I Became Popular After Participating on a Dating Show with my Ex-Lover

Reward you with taking a bath with me tomorrow?

The lights suddenly lit up.

Ruan Song was caught off guard by everyone’s movement and was frightened for a moment, subconsciously taking half a step back, bumping into Ren Qinming’s sturdy chest, who entered closely behind him.

Rainbow colored glitter and confetti fell gently from the ceiling, covering the pair’s bodies from top to bottom.

Both of Ren Qinming’s hands supported Ruan Song at his shoulder, and Ruan Song blinked to recover for a short moment before he looked over everyone in the room.

Zheng Qing, Qin Sijia, Jiang Qiqi, Liang Yi, everyone was accounted for, and each of them held a confetti party popper in their hands.

The entire room was decorated with streamers and lights, there was a banner hung on the wall, and there was a uniquely arranged bouquet placed on the table. Balloons were littered across the floor in piles, and there were even candles placed on the dinner table. The atmosphere was warm and festive, and he could tell with a glance that they specifically did all this to welcome them back.

But despite this, Ruan Song had to joke around, and innocently looked around at everyone: “We’ve only been gone a few days, but which one of you guys is going to get married?”

One after another, the bullet screen was filled with ‘Hahahaha’.

[What’s going on, am I mistaken! Why do I feel like teacher Ruan is cuter than before!!]
[Me too! Could it be that it’s been too long since I’ve seen teacher Ruan in the live broadcast, pitiful.jpg]
[Sure enough, teacher Ruan didn’t mention it, but the matter with Yuan Yinhai probably affected him a lot. In my memory, this should be the first time that he’s joked around with everyone, wuwuwu, how nice]
[I’ll say it as I’m not afraid of being a laughingstock, but just a moment ago when everyone welcomed teacher Ruan home, I instantly began crying 15551]
[It’s a happy occasion ya!! Now everything’s been settled, the grievances have been cleared, and he can even use his real name to produce works, he must be really relieved! Now teacher Ruan looks like a family with everyone else! Happily holding face.jpg]

On screen, once Jiang Qiqi heard Ruan Song’s interjection, she immediately waved her hand with disdain: “Aiyah, don’t interrupt, we’ve rehearsed an entire series of events!”

Amongst the four, Zheng Qing moved first.

He turned and ran to the coffee table, his empty hands holding a pile of air up solemnly.

At first, Ruan Song couldn’t tell what was happening.

When Zheng Qing stood up, he handed off the ‘pile of air’ to Qin Sijia.

Qin Sijia carefully accepted it, then turned to hand it off to Jiang Qiqi. Only then was Ruan Song blessed with wisdom, and guessed that what they were passing around was probably a crown.

Or that is to say that the actors were quite professional, and it wasn’t as easy as they thought it would be to act without a prop.

At that time, Ruan Song watched with amusement and warmth as those who had not learned acting clumsily protected the ‘air crown’, and handed it to him.

Ruan Song had actually never experienced such childish behaviors before in the past 26 years of his life.

And had never even seemed to have this many friends before.

Finally, the ‘air crown’ was handed off to Liang Yi.

With one hand occupied, his other hand rested against his chest. He bowed like a knight and solemnly raised the ‘crown’ with both hands, placing it in front of the other.

In that moment in the cabin, every single person’s gaze was bright and glistening.

Being gazed at by such fervent and expectant gazes, Ruan Song unexpectedly bent over and cooperated with things that he definitely wouldn’t have cooperated with before.

He guessed that this was Jiang Qiqi’s plan, because Jiang Qiqi seemed to be the most emotional of the entire group.

Her hands excitedly curled up into fists by her chest as she looked on at Liang Yi as he placed the ‘air crown’ onto Ruan Song’s head.

But he had no prior experience, and after the knight placed the ‘air crown’ on his head, he felt a bit dizzy after standing up.

Everyone was scared that the ‘air crown’ would fall.

Fortunately, Ren Qinming the film emperor was still useful, and remedied the situation promptly. He quickly immersed himself in the role as he reached out from behind Ruan Song to help steady the object on Ruan Song’s head.

The ‘crown’ that nearly fell off was immediately picked up, even the angle and position of it had to be adjusted, and with both hands cupping the empty air, he turned it left to right, and adjusted it in the right direction.

Although it was only two very small details, it actually upgraded the feeling of the ‘air crown’ by several levels, as if there really was something on Ruan Song’s head.

