What Couple Going Through a Breakup Goes on a Dating Show?

●A striking, powerhouse actress x a jealous, cocky musical prodigy

1. What couple goes on a dating reality show when they're about to break up?

Yan Chijin and Xia Xi are that tragic couple. They argue until they're on the verge of breaking up, yet still have to appear on a dating show.

Before filming, they both make their positions clear.

"Don't expect me to look after you on the show."

"Don't think you can ride on my coattails."

But once the show starts, Yan Chijin becomes Xia Xi's shadow.

He talks about her every minute of every day.

"Is Xia Xi back yet?"

"Is Xia Xi awake?"

"What does Xia Xi want to eat today?"

2. As the country's first celebrity dating show, "Love in the Air" attracts countless viewers.

That's because its casting is absolutely perfect.

Every guest is either part of a couple the public already ships, or a celebrity who's been photographed by paparazzi and linked to someone in a rumor.

Yan Chijin and Xia Xi had planned to officially announce their relationship after filming the show.

Who knew they'd start fighting before it even aired?

But once they appear on the show, their chemistry as a couple takes off.

During every interview, Yan Chijin unconsciously angles the microphone toward Xia Xi.

Whenever another man appears beside Xia Xi, Yan Chijin's face turns frighteningly dark.

Whenever the production crew asks a question about Xia Xi, Yan Chijin answers faster than she does.

Yan Chijin repeatedly lets it slip: "At our place, we have... no, I mean, at my place."

The viewers say, "If this isn't real, then what is?"

Until one day...

The cameras capture Xia Xi leaving Yan Chijin's bedroom. The difference is that all the lipstick is gone from her lips, and her eyes glisten with bashful affection.

After that, the two become even bolder.

Yan Chijin grabs Xia Xi's hand under the table, their fingers interlacing.

Viewers: "Does Yan Chijin think we're dead? The cameras can see that!"

The two play together in the swimming pool, seemingly aware only of each other.

Viewers: "!!!"

"That height difference! Hah! The sexual tension is through the roof!!!"

P.S. The leads have always liked each other. They fight and threaten to break up over a small misunderstanding, but neither of them actually wants to end things. They're basically two stubborn people who are completely in love, and they'll clear up the misunderstanding soon. They're each other's first love, and neither has been with anyone else.

Blurb written on August 22, 2023.

Blurb for "Crossing the Line of Love"

◎Fostered in another family / mutual secret crush / Hong Kong tycoon heads to Beijing for love

1. As a child, Li Shuyue moved to the Hong Kong region because of her mother's job and went to live with the Huo family.

When she first arrived, Li Shuyue was anxious and unsettled in a completely unfamiliar place, expecting to live at the mercy of others. But later, she became the little princess everyone in the Huo family knew, and some even called her Huo Shuyue.

During the more than ten years she grew up in the Huo household, Li Shuyue was grateful many times over to have Huo Yanzhi by her side as an older brother. Though he seemed cold and taciturn, he had a warm heart, was considerate, and took good care of her. Most importantly, they weren't very far apart in age, so they had things in common and she wasn't lonely.

Later, Li Shuyue came to hate the word "brother" more than anything.

She and Huo Yanzhi weren't related by blood, and weren't even related by marriage. But after years of living together and growing closer by degrees, everyone knew she was part of the Huo family. Even she couldn't help falling into that role, enduring all manner of frustration.

She buried this unspeakable secret crush deep in her heart.

But years of restraint suddenly burst forth one day.

During the summer before her senior year of college, Li Shuyue drank too much. Overcome by alcohol, she somehow found the courage to sleep with Huo Yanzhi.

After a night of passion, Li Shuyue couldn't face Huo Yanzhi anymore. Then she fled to Beijing under the pretext of pursuing a graduate degree.

Who knew that on the first day of graduate school, Huo Yanzhi would block her at the school gate? He looks down at her timidly lowered head, his cold, stern presence enough to make her anxious, then coolly says, "You've gotten bold, haven't you?"

Li Shuyue, who loves him but is also afraid of him, lowers her head even further...

2. Huo Yanzhi stays in Beijing for work.

The two of them move from the Hong Kong region to Beijing and start living together again.

But that night haunts Li Shuyue, replaying over and over in her mind. She's so uneasy that she can no longer pretend to be his sister while living under the same roof as Huo Yanzhi.

Seeing him makes her heart race.

When she can't see him... the longing only gets worse.

It's maddening. Li Shuyue feels like she's going crazy.

Until one day, Li Shuyue is hurt and secretly crying at home when Huo Yanzhi catches her. He asks her what's wrong, but she doesn't answer.

Li Shuyue is easily swept up by her emotions. She can't talk to Huo Yanzhi right now, because he's never ruled by his emotions. He's always the one in control, and she can't stay rational enough to reason with him at a time like this.

Unexpectedly, the man suddenly picks her up. His soft, tender lips gently wipe away her tears, and he comforts and cherishes her in a way completely unlike his usual self.

Li Shuyue's sobs stop. She stares at Huo Yanzhi in stunned disbelief, and through her tear-filled eyes, clearly sees the years of restraint accumulated in his gaze.

The man who always puts reason first is utterly defeated in front of her. Fully conscious, he gives in and kisses her, his deep voice growing husky as it strikes her heart: "You've done things much more outrageous than this. Can't I kiss you?"

Theme: Two people choosing each other and growing together