Fish Head Loves Stars was Yu Shuxin’s career fan. Every day at noon, she would habitually open Weibo to check in and contribute some activity to Yu Shuxin’s super topic.
When she saw the blazing hot search at number one—#Yu Shuxin’s Relationship Exposed# [Explosive]—Fish Head Loves Stars saw darkness before her eyes.
No way!
Fish Head Loves Stars screamed internally, her face twisted in agony as she tapped into the hot search. The first post was the gossip exposé from “Woof Woof Squad Drops the Big Tea.”
Ugh! Damn paparazzi. If you’re going to leak a scandal, fine, but why did they have to film it so romantically?
In the video, on a leaf-strewn boulevard in late autumn, passersby hurried along while Yu Shuxin intimately took off her coat and handed it to her rumored boyfriend.
The rumored boyfriend obediently took the coat, then raised his DSLR to take photos of her.
Perhaps because their heights matched so perfectly, even without any overly intimate gestures, the atmosphere between them was incredibly romantic and sweet.
Yu Shuxin was 169 cm tall—already standing out in a crowd even with shoes on. Fish Head Loves Stars estimated the rumored boyfriend was at least 180+ cm to make Yu Shuxin look so delicately petite beside him.
Amid the flowing crowd, the two looked like they were filming a romantic drama—the well-behaved boyfriend diligently documenting his girlfriend’s beauty with his camera.
In the second video, the two chatted happily over a meal in a private dining room. The rumored boyfriend thoughtfully served Yu Shuxin a bowl of soup after the meal, radiating the reassuring comfort of a long-married couple.
On the leaf-strewn boulevard, since it was a public place, the rumored boyfriend wore a mask and his face couldn’t be seen clearly. But just from his outfit, you could tell he had an incredible body—broad shoulders, narrow waist, long legs, and a small face. At minimum, he was a vibe-based handsome guy.
In the private room, the rumored boyfriend finally deigned to take off his mask. In the video, his profile was devastatingly handsome—delicate features, a high-bridged nose. Even the blurry pixels couldn’t hide his good looks.
“Woof Woof Squad Drops the Big Tea” even released a close-up shot of the couple. It was hazy and unclear, but it looked like a romance novel about the entertainment industry come to life. The gorgeous, adorable female star and her civilian boyfriend both looked toward the paparazzi’s lens outside the window with the same calm composure and cool, steady gazes.
Fish Head Loves Stars clicked in furiously, but somehow most of her anger had dissipated.
Damn it. Why did the video make them look so well-matched—beautiful woman, handsome man?
No, no. She couldn’t think like that.
She shook her head, quickly tossing the absurd thoughts out of her mind, then clicked into Yu Shuxin’s super topic to see what her fellow fans were saying.
A fan site operator who had been following Yu Shuxin had already posted a clarification and anti-black post, revealing photos of the so-called civilian boyfriend diligently holding a director’s megaphone and directing on various film sets, along with the staff credits for The 1001st Heartbeat and Moonlight Waltz, circling the name: Assistant Director: Ding Yuxi.
The caption read: Please stop the shameless paparazzi from slandering an innocent female star and her staff member. A workaholic who’s still shooting promotional photos after clocking out hasn’t done anything to anyone!!
Fish Head Loves Stars suddenly understood, silently scolding herself for being so foolish earlier and letting the paparazzi lead her around by the nose. Looking at it now, the paparazzi’s videos were completely normal—just someone holding a coat and taking photos, and serving food to a dining companion was pure politeness, wasn’t it?
Being good-looking and getting filmed by paparazzi like a romantic drama wasn’t their fault!
Yu Shuxin’s studio timed it perfectly, releasing yesterday’s overpass photo shoot right before the lunch break, with the caption: “Under the magnificent sunset, composing a ‘Waltz’ with ‘Moonlight’—please accept this autumn romance from Shanghai.”
