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[Blurb] The country's top CP, tender and affectionate, with truth and illusion impossible to tell apart. The media adore them onstage, while paparazzi follow them offstage until they're exhausted. Then one day, exposé posts began appearing one after another. In the blink of an eye, Weibo was overwhelmed by claims that they were "using each other and putting on an act," and that "their CP never had any real feelings." Their social media showed that neither of them had logged in for a whole day, and the rumors seemed about to be confirmed. Everyone forgot that the day was February 14. No one knew that the entertainment industry's most popular star was, at that very moment, bundled up in a coat and wearing a mask in the middle of a bustling street-food market filled with drifting smoke. He leaned down beside the most beautiful woman in the industry and slipped the change left over from buying milk tea into her coat pocket. Then he asked, "Are you cold? Want a hug?" "Wouldn't a hug just warm you up?" He let out a quiet laugh. [If you don't like it, please drop the story without commenting. No inappropriate comments, please.] This is an entirely original story with no real-life inspirations. Please don't associate the characters with anyone in the comments. Theme: