The rational side declared defeat in the struggle. Su Yanxi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "So what if I die? It's only a week; I can endure it." He was going all in; he'd consider it gaining some life experience!
"I need you too."
"—Great!"
The wicked dog's plan succeeded. After howling a few times, it rolled off the bed and wagged its tail and circled around its owner several times, so happy that its tail was practically sticking up in the air.
Chapter 127
"Let's go to a hot spring hotel on the outskirts of the city for a week of romantic time together! It's settled then, no more changes!"
"Honey, relax and give yourself completely to me. Trust me, you won't go wrong~"
After that "needs discussion," Su Yanxi couldn't find any other reason to evade or shirk responsibility—after all, he had personally agreed that it was right!
What's wrong with two people who have mutual needs spending a week together at a hot spring hotel to satisfy each other's needs?
Unable to argue with the cunning wolf in sheep's clothing, Su Yanxi could only curse: "You really are the young master of a business tycoon; when you get cunning and treacherous, no one can guard against you!"
"Hehe, you flatter me, my wife." Bie Yunzong, shameless, asked his wife for a kiss again. "You really are the young mistress of a business tycoon, always ready to counter any move you make; if I weren't smart enough, I wouldn't be able to fool you."
The two bickered and played around on the bed for a while. When things got heated, they fell onto the bed in each other's arms and exchanged several deep kisses.
After the kiss, Su Yanxi lay blushing in Bie Yunzong's arms. The two were discussing whether to get up and find something to eat first, or to take another nap, when the doorbell rang.
Bie Yunzong asked curiously, "Who is it? Who would come to your room so early in the morning? It couldn't be that guy surnamed Chen, could it?"
He jumped out of bed on his own and went to the entrance.
"What do you mean early?" Su Yanxi glanced at the time. "It's already nine o'clock, that's not early at all. The person who's coming to my room at this hour must be Sister Tong, right?"
"Open the door quickly, Sister Tong is probably here to talk to me about work arrangements."
Bie Yunzong said "Oh" and, without even looking through the peephole, opened the door directly.
Outside the door, there was neither the annoying second male lead surnamed Chen, nor Su Yanxi's supposed manager Zhou Tong; there was only—
There was nothing there.
"Who is it, honey?" Su Yanxi asked from the bedroom.
"I don't know." Bie Yunzong looked left and right in confusion. "Outside... there's clearly no one outside!"
Author's Note:
Su Su: What the hell?
Dog: Honey, don't be afraid! If any monsters or demons come, I'll be the first to protect you!
Su Su: Yes, look at you!
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"He went out to open the door, but there was no one outside...?"
"Hmm." Su Yanxi propped her back with a sofa cushion, half-reclining on the sofa in an extremely idyllic position, holding a bowl of warm vegetable and minced meat porridge, and slowly drinking it. "Yun Zong opened the door. He said that when the door was opened, there wasn't even a shadow of a person outside, let alone anyone."
Just as they were talking about Bie Yunzong, he swayed over and leaned in to beg for food: "Wife, I want some too, give me a bite."
Unlike Su Yanxi, who was elegant and leisurely in her eating, Young Master Bie'er, who came from a pure aristocratic family, ate very quickly—as fast as a whirlwind sweeping away fallen leaves.
After all, Alaskan Malamutes are canines with enormous appetites. In non-important occasions, especially when he's with Su Yanxi, Bie Yunzong usually doesn't restrain his eating urges and often devours food like a hungry wolf.
After solving his own food and clothing problems, Bie Yunzong could then spend his extra time enjoying watching his wife eat.
Having eaten and drunk his fill, Bie Yunzong simply wanted to try it, which is why he asked his wife for a taste.
Su Yanxi, quite naturally, raised her hand to feed Bie Yunzong a bite, and continued her conversation with Zhou Tong: "Sister Tong, what kind of tactic do you think this is?"
Zhou Tong pondered for a moment: "It's not a trick, I think you've run into a professional fan."
"Professional fanboys?" Su Yanxi asked, puzzled. Seeing Bie Yunzong approaching, he raised his hand and fed the big dog another bite. "So you mean 'professional fans'?"
