It would have been better if Xiao Yiming hadn't been mentioned; as soon as he was, the comments section immediately erupted into a flame war.
"Can you please stop with the hype? I've finally started to have some feelings for Ms. Gu."
"...Your scripts are so consistent? You can turn casual viewers into fans after watching just a bit of the show? Are you all hired trolls?"
"Who brought up Brother Ming first? Isn't the intention to create hype obvious? Did the production team deliberately choose this kind of topic? Disgusting! Anyone who didn't know better would think Brother Ming was on this episode!"
However, someone quickly intervened to calm things down—"Stop arguing, Ming-ge just followed Gu Qingqiu on Weibo, and she doesn't mind at all!"
Has Xiao Yiming started paying attention to me?
Gu Qingqiu was somewhat surprised when she opened Xiao Yiming's Weibo homepage and found that they were indeed "following each other".
However, Gu Qingqiu didn't have time to think too much before the commercials ended, so she put down her phone and continued watching the program.
"Are You an Idiot?" is indeed a long-running variety show. The editing is very smooth, and the cuts to the guests' expressions are just right. Gu Qingqiu herself watched it with great interest and was even impressed by how cool she looked when she shouted out the Yin-Yang Conversion Card.
At the end of the program, the last-place athlete, covered in mud, reluctantly held up a megaphone and shouted, "I'm a big idiot!" which made Gu Qingqiu laugh uncontrollably.
The show's ratings soared, reaching the highest ratings of the season and far surpassing the second and third ranked variety shows.
Sister Ling was overjoyed. She was also monitoring the online comments in real time, and she was incredibly happy to see Gu Qingqiu's reputation improve!
Gu Qingqiu even made it to several positive trending topics – “Gu Qingqiu carried the whole team”, “Gu Qingqiu in the mud”, “Gu Qingqiu led the celebrity team to victory”.
In one night, Gu Qingqiu gained 70,000 to 80,000 followers on Weibo. Even the comments under her Weibo post promoting the premiere of the variety show were mostly from viewers who had watched the show and praised her.
It seems that the audience base for "Are You an Idiot?" is larger than expected.
However, Gu Qingqiu did not bask in the joy. The attention and goodwill brought by variety shows are temporary. Only good works can establish a foothold in the entertainment industry. So after watching the variety show, she started reading scripts.
After memorizing her lines for the next day's filming, Gu Qingqiu picked up her phone. Xiao Yiming had actually sent her a message—"You actually know Ding Xu?"
This was the first time Xiao Yiming had taken the initiative to talk to her since they had a falling out!
Gu Qingqiu was somewhat surprised, but since the other party had taken the initiative, she extended an olive branch in return, "Of course, I've read all your works."
Then Gu Qingqiu watched as the chat box displayed "The other party is typing," but three minutes passed and she still hadn't received any new messages.
Is there something wrong with your phone?
Gu Qingqiu scratched her head, turned the internet off and on again, and just then received a message from Xiao Yiming—"You really read them all?"
"Pfft... This is really interesting," Gu Qingqiu teased him intentionally. "What, is the great movie star Xiao going to test me?"
Xiao Yiming: "...No, I was just curious about your purpose in reading all my works."
Gu Qingqiu: "It's nothing. I'm just trying to learn and study Xiao Da's acting methods, and also to get to know you a little better."
Then Gu Qingqiu saw the chat box display "The other party is typing" again, and this time ten minutes had passed without receiving a message.
It seems it's not a problem with the network or the phone.
Gu Qingqiu really couldn't understand what Xiao Yiming was struggling with.
But can the male lead's information be different?
After letting out a sleepy yawn, Gu Qingqiu's phone finally received another message notification.
However, it immediately scared away Gu Qingqiu's sleepiness, because the message Xiao Yiming sent was—"Do you still like me now?"
Do you still like me?
What does Xiao Yiming mean by this?
Gu Qingqiu was completely baffled and dared not give a reply easily.
Could it be that Xiao Yiming was surprised to learn that he had seen all of Xiao Yiming's works after watching the program?
Feeling scared because I think I'm his crazy fan and know everything about him?
However, before Gu Qingqiu could reply, Xiao Yiming sent another message: "Never mind, forget I asked. Goodnight."
Gu Qingqiu: ...You should at least have retracted the message above. How can I pretend I didn't see it?
However, it's clear that the three-minute limit has been exceeded, so the message cannot be retracted.
Xiao Yiming hadn't intended to complicate the situation between them so much. He didn't know why he had sent that question unconsciously, but he really wanted to know the answer, so he refrained from retracting the message.
Unexpectedly, Gu Qingqiu simply stopped replying.
Never mind... Although Xiao Yiming sent the message, he felt even more bothered, especially after receiving Gu Qingqiu's "Goodnight" as if she were doing her best.
After this conversation, both of them had a significantly reduced quality of sleep that night.
Gu Qingqiu repeatedly confirmed with the male protagonist system that the current experience bar was still a pitiful 0.01%.
That makes sense, since she hasn't had any contact with Xiao Yiming at all, it would be strange if her experience bar increased.
Recently, she has been so engrossed in her career that she has neglected Xiao Yiming, putting the cart before the horse.
At first, she acted seriously only to improve Xiao Yiming's bad impression of her. However, after arguing with Xiao Yiming, Gu Qingqiu couldn't help but take it seriously again, wanting to prove to Xiao Yiming that her choice was not wrong.
But filming the new drama will take another three months, and I'm the second female lead with a lot of screen time. Am I supposed to stay on set for those three months? Wouldn't that be another three months wasted?
If things continue like this, won't the mission in this world never be completed?
But I've already signed the contract, so how can I break it?
How can I reasonably create opportunities for private contact with Xiao Yiming?
well……
For the next two weeks, Gu Qingqiu diligently worked on the filming of her new drama, but she would occasionally send messages to Xiao Yiming to ask how to better portray the character.
Xiao Yiming also earnestly taught Gu Qingqiu how to grasp the key points of the script and how to pronounce her lines more appropriately.
Of course, Xiao Yiming already knew what role Gu Qingqiu was in her new drama, and it was indeed much better than he had imagined. He apologized to Gu Qingqiu, saying that he had indeed spoken without thinking, but the reason was that he was concerned about Gu Qingqiu's career development.
This made Gu Qingqiu feel a little embarrassed, after all, Xiao Yiming had previously taken great care in finding a suitable role for her.
Over time, the two became much closer and exchanged many messages every day.
So on this day, Gu Qingqiu asked Xiao Yiming, "Xiao, the great movie star, you give me online classes and remote teaching every day. Don't you have any work to do?"
Xiao Yiming replied, "There aren't any suitable scripts available recently. I prioritize quality over quantity when it comes to accepting roles."
Gu Qingqiu's heart skipped a beat. "Since you don't have a job, why don't you come visit our film set?"
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