The Theory of QueerbaitingChapter 9

“Duan Jiashu, you’re sick! Not only did you keep targeting me today, you even went to eavesdrop on my conversation with Hui-ge. What do you even want?”

Duan Jiashu didn’t say anything nor did he look at him, as if he had been aggrieved, which made You Xin’s eyes roll up to the back of his head. kGN5nv

“Do you think that Hui-ge and I are queerbaiting for you to watch? Let me tell you, me and Hui-ge’s feelings are real, so we don’t need to sell CP!”

Duan Jiashu froze for a moment and turned his head to look at You Xin with an unreadable face. “Since you and Liu Yanhui have real feelings, why did you still want to sell CP with me before? Who do you think I am!? You’re like a capricious woman with two boats!"

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You Xin: …

"You’re crazy, ah. What Liu Yanhui and I is brotherly love, okay! Can you think normal thoughts in your head? Two men having a good relationship doesn’t equate to being together and selling CP! Besides, queerbaiting is fake, what does it have to do with having two boats? You really look like you're jealous now. You don't like me, do you?" AQs6lS

The moment those words left his mouth, You Xin regretted it. He didn’t know what kind of mess this crazy person would make when he heard such words. He really got caught up with the other person’s crazy words, and he really quarrelled with him. Now, he and Duan Jiashu are still in the show. If they made such a big scene, who knows how it’ll end for them.

After he spoke, the air between the two seemed to be fixed and stopped moving instantly. Duan Jiashu stared at You Xin for a while before leaving the bed and approached him step by step.

Duan Jiashu's eyes stared at You Xin’s without blinking, making You Xin's face unconsciously start to heat up, and his heartbeat uncontrollably speed up.

"What are you doing? I… I was talking nonsense… don't…don't come over…" As Duan Jiashu approached, You Xin kept backing up until he finally reached the bathroom door. There was no longer any place for him to escape.

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He saw Duan Jiashu holding the bathroom door with both hands and looking down at his face. The two of them were too close. Duan Jiashu's aggressive facial features made You Xin feel like he couldn’t breathe. He almost wanted to close his eyes.

Then he heard Duan Jiashu's magnetic voice invade his ears. "I want to take a shower, you're in the way." Afterwards, he opened the bathroom door and brushed past You Xin as he entered the bathroom.

"Hoo…" You Xin took a large breath before he felt the air return to his lungs. It wasn’t until he heard the sound of water running in the bathroom that he gradually came back to his senses. It’s just that in that moment, not only couldn't he catch his breath, but even his legs and stomach were numb. Duan Jiashu is really scary! He just thought…

When he regained his senses, he looked at the pajamas on his hands and felt like throwing up. Duan Jiashu was one who didn't go to the shower early nor late, but when You Xin came back intending to take a bath, he took the lead instead. This guy is a bad match for him, ba! CGqwEf

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After last night's drama, Duan Jiashu's attitude was surprisingly better while recording the program for the day. By saying his attitude was better, it actually means that returned to the state where he didn't care about You Xin. But that change in his aura that was no longer
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"I say, you looked like a vinegar jar yesterday, how come you're not making a fuss today?" Looking at Yuan Feng's raised eyebrows, Duan Jiashu drank a mouthful of water and didn't speak. eOtpUA

Yuan Feng didn’t care whether Duan Jiashu paid him any attention or not, so he more or less spoke to himself. "You still have to give your little boyfriend some face, and you kept drinking vinegar. You can't let the little guy keep coaxing you, ba! Last night, were you two… hehehe…"

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"Forget it, I'm such a straight guy and I don't want to know how you gays do it. Aiyo, I can't stand talking about this anymore… let’s not talk about it." Yuan Feng did not know what came to his mind. Embarrassedly scratching his head, his red face went away.

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You Xin pouted, took out his phone and opened Weibo. He saw that the Weibo post that he and Liu Yanhui posted last night had indeed gotten popular. Many marketing magazines and fans looked back at all kinds of memories their boy group had, lamenting that it would be difficult for them to come back again.

