My Roommate Keeps Coming to My Room

[A Flamboyant Daoist Top Who Peacocks Every Day] x [A Lofty, Beautiful Bottom Who Believes Everything He's Told (Strikethrough) Naturally Airheaded]

Two powerful leads, older top, a sweet romance about growing together

Chen Shu is a lecturer at S University who researches the Book of Changes.

He never thought that supernatural beings could really exist in this world.

Even less did he expect that one day he would use his professional knowledge to set up a massive feng shui formation, successfully trapping dozens of rather unusual "students" from his class in the auditorium.

"I never expected an ordinary person like Professor Chen to be able to spot evil spirits and vengeful ghosts. I'm impressed."

A man with his hair half tied up in a bun stepped forward and reached out, gathering the "students" who had revealed their true forms into his palm.

"So, do you believe I'm really a Daoist now?" the man asked, approaching Chen Shu.

Chen Shu thought it was no wonder he hadn't believed the man's claims.

He was frivolous in word and deed, unpredictable, and had no qualms about making lewd jokes. He drank and smoked in private, too...

No one would ever believe that his lively new roommate was actually a Daoist.

After a long silence, he asked, "So what you said earlier, that my birth chart is extremely yin and makes me an easy target for evil spirits and vengeful ghosts, was true?"

"Absolutely. I calculated it myself." Wu Yang smiled knowingly. "I know how to break the curse. Would Professor Chen like to hear about it?"

*

In the middle of the night.

Chen Shu woke from a nightmare and looked at the handsome face right in front of him. "Is this the solution you were talking about?"

"Of course," Wu Yang said. "A pure-yang body like mine is perfect for helping you suppress evil and protect your home. Try it, and I guarantee you'll sleep peacefully until dawn without another nightmare."

Chen Shu refused without hesitation. "Get off me."

Wu Yang sighed. "You still don't believe me. Fine, I'll go."

He got out of bed, walked to the door, turned the handle, and opened it. Wu Yang paused, silently counting down: three, two, one.

Sure enough, a hesitant voice came from behind him. "Wait... a second."

*

Wu Yang felt that although Chen Shu hadn't changed much from the way he remembered him, he'd still grown a lot in certain ways.

For example, when Wu Yang said, "There's an evil spirit attached to your lips. The only way to get rid of it is to let me kiss you," Chen Shu merely gave him a cool glance and ignored him.

Wu Yang sighed. "What a shame."

"What is?" Chen Shu asked, puzzled.

What a shame you're not as easy to fool as you were three hundred years ago, Wu Yang thought.

[Reading Guide]

1. An alternate modern setting with a chaotic worldbuilding style and little logic.

2. Both leads are strong. One-on-one romance, with no arguments or misunderstandings, just an ordinary couple falling in love.

3. This isn't a serious take on metaphysics or the Book of Changes. Any similarities are purely coincidental.

4. The author is reliable about updates. Come join the fun!

------ Coming Soon: A Fake Publicity Romance ------

Zhu Yu, a top-tier star who has won Best Actor three times in a row, never appears on variety shows. This time, he makes an exception and signs on for a reality show produced by Shen Entertainment, helping build hype for the company's returning young heir's debut. He's doing it to repay a favor from years ago.

Before filming begins, Zhu Yu tracks down the young heir using the information he's been given and gets straight to the point. "So, how do you need me to play along?"

The handsome young man before him freezes for a moment, then says in a low voice, "I'd like to fake a CP with you, Teacher Zhu. Would that be all right?"

Zhu Yu lowers his head and sneers, his eyes full of contempt.

Another one who just wants to take the easy way out. What a waste of a handsome face.

"Sure," he agrees. "But our publicity arrangement ends when the show does. Once filming's over, we have nothing to do with each other."

*

After the first episode airs, the "Fried Fish" CP becomes a huge hit.

But Zhu Yu realizes he's got the wrong person. Shen Jian isn't the young heir of Shen Entertainment. They just happen to have the same surname.

Although Zhu Yu is a little annoyed that Shen Jian didn't clear up the misunderstanding and instead went along with it, he sees how the company's stock price has soared thanks to the show and their CP's popularity. He decides to let the mistake stand and keep faking the CP with Shen Jian.

Bringing real benefits is another way to repay a favor. They're both getting what they want.

"It's rare to see you being so kind. You get played, but you don't hold it against him, and you even introduce him to several directors." At a film festival, a friend from the industry teases Zhu Yu. "Are you really just helping because you admire his hard work, or has the act become real?"

"It was no trouble." Zhu Yu says coolly. "I've faked so many CPs. I don't have the energy to fall for every one of them."

After brushing off his friend, Zhu Yu heads backstage to change.

But as he passes a dressing room, a large hand reaches out and drags him inside.

In the darkness, someone pins him against the wall. His breathing grows unsteady.

After a long while, the person pulls away, wipes the moisture from Zhu Yu's lips, and whispers in his ear, "Do you do this with every CP you've faked, Teacher Zhu?"

*

Shen Jian has never denied that he's the kind of person who'll do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

He carefully planned everything: making Zhu Yu mistake him for Shen Entertainment's young heir so that he would agree to fake a CP with him, then making Zhu Yu soften toward him because of his hard work and unfair circumstances, and stay by his side until they finished the act.

But as his fame grew, Shen Jian began to panic.

Would Zhu Yu stop keeping in touch once his circumstances improved, now that he no longer needed Zhu Yu's pity and sympathy?

Would Zhu Yu find a new CP once they joined the production in a few days, and decide that he, an old flame, was too much trouble?

It seemed he'd fallen in love with Zhu Yu all by himself.

That wouldn't do.

He couldn't be the only one turning their fake romance real.

Theme: Love brings people back together