Orange Blossom in the Throes of Love [Showbiz]

[A proud perfumer seme who turns straightforward x a lazy, flirtatious singer uke]

He Zhi Cheng debuted as a singer and was blessed with stunning looks. Then he got caught up in a scandal with the genius perfumer Xia Yuhuai, and their cross-industry ship, "Summer Solstice," took off overnight

Netizens: You can ship these two?

The two themselves: We weren't trying to promote a ship.

Day One: He Zhi Cheng livestreamed himself singing a love song while playing guitar for Xia Yuhuai.

Day Two: He Zhi Cheng was photographed eating barbecue at a night market. Xia Yuhuai looked haughty, but willingly stood beside him holding their takeout bag.

Day Three: Xia Yuhuai said bluntly, "He's my muse."

Netizens: ???

During a variety show livestream, Xia Yuhuai's gaze deepened as he pressed He Zhi Cheng against a table and breathed in the scent of his perfume at his neck, almost kissing him. He Zhi Cheng's lips curved faintly as he pressed a finger to Xia Yuhuai's Adam's apple and lifted his chin, meeting him head-on

He Zhi Cheng: Look at you, getting bold, huh?

Netizens: ???

He Zhi Cheng: We really weren't trying to promote a ship!

*

One day, a photo of a jaw-droppingly handsome bass player went viral. In the picture, he looked nonchalant, his half-long hair falling over his shoulders. His slender fingers, nails painted dark red, played the bass. He was like a demon of the night, utterly captivating.

As the photo's popularity soared, netizens felt they recognized him, but couldn't figure out who he was.

Then one sharp-eyed fan realized: Isn't this my singer He Zhi Cheng?

A closer look revealed that He Zhi Cheng wasn't just a bass-playing content creator, but also a law student at a top university, and the son of a music-industry superstar with countless hit songs?

Netizens exclaimed: With credentials like that, why would he need to promote a ship?

Xia Yuhuai: I wasn't trying to promote a ship. I'm serious about him.

*

Xia Yuhuai was proud and aloof. On a variety show, he once said bluntly, "Orange blossom is a balanced, bland scent with no distinctive character. I would never use it as a fragrance ingredient."

Unexpectedly, he soon announced a new perfume he'd created called Passionate Orange Blossom, saying he now understood what it meant to be passionately in love like an orange blossom.

Xia Yuhuai: That aged well.jpg

Fans of the couple: ??? I can't believe they're actually real!

Netizens finally understood: So you really weren't trying to promote a ship, because you really are dating!

[Writing is hard, and the revised version differs from pirated copies. The entire novel costs just one cup of Snow King tea, so please support the official version!]

1. Younger seme, uke-centered, satisfying and sweet; both leads are each other's first love; happy ending.

2. The author isn't a celebrity fan. This is a fictional setting with no real-life inspirations.

3. Includes comments, bullet-screen comments, and forum posts. The author loves writing them, and they won't be announced in advance.

4. Includes some perfume-related content. The author's knowledge is amateur, so please be friendly. There may also be a tiny bit of bass-player humor (x). Be kind to the bass players around you! For behind-the-scenes chatter, bonus scenes, and various updates about this novel, find the author at Big Eye @Fu Jian Yue. Come say hi!

Upcoming novel, first announced in January 2023

[Upcoming] After the Universally Hated Boy Gets a Cat Filter

Su Yingxing was a poor orphan. On his way to work, he rescued a kitten from an animal abuser, only to be pushed into a lake and die by accident, like a stray cat nobody cared about.

Perhaps good people do get rewarded. He was given a second life, transmigrating into a danmei novel where everyone loved the protagonist, and was bound to a System.

The bad news: He wasn't the protagonist. He was the protagonist's universally hated adopted younger brother.

The good news: The System could activate a cat filter that made everyone see him as a cat!

Su Yingxing: ...What are you even meowing about?

*

Having been ignored in his previous life, Su Yingxing calmly accepted his status as the universally hated one. But the filter was secretly taking effect, and the people who were supposed to despise and hate him began acting weirder and weirder.

Su Yingxing stood quietly in the rain, waiting for the school bully to beat him up on behalf of the protagonist's love interest.

System: Filter [Soaked Kitten] activated!

[You are a little cat soaked by the rain. Anyone who sees you wants to wrap your wet fur in a soft towel and take you home.]

The school bully's fist was almost at Su Yingxing's face when his expression suddenly twisted. He threw his own jacket over Su Yingxing's head, then put up an umbrella and led him away with an arm around him. "Don't think you can get out of this just by acting all wet and pitiful in front of me. I'm just showing concern for stray animals..."

Su Yingxing: ???

At a banquet, people took turns urging Su Yingxing to drink. He finished a glass, his lips soft and moist, and his hazy gaze fell on the protagonist's love interest's childhood friend.

System: Filter [Demure Kitten] activated!

[Every glance you give is a mercy humans can only dream of. A little cat deserves to be cherished just for existing, don't you think?]

The childhood friend, who'd hated him, immediately stepped in front of Su Yingxing. His grip was so tight it nearly crushed the other person's wrist. "If anyone tries to make him drink again, you'll have to get through me first."

The System kept chiming, and Su Yingxing became the center of everyone's attention.

His adoptive parents, who'd ignored him, inexplicably started fussing over him. His classmates at the elite academy, who'd mocked him, began sucking up to him. Even an untouchable wealthy family came knocking, claiming he was their biological child...

Su Yingxing: ...?

Why were they all looking at him like that?

*

Pei Fangye was the protagonist's love interest's unrequited crush, and the childhood friend's uncle.

Nobody knew that the head of a top-tier wealthy family was also a big shot in the transmigration agency.

He happened to see the System appear on a young man.

The young man had a pair of snow-white cat ears, and the cat tail behind him wound unconsciously around his slender, pale calf, an unspoken invitation.

Pei Fangye: Hmph. He's cleared 999 worlds. How could a cheap System from the transmigration agency possibly work on him?

He stared at the young man's soft, drooping cat ears. He paused, then paused again.

Then he took Su Yingxing home.

Later, between dark-colored sheets, the snow-white cat ears trembled as they were gently stroked inch by inch.

The man murmured, "Baby, where's your tail? Wrap it around me."

A fur-obsessed daddy seme x an adorable, sweet, pitiful beauty uke; both leads are each other's first love.

Theme: Stay true to yourself, respect others, and be clear about your goals