Zhu Ye gong, Yu Chi shou. Content warnings are in Chapter 1, and the ending has already been fixed.
1.
Zhu Ye finally married the man he had always adored, Yu Chi. They had been married for three years and together for five.
For all five years, he got up early and worked late, diligently doing the laundry and cooking. He couldn't bear to let Yu Chi do even a little housework.
Everyone praised him as the perfect husband, one of the four good examples, and joked that he deserved to have a wife. Even a stone should have warmed up after all that devotion.
Only Zhu Ye knew the truth: he was just a lovesick dog, eagerly throwing himself at Yu Chi and loving him without any self-respect.
After five hard years of fawning over him, he couldn't do it anymore.
He decided to divorce Yu Chi.
Afraid Yu Chi wouldn't agree, he wrote a full seven-thousand-word essay, denouncing Yu Chi as heartless and faithless, caring only about his career and not his family.
Yu Chi: Got it.
Zhu Ye: ...
Zhu Ye was devastated and stayed up all night writing another ten-thousand-word essay.
2.
On the night they decided to divorce, a divorce-mediation reality show came knocking.
The offer was too generous. The two exchanged a look and decided on the spot to finish filming before getting divorced.
In public, Zhu Ye was the eldest son of the illustrious Zhu family: ruthless, taciturn, willful, cold, and ill-tempered.
Yu Chi, meanwhile, was famous in the entertainment industry as a pretty face. He had few works to his name, but his rumored romances and gossip never stopped.
In an interview once, the two sat a meter apart and didn't look at each other once. They were known as a couple who were all show and no substance.
Before the show aired, netizens declared: A sham couple, a business marriage. They deserve to get divorced.
3.
That is, until the show officially began airing.
Everyone crowded into the livestream, waiting to watch the two fight and give each other the cold shoulder, awkwardly share a space, and dig into the ultimate reason for their divorce alongside the director, all while munching on sunflower seeds.
At first, Zhu Ye was sarcastic and combative, taking on the whole world. Whenever he spoke to Yu Chi, every word was barbed.
With an irritated look, he complained, "When is this stupid show going to finish filming?"
"Yu Chi? Who in their right mind would like him? Anyone who does is an idiot."
Later, everyone watched Zhu Ye go further and further down the road to eating his words.
One moment, Zhu Ye was on the phone with a friend: "Divorce. We have to get divorced. As soon as the show ends, we're divorcing."
His friend tried to talk some sense into him. Zhu Ye gave a cold laugh. "Even Buddha can't save a lovesick dog. Only an idiot would go back. Even if he got down on his knees and begged me for help today, I wouldn't give him so much as a second glance."
The next moment, Yu Chi came out of the bathroom, his expression cool and detached. He looked down as he straightened his robe, letting a glimpse of skin show. He tried twice to tie the sash, but couldn't manage it, then looked up at Zhu Ye.
Zhu Ye stared, transfixed, and water poured right out of the cup at his lips.
Five minutes later, Zhu Ye was squatting in the bathroom, happily humming as he scrubbed the laundry.
The entire internet: Whoever that idiot with no eyes is, let go of my husband!
Also, a coming-soon preview: After the Devoted Second Male Lead Awakens
Pei Shou gong
1.
Zhao Xi had a childhood friend who doted on him like he was a little bride raised for marriage.
If he was thirsty or hungry, Pei Shou would drive out in the middle of the night to buy him something to eat.
If Zhao Xi furrowed his brow, Pei Shou would worry himself sleepless all night.
Even when the two of them argued, Pei Shou was always quick to follow after him, giving in and apologizing.
They ate and lived together, were inseparable, and were always at each other's side.
Then one day, a boy suddenly appeared beside Pei Shou.
Overnight, Pei Shou seemed like a different person.
When the boy got into trouble, Pei Shou wrote his apology for him.
When the boy was hungry, Pei Shou skipped class to buy him a rice ball.
When Zhao Xi argued with the boy, Pei Shou chose the boy's side.
Zhao Xi looked coldly at Pei Shou across from him and chose to let go. "It might rain, and a daughter might get married. Pei Shou, I won't need you anymore."
Pei Shou watched him leave. For a moment, his eyes suddenly cleared, then quickly darkened again.
2.
Pei Shou had been secretly in love for eighteen years, and was on the verge of finally winning Zhao Xi's heart. Then he woke up one morning and discovered that he was the devoted second male lead gong in a harem-style danmei novel.
The story controlled his body, forcing him to approach the so-called "conquest target" until his affection level reached one hundred.
He watched Zhao Xi grow further and further away, but he couldn't break free.
Until one day, Zhao Xi said to him, "I won't need you anymore."
At that moment, Pei Shou was holding a rose, while the conquest target looked down, hesitating over whether to accept his confession.
Pei Shou said quietly, "I swear, I'll spend my whole life proving that I love..."
He paused, but the status panel in front of the conquest target began issuing urgent warnings.
[Pei Shou's affection level: 99]
[Pei Shou's affection level: 0]
[Pei Shou's affection level: -100]
[NPC Pei Shou has turned evil. Conquest target, please watch your personal safety.]
In front of the conquest target, Pei Shou slowly raised his head and threw a punch, stuffing the rose in his hand into the boy's mouth.
"...love you? Get lost, you idiot. Go die!!!"
3.
It might rain, and a daughter might get married. As for Pei Shou, all he wants is to win his wife back.
Message: Some things matter more than money.