After Becoming a Scumbag Alpha, the Green Tea Omega is Reborn - Chapter 16

“Oh no, I forgot to switch accounts!” Yu Li blurted out.

There was silence on the other end for a few seconds. Yu Li thought the manager had gone mad with rage; she called out “Sister Zhang” several times to no avail. Finally, Sister Zhang ground out through grit teeth: “Don’t you damn well call me ‘Sister.’ You two are my big sisters!”

“The two of us?” Who else could there be besides me, the big loser? Unless…

Yu Li refreshed her feed and her eyes nearly popped out of her head.

The hot search had transformed in an instant to: #Yu Li and Tao Ran Like CP Fan-Edit Video#.

How did this happen? Tao Ran watched that video too?!

Anxious, Yu Li hurried to find Tao Ran, but Tao Ran was already rushing into her room to find her.

“What do we do, what do we do?! Yu Li, I just liked it and forgot to switch to my burner!” Tao Ran said, holding her phone in a frantic state.

Yu Li stared at her in shock. They actually managed to have a slip of the finger at the same time? Is this what they call ‘being in the same boat’?

Tao Ran’s shouting gave Sister Zhang a massive headache. She took a deep breath of resignation and said, “Fine, you’re the bosses. You win.”

“Sister Zhang, what should we do now?” Tao Ran asked.

Sister Zhang snorted. “You two are so capable, why are you asking me? Don’t you have your own way?”

Sister Zhang had managed several top-tier actresses before, but she had never heard of a duo that caused so much trouble and had so many demands.

Sigh, this generation of stars is just no good.

“Don’t let the situation escalate. Wait for me to draft a statement for you both to post on Weibo saying it was a slip of the finger.”

While Sister Zhang was busy brainstorming a solution, Yu Li, who had been staring at her screen with her head down, suddenly said, “How about we… just lay flat (embrace it)?”

Both women froze for a second. Then Sister Zhang exploded: “What did you say?! I can’t believe you even thought of that!”

Yu Li spoke to Tao Ran with total earnestness: “Instead of being secretive and hiding, why don’t we just admit it together? We watched it, and we thought the video was well-made.”

“But we can’t just post a Weibo saying we liked it on purpose, can we?” Tao Ran propped her chin on her hand, thinking. Suddenly, she had a brainwave. “Wait, who says we have to post a clarification to make them understand?”

The two shared a knowing smile.

Half a minute later, the Weibo Hot Search exploded again.

The reason: Yu Li shared the video post on her own timeline, and Tao Ran went a step further by replying directly under the post: “Not bad.”

In an instant, a single stone stirred a thousand waves.

Sister Zhang was speechless. In all her years of managing stars, she had never seen a move like this.

Yu Li opened the Hot Search; the comment section was a carnival for CP fans.

【I’ve clicked in and out ten times to confirm. The official couple actually came down to comment and share, right???】

【Yes, sister! I thought the ‘like’ was already legendary, but they actually commented and shared!】

【No sleep! I’m not sleeping tonight!】

【Party all night long!】

【So Tao Ran and Yu Li actually watch their own CP edits too.】

【So cute, I’m dying from the fluff.】

Fans flocked to the scene, creating a new tag #Official Couple Likes and Shares CP Video#, which pushed to number one on the charts.

Who could have imagined that at 12:30 AM, two female stars who forgot to switch accounts would trigger a massive fan celebration over two simple “likes”?

Within two minutes, the CP fan leader “Giving Peaches to Bao-Li,” who made the video, posted several screengrabs of the likes.

“Ahhh! Is it real? Is it real? They watched my video! They did the ‘Like, Share, Comment’ triple threat!”

“Tell me this is real, that I’m not dreaming!”

People immediately replied:

【It’s real, sister! (Crying face) You’ve made it big!】

【We have material for our dreams tonight.】

【Dreaming tonight? Stop sleeping, stop sleeping!】

【Thanks, sister. If not for your video, I wouldn’t have known they were so in love.】

【Even the ‘likes’ happened simultaneously. What kind of divine love is this?】

【They weren’t simultaneous; they were back-to-back. Someone has the screenshots—Yu Li was about half a minute faster than Tao Ran.】

【Wow, that makes it even more real! Imagine them snuggled in the same bed using the same phone to watch the edit. Yu Li likes it, and Tao Ran says ‘where my wife goes, I follow’ and takes out her own phone to like it too.】

【Then Yu Li says, ‘Since we liked it, why don’t you comment and I’ll share?’】

【Thanks to the two sisters above, I now have ‘CP-induced diabetes’ from the sweetness.】

Tao Ran read these comments and couldn’t help but chuckle.

“These fans are just too cute.”

There was no need for marketing or hiring a “water army”; CP fans loved finding their own “sugar.” Moreover, Yu Li and Tao Ran were married—a legitimate relationship with red booklets. It was much easier to ship than those industry CPs where the stars constantly issue denials while the rumors fly.

After this bold move, Yu Li and Tao Ran each gained over a million followers. The Super Topic grew steadily, and even more talented editors joined the fray. The “Li-Ran” shipping army was expanding rapidly.

“Sister Zhang, is this okay?” Yu Li asked.

“Don’t call me ‘Sister.’ I should step down and let you take over. You two are the real management material!”

Better at generating hype than me—the next generation of gold-medal managers will definitely be you.

Tao Ran scanned the rankings and said, “Don’t worry, Sister Zhang. There’s no major national news on the Hot Search today; no one will accuse us of wasting public resources.”

Yu Li nodded. “And it’s very late. There shouldn’t be many people still on Weibo. By tomorrow morning, we can just pull the search down.”

“Why are you explaining to me? You’ve already arranged everything perfectly!”

The two scrolled through more comments. The heat hadn’t died down; cute fans were even tagging Yu Li and Tao Ran in other high-quality videos in the Super Topic.

【Li-Bao, Ran-Bao, this one is good too!】

【This is a hidden gem video, come watch!】

【Hahaha, stop @ing Yu Li and Tao Ran. Don’t you know they’re ‘busy’?】

【Yu Li and Tao Ran are the real deal. If there’s a video, they actually dare to watch it.】

Consequently, the trend became: whenever a fan saw a good edit, they had to @Tao Ran and @Yu Li.

Yu Li turned to Tao Ran and smiled. “Everything is fine now. Next time we have to remember to switch accounts, or it’ll be a disaster.”

Under the warm glow of the lamp, Yu Li’s gentle smile looked increasingly pleasant to the eye. Yu Li had truly forgotten to switch accounts, but Tao Ran hadn’t. She had done it on purpose—wanting a hot search to warn those in the shadows who coveted Yu Li that she was the rightful partner, and to give the fans a little “sugar” while she was at it.

But she hadn’t expected Yu Li to be watching the same video and liking it at the same time.

Is this telepathy?

Just as Tao Ran stepped out of Yu Li’s bedroom, her phone rang. She thought it was Sister Zhang, but when she saw the caller ID, her heart sank.

“Mom, what’s wrong?” As Tao Ran listened, her expression became frantic.