However, these rational analyses were quickly drowned out by the enthusiasm of the CP fans.
"I don't care, I don't care! They are a match made in heaven when they stand together!"
"Even if it's just for the show, I'm willing to ship them!"
"What if? What if they really get together?"
"Love knows no bounds!"
"Looking forward to their follow-up! Please!"
Gu Lina Zha, one of the parties involved in the online commotion, was unaware of it.
But her assistant, Xiao Lu, was holding her phone, scrolling through Weibo, with an auntie-like smile on her face.
As Gu Lina Zha's closest assistant, Xiao Lu naturally knew the real relationship between her and Lu Mingyu.
She knew better than any CP fan that the so-called "sweet moments" online were not deliberately arranged by the production team.
They were all the most authentic daily interactions between Instructor Lu and her artist.
Watching netizens search for sweet clues between the two with a magnifying glass, Xiao Lu's heart bloomed with joy.
"These netizens really have sharp eyes."
Xiao Lu muttered softly as she watched.
"They can even detect the 0.1-millimeter upward curve at the corner of Instructor Lu's mouth, that's amazing."
She then saw comments questioning the disparity in their identities and couldn't help but curl her lips.
"What disparity in identities, you don't know how amazing Instructor Lu is."
"Our Naza-jie finding him is like striking gold."
Xiao Lu silently liked all the comments that supported "Mingna CP."
She was more eager than anyone for Gu Lina Zha and Lu Mingyu to openly reveal their relationship one day.
When that time came, it would surely shock everyone.
Xiao Lu fantasized about that day, and the smile on her face grew even brighter.
As night fell, the training base was shrouded in silence.
In the female guests' dormitory, the lights were bright.
After a full day of high-intensity physical and tactical training, the girls were almost falling apart from exhaustion.
As soon as Yu Shuxin entered the room, she threw herself onto the bed, letting out a satisfied sigh.
"I can't do it anymore, I feel like my legs are no longer my own."
Her voice was filled with exhaustion, and she was like a puddle of mud.
Yang Zi was in a similar state; she leaned against the bed, slowly massaging her calves.
"Tell me about it, that obstacle course almost killed me."
"I absolutely won't be able to get up tomorrow, absolutely!"
The atmosphere in the dormitory was instantly dominated by fatigue and soreness.
Only Bai Lu seemed a little better.
Although she was also tired, her spirits still seemed high.
She wiped her wet hair with a towel while looking at the others.
"You guys, what kind of person is Instructor Lu anyway?"
Bai Lu suddenly spoke, breaking the silence in the room.
This question instantly piqued the interest of the other girls.
Yu Shuxin struggled to lift her head from the bed and asked curiously,
"Why are you suddenly asking that?"
Bai Lu thought for a moment and said,
"I just feel like he's so mysterious."
"Look, he knows too much, doesn't he?"
"Combat, shooting, wilderness survival, tactical command, it seems there's nothing he doesn't know."
"And the aura around him is too powerful; he doesn't seem like an ordinary instructor at all."
Yang Zi also nodded in agreement.
"Indeed, I've participated in other military-themed shows before."
"Although those instructors were also very capable, compared to Instructor Lu, I always felt like something was missing."
"Instructor Lu has a kind of... murderous aura, the kind of presence of someone who has truly been on the battlefield and seen blood."
As soon as she said this, the air in the dormitory seemed to thicken a bit.
Bai Lu's eyes sparkled with curiosity.
"I heard that the unit he belongs to carries out top-secret missions."
"Every time they go on a mission, they are on the brink of life and death."
Her words made Yu Shuxin and Yang Zi gasp.
"Really? That's too dangerous, isn't it?"
Yu Shuxin's eyes widened.
Bai Lu shrugged.
"I'm guessing, but it's probably close."
"But..." She changed the subject, a blush appearing on her face.
"Putting all that aside, Instructor Lu is really handsome."
This topic was clearly more relaxed than the previous one, and it resonated more with the girls.
"That's true!"
Yang Zi immediately agreed.
"That face, that physique, he's simply walking hormones."
"Much more handsome than those male celebrities in the entertainment industry."
"And it's that particularly masculine kind of handsome, not comparable to the popular 'fresh meat' type nowadays."
Yu Shuxin also joined the discussion.
The girls chattered about Lu Mingyu's appearance, and the atmosphere instantly became lively.
Just then, Bai Lu's gaze suddenly turned to Gu Lina Zha, who had been relatively quiet.
And to Yang Zi and Yu Shuxin next to her.
A playful smile played on her lips as she suddenly asked,
"Hey, seriously, do you three all have a good impression of Instructor Lu?"
As soon as this question was asked,
Yang Zi and Yu Shuxin's faces instantly flushed.
"You... what nonsense are you talking about!"
Yu Shuxin stammered in rebuttal, but her eyes dared not meet Bai Lu's gaze.
Yang Zi lowered her head, using the action of massaging her legs to cover up her awkwardness, muttering,
"No way... I just think Instructor Lu is very outstanding and I admire him..."
Although they didn't answer directly,
Their shy and embarrassed expressions fully exposed the little admiration and flutter in their hearts.
Bai Lu's gaze, with a hint of teasing, swept across Yang Zi and Yu Shuxin's flushed faces.
Finally, it landed on Gu Lina Zha, who maintained a faint smile.
Unlike the embarrassment of the other two,
Gu Lina Zha appeared unusually calm, even meeting Bai Lu's gaze.
She neither refuted nor tacitly agreed.
She just quietly listened to Yang Zi and Yu Shuxin stammering their explanations.
"Admiration and respect are also a kind of good impression, aren't they?"
Bai Lu said with a smile, trying to smooth things over, but her eyes never left Gu Lina Zha.
She always felt that Gu Lina Zha's attitude towards Instructor Lu was different from everyone else's.
It wasn't simple adoration, nor a maiden's flutter, but a deeper, more certain emotion.
The dormitory fell silent for a moment, with only the faint sound of Yang Zi massaging her legs.
Just when everyone thought the topic would be dropped.
Gu Lina Zha suddenly chuckled softly.
Her voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.
"You're right."
These three words made everyone in the room freeze.
Yang Zi stopped massaging her legs, and Yu Shuxin's eyes widened.
Even Bai Lu, the instigator, had her smile freeze on her face.
They hadn't expected Gu Lina Zha to admit it so openly.
"I do have a good impression of him."
Gu Lina Zha continued, her tone calm and serious, completely devoid of a young girl's shyness.
She glanced around at her dumbfounded roommates, then dropped an even bigger bomb.
"And, I don't just want to have a good impression of him."
"I want to directly get married to him."