When a Socially Anxious Person Is Forced to Provoke a Top-Tier Star [Showbiz]

[Coming Soon: "Ad Space for Rent [School]" and "He Faked His Death and Stole My Ghost". Please add them to your reading list! Blurbs below~]

Blurb:

A huge piece of entertainment news broke today.

Yan Feishi, the top-tier star who usually looked down on everyone, had a short fuse, spoke bluntly, and was cold to people, got yelled at by Shang You, a bit-part actor who always played supporting roles. Instead of getting angry, he actually sweet-talked him.

Shang You, normally quiet and focused on acting, with a good temper and social anxiety, snapped at the top-tier star. And somehow, he didn't get chewed out.

Everyone was astonished: How did these two, who had nothing to do with each other, suddenly become so harmonious? Could they have something going on behind the scenes, playing some little game the rest of us don't understand?

Yan Feishi: Bullshit!

Shang You: I'm innocent!

*

Nobody knew that their strange behavior was all because...

Yan Feishi had been forced to bind himself to a Good Person System. No matter how much Shang You provoked him, he had to put up with it.

Yan Feishi: ...In your dreams.

Shang You had been forced to bind himself to a Bad Person System, which kept making him provoke Yan Feishi and pick fights with him.

Shang You: ...This thing wants me dead!

As fate would have it, the two ended up on the same dating reality show.

While showering,

Shang You, steeling himself: "I'm borrowing your towel."

Yan Feishi, gritting his teeth despite his obsessive cleanliness: "Fine!"

While the others ate and flaunted their affection,

Shang You, feeling his scalp tingle: "I'm hungry. Hurry up and cook something for me."

Yan Feishi, who had never served anyone before, replied expressionlessly: "Fine."

At bedtime,

Shang You, growing more desperate by the minute: "Come warm your big brother's bed."

Yan Feishi, smiling faintly: "Sure, big brother."

Shang You wanted to cry: ...! My heart is dead.jpg

Everyone watched the two act as if possessed, their personalities completely reversed.

The top-tier star kept getting yelled at, and still smiled along.

The little actor kept talking back, and got away with it.

CP fans: Wow, if this isn't true love, what is?

Finally, one day, the two were released from their Systems and shed their already tattered secret identities.

Shang You: I'm doomed.

That night, someone forgot to cover the camera in their room.

Everyone watched as Yan Feishi pinned Shang You, who was trying to run away, beneath him. With a faint smile, he asked, "Big brother, have you enjoyed playing the bad guy all this time?"

Shang You was about to cry: "N-no."

Yan Feishi caressed Shang You's face. "Don't be scared, big brother. Even without that annoying thing, I'll still make sure you enjoy yourself."

Shang You, horrified: ? This blessing, can we give it to someone else?

CP fans celebrated across the land: Aaaah, younger guys are the best! The Fashion CP is real! The Oil CP is real!

Shang You, deadpan: What do you know? Stop shipping us randomly. I'm begging you.

Note:

1. This is a fictional world with no real-life inspirations. Please don't associate it with reality~

2. The cover was a gift from a wonderful artist on the forum.

-----Coming Soon 1-----

Please add "Ad Space for Rent [School]" to your reading list~

On the first day at his new school, Shi Yi was drawn to the wall of honors in the hallway.

The first row of the wall was filled with photos of the same person.

What caught Shi Yi's attention wasn't how handsome he was, but the motivational captions beneath each photo.

First photo: Soar ninety thousand li into the skies.

Second photo: I'll say it again: soar ninety thousand li into the skies.

Third photo: I'm tired of saying it. Nothing more to add.

Fourth photo: I'm done pretending. I'm peerless. When life is good, enjoy it to the fullest~

Eighth photo: Ad space for rent!

Looking at the increasingly outrageous captions, Shi Yi fell silent. In the end, he couldn't help asking the person beside him, "Teacher, which class is this idiot in?"

A lazy voice came from behind him. "This idiot's in Class 19."

Shi Yi turned around and saw a guy leaning against the wall, wearing a faint smile, and looking exactly like the photos.

*

After getting caught badmouthing him,

Shi Yi saw Xiao Wu again when he joined Class 19, where the guy became his deskmate.

The third time he saw Xiao Wu, they were in the same dorm room, with beds right next to each other.

