The Theory Of Queerbaiting

The six guests in the program gathered together to eat breakfast, however You Xin couldn’t eat at all because he kept feeling Yuan Feng’s glowing and gossipy gaze who was sitting opposite. You Xin glanced at Duan Jiashu next to him, only to see that the other was eating his breakfast very properly, completely unaffected by any external factors.

Duan Jiashu was really extraordinary, ah. This big shot’s psychological quality was so good that he felt that he couldn’t keep up. You Xin really couldn’t stand Yuan Feng’s gaze anymore and wanted to deal with his eyes that were swollen from crying, so he left his seat early. With You Xin’s departure, the atmosphere at the table changed and the eyes of several people on the table lithely began to exchange information, as if they smelled some JQ in the air. 

Duan Jiashu remained motionless and ate his meal until he felt someone tap his shoulder. Duan Jiashu looked up and found that the instigator was none other than Yuan Feng, who obviously had something to say, so they went to the kitchen together after the other person gestured to him.

“I was too presumptuous today, I’m sorry!” Yuan Feng scratched his head, “I didn’t expect you and You Xin to be in that kind of relationship, I really didn’t expect it!”

Duan Jiashu frowned, “I’m not in that kind of relationship with him.”

“Aiyo, don’t fool me. I thought you were trying to make me choose to room with you last night, but then you chose You Xin. It turned out you were creating a sense of crisis for your little boyfriend! You really have a good heart, oh~” he wiggled his eyebrows as he spoke, revealing a teasing smile. 

Duan Jiashu: …

With such a rich imagination, you could be a screenwriter. Or else, what kind of actor would you be!? Duan Jiashu sighed and he opened his mouth to explain clearly to Yuan Feng, but he stopped because he realized a problem. If he wanted to explain the misunderstanding to Yuan Feng, he would have to tell him what really happened earlier in the morning. Then won’t the other know that he made You Xin cry!? Then what image he, Duan Jiashu, would still have to show!?

It seemed that there wasn’t anything he could do with his own image regardless of what he said.

“Well, you found out.” so Duan Jiashu nodded and admitted it.

Yuan Feng proudly patted Duan Jiashu’s shoulder “Don’t worry, I won’t say a thing!”

“Don’t worry, we won’t say anything either!” Qi Xuan, Song Yunyun and Lin Qiubi, who were standing at the kitchen door, also nodded along. “Sorry, we accidentally heard it~” the usually serious Qi laoshi showed a gossipy smile.

Duan Jiashu: …

When You Xin returned after washing his face, he found the atmosphere had become even stranger than when he left. 

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Earlier, the only person who was looking at him with ambiguous eyes was Yuan Feng, but now everyone at the table was looking at him like that. You Xin didn’t feel good about this, so he turned his head to look at Duan Jiashu, only to see an innocent look from the other. Forget it, You Xin silently sighed. Didn’t Yuan Feng just see Duan Jiashu hugging him earlier? This is practically nothing in the world of selling CP. As long as the other didn’t say anything, nothing happened.

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“The director said we could decide on our own~” Lin Qiubi replied with a smile. You Xin didn’t know if it was just an illusion, but he felt that Lin Qiubi was particularly enthusiastic about him today. Then why not just partner with her to pick strawberries? You Xin didn’t want to group with Duan Jiashu anyway. 

“Ah-Bi, I’ll team up with you then.” You Xin quickly proposed, but he didn’t expect Lin Qiubi to refuse. “Ah… that won’t work, ah!” She said she gave Yuan Feng a wink, “I’ve already settled on partnering up with Xiao Yuan gege.”

“Yeah, yeah, we’ve already made an agreement earlier!” Yuan Feng nodded his head very quickly.

Damn, when did you two make an agreement? You Xin raised an eyebrow. Obviously, when I came back, you guys weren’t discussing today’s mission either, ah.

“Okay.” You Xin made a regretful expression and looked at Song Yunyun, but he didn’t expect that Song Yunyun would react faster than Lin Qiubi earlier. “I also made an earlier agreement with Qi laoshi. So, Xin Xin, you should go with Jiashu together instead, ba~” 

You Xin: …

What together? What’s going on here? Did the rest of the crew have some kind of hidden mission to help him and Duan Jiashu sell CP or something? Why did he feel that these people were pushing them together?

