I Keep Breaking Character to Stay Alive [GB]

[A totally oblivious, bold-flirting heroine x a sharp-tongued, soft-hearted hero who is a master of winning himself over]

Lu Zhao has spent three years in show business, never quite famous but never quite washed up, either. The only thing people really remember about her is the "cool, sweet goddess" persona her agency gave her when she debuted.

But no plan survives contact with reality. Three whole years passed without her making a splash. Just when she finally landed a variety show with a top-tier production team and seemed ready for her luck to turn, a brain hemorrhage nearly killed her.

Luckily, the King of Hell let her go. When she opened her eyes, not only had she gotten her life back, she had also been bound to a "Good Deeds Get Good Rewards System."

The System assigned her a task: within one year, earn 60 points by breaking her "pure and aloof" persona, and she could come back to life for good.

Lu Zhao: "All I have to do is break character? Sixty points? Easy peasy."

Then reality slapped her hard.

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This lousy System is stingy as hell.

Just as Lu Zhao was about to go mad over the last two decimal places of her score, she suddenly found a points-farming cheat code.

His name was Cheng Qianxing, the lead singer of the hottest band around, Night Crow, and the third young master of the Xida Group. He was the classic case of having a temper even bigger than his fame: prickly from head to toe, and completely unapproachable.

Everyone else saw a heartthrob. Lu Zhao saw a walking points machine.

As long as she got involved with Cheng Qianxing, her score shot up.

But Cheng Qianxing was paranoid, convinced everyone wanted to cozy up to him, especially Lu Zhao.

He complained that she was a nuisance, yet couldn't stop winning himself over: She keeps coming after me. Does she like me? Was there something different about the way she looked at me just now?

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Once Cheng Qianxing had fully convinced himself, he carefully picked an auspicious day to confess. But Lu Zhao only said, "Sorry, I only do four-love."

Cheng Qianxing lost it on the spot, saying whatever came to mind. They fell out and parted on bad terms.

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Before long, a gossip account dropped a bombshell, sending the two of them straight to the top of the trending charts:

#LuZhaoSchemesToClingToXidaThirdYoungMaster#

#SheThrewHerselfAtHimAndGotRejected#

Lu Zhao hadn't even finished reading the gossip when her manager called nonstop: "You two are trending again!"

@Cheng Qianxing: "She wasn't trying to cling to me. I was the one who couldn't catch up with her. Lu Zhao, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said those things that day. Please forgive me."

The whole internet: ???

Reader's Guide:

One top, four bottoms

Includes some forum-style chapters

Both leads are virgins

Theme: We're all doing our best to stay alive