On a family reality show, superstar Lu Ling was the pampered heiress from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai, and award-winning actress Shen Fan was the Northeast’s eldest daughter.
Unremarkable me?
I was there to make them look good.
My family wasn’t helping.
In the trailer, their elders showered them with money or love.
My grandma kept telling me to quit showbiz.
“Girls should stay home.
They shouldn’t work.”
The internet tore into her.
[Another old relic.]
Then the full episode aired.
What Grandma had actually said was: “Why not just spend my pension?”
“By the time I’m gone, your dad should be retired.
You can spend his next.”
“I’ve been paying your social insurance at the highest contribution level.”
“By the time your parents are both gone, you’ll be collecting your own pension.”
The internet changed its tune instantly.
[People like this terrify me.]
[Don’t they say whatever you fear comes your way?]
