Proud, sharp-tongued genius singer bottom X cool on the outside, warm on the inside, award-winning actor top who finally gets it and chases his love. A groveling arc, with two equally strong leads.
Tang Zongjing was once a hugely popular singer. After a plagiarism scandal, his company shelved him for three years, and an accident destroyed the voice his fans called a gift from heaven.
With nothing left and a mountain of bad press, Tang Zongjing is secretly signed up for a dating reality show by his agent, who thinks he's gotten too lazy.
Day one of filming: Tang Zongjing sees Jiang Xiusheng arrive with a polite smile, and is instantly overcome by awkwardness.
Who the hell could have told him that this show would happen to invite the person he'd once had a falling-out with, and secretly loved?
Day three of filming: Tang Zongjing and Jiang Xiusheng are forced into a team for an escape-room challenge.
A date challenge in an escape room is one thing, and being paired with Jiang Xiusheng is another, but can someone tell him why the head of the female ghost NPC he punched off keeps following them?
Come on, this is supposed to be a dating show!
Day N of filming: His long-silent fans rise from the ashes. Seeing their once lively, charming kid suddenly turn into a chatty, lazy old bro, they cry out: Damn reality show, give our Jingbao back!
Only Jiang Xiusheng looks at Tang Zongjing, who punched a ghost's head off and is now pretending to be calm, and thinks: Cute. I want to kiss him, hold him, and...
Tang Zongjing becomes a sensation, and his old scandals are dug up again. Marketing accounts publish one sensational article after another, but after his massive fanbase investigates, it turns out the so-called plagiarism was just a frame-up.
And the truth about the supposedly penniless Tang Zongjing leaves everyone stunned.
His new albums, quietly released over the years, are unearthed too. Marketing accounts all turn from haters into fans, looking at the articles they'd written: We said his voice was ruined, but that was all a lie. Tang Zongjing is a god!
Bystanders are baffled: Why is the hot-tempered Tang Zongjing so timid around Jiang Xiusheng?
New fans are indignant: Why is Jiang Xiusheng always clinging to our Jingbao? Jingbao, listen to your big sister. You're still young, so stay away from men!
Old fans are in tears: Our son is such a disappointment!!!
CP fans see right through it all: It has to be brother-in-law! No matter how far you wander, it's still you!
Tang Zongjing: I don't want to go back to an old flame either, but he can get me out of an escape room, beat evil ghosts, cook, and warm the bed.
Jiang Xiusheng: I'm good at everything.
Jiang Xiusheng is famous for being a cold, aloof heartthrob, but on the show, he's always "clinging" to Tang Zongjing, and responds to every breathless thing he says.
Fans watch Jiang, whom they call "pure and passionless": Could you smile any more shamelessly? Can't you see Tang Zongjing keeps avoiding you?
After the show ends, the fans are won over: Jiang, are you any good or not? Jingbao is about to run off with someone else!
Jiang Xiusheng, calm as ever: How about taking a look at a marriage certificate?
Fans, stunned: Holy crap, Jiang, you're amazing!
#The CP Fans' Final Victory#
Tip:
Jiang Xiusheng's fans are called Xingxiu, and Tang Zongjing's fans are called Caramel.
Inspired by familiar tropes, with plenty of cheesy ones. No real-life inspirations. There is a secondary CP.
A fluffy, silly little story.
Theme: What's lost can be regained.
