Female Partner Became Popular in a Love Show - Chapter 102

Just now, the CP fans of Ruan Qiu and Jiang Yan who were just rejoicing suddenly fell silent.

Turning their grief and indignation into motivation, they turned their heads to create fan works, fan art, and fanfiction. They refused to believe that the lead couple couldn’t compete with Emperor Xue, and that their CP fanworks couldn’t match up either! The popular CP this time, it was still uncertain.

With competition, the enthusiasm and motivation of CP fans exceeded expectations. Less than a day after the recording of the episode ended, fan works had already filled the super topics, and video edits occupied the homepage of various video websites.

In addition, the all-knowing netizens also found out who played Yuan Xiang, discovering that the old grandfather was actually a famous stage actor, but had retired in recent years. The actress who played Empress Wan and Zhou Ping also gained some popularity, getting many opportunities to play supporting roles. It could be seen how popular the show “Please Fall in Love with Me” really was.

The basic audience for dating variety shows was actually not large, because not everyone liked to watch others dating. Moreover, many people had no interest in watching a variety show that clearly seemed like a business for celebrities, not sincere at all.

The cunning CP fans were well aware of this, so many deliberately packaged videos as movie edits, labeling them with tags like “suspense” and “big production,” and used titles like “You can even solve mysteries in the dating show” and “Three sentences that made the audience curse the director for eighteen hours” to lure bystanders into the pit.

Among them, the most popular video edit was released by a million-follower UP called

“Even I’ll Be Sad if Anyone Didn’t Watch ‘Please Fall in Love with Me’, OK?” The video’s title was: “Eight Minutes to Watch a Palace Intrigue Drama”, and its duration matched the title, exactly eight minutes, not a second more or less.

The audience, having watched the previous video, had grown accustomed to the uploader’s style. Seeing the title, everyone thought he would edit another suspenseful video, and they clicked into it with some excitement.

The screen slowly brightened from darkness, revealing a magnificent palace in front of the audience’s eyes, with red walls and green tiles, solemn and majestic. Accompanied by grand music, the guards at the palace gate slowly opened it, revealing the long stone path inside.

Ruan Qiu’s figure appeared on the stone path, walking forward with the staff in front of her. There were only the two of them on the entire road, giving off a strange sense of desolation and loneliness.

Suddenly, the screen went dark again, and the uploader captioned in white subtitles, “At that time, she was still young and didn’t know that the palace was a place where people ate people.”

This opening immediately captured the audience’s attention. Even though Ruan Qiu on the screen was still wearing modern clothes, it didn’t feel out of place because the next second, the video seamlessly switched to her wearing a deep red robe, her lips red and teeth white. She gently lifted her hand to push her hat and smiled at the camera.

The scene changed again, and the next second, several young eunuchs bowed in fear, begging her not to “kill” them. It was captioned with subtitles, “Ruan Qiu, identity Eunuch Ruan, close attendant to the Emperor, ruthless. Hidden identity: ? (temporarily unknown)”

[Wife! Wife, what are you doing here?!]

[What are those two people in front talking about? Clearly, she’s my wife, lying right next to me now.]

[How much did those two drink? Stop just drinking alcohol, have some antibiotics too.]

[There’s a hidden identity! Looks so interesting.]

The scene switched again, showing Xue Wu in dragon robes, Qi Yingying organizing a banquet, Bai Jinyao holding a knife, Jiang Yan brewing medicine, and Ye Xingyu dressed as a woman appearing on the screen one after another.

Each person’s appearance time was short, but each person’s evil deeds were revealed by the other extras in the scene. The editor meticulously prepared subtitles, indicating that Xue Wu’s evil deeds were killing innocent people in anger, Qi Yingying’s evil deeds were poisoning for the Empress Dowager, Bai Jinyao’s evil deeds were killing the brother of the commander of the Forbidden Army, Jiang Yan’s evil deeds were helping to poison the Empress Dowager, and Ye Xingyu’s evil deeds were suggesting driving Empress Wan insane.

[Wow, not a single good person. And except for Xue Wu, everyone has a hidden identity?]

[The Empress Dowager is played by Qin Shuangyu! What kind of face does this show have, actually being able to invite an award-winning actress!]

[So eye-catching, the guests look so good, especially in ancient costumes, they are full of momentum.]

[Hahaha, Ye Xingyu in women’s clothing is too funny!]

After introducing several guests, the plot officially began.

Different from the live broadcast, the editor rearranged the sequence of events, making the plot smoother. He still chose the technique of reverse chronological order, starting the story directly from the banquet and using subtitles to label the identities of several important extras.

When the foreign envoy proposed territorial concessions and peace, the audience was almost outraged, but after hearing Xue Wu’s retort, they were impressed and showered him with praise in the comments.

However, upon seeing the ominous expression of the Empress Dowager, they began to worry that Xue Wu might be “killed” by her. The subsequent two assassination attempts confirmed their bad premonition, but Ruan Qiu’s seemingly overpowered skills accompanied by stirring music made the audience feel excited and the barrage scrolled rapidly.

[Is Ruan Qiu a BUG? These skills couldn’t have been achieved without over a decade of practice, right?]

[I went back to check the introduction again. This is indeed a reality show live variety, not some special effects martial arts drama. This is just out of this world!]

[Is Ruan Qiu poisoned? No, Ruan Qiu, don’t have any accidents!]

[Is the mastermind behind the scenes the Empress Dowager? Didn’t the young medicine boy say she’s almost at her limit? Would she kill Xue Wu to seize power before she dies?]

As if knowing that the people would raise such questions, the scene switched to the Imperial Medical Academy, where Xue Wu tenderly helped Ruan Qiu put on her coat. The music became light-hearted, and the editor even added heart-shaped bubble effects, making the audience blush.

[Didn’t you say you never edit romance dramas?!]

[The uploader is adding personal stuff!! I don’t want to watch romance dramas!]

[Well, it’s a bit enjoyable, so I’ll watch for a while.]