“Jiang Xiao!”
The moment Sang Tian uttered those two words, Jiang Xiao nearly lost his grip on the cup in his hand.
Xie Zhuran leaned his upper body back, shifting his chair slightly, and with a look that said, So it really is like this, he turned his head to glance at the two roommates behind him.
Could this really bind Lao Jiang and Lao Song together?
What exactly was going on inside Sang Tian’s mind that she was so eager to see Lao Jiang stuff Lao Song into a sack?
Lin An’s glasses caught a flicker of light as he adjusted them, but he said nothing.
“I don’t think it’s feasible. Jiang Xiao is still a patient after all. For this episode’s ‘read comments’ video, he only needs to show his face.”
Song Qiuyu was nearly losing her mind. After watching fangirls obsess over their fan-favorite Huang Shu, she instantly understood Sang Tian’s idea.
This was trouble. Now it wasn’t just a matter of misunderstandings!
Was Sang Tian fangirling over her and Jiang Xiao’s CP along with those fangirls…?
They were essentially the same type of stand-ins!
Thinking back, many things suddenly made sense…
But the problem was, Sang Tian had started out so normal.
Who had opened that door for her?
Worse, she vaguely understood why these girls fangirled over male-male CPs.
It was like some guys shipping girl-girl CPs — they imagined their two wives cuddling, a double dose of beautiful girls.
So for the girls, of course, it was the opposite: double the handsome guys!
Her relationship with Jiang Xiao was complicated beyond explanation.
If handled poorly, they wouldn’t just end up as brothers; they could become enemies.
But in these girls’ eyes, the two of them were already inseparable, living in harmony everywhere.
This harmony was like dolphins — mating all year round, anytime, anywhere.
Especially since one of them looked extremely feminine; it wasn’t just hard to tell male from female, he was even prettier than many girls.
Song Qiuyu pressed her lips tightly. What a pity. They were doomed to be disappointed because they wouldn’t get double the handsome guys.
Though reluctant to admit it, she was indeed a girl herself now…
Catching the sudden serious expression on Song Qiuyu’s face, Jiang Xiao lowered his eyelids, pondering for a moment.
His lips moved slightly beneath the mask, but before he could speak—
“Jiang Xiao, you don’t have to say anything. I know you’re thinking the same as me,” Song Qiuyu suddenly said.
Jiang Xiao clenched his fist near his lips, coughed twice, then gently shook his head.
“No, it should be different.”
At this, four people on the video conference were momentarily stunned.
Though Jiang Xiao’s voice was faint and hoarse from coughing so much, they heard every word clearly.
Jiang Xiao actually agreed?
“I think it’s possible. I can try, if—cough cough—if it will make the video look good,” Jiang Xiao continued.
Song Qiuyu: “?”
Are you out of your mind?
How could you possibly agree?
Song Qiuyu thought it over and came up with only three possibilities.
The first, and least likely: Jiang Xiao secretly wanted to assault her, and enjoyed playing that role in the script.
Well, no.
Even if Haki Xiao had such thoughts, he would only do it secretly with hand gestures, not so blatantly.
The second: Haki Xiao was obsessed with playing perverted characters.
Since his debut, he had rarely played normal people.
Even when playing Xu Xian, it wasn’t the traditional Xu Xian, but a twisted version who blackmailed Fahai with browsing history and loved the National Snake Lady.
The third was that Haki Xiao simply wanted to do a good job at whatever he did, putting his all into it.
As long as the short video turned out well, he would act in any role.
Even if it meant playing sack kidnapping with his own roommate.
“Jiang Xiao, are you sure?”
“Yeah.”
“Are you really sure?”
She confirmed Jiang Xiao’s determination a second time.
“Yeah.”
“Red Bean Paste, Red Bean Paste, Red Bean Paste, are you sure?”
She confirmed for a third time.
Jiang Xiao looked at her expressionlessly and said nothing more.
Seeing this, Song Qiuyu had no choice but to cast a pleading glance at the other two roommates.
Xie Zhuran and Lin An looked utterly helpless.
They had intended to speak up for Song Qiuyu, but Sang Tian’s offer was just too tempting.
A simple, “By the way, should our two dorms have a mixer next week? Like going out for dinner and doing an escape room?” had easily won both of them over.
Xie Zhuran immediately transformed into a supplicant, giving Song Qiuyu a pitiful look.
“Well, I think you and Lao Jiang would be a good match.”
Lin An cleared his throat and added, “Fine, you guys scared us…”
For the sake of their brothers’ happiness down below, Song Qiuyu had to swallow her pride.
Which single man could resist a mixer?
If she were a guy, she would probably be ecstatic.
But alas…
Watching her two adopted sons celebrate, Song Qiuyu sighed.
She hoped they could both find someone soon.
Don’t let Father’s sacrifices be in vain.
They only intended to select one more comment, focusing on quality over quantity since they already had three.
The fourth comment was from a business-order video of Little Umbrella, with a very high number of likes and replies.
It was undoubtedly a top contender.
The comment read…
“Ahhh, Big Boss Lemon replied to me! She and the actor playing Xu Xian have used this Little Umbrella, and the experience was really good and moisturizing!”
This commenter was obviously excited, and the replies below were even more so, with new responses coming in as recently as a minute ago.
The discussion sounded as if she and Jiang Xiao had really used it together.
Really moisturizing…
But such nonexistent memories didn’t add anything to Song Qiuyu’s mind.
“We can explain this!” Xie Zhuran said awkwardly.
That comment was indeed from them, but they hadn’t expected it to contain a textual trap.
“No need.”
Song Qiuyu shook her head.
She could roughly imagine the situation: if she were asked about a product’s effect, she probably wouldn’t think in that direction and would give a similar answer.
