I Love Her Because She’s Dim-Witted And Filthy Rich - Chapter 38.2

Duan Bainian sighed and said, “There are many things you can do. For example, getting better and better at acting, or slowly making a lot of friends. Regardless of which path, I believe your mother will be very happy.”

Su Miao followed with a small sigh. “Sigh, I’ll try my best.”

These weren’t things that could be changed overnight, so Duan Bainian stopped pressuring Su Miao and decided to take it bit by bit.

She reached out and rubbed the back of Su Miao’s head. “Let’s go, let’s go home.”

Su Miao was stunned. After she reacted, she asked somewhat uncertainly, “Back to your home, right?”

Duan Bainian couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “Where else would you want to go?”

Su Miao smiled sillily with embarrassment. “Hehe, back to your home, back to your home!”

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In the blink of an eye, it was late December.

Although that Qing Dynasty time-travel drama had flopped hard, it had more or less brought a bit of popularity to the main cast.

As a result, a certain satellite TV station invited the main cast to participate in their New Year’s Eve concert.

On December 27th, the station arranged the first rehearsal for the concert.

As the female lead of the drama, Su Miao was to sing a love song duet with the male lead, while Duan Bainian would sing a duet with the second male lead. Including the medley, the segment was eight minutes long.

When she first saw the program arrangement, Su Miao was quite indignant. “Why didn’t they arrange for the two of us to sing a duet? We are the ‘Niansu’ CP!”

At the rehearsal site, Su Miao took the initiative to greet the male lead, Wu Yang. “Teacher Wu, long time no see.”

It wasn’t that she particularly wanted to greet Wu Yang, but rather that Duan Bainian had required her to do so. Duan Bainian said she had to grow up. Taking the initiative to interact with people and maintain good relationships was the first step of growth.

Being greeted, Wu Yang was greatly surprised. Back when they were on set, because Su Miao was always dragging everyone down with NGs and there were rumors that she had a financial backer who got her the lead role, he had given her the cold shoulder quite often. Furthermore, Su Miao herself was a quiet person, so their relationship could hardly be called good.

The last time they met was when the cast went on a variety show for promotion; even then, the two hadn’t spoken to each other.

How had Su Miao suddenly changed today? She was enthusiastic and well-behaved—where was the shadow of her former withdrawn self?

Wu Yang laughed twice. “Long time no see.”

Su Miao was still a bit awkward. “It’ll be our turn to rehearse soon. I don’t have much experience, so please be patient with me, Teacher Wu.”

Wu Yang was even more astonished. Not only was Su Miao no longer withdrawn, she even knew how to make polite conversation. Back on set, if she had been even half as clever as she was now, even if she had constantly caused NGs, she wouldn’t have been mocked by the entire crew.

Wu Yang couldn’t help but say, “You’ve changed a lot. This is quite good.”

Su Miao smiled shyly. “They’re calling us to the stage over there. Let’s head over, Teacher Wu.”

The rehearsal went relatively smoothly.

Soon, it was New Year’s Eve, and the four cast members were waiting backstage.

Seeing that their performance was getting closer and closer, Su Miao wouldn’t even let go of Duan Bainian’s hand. “I’m so nervous. I’ve never sung in front of a large audience before.”

Duan Bainian smacked Su Miao on the head. “Weren’t you quite thick-skinned when you were clinging to me? How did your skin suddenly get so thin?”

Su Miao couldn’t help but start whimpering, rubbing against Duan Bainian as she did so. “How can those two things be the same?”

Wu Yang, who was nearby, couldn’t help but shudder.

The current Su Miao hadn’t just become enthusiastic and well-behaved; she had also become… a bit hard to describe…

Tsk, as expected, extremes always meet.

The person herself had no idea she was being misunderstood. In her daily life, she was used to hugging Su Miao’s (Duan Bainian’s) neck and rubbing against her to act spoiled; she didn’t think there was anything wrong with her current behavior at all.

Duan Bainian pushed Su Miao away inconspicuously and whispered, “What are you doing? We’re not at home; pay attention.”

Only then did Su Miao realize. She sheepishly let go of Duan Bainian and sat up straight with a serious expression.

The New Year’s Eve performance was mediocre—just lip-syncing to the headsets, so normally nothing could go wrong.

After the performance ended, it was already past ten at night. The two of them took their assistants to catch the last flight back to Beijing.

Even late at night, a few fans who had followed them from the New Year’s Eve site gathered at the airport.

When the Niansu CP first emerged, the two fanbases used to bicker.

Duan Bainian’s fans cursed Su Miao for being shameless and sucking the blood out of their “older sister’s” popularity, while Su Miao’s fans fired back, calling Duan Bainian a “reheated dish” who couldn’t get famous, unlike their “daughter” who had a limitless future.

