A Hopeless Romantic, But Only Pretending

[The bonus extra was accidentally posted as a paid extra and I can't change it. I've added a new free bonus chapter, so please think carefully before subscribing to the paid one, orz.] Blurb: Shi Guanxia has the cool, gorgeous face of an aloof beauty, but in reality, he pretends to have a crush on his company's CEO just to motivate himself to go to work. Lu Youheng was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He has a male model's physique, a top-tier star's face, and is a coldhearted demon king in his employees' eyes. But none of that matters. Shi Guanxia only cares about one thing: Lu Youheng will never fall for him. To make this fake crush more convincing, Shi Guanxia throws himself into playing the lovesick admirer. He even writes a little program to keep a diary of his unrequited love, just to fool himself. A Monday worth dying over: The breeze is sweet on my way to see the man I love! Working overtime until midnight: I get to spend a few more hours with the man I love. What a bargain! Shi Guanxia is fully immersed in his pretend crush, until one day, his little program is discovered by the very person it's about. His diary is wildly uninhibited. Whether it's black or white, he turns everything yellow in his writing. Nothing like his usual image at all. Lu Youheng raises an eyebrow and reads the latest entry aloud: “Does privately calling the CEO ‘hubby’ count as workplace sexual harassment?” Shi Guanxia struggles to explain. “Mr. Lu… please let me explain.” Lu Youheng suddenly says, “You can try it.” Shi Guanxia: Try what? Lu Youheng looks at him. “Say it once. Let me hear.” Shi Guanxia: ??? Mr. Lu has hired a new employee. The young man is cool and beautiful, clever and quick-witted, and can handle any task he's given to perfection. Unfortunately, his eyes are no good. He's got a crush on someone who's blind in both eyes and heart. At first, Mr. Lu says casually: As long as it doesn't interfere with work, you can like whoever you want. Later, Mr. Lu grits his teeth: What's so great about that blind man? Do you really like him that much? Shi Guanxia: ? Could it be that you're the blind man? Wait, no… I was faking it, but you're for real? In the end. Lu Youheng leisurely reads from the diary: “Can I get a new shirt if I soak my husband's in tears?” Shi Guanxia cautiously backs away. “That's artistic embellishment.” Lu Youheng catches his wrist and pushes him down onto the sofa. “Time to test it. If you can't soak it, that's fraud.” Note: The love interest falls first. The protagonist fully immerses himself in the role. Every chapter has a separate mini-scene in the author's notes, mostly unrelated to the main story. Coming next: The Lazy Fish Runs Away After Provoking the Villain. Check my author page for details~ Blurb: The new young lord of the Demon Realm is cruel, bloodthirsty, ruthless, and obsessive. He's searching everywhere for a rogue cultivator named “Wuchen,” supposedly to grind him to dust. The entire cultivation world is on edge. Feng Zhenyue: … He complains to the System: Xie Wudu should be focusing on his career. Why is he looking for some rogue cultivator? System: That's what happens when you provoke the big villain. He hates you now. Feng Huaiyue has no choice but to guard his secret identity closely. Xie Wudu closes in at every turn. Feng Zhenyue nearly has his secret identity exposed several times, so he has no choice but to plan his own death: He'll make Xie Wudu watch Wuchen die by his own hand. Feng Zhenyue thinks that once Wuchen is dead, Xie Wudu can finally focus on his career, but… Not only does Xie Wudu become even more unhinged, he starts hunting him down, too. Feng Zhenyue spits blood. If only he'd known, he should have let Xie Wudu freeze to death in that icy pool! If he doesn't run now, Xie Wudu might really kill him. In this life, Xie Wudu hates people like Feng Zhenyue most of all. Despite his meager spiritual power, he throws his weight around thanks to his looks and family background. Later, he wants nothing more than to skin Feng Zhenyue alive and tear him limb from limb. Yet when Feng Zhenyue sacrifices himself to power the formation, Xie Wudu discovers that the person he hates most is the very person he's been searching for all these years… During the war between humans and demons, the Heavenly Sect's pampered layabout dies, his soul and body destroyed. On that same day, the Demon Realm's cherished young lord kneels in disheveled misery, eyes bloodshot as he digs through the ruined formation with his bare hands. After searching for months, he can't find even a single spiritual bone belonging to Feng Zhenyue. From then on, the young lord of the Demon Realm goes completely mad. After faking his death, Feng Zhenyue spends three hundred years idly amusing himself with cats and dogs, until one day, someone blocks his door. Xie Wudu stares at him without blinking, enunciating each word: “Feng. Zhen. Yue!” “Or should I call you Wuchen?” Feng Zhenyue's eyes widen in shock: …Wait! The script never said the villain would come after me for revenge! And wasn't he supposed to be dead? Why does Xie Wudu look even crazier than before? Feng Zhenyue thinks he's about to die at Xie Wudu's hands. Who could have guessed that Xie Wudu would abandon his former ruthlessness and ask in a hoarse, almost plaintive voice: “You don't want to see me?” “You said you were just going to buy wine at the shop south of town. Why did you lie to me?” “Why… don't you want me?” Feng Zhenyue: ? #When did your villain script turn into unrequited love? Theme: Learn to fight for what you want.