After Pretending Not to Know My Childhood Friend, Our Ship Took Off

Actor top (Jing Yitong) x singer bottom (Fang Xingu) [Mutual Pining] Fang Xingu is a top-tier star in the entertainment industry, but lately he has repeatedly trended for giving the film emperor Jing Yitong the cold shoulder on variety shows. His haters are having a field day: We told you Fang Xingu was arrogant and loved acting like a diva! Fang Xingu: If the person you've secretly loved is about to get married, can you still smile at him? :) . Fang Xingu has a secret. He's been in love with his childhood friend Jing Yitong for seven whole years. He even followed Jing Yitong into the entertainment industry, yet he never dared to reveal his feelings. When he hears Jing Yitong is about to marry someone for a family alliance, Fang Xingu keeps a cool face during the day, but at night he grits his teeth in secret until dawn. What era is this? How can arranged marriages, that feudal rubbish, still exist! Heartbroken, Fang Xingu decides to go on a travel variety show to get his spirits back. Who would have guessed the one guest he least wants to see would show up: Jing Yitong. It's their first time appearing together in public, but Fang Xingu treats Jing Yitong with a hostile glare and keeps his distance, making his stance clear: Who? Jing Yitong? Don't know him. When Jing Yitong carries a camera around during filming to get some great shots of him? Hah, the pictures are only so-so. When Jing Yitong brings him medicine after he accidentally eats something he's allergic to? Hah, I've got my own. After more than ten days drifting overseas, Jing Yitong personally cooks for him? Ha... Forget it, I can eat this one. Fans who witnessed it all: ... Fang Xingu, try pretending you don't know him one more time! Do you think we're blind? #Something's off, there's definitely a story between these two# Netizens start digging into their past, and memories of their childhood antics, their companionship as students, and their support for each other at their lowest points gradually come to light. The whole internet is left stunned again and again: Just how many secrets do you two have that we don't know about! The "Tong Xin Yuan" ship becomes a huge hit, but Fang Xingu's expression gets worse by the day: Jing Yitong is about to get married, so why don't you all go eat something nice instead! Until one day, Jing Yitong, looking even more sour than usual, corners Fang Xingu in a blind spot of the cameras. Jing Yitong asks gravely, "Do you hate me that much? Are you really so against marrying me?" Fang Xingu: ? Fang Xingu's brain short-circuits: ...What do you mean? The person who's supposed to marry Jing Yitong is me??? . Jing Yitong has secretly loved his childhood friend Fang Xingu for years. He also knows Fang Xingu has had a white moonlight for years, so he has always kept his feelings buried, never letting a word slip. Then he hears that Fang Xingu's white moonlight is about to get married, and Jing Yitong realizes his chance has come. After painstakingly arranging a business marriage, Jing Yitong finally has the chance to get close to Fang Xingu again. He follows Fang Xingu onto the variety show, coaxes him into living together, and makes sure Fang Xingu sees him everywhere he looks. The white moonlight? It doesn't matter. Being close gives him the advantage. He'll make Fang Xingu fall for him instead. Until, later on, Jing Yitong reads the stories about the "white moonlight" on Fang Xingu's private account, and finds them increasingly strange... Wait, how does this white moonlight seem to be him? [Highlights] 1. This is a one-on-one romance with a happy ending. 2. The entertainment industry is fictional, with no real-life models. 3. Includes some jealousy over oneself, flashbacks, and netizen comments. Here's a fantasy romance I'm saving for later. Interested readers are welcome to add it to their collections. ouo "After Deceiving an NPC's Feelings, He Came to Find Me" Liang Shige (top) x Xi Jia (bottom) (Title and blurb still in progress) . As a devoted fan of the farming game Endless Land, Xi Jia wakes up one day to discover that he can travel freely between the game and the real world. The thought of living in the game's huge villa and cuddling the fluffy animals he raised fills Xi Jia with excitement. He can't wait to enter the game world, but discovers that this version of Endless Land is a little strange: "Ding! The System has detected that mutated creatures have invaded Endless Land. Player, please do your best to protect your home!" ...What mutated creatures? Isn't this a farming game? Barehanded and unarmed, Xi Jia has barely entered the game when a group of highly aggressive mutated creatures surrounds him and beats him up. At the critical moment, Xi Jia falls into a man's arms. The man shields him from every attack, then gazes at him tenderly. "Sweetheart, it's so late. Why aren't you home yet?" Xi Jia: ... He'd almost forgotten that he just married a male NPC in the game! . Liang Shige is a hugely popular NPC in Endless Land. Not only is his character model flawless, he's also an expert at farming. Xi Jia covets Liang Shige's labor. He gives him gifts every day to raise his affection, and last month he finally became the first player in the whole game to marry Liang Shige. After they marry, Liang Shige can not only keep the house safe, but also always looks at Xi Jia with love in his eyes. Straight Xi Jia knows he has deceived Liang Shige's feelings, but can't bring himself to come clean. So he hand-codes cheats to boost Liang Shige's combat power, while forcing himself to pretend they're a loving couple. It's just holding hands and kissing. I can take it! Until one late night, Liang Shige pins Xi Jia to the bed and says he wants to get more intimate. At last, Xi Jia can't keep pretending. Terrified, he logs out on the spot and doesn't dare enter the game world again for several days. A few days later, Xi Jia comes home from work and discovers that Liang Shige has climbed straight out of his computer screen. Xi Jia breaks down: "Why did you come all the way here to find me!" Liang Shige's gaze grows dangerous. "Sweetheart, I couldn't wait for you to come home, so I had to come get you myself." . After unexpectedly awakening, Liang Shige discovers that he's just an NPC in a game world. But Liang Shige believes that both he and this world are real. To fight off the mutated creatures, he needs to find an ally in the real world. It doesn't take long for Liang Shige to set his sights on the "player," Xi Jia. He knows Xi Jia is a programmer, but since this is a game world, perhaps a programmer can find a way to help them fend off their enemies. So Liang Shige binds Xi Jia to him through marriage. Xi Jia doesn't disappoint him, and the cheats he creates prove quite effective against the mutated creatures. It's just that whenever Liang Shige sees Xi Jia's face turn red when they hold hands, or his heartbeat quicken when they kiss, he feels as though he's betrayed Xi Jia's sincere feelings. Wanting to make it up to him, Liang Shige tries to take their relationship further, but Xi Jia panics, logs out, and disappears. Only then does Liang Shige belatedly realize: could it be that Xi Jia doesn't like him at all, and just wants to get free labor out of him? Liang Shige: ... Hah, if he doesn't like me, then he doesn't like me. Besides, I was only acting... Acting, my ass! Liang Shige snaps the spatula he uses to cook for Xi Jia: Don't like me? Too late! Because it seems he really has fallen for Xi Jia. :) Theme: Face your true feelings and have the courage to express your love.