After Transmigrating as a Scumbag Alpha, I Marked the Crazy Hotshot – Chapter 82
by Little PandaI’m Going to Break My Promise
“Why didn’t Bai Xin tell me herself?”
“Is it different if I say it?”
Tang Jia sat in the small room inside her office, looking out through the little glass window. It was past ten at night, but the hospital and the surrounding buildings were still brightly lit.
Tang Jia said, “She asked me to tell you. To trouble Director Tong to ask about Cheng Jiqing’s schedule for tomorrow night—is she returning to North City, or what?”
On the other end of the line, Tong Yanxi was doing something that caused a rustling sound.
“Is she asking me to be a spy?”
“That sounds so unpleasant.” Tang Jia leaned back in her chair. The lush green devil’s ivy on the windowsill helped ward off some of the room’s chill. Tang Jia’s lips curved slightly. “Seriously, though. You’ve seen Cheng Jiqing. Do you think she can forget?”
Tong Yanxi was sitting on the single sofa by the balcony. In the distance, a dim building was unexpectedly flashing with golden lights today. It was like the finishing touch on a painting, adding a spiritual aura to Jiangcheng’s night.
She let out a soft scoff at Tang Jia’s words. When she saw the woman at the event today, her expression was no different than usual. Later, during a brief chat, she heard about that tightly packed schedule and understood.
There was now an explanation for why Cheng Jiqing had gone traveling and why she was keeping herself so busy—how could it possibly be that easy to forget?
This was indeed a fast-food era, but unfortunately, something like love could never be fast food.
Hearing this, Tong Yanxi fell into a strange silence.
Tang Jia said, “You know Bai Xin’s situation. It’s not easy to find someone who can manage her. How about ‘us’ giving her a hand?”
So Bai Xin doesn’t go out and wreak havoc on other people.
Tong Yanxi retorted, “Who’s ‘us’? What’s our relationship?”
Tang Jia said, “…’A day as wives, a hundred days of grace1‘. I can’t even say ‘us’? There’s got to be some lingering affection.”
Tong Yanxi chuckled. “What, you still have feelings?”
“I do.”
A sudden silence fell between them. After a long moment, Tong Yanxi said, “You haven’t been yourself lately. Bai Xin is my friend too. Dr. Tang doesn’t need to stoop to such lengths.”
Tang Jia: “…It’s not that.”
“Alright, once I’ve asked, I’ll contact Bai Xin directly.”
“Hey, wait!”
Tong Yanxi paused just as she was about to hang up. After a brief silence, Tang Jia asked, “Are you coming back tomorrow? If you need it, I can pick you up.”
After a short wait, Tong Yanxi replied, “We’ll see.”
January 19th.
The sky had been gloomy since dawn, but fortunately, the atmosphere at the event was still lively.
She didn’t have much of a fanbase, but at yesterday’s roadshow and today’s event, she could see orange-gold light-up signs. Although they were vastly outnumbered by the fans of Li Yunlan and Zhou Qing, Cheng Jiqing still felt a sense of warmth.
Today’s event was a meet-and-greet at a movie theater.
It was the host’s Q&A session.
“Let’s ask Lanlan, which scene from the filming made the deepest impression on you?”
Li Yunlan smiled mysteriously. “I think… it was the intimate scenes.”
No one noticed a person in the corner wearing a black face mask.
The pale pink pads of her fingers had been tapping on her cool-toned long dress. Hearing that, her movements paused.
Around her, a chorus of “oohs” and “aahs” erupted, completely oblivious to the cold and stern pressure in the air.
The host’s eyes lit up. He glanced at Cheng Jiqing and seized the opportunity to ask Li Yunlan, “Is this something we’re allowed to hear? Could you be a little more specific?”
After a wave of laughter, Li Yunlan said, “No, I’m just kidding. Actually, a lot of scenes left an impression. It’s just that Chengcheng is a great actress. She allows me to completely immerse myself in my character. She’s really, really good.”
“That’s what Teacher Zhou said when we asked her earlier. It seems our Chengcheng is really well-liked.” The host shifted the focus to Cheng Jiqing. “So let’s ask Chengcheng, was there anything that left a deep impression on you during this film?”
