The Pairing We Made Up Turned Out to Be Real

One day, a video posted on a video-sharing site stirred up a huge commotion.

The little-known Yu Tongying and top-tier star Li He looked like a perfect match, their edited clips making them seem compatible and flirtatious.

In reality, the two were worlds apart. Their CP fans knew this perfectly well, kept to their own corner of the internet, made their own fan content, and hunted for scraps of sweetness wherever they could. Their ship ran entirely on wishful thinking.

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What the CP fans didn't know was that Yu Tongying and Li He were in an arranged business marriage, a match approved by both families' elders.

But Li He loathed arranged marriages, and that prejudice extended to Yu Tongying.

When they met at their engagement banquet, Li He said coldly, "Our marriage is only the elders' decision. I won't give you any extra resources."

In other words, stay away from me.

Yu Tongying replied, "You're so full of yourself. Who wants to get involved with you?"

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Unexpectedly, from then on, Yu Tongying found himself linked to Li He in everything he did.

Their matchmaking videos went viral across the internet.

Yu Tongying attending a film festival while Li He watched him became a trending topic.

Even when Yu Tongying finally got to join a laid-back variety show, Li He was among the guests.

Yu Tongying remarked, "There's been too much Li He in my life lately. I'm not quite used to it."

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Li He had thought Yu Tongying had given up on himself, a once-promising student of the National Conservatory of Music who had turned into a useless nobody, wasting a winning hand.

He never expected Yu Tongying to be the musician he had longed for and lost touch with two years ago, the one who had always been out of his reach.

During those two years, Yu Tongying had suffered severe psychological torment and couldn't even touch a piano.

After learning the truth, Li He said, "Gege, my heart aches for you."

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Thanks to Yu Tongying's efforts, the arranged marriage was finally dissolved.

But Li He began going out of his way to stay connected to him.

On Weibo, he showed off jewelry identical to the pieces Yu Tongying endorsed.

At the airport, he wore the same jacket as Yu Tongying.

When Yu Tongying appeared on a variety show and the producers tried to drum up attention by pairing them together, Li He put out a message that very night: "Do you like this bouquet of roses? Gege Tongying gave it to me."

The post immediately shot to the top of the trending topics.

Li He's manager: ?

The CP fans: ?

Yu Tongying: ?

Li He: "Gege, you can't get away from me."

Yu Tongying (a gorgeous, bewitching bottom) x Li He (a top-tier star, a younger wolf-dog top)

* The author is a helpless 007 wage slave. This novel is being posted by the scheduled-posting system, so let's all thank the scheduled-posting system!

* Updates every night at 9:00 PM sharp. In special circumstances, see the author's notes or leave-of-absence notice.

* One-on-one romance, both pure, happy ending, sweet romantic comedy.

* Set in an alternate modern society where same-sex marriage is legal.

* Next novel: Please Don't Mess with the F-Rank Students at My School

Theme: Uphold the right values, work hard, and ultimately grow and realize your self-worth.