Weren't We Supposed to Love and Hate Each Other? [Entertainment Industry]

[Blurb 4, 2023.08.10] (There are lots of completed stories and upcoming works in my author page, so feel free to drop by, lovelies!)

In the entertainment industry, Yu Molang and Jiang Li are widely considered rivals.

They have similar levels of fame and keep getting booked for similar gigs.

Then, after appearing on the same variety show several times without touching or even exchanging a meaningful glance, they somehow gained a huge following of shippers.

The fans called it love and hate.

Yu Molang: ?

I really don’t understand how this generation of fans thinks.

Later, people dug up that they had once been bandmates in an obscure boy group. Fans speculated that their feud stemmed from competition over the group’s resources.

A few days later, the little-known boy band reunited and announced that all five members would be filming a group variety show together.

The shippers rubbed their hands together excitedly, ready with their magnifying glasses to watch the show and enjoy the two of them face off in a battle of love and hate.

Yu Molang himself had mixed feelings. He had no idea how to face the man who had been his "ex-boyfriend" for five years.

Until the day they finally met again.

The moment Yu Molang arrived at the filming location, his supposedly feuding ex Jiang Li threw his arms around him. He kept calling him "baby" and clung to him more than a puppy.

Once filming officially began, Jiang Li asked for a hug one day, a cuddle the next, and a kiss the day after that. The day after that...

Well, that part can’t be aired.

Little by little, Jiang Li’s schemes swept away Yu Molang’s complicated feelings.

The excited love-and-hate shippers stopped rubbing their hands together.

Wait, wasn’t this supposed to be love and hate?

How did we get the love, but end up as the ones getting slaughtered? We’re single!

Are you filming a group variety show or a dating show?!

Once the show aired, casual viewers rushed to join their fandom, and the ship’s fanbase grew bigger and bigger. They went wild shipping the pair on the group show.

But battle-hardened shippers had seen too much manufactured sweetness pretending to be genuine in the entertainment industry. They were determined to keep their fantasies to themselves and not read anything into the real people involved.

Until an interview one day

Host: Everyone’s been talking a lot about your pairing. Is there anything you’d like to clarify?

Yu Molang: Clarify what?

Jiang Li wrapped an arm around Yu Molang. "We’ve been together for years."

The shippers celebrated like it was New Year’s Eve.

Mom! Our ship is real!!!

Cool, aloof, tsundere bottom x affectionate, straightforward puppy-like top

[Reading Guide]

1. As is customary, this is a one-on-one romance, a sweet story about two people choosing each other.

2. The top is an adorable sweetheart who can be either cool or sweet, but is mostly sweet. He’s a cute top and still a top, so if that’s not your thing, please stop reading in time!

3. The story is mostly cozy, lighthearted moments from the group variety show and the main couple’s sweet everyday life. There are multiple characters, but no secondary couples. Everyone besides the main couple is just friends!

4. I don’t follow the entertainment industry, so there are lots of fictional details. Treat any inconsistencies as my own worldbuilding. There are no real-life inspirations, so please don’t make comparisons. Comments that stir up trouble will be deleted!

§Next Danmei Novel§

Title: The Sickly Beauty and the Disabled Tycoon Enter a Marriage Alliance.

One-liner: A sickly man paired with a disabled man. What a perfect match.

Blurb:

Yan Qingyu has been reborn. Again.

How many times has it been? He can’t remember.

All he remembers is that every time, he was betrayed by the person he chose.

His own family humiliated him, and his closest friends trampled on him.

Even the person who swore they loved him only wanted his heart to save their beloved in his previous life.

Yan Qingyu is tired.

In the end, all that awaits him is death. Why offer anyone the ridiculous sincerity of his heart?

Weak and frequently ill, he lies in a hospital bed and looks at the marriage agreement he had rejected in his previous lives. This time, he signs it without hesitation.

He remembers his intended spouse is Jiang Yun Jian, the current head of the Jiang family, who has a terrible temper. He’s a cripple who needs a wheelchair, and he’s also a madman.

A sickly mental patient paired with a disabled lunatic.

What a perfect match.

The day after the marriage alliance is announced, the entire circle of powerful families assumes Yan Qingyu will soon be tortured to death by the head of the Jiang family. They wait eagerly to see him make a fool of himself.

Even Yan Qingyu thinks so.

But after they marry, when the housekeeper calls to say Yan Qingyu has fallen ill and refuses to take his medicine, Jiang Yun Jian abandons an important meeting and rushes home to comfort him.

When Yan Qingyu falls into the sea, Jiang Yun Jian ignores his injured legs and rushes over to save him. Though he’s afraid of water, he jumps in without hesitation.

He helps Yan Qingyu make everyone who ever wronged him pay, one by one.

Yan Qingyu has died miserably countless times and has seen the worst of human nature.

He has already stopped caring whether he lives or dies.

Yet in this life, there is always one person who keeps pulling him back from the cold brink of death and telling him:

"I want you to live, free and happy."

Sickly, withdrawn beauty bottom x sinister, possessive tycoon top

Theme: Cherish the people around you, and cherish passionate, pure love.