The Movie Emperor Accused Me of Hitting on Him

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Lin Zhi, nicknamed the gorgeous eye-candy vase. The more stunning her looks, the worse her acting.

To improve her skills, she joins an acting competition show. In the very first episode, the award-winning actor Shen Qinghe gives her a brutal critique: "You should consider changing careers."

Before Lin Zhi can respond, her eye allergy suddenly flares up, and she loses control, flooding the studio with tears.

That night, #LinZhiDramaQueen shoots to the top of the trending list.

Lin Zhi: I'm so unfairly treated.

After the show ends, an accident causes Shen Qinghe to absorb into his memories the scene Lin Zhi had just performed, the one that left him traumatized.

[Lin Zhi has secretly loved him for a long time and used underhanded means to stay by his side.]

[Lin Zhi stews chicken for him every day and takes care of him impeccably.]

Convinced this is all true, Shen Qinghe logs into his main account and enters Lin Zhi's livestream: "Wait for me at home tonight."

The livestream audience: ???

Lin Zhi: "Where did this lunatic come from?!"

Wait... That person just now was Shen Qinghe himself.

Lin Zhi: My entertainment career is over.

Unexpectedly, from then on, whenever Lin Zhi walks down the street, the award-winning actor insists on walking shoulder to shoulder with her.

When she goes to class, he insists on following her and holding her hand under the desk.

When she goes to the set, he insists on practicing kissing scenes with her in private.

Shen Qinghe promises, "As long as you're good, I'll do my best to meet your demands. Pick any endorsement you want, I'll get you a role, and I'll let you kiss me, too."

Lin Zhi: ???

She makes a comeback as a top-tier star, and life is sweeter than honey. Lin Zhi says anxiously, "You'll regret it when you get better."

Shen Qinghe: "I've been better for ages. I don't regret it."

Lin Zhi: "...??"

Men are all scheming dogs.

[The dramatic, gorgeous sweetheart] x [The cold on the outside, flirtatious award-winning actor]

Blurb written on 20.2.28

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1. Xu Yi works diligently in the entertainment industry for three years, but remains stuck at the bottom of the ranks.

Meanwhile, her deskmate Chen Wangzhou makes an unexpected debut and sweeps the major film awards across the country. In just one year, he rises to become a top-tier star.

After Chen Wangzhou's meteoric rise, fans dig up a Weibo account named @ChenWangzhouAndXuYiAreTheyMakingItOfficialToday.

The account tells the moving love story of Chen Wangzhou and Xu Yi: childhood friends, high school deskmates, mutual devotion, and finally meeting at the top.

The account has posted every day for 273 days straight.

A variety show invites Chen Wangzhou and Xu Yi to join, hoping to promote them as a couple. Xu Yi figures they aren't close and refuses outright.

Chen Wangzhou lazily lifts his eyelids. "You're not afraid I'll discover during filming that you've been pining for me all these years, are you? Was that Weibo account spreading rumors about us being in love your secret account?"

Xu Yi: ???

2. After the variety show airs, Chen Wangzhou and Xu Yi become a hugely popular couple.

Fans analyze every frame and second, looking for romantic moments, and ultimately conclude that Chen Wangzhou must have fallen for Xu Yi first.

Xu Yi thinks that in high school, Chen Wangzhou was like the moon in the sky, never coming down to earth and untouchable by anyone. How could he possibly have had a crush on her?

After fans have gone over the show with a fine-toothed comb, they head to the gossip account @ChenWangzhouAndXuYiAreTheyMakingItOfficialToday to ask for more romantic moments.

A bug on Weibo leaves the old account's watermark when users switch between their main and side accounts.

So Xu Yi, who is discussing with her manager how to split up their couple branding and turn it into individual publicity, sees this post.

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@ChenWangzhou: It's not really anything special, but I enjoy shipping them so much!!

On graduation night, everyone went to the amusement park together. I saw cwz secretly kiss xy, and xy didn't know (*^▽^*) Hehehe.

Xu Yi: ...So the person spreading the rumors was you all along.

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[On a midsummer afternoon at seventeen,

you woke up at your desk.

When you looked at me, your cheeks were red.

I fell completely in love.]

Theme: If you work hard, you can find sweet love.