The Theory of QueerbaitingChapter 4

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Duan Jiashu felt that he had a very difficult day. xoV2fE

Although they’ve only filmed for a day, his nerves also were on the brink of collapse for a whole day. Despite the fact that he had been on high guard, he still felt that dealing with You Xin was rather tricky. Why did he create an opportunity for the two of them to be alone in the house? Why give him less rice and then take the opportunity to give him his own bowl? All of these actions were all means for them to sell CP!

With Duan Jiashu’s many years of experience in reporting CP videos, he can already imagine the many pink bubbles the fans would edit in this segment if he follows along with the other person’s antics and let the program broadcast it. Just by thinking about it, he already feels terrible!

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He would’ve been able to avoid this situation by going out with the other members of the cast, but if he went out, he wouldn’t be able to tune in on time to watch the little orange cat’s livestream! It was already so painful for him to participate in this show, if he still can’t watch the livestream, what would even be the point of his suffering?!

Fortunately, when the group started eating, You Xin stopped sporting an ugly expression. Duan Jiashu carefully studied the other person’s current expression, and he inwardly felt very disdainful. He already hit him with a few soft nails, but You Xin was still pouting and pretending to be cute to attract his attention. He was really… quite shameless. JKtlIu

After a rather difficult time, the crew finished eating. But there was another gag in this program, and they finally reached this important part, how they’d allocate the bedrooms.

Although the courtyard that the program team rented looked quite simple on the outside, the interior had already undergone various modern renovations and had four bedrooms in the whole house. Except for the room reserved for special guests, the other three rooms were to be completely divided equally among the six permanent guests, with one bedroom being shared by two people. This arrangement was not only based on the actual situation of their number and location, but it was also an added effect for the program. This was something that Duan Jiashu detested.

Since there were two women in the team, they would naturally be sharing one room. This segment would only rely on how the male stars would arrange their room set-up. Duan Jiashu has already given this part some sufficient thought. Since You Xin wanted to sell CP with him, he naturally won’t consider living with him. And because Qi laoshi’s sexual orientation had always been a mystery, Duan Jiashu didn’t dare risk it, leaving Yuan Feng as his final option.

After considering these options, Duan Jiashu signalled to Yuan Feng by winking at him. Although Yuan Feng looks like a rather rough person, he wasn’t stupid. He immediately understood the meaning Duan Jiashu was trying to imply. He had worked with Duan Jiashu in a drama before, so he knew that although Duan Jiashu wasn’t the type of person that’s easy to get along with, he never made any trouble. He found it acceptable to live with Duan Jiashu, so he pushed the boat out, “Last season I was roommates with Qi laoshi, so this time I’ll go and room with Jiashu~”

Duan Jiashu nodded in satisfaction. Just when he was about to open his mouth to agree, Yuan Feng suddenly continued, “Jiashu and I worked in a drama before and we even had a popular CP. It just so happens that I haven’t seen him in a long time, so now it’ll be convenient for us to rekindle feelings when we room together~” he joked and winked at Duan Jiashu.

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Duan Jiashu: !!!

He actually forgot about this issue! Although Duan Jiashu reported a lot of his and Yuan Feng’s CP videos, he always felt that this was just the fujoshis’ wishful thinking and that the people involved in the CP themselves had nothing to do with it. He didn’t expect that Yuan Feng has been thinking about their CP! In addition, Duan Jiashu thought of how bad the plots were in those video edits. And the most terrible thing was that in his and Yuan Feng’s CP, he was the shou in the fans’ YY…

QNMLGB! This show really had a wolf in front of him and a tiger from behind! Even good men would no longer think about improving their career level, now they’re all just thinking about selling CP. This was really too nasty! He really misjudged Yuan Feng! oKndpP

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Yuan Feng: …

You Xin: … pA46th

Yuan Feng looked speechless. If you didn’t want to room with me, why did you try to signal me earlier?! You Xin on the other hand was surprised. His mouth was open and he looked like he wanted to say something. In the end, he didn’t speak, only blushing and pouting rather cutely.

Thus, the results of their bedroom assignment had been set.

