Chapter Twenty
Li Nan's pupils dilated in shock as she exclaimed incredulously, "How could you have such a thought? If it were me, and I loved someone deeply, I would definitely overcome all obstacles to be with them. What's the point of being friends? Friendship and love are completely different."
Xu Weiwei shook her head and said, "I've shipped too many couples, I know too much about it. Actually, friendship and love are really not that different. Many people use the name of friendship to engage in a lot of ambiguous behaviors between couples."
We're good friends, so it's normal for us to sleep in the same bed, hug, and kiss. It's even more normal for foreigners to greet each other with a kiss; strangers can kiss each other. We're friends, so what's wrong with a kiss?
I once shipped a couple who were just friends but played all sorts of ambiguous games that only couples would do. They eventually broke up quietly, and I witnessed their relationship deteriorate firsthand.
After they broke up, they started playing these ambiguous little games with other people. I realized that for them, the important thing wasn't the person, but the game.
If onlookers take it seriously, then they're in the wrong. Some might say, "They've already had sex, how can they break up so easily?"
Do those so-called real men order too little takeout? Do you really have any pity or love for takeout? You only care about whether it's edible and whether it tastes good.
Did you know that I used to ship a heterosexual couple? They had a child, got married, and then got divorced. In an interview, the woman said that at what moment did she realize her marriage was going to end?
It was a snowy day when she and her husband went out to buy groceries. Her hands were very cold, and she wanted to hold her husband's hand to warm them up, but her husband refused, saying it was too cold and they shouldn't hold hands.
At that moment, she realized that the man beside her no longer had her in his heart and didn't love her anymore. Later, it turned out to be true; the man cheated on her.
She didn't make a scene; she simply talked calmly with the man, discussing the issues of child custody and financial division. Their past love had ultimately become a joke.
There's a saying, "I only envy the mandarin ducks, not the immortals," which I find ridiculous. If many couples were like mandarin ducks, then many people would use mandarin ducks as an element in weddings.
What's so enviable about the love between mandarin ducks? Mandarin ducks only date for a season at most, and then they go their separate ways. The female mandarin duck only cares about her own offspring. As for who will have her offspring, she doesn't care. Anyone is fine as long as it's a male. And the male mandarin duck will find a new partner next year.
What's so enviable about their relationship dynamics? Do they actually have a cuckold fetish, enjoying their partner's infidelity and constant extramarital affairs?
I've noticed that women tend to romanticize love, elevating it to a very high status, but reality is often quite different.
I think many people say that girls shouldn't take the initiative to pursue boys because many boys are heartless and bad. Even if they don't love you, they will still agree to date you and play around with you.
There's a "I won't lose out" mentality about it. Just like a fifty-year-old man dating a twenty-year-old girl, what they want isn't love, but the taste of sex and power.
Many girls crave pure love and even have a strong aversion to romantic relationships, preferring one-on-one dynamics. It's like otome games; you could choose from multiple male leads and date them simultaneously, all of whom are exceptionally talented.
But actually, I prefer one-on-one to one-to-many. I don't like having a harem, and I don't like wasting my true feelings. Loving only one person in my life is enough.
Actually, there's something I've never understood: my favorite couple broke up, which is fine, but why did the guy choose to be with his manager? Doesn't he care about looks at all? I just can't comprehend it.
Later I understood the reason. I once met a rich girl who had a butler who was five years older than her since she was a child. This butler was very smart, talented and handsome.
He took very good care of this young lady. From childhood to adulthood, she suffered almost no grievances because of him. After growing up, she got together with her butler.
Sometimes I feel that love might be too illusory. Some people may not need love, but rather someone who treats them well and will romanticize that kindness as love.
However, from another perspective, if it is truly love, then it is not necessarily a bad thing that people from such different social classes fall in love.
Having shipped so many couples, I know that being a solo fan is better than being a CP fan. It's just that if you ship couples, it will never last. After all, love is something that can't be obtained. At least you've witnessed good love, but I've never experienced it in my life.
From childhood to the present, all the married lives I've seen are a mess, filled with mutual reluctance and a struggle to stay together for the sake of the children. Some even tacitly agree to cheat on each other.
The love was long gone, leaving only a forced existence, yet neither was willing to let go, and so they continued living like this. And although they initially chose to marry because they loved each other, the realities of life and the passage of time ultimately defeated them.
Another pitiful aspect of being a CP (couple) fan is that many big fans actually know the truth, but for the sake of [unclear - possibly referring to a specific group or organization], they deliberately cover it up and deceive smaller fans with insufficient information into believing that the CP they ship is truly real and that they love it deeply.
Solo fans are actually not very familiar with those who leave the fandom. For example, I still like a male celebrity now. He's an actor, and he had several girlfriends before entering the entertainment industry.
While filming, I also had quite a few on-set romances. We'd date during filming and break up immediately afterward. To be honest, I was quite ambitious and very immersed in my role.
I briefly stopped being a fan twice. Once was when I found out he went to a bar and his fans were sitting next to him. He offered to pay for their entertainment.
I initially thought he was partying too much, and bars aren't respectable places; people who go there shouldn't be considered respectable. But later, after learning that most of the celebrities I admire frequent bars, I chose to forgive him.
Another time, he deliberately gave his fans the silent treatment, intentionally not engaging with them. I felt he probably didn't care about his fans, which was really mean. Later, I forgave him.
