The Goofy Top and His Genius Handsome Man [Showbiz]

Please add my upcoming books to your reading list: His Canary Has Eight Hundred Schemes and My Secret Crush Became My Paper-Doll Husband. Blurbs are at the very bottom, mwah!

[Blurb]

Dumb, goofy, crybaby seme × beautiful uke with an excellent memory who dotes on his husband

Also known as: What's It Like to Date a Funny Guy?

Before meeting Jiang Yi'an, Ji Monan was a complete good-for-nothing.

After appearing on an interview show, Ji Monan went viral for all the wrong reasons, getting roasted by everyone for his "stellar" performance.

The entertainment industry's biggest idiot trended because of his low IQ. A new brand deal from his rich sponsor, and he shoots a three-pointer straight into the trash can.

When the show brought up Osamu Dazai, he said, "I know Big Dazai." When they discussed Salome, he asked, "So who killed whom?"

But after meeting Jiang Yi'an, Ji Monan became a little sun, lighting up the world.

Honey, I love you so much. I'll get you a phone case shaped like a frying pan. Will you use it to whack me with it?

Honey, I picked the prettiest flower I could find outside your apartment complex to give you, but the security guard fined me. Can you come save me?

Honey, I wish I could grab a forklift and put on a fancy stunt to loudly declare my love for you!

Jiang Yi'an's inner monologue: Meeting you has brought me eight lifetimes of bad luck.

But thank you for bringing warmth to a life that had been without sweetness for over twenty years.

You're the only oasis in my desolate wasteland.

A goofy, sweet story in the first half, followed by healing, growth, and a happy ending for everyone.

Little skits:

Ji Monan: I'm really smart!

Jiang Yi'an: What are you smart about?

Ji Monan: I brought an electric hot plate on this trip. We won't have to worry about cooking out in the middle of nowhere!

Jiang Yi'an: Where are you going to plug it in?

Ji Monan: Uh...

Ji Monan: Baby, want to get matching profile pictures?

Jiang Yi'an: What kind?

Ji Monan: Maybe Sun Wukong and the White Bone Spirit?

Jiang Yi'an: What the hell is wrong with you?

Ji Monan: I'll order this blind box for my wife. It's the cozy Japanese-style wildcat edition. Just hearing the name of the outfit sounds so wild, hehehe.

Jiang Yi'an: Ji Monan! This is a Doraemon cosplay costume. Care to explain?

Ji Monan: Uh... I didn't think that through.

[Note]: The novel is not based on real people. Updates daily at 6:00 p.m.

[Upcoming book]

Title:

After Li Luo's stepmother failed to scam someone, she signed a contract. She sold her son to Shen Yizhou, and Li Luo was thus "forced" to become the pampered canary of the heir to the Wanzhou Group.

He thought it would be a story about a wealthy patron and his pretty young lover gradually falling in love. Instead, both men had eight hundred schemes up their sleeves.

They schemed against and used each other, yet each let something slip while probing for the other's weaknesses

Shen Yizhou: My arranged-marriage partner must have found out I'm keeping a canary by now, right? Li Luo is just a pawn. Once that person calls off the engagement, I'll send him packing.

Li Luo: Thanks to Mom's double-cross, I've successfully infiltrated the Shen family as a canary. Once Shen Yizhou pays the rest of the contract, I'll grab my things and run.

Keep acting, then. Neither of them has said a single honest word

Shen Yizhou: Darling, I was lying to you before. The arranged marriage was just an excuse. My intentions are completely sincere. I only used a few face-saving tricks to win you over.

Li Luo: My love, how could I be any different? You might not believe me, but I would never run off after getting the rest of the money. I've been secretly in love with you for ages. My love for you is higher than the sky and deeper than the sea.

As they kept testing each other's hand, they became caught up in a series of fraud cases. While tugging each other back and forth, they also joined forces to fend off their enemies and break through the schemes.

Until one day,

Shen Yizhou suddenly realized the real reason Li Luo had approached him...

And the mystery and truth Li Luo had been searching for over many years finally came to light...

Shen Yizhou: Li Luo, just how many secrets are you hiding?

Li Luo: And what about you, Shen Yizhou?

A rich heir seme who seems cunning and suspicious but is actually devoted

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A revenge-seeking uke who seems like a prickly little flower but is actually calm and deceitful

Title:

My Secret Crush Became My Paper-Doll Husband

Blurb:

Chu Yanqing is a comic artist who always follows the trends when starting a new series.

The market is into exhilarating infinite-flow comics, so Chu Yanqing draws one!

The market is into stories about time travel with systems, so Chu Yanqing draws one!

But the market is way too saturated, and his comics keep getting outcompeted by popular works just like them. He can never become a hit, but he isn't exactly obscure, either.

Fan: "Hey, Master Chu, are you around? I really want to read a melodramatic story where a smug, heartless uke gets brutally tormented by the seme. How about starting a new series?"

Chu Yanqing: "No, that's not trending, and I'm not good at that kind of story."

The fan started dangling a promise in front of him: "If you draw it, we'll make your tips the highest on the whole site. We'll make you a huge hit!"

Chu Yanqing gritted his teeth. "Fine."

As soon as the comic was published, Chu Yanqing really did become popular, but only because everyone was cursing him out.

The "scumbag uke" character got flamed to hell and back, and the comments were full of complaints.

[This is awful! A terrible guy like this deserves to be beaten to death!]

[What kind of irredeemable drama queen is this? The seme's fans are furious! Screw you! Give us our money back!]

[Art imitates life. The author must be a total player in real life, too!]

The abuse got so bad that Chu Yanqing stopped updating and began taking frequent breaks.

Chu Yanqing's leave notice 1: Sorry, everyone, I have to get some body tissue removed today, so I'm taking the day off.

Chu Yanqing's leave notice 2: Sorry, my friend drank himself into a coma. I'm going to look after him at the hospital for a couple of days.

Chu Yanqing's leave notice 3: My boyfriend died. I'm heartbroken and need time to get over it, so I'm not updating for now. Bye!

His lies came back to bite him, and the punishment arrived at once. Skipping updates felt great, until he woke up in a crematorium.

After a long hiatus, Chu Yanqing unexpectedly fell into the world of his comic.

But the seme who had been tormented until he was shattered with grief turned out to be the very same person as Ji Mengyang, his childhood friend and the man he'd secretly loved for decades.

Seeing his heartbroken, devastated idol crying after Chu Yanqing had tormented him, Chu Yanqing panicked.

"Hey! Listen to me! I'm really not a scumbag! You're the only person I've ever loved, in the whole world, since we were kids."

Beep!

[System message]: You can't do that, Xiao Chu! You don't have enough points to unlock your True Love System. If you don't follow the original story, you might never get back to the real world.

Chu Yanqing was devastated, but he said the opposite of what he meant: "Ji Mengyang, don't tell me you've fallen for me? We were just a fling, nothing serious. Why take it to heart? You think you can make me settle down?"

Chu Yanqing's inner monologue: Waaaaah, big brother! Please, please, please! Don't! Believe! A word! I say!

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