Two Years into a Secret Marriage with My Top-Tier Star's Rival, Our Identities Were Exposed

[Pre-release: Your Boyfriend Is So Good]

Xie Zhi is a top-tier star, the youngest Best Actor in the entertainment industry. Wen Ci is a minor actor with barely any fame. Though the two seem worlds apart, they're rivals.

No one knows they're married. It was an arranged marriage.

Their relationship is cold after the wedding, and they both wait for the day they can get divorced.

In their third year of marriage, they're forced to appear on a couples' variety show. Before filming begins, they're photographed together.

A dark night, an empty street, two men alone.

The photos send them soaring up the trending charts, and rumors that they're dating spread everywhere.

Their two management teams go along with it, announcing that they'll be appearing on the show together.

Their bewildered fans: This has to be a contract relationship. They're only doing this to boost their popularity.

Once filming begins, their cold relationship proves that they're not close at all. At first glance, they look like a fake couple.

Day One.

Xie Zhi wears a stiff expression. Wen Ci looks cold.

Wen Ci accidentally brushes against Xie Zhi.

Xie Zhi holds himself back and holds himself back, then finally can't take it anymore and goes to the bedroom to change clothes.

Fans: Wow, do they really hate each other that much?

Day Two.

Everyone else: Let's work together and finish the task!

The two of them: Stay away from me. Don't drag me down.

Everyone else: There's only one bed. You can have it.

The two of them: There's only one bed, so let's sleep together. But don't cross this line.

Fans: ??? Wait, you two are already sharing a bed?

Day Three.

A two-person quiz to test how well they know each other.

Everyone else: We got two out of ten.

The two of them: They answer every question correctly without missing a beat.

Fans: ??? How do you know each other so well?

Everyone expected the two of them to fight to the death on the show, so what's with them being kind of sweet together? The shippers are over the moon. Check out the "Love-Hate Couple" ship!

After the show ends, the shippers wail that the stars will never reunite. Then, a week later, Wen Ci starts a livestream. Wearing casual home clothes, he looks cool and handsome as he chats idly with the fans.

Just then, a relaxed, pleasant voice calls out, "Wen Xiaoci, what do you want for breakfast?"

Wen Ci's face stiffens.

The fans watching the livestream: ??? Am I hearing things? Isn't that Xie Zhi's voice?

Then Xie Zhi appears in the livestream, his hair a mess and wearing clothes identical to Wen Ci's.

Wen Ci pounces on him and covers his face with one hand.

Fans: #Don't think covering his face will stop us from knowing who this is# #Are you two living together?# #So you really are a couple#

Three hours later, on Weibo.

Wen Ci V / Xie Zhi V: [Allow us to introduce my spouse. We've been married for two years.]

Solo fans: W-we've suddenly become in-laws?

Shippers: We shipped them and it was real? So all that animosity was just an act to fool us? These little newlyweds really know how to play.

Peacock-like, pure-hearted, childish top × cool, detached, subtly flirtatious bottom

Marriage first, love later. Absolutely no angst.

Each other's first love. Two childish boys falling in love. Super sweet.

New novel now available: [Your Boyfriend Is So Good]

Wen Yanzhan is an orphan. He has a childhood friend, Xie Yu, who grew up with him in the orphanage.

But Xie Yu isn't an orphan. He's the illegitimate son of the current head of the Xie family. After his mother died, the Xie family wanted nothing to do with him.

So he was sent to the orphanage.

The two boys grow up together despite all the hardships. During the most difficult years of their youth, Xie Yu grits his teeth and tells Wen Yanzhan, "A-Zhan, I'll return to the Xie family for sure. We'll never go hungry again."

They got together in their second year of high school. This year marks their sixth anniversary. In order to return to the Xie family, Xie Yu gets close to Song Shiji, the young master of the wealthy Song family.

Xie Yu treats him with great care.

The young master even asks innocently, "Brother Yanzhan, you won't be mad, will you? Brother Xie Yu and I are just friends."

Xie Yu looks gently at the young master beside him. "A-Zhan isn't that petty."

Wen Yanzhan smiles. "Of course I don't mind."

In private, Xie Yu apologizes to Wen Yanzhan with a guilty expression. "A-Zhan, I'm sorry. Once I've used him to get acknowledged by the family and return to the Xie family, I won't need to keep sucking up to him."

"Please try to understand."

Wen Yanzhan smiles again. "Okay."

Xie Yu lets out a sigh of relief and looks at Wen Yanzhan gratefully. "I knew you'd understand me. You'll always be by my side."

"You're the only one I love."

Wen Yanzhan keeps smiling gently, thinking indifferently: Too bad I don't love you.

*

Xie Zhixian comes from a wealthy family and is exceptionally handsome. Whatever he sets his mind to, he can do better than anyone.

But no one can have everything go their way forever.

In high school, he had a crush on a stuttering boy who always curled up in a corner. When he decided to confess to the boy, the boy got together with someone else.

So Xie Zhixian went abroad to heal his heartbreak.

Six years later, just as he returns to take over the company, he suddenly learns that the old man at home not only has an illegitimate son his age, but plans to acknowledge him as part of the family.

Xie Zhixian discovers that the illegitimate son is trying to get close to Song Shiji to build connections and seize shares. He also discovers that his old crush grew up with the illegitimate son, and that the two of them got together the year Xie Zhixian went abroad.

Xie Zhixian laughs in disbelief.

But when he points to a photo of the illegitimate son kissing Song Shiji, he says, "Idiot. If you don't know how to cherish what you have, don't blame someone else for taking it."

*

While her boyfriend is getting hot and heavy with someone else, Wen Yanzhan runs into the person he had a crush on in his youth, Xie Zhixian, at a party.

From a corner, he watches as Xie Zhixian is surrounded by admirers and sees the weariness beneath his polished smile.

Just as before, he only watches from afar.

He thinks they're just passing acquaintances, but then Xie Zhixian starts investing in the TV dramas he acts in and showing up at the variety shows he appears on. He even moves into the apartment next door.

Not long after Xie Zhixian moves in next door, Wen Yanzhan sees Xie Yu and Song Shiji kissing and calmly suggests breaking up.

Later, when Xie Zhixian confesses to him, Wen Yanzhan's long hair is tied back in a low ponytail. He tilts his head, his beautiful eyes quietly guileless. "We can date, but we can't make it public."

Xie Zhixian looks at him sitting beneath the lights and thinks for a moment. "Then we'll keep our relationship secret for now. When you're ready to go public, we will."

So, when Xie Yu has to marry Song Shiji for the sake of the Xie family shares, he thinks: It's only temporary. A-Zhan broke up with me because he's too heartbroken. If I just swallow my pride, he'll definitely forgive me.

But then, beneath Wen Yanzhan's apartment, he sees the Xie family's eldest son he envies, Xie Zhixian, gently holding Wen Yanzhan's face and tenderly kissing his forehead.

Xie Yu feels as if he's dreaming: Are Xie Zhixian and Wen Yanzhan together? How could someone like Xie Zhixian love Wen Yanzhan?

Does Wen Yanzhan not want him anymore?

A beautiful bottom with psychological issues × a fiercely competitive, devoted top with flexible morals

1. A melodramatic story.

2. Wen Yanzhan never loved Xie Yu. He got together with Xie Yu because of his psychological issues. He needs someone beside him to prove he existed, someone who cares about him and remembers him.

3. Xie Yu loves Wen Yanzhan, but loves himself more. Later, he truly betrays their relationship.

Theme: A good life takes constant effort