So, following Yan Si’s acknowledgment of defeat, even her little manager admitted defeat.
But did you think the hype around the Jiang family ended there?
At the same time Han Yunru landed on the hot search, the hashtag #JiangJiRiceBoy also quietly slipped in at the bottom of the list.
Before clicking in, netizens were confused: How did that super popular rice-devouring boy from Douyin end up connected to the Jiang family?
Then they clicked in and found out—
Holy sh*t! They’re all from the same family! A dad with amazing cooking skills, a gentle and stunningly beautiful mom, a genius daughter who’s multi-lingual with a sky-high IQ, and a super adorable Little Brother who eats like a champ.
【OMG! This whole family ticks off all my soft spots and swoon points.】
【Their roles are way too well-defined.】
【So if a big dude like me, 6’3” and all muscle, wants a smart daughter and a cute son, I have to marry someone on Aunty Han’s level? Someone please get Uncle Jiang to release a tutorial series.】
【+1, please!】
【All you folks asking for a tutorial from Uncle Jiang—maybe learn to cook first.】
【This just proves—the way to a woman’s heart is through her stomach.】
…
Later, Jiang Fuyue and Jiang Chenxing both appeared at the grand opening, and the customers lining up couldn’t stop snapping photos. The sibling duo made their own way onto the hot search.
It was truly…
【Hot search: completely dominated by the Jiang family!】
【Jiang Ji: total boss move.】
【Okay, now I believe the hype wasn’t bought.】
【Aaaah! My fave restaurant and my god-tier ship are finally going global? I’m panicking!】
【The siblings are so good-looking! Their eyes are just like Han Aunty’s—so pretty!】
【Um… can I say something? Among the four, Uncle Jiang is the least attractive—any objections?】
【Hahaha! xswl (dying laughing) Uncle Jiang doesn’t rely on looks, okay? He’s all talent. Thanks.】
【Hey hey hey, stop dissing people! Though… I kinda agree. Hehe…】
This day is definitely one of the most unforgettable in hot search history—not because of celebrity scandals or breaking national news, but because a single restaurant named Jiang Ji opened and completely took over the internet.
Even the free snowflake pastries and Danish skewers made it to the hot search. #HanAuntyPleaseOpenABakery?
Clicking into the tag showed photos of those pastries and skewers from every angle, all shot through netizen beauty filters, making the free food look like something out of a royal banquet.
With glowing text descriptions raving about how delicious it was—and again, it was free!
【I’m starving just looking at this.】
【To all of you who got free snacks—fine, you ate them, but did you have to post photos and torment the rest of us?!】
【Had a part-time shift today so I couldn’t go with my roommates to try Jiang Ji. Regretted it all morning. But guess what? They packed some snowflake pastry and skewers for me. SO good! Like, lick-the-box-clean good.】
【If even the free snacks are this amazing, how divine must the main dishes be? I’m already drooling.】
【Queued for five hours today and finally ate there—every dish was so good I almost bit my tongue off.】
【And every recipe is something you’ve never seen, never tasted—whoever eats, knows!】
Yet all of the above wasn’t even the most impressive or talked-about thing.
Because when Xie Dingyuan showed up, the entire internet went wild. Everything else paled in comparison.
After the tag #ProfessorXieAtJiangJi appeared, it instantly got the “Exploding” label.
Forget Yan Si, forget the pastries—next to him, they were nothing.
【Aaaah! After three years, finally saw a clear photo of Professor Xie online.】
【Girls! Take more pics! Every angle! 360 degrees!】
【I went from high school to college, and now I’m about to graduate—why hasn’t he changed at all? Still stupidly handsome!】
【He’s the only man I find overwhelmingly hot, but wouldn’t dare dream of claiming for myself.】
【Who could possibly own Professor Xie out of love? Not me, and not you either, girls.】
【He belongs to the nation.】
【Off to Jiang Ji I go—soon I’ll be someone who’s dined at the same restaurant as Professor Xie.】
【Science newbie here—signing up to absorb some of Professor Xie’s genius so I can pass my PhD defense.】
【Wait—why do I see two figures in the background of a girl’s selfie? Is that Professor Xie and Goddess Yue?】
That netizen circled two blurry figures in the upper-right corner of her selfie. The image was so unclear that even the clothing colors were hard to make out.
But the way they walked side by side, and the short distance between them, gave off a sense of intimacy.
Soon, this post got mass retweets and comments, shooting it to the trending topics.
【It’s literally two blurry blobs—you don’t need to jump to these dumb conclusions.】
【Can we not treat speculation as fact? Evidence, please?】
【Don’t apply your celebrity gossip behavior to Professor Xie. He’s not from the entertainment industry. Just because he’s famous and has done a lot for the country doesn’t mean he should be subjected to this kind of baseless scrutiny.】
【Are netizens really this bold now? Spinning national heroes into scandals? Seriously?】
【Entertainment is fine, but let’s not lose our humanity.】
【One pic and a whole novel of theories? Where’s the “intimacy” you’re seeing, exactly?!】
Under this flood of backlash, the netizen who posted the photo got overwhelmed and quickly deleted the post and issued an apology.
