The Movie Emperor Fell for His Male Lead After Going on a Dating Show

Qu Song is a bottom-tier nobody who isn't even famous enough to make it into the entertainment industry's eighteenth tier.

After half a month of bit parts and a year of unemployment, the genius young man Qu Song decides to return to his comfort zone and study abroad for a PhD.

But the night before his departure, a paparazzo releases a secretly filmed video, and Weibo explodes.

In the video, he's in an intimate embrace with Sheng Huai, the supposedly unattainable, ascetic-style movie star. They're cuddling, their clothes disheveled...

One Weibo trending topic after another blows up, and then the site crashes...

Qu Song, who was about to board his flight, looks around the busy departure lounge and sneakily drags his suitcase toward a corner.

He thought he'd be flamed and cyberbullied to death. Instead, everyone on Weibo is shipping them?

[Oh my god! The impotent-style movie star's boyfriend has a face that beats the whole entertainment industry's ceiling! I refuse to believe he can't get it up when he's looking at that face!]

[What do you mean, impotent-style? Don't make things up! He's ascetic-style!]

[Aaaah! That handsome guy's face is unreal. Are you sure you don't want to join showbiz? The entertainment industry would be missing out! T_T]

[I found him! He's already in showbiz! Wait, what? How did that makeup turn a face that breaks the beauty ceiling into one that falls through the floor? Makeup artist, catch these hands!!]

[I'm dying from how much I ship them! I beg you two to star in a danmei drama right now!!]

Qu Song: ???

Qu Song decides to hurry onto his plane and get the hell out of the country, far away from all this trouble.

But he turns a corner and crashes headlong into someone. The other man's sunglasses go flying...

Qu Song looks up: The... the movie star? Why is it you again?

The next moment, camera flashes dazzle him...

They're surrounded by a crowd, with screams rising all around them: Aaaah! Are you two going abroad for a secret rendezvous??

Qu Song: ???

.

With no way to clear up the rumors, Sheng Huai's manager simply takes a spot on a hit celebrity dating show, having Sheng Huai and Qu Song appear together and play up their pairing. It's also a chance for them to experience life and improve their acting before their next LGBTQ+ arthouse film.

Straight movie star: Don't fall for me, whatever you do. I'm homophobic.

Qu Song looks like he has smoldering eyes and the bewitching face of a fox spirit, but it's incredibly hard for him to fall in love.

On the show and in the movie, the two act out one sweet couple moment after another, leaving their fans blissfully intoxicated.

Sheng Huai starts convincing himself: He seems to like me. If I reject him, he'll be sad, right?

I should play along.

But before long, he wants to kiss him, hold him, and fuck him until he cries...

Sheng Huai gradually loses track of what's real and what's just acting...

When their agreement ends, Qu Song immediately acts as if he's never known Sheng Huai. Today, he's photographed attending a seminar with a renowned academic senior; tomorrow, he's spotted having dinner with a top-tier star...

And the day after that?

The day after that, Sheng Huai, pushed to his limit, traps Qu Song between his arms. His usually cool eyes are filled with aching longing and love, and his voice trembles with hurt: "I haven't seen you in three days. I miss you so much. Don't you miss me at all? And you... you're even dating other men..."

Sheng Huai's eyes turn red. "Over the past few months, was none of it real for you, not even for a minute?"

Qu Song smiles and pecks Sheng Huai's trembling, heartbroken lips. "They're all my friends."

"Darling, let's make another movie together."

1. A brilliant, gorgeous, warm-faced but cold-hearted seductress of a bottom X an acting genius, hopeless romantic, cold-faced but warm-hearted ascetic-style top

2. Idea saved on October 26, 2023

Theme: Love is a two-way journey