@FashionPasha: #GuQichiBoYuValentinesDayHarpersSpread# The journey of life is so long, what is your definition of love? @GuQichi says Bo Yu is his one-in-a-million exception. @BoYu says Gu Qichi is the best gift the gods have given him. In each other’s eyes, they are a burning blaze, a blooming brilliance, a warm current in a cold night. On a path overgrown with thorns, thank you for accompanying me to break through the darkness and grow towards the sun.

@GuQichi: You are the starting point of my love, and the endpoint of my love. @BoYu @FashionPasha #GuQichiBoYuValentinesDayHarpersSpread#

@YUCHI: The resonance of souls, the collision of love and desire, the only one in this life, only you in this life. @GuQichi @FashionPasha #GuQichiBoYuValentinesDayHarpersSpread#

All three of these Weibo posts were published at exactly 13:14. The moment FashionPasha posted, Gu Qichi immediately reposted the topic and their official account, taking Bo Yu’s account along with him.

Only, it was YUCHI who reposted it.

Bo Yu’s actual official account didn’t show any activity even after a dozen minutes.

Instead, YUCHI reposted a message almost identical in format to Gu Qichi’s, leaving everyone utterly bewildered.

As a massive fan of Gu Qichi, YUCHI originally went viral for buying 500,000 copies of his magazine. Later, they were widely cursed at by thousands for abusing admin powers to block and mute toxic fans who made dirty jokes about Gu Qichi.

Although she later pivoted to become a “Yu Qin Gu Zong” (Bo Yu x Gu Qichi) CP fan, her formidable reputation still preceded her. After all, not many people could afford to throw money every single day at artists to draw fanart of Bo Yu and Gu Qichi, and even fewer could grab the top fanfiction authors from various fandoms and pay them to “produce food” (write content) for her.

From the day this god-tier rich fan started following the “Yu Qin Gu Zong” Super Topic, the ship firmly dominated the number one spot on the CP voting charts, slaughtering all competition.

Many fans of other ships tried to use the appeal of their own CPs to lure this divine patron into their Super Topics to spread her financial blessings, but they were always met with ruthless, cold-hearted mockery:

[YUCHI]: That’s it?
[YUCHI]: This sugar is harder than an old lady’s dentures.
[YUCHI]: It doesn’t even compare to Yu Qin Gu Zong. I think you should come ship Yu Qin Gu Zong.
[YUCHI]: [Yu Qin Gu Zong Bathroom Play]
[YUCHI]: [Yu Qin Gu Zong ABO (Omegaverse) Literature] [Yu Qin Gu Zong Glamorous Young Stepmother Literature] [Yu Qin Gu Zong Ancient Regent Forced Love Literature]
[YUCHI]: Come eat some real food.

Fans of other CPs: “…”
Fans of other CPs: “So what if you have money? It’s just fan content! Do you think our CP doesn’t have any?!!!”

Fans of other CPs after reading the top-tier fanfiction and gorgeous commissioned art: “Wuwuwuwuwu Mommy, food, it smells so good, I’m hungry, Mommy do you have more? I’m coming over to ship Yu Qin Gu Zong right now.”

Fans of other CPs: “Yu Qin Gu Zong is the best ship to ever exist!!!”

Thanks to their sheer financial power and generous spending, YUCHI could be considered the biggest fan account with the most followers for both Gu Qichi individually and the Yu Qin Gu Zong ship. Therefore, as soon as this post went live, its view count exploded.

A massive crowd popped up in the comment section.

[between us]: Ah, is Madam going to buy magazines in bulk again? So excited to see how many she buys this time! [Anticipation] [Anticipation]

[IM around]: Madam YUCHI, please host a giveaway! Otherwise, it’s such a waste for so many magazines to just sit at home gathering dust!

