My Love Rival and I Are Forced to Date

[Blurb]

Bai Li and Qin Suzhou have never gotten along. They can't stand the sight of each other.

One is a hot-tempered, hugely popular movie star, while the other is a media mogul who hides a blade behind his smile.

It's bad enough that conflicts arise when they work together on films, but now they've fallen for the same person.

One day, the "Rival Lovers' Love and Peace" System drops out of the sky and binds them both. If they don't complete their missions, they'll die. Their bond will automatically be severed once they reach one hundred points.

System mission: Share a bed for one night.

Qin Suzhou immediately calls his assistant. "Have a bed custom-made for me. Two hundred square meters, the kind where you can't see the other end. Make it fast. I need it tonight."

Bai Li: Pass it on: President Qin is throwing a party in bed tonight.

Onlookers: Damn, are we allowed to say that?

That night, the assistant failed to complete the mission.

Qin Suzhou suggested that he and Bai Li go camping, with the sky for a blanket and the earth for a bed.

System mission: Confess your love to Qin Suzhou in the rain.

Bai Li checks his phone. The forecast says clear skies and a heat warning from today through tomorrow.

He borrows a rain machine from the film crew. His black hair gets soaked, raindrops slide down his face to his chin, and he delivers a romantic-movie confession: "Qin Suzhou, I love you--"

With a ding, the System announces that the mission is complete.

Bai Li changes expression in a split second. "Only an idiot would--"

Onlookers panic: He's talking so fast! Stop him!!

System mission: Kiss your crush passionately in front of them.

Bai Li: ?

Qin Suzhou: ?

After being bound to the System for months, the two have mastered all its tricks. They immediately order chickens from the market, live ones.

Their crush, Zhong Qiao, sits in front of them, bewildered.

He watches them each take a chicken out from under the table... and make the two chickens face each other and peck.

Zhong Qiao: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

All of Bai Li's fans know that the movie star himself and Qin Suzhou don't get along.

But lately, they've noticed the two of them have been getting a little bit too close.

Fan A: I heard Bai Li and President Qin went to the countryside to watch the stars and the sunrise together!

Fan B: I heard Bai Li borrowed a rain machine from the film crew to create a romantic atmosphere, then confessed to President Qin in the rain!

Fan C: I heard Bai Li and President Qin even invited Zhong Qiao to their home and showed off their love right in front of him, ahhh!

Bai Li, Qin Suzhou: Heh. We just want to finish the missions and break free of the System.

Later, Qin Suzhou accidentally fell for him for real--

He was listening to his assistant report on Bai Li's latest filming when the System's voice sounded, informing him that the mission deadline was three days away. He slowly opened his eyes.

"Bai Li needs me."

Then he headed straight for the film set where Bai Li was working.

Assistant: H-his steps are so fast!! Didn't you and Bai Li agree never to speak to each other again?!

Bai Li (bottom) x Qin Suzhou (top)

1. A silly story about two men falling for their straight male crushes, then falling for each other as rivals in love.

2. A sweet, satisfying romance where the top pursues the bottom.

Blurb archived from May 16, 2022

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