Cheng Jiqing was dressed in a long white dress with a bright yellow shawl. Her every move exuded a cool and elegant temperament. The Buddhist prayer beads on her wrist gave off a faint, noble air, creating a rare and perfect fusion of asceticism and gentleness in one person.
The corners of Cheng Jiqing’s lips curved up. “The final scene, I think. But I can’t give any spoilers. You’ll know when the movie is released.”
The final scene was the one at the train station between the teacher and the student. The student thought the teacher had left, but the teacher got off the train.
Tong Yanxi had told her back then that not everyone has the courage to get off the train.
At that time, she couldn’t fully comprehend it.
Unexpectedly, today, she felt a tangible flicker of that feeling herself.
They chatted on stage for a while longer, answering a few more questions.
Below the stage, some fans were whispering among themselves.
“Don’t you guys think Cheng Jiqing has an unexpectedly cute contrast2? She looks so cool and ascetic, but her voice is so warm.”
“Yeah, and she looks so good in a dress. She and Lanlan actually look pretty good together.”
In the corner, Tong Yanxi sat right next to Bai Xin, wearing a baseball cap and a mask. It was hard to recognize her without looking closely.
She glanced at the look in the eyes of the person beside her and said, “It’s almost over. Should we go?”
Bai Xin didn’t move, her voice flat. “What do you take me for? What could I possibly do here?”
Is there anything you wouldn’t dare to do? Tong Yanxi thought.
Bai Xin resisted the urge to dig her nails into her flesh. Cheng Jiqing had told her not to do that, so she just pressed her nails into her clothes, grinding them back and forth.
But it never felt like enough.
Her gaze was fixed on the person on stage. She hadn’t seen Cheng Jiqing in a long time, except for a photo Tong Yanxi had sent her from the roadshow yesterday.
Seeing her in person now, she seemed a bit thinner, but she was still as radiant as ever.
No matter where she was, she was like a peach blossom, drawing everyone’s eyes.
On stage, the host asked, “Now for a question from our online viewers. A netizen asks Chengcheng, what is your ideal type?”
Before Cheng Jiqing could answer.
“You should be asking me that,” Zhou Qing suddenly interjected with a grin. “I’ve been single for so many years because you all never ask me about my love life, making people think I’m hard to pursue. Come on, ask me.”
Cheng Jiqing smiled gratefully at Zhou Qing. How could she not know that Teacher Zhou was helping her out of a tight spot?
She probably thought Cheng Jiqing wasn’t good at handling this kind of question.
The host laughed. “Teacher Zhou, you’re too eager. I was going to ask everyone one by one, wasn’t I?”
Zhou Qing said, “No need to ask. Chengcheng’s ideal type is me.”
Li Yunlan, standing beside them, pressed her lips into a smile and said, “Why do I feel like it’s me?”
Another wave of laughter. The female lead and the second female lead joining forces to protect their own made the fans below the stage scream.
“Oh my god, was it like this at the roadshow yesterday too? The chemistry between these three is so good3, what is happening?”
“It started yesterday, but it’s so obvious today. Damn, I’m so jealous of Cheng Jiqing. I want my Lanlan to protect me too.”
The host said:
“Wow, I see it now. Chengcheng is the group favorite. But we still have to ask, what is Chengcheng’s ideal type?”
An image of a person flashed through Cheng Jiqing’s mind, but she instantly reined in her thoughts. “My ideal type… you’ll know once the movie is released.”
It was a very clever and seasoned response.
Bai Xin lifted her eyelids, her gaze darkening slightly. A moment ago, she didn’t know what she had been expecting, even though she knew Cheng Jiqing’s answer would have nothing to do with her anymore.
Bai Xin’s lips curled into a self-deprecating smile, and the corners of her eyes tilted up again. The displeasure wasn’t obvious; she was mentally prepared. Just like at the beginning, she always had patience for Cheng Jiqing.
She could have it.
As Cheng Jiqing listened to the actors beside her answer questions on stage, her gaze suddenly fell on a figure in the corner who was standing up. In just two seconds, the figure was blocked by a staff member behind them.
