The Dating Show's Big Bad and Its Sweetheart

(The End. My next book is The Young Master of a Wealthy Family Only Wants to Go to School) Mu Chi, a cool and aloof heartthrob, joins a dating reality show. While hiking, he loses his footing and tumbles down a slope. When he wakes up, his mind has gone back to square one. He's lost his memories and turned into a high school student. Mu Chi: Wasn't I competing in the school sports meet? Where's my 100-yuan prize for winning the long-distance race? Agent: You're on a dating reality show. Breaking the contract will cost you a million yuan. Mu Chi: ... To avoid paying up, Mu Chi has no choice but to keep filming the show. Agent: Remember, you're supposed to be the cool, aloof heartthrob. High schooler Mu Chi: Got it. A few days later, #CoolAloofHeartthrobMuChiLosesHisMemoryAndTurnsIntoAGoofball# takes the top spot on the trending list. Before losing his memory, Mu Chi had a cool, untouchable face, elegant and refined, like an immortal. After losing his memory, Mu Chi says: I just went to catch chickens, walk the dogs, fish, and pull up some radishes. Why are you all looking at me like that? Before losing his memory, Mu Chi was at odds with fellow contestant Qi Liao. He hated how Qi Liao swaggered around like a demon king, while Qi Liao hated his fake, pretentious persona. After losing his memory, Mu Chi says: This guy is so cool and confident. He's totally my type. Watch me charm him! Qi Liao: ??? Get away from me.jpg #OverbearingDemonKing x SweetLittleWhiteFlower# #CoolAloofHeartthrob x SweetLittleWhiteFlower# These two pairings have been the most popular ever since the dating show began. Their fans often tear into each other, fighting until they're bloody. Mu Chi and Qi Liao are widely regarded as rivals who are as incompatible as fire and water. Qi Liao is a little more popular. People dug up his illustrious family background: he's the real deal, a young master from a wealthy family. Though he looks cool and aloof, he's actually a charity-loving, top-notch race car driver who returned from studying abroad and can cook up a storm. His contrasting sides have made viewers dote on him like a son. By contrast, some viewers think Mu Chi is too stiff and a bit fake. Then Mu Chi lost his memory. With a high schooler's mind, Mu Chi let loose. Not only did he catch chickens, walk dogs, and fish, he also climbed trees and roofs to raid birds' nests. He went from ethereal and otherworldly to an athletic powerhouse, and when he got excited, he even dragged Qi Liao into a tango. Not only did he stop butting heads with Qi Liao, he started acting cute around him, calling him "big brother" every other sentence. He was unbearably sweet. Viewers: ???? Qi Liao: ...I don't know why he's doing this, but I can't turn him down. The demon king is slowly falling.jpg #OverbearingDemonKing x GoofySweetheart# The Fire-and-Water pairing appeared out of nowhere, sweetened the whole internet, and sent fans into a frenzy!! Halfway through the show, Mu Chi gets his memory back. He remembers how badly he'd ruined his cool, aloof image, calling Qi Liao "big brother," climbing into Qi Liao's bed in the middle of the night, and getting pinned against a tree and kissed by him in the woods... Mu Chi: ...Can I still grab a train and run away tonight? After Mu Chi lost his memory, he wasn't the only one whose persona fell apart. The other contestants and the sweet little white flower did too. Sweet Little White Flower: Aaaaaaaaaah!!! Fans: ???? What's wrong with you? Sweet Little White Flower: My cool, aloof heartthrob! Aaaaaah!! He's been stolen from me!! Qi Liao, you son of a, aaaaah!! Am I not big enough?! If you've got the guts, whip it out and compare!!! Fans: … After comparing, it turned out Qi Liao really was bigger. Sweet Little White Flower: Collapses to the floor, weeping.jpg Mu Chi: What's wrong with him? Qi Liao puts an arm around Mu Chi and strolls past: He's probably taken a hit to his confidence. [Dominant, Wolfish Race Car Driver Top x Beautiful, Goofy Bottom] ★ Fake rivals to lovers. The bottom has a slight everyone-loves-him vibe, and the whole cast's personas fall apart in a chaotic love-triangle showdown. ★ The bottom has always been both sweet and goofy. He adopted the cool, aloof heartthrob persona after becoming a star. ★ The dating show is livestreamed, unscripted, and completely real. Everyone's persona falls apart together, and they have a blast. Coming Soon: The Young Master of a Wealthy Family Only Wants to Go to School. Please add it to your reading list! Blurb: Before his college entrance exams, Tian Ruan accidentally drowns. When he wakes up, he's become the disposable stepfather in a danmei novel on Jinjiang. In the original story, the stepfather is only twenty when he schemes to seduce the wealthy adoptive father of the protagonist gong: Yu Jingmo, the ruthless, heartless head of the Yu family. He flies out of the chicken coop and becomes a phoenix, a wealthy family's young stepfather. Yu Jingmo has no affection for him at all and has never touched him. They married only to silence the gossip. As a disposable supporting character, the stepfather has two great achievements: constantly testing his powerful husband's patience, and constantly laying obstacles in the path of his adopted son, the protagonist gong. In short, the young stepfather is a reckless, useless fool. At last, the year the protagonist gong finishes his college entrance exams, he gets caught up in a wealthy family's power struggle and is killed. Tian Ruan arrives in the story, trembling with fear. That night, his impossibly handsome husband returns and asks why he's shaking. Tian Ruan: Can we get divorced? Yu Jingmo: Go read the prenuptial agreement again. Clause five says their marriage lasts three years and will automatically end afterward. If either party breaks the agreement during that time, they must pay the other one hundred million euros in compensation. Tian Ruan: ... Since he can't afford to divorce, Tian Ruan has to find another way out of the wealthy family's power struggles. He turns his attention to the seventeen-year-old protagonist gong: young, tall, handsome, and looking good in his school uniform. Tian Ruan is so envious he could cry. Yu Jingmo's expression darkens: What are you looking at? Tian Ruan's eyes fill with tears as he looks pitifully at him: Hubby, I want to go to school too QAQ Yu Jingmo: … Protagonist gong: … What is this stepfather up to? To everyone's shock, a week later, Tian Ruan really does put on a school uniform and go to class. He's even in the same class as his nominal adopted son. Tian Ruan: Son, lend me your homework so I can copy it. Tian Ruan: Son, you should get along with your sweetheart. I won't stand in the way of your romance. Tian Ruan: Son, your dad and I have a date tonight. Is it weird if I wear my uniform? Protagonist gong: … And so begins the surreal school life of a twenty-year-old stepfather at a prestigious high school. At first, Yu Jingmo watches coldly from the sidelines. He doesn't believe Tian Ruan really wants to go to school. But a month passes, and Tian Ruan is still happily going to school with his backpack every day, then obediently doing his homework when he gets home, looking like the picture of an innocent model student. Yu Jingmo gazes at his long, straight legs beneath the uniform and his snow-white wrists, faintly smudged with ink. His eyes grow intent. Tian Ruan in a school uniform is kind of tempting. An older man's heart stirs, while his sweet young wife tempts him without realizing it. Much later, in an interview, a famous, notoriously cold and desireless big shot says that young grass tastes good. [Powerful, cold, and ruthless doting daddy-type top] [Innocent high school boy, naturally seductive bottom] Bonus Scene: The original story's protagonist shou gets hassled by thugs, and the protagonist gong goes to save him. Tian Ruan accidentally gets dragged into it. Thug: Want to save your son and daughter-in-law? Bring us a million yuan. The protagonist shou grabs a brick and goes after the thug, while the protagonist gong, red-faced, also starts beating him up. The thug flees with his head in his hands: Five hundred thousand! Ten thousand! No, a thousand will do! Tian Ruan calls Yu Jingmo: Hubby, someone's extorting me. Come pick me up. I want to go home and do my homework. Yu Jingmo: Wait there, darling. Agree to whatever they ask for, just don't get hurt. Tian Ruan: Our son got hurt. Yu Jingmo: He's tough. He'll be fine. Protagonist gong: ... Protagonist shou: ...6 Theme: Life is about bravely charging ahead!