I Love You, It's Just an Act

[The next books, Age Gap (now updating) and After the Movie Star Omega and Top-Tier Alpha Swap Souls, are open for follows. Please add them to your collection. A deep bow!] Blurb: [A cool, beautiful uke with a graceful figure and flowing, fragrant sleeves] VS [a devoted, overbearing tycoon who takes what he wants] Chu Hang is the leading huashan performer at the old opera troupe Sanqing Garden. His clear, captivating eyes are as lovely as autumn waters, his voice is soft and winding, and his turns are graceful. As a man playing a female role, he has only one flaw: he can't be moved by love, so it's hard for him to put his heart into a performance. To make himself feel the emotions of his role, Chu Hang tries having an intimate relationship with someone for two years. He treats the other person like a tool and never gives him his heart. The other person treats him like a lover, but only wants him for his body. Chu Hang: We're in the same business, and we're both actors. I'm out. (Goodbye.jpg) But a chance reunion a year later leads them to become entangled again because of a contract. What's dangerous is that the man keeps smiling at him, while his gaze grows more and more intense. He becomes Chu Hang's most devoted fan, gives him a theater worth millions to perform in, teaches him how to run an opera troupe, offers him a priceless, long-out-of-print costume, and gives him gentle comfort under the moonlight and thoughtful care in everyday life. Most outrageous of all, he even hand-washes Chu Hang's white shirts?! Chu Hang: Being too immersed in a role is an illness. It needs treatment! * Lu Yueyan is the youngest successor to the Lu Group, a diamond tycoon, ruthless and cold, with vicious methods. He came from a dark place where no one could see him, covered in mud, bargaining with tigers. Yet in his heart, he kept a single light, warm and kind. When they reunite, his friends all try to talk him out of it. “Forget it. You can't force a melon to be sweet. He doesn't love you. What can you do?” “Get out of my way.” President Lu wraps medical gauze around his skinned knee and answers without changing his expression: “I can keep kneeling until the end of time!” “Tell me you love me. You can even lie.” “Sorry, that's a different price.” (Proof saved: July 10, 2020) Reader's guide: 1. The author is writing this for themselves. Kind advice is welcome, but don't nitpick. 2. The seme will not change. Expect bittersweet sweetness. Neither the seme nor the uke is perfect; they both have flaws. Give them time. Love helps people grow. 3. The story includes some knowledge about modern Chinese opera. The author isn't a professional; the industry details come from extensive research. If you spot any errors, please be kind and understanding. 4. You don't have to tell me if you drop the story. Maybe we'll meet again somewhere down the road. Next book: Age Gap, upcoming story blurb: [For all my stubborn strength, I will kneel only for you] The first time Lin Jian meets Shen Ke is at his father's funeral. The young man with stern features crouches in front of him and looks at his mourning clothes. After a long silence, he calls him “poor little thing.” Before long, the poor little thing goes home with him. That year, Lin Jian is eight, and Shen Ke is twenty. The first time Lin Jian dreams about Shen Ke is during a cicada-filled summer. By then, he has been calling him “Uncle Shen” for seven years. He once tries calling him “Big Brother,” but Shen Ke always wears a trace of icy amusement at the corner of his eyes as he tells him, “Don't call me that. We're from different generations.” That year, Lin Jian is fifteen, and Shen Ke is twenty-seven. The first time Lin Jian says Shen Ke's name aloud is on the night of his coming-of-age ceremony. The previous second, he's lost in a chaotic fantasy of his own making, unable to control himself. The voice buried deep in his heart slips out. The next second, the bathroom door opens. Shen Ke's face is dark, his gaze heavy and oppressive as he looks at Lin Jian and asks, “What were you doing just now, and who were you calling?” That year, Lin Jian is eighteen, and Shen Ke is thirty. Shen Ke, Shen Ke, Shen Ke. My world was a wasteland of ruins until your love rebuilt it. Now the ruins are a joyful city. And the burning, secret love I held inside has bloomed into a quiet flower amid the dust. [A composed, dangerously beautiful uke] vs [a gentle, powerful, fatherly seme] After the Movie Star Omega and Top-Tier Alpha Swap Souls, upcoming story blurb: As a star among omegas, movie star Jian Ting reaches the peak of his career as soon as he debuts. His acting career flourishes, and his refined, cool, abstinent looks captivate countless fans. But at a dazzling awards ceremony, a newcomer alpha confesses to him in front of everyone. Jian Ting's cool gaze passes over the handsome face flushed with nerves. He answers indifferently, “Be your omega? Only if my soul transmigrates.” Three years later, the newcomer alpha has grown into the entertainment industry's latest top-tier star. The two work together for the first time on a film, but on the second day of shooting, they swap souls. Jian Ting: ... His words have come true. Because they've switched bodies, the two have no choice but to go everywhere together, tied closely to each other as they pretend to be a couple. Director: Movie star Jian is going out of his way to care for Gu Yi and even complimenting his camera presence? Crew member: The two male leads went to the unisex restroom together? Entertainment reporter: Gu Yi went straight to the movie star's room after work at dawn and didn't come out all night? Only the shippers cry out in excitement: Keep giving us sweet moments! Our ship is real! Gu Yi: My soul is inside Teacher Jian's body! I'm inside Teacher Jian's body! (Excited.jpg) Jian Ting: ... Just destroy this messed-up world already. In the end, just as they finally manage to make it through filming by temporarily swapping back with kisses and temporary marking... The omega's heat arrives... Behind the scenes 1: Experts studying soul swaps recommend solving the problem through appropriate intimate contact. A five-minute kiss lets them swap back for one hour. One temporary mark works for two weeks. So, when faced with a film script that was originally just a mystery about two male leads... Gu Yi: Director, add a kissing scene, a passionate scene, and a bed scene! Director: ??? Jian Ting: ...Add two more scenes, and make sure they run throughout the film. Director: !!! Behind the scenes 2: Halfway through filming, the alpha's rut arrives. “Jian Ting” watches “Gu Yi,” whose eyes are bloodshot as he advances step by step. “I've always liked you, but... Damn it, don't come any closer!” “Gu Yi”: “You think I want to do this to myself?!” In the end... One refuses, and the other doesn't know how. Behind the scenes 3: At the awards ceremony the following year, the host asks newly crowned movie star Gu Yi to give his acceptance speech. Gu Yi: “There are so many people I want to thank for helping me along the way: the director, my fans, my family. But the person I want to thank most is Teacher Jian. Thank you for nurturing me so carefully. You gave me not only a dazzling future, but also endless love. I love you. I'll love you for the rest of this life, and I look forward to loving you in the next.” The audience erupts in applause. Jian Ting, one of the presenters, replies, “You're so long-winded.” Then, in full view of everyone, he pulls down the alpha's collar and kisses the corner of his mouth. Every unexpected turn is fate's design. And you are the one fate chose for me. Theme: The national treasures of Chinese opera are immortal