Teacher, Is This Really a Proper Show?

The moment the variety show "Living with My Idol" was announced, its wildly absurd premise sparked heated discussion.

Fans and idols living under the same roof was a premise practically guaranteed to generate drama, the kind that would trend from filming all the way through broadcast.

Whether fans became even more obsessed with their idols after the experience or turned against them after getting an up-close look, either way it was a huge gimmick that could easily draw tons of traffic.

Especially after the production team announced the first season's guest.

- Xie Zhe

On the first day the show aired, a flood of fans poured into the livestream.

Casual fan: Wow, are all of Xie Zhe's fans this gorgeous? Beautiful and sweet-voiced, hurry up and become my new wife I've never met! Hnnng.

Diehard solo fan: Seriously, which random internet celebrity got in through connections this time? Hoping to ride this wave straight to stardom?

Multifan: But he's a fan of Xie Zhe, after all. As long as he's a diehard fan of the same person, we can spoil him a little~

Shipper: Ship them! How can you not ship them? Ship everything that can be shipped!

Onlookers lurking in the shadows: Hehehe.

When the show announced that viewers would choose which beds the guests slept in, the fans were stunned. They were going this big right from the start?

While the fans were still processing it, the onlookers wore out their keyboards: Heh heh heh, a double bed, a double bed! Get in bed and put on a show, right now!

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Jiang Zhi was tricked onto the show by his younger sister. When he realized there was no way out, he had no choice but to accept reality. Once filming started, he comforted himself: all he had to do was play the role of a fan properly. Respect his idol, admire his idol, revere his idol. And, above all...

Keep his distance from his idol.

But after Jiang Zhi met Xie Zhe, he realized things weren't quite what he'd expected.

After finishing work, Xie Zhe would go out of his way to bring home the snacks Jiang Zhi loved. He would drive for eight hours and return from another province in the middle of the night just to celebrate Jiang Zhi's birthday. When an elder came to visit and Jiang Zhi introduced himself as a fan of Xie Zhe, saying he liked him a lot, Xie Zhe would naturally chime in, "I like you a lot too."

Wait.

Which one of them was the idol?

Bonus Scene:

The production team ran a dare game and drew a prompt from the comments: use your hands to measure someone's size.

Jiang Zhi was stunned. He secretly glanced at Xie Zhe, who stood nearby without showing any reaction, and quietly asked, "Can you measure it with your hands?"

The production team was nervous. "...This isn't an adults-only show. Just measure someone's size, not that body part."

Xie Zhe turned away without a word, looking rather disappointed.

The comments exploded.

Fans: Attention, everyone! This is not an adults-only show, not an adults-only show!

Onlooker: Thank you. If you hadn't said that, we'd never have known. :)

Theme: Freedom, equality, purity, and good clean fun