I Was Held Hostage at Work by a One-Night Stand

While you’re adding this one to your collection and letting it build up, check out my completed, hilarious contemporary omegaverse, I’m a Poor Little Green Tea Omega! Also coming soon: the hilarious contemporary omegaverse, Pretending Not to Know My Archrival on a Variety Show!

Story blurb

"Sharp-tongued, high-maintenance CEO shou × scheming hunter with multiple secret identities gong"

The thing Yan Shihe regretted most in his life:

Sleeping with a mixed-race beauty who worked as a server at a gay bar, and even letting himself take the bottom role.

Only afterward did he discover that the other man’s identity was entirely fake. He’d just been tricked into having sex.

The promising young Mr. Yan became the world’s biggest fool overnight.

He gritted his teeth and swore to get revenge when he caught the scammer.

Then at an interview the next day, that gorgeous, infuriating face suddenly appeared at his company.

Even worse, the man was Liang Xianqing, the arranged marriage partner his mother had forced on him.

Everyone else praised Liang Xianqing as a refined gentleman who handled everything with grace.

Only Yan Shihe knew how thoroughly rotten he was beneath that gentle exterior.

In a single day, the CEO’s dignity was swept away.

The whole company started saying he was “an old bull eating young grass,” “forcing love in the office,” and “making his assistant shift gears by hand”…

Yan Shihe flew into a rage and cornered him in the CEO’s office. “Liang Xianqing, fine, you tricked me, but you even tricked my mom and my employees!”

The man looked up, the corner of his mouth curving. “I didn’t trick them. They saw how much I love you.”

Yan Shihe: “??! ”

What a smooth talker. Why the hell would they go through with this arranged marriage?!

*

Yan Corporation had a dead-end partnership deal with a mysterious big shot who had just returned from overseas.

He had a vicious temper and was a complete lunatic. Countless people in the industry had been scared off.

Yan Shihe used the opportunity to get revenge and dumped the assignment on him.

Yan Shihe: “If you really love me, then win this lunatic over.”

After that, Liang Xianqing showed up every day with a furrowed brow, pretending to be weak.

Day one: “I think the big shot is into me...”

Day two: “The partnership is too difficult. I’m afraid I’ll drag you down.”

Watching him look so aggrieved after enduring all that hardship, Yan Shihe’s anger vanished, replaced by a heart full of concern.

Forget the partnership! No one gets to bully his man!

Yan Shihe shoved open the door to the mysterious big shot’s office. The room was dimly lit.

The man in the chair slowly raised his eyes and pulled him into his arms. “Mr. Yan, you finally decided to come see me in person?”

Yan Shihe froze on the spot, his mind completely blank.

*

Afterward, Yan Shihe gave in completely, holding his aching waist.

He glared at him, cheeks puffed out. “You’ve been deceiving me all this time. What do you want from me?”

Liang Xianqing pulled him into his arms and murmured with a low laugh:

“I’ve told you from the very beginning. What I want is... you, my pillar of strength.”

Yan Shihe immediately puffed out his chest. He knew it: his CEO charisma was unbeatable!

[Reading guide]

1. One-on-one | Both leads’ firsts | Brainless fluff, gong has multiple secret identities

2. The gong and shou’s names are taken from the line “The green mountain longs for you, while the white crane forgets the world.”

3. Don’t think too hard while reading. The author doesn’t have a brain either.

4. Liang’s work goals: hug the boss, kiss the boss, sleep with the boss.

Coming-soon blurb

"Calm, sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside gong x flamboyant, beautiful, easily flustered shou"

Qi Shiye and An Yan are rivals in show business. After getting into a car crash and fighting, then trending online, their company sends them both to the countryside for a reality show meant to reform them.

When they arrive, Qi Shiye is dumbfounded.

The “An Yan” in front of him has an icy aura like snow on a mountaintop, and looks at him as if he’s a stranger.

Qi Shiye: Oh, you healed pretty fast. Already pretending we don’t know each other?

The other man frowns. “Who are you?”

Qi Shiye is convinced Qi Yan is putting on an act, pretending to have amnesia so he can set him up.

The two are forced to share a room and sleep on the same heated brick bed.

Qi Shiye is fired up, determined to outwork his rival in the harsh conditions, but then he discovers...

“An Yan” can do everything from chopping wood to lighting a fire to cooking. He’s as calm as a chrysanthemum, living a peaceful, carefree life.

Qi Shiye, meanwhile, is surrounded by chaos, like a good-for-nothing who can’t manage a thing.

Then, on a stormy night, Qi Shiye comes down with a high fever and, delirious, instinctively rolls toward the only source of warmth.

As someone pulls him close, he hears that usually cool voice turn hoarse. “Stop it.”

Qi Shiye thinks hazily, This bastard... is a pretty convincing actor. His ears are even turning red.

Later, clips of the two fighting and flirting go viral, and their fans ship them like crazy.

Their manager is frantic. “Hurry up and clarify your relationship with An Yan!”

Qi Shiye stubbornly replies, “Clarify what? The audience likes it!”

Before he can say more, the “An Yan” in the livestream next door calmly drops a bombshell for the camera:

“Our relationship? Let me introduce you. This is my better half... my not-so-bright sister-in-law.”

Qi Shiye: ???

*

An Du thinks his twin brother, An Yan, must have set him up.

He’d kindly agreed to take his place on some stupid countryside reality show.

Then his handsome rival showed up.

He really was handsome. Even covered in dirt, he was impossible to miss, like a blazing fireball charging straight at him.

An Du felt a headache coming on.

The next three months were probably going to be anything but peaceful.

Theme: The wind will carry you far, and one day your sails will ride the waves across the sea.