With Ren Qinming to spur him on, Ruan Song suddenly raised his hand to touch the top of his head, then stood up straight and lightly lifted his chin.

The ceremony is over!

With curved eyes, Jiang Qiqi immediately became the first to clap her hands. Beside her, Liang Yi once again handed over an empty handful of ‘flowers’ and handed it to Ruan Song.

With the first experience under his belt, this time, Ruan Song unexpectedly accepted the flowers quite naturally.

The entire process, from everyone’s words to everyone’s actions, flowed as naturally as water, and everyone began applauding.

Ruan Song finally couldn’t help but laugh along with everyone.

After such big winds and waves, he suddenly welcomed such a harmonious and warm moment.

One after another, the bullet screen shouted ‘I also don’t know why I’m crying’, and each one was crying loudly.

Ruan Song originally believed that that was the end of that, but as a result, the four other people crowded around him and invited him to sit at the table, once again holding up the teapot and pouring him a cup of tea. He had no idea when, but they each held up a signboard, all saying that they were his fans, and they began lining up by the table.

Ruan Song really felt that they were a bit exaggerated, and he angrily laughed: “Don’t you guys think you’re acting a bit too excessively?”

“We’re not excessive, not excessive!”

Qin Sijia was first in line, and refuted him fiercely, one step away from stuffing a marker straight into his hand and forcing him to sign. She exuberantly expressed her joy: “Before, we never would have thought, but only after your whole situation happened did we realize that all four of us love watching your shows!”

After speaking, she once again added a sentence ‘The bullet screen can testify’.

The day Ruan Song and Ren Qinming left, they had all honestly remained in the cabin to accept guests and complete tasks.

From Ruan Song going to A University to celebrate Yuan Yinhai’s birthday and saving him, to someone releasing their explosive allegations, then to Ruan Song standing up to make a statement, their wide-eyed melon eating was filmed from beginning to end.

“I’ll test you forreal, don’t just pretend just for the variety show.” Ruan Song joked around as he picked up the pen and began signing.

Gold lettering appeared against white paper. There was no specific form to his handwriting yet it appeared graceful and casual. After he signed his name, he added the date at the lower right corner by the way.

As the first person at the scene to receive a signature, Qin Sijia was so happy she didn’t look a bit like a celebrity. She jumped in place several times, and seemed dissatisfied with Ruan Song’s lack of confidence: “Why won’t you accept others’ love for you! If you don’t believe me, then ask me anything, I really do love ‘The Last Sunflower’, it’s mother’s1 favorite!”

The bullet screen watched as they obtained Ruan Song’s signature, and the screen was filled with ‘Who’s jealous, not me. Just a lemon.jpg’.

A perfectly fine love variety show became a large-scale idol-chasing show.

The ones who were responsible for chasing were those who were famous before joining the show, while the one who was chased, on the contrary, was Ruan Song, the only non-celebrity on the show.

Before Ruan Song could respond to Qin Sijia’s expression of love, she was pushed aside by Jiang Qiqi, who stood behind her: “Song ge, Song ge, sign this for me first then test us! I also love ‘The Last Sunflower’. I almost cried when I saw it, and Liang Yi actually cried!!”

After Ruan Song wrote his signature, he was immediately overwhelmed by favor from a superior as he raised his head to look at Liang Yi, who stood behind her. In his memory, Liang Yi had always been the spokesman of ‘rationality’.

Liang Yi, a grown man, seemed a bit embarrassed that he cried while watching a show: “I usually don’t watch dramas, but at that time, Jiang Qiqi and I were still studying abroad and I watched it while she watched it, but who would have thought that after watching it, I would think that it’s pretty good……”

“Don’t say ‘who would have thought’.”

Zheng Qing directly pushed his board forward and interrupted the other: “What’s there to explain, it’s not as if it’s embarrassing. I wasn’t with Qin Sijia at that time, and holed up at home by myself to watch it, and I also cried while watching it. Xiao Song, you’re really amazing. Doing the math,  you should have just graduated from college at that time?”

After Ruan Song finished signing the four boards, he didn’t hesitate to reply: “To be exact, it was written in my first semester in my senior year. This drama wasn’t long, only twelve episodes, so I wrote it quickly. At that time, my train of thought was also smooth, I remember that it took me fifteen days to write the entire thing once I thought of the plot.”

[Wow!!!!!]

