Could You Stop Flirting with Me? [Entertainment Industry]

Bonus chapters will be posted from time to time. I'm not responsible for any pirated copies. Thank you for your support and for liking my work! Upcoming stories: He Knows How to Flirt After We Marry First and The Incubus Gong Is Still Acting Obedient at the Ability Bureau. Take a look if you're interested~ [Alpha × Alpha | Strong couple who dote on each other | Gong-centric entertainment-industry story | Narcissus romance: Both gong and shou are cool, refined beauties. They're equally crazy and equally gentle. The gong is cooler than the shou. Their love is fate, instinct | Xiao is the gong, Yan is the shou] ☆ Two-sentence summary: I like him. I fell in love with him at first sight, but I can't love him. I have to endure him flirting with me until I'm helpless, all while making sure he never finds out I like him. That's the gong. I exist only for him. I transmigrated across space just to find him. He's the meaning of my life. Even if he can't love me, I'll still love only him. That's the shou. ☆ Full synopsis: Everyone in and out of the industry assumes that the newly crowned Best Actor Yan Shuo and Xiao Yan are sworn enemies. They really have kept their distance from each other all this time, never appearing together in public. But in truth... The first time Xiao Yan saw Yan Shuo, he thought that this Alpha was made to his tastes: handsome, refined, and abstinent on the surface, yet possessive and scheming underneath. Even his pheromones were devilishly appealing. But all he could do was hide his feelings deep in his heart, never letting even a hint of desire show. He kept them hidden for five years. But who could have guessed that at their very first meeting, Yan Shuo would make him lose control during his rut and bite his gland? He refused to be outdone and bit him right back. Whether it was returning the favor or giving in to his vindictive streak, could he really let someone bite his gland without biting back? What kind of Alpha would that make him? As for the scent that clung to him, he spent the whole night savoring it against his face. It was nothing but a desire he didn't dare bring into the light. * The first time Yan Shuo saw Xiao Yan, he knew he had made the right gamble: his heart would only ever pound wildly for his little friend. He ignored everyone's objections and gave up a promising career as a dancer to enter the entertainment industry, all so he could stand beside him. Selfishly, he wanted his little friend's every sidelong glance to be for him. At their first meeting, he couldn't control himself and bit his gland. Although Xiao Yan bit him back, Yan Shuo only laughed with abandon. "Looks like we're perfectly compatible at all times. Our genes were named for each other!" He's not good at flirting, but no one can flirt with his little friend better than he can! He'd waited so long for this day, far too long... ▼PS: Content notes / Author's notes: (This is all for now. I'll add more if I think of anything.) 1. The story is entirely fictional, with no real-life inspiration. It includes many original worldbuilding details, and I'll do my best to keep the logic consistent. 2. Romance comes first, with plot as a supporting element. This isn't a power-progression story or a wish-fulfillment entertainment-industry novel. 3. This isn't a conventional narcissist romance. The logic is allowed to run wild, so don't overanalyze it. 4. The shou appeared when the gong was a child and had been hurt. He is not a split personality. 5. The gong designed the shou's body, so they don't look alike. 6. There's little of the narcissist-romance element before the gong remembers everything. Read with caution if that bothers you! 7. The entertainment-industry content consists only of filming and advertising scenes, with no variety shows. 8. Their love is mutual. Readers with strong preferences for either the gong or shou should read with caution. I love them both! 9. Meeting is fate. Thank you for reading my story~ I'm so happy! 0. I'll mark some typos in the chapter comments. I'm afraid making a second edit might get me sent to the penalty box. 0. If the term "little friend" bothers you, I don't recommend reading this. Note: Cover art used with permission. Thanks to Wuyan Shusheng Chong Ao and Jinfeng Xiyu Rycha. Synopsis for He Knows How to Flirt After We Marry First: [Same-sex marriage is legal | Marriage first, love later | Mutual secret crushes, identities revealed | Mutual salvation | Two strong leads who dote on each other | Gong-centric | SSS+ sweetness] "Shen Jinchen: Marry me. This is a contract." "Jiang Yubai: We each get what we need. Pleasure doing business with you." Their marriage began with a cold agreement. There was no love, only need. Shen Jinchen: the supreme authority of a business empire, sacred and untouchable. His parents are both dead. Having survived a catastrophe, he is a soul that clawed its way out of the ashes. He needs no love, no weakness, only absolute control. A scandal leaves him mired in trouble, and Jiang Yubai is the sharp blade that can let him conquer all and silence every last critic. He is also the moon Shen Jinchen has admired from afar for years. "Forgive me for selfishly pulling you into my world." Jiang Yubai: a breath of fresh air in a world of fame and fortune, perfect and untouchable. Gentle as jade and clever