Chapter 67: The Crying Child Gets The Candy
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There are only a few hundred members in this Chaohua. Compared with other serious CP Chaohua locally and abroad, the number of people is really pitiful, but the materials contained in it are not inferior to those with thousands of people.
Of course, Shen Qingzhi doesn't know what other CPs are like. For a narcissistic person like her, even if she ships on CPs, it would only involve herself.
At this moment, she had just exited the "Memorabilia of the Sanctuary" section, and she still felt a little guilty. The next second she clicked into the "Fan Creation" section before she realized it.
This section mainly contains fan-made works related to the two of them. There are Q-version* portraits of the two of them as a couple and, couple videos edited by skilled users from B Station* But the most popular ones are the fanfics of the two of them. After all, this is the one with the least threshold. The easiest thing to make out of nothing.
*cartoon/chibi version
**Bilibili - similar to YouTube
Shen Qingzhi sorted by popularity and clicked on the top-ranked story.
This story, spanning several thousand words, had likes almost equal to the maximum number of members in the fan group.
Being so popular, it surely must have some outstanding aspects.
With such curiosity, Shen Qingzhi began to browse carefully.
This article is also based on the entertainment industry, but it adds a literary setting involving a financial sponsor. Naturally, Shen Qingzhi in the article is the one who is being kept.
After just reading the beginning, Shen Qingzhi couldn't help complaining in her heart: It's already 20XX and there are still such cliché jokes in here. Even if it's about being financially supported, it is this sister who supports that black-hearted, okay?
She scoffed, but at the same time, she was curious about what was so attractive about this article and browsed down the lines at a glance.
The first part of the story is very satisfactory. Shen Qingzhi, a down-and-out little flower who was bullied by the evil forces, meets Gu Jinrong, a movie queen who shines among the stars, and saves her from the fire when she is at the end of her tether.
Shen Qingzhi originally thought she had met a savior, but she didn't expect that Gu Jinrong would propose a patronship agreement to her at this time. Surrounded by those with greedy eyes, Shen Qingzhi felt she had no other choice.
Despite Gu Jinrong's gentle and charming appearance, privately she had various peculiar quirks and was, at the same time, a huge fan of beauty. And Shen Qingzhi was the first person to make her contemplate indulging in these quirks.
Signing this patronship agreement was originally a temporary move, but she gradually became addicted to it.
The plot is almost like this. The next 70% of the content is basically all kinds of fancy money play. The author only mentions the motivation and plot in one or two sentences, yet detailed paragraphs are devoted to the specifics of "punishment."
[Sheets rumpled like black crows, scattered across the bed, leaving marks on Shen Qingzhi's snow-like skin, adorned with various shades of red, resembling a fragile, fading rose. She stretched her thin, pale arms, reaching desperately for the scraps on the edge of the bed, only to have her wrist grabbed. "Did I say it was over?]
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What follows are several more paragraphs of details.
The Shen Qingzhi in the story sweated like rain, and the Shen Qingzhi outside the story sweated like rain too.
Halfway through, she couldn't help but slam her phone on the bed.
What is this?! Pornography!
The position she smashed it in was just right, facing directly towards Gu Jinrong, who had just come out of the bathroom after taking a bath.
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At this moment, Gu Jinrong was wrapped in elegant black silk pajamas, her hair only half-dried, with a few water droplets still on her delicate collarbones.
After coming out of the bathroom, she walked to the end of the bed in a few steps. She bent down and picked up the phone that had been abandoned by the owner. She said with gentle eyes, "Qingqing, what are you looking at that makes you so angry?”
"No...it's nothing. Give me back the phone!" Shen Qingzhi looked at the phone in Gu Jinrong's hand and was frightened and spoke with a proper accent.
If Gu Jinrong had seen the content she had just read, there would be no place for her on Earth; she might as well pack and move to Mars tonight.
Fortunately, just after she slammed it like that, the phone's screen automatically turned black.
Gu Jinrong returned the phone to Shen Qingzhi's hand, looking at the sweat on her forehead, she reached out to feel her forehead and asked with concern, "You're sweating so much, are you feeling unwell?"
“Nothing... there's nothing, it's late, let's go to sleep,” Shen Qingzhi held onto the phone and tilted her head back. They were standing too close, and the scent of gardenias permeated her nostrils without any restraint, causing the sweat on her forehead to surge even more.
"My hair hasn't dried yet." Gu Jinrong noticed something was wrong with Shen Qingzhi, but did not ask further questions. Instead, she sat on the sofa with a hair dryer which gave her enough space.
Their room was located in the inner part of the villa, quiet in the early hours. The only sounds in the room could be the "buzz" of the blowing wind and the "thump" of Shen Qingzhi's heartbeat.
Shen Qingzhi sat on the bed, secretly paying attention to Gu Jinrong's movements, and exited the Sina APP at lightning speed.
After annihilating the "criminal evidence", she finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked towards the sofa.
Gu Jinrong's thick black hair was as smooth as silk. Under the care of those slender fingers, the layers spread out, as if the Milky Way dyed in the night sky descended from the heavens.