Both the guests and the bullet screen were shocked.

To say nothing of how important ‘The Last Sunflower’ was to Ruan Song, it could be considered a representative work for Yuan Yinhai. There was no clear target audience, and it appealed to both men and women.

“Then if you average it out, doesn’t that mean you thought about it for three days? Then you wrote one episode a day??” Jiang Qiqi was immediately stunned.

But as a result, Ruan Song chuckled: “Actually, I didn’t think about it at all.”

He wrote the script purely because he was bored while in class, and didn’t want to listen in class at all.

“After all, it was already very unreasonable to take classes in your senior year, I also didn’t love the professors who were lecturing, so while the professors were teaching, I casually wrote a rough draft. But I typed and typed, and by the time I finished class, I finished writing the first episode of ‘The Last Sunflower’.” Ruan Song understatedly described his entire process, as if it really was a particularly insignificant matter.

Yet the listeners all began to drop their jaws.

[……That’s not right, I don’t like listening in class either, covers head.jpg]
[I’ve truly disturbed you, this is probably the difference between me and a genius. Old man on a subway looking at his phone.jpg]

Ruan Song: “After I finished writing, I thought it wasn’t bad, so for the next three days, I wrote an episode per day, but then I was called to deal with some school matters for two days, then I continued writing for nine days. On the last day, I edited the entire work I’d written, and in total, I wrote everything within fifteen days.”

Bullet screen [?????]

[So he didn’t stop writing for a single day? He directly wrote it all in a single breath???]

Qin Sijia and the others heard this and fell into a daze. Who would have thought that Ruan Song actually only spent fifteen days to complete such a powerful work!

“You’re too strong……”

Ruan Song was extremely frank as he laughed: “It’s just luck. I’ve written so many scripts, and only this was the smoothest I’d written.”

And this was the only one with the most outstanding results.

‘The Last Sunflower’ sounded healing, and the lighting and tone used while filming was also healing.

But in actuality, the story was about two helpless teenagers who tried to live and survive by themselves through the crevices of society. They both thought they had finally achieved success to break through the barrier of adulthood at the age of 18, when they both fell into a darkness before dawn — one died, while the other became a murderer.

The title ‘The Last Sunflower’ was a metaphor for the disappearance of the innocence of the two children under the hardships of life, as well as a metaphor for the disappearance of light and hope in their hearts.

When the drama first aired, it caused enormous repercussions in society.

The viewers watched as the two teenagers walked on a road to ruin, yet they had no solution at all, because everything that accumulated little by little on the main character was all part of reality. It was the true appearance of society, and many people have experienced similar things.

So in the finale of the drama when one of the main characters ‘fell from grace’ while the other ‘faded away’, no one thought it was unexpected. So much so that they inexplicably felt sympathetic, more like a kind of societal grief, that required collaborative reflection from those in all walks of life.

Because of this film, Yuan Yinhai gained even more glory and won countless awards. The highest quote of 500,000 yuan was also reported by the producer of the show after the release of ‘The Last Sunflower’.

Liang Yi found Ruan Song’s age to be inconceivable: “How did you think of writing this kind of story?”

A story filled with despair, but also one filled with hope.

Ruan Song glanced at each person sitting at the candle-lit dinner table, and his next words moved everyone: “Perhaps it was because I was in that kind of situation myself at that time.”

A time of desperation, yet not wanting to give up, but it was as if you had no choice but to give up.

As soon as these words were said, the bullet screen immediately went crazy.

The public screen of the broadcast was entirely filled with dirty words scolding Yuan Yinhai as well as ‘Wuwuwu’, as if water was flooding Jinshan Temple2.

Soon after [Ruan Song ‘The Last Sunflower’] appeared as a trending tag on the hot search list.

[Ahhhhhh, mother’s teacher Ruan 155551]
[It’s really too distressing, all the students whose hopes were stolen by Yuan Yinhai are too miserable, they were definitely very hopeless, wuwuwu]
[I can’t even help but think if this was teacher Ruan sending out an SOS!!]
[I also think so!! Just, teacher Ruan has long given us a signal for help, but we actually didn’t discover it at all. I’m really, I stopped myself from crying yesterday, but today I’ve completely been attacked by teacher Ruan’s words, fuck, ahhhhhh]
[Now, my entire brain is filled with ‘The Last Sunflower’, this big drama. Fortunately teacher Ruan didn’t give up!!!]
[Ay, let’s not talk about it, I’m going to rewatch it]

Because of Ruan Song’s words, everyone at the table grew emo and couldn’t speak. Even Ren Qinming couldn’t help the dark expression that appeared on his face.

