AITFYMIBP Chapter 98

TL: Hua

The good stuff that Siran fans had been secretly hiding was now completely impossible to conceal.

The video mentioned by the CP fans was the latest edit by the big shot in their circle, SiranDuAi.

Although the CP fans shipped Siran, they previously had very little film material to work with—especially for Lin Yanran, who had zero film footage before “Imperial Power.”

Because resources were extremely scarce, CP-themed videos weren’t as numerous as those for other couples.

However, even under such difficult circumstances, this SiranDuAi had upheld the spirit of “eating grass to produce milk,” editing a dozen high-quality modern-themed videos for the fans, each one spectacular.

Now that the real-life Siran was actually in the same frame and even had ancient-style footage, the big shot worked herself to the bone to produce a “Three Lives, Three Worlds” ancient/modern mashup video titled “Love Tribulation.”

Drama fans, who were desperately hoping for a happy ending after the tragic bad ending of Yi and Zhao, rushed to watch the video as soon as they heard of it.

The current life portion of the video edited together many of Siran’s usual sweet interactions. In particular, the clip from the recent livestream during the game in Unexpected Surprise, where Gu Siye said the word “wife” while guessing words, made the audience go absolutely wild.

Within just two days, “Love Tribulation” was reposted over 80,000 times on Weibo. The Bilibili video views surpassed 9 million in a few days, with fans from all walks of life calling for it to break the 10 million mark soon.

Meanwhile, various film and television commentators, video editors, and reaction bloggers had gone crazy, making “Imperial Power” related videos all at once.

As a result, nearly a week had passed, and the popularity of “Imperial Power” actually rose instead of falling, attracting many new fans.

Many viewers who still couldn’t accept the tragic ending for Yi and Zhao went directly to bombard The Best Screenwriter production team.

The production team, unable to withstand the pressure anymore, approached Lin Yanran again. They wanted him to do a live stream for “Imperial Power” to interact with the fans and offer some comfort to their broken hearts.

Having witnessed the fans’ rivers of tears firsthand, Lin Yanran agreed.

Once the plan and timing were settled, the other party sent over the itinerary.

The live stream would last one hour, and the content was simple: interact with fans and react to “Imperial Power.”

Lin Yanran had never encountered this format before, so he asked the internet expert Yingying, “How do you react to “Imperial Power”?”

Yingying, who had just finished scrolling through “Love Tribulation” and was nearly fainting from the romantic chemistry, hurriedly started flipping through her phone to find a ready-made example for him.

However, her phone battery died, and the device lagged, so she couldn’t find it.

“It’s just recording your real-time reactions while watching the video. Of course, Brother, when you’re watching “Imperial Power” live with everyone, you can also talk about your state of mind during filming based on the fans’ questions, share interesting anecdotes, or interpret the character of Xiao Zhao and the script… People really love watching this kind of thing now. To put it simply, it’s just watching the show live with everyone.”

Lin Yanran nodded in understanding.

Live streaming seems simple, but there are actually many uncontrollable variables. Seeing that Lin Yanran had no prior experience with this kind of interactive stream, Yingying said, “Brother, I’ll send you a few videos of other people doing reactions later so you can use them as a reference.”

Before Lin Yanran went to bed, Yingying sent him several links. She emphasized that these videos were from a specific website; he could copy the links and open the site directly to watch them with the bullet comments enabled, as that would help him better grasp the audience’s enjoyment.

Following Yingying’s instructions, Lin Yanran leaned back in bed and randomly copied one of the links.

Just as he finished copying it, Gu Siye sent him a message.

The two chatted for a while. Lin Yanran told him about the live reaction stream he had to do tomorrow and mentioned he was currently “studying” for it.

Thinking the format was quite interesting, Lin Yanran asked him.

light: Teacher Gu, do you want to take a look?

moon: Okay.

So, Lin Yanran casually pasted the link he had just copied and sent it over.

While he was talking to Gu Siye, the video app had finished downloading.

As soon as he opened the software, the video jumped out immediately.

Lin Yanran switched the video to full screen. It started with a black screen, and after buffering for two seconds, a stylized ancient scene with a heavy filter suddenly appeared.

A slender figure was kneeling before the Great Hall of the Heavenly Palace.

Then, a shot flashed by, and the figure’s face became Lin Yanran’s.

At this moment, a voiceover edited from other films and dramas played: “If a mortal wishes to ascend to immortality, they must first pass through ten thousand tribulations.”

“Now, only one tribulation remains.”

