Gu Qinghe's indie game becomes a huge hit, and she signs a publishing deal with a major studio, settling into a life of lie flat and collecting royalties.
Seeing her spend every day figuring out how to pan-sear steak and make wine, with nothing to do but fret, her mother becomes enthusiastic about setting her up with people.
Gu Qinghe rejects every man her mother suggests, and admits that she likes women.
Her mother is taken aback, but a few days later, a smile returns to her face.
"You should've said so earlier! Dr. Lu, who fixed my teeth, likes women too."
"She's so gentle when she speaks, fair-skinned and always smiling. Even the kids don't cry when they go to her for dental work!"
Gu Qinghe likes the pure and innocent type, so she immediately agrees to meet.
But at dinner, Dr. Lu is wearing smoky eye makeup and ripped stockings, with metal accessories jangling all over her. She lights a cigarette and offers it to Gu Qinghe. "The capsule in this one is really cool. Want to try?"
Gu Qinghe feels like she's been scammed. What does this have to do with being a delicate little flower?
But that night, she pathetically dreams about Lu Yuan, and one glimpse of this dentist's contrast sparks a whole new kink...
As soon as she wakes up and picks up her phone, she sees a message from Lu Yuan:
My family is pressuring me to get married pretty hard. You look pretty easy on the eyes, so how about we pretend to date? We can just go along with it for a while.
Gu Qinghe's mind is full of the dream's steamy scenes. She replies viciously:
If we're doing this, let's do it for real. Let's get our marriage license tomorrow and get married the day after.
Lu Yuan:
Does getting married for real include sleeping together?
Gu Qinghe replies with trembling hands:
Of course it does.
After a long wait, Lu Yuan replies:
Okay. Come to my place tonight.
After they get married,
Gu Qinghe discovers that Lu Yuan really is pure and innocent, and she really is hot and spicy, too.
Every side of her wife is exactly her type.
[Question: What's it like to be in a relationship that isn't accepted?]
Gu Qinghe: Well, I've been cursed at 80,000 times in a post, I can only pretend not to know my wife when I take her out to meet my friends, and I don't dare go to my parents' home for the holidays.
Lu Yuan takes her phone away: What nonsense are you talking about? We have a wedding dress makeup fitting tomorrow. Go to sleep!
[A healing, sweet everyday romance, marriage first and love later, same-sex marriage is legal]
[Enjoy-life game developer x inscrutable, beautiful dentist who weaponizes her looks]
[Preview of "A Fake Romance Turns Real on a Sapphic Dating Show" below. If you're interested, visit my author page and add it to your favorites!]
The icy CEO Xiao Baiwei fills in for a friend and joins the script-based sapphic dating show she directs, starting an on-screen romance with the washed-up actress Wen Ruliu.
But the production clearly doesn't have enough funding. Their first meeting is on a lawn in the sun, and the delicate, frail Wen Ruliu gets sunstroke and ends up in the hospital.
Xiao Baiwei can't stand to watch.
She decisively invests in the show, telling the production team to write the script in the most buzzworthy direction possible.
Date scene:
Xiao Baiwei gives Wen Ruliu flowers, diamonds, and gifts, and takes her scuba diving and aurora watching.
Confession scene:
Xiao Baiwei rents a venue, pays for a giant screen, and offers her resources, then takes Wen Ruliu's hand amid the fireworks.
Flirting scene:
Xiao Baiwei invites Wen Ruliu to her home, then kisses her in a steamy bathtub.
It's all just following the script, but their CP fans are going wild, asking when CEO Xiao will propose.
Xiao Baiwei: When will you turn in the new script? @Dating Show Production Team
Knowing the flowery advances in the script are coming, Wen Ruliu just can't tell whether Xiao Baiwei's feelings for her are real.
When Xiao Baiwei proposes with deep affection, Wen Ruliu's first instinct is to turn and run, even at the risk of paying a huge penalty for breaking her contract.
As she runs away, Wen Ruliu reminisces about the moments they've shared.
The most unforgettable thing in a relationship is those moments when your mind goes blank.
She's blushed and had her heart race so many times. What difference would it make if they were actually together?
How could all those online edits and frame-by-frame analyses be fake?
The moment she opens her phone, she finds 999+ messages from Xiao Baiwei.
The first: Where are you? Is running away really how an adult should handle this? Do you think that's appropriate?
The 333rd: The entire production team is looking for you. Don't make everyone worry.
The 666th: If you don't like the fake proposal, then forget it. I'll have the production team change the script. Be good and come back.
The 999th: Little Willow, my cat and I miss you... [crying emoji]
#Everyone knows this dating show is scripted and has a straight woman planted in the cast. People watch it as a comedy reality show, so why are you two acting so real? #
Theme: Love transcends everything.
Isn't this too fast? Why did it end [covering face and laughing and crying] [covering face and laughing and crying]
Poor mother, luckily she got through it, that bitch was sentenced too lightly
[Orange candy] Got it [Purple candy] kswl ends with flowers
Thank you all for your company and support [cat head]
Qing He Yuan Yuan lasts forever
When does advance collection open? 🍉
These two are really good at playing, but they are really awesome.
Ten years, finally, congratulations to Wenwen
""This doesn't matter, as long as it can confirm that we are married. "Gu Qinghe pursed his lips and pretended not to care, but his subconscious action of drinking water completely betrayed him. "Catch a big bug for the author~
[Orange candy] I got it [Orange candy] I got it [Orange candy] I got it
Isn't this too fast? Why did it end [covering face and laughing and crying] [covering face and laughing and crying]
Poor mother, luckily she got through it, that bitch was sentenced too lightly
[Orange candy] Got it [Purple candy] kswl ends with flowers
Thank you all for your company and support [cat head]
Qing He Yuan Yuan lasts forever
When does advance collection open? 🍉
These two are really good at playing, but they are really awesome.
Ten years, finally, congratulations to Wenwen
""This doesn't matter, as long as it can confirm that we are married. "Gu Qinghe pursed his lips and pretended not to care, but his subconscious action of drinking water completely betrayed him. "Catch a big bug for the author~
[Orange candy] I got it [Orange candy] I got it [Orange candy] I got it