The atmosphere grew dull at once.

Ruan Song watched as he caused everyone’s originally cheerful mood drop to such a degree, and felt a bit apologetic. He quickly laughed indifferently in an attempt to lighten the subject: “It’s not as serious as you guys think, and it can even be considered a blessing in disguise. It’s all in the past now. Is there anything else you want to ask?”

But the more he comforted them, the gloomier everyone became, and they all felt that it was distressing to see him strive to pretend that it wasn’t that big of an issue.

Ruan Song was just about to ask again if they had any other questions, when Jiang Qiqi suddenly turned to hug Liang Yi, leaning her head against the other’s shoulder.

This time, Ruan Song felt completely panicked.

He wasn’t like this when he acted like a little white lotus several days ago for the entire internet to see. This was the first time in his life that he’d made a girl cry, and it was even with just one sentence.

The lights in the cabin had long been turned off by the program team when the others had begun asking for signatures and when they were being quizzed.

Now, the light in everyone’s line of sight only came from the flickering lights of the several candles on the table. The orange flame leapt, causing light and shadow to fluctuate against everyone’s face.

When Jiang Qiqi cried, she didn’t make a sound, her arms tightly wound around Liang Yi’s neck, her face avoiding the camera lens.

It was clear that this wasn’t Liang Yi’s first time being a pillow for the crybaby, and he proficiently smoothed her hair and patted her back, exposing a soothing smile while looking at Ruan Song: “Ever since she heard your news two days ago, she’s been hiding under our covers in the middle of the night to cry. She truly does love your shows.”

[Ay, it’s so unbearable]
[I get it, the delayed effects of this matter are huge. Two days ago, I was on Weibo during the daytime cussing Yuan Yinhai out with all my might and didn’t feel anything, but as soon as night struck and I thought of the experiences that teacher Ruan and the others underwent, I cried like an idiot. Crying.jpg]
[Actually, I originally thought that a rich daughter like Qiqi wouldn’t understand the feelings of us at the bottom of society, sad.jpg]
[Qiqi is really a good girl!! Those marketing accounts love to say she has a love brain, is prissy or whatever, but she’s clearly very good!!!]
[Seeing Qiqi like this, teacher Ruan froze up completely, and he basically has no idea what to do]

Fortunately Jiang Qiqi adjusted her mood quickly, and without a sound from beginning to end, raised her head from Liang Yi’s shoulder with a pair of red-rimmed eyes. Knowing that everyone was looking at her, she even felt that it was a bit embarrassing, and cleared her throat then said: “……You guys continue talking, no need to worry about me.”

Ultimately, Liang Yi helped raise her head, then questioned Ruan Song again: “So what were you thinking at that time, to switch your major from culture to arts?”

Generally speaking, switching your major like that was against the rules.

But in those years, A University had pushed for a temporary, new regulation that Ruan Song was able to take advantage of. As long as culture students were able to test as well as an arts student in the various arts major exams, then the culture student was allowed to transfer.

Yuan Yinhai had mentioned Ruan Song transferring majors in class, causing everyone to misunderstand Ruan Song as going through the backdoor3. Because there were very few people who wanted to transfer majors every year, and this regulation was also not widely known as it was canceled after less than two years, so the average person didn’t know about it at all.

Yuan Yinhai’s so-called ‘help’ was just telling Ruan Song about this matter. He didn’t provide any rule-breaking advice during Ruan Song’s exams, and Ruan Song taught himself everything.

“Actually, at first I was recommended to major in finance, but at that time, I had no interest or thoughts about it. I just thought that I could make money with it, and I could work with hedge funds or something like that.”

Ruan Song had always been honest when answering questions, and said whatever was relevant: “But after half a semester into my first year, I learned a bit more about the major and the atmosphere of the industry, and I didn’t like it at all, thinking that it was different from what I thought it was. Then I wasn’t that serious about attending classes, and then I began skipping class.”

Bullet screen [???]

[SOS helpp, teacher Ruan you shouldn’t be too honest, you can also just answer causally, lmao]
[He even dares to mention skipping class, looks like he hates school just like me, I love it, I love it, doge]

But where would he even go if he skipped class? Ruan Song wasn’t the type to leave campus to play, so when he skipped class, he usually just ran to the library to read various books.

