Dad, Please Let Me Single-Mindedly Support You!

Due to a lapse in judgment from someone, a set of photos showing Kiriwake Yayoi and Chu Yuanqing embracing in the rain and walking together under an umbrella quickly spread to the main fan bases of various artists and relevant Weibo super topics.

Kiriwake Yayoi, thanks to her outstanding stage performance and an A-rank evaluation, was able to capitalize on the traffic bonus. Furthermore, her nationality and tragic past fueled controversy and generated significant buzz.

Chu Yuanqing was the first contestant to participate. A few frames of her bathed in confetti effects, smiling up at the sky, were captured by netizens and became iconic images that went viral. She then took the stage first, drawing considerable attention with her composed stage debut in a crisis.

At this stage, the popularity of these two was on par. The promotion of their CP was complementary, making it difficult for fans of either side to criticize the other for leeching off their popularity.

Therefore, when fans of both sides discussed the matter, they could do so with virtually no burden. Amidst the escalating discussions, it was like a blood transfusion, boosting the popularity of both sides.

During this period, a large group of viewers within the talent show's audience, who were more detached and only enjoyed shipping CP, were successfully drawn in after seeing this set of photos and the story behind them. They transformed into CP fans independent of the two individual fan bases.

Xu Ling's Weibo post, within just a few hours of its release, was reposted over three hundred times by fans of both sides, quickly garnering over ten thousand likes and a six-figure number of comments.

"OMG, is Qingbao that cool?"

"LOL, why is Kiriwake Yayoi like a penguin? She even fell over while bowing, so cute."

"Damn, I want to stick to Qingbao's chest too. I suspect this is a Sakura Girl's trick!"

"Hard to say, the blogger's photography skills are top-notch. They managed to capture Kiriwake Yayoi's incredibly flushed face from this distance. Perfect capture of a heart-fluttering moment."

"Hahaha, I feel like the blogger is a bit of a shipper themselves. How shaky were their hands while taking hundreds of photos?"

"Sigh, shipping hard, I'm blessed."

"Holy crap, they already created CP names and super topic accounts? I respect the blogger's efficiency, it's too pure, sis."

"Sheng Qing Tong Yin - Sheng Qing Tong Yin? The blogger knows how to name things. All I can say is, yay! Ship it till we die."

"What the heck, another CP account? This one is called Wu Zhong Jian Qing, nice. It even has a hint of first love and white moonlight vibes. Shipping it."

Xu Ling's efficiency was terrifyingly high, but the efficiency of other spontaneously enthusiastic CP fans and individual fans was not far behind. The CP super topic accounts quickly piled up into the double digits.

Among them, the ones with the highest attention and discussion were the original Sheng Qing Tong Yin and Wu Zhong Jian Qing.

This later CP pairing quickly attracted a large number of CP fans from the Flash Dance audience, almost surpassing the initially established Shuang Chu CP.

Yes, referring to Chu Wangshu and Chu Yuanqing.

The points that made these two shippable were, first, their shared surname, and second, their mutual support.

Basically, except when on stage, whenever the camera was on one of them, the other was invariably visible. It was only natural for them to have CP audiences and super topic accounts.

However, whether due to their aura or some other reason.

This CP was rarely shipped as a lesbian couple; it was strangely skewed towards children's programming.

The posts either discussed their friendship or a mother-daughter relationship, making it difficult to provoke conflict. The shipping wasn't intense, resulting in high attention but low discussion and engagement.

On the other hand, Haido and Kyoto's Flash Dance had a total of nearly three hundred contestants.

Many of these contestants were backed by significant companies. Like the usual lesbian marketing in girl groups, they knew exactly what show fans liked.

Therefore, companies had prepared various plans for generating hype and shipping CPs before the competition.

However, Flash Dance's sudden announcement of the elimination mechanism caused many contestants with pre-designed marketing plans to withdraw, leading to half of Flash Dance's CP circle growing organically.

The only exception was Chen Yining from Yunlan Entertainment.

Not only did she choose to participate, but she also achieved an excellent first A rank. Coupled with the resource promotion from Yunlan Entertainment, her momentum was second only to Xie Qingxuan, who, with her absolute skill, overshadowed the Haido contestants.

Under these circumstances, she also had a childhood friend with considerable skill and popularity, the famous genius choreographer Ji Shuzhu, participating in the competition.

Both achieved excellent first A ranks.

CP marketing became a natural course of action.

The audience also enjoyed this, as compared to trainees who might struggle to get screen time even after much effort and could even be eliminated in the first round, it was less of a waste of emotions to ship first A contestants who had a high probability of debuting.

This kind of "two strong" CP combination was unlikely to end badly, had plenty of screen time, and ensured a steady supply of content, practically a gift from heaven.