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Yu-jie moved really quick, and he estimated that they would make a big splash in marketing when the show airs. You Xin opened the popular Weibo posts and found that not only he and Liu Yanhui were on the list, but Duan Jiashu's Weibo was also popular and even topped the list. However, his Weibo’s post content didn’t have any text, it only showed a photo of a shadow of himself under the moonlight. When he opened the comments, he saw fans praising the said shadow to the sky.

This psycho really loves to pretend. You Xin silently spat out and closed the app. However, he didn’t know that the Internet had already started a discussion based on his and Duan Jiashu's Weibo posts. nfqZbv

A post appeared in a gossip forum.

《The landlord thought they were crazy for seeing JQ from an irrelevant Weibo!》

The main building’s content is as follows: YGfsKT

This owner couldn’t sleep last night and had nothing better to do than to scroll through Weibo, and saw that Liu Yanhui and You Xin were in the same post. Liu Yanhui posted a photo of him and You Xin together, then You Xin reposted it. (attachment: Weibo screenshot.jpg)

The owner saw this and felt a little touched, after all, I was also half a fan of their group, seeing Liu Yanhui and You Xin record a show together made me very happy, and then went to the group super talk to brush a wave.

I didn't expect that my male god, Duan Jiashu, would also post, sharing a photo of his own shadow. (attachment: Weibo screenshot.jpg)

My god doesn’t post on Weibo often, so even if he posted a mere shadow, we fans would be very happy and think that the shadow looks so handsome. The owner also cheerfully licked the photo for a while, but I suddenly felt that something was wrong. c0pWA4

This owner put my male god and Liu Yanhui’s photos together to compare, and from the wall and floor tiles, one can see that they’re in the same yard. (attachment: comparison picture.jpg)

This isn’t surprising since Duan Jiashu, Liu Yanhui, and You Xin should be recording for a program right now, so taking pictures in the same place is normal. However, Duan Jiashu’s post and You Xin's repost only had a ten-minute difference. This is too coincidental, isn’t it!

First, Liu Yanhui posted a photo of the two of them together. Then, Duan Jiashu posted a photo of his lone shadow. How can this not look like him being jealous, ah! The male god and Liu Yanhui don’t know each other, so if he wanted to be jealous, he could only be jealous of You Xin, but he and You Xin also haven't known each other for a long time. How could it suddenly be like this?

I was completely shocked by my imagination. How could Duan Jiashu like a guy and secretly hurt himself because he’s jealous of someone else? My God, I can't believe it at all! But at the bottom of my heart, I still think my imagination could be very possible! cz63Rd

What to do? What can I do? Come Come downstairs and help me!

1L: F*ck! The landlord indeed has divine insight, I'll go to Weibo to watch the waves first!

2L: Having a hole in your brain is a disease. The landlord also said that they’re a Duan Jiashu fan, but I think you’re black!

3L: F*ck, f*ck! I think the landlord’s analysis is right, after all, the more unlikely it is, the truer it is! 3ZnPOA

4L: Carrying the meteor away, Meteor is rio, we small family don’t dare to inconvenience Duan Da Shen, we in the front row are kneeling and begging for mercy!

5L: Landlord, your observation is really amazing! I have friends in the "Wacky Family" program team, and they said that actors Duan and You are definitely having an affair. In the previous game segment where they lost the game, they had to eat a strawberry via mouth to mouth as punishment. The said results of the segment had Duan unexpectedly kissing You directly! My friend was so close to them that they didn't sleep well for several nights.

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6L:F*ck! 5L, do you have a picture that you can send to me in private?

7L: I also seek a private message! 2ynTq6

8L: PM me, PM me!

9L: I've written down all those upstairs who were begging for private messages, wait for the lawyer's letter!

10L: Pull your JB down, ba. Fans are crazy for dragging You xiao shou to another marriage. They really dare to fart anything. When the show airs and that segment isn’t included, make sure to apologize to Duan for offending him, ma!

