Top-tier star Hang Ning is stunningly handsome, an incredible singer, and an all-around dancer. His professional skills leave his colleagues in the entertainment industry miles behind.
This godlike star has been reborn, back ten years to when he first took part in a talent show.
A king facing a crowd of bronze-ranked players.
A shark that has strayed into a fishpond.
Hang Ning is ready to cut loose and take them all down, but then he spots his wealthy, influential, and handsome "ex" sitting among the judges.
Remembering how he was the one who broke up with him before being reborn, Hang Ning immediately loses his nerve. He changes his tune and starts trying every way he can to get himself eliminated...
Mentor 1: Everyone else is here to fight for their lives. Hang Ning is here to retire.
Mentor 2: Your singing sounds like you're summoning ghosts, and your dancing like you're cursing someone to die. Does having a pretty face mean you can do whatever you want?
Hang Ning: I've been acting up this much. I should be eliminated by now, right?
Producer: Congratulations. President Zong gave you a direct pass.
Hang Ning: ???
Zong Ming: I'll just sit here and watch you put on an act.
Little scene
PD: Are you going to sing and dance?
Hang Ning glances at Zong Ming and answers with difficulty, "Yes."
PD: Please begin your performance.
Hang Ning falls silent for a moment, clears his throat, then claps along as he sings a painfully off-key version of "Happy Birthday to You."
All the judges: ???
Zong Ming: Thank you. It's my birthday today. How thoughtful of you.
Hang Ning: ???
Hang Ning thinks: Pah! Your birthday is in winter, you big bad wolf!
A genuinely domineering CEO seme * a fake troublesome beauty uke
Also known as: Testing the Waters at the Edge of Getting Back Together
Also known as: When an Overthinker Meets a Drama Queen
Blurb proof-of-date: 2020.9.15
Coming next: One Dating Show, Two Ex-Husbands
After ending his three-year marriage of convenience, Yun Xunyao wants nothing more than to live quietly from then on: no dating, no fake shipping, just continuing to play his usual roles as the entertainment industry's unattainable dream guy. But when he drags his suitcase home, he discovers that he has a whole lot of debts of gratitude to repay...
Yun Xunyao: What was that dating show you can only join if you've been divorced?
Agent: Didn't you say even a dog wouldn't go?
Yun Xunyao: The dog isn't going. I am!
At the filming location for the dating show Love: One More, the guests sit around a long table, all looking at Qin Zheng, who sits at the head.
Qin Zheng is widely recognized in the industry as a top music producer and top-tier star. Though young, he holds an unshakable position in the music scene. And yet this gifted, cool, and arrogant big shot has appeared on a little dating show, one where every participant is divorced.
As everyone stares in shock, one guest suddenly realizes something.
Guest 1: Teacher Qin, so you're our observer!
Qin Zheng calmly glances at a certain unattainable dream guy sitting in the corner, and at the dream guy's ex-husband across from him. He almost lets out a cold laugh.
Qin Zheng: I'm a guest on the dating show too.
Guest 2: But... aren't you... supposed to be divorced...?
Qin Zheng: I married young. That guy ran away.
[Little scene 1]
Host: How would you describe Qin Zheng's ex?
Yun Xunyao (earnest): He eats really well.
[Little scene 2]
Yun Xunyao: Get me a messy love-triangle role for my next drama. I'm terrifyingly powerful now!
Ex-husband 1: ?
Ex-husband 2: ?
Agent: ?
[Everyone is a good person]
[The dating show is a big stage. If you've got a talent, come show it]
A Guide to What to Expect from The Ex-Boyfriend
1. They are each other's first love.
2. A somewhat ensemble-focused story.
3. They meet at 16, verbally confirm their relationship at 18, and truly get together at 22. Absolutely no LT content.
4. Anything involving professional details is completely made up.
5. This was written by a keyboard. Don't take it out on the author.
6. No real-life inspirations. Please don't compare it to real people in the entertainment industry. Don't bring real-world celebrities into this, okay?
7. Inspired by the Produce 101-style talent show format, with lots of original details.
Theme: Stay positive, work hard, live with purpose, hold on to your ideals, and stride forward with a smile to find the beautiful things you once lost.
I have known Pi Dan for six years. From college to work, I don't think I have any mentality of instant growth, but after reading this book, I still have a lot of emotions.