"Professional fans" is short for "professional fans," also known as "fat fans" in online fan circles. Some entertainment companies hire a group of professional fans to infiltrate fan circles, stir up the atmosphere, boost data, and promote merchandise sales in order to promote their artists.
"But I don't need to do data analysis or sell merchandise, right? Your or my outsourcing team can't hire professional fans for me. So where do these professional fans come from?"
From an entertainment company's perspective, hiring professional fans is perfectly acceptable. These professional fans understand how to retain and manipulate existing fans, and they're adept at using sophisticated rhetoric to incite spending. The small expense of hiring professional fans translates into substantial profits for the artist; as the capital side, why wouldn't entertainment companies be happy to do it?
However, from a fan's perspective, the existence of professional fans is quite intriguing. Originally, idol worship was a positive and inspiring activity: people gather because they like a particular artist, spontaneously promoting and supporting them out of love. They invest money, effort, and time, only to find themselves—
Some people are completely devoted to their idols, while others are entirely paid for by public funds.
"They are different from the 'professional fans' who are hired by the company and have a cooperative relationship with the artists. The latter are still somewhat controlled by the management company, often appear in large fan groups, and have access to genuine information from official channels."
"The former I'm referring to are those 'professional fans' who use idol worship as a means of profit, hoping to capitalize on the popularity of celebrities and make a fortune from their fans."
Chapter 128
These types of people often mingle among fan site administrators and administrators. Selling self-made merchandise and photobooks (PB for short) is their most common way to recoup their costs and make money.
The more frequently you travel, the larger your fan base will become, and the greater the chance of getting "exclusive photos" and "go-to-the-box" photos. Some well-known fan sites can release two or three personal bestsellers a year, selling eight or nine thousand or even tens of thousands of copies each time, which is enough to secure the down payment for a luxury apartment.
"So, you're using my wife's image rights as a money-making tool?" Bie Yunzong lazily sat down next to Su Yanxi, leaning against his soft and fragrant wife. "If they think my wife is beautiful and like to take lots of beautiful pictures, that's fine. But why take pictures of the two of them?"
Don't let him get away with it.
"They probably thought 'Red Flower' would be a hit, and that Su Su and Xiao Chen could gain a lot of CP fans by doing some marketing." Zhou Tong shrugged. "I'm just guessing, I can't say for sure."
“These people’s behavior is somewhat similar to that of sasaeng fans, but it’s different. Sasaeng fans have a stronger possessiveness towards celebrities and won’t easily upload the photos and videos they take without permission; people who use photos and videos taken without permission to create hype are most likely professional fans.”
Halfway through our conversation, the doorbell rang.
Su Yanxi was eating porridge and couldn't move easily, while Bie Yunzong was too reluctant to move because he was next to his beloved wife; Lin Xiaohai had gone home on business and hadn't been around for a while. Zhou Tong looked left and right, finally sighed softly, and resignedly got up.
Before opening the door, Zhou Tong looked through the peephole and only opened it with peace of mind after seeing that it was Chen Yongyan.
"Why are you so late? We've already done our analysis once."
Chen Yongyan entered the room with a worried look on his face, and his first words were full of resentment: "I was cornered by Song Yanqi."
Bie Yunzong jumped up from the sofa, put on a fierce dog face, and glared at the newcomer: "Well, you finally showed up! Come on, come on, I'm going to settle the score with you for flirting with my wife on set!"
Chen Yongyan, who had been frowning, was taken aback. He blinked, looking puzzled and a little frightened, and asked, "You are...?"
The husband of Senior Su who was super clingy during the video call?
"yes."
Before Chen Yongyan could finish asking, Bie Yunzong proudly raised his head and answered smugly.
"I am Su Yanxi's darling husband, the only winner in this world who can win all of Su Yanxi's love!"
"Virtue".
Su Yanxi rolled her eyes speechlessly and threw a cushion at Bie Yunzong, hitting him on the head.
"He's good for nothing, but he's number one when it comes to giving himself titles."
Bie Yunzong rubbed his head, his pleading puppy eyes looking back at his wife, his tone perfectly justified: "I didn't say anything wrong... So what, after last night, I'm no longer your dear husband?"