For a split second, her heart clenched.
Realizing it couldn’t be that person, it settled back down.
And even if it was, she thought, so what?
After the meet-and-greet, Cheng Jiqing was in the car on the way back when her group chat exploded.
Zhou Qing tagged her: 【@Cheng Jiqing Chengcheng, our Po Fu Cheng Zhou finally has a name on the hot search.】
Wang Ning: 【It’s more than that, the love triangle is on there too. I’m dying of laughter, Teacher Zhou finally managed to form a CP through her own efforts.】
Zhou Qing: 【Of course, it wasn’t easy for me.】
Li Yunlan: 【Laughing.JPG】
After reading the messages, Cheng Jiqing’s expression relaxed as she opened Weibo. Sure enough, she saw several hot search topics related to the movie theater event.
Among them, the two tags #PoFuChenZhou#4 and #QingChuYuLan#5 were listed one after the other.
A new one had even emerged: #《Cat and Mint》Love Triangle#.
The discussions below were intense.
This round of promotions was having a better effect than they had imagined.
She clicked on one of them.
‘The atmosphere at the event was amazing. After seeing her in person, I suddenly understand why Director Tong chose her.’
‘She’s so gentle in the video, a gentle big-sister type is killing me!’
‘Who doesn’t love a beauty? If it were me, I’d fight for her too.’
Cheng Jiqing scrolled back, unconcerned. Suddenly, she saw a cluster of red dots in her private messages. She paused, then opened a few.
And her eyes immediately landed on ‘Cheng Xin Cheng Yi’6.
This person had sent several messages and was also the host of her Super Topic7, so she was naturally familiar with the username.
She clicked on it.
【Remember to drink water after you’re done.】
On a whim, Cheng Jiqing cleared her throat. She really was a bit thirsty. Without an assistant, there was no one to remind her, and sometimes she would indeed forget when she got busy.
She unscrewed the cap of her water bottle and took a sip.
After drinking, she replied: 【Okay.】
After replying, she curiously entered the ‘Cheng Xin Cheng Yi’ homepage. The user was only following her and was only in her Super Topic.
No other posts on their Weibo.
Cheng Jiqing’s eyes started to feel sore after looking for a while, so she turned off her phone.
The time was 5 PM. She had to go back to the hotel to change before meeting Qin Yufu.
A little before six in the evening.
Dark clouds pressed down on Jiangcheng. The billboards on both sides of the street flickered with the cold light of winter. The taxi Cheng Jiqing was in slowly pulled up in front of a French restaurant.
But Cheng Jiqing didn’t get out right away.
On her phone screen was a message she had just received.
【Chengcheng, do you still remember the birthday wish you promised me?】
They hadn’t contacted each other for half a month. The moment the contact name popped up, Cheng Jiqing couldn’t deny that her heart had sunk.
Seeing the message, it sank again.
Her heart was beating faster than before, as if someone was gently squeezing it.
The temperature seemed to freeze for a moment.
Cheng Jiqing’s fingertip gently lit up the dimmed screen. Bai Xin’s words from that day echoed in her ears as she held her: “Give me one wish. No matter what I ask for, you have to promise me.”
She had agreed that day.
The driver up front prompted her. Cheng Jiqing said, “One moment.”
She hadn’t replied yet when another message suddenly came through.
Bai Xin: 【If my wish is for you to spend my birthday with me tonight, would you agree?】
The streetlights here were bright, and the light from the restaurant also shone out. Sitting by the car window, the words on the screen were suddenly exceptionally clear.
So clear they could have been carved into her pupils.
Cheng Jiqing was silent for two seconds: 【I have plans.】
Without further hesitation, she looked up and asked the driver for the fare.
After scanning the payment code, she received a third message.
【You promised.】
Cheng Jiqing got out of the car.
The sky had been gray all day, and a chilling cold pierced through to the bone, making one feel cold from the outside in.
The warmth she had accumulated in the car was completely annihilated by a single gust of wind.
A dry, raspy feeling took over Cheng Jiqing’s lips and throat.
