I Got a Happy Ending on a Dating Show Amid My Exes' Love Triangle

The main story is complete! Thank you, little sweethearts, for keeping Pudding company all the way. *Bows!* Let me also advertise my next danmei sweet romance, Burning, and ask you to add it to your reading list. I hope you'll like it! The blurb is below. Mwah! A video platform launches the second season of an even more outrageous breakup dating show. Filmed live, it brings together four ordinary former couples who have already broken up, sends them on a trip, and has them date other people right in front of their exes. It's a spectacular romantic battlefield. Netizens: [Is a mind-blowingly messed-up show like this actually real?! I'll eat my hat if anyone finds true love on it.] Not long after: [Waaah, Shen Jingci is so good at this! Wild, sexy, and devoted, he's perfect! Watching him pretend not to like Qiao Nian breaks my heart! When will Qiao Nian realize Brother Ci is just playing along with her?!] [Is Qiao Nian, who doesn't want to date, asking Shen Jingci to pretend to be her date again today? Is my fake couple becoming real? I want to see Shen the Fox, walking factory of dirty jokes, hurry up and chase Qiao Nian!] [Brother Ci, the human heartthrob, is the best! Is this the kind of hot action I can watch without paying?! Waaah, Qiao Nian is so unmoved, she has no heart (T_T)] * Short on money, Qiao Nian joins a breakup dating show with her first boyfriend, whom she dated for only half a month. She keeps a low profile and just wants to hang in there until she gets paid and can leave. But can someone tell her why she ends up at the center of every romantic battlefield? Three male contestants all said before the show that they still couldn't get over their ex-girlfriends, yet they all independently gave their votes to Qiao Nian. Qiao Nian: "..." Get away from me. Dating would only slow down my eating. To avoid trouble, Qiao Nian has no choice but to team up with Shen Jingci, the only male contestant who isn't interested in her. The man wears a handsome, nonchalant expression and has a cold personality. "I can be your shield, but how are you going to repay me?" Qiao Nian: "..." Young master, take a good look at your situation. With that face of yours that screams you don't want to date, do you really have a choice among the female contestants who are obviously interested in you? "It's a partnership. Neither of us owes the other anything." The man raised an eyebrow and gave her a half-smile. His mouth was far more shameless than his appearance suggested. "How do I know you really want to work with me, and aren't just pretending to play hard to get because you like me?" Qiao Nian sneered, meeting his undeniably deserving-of-arrogance handsome face. "If I ever fall for you, I'll write my name backward." Later... Qiao Nian quietly changed her name across all her social media accounts. @Nian Qiao Is Also Qiao Nian: Hi, everyone. I'm Qiao Nian, and I'm truly Shen Jingci's girlfriend. Netizens: [!!! I can't believe I actually shipped a real couple!] Some people have loved you for years without your knowing. [Doesn't want romance, only money · but her looks won't let her · at the center of the romantic battlefield] Qiao Nian x [strategic at every turn · retreating to advance · the human heartthrob who woos the heroine with dirty jokes] Shen Jingci. The male lead has never dated anyone and only loves the heroine; the reason will be explained in the story. The heroine has only this one ex, in name only, with no feelings or intimacy between them. Both leads are completely devoted to each other, and this is a sweet romance. Hope you like it and add it to your reading list! Note: The show's format is based on the Korean show Transit Love, but the characters have no real-life counterparts. The specific rules are all Pudding's wild inventions, so please don't read too much into them. Sending hearts! ------- An ad asking you to add Pudding's next danmei sweet romance, Burning, to your reading list! ----- Blurb: The first time Chi Yu met Yu Ran, his strongest impression was that the guy was crazy. Crazy enough that even his captivatingly handsome face went unnoticed at first glance. Later, the two grew close, then parted. Chi Yu never imagined that this person, whom he had wanted to push away countless times, would become the only cure for the torment that kept him awake at night for years to come. * A famous gaming company holds a competitive tournament. The event is packed with big names, but everyone's attention is on a striking young man no one recognizes. Once they learn who he is, they all scramble to curry favor with this industry big shot, who has appeared publicly for the first time. Yu Ran stands at the back of the crowd. His gaze meets that of the man he can never reach for a brief moment. Before he can look away, Chi Yu walks past him as if he doesn't know him, as cold and proud as when they first met. Yu Ran lowers his head and calmly finishes his drink. As he leaves, a force he can't resist drags him into a corner. "How does the pampered young master of the Yu family have enough time on his hands to become a game streamer everyone looks down on?" Yu Ran lifts his eyes to meet Chi Yu's cold, mocking gaze, then subtly swallows. "Long time no see, Chi Yu." His voice wavers almost imperceptibly on the last two words. "Chi Yu is dead." He looks at him mockingly, his eyes colder and more unfamiliar than ever. "The day you turned me gay, he disappeared from this world. The man standing in front of you now is here to collect what you owe." Yu Ran doesn't speak for a long time, as if the proud, unruly boy he once was had died too. At last, he asks, "How do you want me to repay you?" Chi Yu bends close. His gaze forces Yu Ran to meet his eyes, blazing like a fierce fire. The glacier, isolated for ten thousand years, begins to melt. "I want you to stay by my side for the rest of your life. Don't you dare leave again. That's how you'll make up for what you owe me." All I've ever wanted in this life is to burn through the years after I met you, binding two drifting, solitary islands together until death. [Slightly socially anxious · glacier-cold personality · the taciturn top who loves all the more the more he denies it] Chi Yu x [social butterfly · bold and sweet-talking · the young master who's meek only in front of the top] Yu Ran. Both leads are completely devoted to each other, and they're each other's first love. Theme: Some people have loved you for years without your knowing