The Right Way to Win Over a Voice Fan

[Signed for publication and an audio drama. Follow updates at @MaoqiuqiuOnTheRoof] 1. Fang Zhiren’s favorite voice actor was finally going to hold a fan meet-and-greet. But Fang Zhiren missed the ticket sale because he was attending an academic conference. Fang Zhiren flew into a helpless rage, banging his head on the floor and bouncing around. His usually strict senior doctoral student, Ji Xingchuan, watched him finish his tantrum, then led him into a small classroom and spoke in a clear, magnetic voice: “What kind of voice do you like? Take your pick.” Clatter. Fang Zhiren’s hand trembled, and his enormous dissertation hit the floor. 2. The voice-acting superstar “Dongji” has countless works to his name, but never shows his face. In private, he’s a doctoral student at A University. This year, his advisor went abroad and asked him to mentor first-year doctoral student Fang Zhiren. One day after they met, Ji Xingchuan took out his phone and compared the two repeatedly: This junior of his looks a bit like that cosplayer who can pull off both male and female characters. 3. After they got together, one night, after dark. Ji Xingchuan blindfolded Fang Zhiren and pinned him down on the sofa. “Who are you being fierce with?” That was his dominant older-man voice. “Why are you trembling? Sit still.” That was his cool, detached young-man voice. “Ranran, taking pictures with fans is fine, but no hugs.” That was his sickly-sweet, obsessive boy voice. “Maybe you’ll behave if I lock you up?” Fang Zhiren: “...” Help! - Little Extras ① At a convention, big names gathered: famous cosplayers, voice actors, and authors all in one place. The three people who had been arguing fiercely in the lab just the day before stared at one another across the convention floor. Fang Zhiren: “What? Are we holding a group meeting here?” ② A kid went to a convention. The parent accompanying him pointed at the cosplayer in light makeup at the guest table. “If that kind of person ever amounts to anything, you can call me Dad.” A few days later, the A University team took first place at the World Physics Championship, and that very same cosplayer was among them. The kid: “What do you call your dad’s dad?” Ji Xingchuan x Fang Zhiren Top: Pretends to be serious, actually steady and playful. Bottom: A sweet little bunny when nothing’s wrong, a short-tempered menace and wild rose when something is. - Reader’s Guide: [① This is a silly, sweet slice-of-life romance. The logic and characterization serve the comedy, romance, and sweetness. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read.] [② None of the characters are based on real people. Please don’t project real people onto them or bring real-world drama here.] [③ This story isn’t for readers with extreme ship preferences. No role reversals or alternate pairings. No character-dreamer comments. If you want to read about one character going solo and focusing on his career, this isn’t the story for you.] The cover was commissioned and depicts the bottom, Fang Zhiren. Art by @SpicyRawOctopus. My next book: The Foolish Omega Is Bound to a Save-Point System 1. Jian Yuheng doesn’t like his older brother’s secretary, Song Ruochen. This aloof beauty is cool-headed and clever, never makes mistakes, and seems like a flawless, exquisitely crafted robot. But one day, Jian Yuheng discovers that Song Ruochen can reload a save. At a business dinner, his brother reaches for a dish, and Song Ruochen spins the lazy Susan. Everyone’s eyes turn toward them, and Song Ruochen gives a little shudder. The next second, Jian Yuheng discovers that the chicken wing he just finished eating needs to be eaten all over again. Everything has gone back to thirty seconds earlier. Song Ruochen elegantly picks up the serving chopsticks and gives his boss the perfect dish. Everyone exclaims that Assistant Song is simply perfect. Jian Yuheng: “?” At the company’s annual party, Song Ruochen is just about to sit down when he trips. Jian Yuheng has only just started laughing when time rewinds. He’s just finished his speech and has to give it all over again. Secretary Song steps around the obstacle and sits down gracefully. Jian Yuheng: “...” So all that calm cleverness is the result of fixing things after reloading a save. The real Song Ruochen is often a flustered disaster who messes everything up. Only Jian Yuheng can see it. 2. Jian Yuheng thinks Song Ruochen is adorable and likes him more the longer he looks at him. Until one day, they go out together and Jian Yuheng goes into rut. He’s just injected himself with a suppressant when time reloads. He injects himself again, and time reloads again. After getting stuck with three shots for nothing, Jian Yuheng can’t take it anymore. Bristling with anger, he storms into Song Ruochen’s room, drags him aside, and gives him a stern talking-to. “What is it you can’t handle this time?” Song Ruochen looks guilty. “You... This cake you bought me is really good. I wanted to eat it twice more.” Jian Yuheng: “...” 3. After staying up all night reading a tortured romance novel where the top and bottom never communicate and the story drags out their suffering for over 500 chapters, Song Ruochen transmigrates into a book. He becomes the main character’s secretary and is bound to a save-point System. In the office, the novel’s tight-lipped main character calls the love interest: “If that’s what you want to think, there’s nothing I can do.” The love interest angrily hangs up. The next second, Song Ruochen slaps the main character across the face and reloads the save. Time returns to ten seconds earlier. The main character’s eyes are red, but his voice is cool and detached. “You want...” Song Ruochen smacks the main character in the mouth with a folder. “Say it again, properly.” The main character: “...” At a bar, the main character gets hugged by his drunk, two-faced friend. The love interest’s eyes are red from crying. “I knew you were always in love with him.” The main character: “Do you really love me? You don’t even trust me this much.” Smack. Time goes back five seconds, and Secretary Song kicks the two-faced man who’s leaning in toward the main character flying. With his help, the angsty novel turns sweet. The misunderstandings are cleared up, and the main couple’s life together gets happier by the day. But... Why does Jian Yuheng, the main character’s younger brother, keep staring at him? Little Extra One day after they get together, Song Ruochen clutches his aching waist and escapes from Jian Yuheng. “Stay away from me. I’m exhausted.” Jian Yuheng, expressionless: “You can reload the save, and we’ll start all over.” Song Ruochen: “...?” What a devil. Character setup: A bottom who seems calm, clever, and efficient but is actually a foolish menace x a top who discovers a shocking secret Song Ruochen x Jian Yuheng Theme: In every dimension, you and I shine brightly