Later, the fans discovered that the relationship between the two idols was genuinely good, and they were gradually assimilated into CP fans. Now, they were practically one big family.

Seeing their CP chatting and laughing, and even occasionally hooking arms or waist-hugging, the fans maintained a calm exterior while screaming internally.

During the wait for the flight, the two chatted casually with the fans. Hearing the announcement for boarding, they bid farewell to the fans, telling them to go home early and stay safe.

After boarding and taking their seats, Su Miao leaned against the window.

Since the plane hadn’t taken off yet and there was nothing to do, she started scrolling through Weibo.

As she looked, Su Miao became energized again.

Three hours ago, the video of her acting clingy with Duan Bainian backstage had been secretly filmed and uploaded online.

【Ahhh! What kind of divine CP is this! It’s too sweet!】

【Wooo, I love them! Sisters, you won’t lose out by joining this CP fandom, seriously!】

【This CP is truly toxic! They are the most dedicated CP in the entertainment industry, producing content every day! Every time I want to leave the fandom, they pull me right back to the bottom! 】

【Heavens, Su Miao is so clingy! Who could not love such a cutie! And Duan Bainian’s gaze is so doting! I’m shipping it, I’m shipping it! 】

【Wooo, I also want to be held in Older Sister’s arms like that; I’m officially jealous of Su Miao!】

After scrolling through all several hundred comments below, Su Miao finally looked up, still wanting more.

She looked at Duan Bainian beside her, the corners of her mouth uncontrollably curling upward.

Duan Bainian reached out and touched Su Miao’s head. “What are you laughing at? Why are you so happy?”

Su Miao also reached out and touched the top of Duan Bainian’s head. “I’m just happy.”

Duan Bainian was stunned by the head-pat. After a moment, she laughed again. “What are you touching my head for?”

Su Miao tilted her head. “You always like to touch me; what’s wrong with me touching you once?”

Duan Bainian said with a chuckle, “Nothing’s wrong. You can touch it every day if you like.”

Su Miao then deliberately gave Duan Bainian’s head another pat and laughed triumphantly. “Hehe, your hair is messy now.”

Duan Bainian wasn’t angry either. she smoothed her hair and asked, “Do you want more pomelo? I’ll peel some for you if you do.”

Su Miao nodded. “Yes.”

Duan Bainian peeled the pomelo and broke it into small segments.

Su Miao naturally opened her mouth for it to be fed to her. With one bite, the juice was icy and cool, sweet to the core.

As Su Miao ate, she thought to herself: Hehe, as for whether Duan Bainian is sweet or not, I, as her CP partner, probably have the most right to speak.

Across from them, Guan Jing and Xiao Song exchanged a strange look.

Guan Jing spoke in a low voice, “I told you there was something off about the two of them. You didn’t believe me last time I said it!”

Xiao Song also lowered her voice. “I felt something was off last time too, but we work for them. Especially in the entertainment industry, it’s really inappropriate to gossip about our own artists.”

Guan Jing looked worried. “But look at them; they’re getting more and more excessive. If this is caught on camera by someone with ulterior motives and they’re labeled as lesbians, their careers will set back at least half a year.”

Xiao Song hesitated. “Is it really that exaggerated? Look at the Niansu CP online; aren’t they quite popular?”

Guan Jing spat. “How many fans does the Niansu CP actually have? Go look at the Super Topic; there are only tens of thousands of fans. Same-sex CPs are a niche circle to begin with. CP fans enjoy themselves in their own little world, so of course it seems popular. If you pull this out of that circle, the keyboard warriors will tear you apart. Besides, the most crucial thing is that the domestic environment isn’t very friendly. Have you ever seen a same-sex themed movie get released? They’re all released under the guise of ‘Socialist Brotherhood or Sisterhood’ while grazing the boundaries.”

Xiao Song’s expression became even more conflicted. She glanced at the two of them. “Then what do you think we should do?”

This glance happened to meet Su Miao’s eyes. Su Miao’s mouth was stuffed with pomelo, her cheeks bulging. She asked curiously, “What’s wrong with you two? Your expressions are so strange, like you’re constipated.”

Guan Jing coughed. “Um… there are no fans around now, so you two don’t need to be so dedicated to your ‘CP business’ anymore, right?”

Su Miao was incredibly confused. “Business? What business?”

Guan Jing said haltingly, “The two of you… it’s easy for people to misunderstand like this.”

Su Miao didn’t quite understand. “What did we do that would make people misunderstand? Aren’t we being normal?”

Guan Jing asked with great difficulty, “Do you think this is normal?”

Su Miao widened her eyes, her expression one of complete naturalness. “Yeah, it’s very normal!”

Guan Jing: “…………”

The two of you are normal. Everything you do is normal.

Smiling at each other is normal.

Head-pats are normal.

Feeding pomelo is normal.

Intertwining fingers is normal.

The two of you are just TOO normal!