The Theory of QueerbaitingChapter 26

Duan Jiashu didn’t even know how he managed to get home. He was actually recognized twice on his way back before he remembered to wear a mask.

When Duan Jiashu returned home, it was already almost 12 midnight. He mechanically took off his coat and trousers and lay in bed. BnhiTs

Although he felt very mentally tired, he didn’t feel sleepy at all.

It was because Duan Jiashu felt very sad at the moment. It wasn’t the kind of sadness that one felt when an ice cream accidentally fell to the ground after a bite, nor the sadness one felt when one gets too deep in the act. He was starting to realize that it was a kind of pure sadness, the feeling that induced heartache.

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Duan Jiashu touched his chest right above his heart, felt the pain, then touched his stomach. He felt hungry when he was still at You Xin’s house, but he wasn’t able to eat anything till later.

You Xin, that little bastard, saw that he had taken and read Liu Yanhui’s diary, so he threw the snacks he had for him to the ground. He didn’t know whether the brown sugar twists had broken or not. He thought that You Xin refused to act out their CP anymore because he wanted to be with Liu Yanhui. Duan Jiashu suddenly felt like the unlucky brown sugar twists, where after You Xin threw him directly to the ground, he didn’t even bother to look at him or check whether he had broken or not. The more Duan Jiashu thought about it, the angrier he got. He was so angry that he didn’t want to eat any longer. yk5AFO

“What’s the big deal? Since you wouldn’t act with me, can’t I just find someone else to act with?!” Duan Jiashu spoke to himself.

He suddenly sat up from the bed, took out his phone, opened the Bilibili app and searched for his CP videos. After some hesitation, he decided to view the CP videos between him and Yuan Feng first. Duan Jiashu and Yuan Feng were quite familiar with each other, and they have contact in the industry often, so it was also convenient to act out their CP. However, he had only just clicked on the video yet he couldn’t bear watch it for longer two minutes.

Duan Jiashu frowned and felt that he was no longer hungry at all. “How disgusting…” He couldn’t control his hand and habitually reported the video. What kind of aesthetics do these CP fans have to call them a good match?. Duan Jiashu lamented on how diverse people’s aesthetics were and began to look for the next CP. However, it seemed that he didn’t find any suitable person, and he ended up reporting all those videos.

Duan Jiashu went to the search page to search again. He chose the videos sorted by popularity, and saw that the first four to five videos were all JiaXin clips.

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He hesitated and clicked on the most popular video.

It was a video of his sweet moments with You Xin in The Wacky Family. Because it was edited in order, it also had a plot and story. At the beginning of the video was the his and You Xin’s interaction when they first filmed for the variety show, which was also the beginning of the JiaXin CP. You Xin ran after him all over the room, but Duan Jiashu ignored the other. Then as soon as the video turned to the scene when they assigned rooms, Duan Jiashu chose to room with You Xin. In the danmu, they all lamented “it’s really good“, “this is the beginning of their own CP pit”, “JiaXin was awkward at first but became sweet as soon as they got to know each other”. Duan Jiashu couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth at these. Although there wasn’t any script for JiaXin to follow at that time, his interaction with You Xin still seemed lovely and interesting.

The next content part was the story of Liu Yanhui’s guest appearance, which caused Duan Jiashu to be jealous. The video’s editor was also very jealous and cut off all the scenes that included Liu Yanhui, and what they couldn’t cut off was edited into a big mosaic, leaving only Duan Jiashu’s jealous appearance and You Xin staring at the other’s look. Duan Jiashu actually resented You Xin’s differential treatment at that time, but he was moved by the CP fans’ understanding of him. He commented “cut off some praise!”, Then he immediately charged the video with 880 batteries.

Duan Jiashu continued watching the video, which had his and You Xin’s scripted sweet interactions such as looking at each other, smiling, touching the other’s head or the shoulder. As Duan Jiashu watched on, he felt that he and You Xin were a special match. However, when he watched, You Xin was all kinds of loving eyes and actions. He couldn’t help but feel worse at this. Since when did You Xin become so good at acting, that while he was being affectionate to Duan Jiashu in the program, he’d abandon him like some shabby shoes in reality. RtXqy4

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After sitting for some time, he finally lay down and covered his face with his blanket.

Duan Jiashu woke up the next day, and as usual, he followed his daily morning routine of running, showering and eating breakfast. yG6QiS

Then he habitually took out his phone and opened Weibo. The logged in account that was open was his side account, the one he used to interact with fans. After refreshing the homepage, he discovered that the CP fans had picked up new content between him and You Xin. Everyone was talking wittily while eating the CP sugar with relish. Duan Jiashu stared at his phone screen and felt as if he had been isolated from the joy the people felt in the home page. He couldn’t find the happiness he felt like in the past.

He put down his phone, collapsed on the sofa and stared at the ceiling. He felt at a loss. This loss drained his strength and evaporated his happiness, leaving only heartache at the bottom.
It turned out that after a whole night’s sleep, the discomfort still didn’t disappear.

Duan Jiashu rubbed his chest and felt that the pain in his heart didn’t improve. Instead, it expanded like an inflated balloon and it even almost exploded. At the moment, he suddenly had an urgent desire to talk to someone, but he didn’t know who he could talk to and who could even understand.

He picked up his phone and lit up the screen, refreshed the Weibo home page and saw that the user【Full of Absurd Words Written on Paper】 had just posted. ghyvcf

Duan Jiashu thought for a moment then clicked the “private message” option.

