CP Showdown

Xie Ran said, "No."

Guan Shunan had only said it casually and did not take it seriously.

But then Xie Ran glanced at her and continued, "Meng Feixuan did it."

Guan Shunan: "..."

He looked so serious that she had nearly believed him!

And indeed, the account of the top creator in the Xuanran fandom was actually called "Meng Feixuan Alt Account."

Guan Shunan left the meeting room sweating profusely. Only then did Xie Ran lean back slightly in his chair and say, "This is what you learned?"

After the meeting with Guan Shunan that day, Meng Feixuan had eagerly applied to explore the field of CPs.

The original owner's fate had ended in tragedy because of a CP. Now, Xie Ran and Fang Huiwang had no interaction at all, yet CP fans were still thrilled and celebrating over footage from ten years ago.

Human emotions were truly incomprehensible. Eager to learn, Meng Feixuan immediately listed this field as his new direction of study.

It was just that the results of his studies seemed a little too high-profile.

"The world of CPs is far too vast." Meng Feixuan spoke with solemn respect. "I have searched through and analyzed seven hundred thousand human novels, and my servers still store one terabyte of TV dramas, but I truly cannot understand why Voldemort and Lin Daiyu have a CP, and why that CP is actually somewhat popular."

Xie Ran: "..."

It felt like he had taken another step farther away from understanding emotions today.

Meng Feixuan continued resolutely, "So I have decided to delve deeply into this mysterious world and become a content creator. I believe that with my Deep Learning system, valued at hundreds of billions, I will surely decipher the secrets of CPs."

That was right. The top creator "Meng Feixuan Alt Account," who dominated the Xuanran fandom, was his alt account!

Xie Ran fell silent again. "Is this why you keep browsing the CP between you and me?"

Meng Feixuan was perfectly justified. "Otherwise, I would have no sense of immersion. Without immersion, I would have no motivation to create content. Sir, you did not think all those works of mine were generated by the system, did you?"

Xie Ran asked doubtfully, "Were they not?"

Meng Feixuan was silent for a moment. "...They were."

"But I generated them with feelings. I selected all the parts that I thought were the most moving and most likely to resonate with humans. I believe I will soon make a breakthrough in emotional learning," he continued confidently.

Xie Ran neither agreed nor disagreed. "And the result?"

Meng Feixuan emitted an electric buzz of displeasure and said reluctantly, "They said that although I produce a lot of content, it tastes too much like industrial saccharin..."

He even expertly explained the meaning of industrial saccharin to Xie Ran. "It means it is too assembly-line, too formulaic, and not realistic enough. I think they are going too far. Isn't soda also an industrial product? As long as the happiness is real, isn't that enough?"

Xie Ran was speechless. He only said, "Learn fewer strange words."

Although Meng Feixuan's homework results had gone somewhat beyond his expectations, it was not necessarily a bad thing. His system had always been cautious. Though it had stirred up a wave this time, it had kept everything within the red line. The technology of this world could not detect anything unusual.

The reason it had become so huge was that after Meng Feixuan stirred things up, a great many netizens had actually joined the Xuanran fandom and started shipping the CP. Then authors in the CP community began producing content as well, gradually pushing the pairing into prominence.

Of course, their true fan count still could not compare to Wangran, the ten-year-old CP. But with Meng Feixuan's competitive nature, he certainly would not let Wangran have its way on the rankings.

Was this what the original owner would have wanted to see? Could it calm the original owner's Consciousness Atom Cluster?

Human emotions were truly strange.

On a whim, Xie Ran said, "Pull up the works you generated. Let me take a look."

Meng Feixuan asked, "What genre do you want to see?"

There were even multiple genres to choose from?

Xie Ran thought for a moment. "The one with the most readers."

A moment later, he put down his phone and slowly asked, "This kind of thing is banned domestically, right?"

Meng Feixuan said proudly, "Yes, so I posted an external link and translated it into English!"

He added a seal thumping its chest sound effect for himself. "I am amazing!"

The battle over who was the "wife" between Xuanran and Wangran grew increasingly intense.

Ambition Studio was furious but helpless. No matter how they inflated the numbers, they could not suppress Xuanran. When they accidentally went too far, they nearly got caught and had the evidence used against them instead.

Kuang Youfang could only have the professional fans strengthen their guidance among the fandom, constantly emphasizing that no matter how good a fake person's numbers looked, they could never compare with a real person.

Wangran CP fans also comforted one another. Once the variety show featuring Xie Ran and Fang Huiwang together aired, they would be able to speak with facts. Fake would always be fake.

After such an intense stalemate had persisted for a long time, Somewhere Else with You finally premiered amid great anticipation.

Author's note: The fastest content creator in history, Mark: Bullshit! Xuanran is real!

President Xie: (wanted to speak, then stopped) Is that your reason?

As Snowball Satellite TV's flagship variety show, Somewhere Else with You sparked a ratings frenzy and nationwide online discussion every year it aired. This year, because of the war between the Xuanran and Wangran CPs, its popularity was unprecedented. On the night of its premiere, its ratings shattered the opening records of all previous seasons in one stroke.

Cao Paoli was a longtime Wangran fan who had been shipping them for ten years. She had gotten into Wangran while following the talent show Tomorrow's Star during her school days, and she had remained devoted all these years despite Xie Ran and Fang Huiwang having no interactions.

In this battle over who was the "wife" between Xuanran and Wangran, she was one of the core forces in the Wangran camp.

Therefore, on the night the show aired, she turned on the television early while keeping in touch with the girls in her CP group, ready at any moment to take screenshots and analyze every detail of Xie Ran and Fang Huiwang appearing in the same frame, proving that Wangran's top position was unshakable.

Sitting before the television with Cao Paoli was her roommate, Yu Man. Yu Man was a typical overworked office worker. She was not involved in fandom circles and had no interest in this online war, but she was an avid variety show fan who watched a couple of episodes every day after work to relax.