Snow-Kissed Rose (GL) Chapter 66.2

After the movie script discussion, Song Yingshi and Huai Xu no longer had enough time to visit the exhibition Huai Xu had mentioned earlier.

On their way home, Song Yingshi received a call from Song Ming's mother. The other party spoke in a very humble tone, repeatedly promising to never let Song Ming appear in front of her again. Song Ming's mother also hoped they could meet in person.

Song Yingshi frowned in disgust when she thought of Song Ming. She calmly refused Song Ming's mother's request to meet, deciding to only deal with Song Ming once she was done with the idol survival show.

Moreover, Song Ming wasn't the only one on Song Yingshi's hit list. Zheng Qiyi was also on it…

However, Zheng Qiyi seemed to have gone missing recently. There wasn't even any news on his Weibo account.

Regardless, Song Yingshi didn't think too deeply about the matter. She simply had someone investigate what Zheng Qiyi was up to recently.

In just over a month, two of the original novel's three male protagonists had appeared one after another. As for the third one…he should be appearing soon as well.

While contemplating this potential issue, Song Yingshi quickly dealt with several miscellaneous matters, went home to meet with her parents, rushed to the airport with Huai Xu, and returned to the White Tower.

When Song Yingshi arrived back at her dormitory in the White Tower and saw her bed, she suddenly froze and exclaimed, "Ah!"

Huai Xu glanced at Song Yingshi and asked, "Did you forget something?"

Song Yingshi kept her mouth shut.

In reality, Song Yingshi did forget something—the "learning resource" from the GLaC group chat!

After busily running around the entire day, Song Yingshi had completely forgotten about it. To make matters worse, she had already surrendered her phone to the production crew…

…

While the "studious" Song Yingshi was silently sulking outside of Huai Xu's view, unbeknownst to her, Snow-Kissed Rose fans were in the midst of another round of joyous celebration—

In the afternoon, a CP fan whose real identity was probably that of a microscope made a post sharing screenshots of Song Yingshi's lipstick color during the second public performance and the lip print on her right palm. She also attached an image of Huai Xu's stage makeup:

"I've been staring at this blurry red mark on Little Shi's palm for a long time, and I keep feeling that it's shaped like a person's lips. I initially thought I was overthinking things since Little Shi's lipstick is a different color, but guess what I found? The color of the lip print on Little Shi's palm matches Huai Xu's lipstick in the second public performance! How! Can! They! Be! So! Similar! Isn't this such a coincidence? #dogehead, I swear I'm not overthinking this time! This is all my head can think of right now! Ahhhh!!!"

As soon as this news came out, it instantly sparked a new wave of comments in Snow-Kissed Rose's Super Topic.

"I knew that Snow-Kissed Rose was real, but I never knew they were so bold! I'm about to faint!"

"Please restrain yourselves!"

"If Snow-Kissed Rose isn't real, my life isn't real."

Originally, everyone thought this post would be the climax of tonight. They never expected that there would be different magnifications of "Miss Microscope." Amidst the excitement, another CP fan carefully said:

"Does anyone remember the hand PV? The one they took before the show began airing. When I watched it before, I noticed a minor difference in color tones on Little Shi's hand (I'm very sensitive to colors qvq). It was really just a slight difference, and it was almost invisible because of the lens and post-production coloring. Back then, I didn't think much of it, but now…

"After seeing the lip print our fellow sister dug out, I rewatched the PV's behind-the-scenes version. The behind-the-scenes version's post-production coloring isn't as harsh, so the color difference is much more obvious, and no matter how I look at it, the color of that spot doesn't match the color of Little Shi's lipstick! (I lied; I can't actually tell the difference) But when I raise the contrast and saturation, it's very clear that there's a lip print on the back of her hand! As for whose it is, I dare not say for certain. Huai Xu, do you dare to come forward and claim it?!?!"

The attached image was a screenshot of Song Yingshi's hand taken from behind-the-scenes footage.

Song Yingshi's skin in the image was very pale, and there was a faintly visible splotch of red on the back of her hand. Even with the contrast and saturation raised, the red mark was barely visible, and its shape was indistinct.

Nevertheless!!!

Every Snow-Kissed Rose fan who saw the screenshot was 100% certain it was a lip print.

After all, if Song Yingshi dared to bring such a visible lip print onto the stage, wearing a faint lip print for the hand PV was child's play!

"The level of diabetes they've been spreading has been gradually increasing since they joined the show until now. What a perfect CP!!!"

"They have been together since even before they lived together, yet I only boarded the ship after the first public performance. Was I blind before?"

"The lip print is a mark, right? Right? Right? Even before Little Shi appeared in front of us, Huai Xu had already marked her, right????"

"Recalling the first PV where Little Shi made a heart gesture, I can't help but think that boarding the Snow-Kissed Rose ship was the best decision I ever made."

The CP fans lost their minds after seeing the two lip prints.

Although news of this discovery had yet to become widespread and enter Weibo's trending list, as Star of Spring's production crew was very concerned about their show's most popular CP, it quickly reached Director Wu's ears.

…

Director Wu was absent from the White Tower on June 30th. When he returned on the morning of July 1st, he promptly arranged a meeting with Song Yingshi and Huai Xu.

"Take a look at these first," Director Wu said as he handed Song Yingshi and Huai Xu his phone, which displayed the screenshots of the Weibo posts.

After briefly scanning through the screenshots, Song Yingshi understood what had happened. The lip print during the second public performance was the result of her and Huai Xu losing control over themselves, so she had no excuses for it. Still, she never expected fans to uncover the faint lip print she had snuck into the hand PV. She also didn't expect these lip prints to become "evidence" that proved that she and Huai Xu had hooked up long ago.

