The Queen's Rise to the Top

Chapter 72

[Xinghai Experimental High School Class 20 Grade 03]

Rong Zhen: @Nan XiangWan @Nan XiangWan @Nan XiangWan

Rong Zhen: Did the female lead die or not at the end of the MV?!

Ning Yan: Haven't you watched the livestream? Nan XiangWan was immersed in her homework and couldn't be bothered 23333

Rong Zhen: @Nan ChaoYang @Nan ChaoYang @Nan ChaoYang

Rong Zhen: Let me ask, did your sister die or not at the end of the MV?

Ning Yan: You're so annoying!

Rong Zhen: @Nan ChaoYang @Nan ChaoYang @Nan ChaoYang

Gu Lu: @Rong Zhen Please stop tagging people, you're the chattiest one here always flooding the feed.

Rong Zhen: I just want to know if the female lead died or not at the end!!!

Ning Yan: Don't ask anymore, Nan ChaoYang doesn't pay attention to anything all day, I doubt he even watched the MV.

Nan ChaoYang: Talking behind my back huh?

Ning Yan: OMG you're back from the dead!

Nan ChaoYang: [Knife emoji][Knife emoji][Knife emoji]

Rong Zhen: Someone just tell me already if she died or not! (??????)??

On Weibo.

[Did She Die or Not] trended to the top of hot search.

Lots of obsessive strangers were being driven crazy, the King's new song was really good, and the MV was shot beautifully as well.

But that open ending was f**king annoying!

Did she die or not!

Amidst the wails of a sea of casual fans, Gu Beihuai's career fans came to take control of the situation.

Usually Gu the King's popularity doesn't need career fans to hype things up.

But seeing how off-track things were going, career fans finally had a chance to demonstrate their usefulness -

Controlling comments, reassuring casual fans, thanking the production team, while promoting hype on the side, etc.

The main star doesn't need to worry about any of this!

In no time the unruly atmosphere was stabilized!

Director Feng Kai Ji watched as the situation spiraled out of control and then back to calm, and couldn't help but admire: the King is the King, his Gu Beihuai fans are awesome!

Riding the wave of popularity, Feng Kai Ji happily posted another Weibo.

It was a behind-the-scenes clip from filming the MV.

Not very long, just over 10 seconds.

It showed Gu Beihuai and Nan XiangWan going for dinner after filming, from behind.

Feng Kai Ji personally felt this was a feast for the eyes, it wasn't in the final edit so it was nice to share the behind-the-scenes.

Meanwhile after Nan ChaoYang finished tutoring and homework with Nan XiangWan, he didn't go play games.

After his parents left the room, he locked the door and secretly took out his phone to go online.

To watch the MV!

He was dying of curiosity!

Seeing his sister in the girlish getup in the MV, Nan ChaoYang couldn't help nodding in approval.

The youthful charm was spot on!

This was exactly how he envisioned his ideal sister!

But soon when the MV got to the later parts of Nan XiangWan in red fighting and jumping off buildings,

Nan ChaoYang's expression gradually cracked - why was she so sweet and innocent in the beginning, and then fighting with swords later on?

Give me back my gentle sister!

Nan ChaoYang browsed through the MV comments, and as expected, the comments under Gu Beihuai's Weibo had exceeded a million overnight!

With that amount

The fans' messages weren't very interesting to read, so Nan ChaoYang searched for the trending topic to browse.

Oh!

He found the Weibo of director Feng Kai Ji.

Hmm hmm, lots of behind-the-scenes clips here.

Let's watch!

Nan ChaoYang was initially in a good mood, watching the clips while browsing comments.

Who would've thought under one clip, he saw an exceptionally jarring comment:

Does anyone ship the Nan King Bei Emperor CP?

Posted just a few minutes ago, but already over 100 likes?

Nan ChaoYang instantly raged!

And immediately started cussing:

SunriseEast ChaoYang Rise: Ship your *ss!

SunriseEast ChaoYang Rise: Nan XiangWan is still underage, shipping her with anyone is gross!

SunriseEast ChaoYang Rise: CP fans go away!

SunriseEast ChaoYang Rise: Ever heard of the 3-year rule? Don't f**king rope my sister into this!

SunriseEast ChaoYang Rise: Always randomly shipping CPs, I'll smash you good-for-nothing CP fans with a brick!

SunriseEast ChaoYang Rise: Let Nan XiangWan be beautiful on her own! No shipping!!!

Originally that Nan Wang Bei Emperor comment had already attracted the attention of various fan groups, especially Nan XiangWan fans who were particularly nervous about this.

Gu Beihuai fans were comparatively chill, having gone through many promotional pairings, they were experienced and didn't panic - as long as it doesn't trend to hot search they usually don't intervene.

Nan XiangWan's fan clubs were discussing how to bury this comment, best to report it, though hard to find a valid reason for reporting.

But before the fanclub admins could take action, Nan ChaoYang alone was an army of one.

Went berserk!

Cussed out the original commenter so badly they deleted their comment and apologized on the spot!

Sorry, will not ship before 3 years!

The fanclub admins watched this dramatic scene unfold, and silently retreated.

This passerby fan going by SunriseEast ChaoYang Rise was so bad*ss!

Nan ChaoYang didn't sleep the whole night.

He kept fighting all the way until morning when he went to school.

Aside from the CP fan he accidentally discovered, there were quite a few others scattered around.

Not very noticeable, and not large in numbers.

They secretly shipped on their own to avoid backlash.

Nan ChaoYang alone exterminated several CP fan nests!

Private messages, comments, reports, using all methods interchangeably!

Didn't stop the whole night!

Aside from Nan Wang Bei Emperor CP, he also took out Nan Dumb CP and Dong Nan CP.

Nan ChaoYang does not allow his sister to be in any CPs!!!

The next morning.

The fanclub admins woke up and browsed Weibo as usual, messages in the group chat caught their attention.

:WTF, who is this SunriseEast ChaoYang Rise that suddenly popped up? So aggressive!

:Don't even mention it, I secretly shipped Nan Wang Bei Emperor CP and got cursed out badly by him.

:This guy is too crazy, killed all CP fans!

:Psycho ahahaha!

:But our WanWan is still young, we really shouldn't ship CPs, no more secret shipping in the group or you'll get kicked.

:With this attitude, I don't dare ship anymore! This passerby fan is savage!

:I checked out his Weibo, d*mn, so fierce this big bro, he alone took out several camps, not bad!

:He singlehandedly took out the biggest Nan Dumb CP camp!

:I didn't sleep last night, was just watching the show, this guy is really powerful, hundreds of CP fans can't out-curse him alone.

:We need this kind of toxic fan as a fighter!

:Group admin tried recruiting him already, he rejected

:Why did he reject? Isn't he a Nan XiangWan fan?

:No idea! Kinda weird.

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Nan XiangWan woke up at 6am.

Browsed Weibo.

After fermenting overnight, the Sword Dance MV was trending #1 on Weibo hot search for a whole night.

And Nan XiangWan gained another surge of followers along with it.

Her Weibo followers now totaled 8 million!

But the system didn't prompt anything, stupid system.

At the practice room, starting daily training!

Livestream opened, barrage of comments came in.

:Another day of devilish training!

:Ding! Fitness check-in, Day 28!

:Nan XiangWan is really amazing, training so hard almost every day for a month now.

:Only missed one day during this time, on the day of MV filming.

:I learned to sleep and wake up early in order to watch Nan XiangWan!

:I'm different, I work out with her, now my body is in great shape!