The Theory of QueerbaitingChapter 23

“What?” Wen-ge on the phone sounded about to faint. “Say that again?”

“Yes, I’m with You Xin.” Duan Jiashu already figured out that his series of operations will certainly arouse Wen-ge’s suspicion, and he didn’t want to explain to Wen-ge why he wanted to sell CP with You Xin because it’s too troublesome. By directly saying that he and You Xin are together, it’d be easier for Wen-ge to accept. 9W3Z6

“…” this ‘more acceptable answer’ made Wen-ge pause for a long time before he spoke once more. “Why didn’t you tell me such a big thing early on?!”

“Didn’t I tell you now? We also only determined our relationship two days ago.”

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“Your Weibo post… did you confirm it with You Xin at his home then?”

“Yes.” H3zJKo

“…” Wen-ge shut up and hardened his heart for a bit. “To what extent have you… developed your relationship?”

“We’ve done everything except for having children.”

“… forget it then. Just do whatever, men have little modesty anyway. But are you sure that You Xin’s really in love with you and he won’t take this matter to blackmail you? You didn’t let him have any leverage, right?

“No.” Duan Jiashu’s voice suddenly became low. “He doesn’t want to expose our relationship more than I do.” Duan Jiashu turned the notebook to the first few pages and saw a beautiful pen title at the top of that page 【Duan Jiashu’s persona: his love should not be deterred by anyone – for Wen-ge】.

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“… what does that mean?” Wen-ge heard a trace of inside information from Duan Jiashu’s tone.

“He… Reluctantly agreed to be with me. He doesn’t like me as much. So Wen-ge…” Duan Jiashu paused. “The third male lead on my next play quit right, please recommend You Xin for me there.” Filming for “The Wacky Family” program was about to end, but he and You Xin still had to pretend that their CP will continue, so he urgently needs to find a new platform to continuously distribute dog food for the JiaXIn CP fans, and it seemed that acting together would the best choice.

“Did he ask you for it?!” Wen-ge’s voice sounded angry.

“No.” Duan Jiashu read his notes aloud affectionately “I want to see him every day. If I can’t see You Xin, I’ll have no sense of security. I used to think that the world was gray, so I didn’t care and didn’t want to put any color to it, but You Xin’s appearance lit up my world, and every moment I was with him, my vision became colorful. I’ve never liked anyone before, and I don’t know what to do when I like someone, but I know that I can’t leave him.” VBjwzK

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Duan Jiashu put down the phone and touched the corners of his eyes with a paper towel. Although his lines were relatively simple, they were sincere and moving. Even he himself was moved by his acting. Recently, he had really become more and more deeply involved in the act. Although this was truly a good thing, it also bothered him.

For example, now he really missed You Xin, despite the fact that they only saw each other yesterday. Thinking of this, Duan Jiashu found himself getting inspired again, so he immediately made a new plan in his notebook.

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“What? “Sword of Heartlessness” asked me to audition for the third male lead? Didn’t they already have the actors booked?” You Xin looked at Yu-jie in surprise.

“They did, but the actor who was supposed to play the third male lead broke his leg on another program, so he had no choice but to quit.”

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“Then how come I was approached?” ‘Sword of Heartlessness’ was very well configured in all aspects. The director and screenwriter are famous in the industry. Even if they were looking for a third actor temporarily, it was also a good opportunity that other actors would fight over. Although Yu-jie’s ability to raise his popularity wasn’t weak, she really couldn’t get this kind of job for him, so how can this opportunity fall into his own hands? You Xin suddenly had a flash of light in his mind and remembered that the protagonist of the play was Duan Jiashu. The expression on his face turned a little uneasy.

Yu-jie looked at You Xin’s face in her eyes, but only said, “the casting director called me directly. I asked who recommended you, but the other didn’t say.” 32MTlt

After hearing this, the expression on You Xin’s face became uneasy even more. Did Duan Jiashu recommend him? He and Duan Jiashu aren’t related to each other, so why should the other person do this for him? And he didn’t even say anything either. Was it possible that Duan Jiashu wanted to continue selling CP with him through acting together? That’d be too ridiculous. Then could it be that… You Xin thought of a possibility, and the little rabbit in his heart started jumping fast.

With sharp eyes, Yu-jie immediately noticed You Xin blush, so she didn’t hold back. “Xiao Xin, I think Duan Jiashu really likes you. He found resources for you, hid others’ criticisms of you, and also arranged for you to join the crew with him. He couldn’t leave you for even a moment.”

It was too exaggerated. However You Xin was interrupted by Yu-jie as soon as he wanted to refute.

“Don’t even think about saying no, I have seen what Duan Jiashu posted on Weibo. No one is allowed to go to your little house on weekdays, yet the other was allowed to live with you in your house. What else do you want to refute, ah? You two are so affectionate, I will settle accounts with you!” lGq3e9

You Xin had his mouth open out of speechlessness. He felt that he jumped into a pool of aqua regia. Why did Duan Jiashu sell CP through Weibo? Why settle accounts with him? Because of this Weibo You Xin also had a quarrel with Duan Jiashu. He really had no way to deal with Duan Jiashu, a master of perverse logic. You Xin felt grievance in his heart when he saw that Yu-jie wasn’t angry at all. Instead, she was very happy. He shut up directly.

