Like, Share & Subscribe - Ch. 56
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Screaming, foaming at the mouth, please don't stop this momentum.
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Good job Song Li, that's progress!
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I think this view is reading the worst into Chilly's actions here. I think Chilly realizes that she doesn't have an intimate place in Luoluo's heart anymore given the conversations around their film project...but they are still friends.
From the outside, Chilly is seeing Luoluo pining for Song Li and making an effort to close the distance. From her limited interactions with Song Li, Chilly is seeing a person who is acting just interested enough to keep stringing Luoluo along - and the video Song Li realizes that's how she's coming off, too.
So I don't think Chilly is coming at this from the place of a romantic rival and trying to scare Song Li off so she can have Luoluo to herself. I think she's a friend trying to make sure Luoluo doesn't get her heart broken by someone letting her down (again).
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Those aren't mutually exclusive goals. She's helping but is also hoping to sow doubt. She's not unhappy to find and pick at holes, but she also genuinely wants LuoLuo to succeed. It's not true that she's a villain mastermind but it's also not true that she's just being a friend with how she interacts with Song Li and LuoLuo.
It's also rich coming from her, considering her background and the real, long form damage she's caused LuoLuo. This situation with Song Li pales in comparison. Had Chilly sounded more understanding of Song Li and maybe gently explained what errors Song Li had made, it would read differently; instead, she acts self righteous, accusatory and disgusted. So while she's not terrible, that doesn't feel good to me.
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Knowing you don't have a chance but also trying to cause trouble is defo what I see Chilly doing, maybe not intentionally, but she's still doing it. I think most people IRL have been in similar situations and just smile through the pain and encourage the friend to go for it. It is what it is.
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Nevermind, there is no nuclear winter in Like, Share, Subscribe, Chilly just out here looking out for LuoLuo 😤
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thanks for the translation!
now thats high proof communication right there, glad that song li got out that her behavior bothered her and apologized for it, even if luoluo didnt seem too bothered.
now thats high proof communication right there, glad that song li got out that her behavior bothered her and apologized for it, even if luoluo didnt seem too bothered.
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This is more evident on the next chapter, where she confronts Luoluo on her feelings for Song Li
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That's fair, Chilly is absolutely the worst messenger for this particular problem, and her own feelings are probably going to make her come off harder than she should. But I do think she's contrite about her previous actions and very conscious of the role she played in fucking up Luoluo's life. So even though she might have her own feelings for Luoluo, I don't think they are the driving force here.
My sense from reading the comments (and what I was addressing) is that some of the readers think she's leading with the ulterior motives, and I think that's reading what she's doing under the worst possible light. Sure, the outcome might be convenient for her long term since she's interested in Luoluo, BUT if I saw my friend obviously pouring their heart out for someone and receiving "go away, you're not needed here" in response, I would have some strong words for that person too, romantic interest or not.
Many thoughts here, high up on my list is how happy LuoLuo was to be helping Song Li out like that - genuinely happy and even excited to be able to look after her. And how much it deflated her when Song Li told her she wasn't needed . . .
Given that would have happened before Hu LuoLuo moved out the first time, it feels like that may have played a significant part in her decision. Song Li chasing her down and re-initiated contact may be what made her rethink things, and decide to reset their relationship - realising how much she cared for Song Li, but also how brittle their relationship was, leading her to decide the only sane option was to start again on firmer ground.
Of course, the fact that this reset happened right at the time that Song Li finally figured out her feelings made it rather more difficult for LuoLuo to reset things the way she wanted - Song Li isn't the kind of person who'll accept being told "we need to just be friends" when she wants to be so much more . . .
Because one thing Chilly is definitely right about is that Song Li is selfish and self-centred. Not because she's a selfish manipulative narcissist (which is the unkind way of saying what Chilly seems to be suggesting), but because she's always been on her own - she was on her own even when her twin was still alive, because they were such different people who don't seem to have been able to connect as friends even though they were close siblings. Outside that, she doesn't seem to have connected with many people at all - her editor is clearly a friend, her agent is . . . not so much, Song You is a kid, and one that she doesn't connect with all that well even though she clearly cares about her (Auntie Carrot definitely wins that fight hands down). Song Li has never had to be considerate of other people in any emotional sense, and as a result she's never figured out how to do it.
She does seem to be learning pretty quickly, though, now that she's realised she does actually care rather a lot about about Hu LuoLuo.
Which is why I definitely agree that Chilly is shooting herself in the foot here. My reading of this situation is that Chilly wants to make Song Li back off from Hu LuoLuo, by showing her that there's someone who's wise to her game and willing to protect LuoLuo. The problem is, in the process of demonstrating that she's wise to Song Li's game, Chilly is actually handing Song Li a pretty solid lesson about how being selfish and inconsiderate can really hurt someone who's just trying to be helpful. Song Li is taking that lesson and running with it, right into Hu LuoLuo's arms . . .
And unlike most useless lesbians, Song Li is an author - she has all the words, she can even line them up neatly and give them a good polishing. For once communication probably isn't going to be too much of an issue . . . at least, until LuoLuo needs to find words to respond with . . .
Given that would have happened before Hu LuoLuo moved out the first time, it feels like that may have played a significant part in her decision. Song Li chasing her down and re-initiated contact may be what made her rethink things, and decide to reset their relationship - realising how much she cared for Song Li, but also how brittle their relationship was, leading her to decide the only sane option was to start again on firmer ground.
Of course, the fact that this reset happened right at the time that Song Li finally figured out her feelings made it rather more difficult for LuoLuo to reset things the way she wanted - Song Li isn't the kind of person who'll accept being told "we need to just be friends" when she wants to be so much more . . .
Because one thing Chilly is definitely right about is that Song Li is selfish and self-centred. Not because she's a selfish manipulative narcissist (which is the unkind way of saying what Chilly seems to be suggesting), but because she's always been on her own - she was on her own even when her twin was still alive, because they were such different people who don't seem to have been able to connect as friends even though they were close siblings. Outside that, she doesn't seem to have connected with many people at all - her editor is clearly a friend, her agent is . . . not so much, Song You is a kid, and one that she doesn't connect with all that well even though she clearly cares about her (Auntie Carrot definitely wins that fight hands down). Song Li has never had to be considerate of other people in any emotional sense, and as a result she's never figured out how to do it.
She does seem to be learning pretty quickly, though, now that she's realised she does actually care rather a lot about about Hu LuoLuo.
Which is why I definitely agree that Chilly is shooting herself in the foot here. My reading of this situation is that Chilly wants to make Song Li back off from Hu LuoLuo, by showing her that there's someone who's wise to her game and willing to protect LuoLuo. The problem is, in the process of demonstrating that she's wise to Song Li's game, Chilly is actually handing Song Li a pretty solid lesson about how being selfish and inconsiderate can really hurt someone who's just trying to be helpful. Song Li is taking that lesson and running with it, right into Hu LuoLuo's arms . . .
And unlike most useless lesbians, Song Li is an author - she has all the words, she can even line them up neatly and give them a good polishing. For once communication probably isn't going to be too much of an issue . . . at least, until LuoLuo needs to find words to respond with . . .
