Joining a Dating Show with My Actor Ex

Jiang Zhi is widely considered A University's most beautiful professor. He's not only good-looking, but could blend right in with a crowd of students. Unfortunately, he's a strict teacher and is famous at A University for being utterly impartial.

Just as everyone was wondering what kind of person could win over Professor Jiang, who was still single at twenty-eight and known for being so impartial, a piece of news from the entertainment industry suddenly broke.

On an ordinary night, popular film star Lu Yuchen confessed on Weibo to a mysterious person named Jiang Zhi. What's more, his words made him sound like a jilted man who'd spent years stuck on the sidelines of a relationship: [Jiang Zhi, didn't you say you'd marry me once you turned twenty-eight? When are you going to keep your promise?]

The next day, the students saw Jiang Zhi arrive in the classroom looking perfectly composed. Rumor had it he'd just celebrated his twenty-eighth birthday the day before, and none of them dared say a word.

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Lu Yuchen is a young film star with a huge fanbase. He's been in the industry for years without a single dating rumor, though people say he has someone he's been dating since his student days. Whenever he attends an event, he wears a ring on his middle finger, a sign that he's taken. The question people discuss most is when Lu Yuchen and his partner are going to get married.

After the news broke, some busybodies traced Lu's early life and dug up everything about Jiang Zhi, from his height and blood type to his study-abroad experience and university. Jiang Zhi's phone and email were flooded every day with messages from obsessed fans. When a student cautiously hinted that some fans had been trying to use them to find out about Jiang Zhi, he finally couldn't take it anymore and messaged Lu Yuchen, who'd been in his contacts for years without them speaking: [I don't care what nonsense you're up to, but fix this immediately.]

A day later, Lu Yuchen's manager made a grand entrance with a million-yuan public relations plan they'd worked out overnight.

When Jiang Zhi saw that the plan explicitly said he should appear on a dating reality show with Lu Yuchen and act lovey-dovey, he couldn't believe it. "Are you people crazy, or am I?"

The manager calmly looked at Jiang Zhi. "Do you have a better idea?"

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Lu Yuchen and Jiang Zhi had broken up years ago. Lu Yuchen had always refused to admit he still loved Jiang Zhi, even though he kept wearing the ring Jiang Zhi had given him back then. After his debut, he'd even told Jiang Zhi he hoped to use his name to fend off unwanted advances.

Before the dating show aired:

[When did Lu Yuchen start taking money for trashy gigs? Did he ever sort out that marriage proposal mess? I don't want to watch a couple who barely get along pretend to be in love!]

[Lu Yuchen's partner is a university professor? Bet he's bald, lol!]

[Case solved. He won't get married because the professor's too ugly, right? Haha! Totally understandable!]

After the dating show aired:

[Ahhh, Professor Jiang! My wife!]

[Professor Jiang is way too good-looking! I was on my deathbed and sat bolt upright. Turns out I'm the Cao Cao here!]

[WOW, the way Lu Yuchen loves him! I believe now that he really did propose!]

**

There were rumors online that Lu Yuchen and his partner had actually broken up years ago, and that they were only appearing on the dating show for publicity.

Then Lu Yuchen posted a new Weibo photo of himself and Jiang Zhi in their wedding clothes: [Thank you, everyone. We're already married.]

Fans: [Waaah, whether or not we're part of the PLAY, this is too good! You have to be happy together!]

A romance-allergic beauty uke x a tsundere, lovesick puppy seme

Note: Younger seme, one-on-one romance. Everything about the entertainment industry is fictional. Please don't take it as referring to real people.

Coming soon:

After the Spoiled Young Master Gets Back Together with His Cold-Faced Seme

Yu Mi was beautiful and had been spoiled since childhood.

In his sophomore year of college, his family fell into ruin. His father fled to escape his debts, and Yu Mi was so broke he almost ended up on the street.

As he lay on the bed in the villa that was about to be seized, scrolling through his feed, Yu Mi suddenly saw a post from the head of the Shang family, Shang Huaizhou.

Shang Huaizhou was the second son of the Shang family, the real young master who had been switched at birth.

At fifteen, Shang Huaizhou was returned to the Shang family, where he remained unremarkable.

Then, two years ago, Shang Huaizhou suddenly went off the deep end. With ruthless, seasoned tactics, he kicked out several old fossils who had clung to control of the family's shares, and took over as head of the Shang family.

Everyone said Shang Huaizhou took after his father, a man-eating tiger lying in wait.

No one knew that during the summer break of their senior year of high school, Yu Mi and Shang Huaizhou had been together.

Back then, Shang Huaizhou seemed to really like Yu Mi, always running around doing things for him, even if he didn't say much.

Yu Mi still remembered his build: broad shoulders, a narrow waist, lean and well-proportioned, with rock-hard abs. He was handsome, too.

At the thought, Yu Mi blushed and hurriedly asked a friend for Shang Huaizhou's current contact details. He sent a friend request: [Big brother, do you remember me?]

**

At last, the day had come.

Looking down at the verification message Yu Mi had sent, Shang Huaizhou thought bitterly that there was no way he was going back to an ex.

He turned off the screen and tossed his phone aside.

A moment later, he picked it up again and accepted the friend request with a cold expression.

**

Yu Mi had always thought he could wrap Shang Huaizhou around his little finger. After they got back together, Shang Huaizhou was still just as good to him as before.

When Yu Mi wanted a new Hermes bag, Shang Huaizhou got it for him right away. When he wanted sushi from his favorite little-known restaurant, Shang Huaizhou was willing to spend hours in line for it.

Except he was always so cold now, and no longer chased after Yu Mi calling him "Baby" like he used to.

But Yu Mi still got bored, especially after hearing Shang Huaizhou's friends say behind his back that Shang Huaizhou had only agreed to get back together to punish Yu Mi for dumping him two years earlier, using the excuse that they weren't right for each other.

He would break up with Yu Mi when the time was right. There was no way he would marry a spoiled, difficult, down-and-out young master like him.

Yu Mi was furious. How dare he!

Even now that he'd fallen on hard times, he still had plenty of admirers. He didn't need Shang Huaizhou!

But that night, before he could finish saying they were breaking up, Shang Huaizhou pinned him firmly to the bed and turned him over and over, all the while calling him "Baby" and threatening that if he dared break up with him, he'd cut off his allowance and take away his unlimited credit card!

Yu Mi's face was red with tears as he thought, Fine, then, no breakup.

Of course, it wasn't because of the credit card, or because Shang Huaizhou was so good in bed that he left Yu Mi feeling thoroughly satisfied.

A spoiled, pretty, and silly young master uke x a ruthless, obsessive, cold-faced seme who does his laundry

Theme: Don't wait until you've lost something to learn to cherish it