Startling Bamboo

Thanks to my friend @Yajiaomu for hand-drawing the cover. It's ridiculously, ridiculously beautiful!!

After filming a variety show, Yu Zhusheng made a move on Qiao Luo backstage, purely because he was attracted to his looks.

Qiao Luo is the principal dancer of the Dongli Ballet Company, while Yu Zhusheng is a newly minted award-winning actor. They shine in their respective fields, yet have nothing to do with each other.

"Hello, I'm Yu Zhusheng." Dressed in a dazzling silver-white suit, Yu Zhusheng sat on the table, wearing a faint smile and putting on an elegant air. Qiao Luo thought he was unbearably affected.

Yu Zhusheng: "Ms. Qiao Luo, I've heard so much about you."

Qiao Luo remained expressionless, packed up his things, and prepared to leave.

"Ms. Qiao Luo, could I get your contact information? In my next film, I'm playing a dancer, and I'd love to ask you for advice about the field."

Qiao Luo swiftly tied back his long hair with a hair tie, then turned around and said coldly, "Don't you have a film consultant?"

His voice was deep and powerful, full of masculine appeal.

Yu Zhusheng, inwardly: He's so good-looking. I wouldn't mind a guy, either.

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Yu Zhusheng considered himself an expert at romance, but Qiao Luo gave him nothing but a wall.

This aloof beauty wouldn't budge. Yu Zhusheng tried both soft and hard tactics, but in the end, Qiao Luo signed a three-year contract with the Venus City Theater Company just to get away from him.

After Yu Zhusheng gave up on Qiao Luo, he went to Venus to shoot on location. When he got blackout drunk, a friend called the number in his contacts labeled "Mrs. Yu." He'd changed it as a joke with Qiao Luo and had forgotten to change it back.

When Yu Zhusheng woke up with a hangover, Qiao Luo was there before him, wearing a bathrobe and looking sleepy. Qiao Luo's arm was his pillow, and Qiao Luo's chest was his hot-water bottle.

Qiao Luo explained, "You insisted on hugging me while you slept last night. I got annoyed and wanted to make you settle down."

By a twist of fate, Qiao Luo and Yu Zhusheng ended up judging the same variety show.

They argued over one of the contestants.

The next day, Qiao Luo made Yu Zhusheng cry, and the incident made the trending list.

That night, to cheer Yu Zhusheng up, Qiao Luo played video games with him all night, and offered some other services, too.

Reading guide:

1. The shou pursues the gong early on, then the gong comes to his senses later.

2. The award-winning actor is the shou.

3. A gong who seems mild but is actually aggressive x a wild, dramatic shou

Theme: Keep your heart turned toward the sun.