[Did Yu Qin Gu Zong DOI Today?]: No, wait, why does this Weibo post look weirder the longer I look at it…

[Did Yu Qin Gu Zong DOI Today?]: Why do I feel like this Weibo post perfectly matches Chi-chi’s post? Even the formatting is almost exactly the same…

[i can’t believe]: Now that you mention it, you’re right…

[In the Name of the Phoenix Tree]: Holy sht, I just went to Bo Yu’s main page to check, and he hasn’t posted ANY promo for Fashion Harper’s. [Pushing up glasses] I have a theory. [Pushing up glasses]*

[Neptune Orbiting Gu Qichi]: So, like, is there a possibility that YUCHI is actually Bo Yu… Mother of God, isn’t YUCHI just Yu Chi (Bo Yu & Gu Qichi)??? [Shocked]

[botty music]: Watson! You’ve found the blind spot!!!

[The Third Prince Grew Taller Again Today]: I just did some digging. YUCHI and Bo Yu’s posts are sent from the exact same phone model suffix! [Doge]

[Did You Wilt Today?]: I dug a little deeper. YUCHI has NEVER been online during any of Bo Yu and Gu Qichi’s livestreams. [Pushing up glasses]

[Deep Blue Sea]: Continuing the deep dive: the YUCHI account seems to have been created right around the time Bo Yu and Gu Qichi got married, and her/his entire page is dedicated solely to Gu Qichi! [Doge]

[Great Green Prairie]: Friends, I bet Bo Yu still doesn’t know about this yet. Also, Bo Yu is definitely about to trend on the hot search. [Eating Melon] [Eating Melon

While YUCHI’s followers were fiercely debating, the related hashtag rapidly climbed the entertainment hot search charts. #BoYu YUCHI Massive Identity Reveal Scene# skyrocketed from the very bottom of the hot search all the way up. The discussion volume and views surged, directly propelling it into the Top 5.

It even pushed down a PR article about a highly popular idol preparing for the Spring Festival Gala.

It was right in the middle of the Spring Festival; everyone was on holiday and had returned home. It was the idlest time of the entire year. Countless people were lying comfortably in bed, eating mandarin oranges, legs crossed, happily eating up drama on Weibo.

The tag #BoYu YUCHI Massive Identity Reveal Scene# was incredibly eye-catching. Casual netizens who weren’t involved in fandom circles thought it was a new comedy sketch prepared for this year’s Spring Festival Gala and clicked in to investigate. To their surprise, they discovered something far more hilarious than the Gala.

This rich lady who threw money at artists and writers every day, forcing them to produce fanart and fanfiction, was actually the ruthless, domineering CEO of the Bo Group—the kind of CEO who could make the Wang family go bankrupt with a single phrase?!

Eh?

Are you sure this isn’t a Spring Festival Gala sketch airing early? How is this so funny?
Do domineering CEOs like this actually exist in real life? Did a 2D novel character actually crawl out into the 3D world?

Within just two short hours, countless netizens followed the internet trail to [YUCHI]’s main page and dug up some of Bo Yu’s past comments and remarks.

[YUCHI]: Author, food, hungry, cook faster!

YUCHI]: Author, your story is so incredibly good!!! The Yangtze, Yellow River, and Pacific Ocean formed from my tears have all fallen into your story!

[YUCHI]: Author! (Tears streaming!!!) (Sending others flying) (Crawling and rolling) (Beaten black and blue) (Running towards the food with teary eyes) (Finding the food bowl empty) (Furiously urging the author for an update!)

[YUCHI]: This fic is simply the Bathtub Bible! The holy, defining text of the Yu Qin Gu Zong fandom! I want to frame your story in my house! So, Author, it’s time to publish a new chapter. [Finger Heart]

[YUCHI]: Author, please do not belittle yourself. Such beautiful and sincere words have deeply moved my heart. So may I ask, when will [Yu Qin Gu Zong – The Rose Beneath the Bone Thorns (Part 2)] be finished?

[YUCHI]: Author, it is 6:00 AM. Time to get up and update.

[YUCHI]: Author, it has been three hours since your last update. I trust you have already finished writing the entire story. [Rose]

Countless comments like these were screenshotted by netizens and sent to Bo Yu’s direct messages. Some people were even more wicked, sending them to Gu Qichi and the Bo Group’s official corporate account’s direct messages.

Netizens mockingly dubbed him the “Life-Threatening Draft Chaser.”

The casual onlookers loved the drama and wanted to maximize the fun. As people dug through the comments, they eventually tracked down the pages of the fanfic authors Bo Yu had heavily praised.

