Rekindled [Entertainment Industry]

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[Upcoming novel: Magnolia Flower Bells. Past and present lives, and getting back together after a breakup. The blurb is at the bottom. Please add it to your collection! Sending love (^з^)-☆]

Blurb:

[Bold and brash young master top x reserved, gentle, conflicted bottom]

Everyone online knows that Qin Chen, the prince of idol dramas, and Le Chubai, a newly risen top-tier star, are rivals.

They compete over endorsements, who gets the closing spot on the red carpet, scripts... They have a long list of grievances, so no one expects them to join the same variety show, One Step at a Time.

The show's theme: A soothing, slow-paced life.

[Qin and Le? Couldn't the production team find any other young people to work the fields? I'm worried they'll swing their hoes at each other's faces.]

[Soothing? You mean the kind where they fight and then get treated at the hospital? Don't make this depressing.]

On the first day of filming, Le Chubai drew a room assignment with Qin Chen.

[First time I've seen Le Chubai look this grumpy outside of acting. Will he be able to sleep tonight?]

[Are they going to draw a line down the middle?]

One day later, viewers saw Qin Chen, fresh from a day of farm work, exhausted and fast asleep on Le Chubai's bed.

[Whose bed is he sleeping in?! Excuse me?! Is it okay to just sleep in your rival's bed?!]

[Uh-oh. Someone's about to get beaten up.]

But Le Chubai simply pulled the blanket over him. His expression wasn't dark, his touch wasn't rough, and he even looked at him with... tenderness??

Netizens: ???

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Qin Chen is a regular cast member on a dating observation show, which invites a guest star each episode.

After One Step at a Time aired, Le Chubai's fame soared, and variety show offers poured in. His manager picked a dating show whose filming schedule didn't conflict with his other work.

In the observation room, the host paused as the participants met their exes and asked, "If you were in their shoes, could you get back together with an ex after breaking up?"

Le Chubai: "No." / Qin Chen: "Yes."

They answered at the same time.

After filming wrapped, someone knocked on Le Chubai's door late that night.

When he opened it, Qin Chen immediately pinned him against the wall.

"You wouldn't get back together?" Qin Chen ground out. "Then what do you call all that kissing and hugging lately? Were you just playing with me?"

P.S.

1. Qin Chen (top) x Le Chubai (bottom). Be careful not to mix them up! Kisses!

2. They get back together after a breakup. They were each other's first love, and neither dated anyone else after they split.

3. Entertainment industry story, with no real-life inspirations.

4. Fans of couples, come on in. This couple is locked together for life.

[Upcoming novel: Magnolia Flower Bells. Please add it to your collection! *^_^*]

Yan Tingyu, a landscape designer, takes on a design project for a traditional Chinese garden.

Short on inspiration, he decides to visit Suzhou in Jiangnan, a city steeped in classical charm.

By chance, Yan Tingyu ends up staying in Pei Wenqing's private garden. The owner, Mr. Pei, looks incredibly handsome in traditional clothes. Though young, he seems like an old-fashioned relic, speaking and behaving as if he had transmigrated from ancient times.

At night, Yan Tingyu often dreams that he's dressed in ancient clothes and hears people call him "Young Lord." He also hears the flower bells at Pei Wenqing's waist.

Flickering, bizarre images appear. He even dreams of being held by someone while he drives a dagger into that person's heart.

Yan Tingyu wakes up terrified and moves to another guesthouse the next day.

Pei Wenqing finds him at the new place. "Didn't you say you wanted to stay in the garden for inspiration? Why did you run off?"

Yan Tingyu: "I know this sounds rude, but is there something haunted in that room?"

Pei Wenqing can't deny it. He has the same dreams himself.

Going along with it, Pei Wenqing says, "Right? Then I'll find you somewhere else to stay."

Yan Tingyu: "???"

At the new place in the city center, Yan Tingyu finally feels that Pei Wenqing seems like a modern man. But how can changing locations and outfits make someone seem like a completely different person?

In the garden, he was all restraint and propriety, treating Yan Tingyu with courtesy. Here, he actually says sweet things and shamelessly flirts! It's terrifying!

Wait.

Why is he saying sweet things?!

P.S.

1. Pei Wenqing (top) x Yan Tingyu (bottom), both virgins. No switching, no reversals.

2. A tragic romance in their past life, a slow and steady love in this one.

3. The story is told from the bottom's perspective, but this couple is locked together for life.

Theme: Strive to live the life you want.