Ex-Boyfriend has a very familiar flavor of a group portrait. On the stage, everyone is united, warm, and desperate with tears and blood, sweating and rushing forward towards common dreams and goals. Some people come to this stage for fame and fortune, and some for dreams, but in Linfeng Academy, everyone is finally moved by the warmth and sincerity of their companions and unites together, becoming true friends. The same is true when I read Pi Dan's group portraits five years ago. Everyone has their own personality and charm, and everyone has their own attractive shining points. This is probably one of the reasons why I have liked group portraits so much over the years. Everyone shines in their own position, and it is still wonderful even if they are not the protagonist.
In fact, the story line of this book is really thin, but by telling this short story vividly, I have read a lot of things beyond the story line. Hang Ning has reached the peak of his career in ten years, and his love is also the envy of others. However, there are still many regrets, childishness, and imperfections in the lives of Hang Ning and Zong Ming. Is there any meaning in the rebirth of a proud man like Hang Ning? When I read the first half of the book, I didn't have much thoughts. If I only regarded it as the pull of love and it was too much like an idle moan, I would think that not everything must be measured by meaning. The experience itself is a kind of meaning. But when I saw Chapter 122, I suddenly had a different idea in my mind. In a sense, Hang Ning's rebirth is to make up for regrets and to understand his heart, but it is also to grow again. After reading Hayao Miyazaki's How Do You Want to Live, I wrote a sentence in my diary, and I felt it again in the book Ex-Boyfriend: Growth can last forever.
Only after working did I realize that the growth brought about by time and experience cannot be replaced by any other teacher's book. So it's the same for Hang Ning, right? After returning from ten years later, he found a different self in Linfeng College and realized a different life. He would not have thought of this when he was eighteen years old. He did not have such awareness or mentality. That's why Hang Ning felt hollow after he indulged in "seeking death", and why he felt confused and aggrieved by Fu Ni and Fang Tianshu's words that seemed to have nothing to do with him, right? All feelings help us grow, and thinking itself is a form of growth. Hang Ning may no longer need to grow in his career, but in terms of rekindling friendship, love, family, and the meaning of life, he is still moving forward unconsciously.
In fact, there are many things that come to mind, but these are all I can think of until now www. However, the thoughts these words bring to me will be buried deep in my heart like nourishment, giving me strength when I need it in the future~
Later, I went through the comments I left for Pi Dan five or six years ago, and I saw that at that time I was really full of energy and jumped three feet high every day, but now I seem to have become a less happy and energetic person. Maybe six years ago, I couldn't understand the blockage and loneliness in Hang Ning's heart in Chapter 122. But when I was 25 years old, I opened Pi Dan's novel again and saw this cute and strong but not so invincible Hang Ning, so I might understand him better than the 19-year-old me.
Hahaha, after reading the first half of the book, I didn't even taste the difference between this Pidan and the previous one. Let me catch the second half of the book. Pidan, you have also grown up a little secretly in a place that I didn't see~ Occasionally I will wonder in my heart, has she felt the transformation of Pidan? I hope your change will make you happier and stronger than before! I'm half-and-a-half happy to meet you again after six years and look at the small universe created by Pi Dan~
Wow, this lineup is so exciting, I really want to see it live [eating melon]
"Hang Ning and Shi Qinghuan" gave the author a big bug ~
I originally followed it during the serialization period, but then I stopped for a while due to exams, and finally finished it. I really like the writing style and the story. It's really warm and heart-warming. I wish you happiness every day and everything you wish for every year.
Wow, it ended so suddenly, I didn't get enough [crying]
It's over so quickly! The teacher's keyboard is so fast [kiss]
I have been following this book for a long time. I really like this short story and the lively people in the story. I suddenly feel a little empty when I say goodbye. I really like this light comedy style! The teacher's writing is very warm and cute. I give you a hug! See you next time!
Ah? Are you going back in time?
I want to penetrate the audience with my soul ah ah ah ah ah
So cute—so cute—! !
