CH 71.1

Sorry for the late update >.

But at first, the fans were only focused on their bias, happily chowing down on this Weibo food. Of course, some of Shen Xingsui’s fans were begging for some more crumbs like a baby: 

[Suisui, why don’t you take a selfie, please?]

[Baby, you’re going to make this sister starve to death~]

[This humble servant begs for a mere selfie!]

[The fireworks outside the window are so beautiful, Happy New Year every year.]

But overall, his Weibo comment section was pretty harmonious. A lot of those “begging” was only a light-hearted joke. 

Compared to that… Fu Jinxiao’s comment section wasn’t at peace at all. At least Shen Xingsui posted a beautiful fireworks display, which was appropriate. But Fu Jinxiao posted a crooked, ugly, hand-made bracelet! 

[Gege, who gave you this?]

[There’s an ominous feel around this…]

[Yup, the last celebrity who posted something on this level of inexplicability ended up marrying the person who gave them the ugly item.]

[No… it can’t be right? Right? RIGHT? HeadShaking.jpg]

People were deep in denial, and someone made the connection.

Their captions were… strangely connected.

The witty netizen raised a question: [Mama, is this really a coincidence?!]

These two had been quite famous for being close, and they had a lot of CP fans with a thriving supertopic. Tonight’s event was a level of sugar1slang for romantic moment / “material” so to speak. bombing never seen before. This official sugar content has a huge amount of “corrupting” power. 

[As we all know, there are no coincidences in this world.]

[Is this… can be counted as a very veiled official relationship announcement?]

[Don’t talk nonsense, okay! They’re only friends!]

It’s past midnight on the eve of Chinese New Year. It was late enough that it’s normally their sleeping time, but many netizens were too excited to sleep. Instead, a hot search rushed up to the top: #Fu Jinxiao2in the original Chinese, Fu Jinxiao’s name is actually distorted. It’s either a typo, or the canon novel netizen’s attempt to “censor” his name because he’s basically caught in a gay romance rumor. and Shen Xingsui Official Announcement# 

The meteoric rise of this hot search made many editors and social media people of major media work overtime in the middle of the night. It is said that their wails and distressed cry could be heard in the horizon. 

When many melon-eating netizens heard the news, they flocked like a herded duck into this very tasty gossip. One of the party is Fu Jinxiao, a national superstar actor-slash-singer, and the other one is Shen Xingsui, a recent popular singer-songwriter who just caught up in a scandal full of plot-twist. The news was too eye-popping and tongue-tying. 

Shen Xingsui didn’t know that he was somehow forced to make an official announcement regarding this gossip. 

He went to sleep after eating, but when he woke up, he didn’t expect this incident to be such an uproar. Because he muted his mobile phone when he was sleeping, he didn’t know he would be flooded with messages in the morning. 

Wang Meican sent a message, clearly distressed and betrayed: [You two made an official announcement? Why didn’t you discuss it with me first?]

Ning Ze: [Congratulations.]

Wen Shengge: [Congratulations.]

“…”

There were still many more similar messages. 

To say Shen Xingsui was dumbfounded was an understatement of the century. He had about zero context, and this nagging feeling inside his head that something, somewhere, had just fucked up. 

What official announcement? With who? He didn’t even know he was dating someone to begin with! 

After hurriedly going to Weibo in search of the context… Shen Xingsui wanted to go back to sleep the day off. 

On one hand, he didn’t expect Actor Fu would post his gift on Weibo like that. He was very happy and a little shy, make no mistake, but he knew this was just a pure coincidence. He still felt really sweet, like he bitten into a cotton candy. 

After clicking on a comment thread, however, the smile on his face froze. 

[Shen Xingsui is not worthy of Fu-ge at all.]

[That dumbass failed to debut on the survival show. How is he allowed to have a relationship with our gege?]

[May I ask what works he has?]

[I bet he just posted something ambiguous after he saw Fu-ge’s post to capture the popularity. Let’s stop paying attention to this, that bitch is just a fame leech.] 

He was speechless. It’s as if someone poured a bucket full of icy cold water on him. 

The thing is, he knew that there was a massive gap between him and Fu Jinxiao. He never thought himself as worthy. With the netizens actually pointing it out, however, it was a wake-up call from his recent delusions. 

“Dong dong dong”

Someone knocked on his room’s door. 

Shen Xingsui quickly sat up and asked, “Yes, who is it?” 

It was his mother. She asked him to wash up and prepare himself to go to his grandparents’ house. 

“E-eh, uhm. Now?”

Xu Enzhen replied patiently, “Yes, we’ll go after you wash up.”

Shen Xingsui was very nervous, but he still responded, “Okay, I’ll be ready right away.”

He quickly got up from the bed, washed up, and started picking clothes from the closet. He was a bit shocked to find out he suddenly had a lot of new clothes in his closet. His family must’ve put it here, knowing that Shen Xingsui was notorious for declining gifts directly out of his habit. 

On the top of the new  clothes was a pile of handwritten notes. The one that was on a yellow down jacket said: 

[Mom bought this for you, I think this should be your size. I picked it because it will match with your scarf and gloves. I hope you like it.]

Then, his eyes lingered on a very well-made classy blue suit. The workmanship and texture of this suit was a masterpiece. It looked very, very expensive. There was no brand, so it must be a custom-made item. The note was from Shen Yong, it read: [Disciplined and upright, have a smooth sailing in your life3his letter is two four-letter-idiom. It is: 堂堂正正，一帆风顺. The first part means “discplined, impressive, upright, frank” while the second half is “a propitious wind” aka a favorable “wind” to make your life a smooth sailing..] 

Next was the clothes given by Shen Minglang. It was another set of suit, but it was much more casual and vibrant. It was embroidered with actual diamonds and gold thread, making it look expensive without overdoing it. It was something he expected from this money-focused eldest brother. 

Shen Xingsui smiled helplessly, “Dage is always like this, isn’t he?” 

The last outfit was Shen Xingchen. He gave Shen Xingsui a Shamate4Shamate (from the borrowed English word for “smart”) is a sub-culture in China that represents a rebellion against the status quo. Think of it as a mixture of goth, punk, glam, etc style. It’s usually very colorful outfits/hairstyle/accessories.-style non-mainstream jacket. Honestly, this was something that definitely fit more with Shen Xingchen’s style. 

Shen Xingsui looked at the clothes in the closet and felt warm in his heart. He finally chose the yellow down jacket because it was snowing heavily outside. 

After going downstairs, breakfast was already served. 

Xu Enzhen said to him, “Come over and eat a little bit. It may take several hours to drive to grandpa’s house.”

Everyone sat down to eat.

Shen Xingsui was wearing new clothes, and first said: “Mom and Dad, thank you for the clothes you bought for me; Dage, Erge… thank you too.” 

All of them were very happy that Shen Xingsui seemed to love his gifts. If possible, they all wanted to run and hug him tightly. 

To everyone’s surprise, Shen Xingsui continued, “Actually, I also prepared a gift for you!”