I Picked Up a Boyfriend on the Subway

Jiang Duqiu is a Bilibili creator with a million followers. His fans affectionately call him "the man with a mask on his face."

His videos cover all kinds of topics, but they have one thing in common: they're all elaborate stunts.

One day, a creator who was always putting things off and getting pestered by his fans to update came across a video.

"Just How Socially Mortifying Is It to Get Your Hand Stuck in a Subway Hand Ring?"

Jiang Duqiu rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "When you're sleepy, someone brings you a pillow. I've got my next video idea right here."

That evening, Jiang Duqiu settled on the subject of his new video.

"If Your Hand Gets Stuck in a Subway Hand Ring and Nobody Helps, How Many Round Trips Can a UP Host Make on the Train?"

He's a pro at padding out videos.

The next day, Jiang Duqiu set off for the subway with his longtime cameraman. But before he could even finish half a round trip, someone rescued him.

The video was scrapped on the spot, but...

He met the woman who would become his girlfriend at first sight.

So maybe it wasn't a loss after all.

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Li Yun is a nine-to-five office worker with a soft, steamed-bun personality.

She has little temper and few friends. Her only daily pastime is playing video games.

She's constantly teetering on the edge of social anxiety.

One day, Li Yun boarded Line 5 as usual for her commute.

She rode from the first station to one in the middle, took a nap, then woke with a start and noticed the tall masked man standing in front of her. Something about him seemed off.

He hadn't moved at all.

Li Yun looked up at his hand.

So that was what was going on. His hand was stuck in the subway hand ring.

Li Yun thought: Poor guy. He's been stuck for so long and still hasn't asked anyone for help. He must have a bit of social anxiety, just like her.

After struggling with it for a while, Li Yun took the hand cream from her bag and smeared it on his hand. At last, the man's hand came free.

But he didn't seem very happy about it?

Li Yun didn't understand and assumed he had severe social anxiety.

She stood on tiptoe and wiped the hand cream off the ring, then got off at her stop.

But before she could leave the station, the socially anxious man in the black mask caught up with her, saying he wanted to treat her to a meal to thank her.

His voice was even nicer than that of her favorite gaming companion.

Li Yun, a voice-lover who had just broken up with her scumbag ex, had a brain glitch and gave him her WeChat.

At first, the masked man said, "I can never repay you for saving my life, so let me buy you dinner."

Later, the masked man said, "A meal isn't enough. How about I give myself to you?"

Li Yun: "...Sorry, I don't eat people."

It wasn't until she got her marriage certificate that Li Yun belatedly realized her husband might be someone she'd picked up on the subway.

Theme: A thousand-mile marriage is tied by a single thread.