Cheng Jiqing lowered her head, her nearly frozen fingers typing out a sentence: 【Sorry, I’m going to break my promise this time.】
Send.
She took a long, deep breath of the cold air, letting it enter her lungs, and her throat felt even drier.
Five minutes after Cheng Jiqing arrived at the restaurant, Qin Yufu arrived.
The woman took off her down jacket, revealing a pale white sweater underneath. She smiled. “I was planning to come a bit early, but I didn’t expect you to be first.”
It was a habit of Cheng Jiqing’s to arrive ten minutes early.
“Let’s order first. What do you want to eat? Don’t hold back. My studio just landed a big project,” Qin Yufu said.
“Alright, then I’ll be benefiting from your good fortune.”
Cheng Jiqing didn’t stand on ceremony either.
But as her eyes scanned the menu, her thoughts were unsettled. After they ordered, Qin Yufu asked, “Are you in a better mood recently?”
“I’m alright.”
“Want to have a little something to drink?”
Cheng Jiqing took a sip of lemon water. “Are you sure? With our alcohol tolerance, who’s going to carry who?”
Qin Yufu chuckled softly. “Just a little taste. To congratulate you on your successful filming, and to congratulate me on my successful work.”
Hearing this, Cheng Jiqing raised an eyebrow and nodded. “That makes sense. Let’s have a little, then.”
The restaurant had transparent glass windows. The interior was as bright as day, and the tables by the window were clearly visible from the outside.
On the street opposite the restaurant.
Bai Xin sat in the passenger seat, her gaze fixed on the window. Cheng Jiqing was seated by it, sometimes listening to the person opposite her speak, sometimes murmuring something herself. When she smiled faintly, the side profile of her face was movingly beautiful beyond words.
Bai Xin watched Cheng Jiqing the entire time, her gaze dark and deep.
“You promised you’d just take a look from afar, that’s the only reason I brought you here. Don’t be impulsive.”
Tong Yanxi was starting to regret this. When she asked Cheng Jiqing where she was having dinner tonight, Cheng Jiqing had told her openly in front of several people, so she hadn’t thought much of it.
She had assumed it was just some ordinary friend.
Especially since Bai Xin had only said she wanted to look from a distance.
Who would have known that the person meeting Cheng Jiqing was actually Qin Yufu?
Bai Xin’s ‘ex-wife,’ and the subject of Cheng Jiqing’s past unrequited love rumors.
A hint of red tinged the depths of Bai Xin’s eyes, making her beautiful peach-blossom eyes radiate a dangerous, ferocious pressure. Her nails dug into her clothes, and the skin on her knuckles turned a pale, bluish-white from the force.
Her fingertips ached. She said softly, “She’s smiling so happily.”
Tong Yanxi: “…”
She said that in front of outsiders, Cheng Jiqing was usually happy, and that it didn’t mean anything.
Bai Xin didn’t seem to hear her. She let out a soft, emotionless laugh. “She’s even drinking.”
Cheng Jiqing’s alcohol tolerance was abysmal. For a long time when they were together, she wouldn’t touch a drop of alcohol. Cheng Jiqing had promised to avoid drinking outside as much as possible.
They had been separated for less than a month, and the person Cheng Jiqing was drinking with was Qin Yufu.
She didn’t want to make a fuss. Originally, she hadn’t wanted to.
Even when she received Cheng Jiqing’s ‘break my promise’ message, and her heart ached so much she could barely breathe, she hadn’t wanted to make a fuss.
She just wanted to come and see. To see who was so important that Cheng Jiqing would reject her on her own birthday to meet them.
Qin Yufu.
It was still Qin Yufu.
“Why are there so many women around her,” Bai Xin said in a ghostly voice.
One after another. It was endless.
Tong Yanxi sensed something was off and reminded her again, “Don’t be impulsive. Now is definitely not the right time to go in there.”
She thought of the cake on the back seat. Bai Xin had made it herself at home and brought it over. Even when Cheng Jiqing had refused to meet, Bai Xin’s initial reaction hadn’t been immediate anger.