Shen Qingzhi remembered that there was a paragraph in the article she just read that said this.
[Under Gu Jinrong's raven-like long hair, woven into a dense web, the girl on the bed was entangled within, sinking into it together...]
Bah, bah, bah, why am I thinking about that damn dirty romance fanfic again!
Shen Qingzhi vented her frustration by burying the phone under the blanket, pressing its back with both hands as if she wanted to suffocate it, and mentally "spat" several times in her heart.
"Qingqing.”
Gu Jinrong appeared by the bedside again, startling the absent-minded Shen Qingzhi.
Wha...what is it this time?" This time, there was no formal accent; instead, she stuttered.
"I want to put the hair dryer back on the bedside, but you're blocking it."
"Oh oh oh, let me put it back for you." Shen Qingzhi grabbed the hair dryer and put it back, almost pushing Gu Jinrong back to the sofa, and then used the remote control to turn off the light at that moment.
However, she hadn't reached the bedside yet, so she could only fumble her way back based on memory.
In just a few steps, she unintentionally walked like a crab, luckily no one could see her in the darkness.
She was a little glad now that the two of them slept separately tonight, otherwise it would be easy for someone to notice something unusual with her current appearance.
Shen Qingzhi reached to the edge of the bed, lifted off the quilt, and wrapped herself head and feet into a spring roll. She felt guilty and could only turn her back to the sofa.
In doing so, she missed Gu Jinrong fetching her phone in the darkness.
Recalling Shen Qingzhi's earlier odd behavior, Gu Jinrong used an alternate account to log into Weibo. She checked the hot search related to them today, finding no significant changes.
She thought for a moment and then took a look at Shen Qingzhi's two Weibo accounts. The main one was not logged in, but the small one had a few likes not long ago, including one related to the "Memorabilia of the Sanctuary" fanfic...
She stared at the screen of her mobile phone, looking at the various fancy plays in the article, lost in thought: Does Qingqing like this?
At this time, Shen Qingzhi, who was mistakenly thought to "like this", was burying herself in the quilt and tossing and turning.
She was obviously very tired, but she didn't feel sleepy at all.
Scenes of their daytime "confrontation" flashed through her mind, followed by snippets from the fanfic, and then Gu Jinrong's posture just after her bath...
So many memory fragments flashed quickly like a PPT, which made Shen Qingzhi, who always prided herself on being smart and witty, begin to lament her insufficient brain capacity.
However, it wasn't just the jumbled thoughts; she also felt uncomfortably hot.
Shen Qingzhi hugged the gray stuffed rabbit she had grabbed earlier, rubbing it for quite some time until even the fur on its ears almost got bald, yet it failed to ease her discomfort even a bit.
She felt uncomfortable holding it in, so she quietly poked her head out of the quilt, taking in small breaths of fresh air.
At this moment, Gu Jinrong had put down her phone, and the whole room was shrouded in darkness.
The few starlights that leaked into the room were not bright, but they were like a restless heart, beating extremely actively.
Shen Qingzhi peeked at Gu Jinrong's profile through the starlight, and could only see the gray curves, rising and falling slightly with her breathing, as if she had fallen asleep.
The faint starlight seemed to cast a faint golden contour around her, rendering her more gentle and harmless.
When Gu Jinrong was awake, despite usually wearing a gentle smile, her overly striking features and naturally imposing aura made many feel uneasy even looking at her for too long.
Shen Qingzhi usually dared to meet her gaze, but whenever she made a fool of herself, she always seemed to get caught. Even though the other person didn't say anything, she couldn't help but feel a sense of embarrassment as if she had been seen through.
Even though Gu Jinrong intentionally toned down her imposing presence whenever they were alone, some things seemed inherent and couldn't be shed.
Upon reuniting and facing Gu Jinrong again, Shen Qingzhi always loved to be stubborn, often speaking with a contrary intention. It seemed that only by doing so could she regain some ground.
Yet, Gu Jinrong continued to be as accommodating as she had been years before as if she was indulging her tantrums.
Even so, she still found delight in her petulance, because only during these moments could she vividly feel Gu Jinrong's exceptional treatment towards her.
Sometimes she even wondered: Was it because she became too sensible back then that the other person could leave without any emotional burden?
‘The crying child gets the candy, while the sensible one is always overlooked.’ If that's the case, then she wants to be the one who cries.
Until tonight, when Gu Jinrong said she wanted to pursue her back at the arcade, she admitted that for a moment, it felt as if fireworks exploded in her heart. The things she had never dared to think about suddenly became real.
However, she couldn't easily agree; it would seem too undignified.
If it is too easy to get, it will not be cherished.
But Gu Jinrong seemed to cherish her very much and was very serious about pleasing her, taking care of her, and respecting her.
After agreeing to pursue her, she would rather sleep on the sofa than overstep the line.
She is too well-behaved, completely different from the overbearing nature of Gu Jinrong portrayed in that dirty romance fanfic.
Bah, bah, bah, why are you thinking about that damn dirty romance fanfic again!