After My Flash Marriage with the Movie Queen - Chapter 100

An He had gotten far too full of herself—so full of herself she seemed to forget that Zhao Xunyin was a woman with a very small heart. Calling her petty didn’t even begin to cover it. Zhao Xunyin took one look at her expression, then—thanks to her excellent hearing—caught the sound of running water from An He’s side. She thought back to that strange flush on An He’s face when they were video-chatting earlier. As someone who’d been around the block a few times, she asked,

“Anyway, more importantly—whose invitation from Boss Qi did you ‘enjoy’ today?”

An He’s wild cackling died instantly, like a goose having its neck wrung: “…”

Zhao Xunyin let out a cold laugh. “So, you’re the bottom again, right?”

Being friends for so many years did come with certain advantages—namely, Zhao Xunyin knew exactly what buttons to push.

An He was stunned speechless. “…”

Sometimes, maintaining a friendship required this sort of approach. And since she knew she’d hit the mark, Zhao Xunyin went in for a self-destructive follow-up attack:

“I may have gone from secretly flirty to openly flirty, but look at you. Are you really in any position to judge me? At least I’ve single-handedly blown up Weibo—twice. You? You only made it into the top three trending searches because you were riding on Boss Qi’s coattails. And everyone’s attention was on her beauty anyway. If I were you, I’d be too embarrassed to even call myself an entertainer.

But it’s fine. A zero is a zero—never gonna turn into a one. A bottom doesn’t need to hog the spotlight everywhere she goes.”

An He’s face twisted. “…”

That one hit her right in the weak spot. Forget gossip—furious and humiliated, An He hung up the video call on the spot.

Tch. Grown woman acting like a child! Did Zhao Xunyin not understand the concept of “don’t hit where it hurts”?

Outrageous!

She was never dancing a sexy routine for this woman again. Not worth it!

The manager may have chewed Zhao Xunyin out, but at least she reacted fast. She put on her best stone-cold business face and called several high-level contacts at Weibo, begging favors everywhere. Eventually, they managed to suppress the trending topic tied to Zhao Xunyin’s exposed alt account.

When Weibo staff called back, they couldn’t resist a complaint:

“Ms. Xu, we’re not trying to nag, but next time something like this happens, could you give us a heads-up? I need to prep the servers.

You know, Zhao-jie’s little stunt crashed our platform for over thirty minutes. One of our programmers just got married today—after nine years of dating! The ceremony wasn’t even over before we dragged him out to stabilize the system.

He’s practically losing hair over it.”

Manager Xu spent an entire afternoon plastering on a smile. Even through the phone, her smile felt frozen in place.

“Director Liu, you must be joking. How could something like this happen again? It really wasn’t intentional—she just posted on the wrong account. But if anything similar ever comes up, I’ll definitely notify you in advance. Please thank your programmer for us. If it’s convenient, I can visit personally to apologize.”

The other party laughed, clearly not planning to squeeze them for more benefits. The situation was simply too comical.

“No need for that. It’s mutually beneficial after all. Even though it was sudden, the platform made plenty of profit. I’m just feeling sorry for my programmer.”

After hanging up—only then did the manager curse under her breath, “Old fox.”

Lowering a trending topic and boosting another. Weibo certainly took the opportunity to bleed them dry—yet still had the nerve to play pitiful.

Heh.

With Weibo’s intervention, a lot of malicious posts targeting Zhao Xunyin were deleted, and the narrative shifted in their favor. Soon, the cleanup crew the manager hired jumped in, and the PR-team-sponsored trending topic #AKindofLoveCalledZhaoXunyinAndShiNanbei climbed onto the charts.

Not too high, not too low—around twentieth place. As more people clicked in, it continued to rise.

But the hottest discussion remained #ZhaoXunyinDaresToDoButNotDareToOwnUp, packed with everyone who’d spent the afternoon enjoying the spectacle.

On the last day of the National Day holiday, the entire nation was drowning in the dread of returning to work—until Zhao Xunyin swooped in with a glorious self-exposure. A perfect, high-quality after-dinner snack for the masses.

Talk about providence. It had been years since netizens witnessed such a masterful drama—and one with the protagonist exposing herself.

Weibo was filled wall-to-wall with “hahahaha.” Or, in Zhao Xunyin’s own words, “a horde of haha-monsters.”

Especially that deleted post where she accidentally outed her alt account. Even though she’d removed it, netizens had already saved the screenshots. In the #ZhaoXunyinDaresToDoButNotDareToOwnUp trending thread, whenever late-arriving gossip-seekers popped in confused, helpful netizens would immediately drop the screenshots—and even link her alt account’s homepage, just in case she tried to wipe more evidence.