There must be some kind of ulterior motive!

When they neared the door, You Xin found an opportunity to pull Duan Jiashu aside. 

“Did anything happen while I was away just now?”

“Nothing.”

“Then why is everyone putting me together with you?”

“Uh, perhaps it’s because they’re more…rotten.” 

You Xin: …

“Forget it, I don’t care what others think. Since you said you don’t want to start a CP with me, then I won’t rely on you. Later, when we go to pick the strawberries, you’ll pick yours and I’ll pick mine, and we don’t need to talk. In the future, this is how we’ll get along in the program, can you agree with this?”

“…Can.”

After this agreement with Duan Jiashu, You Xin also stopped talking to him and got into the car alone and went to the nearby strawberry farm with the whole crew. For some reason, You Xin felt a lot more comfortable in his heart after such a frank indication of his attitude. He clearly realized that he could no longer take the evil path of selling CP, and it was time to think about where he should go in the future. Although he is currently only 24-years old, it was definitely impossible to continue to mix in the entertainment circle like this in the long run. But no matter what he will do in the future, right now, he has to finish this program seriously. 

You Xin’s mood became much more relaxed when he arrived at the strawberry farm. It was now the strawberry harvesting season, so by standing at the entrance of the greenhouse and looking over, one could already see many red strawberries dotted along the patches of green. This sight attracted You Xin, making him even more eager for the strawberry picking competition. Although he was obsessed with reading farming novels to escape reality, You Xin does have a natural affinity for farming and cooking food.

After putting on rubber shoes, a fisherman’s hat, and grabbing a small basket, You Xin rushed to the shed. Duan Jiashu however, who was behind him, wasn’t in as good a mood as You Xin.

Duan Jiashu didn’t like picking strawberries since it was full of mud and would make a mess everywhere. He also didn’t like the way You Xin just spoke to him. It was great for him to no longer worry about being dragged around to queerbait anymore, but how come he felt a sense of dislike in You Xin’s tone?

Duan Jiashu slowly moved to the other side of the shed, picking strawberries a few at a time. Not long after, he heard You Xin’s cheerful singing opposite him. 

“La la la la la, I like planting strawberries, la la la la la, I like picking strawberries~”

Duan Jiashu: …

This morning, you were crying so much because you couldn’t sell CP with me, but now you’re suddenly so happy? Adding in his public singing of this “strawberry planting song”, does he really not have any shame!? The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. And the angrier he got, the more upset he became when picking strawberries.

Just then, he heard You Xin say “ouch!” Duan Jiashu hurriedly stood up to look across him. 

“Are you okay?”

“I’m fine~” You Xin raised his hand, and it turned out that the other person cut his hand. Just then, he saw You Xin blow on his finger, took the said finger into his little pink mouth and sucked it.

Duan Jiashu: !!!

He knew that You Xin wouldn’t give up so easily in selling CP with him, and he actually put his finger in his mouth like this in public. This tactic of his was really sly! 

Duan Jiashu squatted down with red ears, but he was no longer in the mood to pick strawberries. A magical sound kept filling his mind, “I like planting strawberries… I like planting strawberries…”

With Duan Jiashu’s lack of effort and dragging their team back, he and You Xin succeeded in obtaining last place in the strawberry picking competition.

After announcing the results of the competition, Qi laoshi continued, “The team in last place will be punished.”

The other two teams cried “Ow!”. 

“The punishment is: to eat a strawberry together.”

You Xin pursed his lips. To share saliva, ah… he was speechless for a while. What on earth was Duan Jiashu doing earlier, ah? Him not picking enough strawberries earlier caused You Xin to also get last place. They just talked about not selling CP, then this happened. Sharing saliva like this was already equivalent to getting laid in the CP world, OK!?

Qi laoshi however, wasn’t finished reading the script, “…But you can only use your mouth. Two people can only use their mouths to share a strawberry, and you’re not allowed to use other tools.”

You Xin: … 

Duan Jiashu: …

The other two groups: “Oh, oh, oh, oh!”

You Xin asked the heavens, the sea, the earth, and finally himself, What TM is this rot-selling program I’m participating in?!