The Sickly Beauty Goes Viral After Joining a Farming Variety Show

Shen Yiqing is a famous sickly figure in the entertainment industry.

Three years ago, news broke that he had been diagnosed with a serious illness. The last time he was photographed, he was alone on his way to a hospice, frail and gaunt, prompting a wave of sympathy. After that, he never released another work and gradually disappeared from public view.

When the cast list for the new season of The Earth Journal, a farming variety show so grueling that it's said to be boot camp for the entertainment industry, was announced, Shen Yiqing's name was right there. It caused quite a stir.

[Has he been away from the industry for so long because his face expired and had to go in for a renovation?]

[Did the production team pick a sick person to drag everyone down? He's this ill and still here to cash in???]

[Keep those sickly ghosts who get out of breath after two steps away from the farm!!]

The former "moonlight in everyone's heart" had become a laughingstock overnight. Nobody believed Shen Yiqing could make a comeback, but he really did show up on set. He was, however, the one dragging everyone down

The seed bags that the female cast members could carry two at a time, Shen Yiqing could barely lift even with all his strength.

While thinning seedlings in the vegetable field, Shen Yiqing worked hard with his head down, but the others left him far behind.

Whenever the temperature changed even a little, Shen Yiqing was always the first to fall ill.

Even the seedlings he cared for grew more slowly than everyone else's.

Shen Yiqing was bad at everything but worked hard anyway. Everyone thought he'd be thoroughly despised, but at some point, the entertainment industry's seemingly unapproachable big shots began treating him more and more warmly.

The trendy young heartthrob treated Shen Yiqing like a confidant, sharing his deepest feelings with him late into the night;

The wealthy singer sat on the roof with the priceless guitar he'd bought at auction, humming a song he'd written especially for him;

The top female comedian turned into an overprotective big sister, calling him "Yiqing" at every turn and inviting him to appear in the first film of her directorial career.

Even the movie emperor Jiang Ming's gaze toward Shen Yiqing began to turn peculiar. A glimpse of his phone screen revealed Shen Yiqing's image.

In the photo, Shen Yiqing had tied his hair up casually, and the hand resting on his waist looked all too familiar.

Wait, weren't they all supposed to dislike him? How did he become everyone's darling?

And what was that mysterious smile on the cold, aloof movie emperor's face all about?

The day the lock-screen photo of Jiang Ming, an actor famed for playing tough guys, made the trending list, heated discussion about their relationship erupted.

[I'm kind of starting to see Shen Yiqing's beauty. Is this what they mean by beauty being in the eye of the beholder?]

[I think... one of them has always been beautiful, and the other has always been tough and/or shy.]

[I have a bold question: Is Shen Yiqing healthy enough? Can my sickly moonlight withstand Movie Emperor Jiang? (blushing face) #FeelSorryForShenYiqing]

The internet was losing its mind over the pairing. On a deserted field path, Shen Yiqing held up a charred potato, blew the dust off it, and narrowed his eyes at Jiang Ming, who had appeared without him noticing.

Shen Yiqing's voice was as gentle as ever. "Hello, ex-boyfriend."

Former heartthrob x current movie emperor, older top, one-on-one, build difference, both inexperienced, rekindled romance, sweet and satisfying, no-brain fluff

Extra Scene:

Before Jiang Ming became a movie emperor, he was in a relationship.

That person was peerlessly beautiful, with a slender waist. On every night when pain and desire mingled, he would gaze at Jiang Ming with eyes bright as morning stars and softly call him "Big Brother."

As long as Jiang Ming was filming in Yanjiang, he was lost in that gentle paradise.

Jiang Ming knew his lover was in poor health and resolved to seek out every renowned doctor, but the other man slipped away without a word and vanished without a trace.

When they met again, one was an accomplished movie emperor known as a "tough guy," the other a sickly man who had supposedly died countless times according to gossip accounts.

The sickly beauty held a homemade fish spear and watched the pond. The sharpness that unconsciously appeared in his eyes startled Jiang Ming, but when he turned around, he smiled at the newcomer and said, "Movie Emperor, call me Big Brother and I'll take care of you!"

Jiang Ming rubbed his brow and replied calmly, "Sure."

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