Blurb One: New actress Shen Yinxia is dutifully doing grunt work on set when, one day, the manager of an award-winning actor suddenly asks if she'd like to stage a couple pairing with him.
Shen Yinxia: “???”
Is that guy out of his mind?
After weighing her options, Shen Yinxia reluctantly agrees. The Qingxia couple quickly becomes a sensation, and fans are going wild. The studio, usually lightning-fast online, must have gone up into the mountains or lost its signal today. Why hasn't it come out to clarify things?
#QingxiaCoupleRumoredToBeDating
The post even includes GIFs and photos taken from baffling angles. In one, Shen Yinxia is practically hanging off Xu Qingyan.
The two people involved are stunned. They were just rehearsing a scene!
Once the marketing accounts get involved, Xu Qingyan's fans swarm Shen Yinxia's Weibo, leaving it in a sorry state. Terrified, she hurriedly posts a clarification.
Xu Qingyan replies: “The hug was real, and so was the kiss. Don't scare her off.”
The post sends the couple fans into a frenzy and leaves everyone else in an uproar. The topic shoots straight to the top of the trending list.
Shen Yinxia: “...” I must have opened Weibo the wrong way.
Blurb Two: A year later, the Qingxia couple are rumored to be dating again.
Fans on both sides take it in stride: “Well... It's been a year. They finally got together.”
Antis: “They're from completely different worlds. They'll break up sooner or later.”
The fans won't stand for that and immediately fire back at the antis.
At the same time, one of the entertainment industry's giants, Xingyue Media, posts: “No artist photos today, just popping in to say the boss told us to stand up for our little princess.”
A top-tier star posts: “No photos today, just popping in to stand up for my little sister.”
The founder of an internationally renowned perfume brand posts: “No announcement today, just popping in to stand up for my daughter-in-law.”
Antis: “...”
Turns out, I was the clown all along. One-on-one romance.