Especially the childhood sweethearts pairing, wasn't it more genuine than other CPs from talent shows?

From their kindergarten graduation photos as two little snowballs to their junior high graduation photos where they had grown into slender girls showing their early beauty, the years they knew each other were undeniable.

This kind of accumulation of trivial details and moments over time required little marketing to make people ship them intensely.

Sincerity was the greatest killing move.

Even if it wasn't necessarily a lesbian relationship, the narrative of chasing dreams with a close friend was very shippable.

Moreover, judging from Chen Yining's personal social media accounts and some leaked information about her childhood friend circles, the probability of a lesbian relationship was not zero; in fact, it was quite high.

This was because Yunlan Entertainment had marketed this young lady's debut three years prior, preparing her to participate in the most popular survival show in the country at the time.

However, Chen Yining had temporarily refused to participate, rendering the multi-million dollar promotional expenses useless and severely offending the program team that had supported her. As a result, she only appeared in front of the public when Flash Dance emerged.

At the time, no one knew.

But now, someone had dug up Ji Shuzhu's schedule from that period and discovered that she had an accident at a music festival in Xistan Country, and a certain young lady had directly announced her withdrawal from the competition that same day.

Hmm, think about it carefully.

All one can say is, Chen Yining, don't love her too much.

Therefore, considering multiple factors, the CP of these two was currently the most popular, surpassing all others and making it difficult for later pairings to surpass them.

But this did not mean that all the traffic in the CP circle was taken by them.

The plate for Flash Dance is too big.

The CP of Kiriwake Yayoi and Chu Yuanqing, as rising stars, although their content lacks substance and only gained traction with divine images from the "rainy day series," they've undeniably benefited from the exposure and traffic.

Moreover, they have a significant advantage.

That is, the past experiences of the two are far more likely to resonate with the public than the former.

If Ji Shuzhu and Chen Yining are like celestial beings, untouched by worldly dust, effortlessly reaching for the sun, then Kiriwake Yayoi and Chu Yuanqing are like those born into the mud, enduring the hardships of the mortal world, striving to grow towards the sun, yearning to become moon chasers.

Volume 1: 33. Chu Yuanqing Must Really Want to Debut, Right?

On the same day, the public opinion on Weibo continued to ferment.

The number of posts in Kiriwake Yayoi's personal super-topic section exceeded ten thousand overnight, with most of them discussing her past.

"Wuwuwu, Yayoi is truly so pitiful. As a new fan, I briefly scanned through her past, and it's simply a tragic, tear-jerking history of a bottom-tier idol being squeezed by her company, dragged down by teammates, and crushed by reality."

"It's truly tragic, to a degree that Chinese Entertainment Industry contestants can't even experience."

"Yeah, she passed the audition at 12 years old and was a fourth-generation trainee there. She was active for a full seven years. The only time she took leave was because after a performance, she was diagnosed with a stress fracture and had to immediately suspend activities for treatment."

"The most outrageous thing is that just as her group started to show promise at the beginning of this year, other members successively had scandals, generating a lot of negative news that caused massive backlash. They didn't even have a proper graduation ceremony, and the group was forced to disband."

"That was her entire seven years of youth, ending in such a way. It's truly regretful."

"My assessment is: worthless company, die. Trash teammates, get lost."

This kind of tragic history, which even a casual observer would find heartbreaking, drew in quite a few onlookers who were just there to spectate. They left their comments and sighs:

"She still didn't give up? How much does she love the idol industry?"

"Didn't this Sakura Girl get rejected by Flash Dance in Tokyo? It feels like there's some inside story."

"Maybe the program director thought she'd be tainted by being in the same group as those awful teammates. Classic Island Nation thinking, can't cause trouble for the show."

"That's hilarious. I checked her Twitter. A day after Flash Dance aired, her followers still haven't broken five digits. Her fame is incredibly low. Being attacked is just a small circle issue, not even worth mentioning."

"Nothing more to say, bottom-tier idols have no rights."

"It's good she came to Great Xia. The idols the Island Nation doesn't want, Great Xia wants. We'll debut in reverse and crush the girl groups that debut in the Island Nation, achieving a comeback and revenge!"

Perhaps Kiriwake Yayoi herself never imagined that the hardships and despair she experienced, simply because of a moment of brilliance, were being unearthed, scrutinized, and cared about by tens of thousands of people.

These black histories, considered dross by the Flash Dance producers in Tokyo, have now become the best tool for consolidating fan loyalty.

As the saying goes, "abusing fans equals solidifying fans."

When Kiriwake Yayoi's fans first join, they go through extensive digging into her past, constantly getting hurt, and eating glass shards with their melon seeds. Such an experience would evoke pity even in passersby, with a certain chance of them converting. One can only imagine how her fans feel.