After filming a segment of the guests unpacking in their respective bedrooms, the camera staff withdrew, leaving Duan Jiashu and You Xin as the only people in their room, which had now turned dead silent.

You Xin packed his luggage and looked up to see Duan Jiashu once again staring at him. After a whole day of him being a pain in the ass, You Xin finally reached the end of his patience. oLUmpb

“Duan laoshi, can you stop staring at me!?”

Duan Jiashu sniffed and looked carefully at You Xin’s angry face and nodded, “Oh.” He really did stop looking at him after that. He then sat on the bed and lowered his head to play with his mobile.

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You Xin: …

F*ck, how can there be such a person? You Xin held his breath and decided to simply speak out loud, “Duan laoshi, even if you hate me, don’t do these strange things, okay? Why do you have to sleep with me then keep staring at me, ah!” 14vf7V

Duan Jiashu frowned and looked up from his phone with a serious face, “No, it’s not like that.”

No? So you don’t hate me, and this is all just a misunderstanding? You Xin looked at the other doubtfully but he let Duan Jiashu continue, “This bedroom has two beds. You and I have one each, so I’m not going to sleep with you.” He looked at You Xin with an indescribable expression.

You Xin: …

What kind of yellow waste was inside this TM‘s head!? He only sells CP, not his body, okay!? Forget it, he couldn’t afford to provoke Duan Jiashu. With his fear of hearing another shocking thing from the other person’s mouth again, You Xin closed his mouth and lay down with his back facing Duan Jiashu, turned on his phone and began to read farming novels. rpaNBn

While reading, he imagined Duan Jiashu as the novel’s villain several times, which finally made him feel a little more relaxed. Although Duan Jiashu was quite an oddball, his face was very handsome and good-looking. When he thought about the scare Duan Jiashu gave him earlier in the day, You Xin finally understood why Duan Jiashu’s external conditions were so good that he was able to maintain his “growing out of the mud untarnished“ innocence within the circle. He dared to say this because Duan Jiashu, this “lotus flower“, would cause him indigestion, ah.

After thinking such nonsense, You Xin fell asleep.

Nothing happened overnight… that’s strange.

Duan Jiashu, who usually had a good quality of sleep, woke up hungry in the middle of the night. CaTUDJ

In order to stop You Xin’s rotten behavior, he ended up eating only a small bowl of rice for dinner, so now his stomach rumbling was the price he had to pay.

Hungry… Duan Jiashu recalled that there was some food to eat in the kitchen’s refrigerator. But he thought that as soon as he left this room, he would be caught by the hidden cameras in the house. If the crew released the footage of him getting up in the middle of the night to steal food, it would greatly damage his mysterious actor persona.

Duan Jiashu felt a pang of anguish and even regretted that he hadn’t eaten a few more pieces of roast beef with potatoes during dinner. The potatoes were soft and glutinous, and the beef was cooked very softly with a little bit of spice. Their meal really was delicious. Speaking of which, despite You Xin being rather average, he possesses something of merit, which was cooking delicious food.

Thinking of this, Duan Jiashu looked at You Xin who was sleeping on the other bed and then crossed the room to see a bag of cookies on the bedside table. It seemed to be the one that You Xin wanted to give him when they first met, but Duan Jiashu didn’t accept the cookies at first because of his dilemma. He only later found that everyone received them as well. h5BWFc

He felt chagrined. Duan Jiashu touched his ears, his adam’s apple swallowing a mouthful of saliva. Then he decisively went over to take the bag of cookies with him.

“I’ll just eat one piece, and then put the cookies back to where they were.” Duan Jiashu silently told himself, and then opened the bag.

Oh my God! Duan Jiashu’s eyes widened. He didn’t expect that the cookies You Xin had baked would look like a cat’s paw, it was so cute! He picked up a piece and put it into his mouth, only to discover that the cookies were crispy and delicious. It wasn’t too sweet but it also had a slightly creamy flavor. With nothing else to satisfy his hunger this late at night, these cookies couldn’t be more delicious!

Duan Jiashu ate one piece after another until he finally found himself finishing all of them… 3cgYsX