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    Finale

    When Yan Shuang’s “Father-in-law” came out, Su Xin saw her stepfather’s face turn as black as if he’d eaten shit.

    Right in the feels1.

    In another city, Lin Weiyan almost fell out of bed when he heard the news.

    After confirming again and again that this wasn’t a joke, Lin Weiyan regulated his breathing.

    Actually, Lin Weiyan was a bit worried that his sister had gone down that path because of him, perhaps becoming twisted after failing to get what she desired or something.

    Su Xin didn’t care what he thought. What others thought was their business; living her own life well was enough.

    Su Xin’s attitude here was direct, and Yan Shuang’s side was even simpler and cruder.

    She directly called her parents to come out2, then very rationally negotiated terms.

    “Descendants? I think you don’t need to consider this issue, because this is between her and me. To tell you accurately now, the two of us do not need descendants.”

    “An heir? Inherit what? If you’re not awake yet, go back to sleep.”

    “This isn’t a loss, this isn’t an investment. Risk? I have already avoided these.”

    Yan Shuang hung up the phone and casually stuffed it into Su Xin’s arms.

    “It doesn’t matter if your parents don’t acknowledge me anyway. It’s not like I’m living with them. As long as you acknowledge me, that’s enough.”

    “It’s fine. The older they get, the more muddled their minds become.”

    Yan Shuang continued driving, only speaking again after a while.

    “Yan Xi and I grew up freely since childhood. We rarely saw them, even during the New Year.”

    “Was it upsetting?”

    “It was at first, but later I didn’t feel anything. Got used to it. But they’re okay; as long as it doesn’t affect their interests, we can still talk properly.”

    Her family members delineated interests very clearly; anything could be explicitly priced.

    Including marriage and everything else.

    “They said my marriage with you is a failed investment, with significant losses in future returns and high risks, because feelings are variables.”

    “But I feel this is a deal where I can only profit, never lose, because what I want to gain isn’t anything else, but happiness value.”

    Yan Shuang curled her lip. They didn’t know what she wanted, so they criticized her mistakes from their perspective.

    Different paths, no common ground3. The starting points were different from the very beginning, so how could they be expected to understand? Divergent paths would not lead to the same destination.

    “Then their lives must be very unhappy.”

    Su Xin offered a concluding remark.

    “Mm, yeah. Luckily, I won’t be like them.”

    “Because you have me.”

    “Because I have you.”

    When Su Xin was dense, she could make people wish they could take a wooden stick and whack her head hard to make her understand; sometimes, when really angry, they might even want to bash her head in. Once she understood certain things and had her epiphany, the person she acknowledged felt like they were soaking in honey, able to ascend to heaven with happiness every day.

    She never hesitated to share her sweet words with the person she acknowledged. She was very direct—if you like someone, then say it; since the feelings are mutual, then be together.

    If all love in the world were this direct and simple, perhaps there wouldn’t be so many misunderstandings. Su Xin didn’t like misunderstandings; even in death, she wanted to die knowing the truth clearly.

    Yan Shuang and Su Xin held a wedding. This wedding was among close friends and family; only a few people attended. However, if anyone in the know had entered and seen the attendees, they would definitely have been greatly stirred; these people were all top figures in their respective fields.

    Yan Shuang was a research fanatic, and the friends she made were mostly in this area, all geniuses.

    Su Xin didn’t really have any friends, nor did she particularly like making them. Among the original host’s connections, none were worth getting particularly close to or maintaining.

    Yan Shuang used her influence, plus the company had always been heavily promoting her, and with Su Xin’s own efforts, the name ‘Lin Tang’ became famous throughout the country4.

    Su Xin was practically a highly productive little expert5, immersed daily in practicing songwriting and singing. It was precisely because she was so prolific that becoming famous was even easier.

    【Congratulations Host, task completed. Returning to System space to hand over to the Client.】

    In the System space, Lin Tang witnessed Su Xin’s success. Indignant thoughts had crossed her mind.

    If it had been her, she could have met Yan Shuang too, she could have had this kind of life too.

    But the next moment, she realized her thinking was wrong. If it weren’t for this transaction, she might have lived her whole life in the shadow of those scumbags; she had neither the courage nor the ability to teach those people a lesson.

    Different people, different personalities, different actions could lead the same matter to various different outcomes, even diametrically opposed ones6.

    Lin Tang saw the issue very clearly, and it was precisely this clarity that spared her much pain.

    “Thank you. Goodbye.”

    Lin Tang bowed slightly and walked towards the light source.

    “This girl is quite nice, what a pity.”

    Su Xin only sighed for a moment. There were too many unlucky and unfortunate people in this world.

    【Host, choose to stay or leave?】

    Stay.


    Several years later, a piece of news was posted online, causing an explosion among major media outlets and intense reactions from fans.

