An utterly baffling phenomenon had emerged on Human Love Observation Room.
As the nation's highest-rated live broadcast show, it could drive Weibo's Hot Search trends at any moment, making them shift along with whatever was happening on the show.
For instance, a guest could be acting unhinged one second, and the next, a trending topic would pop up on Weibo, leaving the internet howling with laughter.
Or a couple could share a sweet moment one second, and the next, fresh clips would appear on Weibo, sending shippers across the internet into a frenzy.
The show's content and the trending topics had always been closely linked, updating in real time.
But today was different.
It was supposed to be the day when four pairs of guests went on separate dates, yet the trending topics on Weibo weren't about some couple being ridiculously sweet or another being so awkward that viewers wanted to curl up and die...
Instead, Xiao Jingxi's and Xu Shuangrong's previously unknown skeletons were taking turns coming out of the closet, like a turn-based battle.
It began with #Xu Shuangrong stole her first role#.
After Xu Shuangrong had been thoroughly dragged through the mud, #Xiao Jingxi once ate shit while working as an extra# popped up, holding the internet captive for five whole minutes.
Before everyone had even finished laughing, another new topic appeared.
#Xu Shuangrong stages charity photo ops and pretends to keep a low profile but brings her journalist best friend every time#
#Xiao Jingxi mistook a passerby for a fan at night and tried to give them an autograph only to have them call the police on him for harassment#
#Xu Shuangrong used bottled water to fill a pool for a falling-into-water scene#
#Xiao Jingxi used to be a woman and underwent three sex reassignment surgeries