She had even thought about seeing her again just to have Tong Yanxi bring the cake to Cheng Jiqing.
It was only seeing that the person meeting Cheng Jiqing was Qin Yufu that had provoked her.
Qin Yufu was labeled as a first love, an unforgettable ex.
She could actually understand Bai Xin’s current emotions.
Bai Xin didn’t speak. She stared at the people in the restaurant, the tip of her tongue pressing hard against her teeth.
Inside the restaurant.
Cheng Jiqing had just clinked glasses with Qin Yufu and taken a sip. The taste was a good balance of sour and astringent, smooth on the palate. It was good wine.
Soft music played in the restaurant. She suddenly remembered, “Oh, right, I almost forgot your thing.”
She picked up a small paper bag from the chair beside her and handed it over.
Qin Yufu smiled. “Thanks. I was going to buy it online, but I always feel like they might be fake.”
Cheng Jiqing couldn’t help but laugh. “This hand-string can be fake?”
Qin Yufu said, “You don’t understand. If things like this aren’t from the local place, they’re missing a certain flavor.”
“What flavor?”
“Authenticity.”
Cheng Jiqing: “…”
Qin Yufu took the hand-string out of the bag. It was red with two cat’s eye stones. There were two identical ones, and two hair ties.
“Here’s one for you.” Qin Yufu offered one of the hand-strings to her.
Cheng Jiqing was taken aback. “Huh?”
Seeing her reaction, Qin Yufu took the hand-string back and smiled. “What’s with that expression? I’m just teasing you. The other one is for Miaomiao.”
“She won’t even see me on my birthday, but she met with Qin Yufu and even gave her a gift, is that it.”
Bai Xin lifted her chin, her eyes long and narrow. She had put on exquisite makeup before coming, wearing the rose-colored lipstick that Cheng Jiqing liked most. At this moment, her red lips were pressed into a tight line, and the cold beauty of her features couldn’t hide the gloom.
Her hand rested on the inner door handle.
“Where are you going?”
Tong Yanxi grabbed her.
Bai Xin’s fingers tightened and loosened on the handle, again and again. Finally, she took a deep breath.
As if deflating, her back fell against the seat.
“You told me to wait, to wait until this period passed, and I thought that was right.” Bai Xin stared at the two of them, saying word by word, “But those women, one after another, are such an eyesore, you know?”
“…”
To be honest, Tong Yanxi thought, Bai Xin is indeed beautiful, but it’s the kind of beauty that keeps people at a distance, the kind that can kill a person’s thoughts with a single glance.
But Cheng Jiqing is different. The closer you get, the more you understand, the more you admire.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say she’s highly sought-after.
Just look at the attitude of the main cast in the crew towards her.
No matter where you are, gentle and sincere people are always popular.
“But if you go over there now, it won’t do your relationship any good.”
“Right. I won’t cause a scene.”
What was there to make a scene about? In Cheng Jiqing’s eyes, they had already broken up. She didn’t even have the right to make a scene.
She was the one at fault first. She knew her mistake, admitted it, and wanted to make up for it and win her back.
As long as her reason was intact, she wouldn’t lose the greater for the less.
Bai Xin gazed at the person inside the glass window, her crimson-rimmed eyes holding a shimmering, fatal allure. Once a beautiful woman was possessed by the idea of possession, there was no holding back.
“But, I can’t wait any longer either.”
If she waited any longer, there would be more and more butterflies and birds fluttering around Cheng Jiqing. She couldn’t possibly break all their wings one by one, nor could she let her own presence diminish.
Endurance and disappearance were two different concepts.
Past and present experience proved that with Cheng Jiqing, patience alone was useless. The plot of a tearjerker drama, mournfully gazing at one’s wife, didn’t suit her.
She had to use other methods to make Cheng Jiqing think only of her.
After she finished speaking, she looked at Tong Yanxi and said slowly, “Tongtong, can you do me a favor? Send something inside.”
Tong Yanxi: “…”
Who said an Omega’s sweet nothings and honey-traps only worked on Alphas?
Thinking about it, Cheng Jiqing must have had it tough in the past.
Most people really couldn’t withstand Bai Xin.