    It showed a photo of Song Queen Lin Tang kissing a beautiful woman. Not a trick angle, no Photoshop, a real-deal kiss.

    With Fourteen around, how could Su Xin not know paparazzi7 were tailing her? She deliberately let them take such a photo.

    Calculating the time, it was about right. The weather was nice today; it was time to come out with her lover.

    @PeerlessBeauty: WTF8! Exciting! Explosive! Asking all the big shots to dig up who the girl kissing Tangtang is!

    @BellsJingleJangle: Honestly, I was actually a straight girl before, but after seeing this photo, I suddenly want to turn bent9.

    @QiaoLiuliu: Wake up, upstairs10. Looks11 are the most important thing.

    @Shoushou12: Upstairs hit a nerve.

    When this matter came out, many fans expressed support for their idol’s choice, some remained neutral because the truth of the matter was still unknown, while some fans reacted more intensely, claiming they would turn into anti-fans13.

    @PotatoChip: Sitting here waiting for the brain-dead fans14 to whitewash15 this.

    @MagistrateSetsFiresNoLamps: Is there something wrong with upstairs? Whitewash what? Excuse me, does she have any black marks16? Is being a lesbian a stain? Did she eat your family’s rice17?

    Su Xin generously admitted it on Weibo. The fans underneath had varying attitudes.

    @LinTang-ys: Us.

    【Image】

    The image was a photo of hands clasped, fingers intertwined. The matching rings on their fingers were very conspicuous.

    @PiggyHuoQubing18: Starting today, I’m heartbroken.

    @DownstairsIsMyBottom: Heartbreak Brigade sightseeing check-in19.

    @BaiBianXiaoYing20: Checking in. Upstairs’ ID is terrifying.

    @AndListenToTheWindSing: !!! I know who the person kissing Tangtang is! Even though it’s just a side profile! But I remember it super clearly! The genius of the medical world, Yan Shuang! Go search for her, you can definitely find her! This person is f%cking awesome!

    Major media outlets updated their news very promptly, from the initial

    SongQueenLinTangKissesWomanOutsideTheIndustryComingOut# to

    SongQueenLinTang’sMysteriousLoverIsActuallyHer#.

    Weibo detailed Yan Shuang’s life story, deeds, and contributions made. Below, a crowd of salted fish21 were shouting 66622.

    @DreamPingSheng: I approve of this CP23! Our Tangtang is super excellent! The person she likes is also this excellent!

    @User111: F%ck, this kind of medicine was actually co-developed by this dead lesbian. Now I have to consider whether I should keep taking it in the future.

    @ZiJin24: Upstairs, please stop your medicine. Please, absolutely do not continue taking this medicine. Please go take someone else’s medicine. The thought that this excellent medicine, co-created by our great treasure’s25 lover, actually entered the stomach of someone like you makes me really angry. Your illness can no longer be cured by taking this medicine; you should go take brain-damage pills.

    @Singer: Speaking of which, I’ve seen them both in the supermarket. At the time, I just thought they were two very good-looking young ladies and didn’t think anything else of it at all. Although I stanned26 Lin Tang back then, I had only heard her songs and hadn’t seen her in person. The interaction between them is really super loving. When I saw them, the Song Queen was hesitating whether to buy a snack because she had ‘heatiness’27 recently but wanted to eat something spicy. Doctor Yan was lecturing her with a stern face, and the singer was acting coquettishly like a little girl, super adorable!

    Yan Shuang couldn’t wait for Su Xin to tell the whole world about their relationship, so everyone would know Su Xin was already taken28, saving any nameless Tom, Dick, or Harry29 from trying to hit on Su Xin.

    They lived warmly and peacefully for several decades. There weren’t many quarrels; there was the passion of romance, and also the ordinariness of an old married couple. They went out together to buy groceries, one pushing the shopping cart, the other picking out items in front. Their tastes were very similar, so there were no disputes.

    When all the leaves had fallen from the tree in the yard, the two people living in the house also passed away like that.

    Neither of them had children in their lifetime. Yan Shuang’s possessiveness was too strong; she didn’t want a child to appear and divert Su Xin’s attention. In the end, it was the descendants of Yan Xi and Lin Weiyan who arranged Su Xin and Yan Shuang’s final affairs, organized their funerals, and then buried them.

    There are many things that you can’t obtain just because you want them.

    People always have to yield to reality, yield to helplessness.

    Yan Xi never got together with the girl who loved her most. They still weren’t suitable. In the end, she married a man who also loved her and whose worldview and thoughts30 were very compatible with hers. Her life was quite comfortable, very good.

    Actually, many things aren’t as simple as imagined. It’s not just about mutual affection, you liking me, and me liking you, allowing you to be together. Many aspects of worldview, personality will lead to incompatibility; even if together, they will separate later.

    Lin Weiyan met his lifelong partner in the workplace. The two married, had children, and lived a happy and fulfilling life.

