The CEO Needs Comfort [Entertainment Industry]

[The story is complete]

Three years ago, in a cafe outside Jingnan University, Lu Xutong stood before a sharply dressed man in a suit, his face flushed as he said, "I'm sorry I let you down."

He thought that was the closest he would ever get to the man. After that, they would have nothing more to do with each other.

Three years later, he sits at the bar in a luxury apartment. The man braces a hand against his waist and lifts his chin, his voice low and alluring. "Mr. Lu, don't let me down again."

[From the pursuing partner's perspective]

In his first year back home to take over the Meng Group, Meng Chuan made time for a trip to Jiangcheng. There, he met a frail high school boy. In a rare fit of generosity, he secretly used his own funds to help the boy stay in school. Who could have guessed that this good deed would hit a wall after just two years? The ungrateful little brat had the nerve to ask him for another million in expenses.

Meng Chuan was so angry he laughed. "Little Lu, I'm not a philanthropist."

The boy across from him was pale as he replied in a trembling voice, "I'm sorry I let you down."

Later, the boy ended his charity with an email and never contacted him again.

Three years later, they ran into each other at a wrap party. Meng Chuan responded to Lu Xutong's polite greeting with a cutting remark, but later reached out when Lu Xutong found himself in trouble.

Afterward, Meng Chuan thought, so what if he'd fallen for him? He liked that ungrateful little brat, after all.

[A little scene]

When Lu Xutong comes home from work, he opens the door to find the apartment dark. Only a dim yellow light is left on by the bar, where a dark figure sits motionless.

He frowns and calls out, "Meng Chuan?"

The man still doesn't respond.

Lu Xutong changes into his slippers and walks closer. Meng Chuan is sitting in a chair, drinking. His face is as dark as a deep pool, his thin lips pressed together. When he sees Lu Xutong, he only glances at him, then tips his head back and drinks another glass.

"What's wrong?" Lu Xutong asks, puzzled. Yesterday, Meng Chuan had been clinging to him and dragging him into all sorts of shameless business. Today, he's acting like he doesn't know him? Lu Xutong can't help thinking that Meng Chuan really is famous in the industry for turning cold without warning.

Meng Chuan sets down his glass and turns his chair toward him. His thin lips part. "I had nothing to do today, so I watched your new movie."

Lu Xutong looks confused. "Oh. How was it? Was my acting all right?"

Meng Chuan bares his teeth in a sneer. "It was all right, especially the bit at 35:58!"

"..." Lu Xutong thinks for a moment, then laughs helplessly. "Well... that was a kissing double. Didn't you tell your younger brother not to let me do that scene?"

"But the comments were all praising your kissing skills!" Meng Chuan scowls, clearly displeased. "Don't I know how good you are at kissing? You're terrible. You start gasping if it lasts even a little while." CEO Meng got so worked up this afternoon that his childish side took over. He went off in the comments, ranting about how bad Lu Xutong was at kissing, and, just as expected, got mobbed by a crowd of fans.

"Come on, it's not like you have to get mad at the comments." Lu Xutong's cheeks flush as he changes the subject. "Have you eaten? I'm hungry. Let's go out and get something to eat."

"I'm still mad!" CEO Meng keeps up his sour expression.

Lu Xutong says helplessly, "Then what do you want?"

CEO Meng lifts his chin with an air of superiority. "You have to make it up to me."

Lu Xutong smiles brightly, steps closer, wraps his arms around Meng Chuan's shoulders, and offers him a lingering kiss.

#The CEO has a bad temper and needs someone to soothe him!#

A hot-tempered CEO who is easy to soothe, the pursuing partner

A beautiful, gentle celebrity who is good at soothing people, the pursued partner

Reader's guide:

1. Both are virgins!! (Content note: the pursued partner has had a first love; the pursuer has not.)

2. No real entertainment-industry circles or real-life models! This story has a lot of made-up details, most of it just invented (including place names and the like), so please don't nitpick.

3. This is my first time writing an entertainment-industry romance between men. I hope you'll enjoy it. If you can't keep reading, I hope we can part on good terms and not let it spoil the mood.

4. At heart, this is a fluffy story with no brains and no logic!

V.B.: Bai Luowan-

Coming soon: We Made Up in Our Dreams

Fu Yu never imagined that the day he was going to compete against his nemesis, Xing Sen, in the technology finals would be the day he got into a car accident. His soul almost got knocked into outer space.

He thought Xing Sen would be happy to take first place without him standing in the way. Instead, when Xing Sen heard about the accident on the awards stage, his face instantly went pale. He stumbled out of the venue and rushed to the hospital.

From that night on, Fu Yu's soul would inexplicably get pulled into Xing Sen's dreams every midnight.

In the dream, Xing Sen pins him against the wall and gazes at him with burning tenderness. "Am I dreaming?"

Fu Yu stares at him in horror. "What are you going to do?"

Don't think you can do whatever you want just because it's your dream!

Xing Sen runs his thumb across Fu Yu's lips. His expression darkens as he murmurs to himself, "If it's only a dream, what's wrong with being a little bolder?" As he speaks, he lowers his head and kisses Fu Yu.

"!!!" Fu Yu never imagined his nemesis would take advantage of him in a dream.

In his dreams, Xing Sen sheds all his usual arrogance and coldness and makes love to him with abandon.

At the height of their passion, Xing Sen wipes away a tear from the corner of Fu Yu's eye with his fingertip and gently coaxes, "Call me senior."

Fu Yu's voice is hoarse as he sobs, "Senior, please let me go."

It's all because he'd teased Xing Sen too often in the past. He deserves this turnabout, with Xing Sen collecting his debt in his dreams even after he's become a ghost.

Later, a medical miracle happens, and Fu Yu wakes from his coma. The first thing he does when Xing Sen comes to visit is run!

Xing Sen grabs his wrist, his eyes and brows cool. "Why are you running?"

Fu Yu pretends to be calm. "I'm not..."

Xing Sen raises an eyebrow and steps closer, pinning him down with the same move he's used countless times in their dreams. He leans in and says, "But your lips are trembling."

"Why haven't you come to see me in your dreams lately, baby?"

"!!!"

Coming soon, book 2: The White Moonlight of the Tyrant After Faking His Death, historical romance between men, old-school melodrama

Coming soon, book 3: The Patriarch Lost a Book of Spirit Magic, fantasy romance between men, supernatural urban mystery

Theme: Strive tirelessly and work hard