Lin Yanran didn’t turn off the bullet comments. Consequently, once the comments loaded, he saw the screen densely packed with: [Siran is real!]

??

Wasn’t this supposed to be a reaction tutorial video? Why was his own face appearing?

Lin Yanran had a vague feeling that something was off about the video Yingying had sent.

However, because the video was very well-edited and high-quality, he blocked half of the bullet comments and continued watching.

Soon after, Gu Siye appeared in the video as well.

In the video, Lin Yanran’s character had become a Taoist cultivator who proactively recommended himself to Gu Siye, saying he could help him unify the world.

Now Lin Yanran was certain. What he was watching was a fan-made CP video of himself and Gu Siye.

The video Yingying had accidentally sent was titled “Love Tribulation.” It was currently the most popular and viral fan-made video for the Siran CP.

The video told a story of “Three Lives, Three Worlds,” which was currently a very popular trope.

In the plot, Lin Yanran played a cultivator about to ascend to immortality. Because he was one tribulation short, he went to help the future hegemon, Gu Siye, achieve his imperial ambitions.

The video used a lot of footage and was edited with great texture, directly flipping the emotional dynamic from “Imperial Power.”

The cultivator was cold and emotionless, focused solely on completing his tribulation to become an immortal.

The Prince, however, fell hopelessly in love during their time together.

Learning that the cultivator would leave as soon as he ascended the throne, the prince used various schemes to keep him, even giving up the throne for him.

But his actions destroyed everything the cultivator had worked for.

The prince thought with a full heart that he could keep the other person, only to find that the person had left heartlessly. He searched the entire world but could never find him again.

Watching the Prince in the video, whose eyes were bloodshot and filled with agony, the netizens, who had been infuriated by the character Sheng Yi, left comments one after another:

[I’m satisfied now.]

Next was the second life.

The prince’s obsession became an inner demon, and he eventually fell into the demonic path.

The cultivator from back then had successfully ascended to immortality after three thousand years of cultivation. When he was ordered by the heavens to descend and eliminate the demon, he realized it was an old friend.

Subsequently, the mad Demon Lord used various tricks to imprison the other party.

The imprisonment scenes in “Imperial Power” were so classic that no fan video could possibly skip such a classic imprisonment play.

Thus, Lin Yanran, watching the video, once again saw the scene of himself being pinned down by Gu Siye.

But unlike Director Guo Fang’s more reserved style of filming, this content creator was well-prepared, editing several scenes of Lin Yanran and Gu Siye interacting, as well as their micro-expressions from their usual shows. Once combined, they added ambiguous panting and wet sound effects, directly editing it into a complete NSFW sequence.

The video filter darkened.

Gu Siye’s gaze was heavy as he stared at the person beneath him, his Adam’s apple bobbing.

Red rose petals fluttered as Lin Yanran’s slender, snowy-white wrists gripped Gu Siye’s clothes tightly.

The perverts in the bullet comments were going crazy with excitement.

[Teacher Gu talking dirty while doing it is so hot.]

[Help, I’m calling this legendary.]

[I’m gradually forgetting the original show.]

[This pervert is crying happy tears from the corner of her mouth.]

[Master, the camera can be even more aggressive, I can take it. I want to see Teacher Gu make Ranran cry from doing it.]

[Upstairs, Ranran is already crying from doing it (covers face).]

[So stimulating, I love it.]

[My face is turning bright yellow.]

[SiranDuAi is truly lives up to her reputation as the authentic Siran smut master. The content is exactly what I wanted.]

Between the video content and the netizens’ comments, Lin Yanran was incredibly embarrassed.

He paused the video and looked closely at the creator’s name based on the hints in the comments.

[SiranDuAi]

Below the name was the title of the video:

[Siran: Gu Siye X Yanran] Love Tribulation (Contains Smut/R18)

Video Views: 10,000,000

What a terrifying number of views.

Why didn’t I look at the video title beforehand…

Having accidentally watched something so bizarre, Lin Yanran didn’t dare finish the rest of the video and exited immediately.

Only then did he notice that Gu Siye had sent him a message two minutes ago.

moon: ?

Above that question mark, the last message was the link Lin Yanran had sent him.

And the content of that link was exactly what he had just watched.

Lin Yanran glanced at the time.

The other party had sent the question mark two minutes ago.

And when he had just exited the video, he saw that he had been watching for exactly two minutes.

light: …

light: Teacher Gu, did you watch it?

Lin Yanran was just about to warn him that if he hadn’t watched it yet, it would be best not to.

However, Gu Siye replied to him instantly.

moon: I watched it.

moon: It was very well edited.