Empathy is inevitable.

And most importantly, fans will develop a sense of mission to pull her out of the mud.

This sense of mission, akin to faith, gives them far greater drive, influence, and solidarity than normal fans, not to mention the most crucial element... purchasing power!

The CP wave accidentally stirred up by Xu Ling became the final piece of the puzzle, successfully expanding her fanbase further, enough to counter higher-ranked contestants.

And in this process, the other party of the CP, Chu Yuanqing, reaped all the benefits.

"Wuwuwu, thank you Qingqing for helping my Yayoi."

"Looking back now, it's truly scary. Flash Dance was Yayoi's only chance to return to the stage. If she had fallen then and sprained her ankle, no one would know her story now."

"I can only say that Chu Yuanqing is much better than Yayoi's previous trash teammates. Some people can help you even if they've never met, while others can destroy your shared dreams after knowing each other for six or seven years."

"Yeah, I'm happy to see Yayoi and Qingbao become good friends."

"Ship it! Ship it to death!"

"Sigh, Chu Yuanqing must really want to debut, right? But I feel like this CP will break up sooner or later. Her spirit and courage can't change her current objective strength. The subsequent rounds of performances are very likely to cause big problems."

"We can help as much as we can. Candy is the most suitable for Yayoi in the theme song and it's the simplest, Qingbao can also learn it. As long as we push this, we can help both of them!"

"Makes sense, let's go!"

Well, the person who least wants to debut is ruthlessly swept into the grand theme song competition for this seemingly absurd reason.

Time passed.

The trainees in the underground base were still adapting to the twisted rule tests of Flash Dance, completely unaware that their fans were fighting tooth and nail behind the scenes, voting and boosting data to select the most suitable theme song for them.

Chu Yuanqing wore a form-fitting dance outfit with a loose pink short-sleeved shirt over it. Her frame was slender, her features delicate, giving her a youthful appearance. She looked small and very cute.

The girl was being guided through basic dance movements. Her skin, like congealed fat, was tinged with a lovely pale pink. A slight sheen of sweat appeared from beneath her clothes. Strands of dark hair by her temples clung to her skin, and her breathing was a little rapid. Her cherry lips were pursed tightly, revealing a resilient stubbornness.

This was the most basic flexibility training in dance, and it was precisely the foundation that determined a dancer's height.

Overall, it was a process of exercising flexibility and extension.

Only with excellent flexibility could a dancer achieve a balance of strength and softness, controlling their movements with ease, appearing graceful and beautiful without stiffness.

Conversely, their movements would be unsightly and clumsy, failing to display soft, graceful charm, and they might not even be able to perform the correct dance poses.

Although Chu Yuanqing's Magical Girl body possessed extremely excellent conditions, it had only been developed for two weeks. At most, it could barely support her dancing beyond a beginner level, and her balanced stats were even worse for dancing.

In other words, flexibility training was essential.

Of course, a set of flexibility training only took 20 to 30 minutes, which was not much time out of the entire day.

Kiriwake Yayoi watched Chu Yuanqing diligently stretching her legs, feeling a bit surprised.

To be honest, before teaching her, she had already held a rather pessimistic expectation.

Chu Yuanqing had only studied dancing for two weeks, learning by watching videos and taking free trial classes at dance studios. Calling her a dance novice might even be an exaggeration.

Flexibility training, however, was precisely the kind of fundamental skill that required accumulation over time and couldn't be achieved overnight.

Kiriwake Yayoi had her practice this merely with the intention of testing and warming up, hoping to cultivate a habit of daily stretching, and didn't expect much completion in her movements.

But looking at it now...

Chu Yuanqing belonged to the exceptionally talented type. Although she was no longer in childhood, the optimal period for dance training, her efficiency after just two weeks of training was comparable to three months for an ordinary person.

Most uniquely, she seemed to possess a special intuition. Her movements never tilted to angles that could easily cause injury, and her strength was extremely moderate, to the point where she required almost no guidance or prompts.

With such talent and learning efficiency, it was no wonder she could perform that dance on stage.

Please check out a book I wrote previously, a Honkai Impact 3rd fanfiction.

Synopsis: Su Qing'an wanted to be someone who could bring Fu Hua happiness.

For that, even in the darkest timeline and the most desperate future, he could endure hells far more terrifying than before.

[Current timeline experienced in the book: Pre-Civilization Canghai City -- Main Story Changkong City -- Main Story Changkong City -- Pre-Civilization -- Yunmo Period -- Elysian Realm, Post-Honkai, IF Line Darkened Shangxian, Ixrightarrow with Cyberpunk elements -- Anti-Entropy Main Story (Finale + Extra).]