The Theory Of Queerbaiting

Duan Jiashu finished his work and moved a small bench to sit on in the kitchen, then waited to eat You Xin’s freshly made egg pancakes. 

You Xin’s egg pancake was simple, the batter contains eggs, soy sauce and small onions, and then fried in a pan with some oil. The outside is slightly burnt and is tender inside, and after a while it will become soft. So Duan Jiashu, in order to eat the best part, took a plate and sat nearby to wait and eat.

You Xin looked at Duan Jiashu when he was frying the pancakes, and saw him sitting on a small bench like an oversized schoolboy, eating meticulously on the plate. He ate a few bites then gave a look at You Xin’s pan, that affectionate gaze looking like it could cook the food in the pan on its own.

You Xin secretly laughed in his heart, thinking that Duan Jiashu looked surprisingly cute, and this cuteness seemed to have been able to cure many things.

“Stop staring at me. It’s time to flip the pancakes, or else they’ll be ruined!” Duan Jiashu pointed at the pan with a dissatisfied look. 

“Huh?” You Xin was shocked and hurriedly flipped the egg. Although his rescue was timely, the edge of the pancake still turned a little dark.

“Sorry, I’ll eat this one instead.”

“No, this cake is made for me, so even if it’s a little burnt, it’s still mine. You want to eat your own, then you’ll have to make one again yourself.” Duan Jiashu put the egg cake into his own bowl, as if he was afraid of others taking them from him.

You Xin: …

What kind of monopolizing was this? Forget it, don’t even bother with him. You Xin fried two more, then Duan Jiashu ate one, put the second on the other side of the plate and handed it to You Xin. “This one’s for you to eat, ba~”

You Xin was flattered, he didn’t expect that Duan Jiashu would leave some for others to eat. He wanted to take it, then remembered that they were recording a show. If they ate on the same plate, others might assume that they were very close.

“Forget it, just eat it yourself.”

We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.

“I can’t eat anymore though, and if you don’t eat, it’ll be a waste of food.” 

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You Xin was in a trance when he realized that Duan Jiashu hadn’t left even after eating, but was still sitting next to him. He asked You Xin while playing with his phone, “Tasty, right?” As if he was the one that cooked the egg cake.

“… It’s delicious.” You Xin smiled, he no longer had the heart to diss him. 

Duan Jiashu looked at him but didn’t speak. He lowered his head again and continued to fiddle with his phone.

“Ding!” You Xin received a WeChat.

Duan Jiashu:【I didn’t even bully you, but why is your expression so ugly?】

You Xin: 【No, you’re just thinking too much】 

Duan Jiashu:【You obviously did, you just did not roll your eyes at me.】

You Xin looked at his phone and laughed a little. So you know that I’ve been rolling my eyes at you, ah. He doesn’t like to tell others about his family, but he doesn’t quite know what to do with Duan Jiashu, and he also doesn’t want to be on guard.

You Xin:【I just thought of my grandmother, she passed away already.】

After sending this WeChat, You Xin felt a warmth on his head, so he looked up. It turned out that Duan Jiashu had just patted his head. Then, he received a WeChat. 

Duan Jiashu:【I’m just patting you.】

You Xin froze for a moment and suddenly felt his heart tingling a bit, not knowing why he felt a kind of tenderness from Duan Jiashu’s expressionless face. Feeling his heart beating faster and faster, You Xin hurriedly lowered his head.

“I’m going back to cook, you go and make yourself busy.”

“Oh.” Duan Jiashu tilted his head to look at You Xin’s face, then nodded and went out. 

You Xin breathed a sigh of relief and found that the phone rang again.

Duan Jiashu:【So you’re shy. I just found out.】

You Xin: …

You Xin discovered that since he and Duan Jiashu added one another on WeChat, the relationship between them became much better. Not only did they secretly send messages during recording, but they’d also share videos from Bilibili with each other after work. 

At first, You Xin shared a lot of Duan Jiashu’s CP videos with Duan Jiashu, but after finding out that they were all reported by Duan Jiashu one by one, You Xin was worried about hurting the hard-working editors and gave up (Duan laoshi did not actually get to report successfully, so please rest assured fujoshis). Then it was Duan Jiashu’s turn to share some cat videos with You Xin, and You Xin liked them all. It’s just inevitable that when they enjoy watching cats together, the two of them would also fight about it.

You Xin: 【Little blue cat is so cute, ah. Little blue cat is the cutest~】

Duan Jiashu: 【No, the little orange one is the cutest [ cool ]】

You Xin: 【Then the orange and blue cats are the cutest?】 

Duan Jiashu: 【No, only one can be the cutest [cool]】

Duan Jiashu: 【The blue cat got so fat once it gained weight, it’s not cute [ worried ]】

Duan Jiashu: 【You don’t hit the gym either [ slight smile ]】

You Xin: 【……】 

You Xin: 【No more chatting, bye.】

Duan Jiashu: 【[ crying ]】

You Xin: 【……】

Meanwhile, the JiaXin CP was growing wildly in the network. 

With the airing of “The Wacky Family”, people found many more sweet moments. For example: JiaXin CP was indeed assigned to a group of two to pick strawberries during the second episode. Although they didn’t see how the kiss happened, the careful CP fans found all kinds of posts in the program staff’s Weibo accounts, put those all together the complete plot in their imaginations, and wrote many posts according to this plot.

One of these posts became a classic.

The general content of the post was that the cold and twisted Duan Jiashu met the cute and shy You Xin. You Xin had always had a crush on Duan Jiashu but was afraid to confess because he was a boy. Because of Duan Jiashu’s indifferent treatment, You Xin was disheartened, and then got confused by Duan Jiashu’s choice to share a bedroom with him. However, on the second day of the competition, Duan Jiashu took the opportunity to lose the game and, as a punishment, kissed him in front of the crew. You Xin was so excited that he thought Duan Jiashu liked him back, while the other said he was just straight and just thought he was cute and only wanted him to be his pao buddy. You Xin had to accept it with tears in his face. He and Duan Jiashu had OOXX during every free time during the program recording, and XXOO in all the times when they didn’t record. After their harmonious activities, Duan Jiashu finally discovered that he’d long fallen in love with You Xin. However, at this time, You Xin discovered that he was pregnant…

This post almost stepped all over the CP fans, earned the CP fans’ tears, and finally, the plot of running with the ball, it could be said that this plot was a great success amongst the fandom. Even You Xin was reading this article. If not for the fact that he got pregnant in the end, he would almost believe it was true. 

The author has something to say:
Question: Why do you like to read fanfiction, You Xin?
You Xin: Because I love what I do. In order to understand the real needs of the fans, we must mingle with them, come from, and go to them… [omit a thousand words]
Question: Are there any deeper reasons, though?
You Xin: Well… I may just be bored, or I want to support them…