to the point of near-demonic brilliance, he is the heir the Jiang family has devoted itself to cultivating. He longs for what is real. He longs for freedom. He wants to shatter every illusion. The contract gives him hope. At last, he can openly approach that dangerous, captivating abyss, even if it means plunging into a doom from which there's no return. His ambition is wild, and everything about him fascinates Shen Jinchen. "After all these years, I finally have the right to stand before you." A business marriage that captures the world's attention becomes a grand celebration for two people with secret crushes. [It doesn't matter if you don't love me. Having you is enough.] In public, they're the perfect couple everyone envies, their eyes brimming with unspoken affection. In private, they're partners who keep out of each other's business, maintaining just the right distance. But this transaction, which began without love, slowly changes its nature. During an acquisition, they face off and neither gives an inch, yet their toes deliberately brush beneath the table, stoking the fire without mercy. At a gathering with friends, they clasp hands and whisper sweet nothings, while the arms around each other's waists tighten again and again, desire growing impossible to suppress. One stormy night, he kneels before his parents' gravestones, silently grieving. The other holds him and says with conviction, "I'll stay by your side for the rest of our lives." What they thought would be a secret crush that came to nothing blossoms into the most beautiful flower. What they thought was a transaction in which each got what they needed becomes a bond they can never break. "Shen Jinchen, our marriage was fake, but falling in love with you was real. Being with you is the best decision I've ever made." "Jiang Yubai, here with me, you can fall apart. Even if you shatter into a million pieces, I'll put you back together one piece at a time." Shen Jinchen: cold on the outside, unhinged and possessive within | Both parents dead, heart in pieces | Doesn't believe in love but loves only Jiang Yubai Jiang Yubai: warm on the outside, cold within, ambitious shou | Both parents alive, which is worse than having neither | Desperately starved for love and hopelessly in love with Shen Jinchen Synopsis for The Incubus Gong Is Still Acting Obedient at the Ability Bureau: Feiye is the world's only nine-tailed fox incubus, born with red hair and golden eyes, his body covered in demonic markings and radiating seduction. His greatest love is sleep, and he can sleep for a hundred years at a time. Because if he doesn't sleep, he'll have to have sex, and there isn't a single demon he finds attractive. But when he wakes from a nap, he discovers that the demon clan has been wiped out. He's become a stray, and the culprit is the Xuan Sect, now known as the Ability Management Bureau. To get revenge, he hides his ears and tails, disguises himself as a human, and gets a job at the Ability Management Bureau. He even gives himself a conspicuously out-of-place name: Xue Wujin. "What's your ability?" a staff member asks. "Seduction!" Xue Wujin answers. They stare at each other for a long moment, then end the conversation with, "Why don't you be Director Shen's assistant?" He doesn't care what he has to do. Besides, a "director" should be someone powerful and important, right? This is going to be easier than expected. With a curl of his lips, Xue Wujin heads for the office at the end of the corridor. As the youngest and most promising director at the Ability Bureau, Shen Chenyuan has strictly observed three ironclad rules since taking office: 1. No physical contact with demons. 2. Never be seduced by beauty. 3. Never go soft on those under surveillance. That is, until the bureau assigns him a frail, pitiful assistant who can barely look after himself. The man has rare red hair and golden eyes. The first time Shen Chenyuan sees him, he asks, "Are you human?" "You're the one who's not human!" Xue Wujin snaps angrily. "Haha." Instead of getting angry, Shen Chenyuan laughs twice. Suppressing the urge to tear him apart, Xue Wujin murmurs, "Sorry..." But Shen Chenyuan is staring at the information on his computer, lost in thought. "Ability: seduction? Did some beauty-obsessed person pull strings to get him hired?" He instinctively wants to kick the man out, but hesitates the moment he looks up. Seeing that face, he knowingly breaks the second ironclad rule. "Come over and massage my shoulders." Xue Wujin slowly shuffles over behind Shen Chenyuan and lays his hands on his shoulders. "Is that comfortable, Director?" "Mm..." Shen Chenyuan feels his bones turn to jelly as the voice sounds in his ear. Later... When nine tails wrap him to the office desk, he finally understands. This isn't a well-connected hire. He's a permanent fixture! He's not frail, pitiful, and helpless at all. He's a great demon with fangs! All three ironclad rules have been thoroughly broken, without a scrap left! By day, he acts obedient, massages shoulders and legs, and writes reports. At night, his fox tails wind around Shen Chenyuan's waist again and again. The aloof Director Shen grips the bedsheets beneath him and begs in a trembling voice, "One last time, okay?" "No. You smell so good!" Seductive incubus gong × abstinent director shou Theme: Break free of constraints and refuse to be limited.