Once during my live stream, I encountered a so-called "true fan" who offered me a long-winded lecture. I wanted to end the stream on the spot because I really don't like watching those kinds of things.
I can understand why he doesn't want to work anymore. Even if you love your fans the most, you will get angry sometimes, and when you get really angry, you will throw a tantrum.
I actually think that many people don't need love, but rather to be supported, to leech off others, and to obtain emotional value and other things from them.
Li Nan rolled her eyes and complained irritably, "You actually forgive your idol for giving you the silent treatment? I hate people like that the most. I'm an actress too, and I think celebrities are really in the service industry; they have to be incredibly grateful to their fans."
Fans' love for celebrities is truly selfless and great. Similarly, celebrities must bring positive emotions to their fans.
However, there are just too many scoundrels like this in the industry, so most people who are truly in the entertainment circle don't follow celebrities. After all, seeing them in person shatters any illusions they have.
Xu Weiwei coughed lightly and said, "I think they are all normal people. It's normal to have a temper. I still believe that he is grateful to his fans."
Even though I don't like him going to bars, he's still willing to treat his fans to meals, so I think he still cares about them.
Moreover, as an actor, he has always been working on improving his acting skills. Although he often acts awkwardly, it is clear that he is trying his best.
I think he's still worth supporting. Besides, he's good-looking and has decent character. As a solo fan, I don't mind if my idol is in a relationship, as long as he doesn't cheat, upholds male virtues, and doesn't order takeout. I can accept it; it's not considered a scandal for me.
I don't have any possessiveness towards the celebrities I admire, nor am I a female fan; I simply like and appreciate them. However, I once liked a singer who sang exceptionally well, but he cheated on me, which left me speechless.
I stopped being a fan. I also loved a singer who loved his wife very much. He gave all his money to his wife after they got married, but she stole his money and left him with nothing. But he still wanted to win his wife back and remarry her.
I'm speechless. My brother doesn't need me to feel sorry for him. Even though his entire fortune was squandered by that scumbag woman, he doesn't think his ex-wife was bad.
One was too heartless, the other too devoted; one had a bad character, the other was a simp—I couldn't stand either of them, so I decisively unfollowed them. I realized that you really can't just blindly follow those singers; their love lives are absolutely chaotic. Either they cheat on each other, or their partners cheat on them—they just can't seem to find peace.
Female singers are particularly prone to being love-struck; they can fall for any idiot, and their husbands are always right, their husbands are everything, and their fans who love them must also love their husbands, and absolutely no one is allowed to insult their husbands.
How could my husband possibly be after my money? He loves me so much. Anyway, you can tell her boyfriend is awful, some might even be abusive.
I really like a female singer-songwriter. She got married, and she often has scars on her body. You can tell at a glance that she was beaten. Sure enough, when we went on a variety show together, her husband acted like a king, not doing any work and just waiting for her to serve him.
She gets angry easily and throws things. I heard from a staff member that during the recording of the show, as soon as the camera was off, the man started hitting her and immediately began domestic violence. When people around couldn't stand it and tried to stop him, she actually said it was nothing and that we shouldn't care, that she was just playing around.
When I heard this revelation, I had a heart attack. She was incredibly beautiful, sang exceptionally well, and was also a very talented songwriter.
But she found a boyfriend who turned out to be an ugly kappa (a Japanese slang term for a male prodigy). Not only was he ugly, but he was also less wealthy than her, and she had to pay him off and fawn over him. What was she doing?
Is it because she receives too much love that she needs others to abuse her? I'm unfollowing her now; I can't stand this kind of love-struck person with such low self-esteem.
If she were to fawn over a handsome guy, I might be a little more forgiving, at least the children would have good genes and be good-looking. But her fetish for ugly people is too severe, like she has a screw loose, she's so stupid.
I can't sympathize with her at all. She was a victim of domestic violence, and I really feel like she deserved it. If she stood in front of me, I would want to slap her and knock the water out of her brain.
I really have a deep impression of her. She is the only female singer I regret falling in love with. I never thought she would be like this. It's not even a matter of people-pleasing personality; she's a bottomless simp. She would even lick the dark chocolate her boyfriend feeds her.
I'm speechless. I'm willing to be a simp, but can't you at least have a slightly higher standard? Find someone with good character, or someone who's good-looking.
He's a man who's completely useless except for his flaws, and you're still throwing yourself at him like that? What are you trying to do? Have you never experienced hardship before, so you want to take advantage of him all at once?
Oh right, I'm wrong. She probably won't feel bitter; she'll just think that her dear husband hit her, that he loves her so much, and that he only hits her and no one else.
Ever since she started dating him, her face has been swollen like a pig's head every day, she looks awful, she gets beaten every day, and she doesn't even know how to fight back. What does this kind of person want from her?
Another thing I find particularly tragic is that she is basically a top-tier singer, with a very high status, extremely popular, a national-level singer, and extremely high popularity.
Her career was at its peak, she was incredibly successful. It's ironic that such an amazing female singer would choose to be a sycophant to a kappa. It makes you wonder what other ordinary women would do.
She has failed to set a good example. As an influential public figure, she openly supports domestic violence, demonstrating a serious error in her values and a distortion of her beliefs by love.
I never believe that a relationship where one person is overly fond of and dotes on the other while the other person bullies them is not true love.
Love requires mutual love and respect between two people. Both individuals are equal in dignity; it's not that if I love you a little more, you can trample on me.
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