Baihe Fan

Chapter 11: Departure

After the photoshoot, a brief interview was scheduled. The two changed into their casual clothes and sat in a small room for the interview.

The staff asked, “Why did you choose to participate in this show?”

Xia Linxia replied straightforwardly, “The appearance fee is quite attractive.”

The staff laughed and asked, “So what are you looking forward to about each other while participating in this show?”

Xia Linxia thought for a moment and said, “I have no particular expectations for her.”

The staff were taken aback.

Ji Fengxue quickly intervened, “Neither do I. Having expectations implies dissatisfaction, but she is already my favorite version of herself. There’s nothing I’m dissatisfied with.”

Xia Linxia looked at her warmly: Keep going, big scriptwriter.

The staff exclaimed “Wow,” then asked, “The internet is very curious about your relationship and wants to understand your real-life interactions through the show. So what are you like in private?”

Xia Linxia continued to look at Ji Fengxue: The stage is yours, master storyteller.

Ji Fengxue smiled, “You’ll see on the show. We hope everyone doesn’t have too high expectations. We’re just an ordinary couple who argue and disagree but also love each other dearly.”

“Last question, some fans can’t accept your relationship and have unfollowed you. Will this affect your relationship?”

Xia Linxia replied without hesitation, “Our relationship is unbreakable!” A promise between arch-enemies, no matter a year, a month, or an hour apart, still counts as arch-enemies!

Ji Fengxue rescued the situation again, “We hope everyone will focus more on our work. We need to live ordinary lives too. It’s best not to invest too much emotion in us, but rather to live your own life well.”

After the interview, they had to put on a show of leaving together.

Two days later, the program officially announced the three couples, each with its unique promotional photo style.

Some couples, who had been together since their school days, took sweet campus photos, while married couples took family life photos. Each had its unique charm.

But Ji Fengxue and Xia Linxia’s wedding photo stood out the most. The show intended to use them to create a buzz, showing a same-sex couple in wedding attire, beautifully breathtaking, potentially reducing some extreme viewers’ resistance.

The photo depicted a beautiful scene of people daring to love and showing their happiness to the world.

Netizens enthusiastically shared the large photo, even using it as wallpaper, inadvertently encouraging many in the LGBT community.

“Ahhhhh I can! Performing a slide kneel and scream on the spot!”

“Damn, is this the perfect love? Their eye contact is so full of love! The sweetness is oozing out of the screen!”

“Our Tiger Xia actually smiles so sweetly and silly, haha, quickly save this as a family heirloom!”

“Teacher Ji looks so handsome in a suit, I’m about to be turned. Teacher Ji, look at me, I’m good too!”

“Stop dreaming, if you want Teacher Ji to notice you, you must have Xia Linxia’s divine looks first!”

“Xia Linxia is truly beautiful, as long as she doesn’t speak, she’s a goddess. Can this woman just stay a vase quietly?”

“Why do I feel like there are a lot of reports about Xia and Ji’s relationship recently? Are they hyping it up?”

“Hype your ass.jpg, Xia Linxia can sneeze and have paparazzi chasing her. Does she need to hype? Teacher Ji has won so many awards; does she need to hype?”

“This program is deceiving me again! Am I the only one still immersed in Xia and Ji’s eye contact? How can they be so! Sweet!”

Xia Linxia, briefly scanning the comment section, laughed mockingly.

You call this sweet? Only eternal single dogs would make such an exclamation.

Just then, her phone buzzed. Surprisingly, her brother took the initiative to message her.

[Big Demon King Should Eat Jujubes]: Sweet.

[Little Princess with a Sweet Voice]: ?

[Big Demon King Should Eat Jujubes]: Poster, signed.

[Little Princess with a Sweet Voice]: Mine?

[Big Demon King Should Eat Jujubes]: I even have photos of you wearing crotchless pants. Why would I want your signed photo? Ji Fengxue’s, remember.

[Little Princess with a Sweet Voice]: No way! Licking the knife’s edge.jpg

[Big Demon King Should Eat Jujubes]: Handgun.jpg

The siblings started a meme battle. Xia Linxia couldn’t help but be curious. Despite being busy with work, why did Xia Yangxuan have time to exchange memes with her?

She immediately called her mother. After a few questions, her mother said, “Oh, your brother was forced by your dad to go on a blind date.”

Xia Linxia: “Hahahahaha!”

“If you weren’t in a relationship, you would be going on these dates like your brother now.”

Xia Linxia stopped laughing.

Her mother happily continued, “You and Xiaoxue look so sweet!”

Xia Linxia: “…?”

Could it be that her mother also saw the photo?

“Daughter, you look so beautiful in a wedding dress. When you two are not busy, let’s go pick out a wedding dress and set a date for the wedding.”

Xia Linxia loudly said, “No! Way!”

“Why not?”

“Too… too soon?”

Xia Linxia’s mother thought for a moment and nodded, “You have a point. We haven’t met the in-laws yet. When can we meet them?”

“Let’s discuss it later. I have to go now.” Xia Linxia hurriedly hung up the phone, feeling both terrified and guilty as she collapsed onto the sofa.

Now she felt nothing but regret. She couldn’t understand why her family liked Ji Fengxue so much.

Clearly, Ji Fengxue was a cold and unfeeling person, and a fool with poor eyesight, blinded by lard, treating her arrogantly and hypocritically… with a long list of flaws, why couldn’t they see that?

It was infuriating.

There was only one solution: silence her. But how to do that was a complex problem.

Quickly, she came up with a plan. She would “bully” Ji Fengxue on the show. Ji Fengxue would have to endure it quietly because of the cameras and clean up her mess, just like she did in the interviews. It was perfect!

A week later, she dragged her suitcase to the recording.

The staff watched Xia Linxia, fashionably dressed in casual clothes, carrying a water tank with a small turtle inside.

“Is this your pet?” the staff asked, turning on the camera as the cameraman got into position.

“Yes.”

“Are you bringing it to the show?”

“Yes, it has an important task,” Xia Linxia said mysteriously.

Half an hour later, the car stopped outside Ji Fengxue’s gate. She saw the tall, slender woman carrying a large suitcase and asked the cameraman, “Aren’t you going to help?”

The cameraman paused, “…She’s your girlfriend.”

“Oh.” Xia Linxia got out of the car, bringing the turtle, and walked over leisurely, looking Ji Fengxue up and down. “Need help?”

“What do you think?” Ji Fengxue looked at her, seizing the opportunity to use her as free labor. She pretended to rub her wrist in pain and looked at Xia Linxia pleadingly, glancing towards the camera.

Reluctantly, Xia Linxia pulled up the suitcase, handing the turtle to Ji Fengxue and whispered, “Xia Wudi, bite her.”

Ji Fengxue lifted the small tank, looking at Xia Wudi’s innocent eyes and said with a smile, “So cute, just like your mom.”

!!!

Xia Linxia kicked the suitcase away.

Staff in the distance: ???

Ji Fengxue couldn’t help but laugh, “Our suitcases look alike. You just kicked your own.”

Xia Linxia: “Damn!”

Seeing Xia Linxia run to retrieve her suitcase, Ji Fengxue couldn’t hold back her laughter, and the cameraman captured the moment.

“Is this how you two usually interact?” the cameraman asked.

“More or less.” Ji Fengxue pressed her fist to her lips, glancing at the grumbling Xia Linxia and told the camera, “Isn’t she adorable?”

The cameraman looked back at Xia Linxia, who was now struggling with her high heels and had kicked the suitcase away again.

Cameraman: Adorable? Not really. Ferocious, definitely.