Chapter 97: The Crack Ship

“Xie Xu is on the forum!” Lin Huiran replied as she tapped into the thread.

It turned out to be the very same post Lu Yiqi had seen.

Lin Huiran had been fixated on the two words Xie Xu; only after opening the post did she finally read the title clearly.

“Sweet Love Between Big Shot Xie and the Transfer Student.”

Lin Huiran: “...”

Her interest vanished on the spot.

But Xu Xiaole, standing beside her, had already leaned in. “Let’s look together.”

“...”

Lin Huiran did not really want to keep reading, but curiosity got the better of her and she scrolled down a little.

Xu Xiaole had only just leaned over and had not seen the title; Lin Huiran scrolled too quickly, and the dense text was hard to read clearly, but she still caught a few keywords in passing.

Xie Xu, transfer student, together, so sweet it could make you cry, the Torrent Ship is the best, and so on.

Xu Xiaole looked utterly confused. “What is Torrent Ship? Some kind of cursed pairing?”

Lin Huiran said, “No, that girl’s name is Lu Yiqi. I think that’s the ship name they made up for them. I didn’t expect there to be ship fics and shippers for them at school...”

“Cough... sorry, I shouldn’t have asked.”

Lin Huiran kept scrolling and, at the very end, found the photo. She opened it.

The two of them looked dazzlingly well matched.

Lin Huiran froze for a moment.

Xu Xiaole’s voice came from beside her. “Maybe we shouldn’t open it after all?”

“...It’s fine.”

After speaking, she opened the photo.

After staring at it for a few seconds, she handed the phone to Xu Xiaole. “Here. This is Xie Xu, but it’s only his side profile.”

Xu Xiaole licked her lower lip, took the phone, enlarged the picture, and studied it for a few seconds. “That side profile, those lines—damn, I can work with this!”

“He’s very handsome, isn’t he?”

“Drop-dead handsome.”

Lin Huiran lowered her eyes slightly. “Look at Lu Yiqi too. They look so perfect together.”

Xu Xiaole’s heart gave a jolt, and she hurriedly tried to reassure her. “It’s okay. When a handsome guy and a pretty girl appear in the same frame, there’s bound to be some sort of ship chemistry. This photo was probably taken secretly. Maybe they added a filter or something, which is why it looks like that. Besides, my Huiran is very pretty too. If you were in the same frame with Xie Xu, you’d definitely look good together as well.”

At that, Lin Huiran curved her lips and smiled at Xu Xiaole.

...

Several days had passed since Lin Huiran’s matter.

Those days had been unusually peaceful. Lin Huiran had not sent Xie Xu any more messages, to the point that Xie Xu was almost forgetting there had ever been someone like Lin Huiran.

So he threw himself wholeheartedly into Lu Yiqi instead. But whether he was too inexperienced or Lu Yiqi was simply too straight-laced, there had been no response at all. It had been a rather dismal failure, and Xie Xu was almost beginning to doubt himself.

Yan Yi also received a call from his manager that day.

“What? You’ve arranged a drama for me?”

He frowned. “Didn’t I say I don’t want to take on any acting jobs for the time being? Why did you go ahead and accept it for me on your own?”

“So what if the pay is good? I’m not short of the money from one drama, and my reputation doesn’t need to be shored up by a single role. I already said I have my own things to do right now. Push off whatever endorsements and appearances you can.”

“The production company specifically asked for me? They want me to take the role?”

Yan Yi felt that something was off, but he could not figure out what. Then he suddenly asked, “How long will filming take?”

“About three months???”

Yan Yi’s brow twitched. Suppressing his temper, he said, “Got it.”

After hanging up, Yan Yi could not resist going to find Xie Xu.

When Xie Xu saw him coming, he guessed that the task he had assigned had been handled properly, lifted his brows, and said with feigned innocence, “What do you need with me?”