The comments saying that Yu Shiqing and Su Yayi were a good match first started popping up occasionally during the livestream, but they quickly grew in number. By evening, when the guests returned to the villa and began preparing dinner, the buzz had spread beyond the livestream and started trending on social media.
A blogger who posted screenshots from the stream affectionately called them the “Fast Talk Couple.” Coincidentally, after Su Yayi successfully met her idol the night before, she had uploaded a photo with Yu Shiqing online, giving fans even more content to enjoy.
Not long after, the hashtag #FastTalkCouple trended, and most of the posts under the topic were related to A Trip at a Moment’s Notice. This gave the livestream a boost in traffic, and many related comments filled the chat.
The director, reading the report, immediately popped open a can of Red Bull to celebrate.
However, when he saw the trending topic, a different group of fans felt provoked and quickly took action. They started flooding social media with images and posts too:
“#ATripAtAMomentNotice CP stans, please follow the basic rules! Who can be sweeter than them?”
Attached were two screenshots one of Jiang Yu feeding Yu Shiqing dessert, and the other of Yu Shiqing feeding Jiang Yu grapes.
“#ATripAtAMomentNotice Sorry, when the relationship is good, you can do whatever you want.”
This came with a GIF showing Yu Shiqing pulling Jiang Yu into his arms when he lost his balance on a wooden ladder under the grapevine.
Compared to Yu Shiqing and Su Yayi, the interactions between Yu Shiqing and Jiang Yu both on and off the show were far more public.
Their moment in Jiang Yu’s final concert, playing Tacit Understanding together, was still revered by fans. When that fan-shot video of their stunning duet appeared in the show’s official topic thread, the popularity of the “Pisces CP” hit its peak, and more netizens became curious.
Before the director could even finish his Red Bull, he saw the comments in the livestream and felt conflicted.
Yu Shiqing and Jiang Yu as a CP? What are young people even thinking nowadays? Alpha with alpha? And what if Jiang Yu saw this nonsense and misunderstood?
Realizing the risk, the director jolted upright and asked his assistant to contact the company to try to suppress the topic.
The assistant chuckled. “Director, you’ve been busy prepping the show and probably didn’t notice this Pisces CP has existed for a while now. It’s even trended several times. There was a mix-up last year when both of them joined the same project. Jiang Yu’s studio clarified it once, but never tried to shut it down. I think they didn’t take it seriously since it’s just two alphas. You don’t need to worry too much.”
“Really?” The director raised his eyebrows, then laughed. “Well, that saves me the trouble.”
If existing popularity can be monetized, why bother building a new one from scratch?
With that thought, he decided to let the “Fast Talk Couple” hashtag fall in ranking. Since it clashed with the Pisces CP, he figured he could stir up another couple combo, double the insurance.
Pleased with his cleverness, he turned his focus back to the livestream.
On screen, the group was still busy preparing dinner.
Wei Yuanju had heard from a local during their beach outing that there would be a bonfire party that evening, and that people often used the area for BBQs though they had to bring their own food and tools. Luckily, the villa they were staying in had a free grill.
While the CPs were trending on social media, the eight of them had already split into teams, bought ingredients, started the fire, and begun grilling.
But there wasn’t enough room in front of the BBQ pit for everyone, so Wei Yuanju volunteered to handle it. Ji Chen and Su Yayi stood on either side to help, while the three newcomers squatted beside a bucket to prepare skewers.
Yu Shiqing spread a picnic cloth over the soft sand, while Jiang Yu mixed the sauces.
Ji Chen, who’d been watching, saw that Jiang Yu was finally done and had nothing to do. He quickly suggested, “The seafood still needs time. We’ve got enough hands here. Brother Jiang, why don’t you sing us a song?”
Jiang Yu looked up from the sauce he was holding.
“I just happened to bring my guitar,” Ji Chen added, pointing to it. Clearly, he had planned this ahead of time.
The bonfire was already burning, and the surroundings were lively with music singing wasn’t out of place at all.
Jiang Yu was in a good mood, so he casually asked, “What do you want to hear?”
The three fans on site all shouted at once: “Tacit Understanding!”
At that name, Jiang Yu instinctively turned to look at Yu Shiqing. After meeting eyes briefly, he got up and picked up Ji Chen’s guitar.
Seeing him agree, Su Yayi also pulled out her phone. “I’m recording this for the memories!”
Jiang Yu returned to sit beside Yu Shiqing. He rested the guitar on his lap, tested a few chords, then began to play the intro of Tacit Understanding.
The group gradually quieted down, with only the distant sound of waves and the crackle of the fire in the background.
Everyone watched Jiang Yu, especially Yu Shiqing, who could only see the side of his face. The flickering firelight outlined Jiang Yu’s sharp features and softened them in the warm glow.
Jiang Yu always had a unique presence when singing this song, very different from his usual self.
Yu Shiqing found himself unconsciously immersed in the performance. When applause finally erupted, he came back to his senses and smiled as he clapped too.
Ji Chen said, “Brother Jiang, your singing is amazing!”
It wasn’t just flattery everyone felt the same.
