The Movie Emperor Thinks He’s Straight

Xie Shuyi considers himself a hopeless rich second-generation heir whose life goal is to be a lazy couch potato.

After joining the entertainment industry, he became a male guest on an online variety show marketed around male-male pairings. He'd had enough ex-partners to fill a mahjong table, yet remained so obscure no one even knew he existed.

Lu Xuanting, a famous actor who's always the runner-up, was tricked into joining an online variety show and foolishly set up a CP for himself.

Knowing next to nothing about CPs, Lu Xuanting treated Xie Shuyi like a kid brother, always showing off his big-brotherly side.

Xie Shuyi fumbled through a game and lost

Lu Xuanting: "Leave it to me. I'll carry you to victory!"

Xie Shuyi got set up and suffered a minor injury

Lu Xuanting: "He's my little brother. I'll look after him myself!"

Xie Shuyi got cyberbullied by brainless fans

Lu Xuanting: "If your fans did it, they should apologize. The internet isn't beyond the law!"

Spoiled by Lu Xuanting, Xie Shuyi's heart began to flutter. He kept testing the waters, almost ready to confess.

But then he learned Lu Xuanting only saw him as a little brother, and was so straight that Xie Shuyi had no chance at all.

Xie Shuyi: "I'm out of here!"

Downhearted, the lazy Xie locked away his feelings and buried his broken heart in work. Then he landed a new two-male-lead TV drama, and one of the leads was Lu Xuanting.

Xie Shuyi: "You can't be doing this to me, can you?"

After winning an international Best Actor award, Lu Xuanting didn't enter the film industry as everyone expected. Instead, he took a role in a historical web drama with two male leads. Rumor had it that the other lead was a connections hire who'd bought his way onto the production.

Lu Xuanting: "That's right. I'm the one who brought the money, and I'm the one who picked him. I'm starting my ex-wife's redemption arc now. Thanks!"

Reading Guide:

1. Newly crowned award-winning actor seme x obscure, lazy uke. It isn't exactly an ex-wife's redemption arc; he's just slow to realize his feelings, then finally wakes up.

2. No real-life counterparts. This is detached from reality, mindless and illogical, and written with wild abandon, so please don't take it too seriously.

3. It's not long. I planned for 200,000 words, but it really isn't long at all: 180,000 words, haha.

4. Please add it to your reading list! Why can't I write a blurb that makes people want to bookmark the novel as soon as they see it? QAQ

Theme: Being together isn't just a matter of joining two people. People in love should respect each other and grow together.