The hashtags #YuShuxin MoonlightWaltz#, #YuShuxin PhotoShoot#, and #YuShuxin CareerDriven# gradually climbed the trending charts, making the lonely #YuShuxin DatingExposed# at the top look even more like a joke.
Yutou Ai Xingxing absolutely adored this timely debunking from the studio. She zoomed in on the photos to admire her idol’s beauty, saved them all to her gallery, and even changed her wallpaper to the shot of Yu Shuxin glancing back on the overpass.
So beautiful! Both grand and captivating—this woman’s damn charm had Yutou Ai Xingxing completely spellbound.
Meanwhile, Yu Shuxin’s Weibo openly liked Ding Yuxi’s latest post.
Director Ding Yuxi: “Sincerely accepting portrait photo shoots for artists nationwide. Pricing negotiable.”
That was the power of a hot female celebrity. The day Yu Shuxin hit like, Ding Yuxi’s follower count skyrocketed to nearly 100,000.
Several quick-reacting artist studios were already contacting Ding Yuxi to book photo shoots, and one artist based in Shanghai booked a session for that very evening.
A director shooting portraits was like bringing a sledgehammer to crack a nut—whether it was composition, framing, or the ability to capture a subject’s traits and convey emotion, he was unmatched.
Ding Yuxi hadn’t taken portrait gigs since becoming a director—the cost-benefit ratio was too low, and he’d rather finish his current crew work and jump into the next project.
But now things were different. Thanks to whoever the sucker was who paid for the high-ranking #YuShuxin DatingExposed# trending topic—and paid for quite a while, keeping it up there all afternoon—clicking into it showed nothing but the overpass photo shoot he’d done for Yu Shuxin.
Thanks to Yu Shuxin, his portrait photography skills and reputation had effectively gone viral. Artist studios contacting him for shoots were quoting six-figure prices per set, on par with photographers at top-tier magazines.
During a break in filming, Yu Shuxin teased him: “Director Ding’s new business is booming—shouldn’t you treat me to a meal to say thanks~”
Ding Yuxi shot back playfully: “Absolutely, but next time we eat, I’ll put on some makeup first. If I get caught as your rumored boyfriend, at least I’ll look good on camera.”
Yu Shuxin laughed sweetly: “Director Ding is already handsome without makeup. With makeup, you’d be trying to steal the male actors’ jobs.”
Ding Yuxi conceded, raising his hands in a gesture of surrender: “Alright, alright, I can’t outtalk you. Let’s go shoot.”
His exaggerated look of swallowing his pride sent everyone into another burst of laughter, and the air itself seemed to carry a joyful vibe.
The atmosphere on the Moonlight Waltz set was incredibly harmonious. With Yu Shuxin around, the energy never dipped, and after this little rumor storm passed, the crew’s relationship with her grew even closer.
If there was anyone besides Yu Shuxin’s fans who wished for her to blow up, it was the crew members.
The drama had a small budget and wasn’t a major IP—its biggest selling point was the two leads. Now that the female lead had taken the drama’s title to trending and gone viral, next year’s advertising pitch would have some real talking points. They practically wanted to worship Yu Shuxin as a money god, hoping she’d spark a few more trending topics.
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The scandal had been trending on the hot search for a whole day. Whether it was the haters who were disappointed that they didn’t get to see Yu Shuxin make a fool of herself, the gossip-loving bystanders looking for entertainment, or the devoted fish fans diligently managing data and cleaning up the comment sections, everyone had lost interest in this anticlimactic piece of gossip.
What even was this? A small portion of people were even starting to spin conspiracy theories, wondering if Yu Shuxin had leaked the news herself to stir up reverse hype.
Only Ding Jiaxin, who had been filming in the mountains all day and finally got internet access after wrapping up, felt like her world had collapsed.
How could her reliable, honest cousin have gone to take photos of Yu Shuxin, and ended up in a scandal with her?
Damn it all, was she going to have to call Yu Shuxin her sister-in-law from now on?