Speaking of Weibo, You Xin suddenly realized that Duan Jiashu was too keen on selling CP with him recently. And just to take a picture at his house, why stay the night? Even in the beginning, he was willing to endure sleeping on the sofa. Although Duan Jiashu was a little crazy, he was also a person who paid great attention to the quality of life. It was very unusual for him to do this in order to sell CP.

All the possibilities pointed to one direction. You Xin couldn’t help covering his face. Does Duan Jiashu really like him? But he’s obviously a straight man! You Xin recalled that Duan Jiashu always had a professional and decent attitude when talking about selling CP. But the other also looks at fanart, interacts with CP fans, and always asks him some shameful questions, which seems to be a hint…

Is he a straight man? Does he like him or not? You Xin had a big question mark placed in his heart. How distressful! You Xin scratched his head. qMgrFk

This suspicion continued until he saw Duan Jiashu again.

The night before they filmed for the program, Duan Jiashu brought his new script.

According to his analysis on the emotional trends of JiaXIn CP fans, their emotional relationship set by their original script has already entered the passionate love stage, and it wasn’t appropriate for them to act so carefully like in the beginning. They now needed some more intimate and frequent physical contact. This included their elbows touching each other when standing together; when talking, their two heads should be closer together; and they should also have eye contact. They need to often look at each other and express their feelings through their eyes. ZlNX4J

Duan Jiashu pulled You Xin over and explained while showing him the new script. Maybe because this action was what Duan Jiashu’s best at that he looked professional, confident and even charming.

So every time they tried to look at each other, You Xin couldn’t perform well, always lowering his head in embarrassment. After so many tries, Duan Jiashu finally got a little angry. “Why are you this embarrassed? Our characters were in the early stage of a romantic relationship last time, so you should’ve adjusted to it already. And now, we’re in the stage of passionate love.”

“I’ve never been in love though, so I don’t know what passionate love is.” You Xin rubbed his warm face and whispered an excuse.

“That’s not an excuse, come here.” GMQKS8

Duan Jiashu walked over and cupped You Xin’s chin, lowered his head and firmly locked his eyes with the other, and set his voice to a low, hypnotic tone. “Now remember, we met in the variety show and we had feelings for each other but didn’t dare express them. As we got closer, I watched your live stream and started chatting with you on WeChat more often, and my feelings gradually fermented. Later, my feelings finally broke out, so I went to your house, slept in the same bed with you, and we had an affair. Then, we…”

You Xin couldn’t move his head as the other controlled the conversation. He could only look at Duan Jiashu’s deep, dark eyes. As Duan Jiashu spoke, his breathing became more and more urgent. When the other talked about being in bed together, You Xin’s face turned completely red. He tried moving a bit, but Duan Jiashu pulled him even closer. You Xin’s heart jumped wildly at this. He felt that the other’s breath was getting closer and closer to him, and the hot air burned. A little more and he’d be kissed by Duan Jiashu!

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He pushed the other man away violently with his eyes closed, “Wait a minute, I have something to tell you!”

“What is it!” Duan Jiashu paused. His adam’s apple moved and his eyebrows were raised. It was obvious that You Xin interrupted his “teaching” made him very unhappy. hPoEz0

“I went for the auditions for the role of the third male lead of “Sword of Heartlessness”, and the director picked me.” You Xin spoke as he observed Duan Jiashu’s expression, but he only saw that the other just adjusted his expression from their ‘intimate scene’ earlier. There was not even the slightest unnaturalness on his face, and he just nodded.

“I heard.”

You Xin bit his lips. “After we finish recording for the variety show, we…”

“Of course, while we still have to continue to act as a CP, you have to carefully read the script of “Sword of Heartlessness” and seriously act with me. Your acting skills are far worse than the previous actor. I’ll find time to guide you more often in the future, so as to save you a lot of embarrassment.” Duan Jiashu lectured You Xin with a serious face. “Look at yourself, you can’t even act intimate with me right now.” 6OnCoQ

“Oh.” You Xin lowered his head, took a gentle breath, and then said, “I’m just a little uncomfortable. I don’t want to practice tonight.”

Duan Jiashu lowered his head suspiciously, but after seeing that You Xin’s face really didn’t look good, he patted the other’s head and his tone became softer. “Then you should have an early rest. After all, your acting skills can’t improve overnight.”

You Xin didn’t speak. He went back to his bed and lay down with his back to Duan Jiashu. He understood in his heart that Duan Jiashu didn’t actually recommend him, and he didn’t like him. Duan Jiashu dragged him out to sell CP all the time, but he just really liked acting.

But thinking of this, he didn’t breathe a sigh of relief after he got the answer. Instead, he felt that a colorful bubble that was in his heart suddenly burst and turned into a stone that sank straight to the bottom of his heart. mI38DX

You Xin felt a little sad, but he didn’t want to think too much of it, so he took out his mobile phone and read another farming novel.


something big will happen next chapter~ not what you’re probably thinking though XD

Translator's Note

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14 comments

  1. Poor baby it’s cause you’re in love with krazy Duan Jiashu

    Thanks for the chapter ☺️

  2. I nearly thought they were going to kiss! All for the sake of selling CP. 🙄 I feel like DJ is a worth fujoshi than myself. 😄

  3. hahaha I can’t tell if duan jiashu started off falling in love with you xin and is using all this acting nonsense to rationalize it, or if he really is acting and just slowly tricking himself into falling in love with you xin (and you xin falling in love with him)

  4. at this point Crazy Jiashu is just writing his own love story xD. He should be a rotten screenwriter with how easily he can sell fanservice.