We Were One Introduction Away from Marriage [Entertainment Industry]

During a break in filming, Xia Qinghe sat in his director's chair scrolling through his phone.

A video caught his eye. Its title was hard to miss: "The Courtesan's Tormented Love for a Noble Young Master."

In the video, he was a male courtesan trapped in a brothel, while Xie Chen was a pampered young master from a noble family.

He was hopelessly in love with Xie Chen, only to be betrayed by him. In the end, he was reduced to mud and died beneath a blizzard.

Xia Qinghe: "..."

Each video was more tragic than the last. They made him furious and heartbroken, and he couldn't help feeling sorry for himself.

All he could do was marvel at how much the fans' editing skills had improved.

He and Xie Chen were practically legends in the entertainment industry.

Their adorable female fans kept milking them for material, creating one god-tier video after another.

From "The Wealthy Young Master's Stepmother Loves Her Stepson" to "The Domineering CEO's Sweet Husband Runs Away While Pregnant," from forced romance to every kind of scenario imaginable...

There was nothing you could think of that the ship fans couldn't edit into existence.

As a result, even though the two men didn't know each other at all, they had already fallen in love online 800 times and had a whole brood of children.

Yes, children. Somehow, even a man like him could give birth. That was how miraculous it was...

Why? Because the fans said so.

Looking at the pinned top comment under the video: Just for my sake, why don't you two get together already?

Xia Qinghe sneered. "We're only one introduction away from marriage."

He didn't mind the fans making their own content. What bothered him was, why was he always the one on the bottom?

What made Xie Chen better than him?

One day, if he got the chance, he would pin Xie to the bottom and avenge those 800 videos.

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Later, he got his chance for revenge.

But in the dim room, where light and shadow mingled, Xie Chen leaned close to his ear. His burning breath seared a path from Xia Qinghe's earlobe to the corner of his lips.

Xie Chen parted his thin lips, his tongue brushing against Xia Qinghe's, and whispered, "Have you learned, Teacher Xia?"

Xia Qinghe's eyes were shut tight, his very heart trembling. How could he remember revenge now? His body had gone completely limp, and his tingling fingers curled up of their own accord. All he could do was clutch Xie Chen's clothes.

Bottom: top-tier star Xia Qinghe

Top: newly crowned Best Actor Xie Chen

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Beautiful, strong, and miserable top student x rich second-generation heir who can't study and only wants to date

"Hey, handsome, want to date?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"I need to make money."

"When can we date, then?"

"When I've earned a million."

"Then I'll give it to you."

"No."

"I'll help you earn it."

"No."

"Then I'll keep you on track while you earn it."

"Fine."

The top lies flat: Am I some kind of slave driver? Why does this feel so twisted? I wish I could ask, "What's it like to fall for a stubborn mule?"

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