In reality, even if netizens misunderstood, they could choose to ignore or offer appropriate clarification.
But from what she knew about their rebellious attitudes, this situation was one where explanation meant covering up, cover-up meant truth, silence meant consent, and the more you said, the more suspicious it looked.
So they had only one option now—read the comment aloud confidently!
Then roast that commenter for mixing up “he” and “she.”
The three roommates didn’t overthink it.
Xie Zhuran and Lin An were confident their dorm 602 guys were straight and that both parties involved understood the situation.
Jiang Xiao, however, wasn’t so calm inside.
He felt guilty.
Song Qiuyu, for some reason, also felt a little guilty but couldn’t explain why.
Still, their approach to handling the comment was unanimous.
This was a test of their after-sales service skills.
“So, shall we pick this comment?”
Sang Tian tilted her head.
“Let’s pick it,” Song Qiuyu and Jiang Xiao answered in unison.
Seeing this, Sang Tian froze for a moment, then smiled brightly.
True teamwork.
They completely ignored Xie Zhuran and Lin An’s later quiet agreements.
Afterward, everyone discussed the script, finally controlling the video length to under three minutes, with the text part only about two thousand characters.
But a major problem arose.
The Tender Catgirl segment.
It required two people to make a sacrifice.
One had to sit on the other’s lap and say “Party A Daddy” on camera.
Song Qiuyu originally planned to have Lao Xie and Lao Lin act it out.
But the mixer’s appeal was too strong.
Everyone rebelled.
They all wanted her and Jiang Xiao to do it.
Jiang Xiao, for reasons unknown, didn’t object.
Song Qiuyu wanted to use her veto power.
But seeing her adopted sons’ pitiful expressions and the promise of a week’s supply of drinks, she relented.
Fine.
Father would sacrifice once more.
Besides, if there was a mixer, she’d have a chance to help Jiang Xiao and Sang Tian get together.
In her eyes, Jiang Xiao met Sang Tian’s criteria; otherwise, she wouldn’t be shipping their CP.
So, there was still hope.
With the script finalized and night falling, they rested, preparing to start filming the next day.
Everyone stayed quiet as they first watched Xie Zhuran sit at Song Qiuyu’s computer according to the script.
Lin An handled the camera.
“Since Teacher Lemon isn’t in the dorm today, I, the Emperor, will read the comments for everyone!” Xie Zhuran announced, opening the first pre-prepared comment and beginning the breathless challenge.
But because Jiang Xiao occasionally coughed and the challenge was tough, Xie Zhuran kept messing up multiple times before succeeding.
In Lin An’s camera, Song Qiuyu appeared behind Xie Zhuran, who collapsed from oxygen deprivation after reading the long comment in one breath.
“Still trying to steal my thunder,” Song Qiuyu sneered.
“Lemon?! You posted this comment! Are you trying to get me killed?” Xie Zhuran said, then immediately collapsed.
Song Qiuyu snorted softly and tossed Xie Zhuran’s “body” out.
Then she put on her headphones.
“Alright, the roommates look a little dead. Now it’s my turn to read the comments,” she said, turning to the second pre-prepared comment about Little Umbrella.
After reading, she said, “You don’t need to doubt it. This is true.”
Song Qiuyu became serious and nodded solemnly, “Thanks to Party A Daddy for the payment.”
She planned to add a staged WeChat conversation with Party A later to joke that they had paid her to admit it.
Next came the Tender Catgirl comment.
“Want a business order?”
“Hmph, business order? Am I some crazy woman, desperately craving Party A’s business orders?”
Then came the scene—Song Qiuyu sat firmly on Jiang Xiao’s lap.
At this point, Jiang Xiao’s handsome face was covered neatly with a paper labeled “Party A.”
Song Qiuyu had changed clothes into rolled-up jeans to fit her character, emphasizing her perky butt with a pose.
Both were stiff and under great pressure.
The person sitting on the lap pursed her lips, embarrassed but resolute.
“Umm, Party A Daddy… I want it, give it to me~”
Silence fell over the five of them.
Of course, this silence wouldn’t be edited into the video.
Xie Zhuran and Lin An couldn’t bear to watch anymore, sighing deeply at their roommates’ sacrifice.
This debt must be repaid handsomely!
Sang Tian’s reaction was obvious — her smile nearly reached the sky.
Jiang Xiao froze completely, like a stone statue, his handsome face hidden behind the paper, his expression complicated.
It was hard to keep a straight face, but he had to.
Otherwise, it would be an NG, and they’d have to do it again.
Why was it so difficult?
Because he clearly should have refused and rejected it, but somehow didn’t.
He didn’t reject Song Qiuyu sitting on his lap.
He didn’t reject what she said.
He even seemed to enjoy it a bit.
Song Qiuyu immediately jumped down and went to the bathroom to change back.
“Let’s look at the next comment.”
Smoothly passing over these two comments, they finally reached the critical fourth comment—the one about kidnapping her to be a wife.
As she read, her expression morphed into that of the Metropolitan Grandpa scrolling through his phone.
But it didn’t last two seconds before she burst into gleeful laughter.
“Still want to kidnap me? If you dare, come on, I’ll punch you away!”
As soon as she finished, her screen popped up with two new videos.
“Oh no, Teacher Lemon, I just saw a strangely dressed man wearing a mask come to your dorm building’s entrance.”
With Sang Tian’s voice, the video showed Jiang Xiao in a dark jacket, hat brim low, and mask covering his face, standing tall.
Song Qiuyu’s expression turned fearful.
“But it seems the dorm supervisor stopped him.”
The video ended, and Song Qiuyu relaxed visibly.
Then she opened the second video.
It showed Xie Zhuran handing a hundred yuan bill to Lin An playing the dorm supervisor.
And just like that, Jiang Xiao successfully entered the dorm.