Playing Pretend for Real (Entertainment Industry)

Younger man. (I'm doing my best with this blurb. Basically, it's love at first sight! A wolf-dog and a little white rabbit!)

20-year-old movie star and wolf-dog seme Shangye x 26-year-old history PhD who accidentally enters the entertainment industry, uke Qingshu

Uke's blurb:

Qingshu had always been the child other people's parents wished they had: obedient, sensible, and clever, always doing whatever his parents said. He skipped grades all the way through school and completed his PhD at 26.

In his 26 years, he'd only ever done two things against his family's wishes.

The first was coming out after the college entrance exams, when he realized he liked men. He came out bluntly and was kicked out of the house. He earned money for tuition and living expenses by working on a film set over the summer.

The second was right now: hanging up on his family's call urging him to go on a blind date, then accepting an invitation from a director friend. Qingshu had never felt so carefree.

He saw filming as a way to rebel against his parents' plans for him. Once the shoot was over, he intended to leave and return to his own life as a history teacher.

He never expected that fate would take a turn when, at his first meal with the film crew, the director jokingly called over the person playing his love interest.

The first time he saw Shangye, Qingshu thought, This younger guy is really handsome.

Later, with Shangye pinning him against the curtains and kissing him passionately on a bustling film set, he thought, This younger guy is really wild.

Seme's blurb:

Shangye first saw Qingshu on a little bridge in an ancient town.

It was late autumn. A yellowing leaf fell onto the man's head. He picked it up and held it toward the sunlight. When he smiled, the dimples at the corners of his mouth seemed to hold the sunshine itself.

That was the first time Shangye truly understood what love at first sight meant.

He instinctively wanted to approach, but his assistant interrupted him. When he looked up again, the man he'd fallen for at first sight had disappeared.

Shangye felt a little dejected and could only sigh that they were fated to miss each other.

But that very evening, he saw a familiar figure beside the director. The director waved him over and called, "Shangye, come meet your love interest!"

At that moment, Shangye thought, I'll have to give the director a big red envelope when I get married.

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At another event, the host asked the two of them how they'd first met.

Qingshu smiled brightly and said it was at a meal with the film crew, but Shangye interrupted him.

His gaze burned like the blazing sun as he spoke in a clear, suggestive voice: "No, it was on the little bridge in the ancient town. I fell in love with him at first sight."

Qingshu was speechless, and the audience erupted.

Only after a long pause did the host manage to speak, trying to smooth things over: "Well... then I guess it was love at first sight based on looks..."

This is an experiment with a romance-focused story. I hope you enjoy it!

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