herself, Duan Bainian’s popularity was slowly recovering. Of course, it couldn’t compare to the year she was the talent show champion, but it was much better than the previous two years.

At the very least, when she got on and off the plane, a group of young girls began holding light boards, howling “Sister!” and taking pictures nonstop with their phones.

As time went on, Duan Bainian became familiar with some of the fans who followed her itinerary.

For instance, at this moment, that girl with the ponytail had come again.

While taking pictures of her with a phone, the girl asked, “Sister! Why are you alone today?”

Duan Bainian smiled gently. “I’m not alone. Isn’t my assistant with me?”

The girl let out an “Aiya!” “No! I mean, why didn’t Su Miao come with you? Why didn’t she come to Wuhan this time?”

As soon as the girl finished speaking, several fans nearby burst into laughter in unison.

But quickly, they held their laughter back.

The fan circles had an unwritten rule: shipping real people (CP) was something meant for self-enjoyment within their own circles because they didn’t know if the subjects would be disgusted, so they generally weren’t allowed to “dance” wildly in front of the actual people.

The fans didn’t know that this “NianSu CP” was actually authorized and hyped up by the subjects themselves. If they knew that, they would probably go crazy.

The girl suppressed her ambiguous laughter and then explained solemnly, “The internet says your relationship with Su Miao is particularly good, and previously we always saw you on shows together, so that’s why I asked.”

Duan Bainian smiled. “Even if the relationship is good, it’s impossible to always be on shows together. She’s resting at home lately.”

The girl gasped. “Wow, so you and Su Miao really have a very good relationship, right?”

Duan Bainian pursed her lips and smiled without answering.

Such an ambiguous smile was naturally interpreted by the fans as: [The relationship is very good! And they might even be doing this and that!]

The CP fans felt: Ahhh! It’s like New Year’s!

That evening, the fanfiction for the NianSu CP saw a new round of updates.

After her appearance ended, Duan Bainian returned to the hotel. After tidying up, she connected to a video call with Su Miao.

Su Miao, wearing rabbit pajamas, chatted with Duan Bainian about useless nonsense.

As they talked, Su Miao’s voice disappeared.

Duan Bainian felt it was a bit strange. Su Miao was a verified chatterbox in front of her, so why was there no sound? After she finished her skincare, she picked up her phone to look. Su Miao was staring at the screen without blinking; she should be looking at something.

Duan Bainian asked curiously, “What are you looking at? You’re so absorbed.”

After a long while, Su Miao finally spoke slowly in a strange tone, “I’m scrolling through Weibo. I searched my name for no reason and actually saw a novel where the main characters are you and me. It feels so weird to read.”

Duan Bainian laughed. “Fanfiction? That’s good; doesn’t it show that the two of us are popular?”

Su Miao didn’t say anything for a long time.

She didn’t tell Duan Bainian the specific content of that fanfiction.

She was just a bit lacking in common sense, but she wasn’t truly stupid. The words used in those fanfictions were passionate and direct. No matter how slow her reaction was, she understood.

People were writing about her and Duan Bainian doing that.

Su Miao couldn’t help but look out of curiosity, but after reading it, it felt strange—she couldn’t quite describe the feeling. It was like a fuzzy cat tail brushing against her heart; she wanted to call for it to stop, yet she wanted it to continue.

Distractedly hanging up the video with Duan Bainian, Su Miao got up to wash.

That night, Su Miao had another dream.

Whatever was in the fanfiction was what was in the dream.

When Su Miao woke up, she felt a sense of melancholy. She always felt like there was something, but she couldn’t grasp it.

It felt unfinished.

Uncomfortable.

A few days later, Duan Bainian returned from Wuhan.

Because they had a few days of rest and remembering that Su Miao had always longed for Disneyland, Duan Bainian took Su Miao to Shanghai.

After these few days, Su Miao had long forgotten about that dream. Her mind was now full of the fact that they were going to Disneyland.

Seeing the performance of Frozen, Su Miao was incredibly excited.

“Ahhh! Duan Bainian! They are so beautiful!”

Su Miao was gesturing wildly. Duan Bainian didn’t feel much; she thought it was a fairy tale meant to coax children—very childish.

Other families were all parents bringing children. Duan Bainian looked at Su Miao, who was too excited to contain herself…

Fine, she had also brought a child here.

She nudged the childish kid next to her. “Pull your mask up. Someone might recognize you in a bit.”

Su Miao pulled up her mask with embarrassment. “I definitely can’t be recognized. I made such a big fuss just now; it would be too embarrassing to be recognized.”

After watching the performance, Su Miao happily posted to her Moments: [Anna and Elsa can never be separated!]

The attached picture was a selfie of her and Duan Bainian wearing princess headbands, along with other photos of the Frozen performance.

Duan Bainian intentionally asked, “Why did you post a photo of the two of us?”

Su Miao answered as if it were a matter of course, “Because the two of us can’t be separated either.”

Having received the answer she wanted, Duan Bainian couldn’t help but curl the corners of her mouth. “Of course we won’t be separated.”