Zhou Qixi woke up one day and discovered that her family was nothing more than a bunch of cannon fodder in a novel, serving as a foil for the female lead's family.
Later, her family and the female lead's family appeared on the same parenting variety show.
On the show, Zhou Qixi's family were portrayed as having a bad temper and being lazy, while her parents spoiled her rotten and were extremely controlling.
In stark contrast, the female lead was considerate and filial, and her parents were sensible and mature.
After the show aired, the female lead's family received praise from across the internet, while Zhou Qixi's family were thoroughly torn apart by online abuse.
At the time, filming was just getting started. Zhou Qixi spread her hands. Whatever, let it be. There was no way she was going to work herself to the bone for this show.
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At the start of the program, the children in the other families worked hard to help their parents win.
But in Zhou Qixi's family, her parents worked themselves to the bone to win prizes for their daughter.
After the show aired, plenty of viewers who couldn't stand her started hurling abuse.
[Zhou Qixi really is a spoiled young lady. She relies on her parents for everything and isn't even embarrassed.]
[This family is something else. She has no respect for her elders, and her parents spoil her rotten.]
But as the show went on, viewers gradually noticed that Zhou Qixi was actually gaining fans, and had won over a large following of well-to-do middle-aged fans.
When the show aired a segment where Zhou's mother dressed Zhou Qixi up in outfits from the game Shining Nikki, the comments were full of:
[Our darling Xixi is so cute. Mommy loves you!]
[Our darling Xixi is so well-behaved. Mommy wishes she had a daughter as sweet as her to dress up, too.]
When the show aired a segment where Zhou's father made wooden toys for Zhou Qixi, the comments were full of:
[Our darling Xixi, wait for Daddy to learn woodworking and make you some toys, too!]
[Our darling Xixi, even though your never-met Daddy can't make these, he'll get you a rocket!]
The viewers watching it all unfold were dumbfounded. Where had all these fans come from?
Afterward, plenty of people posted online:
[Question! What's so charming about Zhou Qixi? My mom says she's cutting my allowance in half because she's going to see her darling Xixi's concert!]
[This is ridiculous. My dad asked me for Zhou Qixi's address because he wants to send her toys. I said I didn't know, and he told me to get lost!]
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