Did the CP I Ship Get Back Together Today?

[The complete story is finished. Please add my next book, "Stars Shine Bright in His Eyes," to your reading list.]

A wildly popular angst-ridden CP, always ranked number one in fan-made couple videos.

When Jiang Mu's new drama holds a vote to choose its cast, CP fans push Xie Lianjing into the top spot for the male lead, and the two, who have never worked together before, officially become co-stars.

The media reveals that they had a campus romance in the past. Perhaps Xie Lianjing resents how casually Jiang Mu dumped him back then, because he immediately denies it: "That never happened. It doesn't exist. Don't make things up."

Then people find photos of Jiang Mu at Xie Lianjing's house, along with a cat identical to the one Jiang Mu used to own.

On a variety show, he loses a game of Truth or Dare. A little drunk, he's egged on to call his ex-girlfriend.

"Hello?" The voice on the other end is Jiang Mu's?!

The next words: "Loved you, no money, don't know."

Beep, beep, beep. The call ends.

Everyone sighs. No one knows that Xie Lianjing spends the entire night telling his friend about their old romance.

The CP fans say: We regret it so much now. We thought we'd been shipping a couple whose relationship was an old-school mess of misunderstandings, but it turns out to be the daily life of a total jerk repeatedly getting called out.

Note: Entertainment industry, rekindled romance, somewhat old-school misunderstanding trope, winning back your ex, showing off their love every day without realizing it, and what it's like to have more CP fans than solo fans.

No real-life basis. 1v1, both leads are each other's first.

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Next book, "Stars Shine Bright in His Eyes": an older-woman/younger-man romance. Please add it to your reading list!

Blurb: 1. Lu Zhaozhao and Lin Sizhou grew up together as childhood friends. Everyone assumed she'd eventually become Mrs. Lin, but unexpectedly, Lin Sizhou ended up marrying another woman.

At the wedding, Lu Zhaozhao drinks to drown her sorrows. When she wakes up, she finds a young man lying beside her, with a face that looks about four or five parts like Lin Sizhou's. It might be Lin Sizhou's younger half-brother.

Lu Zhaozhao is mortified and kicks him out of bed. The young man gets up and says pitifully, "Sis, you hurt me."

The next time they meet, he shows up at her home, corners her against a wall, and kisses her.

"Sis, you're going to be punished for having your way with me and refusing to take responsibility."

Later, Lin Sizhou gets divorced and decides to try again with Lu Zhaozhao.

Lu Zhaozhao touches her three-month-old belly and is about to speak when Lin Xinian comes over and wraps his arms around her from behind, giving Lin Sizhou a cold glance.

Lin Sizhou: "Uncle..."

Lu Zhaozhao: ???

The bastard pretended to be her little brother to trick her, but he's actually her pseudo-ex-boyfriend's uncle.

2. Lu Zhaozhao is widely known in the industry as a vixenish beauty, with a pair of eyes that could beguile anyone.

She started out in a girl group but has since branched out into several other businesses, all of which are thriving.

She's never been involved in dating rumors, but one day the paparazzi catch her sharing an umbrella with a young man, who then drives her car back to her villa.

The young man is exceptionally handsome and smiles at her tenderly, all sweet and puppy-like. Lu Zhaozhao even puts on a show by kissing him first.

Netizens sigh: Of course, a rich woman's final destination is a pretty boy.

That very day, Lu Zhaozhao posts a photo showing that after Lin Xinian acquired three long-established game studios, he topped China's rich list and became its youngest billionaire.

"And you call him a pretty boy?"

Gaming-development mogul x girl group member. Three-year age gap. The heroine is twenty-six during the story.

The heroine and Lin Sizhou never dated. Lin Sizhou and the male lead are uncle and nephew.

Blurb posted: 2020.5.28

Theme: After breaking up, you're everywhere in my world, and nowhere at all.