After Faking It with My Ex, We Became the Nation's Favorite CP

Everyone in the entertainment industry knew Jiang Chen and Gu Ran were like fire and water. They wouldn't even appear on the same variety show.

One was a top-tier star, but had switched from singing to acting and still hadn't proven his acting chops. He was a leading star with countless haters.

The other was a three-time award-winning actor who became a legend from the moment he debuted. Though still young, his work had already entered film history. He had no scandals or publicity stunts, making him a rare breath of fresh air in the entertainment industry.

One day, Jiang Chen landed a role in a same-sex romance film. It wasn't until the press conference that he learned Gu Ran was the other lead.

Thinking back on their past as high school sweethearts, which had ended badly, Jiang Chen decided to keep his distance. He wouldn't say a single unnecessary word to Gu Ran off set.

That was, until he had to shoot a steamy scene and messed up eighteen takes.

After filming, he went to see the director to discuss the script's intimate scenes, only to run into Gu Ran passionately suggesting changes to the director:

"This would work better with a lingering kiss here."

"Being stranded in the deep woods should lead to a passionate scene that deepens their feelings."

"Jiang Chen seems a little reserved. Why don't we sign up for a couple's variety show? It'll help us get into character and build anticipation for the box office."

Jiang Chen: ...?

Do you really have to work this hard to sell the pairing???

The film and the couple's variety show aired one after the other. Both became huge hits, in box office numbers and online buzz, but they also attracted countless haters.

In an interview, a reporter shoved a microphone in front of Jiang Chen. "Is deliberately promoting a couple pairing to climb the ladder, even at the cost of dragging an award-winning actor into it, how a top-tier star gets ahead?"

Jiang Chen was about to clear things up when Gu Ran snatched the microphone.

"No."

Gu Ran: "It's how I win him back."

Jiang Chen: "!!!"

The couple-pairing fans went wild: The couple I've been shipping is actually real?!

At the film festival, the first pair of actors to both win the top award was born. Netizens dug up the fact that their watches were a discontinued couple's edition, that Gu Ran's license plate number was Jiang Chen's birthday, and that...

The most enthusiastic fan account under Jiang Chen's Weibo posts was Gu Ran's secret account.

The haters who got thoroughly proven wrong: ...Sorry, we're shipping them too!

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I restrained my selfish feelings and did my best to hide the proof that I had loved you, but I couldn't escape the world's endless speculation.

[Reading Guide]

1. Sharp-tongued, double-standard award-winning actor gong x cool, aloof top-tier star from the music world shou.

2. One-on-one, younger gong, happy ending. No real-life inspirations. Bonus scenes and the 100 Questions About Compatibility are on Weibo: @Jinjiang Feng Jue.

★ Upcoming Novel: Falling Again

In his previous life, Lin Chi fell in love with Shen Cheng at first sight.

At a banquet attended by everyone, he singled out Shen Cheng and demanded that he marry him. Shen Cheng silently agreed.

During their three years of marriage, Shen Cheng was the perfect lover, but Lin Chi never felt even the slightest affection from him.

Shen Cheng never got jealous or angry, and he didn't seem... human.

Exhausted in body and mind, Lin Chi wrote on the last page of his scrapbook: "I don't regret it, but in our next life, let's not meet again."

The year they divorced, Shen Cheng got into a car accident. Lin Chi happened to open Shen Cheng's diary and only then learned how hard Shen Cheng had worked to keep their marriage together, hiding his illness and obsessive nature and trying to act like a normal person in front of him.

In the seven years before he met Lin Chi, everyone was afraid of Shen Cheng and kept their distance.

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After an accident, Lin Chi woke up seven years in the past. The highway was deserted, with no one in either direction, a desolate sight.

He looked up and saw Shen Cheng sitting in his luxury car, smoking.

Shen Cheng glanced at him from inside the car, then drove off in his luxury vehicle, leaving him stranded on the highway.

Lin Chi: "What the hell??"

You heartless bastard!

To make up for his regrets with Shen Cheng in his previous life, Lin Chi tried every trick he could think of to get assigned to the same dorm as him.

For Shen Cheng's birthday, he gave him a gold-plated clock, but Shen Cheng refused with a pale face.

When Shen Cheng moved, Lin Chi brought four of his buddies to celebrate with him, only to be driven out by Shen Cheng's cold remarks.

After sticking close to Shen Cheng for a whole semester with no progress in their relationship, Lin Chi regretfully concluded that they really weren't right for each other.

Just before the holiday, Lin Chi went to move his things out of the dorm, heavy-hearted, and overheard Shen Cheng on the phone. The restrained obsession in his voice felt strangely familiar.

"When I'm with him, I don't feel like a normal person at all."

"I'm afraid that if I get jealous, he'll think it's completely out of nowhere."

"If he does that kind of thing again, I can't promise I won't lock him up."

Lin Chi: Shit.

Wasn't that exactly what Shen Cheng had written in his diary in his previous life?!

Theme: I'll ride the wind straight up, and let the countless stars that fall on my shoulders shine into your eyes.