My crush wants to be my sugar daddy.

Chapter 178 The Storm Subsides

Yan Chuan's response completely blew up the already chaotic Weibo.

[Shocking! The royal couple almost became a real couple.]

[Shocking! Yan Chuan personally confirms his relationship.]

Ultimately, imperial power was defeated by Chen Yuan. Where exactly did Actor Yan go wrong?

The first two trending topics were one thing, but the third one sparked another epic battle.

Jiang Haochen's fans and Yan Chuan's fans were arguing fiercely.

The "Chen Yuan Wei Liao" CP fans and the Huang Quan CP fans are engaged in a life-or-death battle.

As for the Jiang-Xie pairing... nobody cares anymore.

Jiang Haochen and Yan Chuan were rivals, and their fans were also sworn enemies, competing in terms of works, acting skills, awards, endorsements, and seniority. The two had been competing for seven or eight years, and their fans had been arguing for the same time. Then Jiang Haochen suddenly retired from acting, and his fans also "retired" from acting, leaving Yan Chuan's fans without a rival.

Arguments are only interesting when the two sides are evenly matched. Arguing with someone who is inferior to your partner in every way is just giving them face.

Now that the "Jiang Family Army" has resurfaced, the "Yan Family Army" is even more excited than Yan Chuan himself, and they are eager to attack. During the charge, they encounter a small group of anti-fans who want to smear Chi Yuan, and they all swing their swords at them.

Where did this nobody come from? Get out of here.

Under such circumstances, the haters had no more use, and soon Chi Yuan's negative trending topics disappeared from sight.

The solo fans of Jiang Haochen and Yan Chuan were evenly matched, but the number of fans of the "Chen Yuan Wei Liao" CP was far less than that of the popular Huang Quan CP. As the battle continued, he gradually lost the upper hand...

The "Chen Yuan Wei Liao" CP fans couldn't win the argument with the Huang Quan CP fans, so they kept insisting that no matter how much you struggle, Chi Yuan still chose Jiang Yingdi in real life.

As the argument escalated, the "Royal Power" couple started attacking Chi Yuan. It was at this moment that the official Weibo account of "Royal Power" released a video.

This is a behind-the-scenes clip from the filming set.

Anyone who has watched the TV series "Royal Power" will recognize this scene at a glance. It is one of the most famous scenes in the series and a climax for fans of "Royal Power" to fight to the death.

The young general was being dragged along by the enemy soldiers on horseback. In this critical moment, the emperor donned his armor and charged into battle, traversing half the battlefield to rescue him. Trembling, he shielded the severely wounded young general into his arms.

The video shows this very scene: Yan Chuan, playing the emperor, is riding through the battlefield on his horse, about to rescue the young general played by Chi Yuan, when the horse carrying Chi Yuan suddenly gets frightened and runs away like a madman.

Yan Chuan failed to cut the ropes binding Chi Yuan. He reached out to pull, but failed to hold onto Chi Yuan. With his hands bound, Chi Yuan was suddenly dragged out, and in the blink of an eye, he was dragged three or four meters away.

In an instant, the entire film set erupted into chaos, and the more chaotic the surroundings became, the more frightened the horse became, and the faster it ran.

In the dusty arena, lay the frail body of a boy who had been dragged along the ground.

Just as everyone was in despair, a figure in a trench coat ran out from the crowd, galloping towards the direction of the runaway horse and severing the ropes with a single sword stroke. At the same time, he bent down and reached out, scooping up the boy who was being thrown forward by inertia and pulling him into his arms, using his own body as a cushion to absorb the final force of the momentum.

As the yellow sand settled, the figure in the trench coat looked up, and everyone could finally see his face.

It's Jiang Haochen.

He held the bloodied and mangled Chi Yuan tightly in his arms, anxiously shouting, "Ambulance! Call an ambulance!"

At that moment, Yan Chuan arrived on horseback.

In just five minutes, the video garnered nearly ten million views.

{Holy crap, that was close! Chi Yuan was dragged that far; no wonder he stayed in the hospital for a whole month.}

{I think I understand why Chi Yuan chose Jiang Haochen now.}

This is a life-saving favor.

Jiang Yingdi is so handsome!

@Yan Chuan, you're so useless! How come you couldn't hold on to my hand?

{Yeah, if you had grabbed him, what would Jiang Haochen have done? If you had just pulled Chi Yuan onto the horse back then, Chi Yuan would have been yours.}

The ending of the video already foreshadowed the conclusion.

{Damn, this video got me all fired up and I'm totally shipping them! Suddenly I feel like both sides are really great to ship.}

{The "imperial power" is real, and the "unfinished story of Chen Yuan" is also real; it's just that Actor Yan made a miscalculation.}

A slow start leads to a slow start in everything.

From the moment Jiang Haochen saved Chi Yuan, the imperial power was destined to end in a tragic ending.

……

After this video was released, "Huang Quan" and "Chen Yuan Weile" suddenly became harmonious. Fans don't necessarily want their CP to be together; they just need a reason that they can accept. It's like the female lead in a drama who always abandons the second male lead who silently supports her and chooses the male lead. But as long as the plot logic is reasonable, it doesn't stop drama fans from shipping both sides.