“The first time I met Yuan Yinhai was in the library of A University. I borrowed a book that he wanted to use, a maritime navigation encyclopedia, causing him to sit around in vain for an entire week. Everyday he’d wait at the front desk in the library, waiting for me to return the book.”

Over time, after the two kept bumping into each other borrowing similar books in the library, they slowly grew familiar with each other, and they later even added each other’s WeChat.

“Actually, now that I think about it, I probably seemed quite strange in Yuan Yinhai’s eyes, because I was never curious as to who he was. I didn’t care nor did I ever ask if he was a professor, or an administrator, or logistics staff.”

Zheng Qing expressed the thoughts of the bullet screen on the spot: “Good guy, you’re so cool.”

Ruan Song: “I just thought it was insignificant. Who he was had nothing to do with me, and we would just chat for a bit occasionally when we met in the library.”

The first time Ruan Song learned of Yuan Yinhai’s identity was also the time when he was caught by the secretary of the business school while skipping class.

Because he had one of the best grades in the school, the secretary just so happened to remember him, and failed him on the spot.

“I was really annoyed, because I really didn’t like it, and didn’t want to retake the course. Later, Yuan Yinhai asked me if I wanted to transfer to his major. As long as I passed the test for transferring majors I wouldn’t have to retake any classes, a new policy that just came out.”

It was at that point that Ruan Song first learned that Yuan Yinhai was actually the Dean of the Literature department, who personally taught the Drama, Movies and Television Literature major.

Qin Sijia: “Wow, isn’t your reasoning also too……”

“Wasn’t I a bit disillusioned? Hahaha.”

Ruan Song could also guess that everyone would definitely have thought that he had some special feelings or stories regarding his beginnings: “It really was because I simply didn’t want to retake my class. In the past, I was quite rebellious, and I’ve always never been afraid of teachers.”

Speaking of this, Ren Qinming rarely interrupted the conversation: “When I first saw Song ge after transferring during high school, he was caught by the grade monitor for not wearing his school uniform. Then despite constant scolding he didn’t change and refused to wear it.”

Everyone laughed with amusement.

“Later on, Yuan Yinhai didn’t bother me again. He just told me that this matter could be solved by changing my major, so I just casually tried learning it, and after studying for a bit, I also thought it was pretty interesting to write scripts and stories. Then the next time I met Yuan Yinhai, I had already finished taking the exam and changed my major.”

Ruan Song: “I suppose that he didn’t appear because he was too busy observing me, wanting to test if I had any natural talents.”

Then he automatically ended up in Yuan Yinhai’s class.

In general, he actually should have stayed with the first years, starting anew with the freshman class in the Literature of Drama major.

But Yuan Yinhai saw his exam paper from the transfer exam, and felt that he could directly start from the second year. Anyway, there were a lot of ‘water classes4’ in freshman year, and Ruan Song basically already self-studied all the basic concepts.

In fact, at that time, Ruan Song had no idea whether he was talented or not with regards to screenwriting.

Because he had no contact with it in the past, and had also never met anyone who studied this, and didn’t know what everyone’s general level of talent was.

But once he ended up under Yuan Yinhai’s care and submitted several homework assignments, the disparity immediately appeared.

Ruan Song felt that even though he didn’t pay much attention, it seemed that he was better than other students in his class, and he wasn’t just a little bit better than others. In his opinion, it was hard to imagine that the things that everyone was submitting were the product of study from high school all the way to university.

“Anyway, it was at that time that Yuan Yinhai clearly began to emphasize cultivating me. I originally was just a transfer student, so I wasn’t close to anyone in the class, and Yuan Yinhai would also single me out several times, so I understand why everyone didn’t like me and didn’t mind it too much.”

Ruan Song was more preoccupied with the thought and excitement of suddenly finding a new direction in life, leaving the bitter sea of his original profession.

“Basically, the more I studied, the more I liked it. And the more I liked it, the better my work was, and the more Yuan Yinhai took care of me. Occasionally during the weekends, he would even privately invite me to watch a movie or have a meal to discuss industry secrets.”

At this point, Ruan Song had more or less paused, then smiled against the candlelight: “Then you know the rest of the story.”

The changing face of the nobility as master and apprentice had a falling out.

Perhaps the entire event was too excessively shocking, but everyone was still very fascinated by Ruan Song’s detailed retelling of his ordinary past.

