Showing Off My Romance with My Archrival on a Dating Show

My new novel, "Why Hasn't My Sickly Husband Died Yet?!", is now underway. Please add it to your favorites!

Blurb:

Lin Musheng wakes up to find that he has transmigrated. At this very moment, he is lying in his nemesis Ye Tingzhou's arms, with a possessive arm wrapped around his waist and a huge, intimate photo of them kissing on the wall.

Oh, and Ye Tingzhou has a neat bite mark on his handsome chin.

Lin Musheng is deeply shaken. Is this really the same bastard who stole his endorsements, snatched his roles, and even competed with him to see who looked better on the red carpet, always managing to outshine him?

Lin Musheng: Damn, I must still be dreaming.

"Wake up, sweetheart, you lazy little pig."

Lin Musheng opens his eyes at the sound of that magnetic voice. What a joke. The bastard is about to kiss him!

Then he learns that a month ago, the two of them signed up for a dating reality show, and filming is about to begin...

Lin Musheng: "Divorce. We have to get divorced!"

Ye Tingzhou: "Sweetheart, it's all my fault for making you unhappy. You can do whatever you want, just please don't say those two words, okay?"

Help! Is this big puppy really his cold, elegant nemesis?

Then he finds out the penalty for breaking the contract is nine figures...

Nine figures. Lin Musheng vaguely remembers that he only made ten million after working his butt off for a whole year.

Lin Musheng: Ah, well, never mind. It's just pretending to be lovey-dovey. I can do that!

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Everyone knows that Lin Musheng and Ye Tingzhou's marriage is a transaction in which each gets what they want. When people hear the two are appearing together on a dating show, everyone is waiting for a good laugh.

Viewers: "Heh, let's see what new trick Lin Musheng comes up with to mooch off our brother's popularity."

People in the industry: "Did something happen to the Ye Group? Are they appearing together to cash in?"

After the show premieres:

Viewers: "Aaaah, Brother Lin, you're killing me! He's so handsome and charming, and he and my Brother Ye are such a perfect match! They're locked in forever! I swallowed the key."

People in the industry: "Help, Ye Tingzhou, you scheming, tea-sipping flirt. No wonder you have such a wonderful husband!"

Lin Musheng: "Wasn't I supposed to get divorced after the show ended? How did we actually end up in love?"

A shou who only meant to follow the plot, but didn't expect to fall for him #JustWantsToCuddleHisWife #SchemingLoyalPuppyGong

1. Same-sex marriage is legal; one-on-one romance.

2. The reason behind the role-stealing will be explained later. The gong is a scheming, loyal puppy.

New novel blurb: "Why Hasn't My Sickly Husband Died Yet?!"

Lu Congzhou transmigrates into a cannon-fodder husband in a marriage-for-luck novel. His family's business is on the verge of bankruptcy, and his despicable father marries him off to the story's major villain in exchange for fifty million in operating funds.

The villain is not only on the verge of death, but also eccentric, gloomy, and cruel. He's known throughout the industry as the "Tyrant."

And that's not all. Lu Congzhou exists only as a foil to the protagonist shou. He's an incompetent, universally hated C-list celebrity who loves mooching off the protagonist gong's popularity. The protagonist shou, meanwhile, is everyone's beloved sweetheart, a cute top-tier star who shot to fame as soon as he debuted, and the one person the protagonist gong openly and secretly adores.

Lu Congzhou tries to trip up the protagonist shou again and again, only to get face-slapped each time and suffer plenty of hardship. Later, after the major villain dies, Lu Congzhou loses the one thing that made people wary of him. He's framed and set up, his face is ruined, and he's driven out of the entertainment industry, written out of the story for good.

Lu Congzhou gets it. He's struggling in a bottomless mire, and the only lifeline he can grab is Huo Beichuan.

The first step to saving himself: keep Huo Beichuan alive.

Beneath the flower-laden branches, Lu Congzhou sees Huo Beichuan for the first time. Huo leans back in a swaying lounge chair, toying with a piece of jade of pure emerald green. Though it's July, a light blanket covers his legs. From a distance, his cool, handsome, frail appearance is so pitifully beautiful that Lu Congzhou's breath catches.

Tsk. Maybe he's not so unwilling after all. If he'd known it was a beauty, no, a sick person, he wouldn't have minded.

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At first, Huo Beichuan is reluctant to marry the husband his grandfather foisted on him. He has only three months left to live and doesn't want to drag anyone else down with him. But then that person clumsily makes him medicinal meals, secretly warms his bed, goes to great lengths to treat his illness, and innocently cuddles and kisses him. Suddenly, Huo wants to live a little longer. Much longer. His precious sweetheart is so sweet, gentle, and simple. What will he do without Huo to protect him?

A little extra:

Lu Congzhou stares at the freshly printed pregnancy test results, lost in thought. He pokes Huo Beichuan in the waist and asks in confusion, "Weren't you supposed to be dying?"

Huo Beichuan: "Sweetheart, my health is poor, but my body still works. You personally fed me tiger penis and deer antler wine, and goji berry lamb soup. So what if you're pregnant? Anyone can give birth."

"I-is that so?"

Lu Congzhou can't quite put his finger on what's wrong, so it takes him a year, two years, N years of Huo Beichuan staying by his side before he realizes: wasn't Huo supposed to be on the verge of death, so Lu could inherit his hundred-billion fortune? How did Huo end up healthier than him?

Theme: Live life positively and face every setback with composure.