The Entire Entertainment Industry Thinks He's Straight

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Ye Jing, winner of the Best Screenwriter Award for two consecutive years, wrote scripts that guaranteed both high ratings and quality even before filming began.

At the same time, he was also a moderately well-known danmei author. The male leads in his stories always had certain little traits in common with movie star Xie Lin.

One day, luck smiled on him: a company took an interest in his novel, and movie star Xie Lin was cast as the male lead.

The company asked for his opinion.

Ye Jing: "..." What opinion could he possibly have? All his male leads had countless connections to Xie Lin!

He never expected the entertainment industry's officially recognized straight man to star in his novel about a male couple!

Later, after the director and crew failed to find another male lead despite their best efforts, they turned their attention to the acclaimed screenwriter.

Ye Jing: "..."

He thought he was just coming in as the screenwriter and would get the chance to work with his crush on the side. He never expected to skip straight to becoming his real-life partner.

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Xie Lin had known about this author for a long time. The man was so lazy he couldn't even be bothered to come up with anything but a homophone for his characters' names.

After reading a few of his books, Xie Lin would have to be an idiot not to get it!

"Xie Lin, the male lead in this book is called Xie Lin. He's 1.89 meters tall, just like you."

"Xie Lin, this time the male lead is called Xie Lin. He has an eight-pack, and he's still 1.89 meters tall."

"Xie Lin, once again..."

Xie Lin: "..."

That was way too blatant! He'd be embarrassed to claim he didn't know...

*

One day, screenwriter Ye and movie star Xie disappeared from the set at the same time.

In a cramped corner of a hotel, Xie Lin cornered Ye Jing. "I'm the inspiration for all your characters? You've been fantasizing about me for this long?"

Ye Jing: "...?"

Xie Lin whispered a name in his ear: the author name Ye Jing had kept hidden all along!

After learning that his identity had been exposed, Ye Jing stood his ground instead. "Aren't you straight? Stay away from me!"

Movie star Xie stepped closer. "I'm gay. After treating you like this, you still want me to stay away?"

Ye Jing raised an eyebrow, grabbed Xie Lin by the collar with one hand, and pulled him toward himself. "The whole entertainment industry thinks you're straight. So do I."

Xie Lin pressed his lips to Ye Jing's and kissed him. "What the whole entertainment industry thinks doesn't count. You have to experience it yourself to know whether I'm straight or gay!"

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Please note:

1. Both are sexually inexperienced. The screenwriter is the bottom, and the movie star is the top.

2. At the start, the bottom is 26 and the top is 30. This is an adult romance, and the bottom isn't soft or cutesy.

3. The characters in the bottom's stories aren't exactly based on real people, and he has never imagined himself as the other lead.

4. The bottom's main job is still screenwriting. He acts in this one drama only.

5. No real-life inspirations, no real-life inspirations. The logic isn't particularly strong either. Just enjoy it.

The blurb was screenshotted on 2020.8.13 and revised on 2021.6.18.

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Historical danmei: I Can't Help Falling for the Villain After Offending Him. Now available, please add it to your reading list! Thank you!

Chu Yueqing was born into the Marquis of Muyang's household, a precious son born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

He was handsome, with exceptionally beautiful features. But his health was poor, and after taking countless excellent medicines, he was still pronounced unlikely to live past twenty.

Taking advantage of his frailty, he coaxed the Marquis and his wife into holding him in the palm of their hands and giving him whatever he wanted.

He bullied people with his family’s power, preyed on men and women alike, and did whatever he pleased without caring about right or wrong. He was a thoroughly despicable little villain!

As the people of the Eastern Saint Kingdom put it, it was lucky he wouldn't live to twenty!

Until one day, he beat up a dog walker on the street. The delicate-looking person he had attacked was the child bridegroom of Pei Heng, the regent...

Everyone in the Marquis of Muyang's household: "Good heavens! The Third Young Master might not live long enough to die of old age at twenty!"

As his family showered him with anxious concern, Third Young Master Chu Yueqing strolled through the rear courtyard, playing with the cats and dogs. He calmly told them, "How can I stay away from someone who went out of their way to provoke me?"

The Marquis and his wife: "...Let's go to the palace and ask the emperor and empress dowager for an immunity token, in case the regent kills our son with one slap."

The heir, Chu Yuejing: "Before the regent kills him, let's make sure he gets to eat more of the world's delicacies."

The second son, Chu Yuehui: "It's all my fault for failing to raise him properly as his elder brother. Maybe I should take his place and let the regent slap me to death?"

Pei Heng was the regent who held absolute power in the Eastern Saint Kingdom, and the greatest villain in the eyes of its people.

He had seized control of the royal power and commanded a million troops. It seemed he could topple the Eastern Saint Kingdom with a single wave of his hand.

As the late emperor lay dying, he even sent someone to beg Pei Heng to support the new emperor.

People had all kinds of theories about Pei Heng's identity. Some said he was the late emperor's illegitimate son, while others claimed he was a remnant of the former dynasty...

But while supporting the new emperor, this man ended up replacing him with a new ruler.

Chu Yueqing looked at the person on the throne: "...To put himself on the throne after supporting himself, that's a first in all of history."

The course of the world runs in cycles: unity gives way to division, and division to unity.

When internal strife and outside threats plagued the land, Chu Yueqing said, "May all under heaven live in peace," and Pei Heng gladly donned his armor to build him a prosperous empire.

To Chu Yueqing, Pei Heng was an incorrigible man, impossible to cut loose and impossible to make sense of. He could win a glance from him with ten miles of red silk, build him a prosperous empire by donning armor, and steal his heart with that cool, detached face that seemed indifferent to worldly affairs.

At the moment of life and death, Pei Heng would always remember his beloved riding toward him on horseback, breaking through the enemy's ranks alone and rescuing him from danger in the blood mist, promising him a lifetime of deep devotion.

Chu Yueqing also remembered that the man by his side had unified the realm and held all its power in his hands, yet was willing to protect him for a lifetime and give him peace throughout the land.

Question: After offending the villain, how can you achieve the "peaceful death in old age" ending?

Chu Yueqing rubbed his sore waist and raised his eyebrows. "Simple. Seduce him, tease him, cling to him, then cling to him somewhere else, and that'll settle the score."

Theme: Don't care too much about what other people think. Make your life shine, reject prejudice, and refuse to be morally blackmailed.