A long moment after Ruan Song finished telling the story, each and every person continued gazing fixedly at him with their heads against their palms, as if they hadn’t realized that he had finished telling his story.

Ruan Song couldn’t help but laugh as he repeatedly called out to them several times before retrieving their souls.

Later, as they each returned to their rooms to wash up, it was as if they floated as they walked, and it was clear that they were all still deeply immersed in the story.

Even when Ren Qinming closed the door to their room, he also appeared as if he wanted to say something.

Ruan Song immediately spoke up to stop him: “You should know very well that I don’t like listening to useless banter, right?”

With his head lowered, Ren Qinming nodded twice.

Although they all obediently went to wash up for bed, it was clear that everyone’s mood was low.

Furthermore, the low mood persisted and didn’t improve even after Ruan Song finished washing up.

The person who was usually eager to hang off of Ruan Song was now buried under the blanket with great self loathing, leaving Ruan Song in a fit of laughter and tears. He sat beside the bed and rubbed the other’s hair while patting the other on the back through the blanket: “What’s up with you, I was the one who suffered, not you.”

Ren Qinming’s voice was smothered: “It might as well have been me.”

“Well what can I do, how about I give you a consolation prize, and let you kiss me?”

Ren Qinming shook his head.

“I can’t even coax you with a kiss?” Ruan Song laughed as he raised his eyebrows, rolling his eyes as he pondered, “Then how about a consolation prize of…… letting you hug me to sleep tonight?”

Ren Qinming continued to shake his head.

Ruan Song: “Oh, I know, how about a consolation prize of taking a shower with me tomorrow?”

Ren Qinming’s refusal wasn’t as swift this time, as he was smothered motionlessly under the blankets for a long moment.

In the livestream, Ruan Song’s phoenix eyes, which were exposed from under the towel, were curved, nearly sucking the spirits of those in the bullet screen, as he bent over Ren Qinming’s prone body under the blanket to persuade him: “In order to prevent you from regretting anything, how about you first take a look at me before making a decision?”

Ren Qinming originally had no other thoughts, thinking that Ruan Song simply wanted him to see the other’s face.

But as a result, he had just slowly moved his head out of the dog kennel when he was immediately dazed by the first glance of the beautiful scenery right in front of his eyes!

Ruan Song, who laid against his chest, had a wide open collar, revealing his delicate collar bones and messy hair. From his perspective, he could even see the marks he had left on the other’s chest a few days ago, the bright tooth marks clearly visible against the other’s white-as-snow skin.

Ren Qinming dumbly asked: “Why are you wearing my robe……”

Ruan Song didn’t bother replying, simply pouting slightly as he asked: “So are you showering with me tomorrow or not?”

Ren Qinming first reached out to touch his own nose, then without saying anything, lifted up the blankets then stood up, directly pulling the other into his arms while decisively replying: “I want to shower with you now.”

The camera in the room was still on, and Ruan Song’s long, straight legs blindingly peeked out from under the robe.

At first, the bullet screen didn’t know why Ren Qinming touched his nose, but once they saw this scene, they also couldn’t help but start touching their own noses.

Turns out it was to check whether or not they had a nose bleed!

[This good-for-nothing. He’s only at this moral caliber after seeing his own wife everyday, doge]
[Then I’m also only at this moral caliber. May I please ask where I should go to find a wife, pervert.jpg]

Everyone was already used to the pair’s occasional, R-rated behaviors, so much so that even when Ren Qinming turned back midway to turn off the sound and video of the camera, they had no complaints at all.

Because at that time, the program group had already quietly announced which flying guest was to arrive the next day on the variety show. It was just that the several guests filming the show were ‘too involved’ and had no time to hear about it.

The bullet screen was all filled with:

[Tomorrow will be Ren Qinming’s personal hell. It’s not too excessive for him to have his final meal today, doge]

notes:

1. ‘Mother’ = Qin Sijia, she’s speaking about herself in third person

2. An idiom describing an urgent situation, where it is necessary to adopt correct methods in time to achieve ideal results. The urgent situation is RS’s horrible past, and the ‘correct methods’ are scolding YYH.

3. Going through the back door = using influence/pull to secure advantages, in this case, switching majors

4. Water classes are, from what I can tell, general elective classes/core classes — ones that are required and have nothing to do with your major, hence considered ‘watery’ classes (which I think just means filler classes)