    Worldly peace and stability.



    Footnotes

    1. 扎心了 | zhā xīn le | Lit. “stabbed the heart”; Popular internet slang meaning something is emotionally piercing, hitting a sore spot, or causing emotional pain.
    2. 出柜 | chūguì | Lit. “coming out of the cabinet”; Slang for publicly revealing one’s sexual orientation or gender identity, borrowed from English.
    3. 道不同,不相为谋 | dào bù tóng, bù xiāng wéi móu | Lit. “Different paths, cannot plan together”; From Confucius’ Analects. People with different principles or goals cannot work together or understand each other.
    4. 红遍了大江南北 | hóng biàn le dà jiāng nán běi | Lit. “red all over the great river south north”; Idiom meaning famous everywhere, known throughout the land (referring to the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers).
    5. 高产小能手 | gāo chǎn xiǎo néngshǒu | Lit. “high-yield little capable hand”; Internet slang for someone very prolific and skilled in their field.
    6. 南辕北辙 | nányuán běizhé | Lit. “south axle, north rut”; Trying to go south by driving the chariot north – acting in a way that defeats one’s purpose; diametrically opposed.
    7. 狗仔 | gǒuzǎi | Lit. “puppy”; Cantonese slang for paparazzi.
    8. 卧槽 | wòcáo | Lit. “lying trough”; Extremely common internet slang equivalent to “WTF,” “Fuck,” or “Holy shit,” expressing shock or amazement.
    9. 想弯 | xiǎng wān | Lit. “want to bend”; Internet slang meaning wanting to become gay/lesbian.
    10. 楼上 | lóushàng | Lit. “upstairs”; Internet forum/comment section slang referring to the previous poster.
    11. 颜值 | yánzhí | Lit. “face value”; Neologism referring to one’s level of physical attractiveness, “looks score.”
    12. 受受 | shòushòu | Likely refers to 受 (shòu), the “bottom” or “uke” role in BL/danmei fandom.
    13. 转黑粉 | zhuǎn hēifěn | Lit. “turn black powder”; Internet slang meaning to go from being a fan to an anti-fan (hater).
    14. 脑残粉 | nǎocánfěn | Lit. “brain-disabled powder”; Highly derogatory internet slang for obsessive, irrational fans.
    15. 洗白 | xǐbái | Lit. “wash white”; Slang meaning to clear someone’s name, excuse their faults, or spin negative events positively.
    16. 黑点 | hēidiǎn | Lit. “black spot”; Slang for scandals, flaws, or negative points used to criticize someone.
    17. 吃你家大米了吗 | chī nǐ jiā dàmǐ le ma | Lit. “Did she eat your family’s rice?”; Rhetorical question implying “Is it any of your business?” or “How does it affect you?”.
    18. 猪猪霍去病 | Zhūzhū Huò Qùbìng | Huo Qubing was a famous Han Dynasty general.
    19. 观光打卡 | guānguāng dǎkǎ | 观光 (guānguāng) means sightseeing. 打卡 (dǎkǎ) means to clock in/out, but online it means to check in, mark presence, or leave a comment to show you were there.
    20. 百变小樱 | Bǎibiàn Xiǎo Yīng | Likely a reference to “Cardcaptor Sakura,” known as 百变小樱 in Chinese.
    21. 咸鱼 | xiányú | Lit. “salted fish”; Internet slang for someone lazy, unambitious, or resigned.
    22. 666 | liùliùliù | Internet slang originating from gaming, meaning “cool,” “awesome,” “well played.” Pronounced similar to 溜溜溜 (liūliūliū), meaning “smooth” or “slick.”
    23. CP | CP | Abbreviation for “Couple Pairing” from English, widely used in fandoms to refer to a romantic pairing of characters.
    24. 子衿 | Zǐjīn | From the “Book of Odes,” often associated with longing or scholarly attire.
    25. 大宝贝 | dà bǎobèi | Lit. “big baby” or “big treasure”; An affectionate term of endearment.
    26. 粉了 | fěn le | From 粉丝 (fěnsī – fans); Slang meaning to become a fan of, to stan.
    27. 上火 | shànghuǒ | Concept in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Describes symptoms like sore throat, acne, mouth ulcers, believed to be caused by excessive internal “heat,” often linked to spicy or fried foods.
    28. 有主了 | yǒu zhǔ le | Lit. “has an owner”; Colloquial phrase meaning someone is already in a relationship, spoken for.
    29. 甲乙丙丁 | jiǎ yǐ bǐng dīng | The first four Heavenly Stems, used like A, B, C, D or Tom, Dick, and Harry to refer to unspecified individuals.
    30. 三观 | sānguān | Lit. “three views”; Refers to worldview (世界观), values (价值观), and outlook on life (人生观). A modern term signifying fundamental compatibility.

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