Chi Yuan's choice to be with Jiang Haochen has delighted fans, who are happy to see their relationship blossom into a perfect ending.

Chi Yuan rejected Yan Chuan, leaving fans heartbroken and disappointed.

Anyway, everyone is doing their own thing. Although they are still arguing, no one is cursing Chi Yuan anymore.

The only ones still dissatisfied with Chi Yuan were some of Jiang Haochen's die-hard fans, and it was at this moment that Jiang Haochen posted on Weibo.

[I finally caught up with you, don't scare me away @ChiYuan.]

In short, he didn't criticize the fans for arguing, nor did he deliberately defend Chi Yuan to create hatred for him. He simply told his fans, "This is someone I worked hard to win over, don't scare him." And...

Official announcement.

{Ahhhh, it's official! It's official!}

{What? You only just caught up with her? Old Jiang, you're no good! It's been so long, and you only just managed to catch up.}

{It must have been Yan Gou secretly sabotaging us.}

{I knew you had a crush on her. You haven't posted on Weibo in ages, but these last few posts are all about Chi Yuan.}

{Now that you mention it, I've noticed.}

{Go look at his first Weibo post after retiring from acting, and then look at the Weibo post Yan Gou made for Chi Yuan. Holy crap, I just realized that the two were already competing back then.}

{One of my children, a child I raised myself. Oh dear, she's jealous.}

{And then there's the rice phone; I said back then there was something fishy going on between them! See?}

……

Once people realized that the two were truly in love, all those past memories became subtle sweet moments, captivating viewers who couldn't tear themselves away from their romance.

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Hotel room in Country M.

Chi Yuan stared blankly at the official announcement Weibo post that Jiang Haochen had just made, holding his phone.

Mr. Jiang is going to officially announce their relationship, and Chi Yuan is happy and excited. She grabs her phone, ready to respond immediately, but...

How is he supposed to respond to Mr. Jiang's Weibo post?

Saying you won't be scared away? Isn't that... a bit too eager?

But if I don't reply, it seems like I'm not attentive and don't care about Mr. Jiang.

It's so hard to reply.

Just then, Jiang Haochen finished reading through the comments and found that he had suppressed the dissatisfied solo fans, so he came over to urge Chi Yuan: "Why aren't you replying to me? Don't you want people to know about our relationship?"

Chi Yuan quickly shook his head: "No, that's not it."

Li Weiran, who was busy dealing with her work, couldn't stand it anymore. She rolled her eyes and muttered to herself: "Weibo has already crashed three times. Now even a dog walking on the street knows about your relationship."

Jiang Haochen: "Then why aren't you responding to me?"

Chi Yuan honestly replied, "I don't know how to answer?"

Jiang Haochen: "Oh, I see. Then I'll reply for you."

Chi Yuan, without any suspicion, handed his phone to Jiang Haochen directly.

Jiang Haochen buried himself in typing and replied in no time.

When Chi Yuan took his phone back, his eyes widened in shock. His Weibo post contained the following sentence.

[Let's see how you perform, @Jiang Haochen.]

Holy crap, that's awesome!

{A domineering gold ingot—let Jiang Haochen perform well.}

{That's right, Jiang Haochen's performance was poor, so he should be fired.}

……

Chi Yuan was terrified. He dared not say such a thing and panicked immediately: "How could you say something like that?"

Jiang Haochen said in a serious tone, "I'm serious, I'll do my best."

Chi Yuan: "You don't need to show it, you're already the best person to me."

How good has he been to you? Has he been keeping you as a mistress for two years?

Li Weiran glared at Chi Yuan with exasperation, but still spoke up, "Your solo fans already have a problem with Chi Yuan. Your reply makes it seem like Chi Yuan is taking advantage of your popularity, which will only provoke their resentment again."

Jiang Haochen: "I know."

As he spoke, he took the phone from Chi Yuan's hand and edited a Weibo post.

[The Weibo post just now wasn't posted by him.]

After posting, he took out his own phone and continued posting on Weibo.

[I posted it.]

With this series of actions, fans immediately realized that Jiang Yingdi was using both of their Weibo accounts to officially announce their relationship while subtly showing off their affection.

This further proves that in this relationship, Jiang Haochen was the one who was more eager to pursue her.

Jiang Haochen prioritized his feelings over his emotions, which made it harder for his solo fans to attack Chi Yuan.

Chi Yuan wasn't stupid; he could easily see through Jiang Haochen's intentions. Looking at the comments on his Weibo, filled with messages urging Mr. Jiang to behave well or else he should be kicked out of the comments section, he bit his lip and posted his own Weibo message:

Let me introduce you to someone I like: @JiangHaochen.

Jiang Haochen saw the Weibo post, a smirk playing on his lips as he looked at the person whose face was flushed and who dared not look at him.

Although this farce was unexpected, they were surprised to receive blessings from fans of both sides after the chaotic battle.

Jiang Haochen: "Fans are our bread and butter. Does this mean we've met the parents?"

Chi Yuan was stunned for a moment, then thought of what Mr. Jiang had said about marriage, and his heart began to pound.

Is Mr. Jiang serious?

Do we need to marry ourselves now that crisis management is no longer necessary?