There, they found records of YUCHI’s “sugar daddy” behavior that the authors had posted.

[YUCHI] has tipped you 50,000 RMB.
[YUCHI] has tipped you 100,000 RMB.
[YUCHI] has tipped you 50,000 RMB.

Damn it, the netizens retracted their previous words. This isn’t a life-threatening draft chaser, this is my reborn Sugar Daddy! It’s just a manuscript, right? Work me to the bone, work me until I die in my coffin, I will still struggle to crawl out and finish this fanfic for Bo Yu!

The netizens’ comments were incredibly ruthless.

[The Night is Too Long]: 50,000 RMB has hit the account. I’m here to help Bo Yu chase the drafts. Author, time to write! [Demon Whispers]

[Sudden Stubbornness]: So almost two hours have passed. Just like the last livestream, Bo Yu and Gu Qichi still haven’t noticed this accident yet.

[Daddy is the God of Pure Love]: Gu Qichi and Bo Yu need to change their CP name. They shouldn’t be called the Bathtub Husbands; they should be called the Social Death Husbands. [Finger Heart]

[Young Stepmother, I Love You]: The internet is vast. Thank you, Bo Yu, for letting me see something even funnier than the Spring Festival Gala.

[why you]: If you two aren’t in a comedy sketch this year, I’m not watching. [Playful]

[never thought]: Do you guys think there’s still time for Bo Yu to delete his Weibo account? [Pushing up glasses] Or can someone help him come up with an excuse that doesn’t result in total social death?

[I Will Always Accompany You]: @BoGroup Official, time to clock in for work! Hurry up and save your fallen CEO hahahahahaha.

Given that Wen Xi, Bai Heng, Gu Qichi, and Bo Yu were all busy preparing for the New Year, absolutely no one was paying attention to the chaotic, heaven-flipping commotion on Weibo.

The only person who noticed this toe-curlingly embarrassing event was Luo Qianqian.

But right now—

Luo Qianqian stared at her own alt ID, [For the Bathtub A Million Times], and the massive sums of money YUCHI had tipped her, falling into a dead silence.

Help me! Someone tell me why Bo Yu is YUCHI!!!

She was currently so embarrassed her toes could dig out a Barbie Dreamhouse on the floor…

Where is Bo Yu? Does he still not know about this?!!
If Bo Yu isn’t around, then where did Teacher Gu and Sister Wen Xi go?!!

Luo Qianqian slapped her forehead in despair, her heart struggling in hesitation: Should she go remind the two of them? If she doesn’t, Bo Yu will continue to suffer social death. But if she reminds them, and Bo Yu realizes that she is the fanfic author he harassed the most for updates, she’ll lose her cover and suffer social death too…

Better a fellow Daoist die than this poor monk.

Adhering to the principle of self-preservation, Luo Qianqian took two deep breaths, tossed her phone aside, and chose the “out of sight, out of mind” mode.

She had been helping her mom prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner all day. She saw nothing. She didn’t know who [For the Bathtub A Million Times] was. None of this had anything to do with her.

Teacher Gu, on the road of social death, having Teacher Bo accompany you is enough. I won’t join the fun.

Luo Qianqian buried her head and dove back into the kitchen.

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In the East City, at the Bo family’s ancestral mansion.

Bo Yu had been ordered around thoroughly by Ruan Xian. From hanging flower lanterns up high to pasting window decals down low, Bo Yu was doing all the manual labor by himself.

Bo Song stood behind Ruan Xian, pushing her wheelchair, and teased, “Mom, you only see him a few times a year, and the moment you do, you treat him like a coolie.”

Ruan Xian had a thin blanket draped over her lap as she sat in the courtyard.

The afternoon sun was at its gentlest. Pale golden beams rippled slowly, faintly illuminating the tiny specks of dust floating in the river of light. The fuzzy warmth penetrated their clothes, seeping into their skin, making their whole bodies feel incredibly cozy.

In front of her, Bo Yu was adjusting the height of a window decal. Not far away, the sound of Gu Qichi and Ji Zhaozhao giggling and playing could be heard. Ruan Xian narrowed her eyes, gesturing slightly in the air. The smile in her eyes spread, and wrinkles quietly crept up the corners of her eyes. “This is the only way it feels like a home. That nursing home of mine is so cold and desolate; there’s no human warmth at all.”