11L: Upstairs, clean your mouth, these matchmakers said that they’d kiss. Give Apple TV 10,000 courage points and dare not put this content into the program, ah. I’ve also heard of this matter like 5L did, but what was said to me was that Duan Jiashu wasn’t standing firm enough before, which led to the kiss. But I’m also a selfish sandwich shipper, JiaXin is good, oh ~~ zBMjkv

12L: My mother, ah. It’s really real, JiaXin is rio!

With all kinds of discussions and the buzz online, the first episode of The Wacky Family’s second season officially started.


Sky has something to say:
In Chinese, they use the terms above for online forums, that’s why in literal translation you would see “main building” for the main post, “landlord” or “owner” for the original poster, “floors” or “levels” for the comments, “upstairs” for the above comment, and “downstairs” for the comments below. Think of it as one large apartment building as the post, the landlord as the poster, the floors/levels being the comments, and the tenants are the people commenting. (I decided to keep the literal translation because there would be some sentences that would sound a little weird if I used different terms.)
In future chapters, there will be a lot more of these forum-type scenes, so do keep these terms in mind! There’s a lot of TL notes for the terms here >.<” you can refer to this chapter if you ever need it in the future chapters. Thanks for reading~ TadiM2

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in the raws, it says “你这是水性杨花脚踏两条船”. “水性杨花” is used to describe a fickle woman, and “脚踏两条船” is an idiom which literally translates to “to stand with each foot in different boats”. It basically means a person two-timing/having two lovers at the same time. Hope this translation didn’t sound too weird >.<

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feeling jealousy; a jealous person

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“楼主” was used in the raws, which literally means landlord, but it is also used to call the person who is the original poster or owner of the post in online forums.

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slang word abbreviating the pinyin of 奸情 (jiān qíng), which literally translates to “adultery”. It’s used to imply that two people have something (romantic) going on

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“主楼” was used in the raws, which literally means main building, but it can also mean the “main post” in online forums.

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like reblog or retweet

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”脑洞” in the raws. It literally translates to “a hole in one’s brain”. It’s an internet meme/slang pertaining to a (usually weird/absurd) imagination.

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telling others to comment under the post

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1st level, the first or top comment

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like earlier, it says”脑洞” in the raws, which literally translates to “a hole in one’s brain”. It’s an internet meme/slang pertaining to a (usually weird/absurd) imagination.

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black fan= troll

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the CP name between Liu Yanhui & You Xin is “流星” (liú xīng), literally translating to meteor or shooting star. 星 (xīng) means “star” and sounds similar to You Xin’s first name, 忻 (xīn). While 流 (liú) sounds similar to Liu Yanhui’s surname 刘 (also pronounced liú). Different characters, but similar in tone/pinyin. their CP name is very beautiful~ (I decided to call it “Meteor” instead for the TL since the ship name uses “xing” and not “xin”)

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”大神” means a "guru or expert""""" in internet slang.

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(written in the raws as JB) it’s the slang form of “鸡巴” (jī bā) meaning penis.

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You Xin’s last name + “xiao” (little) + “shou” (uke/bottom) = little bottom You Xin

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it’s actually “拉郎” (lā láng) in the raws, which is short for “拉郎配” which means: to drag a young man into marriage, or to force two people into cooperating. Basically, the comment is saying that the shippers are forcing the two to be a CP. Hope how I translated it isn’t too weird.

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”屁” literally fart, but it also means nonsense.

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it’s important to note that the “JiaXin” in the CP name doesn’t use the “Jiā” from Duan Jiashu and the “Xīn” from You Xin (if it did, it would look like this: 嘉忻) the CP name is actually 夹心 (jiā xīn), which means to “to fill something (food) with stuffing” which can also mean sandwich~ Both 嘉忻 and 夹心 are pronounced similarly and are also written the same way in pinyin (jiā xīn). I will be using both “JiaXin” and “sandwich” depending on the context, but I’d use JiaXin more often :))

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  1. when you realized you read too much CN BL novel when you can scroll through forum discussion narration faster due to not reading any footnote 😂

  2. Lol, so he had to take a cold shower after finding out they are not a couple and he got worked up over nothing. 🤭