Xiao Shi is a beauty influencer with a million followers, but lately he's been a little troubled. His assistant had to go abroad for something, and now there's no one to film videos for him.
When his friend hears about it, he claims he'll get Xiao Shi a male model to cheer him up, the kind who gets delivered right to his door.
As a gay man, Xiao Shi says, "That's really not necessary..."
Before long, Xiao Shi is staring at the man standing at his door...
Handsome, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. He looks pretty young, but at nearly 1.9 meters tall, he has the aura of a total top just standing there.
A younger, puppy-like guy isn't really his type.
Xiao Shi politely refuses. "How much do you charge for the night? I'll give you the money..."
But the man cuts him off, expressionless. "Hello. I'm the photographer introduced by [name]."
"And I'm straight. I'm not interested in men."
The next day, Xiao Shi finally sees a message from his assistant:
"I found you a photographer, but he's seriously homophobic. Don't let him find out you're gay."
Xiao Shi: "..."
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Everyone looks down on the Xiao family's pretty-boy young master. Rumor has it he's so debauched that he never turns anyone down.
Xu Linlan has never had any interest in gossip among the wealthy, but one time, while taking a photography job, he happens to meet this very Xiao Shi.
A "male model" at the door. Liquor bottles all over the floor.
The rumors seem pretty accurate. That's Xu Linlan's first impression of Xiao Shi.
But they're only work partners, so there's no need to care about the other man's private life.
Except Xiao Shi wears a backless sweater and asks him to apply tinted moisturizer. He films a viral video and asks Xu Linlan to lend him a hand to cradle his face. Even the look in his eyes on camera seems to have a hook in it, leaving Xu Linlan blushing and flustered.
After nineteen years of being single, Xu Linlan finally starts to question his sexuality.
But before Xu Linlan can figure out how he feels, he sees the person at a family banquet who's engaged to his eldest brother: his Shi-ge.
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Xiao Shi feels like his little photographer has been looking at him strangely lately.
But before he can think it through, one day, while tipsy at a gay bar, his father drags him out and roughly shoves him into the back of a Maybach. He's ordered to meet the person he'd been engaged to years ago because of a misunderstanding.
But when he arrives, the legendary president of the Xu Group, Xu Huaiyu, is nowhere to be seen. Instead, Xu Linlan stands by the floor-to-ceiling windows in elegant clothes, his gaze somber.
"Shi-ge, my surname is Xu, too."
--Bonus Scene--
Xu Linlan: (confesses calmly)
Xiao Shi: (pretends to stay calm) Okay, give me a few minutes (quickly locks himself in his bedroom) (overcome by a faint sense of doom) Oh no, oh no, how can I lead a kid astray? How will I explain this to his parents? Oh no, oh no...
[Tongue-Lashing Younger Puppy-like Top (Xu Linlan) × Flirtatious, Boozy Beauty Bottom (Xiao Shi)]
Reader's Guide:
1. Fake sister-in-law story. The eldest brother, Xu Huaiyu, already likes someone, and he and the bottom have never even met.
2. The bottom wore women's clothes as a child. This is related to the mistaken engagement, but he doesn't have that kind of fetish.
3. One-on-one, both are virgins. The bottom goes to gay bars just to drink and admire handsome men, but none of them are his type.
4. Check out the completed novel set in the same world, The Person I'm Promoting Lost His Cover Today.
5. Hope you enjoy reading!
Theme: Love life