Ruan Xian: “If you two bring Zhaozhao and Xiao Chi back often, making this house this lively, then I won’t go to the nursing home anymore. I’ll just stay home and peacefully enjoy my old age.”

Bo Song bent down, glancing up at Gu Qichi, who was currently braiding Ji Zhaozhao’s hair, unable to hide the teasing note in her voice.

Bo Song: “I’d be willing to leave Zhaozhao behind to keep you company, but if Xiao Chi were left behind, just watch how much of a fuss Xiao Yu would make.”

Bo Song: “Now that he has someone he loves, he wishes he could keep him tied to his side every single second. He’d never bear to let him out of his sight.”

She wasn’t exaggerating in the slightest. Ruan Xian also knew that Bo Yu valued Gu Qichi more than his own eyeballs. Before they returned to the old mansion, he had repeatedly warned her, begging her absolutely not to make any unreasonable demands of Gu Qichi, and not to put on airs as an elder in front of him, for fear of scaring him away.

At the time, Ruan Xian had raised an eyebrow in shock. Bo Yu was her son; she knew him better than anyone. This brat usually looked incredibly cold and was arrogant to the core. Describing him as having eyes on the top of his head wasn’t an exaggeration at all.

In fact, Ruan Xian had once genuinely believed that with Bo Yu’s hyper-critical and nitpicky personality, he would never be able to find a wife.

She just never expected that not only did Bo Yu find a lover, but it was someone of Gu Qichi’s caliber.

It truly surprised her.

“Children and grandchildren will have their own fortunes. As long as the two of them are doing well, that’s enough.” Ruan Xian patted Bo Song’s hand, asking her to push her back to her room; she was getting a little sleepy.

Bo Song did as she was told.

After playing all morning, not only was Ruan Xian tired, but Gu Qichi was also exhausted. He told Ji Zhaozhao to sit obediently while he went back to the room to chug some water and soothe his throat.

A’ci had already taken two naps in her cat bed, letting out a lazy “meow.”

Gu Qichi smiled, patted her head, and casually grabbed his phone off the table, intending to check his messages.

The facial recognition unlocked exceptionally fast, but the moment the screen opened, Gu Qichi realized he had grabbed the wrong one.

This wasn’t his phone; it was Bo Yu’s.

They had the exact same phone model, but the home screens and apps inside were completely different.

Gu Qichi glanced at it and was just about to set it down when the phone chimed rapidly several times.

Ding dong. Ding dong.

They were all notification sounds from Weibo.

Huh?

How strange. These don’t look like standard like or comment pop-ups.

Gu Qichi frowned in confusion. He swiped twice and entered the Weibo app.

Almost everything Bo Yu followed was related to Gu Qichi’s updates, and his only “Special Following” was Gu Qichi. However, since Gu Qichi rarely posted, the special notification tone didn’t ring very often.

He casually scrolled through.

Very quickly, he noticed something was wrong.

Why is everything Bo Yu follows related to me, him, and that “Yu Qin Gu Zong” ship?
Does he normally read this kind of stuff?

As if struck by sudden inspiration, Gu Qichi recalled the ABO fanfiction Bo Yu had mentioned to him before. His Adam’s apple bobbed as he switched to the search page.

Sure enough, sitting right at the very top was an exceptionally eye-catching trending tag.

#BoYu YUCHI Massive Identity Reveal Scene#

And on the [Profile] page, the glaringly obvious nickname and avatar displayed a single account name.

YUCHI.

Gu Qichi paused with a highly subtle expression.

YUCHI.
Yu Chi.
Bo Yu, Gu Qichi.

So… Bo Yu losing his cover is already known to the entire world?…

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Author’s Note:
Bo Yu: It’s my turn to be humiliated, is it? [Fists clenching]
Ying Qi (Author): Doing a 360-degree spiral flight… yes, indeed, it’s your turn.
Chi-chi: Heh, it should have been his turn ages ago. He’s way more embarrassing than I am.
Ying Qi: Little couple, why distinguish between yourselves?
Ying Qi: Hand in hand, walking together on the road to social death. [Finger Heart]