Wu Luo added, “Too bad we only have a guitar here. If there was a cello, I’d love to hear you two perform together again.”
“Perform together?” Su Yayi asked curiously.
Wu Luo scratched his head. “At Brother Jiang’s concert, Brother Yu was a guest. He played the cello. It was amazing.”
Ji Chen asked, “Brother Yu, do you play the guitar?”
Yu Shiqing smiled and shook his head. “No.”
At that moment, Su Yayi had already found the concert video with Wu Luo, and Ji Chen leaned over to watch too.
From the opening shot, they both gasped: “Whoa! So cool!”
As they watched, Jiang Yu was putting the guitar away. Then he paused, as if remembering something, and looked at Yu Shiqing.
“We’ve got time. Want to learn guitar? I’ll teach you.”
Yu Shiqing replied, “Forget it.”
Jiang Yu didn’t say a word just looked at him.
Yu Shiqing: “…Fine, I’ll learn.”
So, Jiang Yu handed him the guitar and started teaching him from the basics.
When Ji Chen and Su Yayi finished watching the video and looked back at them, they were struck by the scene.
“Wow, this looks so good!”
Jiang Yu and Yu Shiqing sat side by side. Jiang Yu leaned slightly forward, guiding Yu Shiqing’s hand on the strings. The two spoke softly, completely unaware of their surroundings. Their shadows on the sand overlapped perfectly, leaving no gap.
Ji Chen decided not to interrupt. Instead, he turned back to his phone and tapped to replay the video but his finger slipped, and the page returned to the previous screen.
“Pisces CP?” he read the hashtag and laughed. “Is this about Brother Yu and Brother Jiang?”
Wu Luo nodded obediently. “Seems like it. I’m not really sure either.”
Ji Chen grinned. “That’s hilarious. I’m going to show them.”
But Wei Yuanju interrupted unintentionally: “Freshly grilled fish! Who’s coming to try it?”
Ji Chen, who’d been hungry all night, was immediately distracted. “Coming, coming!”
The livestream chat exploded:
“Thank you, Wei Yuanju, for stopping Ji Chen from blurting nonsense to the main couple!!”
“He almost exposed the truth to them live Ji Chen, are you getting back at us for laughing too hard earlier?”
“Am I the only one wondering how those two would react if they found out people were shipping them?”
“Yu Shiqing probably doesn’t even know what a CP is, and Jiang Yu would definitely be mad. He hates rumors the most, so don’t let him see this!”
Even regular livestream viewers became curious after hearing Ji Chen mention the name. They went to search on Weibo, and the still-trending #PiscesCP shot straight to the top of the charts.
Right after it was the show’s official topic: #ATripAtAMomentNotice.
Since the director knew Jiang Yu didn’t seem to mind this specific rumor, he was happy to let it be. Plus, most people posting the CP content were gathered in Yu Shiqing and Jiang Yu’s solo stream it didn’t bother general viewers, so they didn’t even need to control the comments.
But the director wasn’t the only one who noticed the trend Ren Bai saw it too.
He was watching the stream from his hotel while browsing the topic.
In the video, Yu Shiqing and Jiang Yu were taking grilled skewers from Wei Yuanju. Since they were by the sea, there was plenty of seafood, and Wei Yuanju had grilled a variety of items.
Jiang Yu finished one skewer, then pointed at what Yu Shiqing was holding and asked Wei Yuanju, “Are there any more like his?”
Wei Yuanju checked. “Nope. Hold on, I’ll grill more!”
“No need,” Yu Shiqing said. Wei Yuanju had been grilling all night and barely eaten. It didn’t seem right to make him keep serving others. So, Yu Shiqing broke his skewer in half and handed one piece to Jiang Yu. “Take mine.”
Ren Bai: “…Here we go again.”
At first, he didn’t think much. But from last night to tonight, maybe it was all the viewer comments that brainwashed him now when he watched the two interact, he couldn’t see them the same way.
Maybe because he used to be too close. Being with Yu Shiqing all the time, he never thought twice. But now that he was just an observer, he realized something about their dynamic was unusual.
If Jiang Yu were any Omega, Ren Bai could already picture attending their wedding.
He had known Yu Shiqing since childhood, and no one had ever been indulged by him like this. Maybe it was the first time Yu Shiqing met someone so in sync with him.
Ren Bai thought about the conversation he overheard last night when the stream went dark. He didn’t think too much of it just found it surprising. Even before the accident, Yu Shiqing rarely let his guard down that much.
Looking back now, it seemed that Yu Shiqing had changed a lot after meeting Jiang Yu.
And Jiang Yu was an Alpha.
Ren Bai shook his head with a sigh.
But this “Pisces CP”. He touched his chin.
If he didn’t tell Yu Shiqing, this rumor might keep spreading online and cause trouble later.
If he did tell him, would it ruin the friendship? Jiang Yu had helped Yu Shiqing a lot, and it was rare for Yu Shiqing to open up to someone like this.
After thinking for a while, Ren Bai sighed.
So, should he tell Yu Shiqing or not?