"You were never my dear husband to begin with," Su Yanxi said sarcastically. "You're my nemesis husband. You're probably only in this life to collect a debt from me."
Su Yanxi took the pillow Zhou Tong handed her, finished scolding him, patted the empty space next to her, and gently waved to the big dog.
"We're talking about serious matters, so please stop bothering us and come sit down."
The Alaskan Malamute let out a weak "oh," then obediently sat down next to its beautiful owner, snuggling close to her like a boneless creature.
"I'm sorry, Xiao Chen, because of those photos last night, my husband and I had a little argument. He's still quite upset about you, so please don't take it to heart," Su Yanxi explained to Chen Yongyan.
Chen Yongyan waved his hand dismissively, pulled up a chair and sat down: "It's nothing, it's nothing. In the end, it was all my fault. I knew that outsiders were coming and going those days, but I still recklessly entered your room in the middle of the night."
Chen Yongyan reflected sincerely.
He originally wanted to ask, "Has Yanxi Ge and her husband resolved their conflict?" But seeing how affectionate and loving Yanxi Ge and her husband were, he felt there was no need to ask that question.
As the saying goes, loving couples don't hold grudges overnight. The two sitting here should be a prime example of a loving couple, right?
"What's done is done, and there's no use in reflecting or regretting it now. Besides, you were forced into a corner by Song Yanqi, which is why you sought help from Su Su. So relax, it's not your fault."
Zhou Tong analyzed calmly. During the brief pause in the conversation, she had been pondering the matter of professional celebrity fans.
"After the two fan sites posted your candid photos last night, new accounts immediately jumped out and spread the photos. Although it's not right to make malicious guesses, the more I think about it, the more I feel that the person behind the fan site is very likely the one who took the photos."
After realizing something was wrong last night, Zhou Tong immediately contacted his public relations team and asked them to notify Weibo to delete the relevant information.
“I asked the authorities to delete those candid photos because they violated your privacy. This was clearly a normal action, but some of your CP fans interpreted it as ‘trying to cover up the truth’ or ‘protesting too much.’” Zhou Tong sighed helplessly. “I just felt that there was no need to delete the leaked photos. Otherwise, deleting two at a time would probably only make them more excited.”
No matter how the artists respond, some people with ulterior motives will always try to turn it into a couple dynamic. Not deleting the pictures implies they're dating, want to show off, and that it's a publicly funded relationship; deleting them, on the other hand, makes it seem like they're trying to cover something up and that the celebrities are trying to shut up.
The more intense the CP (couple) drama becomes, the more anxious and energetic Song Yanqi gets. Today he might block someone in the corridor because of a misunderstanding, and tomorrow he might storm into Chen Yongyan's room and force himself on him.
After all that back and forth, the matter seemed to have reached an unsolvable point?
After going through the process, everyone had a clear logic, but they couldn't come up with a reasonable countermeasure. They could only take it one step at a time and wait for the opponent to make a move before responding accordingly.
After being reprimanded by Su Yanxi, Bie Yunzong listened quietly the whole way without making a sound or causing any trouble. Only after the discussion ended and Zhou Tong and Chen Yongyan left did Bie Yunzong tug at his wife's body and ask her a question out of curiosity.
Chapter 129
"Honey, who is Song Yanqi? I've only been gone a few days, how come there's a new person here?"
“He’s the lead actor in the drama next door, and also a classmate of Chen Yongyan from the same school and major, but in a different class,” Su Yanxi said with a sigh as she tidied her desk. “He’s also Chen Yongyan’s crazy pursuer.”
"Sigh, this is the one who caused the upskirt photo incident. If he hadn't been following Chen Yongyan, Chen Yongyan wouldn't have had to come to my place late at night begging for shelter."
"Hey, that kid has suitors too?" Bie Yunzong chuckled. "Does Song Yanqi, this suitor, cause Chen a lot of trouble?"
“Of course.” Su Yanxi put down the trash and patted the big dog’s furry head. He was puzzled by the question. “Didn’t you see Chen Yongyan’s worried face? He’s worried and depressed every day because of this crazy suitor.”
"Why? If you don't like it, you can just refuse."