After the Fake-Cool, Fake-Celibate Pair Got Married at First Sight

Wen Qinglin, a cool and reserved landscape painter whose personality is reflected in his art, has impulsively married Shen Tingyuan, a CEO known throughout their circle for his celibate ways. Everyone assumes their marriage will be dull and uneventful. Wen Qinglin thinks so too. After all, he actually likes things a little wild. His other online identity is Compulsion, a popular danmei manga artist. His best-known works include “The Purehearted Bottom Turns Dark,” “Negotiations with a Business Rival in a Locked Room,” and “Bonus Chapter: The Proper Way to Use a Tie”… He also loves the work of a certain photography blogger, for example: A sharp Adam’s apple restrained by a tie, strong fingers winding a chain… But his new husband, Shen Tingyuan, always keeps his sharp Adam’s apple hidden beneath his shirt collar. Outside of work, his slender fingers are used for sipping tea and practicing calligraphy. Even their… is so chaste and conservative it feels like he’s only going through the motions. Wen Qinglin often wonders how Shen Tingyuan can be so thoughtful, gentle, and considerate in every way, yet still be so lacking in oomph. Then one day… He happens to find a pile of familiar ties and chains in Shen Tingyuan’s car. And he happens to catch a glimpse of the forceful handwriting on Shen Tingyuan’s calligraphy draft: Wen Qinglin’s ~ looks so good, perfect for doing naughty things with. I want to see Wen Qinglin cry, and taste his tears. I want to start at the fingertips that hold his paintbrush and devour him bit by bit. I want to hide Wen Qinglin away, where only I can see him. Wen Qinglin: “!” - No one knows that beneath Shen Tingyuan’s celibate self-control lies an intensely possessive nature, and that he’s kept a secret for ten years. Over the years, he has taken a number of provocative photographs to vent the overwhelming desire for Wen Qinglin that he has kept buried since college. But the man he loves is too aloof and independent. Simply marrying him feels like a dream come true, and Shen Tingyuan dares not ask for more. He has to keep his gentlemanly mask firmly in place, suppress every wild thought, and act restrained and gentle. Shen Tingyuan has always done his best to suppress his excessive need for control and possessiveness, until… He happens to discover a folder on Wen Qinglin’s computer, full of photos Shen Tingyuan posted on Weibo before they married. Wen Qinglin has named the folder “Muse.” And he happens to see the provocative manga Wen Qinglin has been posting on Weibo… Shen Tingyuan: “!” - Later, the popular manga artist Compulsion releases a new comic, “A Realistic Diary of Married Life.” Its style is daring and its content compelling. The artist tags a prominent photography blogger who has recently returned to the scene. From their style to their subject matter, the two creators’ works seem to “coincidentally” match perfectly. But before netizens can dig into the relationship between the two artists, the verified account of the Shen Group’s CEO reposts the Weibo post with a caption: Not tagging me directly. Am I not good enough to show off? Everyone: “!!!” Theme: Be true to yourself.