He Wu, a little-known actress, dreams that she is the foil to the heroine of an entertainment-industry novel. After ten years of hard work, she ends up disgraced and with a cheating boyfriend. Furious, she decides to bring her assistant on a variety show to annoy the cheating couple, but accidentally sends the invitation to her real best friend instead. With nothing left to lose, she and her friend decide to let loose together.
The production team asks what food they want most.
He Wu: Monk’s meat.
Ruan Qiao: A regret-erasing pill.
The production team asks what bad habit the other person has.
He Wu: Daydreaming.
Ruan Qiao: Vanity.
He Wu protests: I’m just working on myself!
Ruan Qiao snorts: And I’m just contemplating life.
During the working-class experience segment, the two draw a flyer-distribution assignment.
He Wu: I’m an entertainer. I need to protect myself from the sun. You go.
Ruan Qiao: I’m an ordinary person, not an idiot. You go.
Their interactions, sometimes best friends and sometimes frenemies, draw a huge audience. No one pays attention to the original heroine showing off her wealth; everyone is completely obsessed with shipping the two of them, and they stay on the trending lists for a whole month.
He Wu becomes a hugely popular star, makes a successful comeback, dumps her trashy boyfriend, and finds happiness alongside her best friend. On the day they both publicly announce their relationships, the internet erupts in tears, lamenting that their favorite ship has sunk. He Wu can only sigh: We’re real best friends. Maybe stop shipping us in such a weird way...
Theme: Friends are both our weaknesses and our armor.
