Pretending Not to Know the Secretly Married Top-Tier Star on a Variety Show

[Gentle, spoiled beauty bottom x aloof, clingy, lovesick top]

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Ye Zhinian trained professionally in acting and has both looks and talent. After eight years in the industry, he has barely made it to the third tier. On his first variety show, he is forced to play a lovesick puppy.

Just as he nails the role and the comments are about to start shipping him with someone, top-tier star Lu Chen makes a surprise appearance. The other guests greet him with delight, while Ye Zhinian hides behind the crowd and sends him a message:

If this gets out, you'll be sleeping on the sofa for six months :)

Top-tier star Lu Chen debuted overseas before returning home. He is an unrivaled star across film, television, and music, known for his reserved manner and aristocratic air. Rumor has it he comes from a wealthy, powerful family.

After revealing that he has a secret crush, he has been the subject of fabricated pairings for years. Half the guests on the variety show he suddenly joins have been paired with him by fans. Yet he just looks at the message he has received and replies without expression:

Oh QAQ

The live-streamed friendship variety show Utopia is packed with drama from the moment it begins.

The popular young actor and the energetic idol are rivals. The rising starlet and the glamorous actress have been at odds for years. And top-tier star Lu Chen, who has just joined the show, has been rumored to be involved with half the cast!

The friendship show instantly turns into a battleground. Onlookers watch with relish, but as they keep watching, they realize something is off. Why have the top-tier star and that obscure nobody barely said a word to each other, yet seem more and more suspicious?

The top-tier star brings one less beer for the guests, just enough to account for the nobody's alcohol allergy;

He can't remember a single thing his rumored partners asked him to bring, but he specifically buys yogurt for the nobody;

When the nobody talks about his first love during a game, the top-tier star is so angry he nearly slams the table;

Even with his back turned to the nobody, the top-tier star seems to have eyes in the back of his head, sensing his every move...

After the show ends, Lu Chen's rumored pairings are automatically dissolved, and the ship known as "Everyone Knows Lu" appears out of nowhere. Ye Zhinian becomes famous overnight.

His company refuses to let go of its newly discovered cash cow. It pressures Ye Zhinian to renew his contract, threatening to expose his secret marriage and break up his ship, ruining his reputation and sending him straight back to the eighteenth tier.

The next moment, Lu Chen posts an update.

@Lu Chen V: @Ye Zhinian, from beginning to end, it's only ever been you [Lu Chen and Ye Zhinian's childhood photo and marriage certificate.jpg]

When the ship between Ye Zhinian and Lu Chen first gained traction, fans and netizens mocked him mercilessly for shamelessly reaching for the stars.

But gradually, people realized that good looks and acting skills were merely the window Heaven had opened for Ye Zhinian. The door that truly belonged to him had long since led him onto the world stage.

Reading guide: 1. Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting; this is my version of the entertainment industry.

2. None of the characters are based on real people. Fictional characters have nothing to do with real life.

3. A sweet post-marriage story, written for practice. Please be kind.

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Jiang Zhou has received countless love confessions over the years, but the first person to propose to him did so when he was nineteen.

At the time, he was wearing a long, straight black wig and a black strapless dress with a short front and long back. He had just been voted campus goddess.

The person proposing to him was a seventh-grader, his own little brother, who had forced him to dress like that.

Jiang Zhou looked at the kid, who wasn't even as tall as his chin. He had planned to lift his skirt and show him the goods, but seeing the kid's face turn so red it looked ready to catch fire, and remembering how his sister worried every day about him refusing to study, he offered some words of encouragement:

"When you get into college, then Big Sis will consider marrying you!"

Five years later, when Jiang Zhou put on a little dress again and stood in front of the kid who had gotten into college, he wished he could go back in time and slap himself.

The kid who once barely reached Jiang Zhou's chin was now half a head taller than him, with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, long legs, and the best biceps and calves in the room.

But no matter how beautiful those muscles were, a straight man like him couldn't actually marry another man.

Jiang Zhou took a deep breath and was about to cut off this ill-fated relationship when he saw the kid lift the hem of his sports jersey to wipe away his sweat, revealing perfectly symmetrical six-pack abs.

In an instant, the cruel words on Jiang Zhou's lips took a different turn:

"Can I touch them?"

[Beautiful, straight-laced office worker bottom x cocky, scheming college student top]

Theme: Love others as you love yourself