I also have a lot of say in painting in the small theater [laughing and crying]
Those Years I Worked Illegally in the Human Realm
I Found the Actor's Baby [Entertainment Industry]
I’m Always Afraid the Big Boss Will Silence Me
You Had a Crush on Me? You Should've Said So [Showbiz]
General, Don't Run! Let Me Fake an Accident
The Boss Is the Enemy [Online Game]
An Autumn River
After Turning into a Cat, I Lost Four Secret Identities
One Dating Show, Two Ex-Husbands
I have known Pi Dan for six years. From college to work, I don't think I have any mentality of instant growth, but after reading this book, I still have a lot of emotions. Ex-Boyfriend has a very familiar flavor of a group portrait. On the stage, everyone is united, warm, and desperate with tears and blood, sweating and rushing forward towards common dreams and goals. Some people come to this stage for fame and fortune, and some for dreams, but in Linfeng Academy, everyone is finally moved by the warmth and sincerity of their companions and unites together, becoming true friends. The same is true when I read Pi Dan's group portraits five years ago. Everyone has their own personality and charm, and everyone has their own attractive shining points. This is probably one of the reasons why I have liked group portraits so much over the years. Everyone shines in their own position, and it is still wonderful even if they are not the protagonist. In fact, the story line of this book is really thin, but by telling this short story vividly, I have read a lot of things beyond the story line. Hang Ning has reached the peak of his career in ten years, and his love is also the envy of others. However, there are still many regrets, childishness, and imperfections in the lives of Hang Ning and Zong Ming. Is there any meaning in the rebirth of a proud man like Hang Ning? When I read the first half of the book, I didn't have much thoughts. If I only regarded it as the pull of love and it was too much like an idle moan, I would think that not everything must be measured by meaning. The experience itself is a kind of meaning. But when I saw Chapter 122, I suddenly had a different idea in my mind. In a sense, Hang Ning's rebirth is to make up for regrets and to understand his heart, but it is also to grow again. After reading Hayao Miyazaki's How Do You Want to Live, I wrote a sentence in my diary, and I felt it again in the book Ex-Boyfriend: Growth can last forever. Only after working did I realize that the growth brought about by time and experience cannot be replaced by any other teacher's book. So it's the same for Hang Ning, right? After returning from ten years later, he found a different self in Linfeng College and realized a different life. He would not have thought of this when he was eighteen years old. He did not have such awareness or mentality. That's why Hang Ning felt hollow after he indulged in "seeking death", and why he felt confused and aggrieved by Fu Ni and Fang Tianshu's words that seemed to have nothing to do with him, right? All feelings help us grow, and thinking itself is a form of growth. Hang Ning may no longer need to grow in his career, but in terms of rekindling friendship, love, family, and the meaning of life, he is still moving forward unconsciously. In fact, there are many things that come to mind, but these are all I can think of until now www. However, the thoughts these words bring to me will be buried deep in my heart like nourishment, giving me strength when I need it in the future~ Later, I went through the comments I left for Pi Dan five or six years ago, and I saw that at that time I was really full of energy and jumped three feet high every day, but now I seem to have become a less happy and energetic person. Maybe six years ago, I couldn't understand the blockage and loneliness in Hang Ning's heart in Chapter 122. But when I was 25 years old, I opened Pi Dan's novel again and saw this cute and strong but not so invincible Hang Ning, so I might understand him better than the 19-year-old me. Hahaha, after reading the first half of the book, I didn't even taste the difference between this Pidan and the previous one. Let me catch the second half of the book. Pidan, you have also grown up a little secretly in a place that I didn't see~ Occasionally I will wonder in my heart, has she felt the transformation of Pidan? I hope your change will make you happier and stronger than before! I'm half-and-a-half happy to meet you again after six years and look at the small universe created by Pi Dan~
Wow, this lineup is so exciting, I really want to see it live [eating melon]
"Hang Ning and Shi Qinghuan" gave the author a big bug ~
I originally followed it during the serialization period, but then I stopped for a while due to exams, and finally finished it. I really like the writing style and the story. It's really warm and heart-warming. I wish you happiness every day and everything you wish for every year.
Wow, it ended so suddenly, I didn't get enough [crying]
It's over so quickly! The teacher's keyboard is so fast [kiss] I have been following this book for a long time. I really like this short story and the lively people in the story. I suddenly feel a little empty when I say goodbye. I really like this light comedy style! The teacher's writing is very warm and cute. I give you a hug! See you next time!
Ah? Are you going back in time?
I want to penetrate the audience with my soul ah ah ah ah ah
So cute—so cute—! !
I also have a lot of say in painting in the small theater [laughing and crying]