My Ex Wants to Make Our Fake Romance Real Again

A gloomy, obsessive ghost of a rookie actor, seme x a tsundere, gorgeous award-winning actor, uke. A story of unrequited love, with lots of baby content

Xia Zhiqing was a child star who debuted at four and became an enormously popular top-tier star at twenty. At twenty-two, on an impulsive whim, he married his rival Xi Wenjing to settle a bet. But less than three months into the marriage, Xia Zhiqing discovered that he was unexpectedly pregnant!

After examining him, the doctor explained that Xia Zhiqing had a rare constitution and could only give birth to the baby. Otherwise, he would die.

The news terrified Xia Zhiqing. In one night, he ran away, got divorced, quit acting, and prepared for the baby.

Three years later, with his child now two, Xia Zhiqing decided to announce his comeback to earn money for formula!

As it happened, his first project after returning was a sweet story with two male leads. In the show, the protagonists were the company's top performers, constantly arguing and competing to be number one. But in private, they were together, sharing a home and a bed. The sexual tension of falling for one's nemesis was off the charts.

He heard that the actor paired with him was a newly popular top-tier star and a frequent trending topic.

Xia Zhiqing assumed the junior was just a pretty face who coasted on his looks. With eighteen years of acting experience, he vowed to teach the kid what real acting was.

At the cast meet-and-greet, Xia Zhiqing fainted on the spot.

The other lead was none other than his ex-husband, Xi Wenjing.

Before filming began, the director asked the two leads to live together for a month to build chemistry and capture the charged atmosphere between their characters. Xia Zhiqing was going to refuse, but Xi Wenjing provoked him with a single remark.

"What, scared?"

Xia Zhiqing took the bait completely.

"Like I'd be afraid of you!"

The two-year-old had never been away from his father for so long and was having a hard time adjusting. So during their cohabitation, a friend kept bringing the child to visit the set every few days.

The little one, Gaogao, had just learned to walk and could say a few short phrases.

Xia Zhiqing and his friend sat on the soft carpet, clapping as Gaogao ran toward them from the other side of the living room. It was such a warm, loving scene between father and child, like a family of three. Xi Wenjing watched, consumed with jealousy.

After this happened several times, Xi Wenjing finally couldn't take it anymore. One evening, after yet another visit from the friend and child, he cornered Xia Zhiqing against the bathroom wall. He wore a faint smile, but was grinding his back teeth.

"Tell me, whose child is that?"

Xia Zhiqing guiltily looked up at the ceiling.

"Anyway, he's not yours."

Xi Wenjing gave a cold laugh.

"Is that so? But when you got pregnant with him, we weren't divorced yet."

[Little Scene]

Xi Wenjing and Xia Zhiqing's families were neighbors when they were children. They went to the same high school and were classmates, too.

From childhood, the two had competed over everything, from grades to certificates, fighting like there was no tomorrow.

In high school, they started competing over who received more love letters.

Xia Zhiqing was already a moderately famous star, but Xi Wenjing was the campus heartthrob, and they received exactly the same number of letters.

Until Xi Wenjing pulled another envelope from his math book and tossed it onto the pile of love letters, looking triumphant.

"I win. Starting today, you have to grant me one wish."

From that day on, Xia Zhiqing ate dinner with Xi Wenjing for a month.

Many years later, after they had truly married, Xi Wenjing took Xia Zhiqing to a storage room and dug through their old things. He found a box full of Xia Zhiqing's belongings, including the envelope he had taken from his math book.

"Actually, you won that competition." Xi Wenjing unfolded the letter. It read:

To my dearest A-Qing, signed, Xi Wenjing, who loves you most.

P.S. The friend is just a plot device and has no romantic storyline with anyone in the main cast!

Theme: Love yourself