After this entire process ran its course, basically every internet user knew exactly what Zhao Xunyin had done today.

A lifetime reputation, ruined in a single day.

Alt accounts feel fun but are hazardous to your health.

Zhao Xunyin hated it.

She truly, deeply hated it.

To the point of wanting to curl up and disappear.

But at least, things were turning out far better than she had expected.

Although her manager was furious with her, the crisis PR work was still top-notch. Since they were paid well, the hired commenters were working overtime to steer the narrative. Under the trending hashtag

#AKindofLoveCalledZhaoXunyinAndShiNanbei, after netizens had finished laughing themselves silly—and with a bit of guided nudging from the PR team—the tone online slowly began to shift:

“Honestly, I still burst out laughing every time I think about it, but to be fair, Zhao Xunyin really is head-over-heels for Shi Nanbei, isn’t she?”

“Same! She’s absolutely crazy about her wife. Zhao Xunyin is normally so cold, so quiet, so reserved—and yet she’s out here googling how to keep beauty filters permanently on, and even asking for advice on how to get along with a much younger spouse. Compared to the grumpy grandpa I have at home, she’s basically a dream!”

“Right? She’s so devoted it’s ridiculous. She used to be pretty flirtatious, had all those exes and rumored flames, but I’ve never seen her care this much about anyone. Not even her legendary ‘Double Queen Romance’ with Shu Yu ever reached this level! I guess she really did marry for love—and after getting married, she only has eyes for her wife. [tears] This stupidly beautiful love story is killing me.”

“Her wife is actually amazing, okay? [kneels] Ever since marrying her, Zhao Xunyin has become so much warmer. She’s nothing like the icy, taciturn movie queen she used to be.”

“It’s a shame the Double Queen Romance never materialized, but God, I love this big-sister-x-younger-girl dynamic so much [covers face]. Who wouldn’t love a cold older woman secretly going online to learn new tricks just to please her precious wife?”

“HAHAHAHAHA ‘going online to learn new tricks’ I’m DEAD [laugh-cry] If Old Zhao sees you guys saying stuff like this, she probably won’t log onto Weibo for months.”

“I love their dynamic so much. The little dumb-cute one is adorable, and Old Zhao completely spoils her. You could see it clearly when they were on that variety show together—when Old Zhao looks at her wife, her eyes are full of stars [heart].”

“I’ve been a fan of Old Zhao for eight years. Seeing her this happy, yeah, it stings a little, but mostly I’m relieved. She suffered for so long, got hurt so badly by that certain someone. After that she just drifted along, and we all thought she’d lost faith in love entirely. Who knew that the little dumb-cute one would show up and bring her happiness back?”

“Old Zhao, you better stay happy [tears]. Only then can I finally let go of my grudge against Little Dumbcutie for ‘stealing’ you from me.”

“I’ve never chased stars or shipped CPs in my life, but this time? I’m genuinely smitten [covers face]. I’m a grown man pushing forty, and when I watched their interactions—especially Zhao Xunyin checking in for her wife on her secret account—I smiled like a proud mom.”

“I understand all of this, but honestly, every time I see Zhao Xunyin now, I just start laughing.”

“[doge] Same! Her icy persona is completely shattered now, isn’t it?”

“I just want to know—how is Zhao Xunyin going to explain all this when she finally posts on Weibo?”

“My guess? She won’t. She’ll probably just pretend nothing happened [laugh-cry]. Someone as prideful as her? She’d rather die than admit it.”

“But the thing is, even if she doesn’t admit it, she can’t deny it either. This is the hammer of Thor—she can’t exactly claim she ‘slipped’ or that her assistant logged into the wrong account, right??”

“[covers face] Just own it, Old Zhao. The whole world already knows you’re a Wife-Showing Maniac.”

Three hours after Zhao Xunyin mistakenly posted from the wrong account, and after her PR team had scratched bald several patches of hair, they finally published a statement using her official Weibo:

Zhao Xunyin V:

“[kneels] [kneels] Love really can make people lose their minds.”

Attached was a meme: “Hey? Wanna argue?” (jpg)

The phrase “lose their minds” was the perfect choice—decisive, neat, ambiguous—and basically an indirect admission. With that meme, it summed up her current mood with painful accuracy.

Netizens didn’t even care whether she personally wrote it or if it came from her PR team. As long as she responded, they were satisfied. Who cared about technicalities at a time like this?

Within half an hour, the post had already amassed 40,000 comments and over 100,000 likes.

The top comment, with 60,000 likes, read:

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Movie Queen—do you regret it?”

Her PR team replied beneath it with a single meme:

“If you keep talking, I’m going to start crying.jpg”

Which instantly sent everyone rolling with laughter.