Scion of an Elite Family Director x Down-and-Out Nobody Actor
Sharp-Tongued, Chaotic, Bad-Boy Top x Beautiful, Kindhearted Straight Bottom
The sort who argues with the world and his spouse, whose possessiveness makes him go crazy anywhere, anytime, a scheming ghost of a man vs. "What are you doing? I'm just nice to everyone, that's all," a dog-training master who doesn't need a leash
A famously hypocritical couple who love to fight: they seem like tragic star-crossed lovers, but really they bicker like grade-schoolers. On the surface, it's "What you do has nothing to do with me." In reality, one is the other's number-one fan, while the other is gentle and considerate to everyone else but flies into a rage at the slightest thing whenever his husband is involved.
[Blurb]
What's it like to be tangled up with the same madman again after six years apart?
Feeling the bite marks on the back of his neck, which had drawn blood, Zuo Jiangli deeply regretted the decision he'd made back then.
His car was smashed, his wallet was stolen, and he'd lost his job. To make ends meet, he signed up for an acting competition variety show. It wasn't until the auditions that he learned the person sitting in the middle of the judges' panel was his ex-boyfriend. No, his former fuck buddy.
Six years apart, and the "pretty boy" he'd once kept had become a world-famous director.
Yan Qingci gave a slight nod, his gaze sharp and cold as he asked, "Name?"
Haven't you called my name in bed? Not knowing what the hell the other man was up to, he bowed respectfully. "Hello, teachers. My name is Zuo Jiangli, and I'm a professional, "
A stack of papers smacked onto the ground. They were the contestants' resumes. He crouched to pick them up, and another sheet was thrust in his face. His ID photo was stuck in the upper-right corner. In it, the man was smiling, eyes bright and full of spirit. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed to mock the person he'd become over the years.
"Your rhythm, lines, and physicality are all a mess. It's hard to believe you're a professional stage actor. Your acting is so bad that even amateurs are better."
Those handsome lips opened and closed, spitting out one cutting remark after another. Zuo Jiangli didn't really care what he was saying. The pink diamond stud in the other man's earlobe glittered brightly, constantly reminding him that Yan Qingci had someone he loved more now.
Was this revenge? he wondered. Humiliating him in public, acting as if even looking at him was disgusting. Did Yan Qingci hate him that much now?
And that still wasn't enough. He had to follow him after the auditions, determined to insult him until he couldn't hold his head up.
"There's quite a story written on your face," Yan Qingci said.
Zuo Jiangli: "?"
"You've gotten old," Yan Qingci added. "Old and ugly."
"Then do you have an ugly-person fetish?" he shot back, unwilling to lose. A moment later, everything spun around him.
Just before he crashed to the ground, a strong, muscular arm wrapped around his waist and roughly pinned him against the wall, gripping his throat tightly.
In his field of vision, a vein bulged on Yan Qingci's forehead, hatred surging in his eyes.
"I told you, I hate the smell of other people's perfume most."
Two madmen began tearing into each other in the dark, faces twisted with rage. They didn't even need tenderness before starting another round of fighting.
"Zuo Jiangli, you can't get away."
If they couldn't be friends, they'd be fuck buddies. If they couldn't be lovers, they'd be enemies. If they couldn't get married, they'd torment each other for a lifetime.
Onstage and off, in life and after death, you can only belong to me.
Warnings: 1. The top is extremely awful in the beginning! He's good at indiscriminately attacking people, so watch your blood pressure! He's very jealous, and when he gets jealous, he can be rough. He's also extremely controlling toward the bottom.
2. Both of them have very unusual thought processes. There's no epic love-and-hate drama, just grade-school bickering.
3. The bottom has a serious self-destructive streak.
4. This isn't purely an entertainment-industry story. The top has a second identity.
[2025.4.9] The entire novel is finished. Jiangli's birthday is 5.22, and the story will begin then.
Theme: Love can overcome anything. You are my one and only butterfly