Before, in order to fully understand the JiaXin CP fans, he talked with many little sisters and people like 【Full of Absurd Words Written on Paper】. The other had also provided him with a lot of inspiration for their CP’s script. Because of this, Duan Jiashu thought that【Full of Absurd Words Written on Paper】 should be an understandable person. Thinking so, he sent a private message to the other.

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Da Da, re you there? I have something to ask you [unwell]】

After a while, he got a reply. s5N3FZ

【What happened?】

Duan Jiashu started typing a message, deleted it, organized it again, then sent it.

【I just want to ask… What if JiaXin won’t get together after [crying] [crying]】
【Why did you suddenly think of this?】
【It’s just… Someone told me that You Xin and Duan Jiashu can’t be together all their life [crying] if they’re not together, then JiaXin will be BE… [crying]】

【Full of Absurd Words Written on Paper】 was silent. They should be typing. Duan Jiashu thought she would comfort him by saying “JiaXin won’t be BE” or “even if there isn’t any sweet content for the time being, they will always be sweet as long as you wait”, but after waiting for a long time, the other only typed one word. kINWbO

【ai…】

Then she surprisingly agreed with this statement.

【In fact, sooner or later, that person would be right.】

Duan Jiashu couldn’t believe it. Every time JiaXin encountered a crisis before, 【Full of Absurd Words Written on Paper】, who was the first to stand up and save the fans, had the same thoughts as you Xin. IHPRga

【Da Da, why did you say that? [surprised]】
【Classmate Xiao Jia, it’s your first time to ship a CP between real people, however, it’s not mine. I used to ship two other CPs of real people. I really thought they would be good all their lives once, but in the end, they were all BE. This doesn’t mean that I’m unlucky, but ships between real people becoming BE is not an accident, but almost 100% of the time, it will happen in the future.】
【…Then why do you still like JiaXin?】
【I really didn’t want to ship two real people again, but after seeing JiaXin, I was moved again. JiaXin is really too rio 23333, there are many moments I feel that they are really in love.】

“Really in love…” Duan Jiashu read it silently, and suddenly felt his heart jump, like it was almost ready to come out across a barrier.

【Then why does Da Da still say that JiaXin will be BE?】
【Because that’s just my feeling. The first two CP have proved that my feelings aren’t accurate 2333. Originally, we just eat sugar and some YY to some extent, and of course the YY content are false, and can’t be long-term. Even if we say that though the sugar we eat is not YY, that they really have feelings and feelings with each other, this feeling is also temporary and can’t really be counted.】

Yes, You Xin said that he and his own script were fake, but do he and You Xin have feelings for each other? Duan Jiashu looked into his memories and remembered You Xin’s smiling, shy mood, and him rolling his eyes. Maybe there was. His heart beat faster unconsciously at the thought of this. zeUc14

If it’s true, then why doesn’t it matter if they have feelings? He doesn’t want something temporary, he wants something long and HE. Thinking this, Duan Jiashu lowered his head and quickly sent another message

【So what should we do? Is there a permanent way for JiaXin?】

【Well, yes, if they really fall in love and stay together all their lives. But I dare not dream this 2333 Its only a dream, and it may be too small.】

“Really fall in love… Together all our lives …” SktYBf

Although Duan Jiashu fell in love with other people and got married many times in his previous works, he didn’t think he would really find a significant other in reality. He has never liked a man or a woman. The only ones he likes were those kittens who can roll around across the screen. But when he read the message from 【Full of Absurd Words Written on Paper】, he suddenly discovered that if he had You Xin as his significant other, he could accept it. After all, he enjoyed acting their CP with You Xin very much, otherwise he wouldn’t have got so deep in the act in the first place.

As he thought of this, Duan Jiashu suddenly felt that he was willing to be with You Xin, and as long as he was with You Xin, the sandwich would never be BE!

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Duan Jiashu suddenly found the way forward, and his goal, strength and happiness finally returned to his body again. The next second, however, he remembered an obstacle that couldn’t be ignored.

You Xin is now with Liu Yanhui, and was even unwilling to act out their CP scripts for Liu Yanhui. J9egZu

Duan Jiashu fell on the sofa once more. What should he do now?

He just realized that he was willing to fall in love with You Xin, then remembered that You Xin didn’t seem to want to.


【Full of Absurd Words Written on Paper】captures the reality of what CP fans in real life feel in my opinion, and Duan Jiashu owes this person a lot XD

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Translator's Note

“真香” in the raws, which is a hypocritical word used as expression of approval after a person b*tches about the exact same thing earlier.

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optional gift to give on the B app

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大大, (大=big) which is like calling the other “big sis” (大大 can actually be “dad” in Chinese, although the context of this situation fits the “大姐/da-jie/big sis term more)

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Duan Jiashu’s side account name, which uses the same 嘉 “jia” character as “Duan Jiashu”

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CN slang similar to “LOL”

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13 comments

  1. Duan Jiashu needs more wake up call that You Xin actually loves him 🙁

    Thanks for the chapter ☺️

  2. Why do I read it like it was a conversation between a two years old and big sis 🤔😂😂 does Duan jiashu is mentally handicapped? Slow or low EQ? But he likes cats🤔😂 Hou Qiu is actually better than him… He was quick to understand his feelings… Ah shu must have never experienced love since he was a child or else he wouldn’t act like a child always

  3. It’s amazing to me that he has been able to portray ML characters realistically and excel in his acting career so far with such strange and limited worldview LOL

    Ps. My comments were so toxic and I’m sorry. The translator did a very great job. Just the original is kinda unrelatable.. I hope the remaining chapters reveal a reason and also a better development.