[Straight-laced lackey actor bottom x touch-starved, top-tier star actor top]
"You want to be famous. I want you."
*
Chen Fei has spent years struggling in the entertainment industry as an obscure actor, but he has never made a name for himself.
He figures his fate must be cursed by conflicting elements. Otherwise, why can't he ever become famous?
He visits a temple to draw a fortune stick. The fortune-teller looks at it and shakes his head. "How could you not become famous? The Red Beauty Star in your fate clashes with the Star of Heavenly Joy. It brings bad luck to your love life, but good fortune to your career."
"You just need to be careful with your health..." The fortune-teller trails off.
Chen Fei's eyes light up. Doesn't that mean he'll have this boundless future all to himself? He isn't afraid of anything that might wear him out or harm his health if it helps him get ahead.
*
Hoping to curry favor with a hedonistic, rich second-generation director, he secretly pledges his loyalty, only to be told to publicly confess to a male actor.
Chen Fei surveys the crowd's mocking, ill-intentioned smiles, then lifts a corner of his mouth and cheerfully confesses to the absent top-tier star Pei Luoshu.
"Of course I love Pei Luoshu. You might not know what three years, four months, and seven days means, but that's when I first fell for him."
"I chose to enter this industry alone just to get a little closer to him. I don't ask the moon to shine only on me, just for the night to last a little longer..."
Chen Fei has no idea that his words have given everyone goosebumps. In a dark corner not far behind him, someone has stopped in his tracks.
Pei Luoshu casually shakes the nearly empty medicine bottle in his hand, silently rolling the name Chen Fei over and over in his mouth.
Where no one can see, his pale ears slowly turn red. His condition seems to be getting worse.
*
One day, Chen Fei receives an invitation to join a dating reality show and happily accepts. The production team gives him a secret mission: pair up with Actor Pei and make a glorious mess of things.
Even notorious fame is still fame. Chen Fei signs the contract in no time, completely missing the production team's sly grins.
[During the partner selection, pick the white medicine bottle]
[During the late-night conversation, speak your heart to Actor Pei]
[Lose the contest, and share a plate of egg fried rice]
[Wet the actor's bedsheets, then sleep together in a double bed]
Only after spending the show shamelessly sticking to Pei Luoshu and provoking him does Chen Fei realize something is wrong.
Why does the actor blush and clutch his hand every time he gets close? No wonder he's so worked up that he needs medicine.
But the medicine bottle is obviously just a prop. The actor doesn't take medicine at all. He just quietly eats the food Chen Fei feeds him.
Sharing a bed is one thing, but somehow Chen Fei is the one held in Pei Luoshu's arms every night...
Only after filming ends does Chen Fei discover that the show is called Love Rekindled. All the other guests are real couples hoping to get back together.
He and Actor Pei are the only ones there to make up the numbers and liven things up...
Yet this pair of "say one thing and mean another" somehow lands on the annual CP rankings out of nowhere, and fans are all begging them to get back together.
Pei Luoshu makes a high-profile announcement: "I'm pursuing him."
Chen Fei bristles. "I thought of you as a buddy, and you want to sleep with me?!"
Pei Luoshu buries his face in Chen Fei's neck and recites his old, cringe-worthy confession word for word: "The night really does last a long time."
Theme: Those who never forget will eventually hear an answer.
