Playing the Part in Showbiz

[Complete] Thank you to all the lovely readers who stayed with me and supported me along the way. Sending you all hearts~ P.S. My next fluffy romance, Love Letter, is already in the works, along with another queued-up danmei sweet treat, Burning. I've included the blurbs below. Please add them to your collections if you like them, my lovely readers~ Rising star Shao Yi has always been just short of breaking out since his debut. Desperate to make it big, he grits his teeth and agrees to star in a danmei drama, only to discover that his co-star is his sworn rival, Xing Yan. Ever since they became famous, the two have been treated as rivals and constantly compared. Their fans and standing in the industry have always been about equal. Shao Yi, who has been avoiding Xing Yan at all costs, is about to turn down the drama when, before he can refuse, he inexplicably discovers that he and Xing Yan have switched bodies. The next day, entertainment headlines are flooded with reports: [Shao Yi makes his first foray into danmei, personally invites Xing Yan to co-star, and admits he won't consider any other male actors.] The real Shao Yi, stuck in Xing Yan's body: !!! With no way to back out of the role, Shao Yi is forced to start living with his sworn rival to build chemistry. * On the first day of filming, the two, still "strangers," have to play a couple in love. In front of the entire set, Shao Yi is held in Xing Yan's arms. The man's gentle gaze settles on his lips as he asks, holding himself back, "Can I kiss you?" Their expressions and the mood are perfect. But Shao Yi, unable to get into character, pushes him away. Take after take fails because of Shao Yi. Usually so considerate that he never wants to cause trouble for anyone, Shao Yi gets anxious, downs a whole bottle of liquor, and uses the buzz to force himself into character. Then the whole crew sees Shao Yi, who had just treated romantic scenes like a battlefield, become a completely different person. The young man lounges sideways on the sofa, his collar slightly open. His normally cool eyes are hazy with alcohol as he opens his arms to Xing Yan, who is walking toward him. "Big brother, hug me." Everyone is stunned. That line isn't in the script at all. Yet Xing Yan doesn't hesitate for a moment. He lifts Shao Yi into his arms with effortless ease, his gaze never leaving him and gentler than moonlight. Out of sight of the cameras, Shao Yi vaguely hears a whisper: "Will you let me hold you for the rest of my life?" A dream of Zhuang Zhou becoming a butterfly. Shao Yi always thought that Xing Yan had simply gotten into character in that moment, never realizing that he was the one who had been acting all along. "For the moment we meet again, I've prayed before the Buddha for five hundred years." [Patient and loving for as long as love itself, a cool and distant young master gong] Xing Yan x [Insecure yet proud, a mischievous rascal who acts tough but is soft inside, shou] Shao Yi. They are each other's only partners and first loves. It's sweet~ Hope you'll like it and add it to your collection, sending hearts! ----- Separator for the sweet modern romance Love Letter, currently in the works ------ Blurb: At seventeen, Zhang Yichi has three wishes written in her diary: 1. Lose weight. 2. Get into Qing University and go to the same school as Sheng Lie. 3. Get to talk to him. Yet by the time she graduates from high school, Zhang Yichi has managed to fulfill just one of them, and even that only halfway. While moving, she finds an unopened love letter. There's no name on it, but the handwriting is unmistakably familiar. It's from Sheng Lie, the person she's secretly loved from her bleak, colorless teenage years right up to the present. Zhang Yichi gathers her courage and finds him. "Did you, by any chance, write me a love letter?" In a gloomy, rain-soaked alley, the boy everyone once revered like a god is still as handsome as ever, but now he's wearing a food delivery uniform that clashes with the glory he once commanded admiration for. Sheng Lie freezes, lowers his head, and denies it. "No." Zhang Yichi has never pursued anyone before, and doesn't want to betray the feelings she's held for so many years. She works up the nerve to confess, only to be rejected. After that, they become strangers. They meet again when Sheng Lie brings a business proposal to seek an investment from one of her suitors. The rich young man whom Zhang Yichi once rejected seizes the chance to humiliate Sheng Lie. Zhang Yichi happens to pass by and, out of kindness, rescues him. Afterward, she tosses a bank card in front of Sheng Lie. "I'll invest the money you need." "From now on, I'm your sugar mommy. Come to my place tonight." * Later, at the Nasdaq Stock Market, a promising startup rings the opening bell. Asked about the secret to its success, the man with an exceptionally handsome, refined East Asian face raises an eyebrow. His eyes, cold as a god's, settle on a dazzling figure in the distance, a hint of tenderness passing through his gaze. He gives three words: "I married rich." You are the one I would steadfastly choose whether I was glorious or down on my luck, and the only ray of light to shine into my dark world. [Humble at first, bold later, an ugly duckling who hides both kindness and a devil inside and makes a comeback] Zhang Yichi x [A fallen academic genius who goes from school heartthrob to loser to CEO, with a face like a gentle breeze and bright moon but a shameless streak in every way] Sheng Lie. They are each other's first loves. Sweet~ ----- Separator for the next danmei sweet treat, Burning ----- Blurb: The first time Chi Yu meets Yu Ran, his strongest impression is that the guy is crazy. So crazy that even his captivating face is completely overlooked in that brief encounter. Later, they grow close, then part ways. Chi Yu never imagines that the very person he had wanted to push away countless times would become, over the years that follow, the longed-for cure for the torment that keeps him awake at night. * A well-known gaming company holds a competitive tournament, drawing a crowd of big names. Yet everyone's attention is fixed on an unfamiliar, outstanding young man in the middle of the room. Once they learn who he is, they rush to curry favor with this industry heavyweight, making his first public appearance. Yu Ran stands at the back of the crowd. His gaze meets that of the man he can no longer reach for a brief moment. Before he can look away, Chi Yu walks past him as if he doesn't even know him, as cold and haughty as when they first met. Yu Ran lowers his head, calmly finishes his drink, and is about to leave when an irresistible force yanks him into a corner. "How does the pampered young master of the Yu family have time to be a game streamer everyone looks down on?" Yu Ran raises his eyes to meet Chi Yu's cold, mocking gaze. His Adam's apple shifts slightly. "It's been a long time, Chi Yu." His voice wavers almost imperceptibly on the last two words. "Chi Yu is dead." He looks at him scornfully, his eyes even colder and more unfamiliar than before. "The day you turned me gay, he disappeared from this world. The person standing in front of you now is here to collect what you owe." Yu Ran stays silent for a long time, as if the unruly boy he once was had died too. At last, he asks, "How do you want me to repay you?" Chi Yu leans in, forcing him to meet his gaze. A fierce fire seems to burn in his eyes, and the ice of a thousand years of solitude begins to melt. "I want you by my side for the rest of your life. Don't ever leave again. That's how you'll repay your debt to me." All I ask of this life is to burn through the years after I met you, binding our two drifting, lonely islands together until death. [Slightly socially anxious, cold as a glacier, taciturn gong who loves as much as he denies it] Chi Yu x [A social butterfly, wild and sweet-tongued, a young master who is meek only in front of the gong] Yu Ran. They are each other's only partners and first loves. Theme: Though surrounded by filth, keep your heart turned toward the sun, and forge a new life through every hardship.