Song Yingshi genuinely felt wronged. After all, it was only two days ago that she had started to look at Huai Xu differently.

After Song Yingshi finished looking at the pictures, she handed Director Wu's phone to Huai Xu while she looked at Director Wu.

Compared to the last time when they discussed whether to dissolve Snow-Kissed Rose, Director Wu wore a much sterner expression. He looked like he was about to question whether Song Yingshi and Huai Xu were actually a couple and whether Star of Spring had given birth to a homosexual couple.

Song Yingshi subconsciously straightened her back when facing such a Director Wu. At the same time, she wondered if she should come clean if Director Wu were to ask such a question.

Personally, Song Yingshi felt that it wouldn't be appropriate to admit that she and Huai Xu were lovers. After all, it was a fact that they weren't. Not yet, at least. As for saying that she had feelings for Huai Xu? Director Wu was already an old man; it wouldn't be right to feed him dog food[1] like this.

How Song Yingshi should answer Director Wu's following question in front of Huai Xu was a big problem…

While Song Yingshi was trying to come up with a suitable answer, she heard Director Wu asking, "So…you two have been intending to use coupling for marketing since the beginning?"

Song Yingshi: ?

Realizing that Director Wu had misunderstood, Song Yingshi explained, "Director Wu, we weren't—"

Before Song Yingshi could finish speaking, Director Wu sighed, "Hey, I'm not stupid. You've already worn Huai Xu's lip print. Don't worry; there's no need to deny it. I'm not against the act of coupling. Also, why didn't you say anything the last time I asked if you wanted to dissolve your CP? You could've just said you didn't want to dissolve it."

Huai Xu chuckled at the side.

Song Yingshi suspected she had misheard and couldn't help but glance at Huai Xu.

"I already said it's okay. Why are you two still colluding in front of me?" Director Wu pouted.

Song Yingshi fell silent.

Before Song Yingshi was oblivious Director Wu, who was certain that she and Huai Xu were engaged in coupling.

Beside Song Yingshi was the malicious Huai Xu, who was finding joy in her exasperation.

At a glance, it was obvious whose emotional well-being she should care more about.

Raising her head, Song Yingshi looked at Director Wu with bright eyes as she said, "I know, right? Director Wu, you have no idea how many times I've told Huai Xu that it's fine to tell you about our marketing strategy. But she keeps worrying that you'll get upset, so she never dared to tell you."

"Oh?" Director Wu immediately shifted his attention to Huai Xu, looking heartbroken as he said, "Huai Xu, don't you trust me? I've seen many things throughout my career. Something as simple as coupling is not a problem."

This time, it was Huai Xu's turn to be stunned.

Song Yingshi felt much better when she saw Huai Xu's dazed look. Of course, she didn't actually want to affect Director Wu's opinion of Huai Xu, so she added, "She's not like this normally, Director Wu. You know her. She might be indifferent to many things, but she puts her heart into the things she truly cares about. She respects you as her elder, Director Wu, so she is very concerned about your opinion."

Director Wu couldn't help but smile and look at Huai Xu fondly at Song Yingshi's words. Of course, he wasn't so easily fooled as he said, "OK, OK, stop trying to team up to deceive me, you cunning little devils. I won't bicker with you over the past, but we need to have a proper conversation over this matter later."

"What's there to talk about, Director Wu?" Song Yingshi asked humbly for details.

Giving Song Yingshi a meaningful look, Director Wu answered, "Since you are willing participants of your CP, we can make modifications to the script in moderation.

"For example, it's widely known that you two are living together in Spring Star's dormitory. We can move you into different dorms if you want to spice things up for the fans. As they say, temporary separation makes you cherish a relationship more."

…

After parting ways with Director Wu, Song Yingshi and Huai Xu bumped into Tao Qin and Lu Xuewen's group, who had just finished breakfast and returned to the dormitory area. So, they chatted for a bit before dispersing.

However, when Song Yingshi noticed no one else but Huai Xu was around, alarm bells began to ring in her head.

Last night, the two of them returned to sleeping in the same room again. After the buffer during the day yesterday, Song Yingshi had already adapted to her newfound feelings. Simply put, she had given up on maintaining her image in front of Huai Xu.

However, the current situation was different. Song Yingshi had just admitted to commercializing CP in front of Director Wu, even going as far as to put words into Huai Xu's mouth.

When Song Yingshi looked at the dormitory door before her, she hesitated to proceed.

Meanwhile, Huai Xu strode forward, opened the door, looked back, and raised the corner of her lips, her beauty accompanied by a hint of aggression. Then, in a calm voice full of intimacy, she said, "Come, let's talk."

As soon as Huai Xu said so, Song Yingshi took a step back. Not because Huai Xu seemed like she wanted to have a "proper" chat with her, but because the system suddenly said in her mind: "Hidden condition 'Huai Xu wants to 口口 Host' has been met. The Mission System will automatically be upgraded from the Lovers' Version to the Passionate Love Version."

"Upgrade in progress… Loading… Abnormal condition detected…"

"Host, do you agree to upgrade the system?"

Song Yingshi: ???

Immediately, Song Yingshi questioned the system in her mind, What's 口口?! Huai Xu wants to 口口 me??? Explain!

While waiting for an explanation, Song Yingshi glanced at the unpredictable Huai Xu, mustered up her courage, and…took another step back.

She had yet to receive her learning materials, but Huai Xu seemed eager to test her studies already!

TL Notes:

[1]dog food: It's a way Chinese netizens use to express being a "third wheel."