“I can’t put it on with one hand. Can CEO Cheng help me out?”
Qin Yufu dangled the hand-string. “Do you mind?”
The question was very sudden. Cheng Jiqing subconsciously felt that helping someone put on a hand-string was a relatively intimate act.
Especially since Qin Yufu was an Omega.
She said naturally, “I tried it at that place. I’m not very good at it either.”
Qin Yufu’s eyes paused for a moment, then she said, “Alright, then never mind. What are your plans after this?”
The topic was quickly dropped.
The atmosphere was still relaxed. After a few more sentences, a waiter brought over two servings of cake.
“We didn’t order cake,” Cheng Jiqing said.
The waiter replied politely, “This is from a lady. She said it’s her birthday today and she’d like to treat you and your friend.”
Cheng Jiqing’s heart jolted. She looked around the restaurant. “Which lady?”
The waiter said, “She’s already left. She said it’s low in sugar, and asked that you please try it.”
After speaking, the waiter left.
“Is it one of your fans?” Qin Yufu looked at the pink cake on the plate. “It’s quite pretty. Is that a peach blossom on top?”
Cheng Jiqing’s gaze fell on the plate. The frosting on the cake’s surface was indeed a peach blossom, and next to the blossom was a cherry.
Her heart fluttered slightly. “Could be,” she replied.
There was no name, but somehow, she knew who sent it.
The amazing thing was, a woman’s sixth sense was rarely wrong.
As they were talking, the phone on the table vibrated.
Cheng Jiqing’s gaze nonchalantly moved away from the cake. After a couple of seconds, she looked at the text message on her phone.
Bai Xin: 【I wasn’t following you, I just wanted to see you. It’s the first time I’ve ever made a cake. Please try it.】
Bai Xin: 【If you don’t like it, just throw it away.】
Bai Xin: 【Go on and eat. I’m heading back now.】
After reading the messages, as her heart throbbed gently, Cheng Jiqing looked up and glanced out the window. And then—on the opposite side of the street, she saw a black car starting to pull away.
The car drove slowly past the restaurant, and in the fleeting moment they crossed paths, she saw the person in the passenger seat.
“What’s wrong?”
Qin Yufu’s question broke her focus. Cheng Jiqing came back to her senses and shook her head as she looked at the cake.
Cheng Jiqing looked down at her phone again, a slight frown on her brow. She felt a knot in her heart—with Bai Xin’s personality, she would most likely misunderstand. And even if she didn’t misunderstand, she was bound to be upset and angry.
The moment the thought appeared, Cheng Jiqing startled herself and immediately pushed it away.
They’d already broken up. Why was she thinking about these things?
Thinking it over, the tone was not Bai Xin’s usual one. It was steady and calm, yet every word and every sentence did indeed make her feel a little agitated.
But what new trick was this…
“You must have had a bit of ‘tea8‘ in you to say something like that.”
Tong Yanxi commented.
Bai Xin’s fingers were stained with a bit of cream, and she was slowly wiping them clean with a wet wipe.
Hearing that, she said, “What’s the use of sighing and moping all the time? The more she sees it, the more annoyed she’ll get. Am I supposed to tell her that I’m in agony right now, that I wish I could go in there, drag her away to a deserted place, and lock her up?”
The tone wasn’t one she usually used, but the sentiment was real. Her feelings were real.
She really had just wanted to see Cheng Jiqing. She had made the cake herself, failing countless times, even getting blisters on her fingertips from the heat.
At the very least, Cheng Jiqing had to know she had come.
Know that she had come with a cake she made with her own hands.
She had seen Cheng Jiqing eating with Qin Yufu.
But she hadn’t done anything irrational. She was changing, trying hard to change.
She thought that Cheng Jiqing would understand her, that Cheng Jiqing would be able to feel it.
What she was like in the past, and what she was like now—even if she said nothing, she believed Cheng Jiqing would sense her current sorrow through her restrained love.
She was just using a method that was less tiring for Cheng Jiqing, to make Cheng Jiqing aware of her existence.
“That’s the theory, but if I hadn’t stopped you that first time, you almost went in.”
