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The next day, the video surpassed ten million views, and its likes were closing in on one million.

No one had expected Ye Zexi to attract so many male fans with just one dance!

Not only did Ye Zexi's personal Weibo gain nearly a million followers, but even his comment section was taken over by male fans.

The moment one opened the comments, they were filled with the unmistakable style of straight men:

"Keep it up, brother Ye Zexi!"

"Man, I support you. Keep it up and debut!"

"What dance are you doing next? How about arranging 'Love Loop'? Looking forward to it.jpg."

Overnight, Ye Zexi's personal supertopic was established by male fans. Female fans could only stand aside, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

The next day was Saturday. This time, the finished episodes were not released across two days. The post-production team worked overtime and rushed out two episodes, which went online simultaneously at eight that evening.

Less than an hour after release, the view count hit a new high.

When it came to Ye Zexi's part, the entire screen was flooded with bullet comments, all cheering him on.

The segment featuring Ye Zexi was also clipped out separately, and major marketing accounts rushed to repost it.

Discussion across the internet was incredibly heated. All kinds of memes and GIFs were everywhere, and Ye Zexi became a breakout sensation.

One female fan, stunned silly by it all, could not help posting on the supertopic--

"I seriously suspect Ye Zexi gave up advancing before just so he could dance for us!"

Top comment: Be more confident. Remove "suspect."

The post was quickly reposted by countless people and made the trending list once again.

Yu Yan, an avid internet surfer, secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the post.

Fortunately, Ye Zexi had not taken a liking to him!

He had even already thought of what to say to reject him!

Still, Yu Yan knew perfectly well how he had gotten to where he was now, so he remained grateful to Ye Zexi.

But Yu Yan really was not familiar with Ye Zexi, so it would not be appropriate to approach him directly. After much consideration, Yu Yan went to Tang Jing instead.

After hearing why Yu Yan had come, Tang Jing's expression turned complicated.

Tang Jing had expected Ye Zexi to become hugely popular, but he would be lying if he said he was not jealous.

The cameras had also recorded Ye Zexi and Tang Jing talking on the night of the second performance. When the finished episode aired the next day, someone even specially edited that segment and posted it on Weibo: Did Tang Jing and Ye Zexi's relationship get better?

In the video, two handsome men of completely different types—one cool and aloof, the other flamboyant—looked at each other and smiled with perfect understanding.

There was no recorded audio on site, so no one could hear what they were discussing. Yet from the way they smiled into each other's eyes, one could read a hint of appreciation.

If one had to name the person Tang Jing's fans hated most, Ye Zexi ranked first. No one dared rank second.

This man who had repeatedly harassed their beloved idol—even if he was a rich second-generation heir, so what? In the fans' eyes, his crimes were too numerous to list.

At last week's performance, Ye Zexi had even tried to clear his name by using his pursuit of Tang Jing!

The fans were furious, but Tang Jing's fanbase simply could not compare to the hordes of spectators online. Often, the moment they posted criticism, it vanished without a trace.

Sometimes, after finally getting a comment denouncing Ye Zexi's harassment of Tang Jing into the top comments, a group of netizens would always appear beneath it:

"Ye Zexi already apologized. Forgive when you can."

"Yeah, Tang Jing already said it was fine."

"Who doesn't have an ex? The fans should let it go too."

Tang Jing's fans grew even angrier, but they were outnumbered. So they could only cling to the idea that enduring for now would bring peace later, hoping Tang Jing would stun everyone and slap them in the face at the second performance.

After all, everyone knew how Ye Zexi had gotten first place in the first round. Had he not merely acted weird on purpose for publicity?

But the fans never expected the second performance to turn out like this.

Did Tang Jing amaze everyone?

At least, his fans thought he had.

But what about Ye Zexi?

Countless Sugar Fans fell silent.

Ye Zexi was simply too stunning!

When Ye Zexi had voluntarily given up advancing, countless Sugar Fans had celebrated wildly, eagerly awaiting his elimination.

But who could have expected that, in the final loser's group, Ye Zexi would pull a move like this!

There were quite a few anime fans among the Sugar Fans. Many nearly screamed along while watching the livestream!

Ye Zexi danced so well! With such intense dance moves, he could still sing and dance at the same time, and even his high notes did not tremble in the slightest!

At that moment, the fans understood that Ye Zexi truly had ability, and he was not inferior to their beloved idol at all.

When Ye Zexi once again became first in the rankings, the Sugar Fans did not dare say anything more.

Until the Sugar Fans saw the video of Ye Zexi and Tang Jing smiling at each other.

Holy shit!

Tang Jing was so handsome! Ye Zexi's looks were incredible too!

Why had they never noticed that before?!

The two of them looked so swoon-worthy when they smiled!

There was even the tiniest little bit... of CP chemistry!

Tang Jing's fans were not the only ones to notice. Countless passersby felt their hearts skip a beat when they saw the two smiling at each other.

This was way too sweet!

They were kind of a good match!

What was more, Ye Zexi had liked Tang Jing in the first place.

Did that smile mean Ye Zexi still had not gotten over Tang Jing?!

The more they thought about it, the more thrilling it seemed, and the more excited they became.

The pounding hearts of fangirls could not be contained, and the Xi-Tang CP was born out of nowhere!

Xi was Ye Zexi, while Tang naturally referred to Tang Jing! Tang Jing's fans called themselves Sugar Fans, and Tang Tang was also another name for Tang Jing.

Xi-Tang, Xi-Tang—it sounded like wedding candy! It could not be any sweeter!

In less than half a day, the Xi-Tang CP had already grown to a modest scale.

Riding the wave of trending searches, Ye Zexi's Weibo followers surged. And because of this Weibo post, Tang Jing's Weibo followers also increased by nearly one hundred thousand.

A large portion of them were freshly minted Xi-Tang CP fans.