Then Shi Yi realized that they were destined to be mortal enemies.

One day, Shi Yi got drunk.

Xiao Wu pointed at the mirror and coaxed him: "Play rock-paper-scissors with the person in there. If you can't win, go to sleep like a good boy."

Shi Yi refused to lose and played against himself until the middle of the night.

So by the next day, the two had become complete enemies.

From then on, every exam added another fierce rivalry to the first row of the wall of honors.

Their photos battled nonstop, trading places as they chased each other up and down the rankings.

The students had given up resisting and were completely numb to it.

These two big shots sure had interesting hobbies.

Watching them battle is so much fun!

*

One day, the words beneath Xiao Wu's photo on the wall of honors changed again.

-Coming next: I'm renting out my ad space.

The students started gossiping. Something big must be happening, and they rushed to place bets on the forum.

"As expected of a big shot. He's turned the wall of honors into a press conference."

"I'll bet ten cents that Boss Xiao will overtake Boss Shi this time."

"I'll bet a pack of spicy strips that the God of Shi will beat the God of Xiao."

One post stood out from the rest: "The Fifteenth CP I ship is about to go official."

Then, at the final exams, both students fell off the top of the rankings, causing an uproar.

The two responsible were pulling and tugging at each other on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

Xiao Wu: "Yiyi, they say the moon is fullest on the sixteenth, not the fifteenth. Look, I've already put it out there. Will you come rent my ad space and make our Fifteenth CP official?"

When the other boy didn't answer, Xiao Wu kept chattering. "Yiyi, Yiyi!"

After a long while, Shi Yi's ears turned red. He covered Xiao Wu's mouth and said seriously, "Mm, got it."

*

Later, a photo of Xiao Wu wiping the corner of Shi Yi's mouth crashed the school forum.

Aaaah, enemies-to-lovers really is the best!

The Fifteenth CP I ship is real!

Coming Soon 2

Please add "He Faked His Death and Stole My Ghost" to your reading list~~

Wen Xian is the successor to Cangyun Temple. Before taking over, he has to go down the mountain for a period of ascetic training.

He's poor, and works part-time while exorcising ghosts.

One day, a friend who delivers food with him recommended a job: carrying corpses in the morgue at night, for 1,800 yuan a shift.

His friend asked: "Aren't you scared?"

Wen Xian's eyes lit up. "Scared? A job like that exists?"

Are those really corpses? They're mute brothers who are practically handing me money. Even if one of them sits up, I can sing him right back to sleep.

And so, he got the job.

On his first night, a corpse sat up.

The man and the corpse stared at each other. Wen Xian began chanting a lullaby to exorcise it: "Sleep... sleep... my dear brother..."

But the corpse curled his lips into a smile and put him to sleep instead.

When Wen Xian woke up from his coma, the corpse had disappeared.

All that remained beside him was a note: "You sing well. Don't do it again."

Wen Xian: "..."

-

The first time Wen Xian tried to catch a ghost in the morgue, Wu Bei, pretending to be a corpse, beat him to it. The second time, Wu Bei beat him to it again at a banquet.

The sixth time, the two crossed paths again. Wu Bei teased him, "You never work with me."

That bastard was twisting the facts. When had he ever not made the first move?

Wen Xian sneered. "Work with you? In your dreams!"

Hearing that, Wu Bei burst out laughing and turned to the evil spirit in the room. "Hey, what do you think?"

The evil spirit was horrified: "..." shaking its head frantically.jpg

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One day, the old abbot of Cangyun Temple led a group of disciples to the traditional culture exchange held every four years, where they met the Wu family.

The Wu family was a martial arts clan whose ancestors had deep ties to Cangyun Temple.

The old abbot said, "Xian, come and meet him. This is the current head of the Wu family, Wu Bei. He's also the president of the Paranormal Investigation Association. By rights, you should call him senior brother."

Wu Bei smiled warmly. "Good to meet you, junior brother."

Wen Xian gritted his teeth: "..." What a bastard. Whose senior brother keeps stealing his ghosts?

That night, Wu Bei was left standing outside the dilapidated door.

The person outside patiently coaxed him: "Xianxian, I was wrong. I was only afraid you'd get tired."

Theme: Love may be separated by Systems, but every System can be overcome.