“But in the end, I didn’t go in.”
Bai Xin thought of the scene of Cheng Jiqing and Qin Yufu facing each other just now.
Believing that Cheng Jiqing didn’t like Qin Yufu was one thing, but seeing the two of them together was another.
Drinking, giving gifts… in the past, each of those things would have been enough to enrage her…
What’s more.
“Today is my birthday,” Bai Xin’s cold voice rang out.
She had fought with all her might to hold back.
Hearing this, Tong Yanxi suddenly wondered, she was the one who stopped her this time, but what if there was no one to stop her next time?
“If you had really gone in just now, what would you have done?”
Bai Xin clutched a wet wipe in her hand. The sweet, cloying scent of cream hung in the air. She remembered that time in the dance studio, when cream was smeared on her neck, and Cheng Jiqing bit down…
She took a light breath, her body beginning to feel an itchy sensation. She narrowed her eyes and murmured, “Kiss her.”
And make everyone, including Qin Yufu, open their eyes and see clearly that Cheng Jiqing was hers.
The author has something to say:
Right now, a sincere Bai-jie: See? I’m trying.
In the future, Bai-jie, counting on her fingers: That time on my birthday, you didn’t see me and went to see Qin Yufu instead. And you didn’t mention me when you talked about your ideal type. And also…
Chengcheng: …
Footnotes
- 一日妻妻百日恩 | yī rì qī qī bǎi rì ēn | A pun on the idiom 一日夫妻百日恩 (yī rì fūqī bǎi rì ēn), which means “a couple for a day, a hundred days of grace/kindness,” implying that even a brief marital bond creates a lasting connection. The author changed 夫妻 (fūqī, husband and wife) to 妻妻 (qīqī, wife and wife).
- 反差萌 | fǎnchā méng | A popular term from ACG (Anime, Comics, Games) culture, often translated as “gap moe.” It refers to the appeal found in the contrast between a character’s usual demeanor and an unexpected side of their personality (e.g., a cold character acting cute).
- 好嗑 | hǎo kē | Fandom slang literally meaning “good to ‘eat’ or ‘consume’.” It’s used to describe a ship (a potential romantic pairing) that has great chemistry and is enjoyable to follow.
- #破釜沉舟# / #破釜橙周# | #pò fǔ chén zhōu# | This is a CP (ship) name for Zhou Qing (周) and Cheng Jiqing (橙). It’s a pun on the famous idiom 破釜沉舟 (pò fǔ chénzhōu), which means “to smash the pots and sink the boats”—to burn one’s bridges and commit to a do-or-die effort. They replaced 沉 (chén) with the homophone 橙 (chéng) from Cheng Jiqing’s nickname and 舟 (zhōu) with the homophone 周 (zhōu) from Zhou Qing’s name.
- #青出于藍# | #qīng chū yú lán# | This is the CP name for Cheng Jiqing (青) and Li Yunlan (藍). It’s a pun on the idiom 青出于蓝而胜于蓝 (qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lán), meaning “indigo is bluer than the plant it comes from”—the student surpasses the master. They used 青 (qīng) from Cheng Jiqing’s name and 藍 (lán) from Li Yunlan’s name.
- 橙心橙意 | chéng xīn chéng yì | A username. It’s a pun on the idiom 诚心诚意 (chéngxīn chéngyì), meaning “sincere and wholehearted.” The first character is replaced with 橙 (chéng), from Cheng Jiqing’s nickname, so the name implies “Wholeheartedly for Chengcheng.”
- 超話 | chāohuà | Short for “Super Topic,” a feature on Weibo similar to a subreddit or forum dedicated to a specific celebrity, show, or topic, run by fans.
- 喝了點茶 | hē le diǎn chá | Lit. “drank some tea.” This is a jab using internet slang. A “green tea bitch” (绿茶婊 lǜchá biǎo) is a term for a woman who presents herself as pure, innocent, and sweet on the outside, but is manipulative and calculating on the inside. Tong Yanxi is sarcastically saying Bai Xin’s messages are subtly manipulative.
So annoyed by the drama, MAKE UP NOW