Top-Tier Star Couple? We're Just Pretending

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-A wild top-tier star who turns a straight man gay x a fragile beauty of an award-winning actor

Wen Jinian is the gay world's ultimate sexy-sweet heartthrob. His deskmate, Zhong Xingran, is a hardcore straight man who has always disliked gay people. They're sworn enemies, as everyone at school knows.

One day, they transmigrate five years into the future together.

Zhong Xingran has become a top-tier star in the domestic entertainment industry, a haughty, unruly singer and dancer whose explosive stage performances have captivated countless fangirls. Wen Jinian, meanwhile, has become a newly crowned award-winning actor with phenomenal acting skills, fair skin, breathtaking looks, and a cool, fragile air.

The terrifying part is that they're married!

And they're both famous for showing off their love. Not long ago, they signed up for a livestreaming dating show.

To avoid causing chaos and figure out what happened over the past five years, they privately agree to pretend to be a married couple for three months and finish filming the show.

*

On the dating show

[Forced Kissing Scene]

Zhong Xingran, a straight man, has his first kiss stolen and turns red with rage.

Fan filming from the set: The young idol's acting has improved. He can even blush while kissing his own husband.

Fans: Hehe, Puppy Zhong is deliberately messing up his takes! He just wants to kiss his husband over and over!

Zhong Xingran: ...I hope your mom dies.

[Observing Their Life Together]

Zhong Xingran is about to be driven crazy by Wen Jinian. Are gay guys really this uninhibited? Why does he keep bringing stick-shaped objects into the bedroom? Why is there white liquid all over the floor? Why is half the cooking oil in the kitchen gone?!

The next day, he finally confronts him, red-faced.

Wen Jinian expressionlessly takes a bite of his banana, throws his used hand cream into the trash, then carries out a plate of oil-blasted shrimp from the kitchen and politely asks, "Are you an idiot?"

[Don't Fall for Them Challenge]

PD: Please look into each other's eyes for one minute.

Zhong Xingran gazes into those bewitching eyes, his heart pounding.

PD: Please hug for one minute.

Zhong Xingran hugs Wen Jinian and swallows nervously, his mind full of thoughts:

Why is his waist so soft?

Why does he smell so good?

PD: If your heart rate goes over 150, you fail.

Wen Jinian: ...

*

Gradually, Zhong Xingran gets used to life five years in the future.

He gives Wen Jinian a song at an awards ceremony and kisses him amid a storm of screams; when a set piece falls, he shields Wen Jinian with his body without hesitation; when Wen Jinian films an intimate scene with someone else, he burns with jealousy...

Not long afterward, the model couple announces their breakup.

The news tops the trending charts, breaking the hearts of countless CP fans.

Five minutes later, Zhong Xingran sends a message to the group chat: [Guys, what's the best way to win someone back?]

Friend A: [You just broke up and you're already moving on? Careful, people will drag you!]

Friend B: [Let's go, we've been sick of watching you act like a henpecked husband. We'll introduce you to someone new!]

Friend C: [Who are you trying to win over?]

Zhong Xingran: [My ex-husband.]

Everyone: [...]

> Some parts of the show formats are inspired by Single's Inferno and Back to Field. All place names, schools, and so on in this story are fictional, and any similarities are coincidental. Any quotations from famous books or films will be noted at the end of the chapter.

> Content warning: Some chapters contain livestream comments.

> Please don't spam the comments with unrelated celebrities. I'll delete them if I see them.

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-A sharp-tongued, academically gifted receiver who is always mistaken for a rich beauty x a straight school bully who is always mistaken for a playboy

Ning Xu is the top student at Lanjiang High School. During the summer before his senior year, he starts a livestream study room to keep people company while they study. The only things visible on screen are a stretch of snow-white wrist and long, slender fingers with distinct knuckles.

He never speaks, only silently bows his head to study, completely unaware that the comments have all assumed he's a girl

[Wifey's fingertips and knuckles are so pink, ooh~]

[The mole on baby's pinky is so tempting. I want to suck on it [tongue]]

[Wifey's bracelet is LV. My rich, beautiful wife! Can you wear black lace tomorrow?]

Ning Xu glances up and happens to see the comment. He replies coldly, "Are you nuts?"

*

Xiang Heng is the notorious school bully at Lanjiang High School. He gets into fights and trouble, has terrible grades, and is incredibly popular with girls.

He turns down a whole crowd of admirers, but no one knows he's actually obsessed with hands.

During summer break, Xiang Heng's family locks him up and forces him to study. While scrolling on his phone, he comes across a livestream.

The screen shows a tidy desk and a beautiful, fair hand casually twirling a pen. The wrist bone is slightly prominent, the fingertips are faintly pink, and there's a red mole on the pinky.

Xiang Heng's blood rushes to his head. He immediately sends the streamer a pile of gifts and climbs to the top of the rankings.

From then on, he checks in to study every day.

He can't help imagining that the person on the other side is a cool, aloof beauty, imagining that hand doing this and that, imagining...

Until one day, the beauty speaks in a man's voice: "Are you nuts?"

Xiang Heng is struck like a bolt from the blue. He's stunned.

Five minutes later, he shakily posts his first comment: [Fuck you, give me my money back!]

*

On the first day of senior year, everyone gets new seats. The sworn enemies who have barely spoken to each other in three years are finally seated together, and everyone turns around, ready for a show.

Xiang Heng coldly glances at Ning Xu, who's taken the seat by the wall, and kicks his desk. "Move. I want the inside seat."

Ning Xu doesn't even look at him. "Get lost. Sit wherever you want."

Just as everyone expects them to start fighting, Xiang Heng sucks in a sharp breath, looking shocked. That voice cursing at him is way too familiar!

A moment later, he says in a trembling voice, "Try insulting me one more time."

Ning Xu has never heard such a strange request. He narrows his eyes and studies him for a while, then parts his lips and breathes out, fragrant as an orchid: "Go fuck yourself."

Theme: Pursue true feelings and cherish the present.