Top-Tier Star Couple Starts Playing It Up After Their Breakup [Entertainment Circle]

Updated July 13, 2025. Bonus chapter available to read for free with a 90% subscription rate. Thank you to every darling who subscribes to the legitimate version! "The Pretty Cannon Fodder Turns Out to Be the Yan Wang on the Run" is currently updating! Qin Yiheng and Xia Zhining are famous top-tier star husbands in the entertainment industry. One is a talented actor and singer who shot to fame overnight, and the other is a fashionable darling who gets away with murder on the strength of his beauty. Rumor has it they started dating in high school, quickly became famous after entering the entertainment industry, and each reached the top three years later. Everyone has heard that they are deeply in love, but no one has ever seen what that love looks like. The two shine only in their respective fields, rarely get a chance to appear together, and are so low-key in private that they might as well not exist. No matter how desperately their CP fans ship them, all they can do is let their imaginations run wild. Then one day, rumors that they had broken up emerged at the same time as news that they would appear together on a variety show. The gossip-hungry netizens, thoroughly played by the pair, all said, "First knock them down, then lift them up. You really know how to drum up publicity!" But only the two people involved knew that both stories were true. Qin Yiheng: I suggested taking this variety show, so of course I'll film it. I'll do it alone if I have to. So what if the audience makes fun of me for appearing on a dating show by myself? I'm not sad, and I'm not the least bit aggrieved! I don't need anyone to feel sorry for me! Agent: Oh. Qin Yiheng: Is my wife, I mean, he... going? Agent: ... Xia Zhining: We broke up. Why should we film a variety show together? Turn it down. At worst, I'll pay the penalty for breaking the contract. Agent: The penalty is 200 million. Xia Zhining: ...I can do it after all. When are we filming? At first: "Why does Qin Yiheng always look so gloomy? Is it that obvious he doesn't love him anymore?" "Xia Zhining is so gentle and beautiful. How could anyone bear to let him go?" "Are those two not close? Why don't they talk to each other?" "Looks like the breakup rumors are true. But I'm awful, and I love watching them fake it for the cameras!" Later: "Here's a joke: 'The Serious Qin Yiheng.' Ha! Isn't he actually someone's pet puppy?" "Wifey Zhining is so beautiful and hot! Hah, hah! Puppy, get out of the way and let me at him!" "Didn't they say they broke up? Why are they still flirting with each other every day? Are we part of their play too?" In a corner with no cameras, Qin Yiheng cornered Xia Zhining and wouldn't let him leave. His stance was forceful, but his eyes were full of hurt. "Can we not break up?" Xia Zhining raised an eyebrow and glanced at him. His fingers slid from Qin Yiheng's Adam's apple to his chest as he smiled. "No." Cool, aloof, and domineering, able to switch at will between a fierce wolfdog and a clingy puppy, with double standards top × a stunning, gentle beauty who uses his looks to get away with murder, both alluring and innocent, a master of flirtation bottom ○ Same-sex marriage is legal in this world. No characters are based on real people. ○ Xia Zhining is six months older than Qin Yiheng, so he is the older partner. ○ They didn't break up because anyone fell out of love. Couples who have been together for years don't go without arguments; they'll fight over every little thing, from household chores to daily expenses. ○ There will be lots of flashbacks to high school, college, and their romance before the breakup, as well as live-stream comments and audience reactions. ○ This country bumpkin author adores melodrama, but there won't be any misunderstandings about their feelings. ○ In public, they'll call each other "boyfriend," but in private the puppy will call Zhining "wife." This is the author's personal kink, and it can't be changed. ○ Everything in the story is just a sweet treat about falling in love. 1v1, happy ending. Synopsis posted on July 18, 2023. Screenshot saved. ------NEXT BOOK------ "The Pretty Cannon Fodder Turns Out to Be the Yan Wang on the Run [Entertainment Industry]" Moye never imagined that he, the arrogant and invincible ruler of Fengdu, would one day be forced to possess a mortal. Stolen away at birth, the glittering rich family's young master became a poor little cabbage with no one to love him; His adoptive parents died in an accident, and he grew up pitifully, eating meals provided by kind neighbors; After finally making his way into the entertainment industry on the strength of his looks, he was eliminated in the first round for being terrible at both singing and dancing; After being kept under wraps for two years with no exposure, he died young from malnutrition. Tsk. Moye decisively tossed away the Book of Life and Death. I'm not going to live such a cannon-fodder life. - Feng Mingqi, head of the Feng family, had been frail since childhood and was once told he wouldn't live to thirty. When he learned that he had a betrothed, arranged before birth, whom he was expected to marry to "bring him good fortune," he rejected the idea without a second thought. What era is this? Who still believes in such superstitions! Until one day, he met his former betrothed in person... Feng Mingqi: Regret is just one word, but I can say it over and over! Viewers noticed a beautiful new face appearing lately. When they dug into his background, they discovered he was a washed-up celebrity who had returned as an ordinary person. But he was so different from the way he used to be, absolutely gorgeous and charismatic! Even more absurdly, he seemed to have a luck buff. All misfortune and ghosts appeared to steer clear of him. Uninformed viewers clasped their hands to their cheeks: Beauties deserve special treatment! Informed monsters and ghosts made way: Your Majesty Yan Wang, please show mercy! Feng Mingqi: Even if I have to fight the King of Hell for my life, I'll survive. Moye: Hm? Why would I fight for something that already belongs to me? - ▲Short scene: The little ghosts were so terrified that they ran around in every direction. Moye: I'm so scared! Feng Mingqi: It's okay. I'll protect you. Later. With a snap of his fingers, Moye dispatched an evil spirit. Feng Mingqi: So this is what you meant by... being scared? △ Both the top and bottom have two faces. Anyone can put on an act! ▲ The entertainment industry parts are entirely fictional; the ghosts and gods are all made up. △ The fourth book in the "Central Office for Handling Human World Incidents" series. The first three are in the author's collection. Theme: Loyalty is the most sacred virtue in people's hearts.