Famous Far and Wide [Showbiz]

[Complete] Thank you for reading! [The main story of my new novel, I Accidentally Married a Ghost, is complete. Please add it to your library!] (Also known as My Nemesis and I Faked a Couple Brand Deal and Became the Most Popular CP, Then Made It Real, Broke Up, and Rekindled Our Old Flame on a Dating Show.) Blurb: He Yan: a stunning beauty with a gentle, cool demeanor and a minty voice. Zhu Shengting: a handsome hunk with perfect proportions, sharp brows, and bright eyes. Everyone at Mengchuan knows the two of them can't stand each other. Then one day, He Yan and Zhu Shengting are summoned to the director's office and handed a contract to promote themselves as a CP. He Yan rolls his eyes as he signs. Promote us as a couple? Me and him? What a hilarious, epic joke. Zhu Shengting signs briskly. Making the other guy miserable counts as a kind of success. From "□□" to "only you," the onlookers turn into CP fans, shipping them like crazy! But the fans only got to enjoy their pairing for less than a year before the stars themselves casually went their separate ways. The CP fans mourned their breakup for seven whole years. Seven years later, at a fashion gala, He Yan sees his ex, Zhu Shengting, for the first time in seven years. Zhu Shengting is still handsome and charming, chatting and laughing with everyone. He Yan's face remains expressionless as he gives him the same merciless eye roll as always when he passes. This time, though, Zhu Shengting takes him straight home. Who gets back together with an ex and immediately gives in to passion on the very first day they reunite? He Yan's mind is a blur. He is enjoying himself so much that his eyes roll back, and all he registers is someone staring intently at him and saying, "I still remember this mole on your chest. I was the first person to kiss it." The next day, He Yan acts as if nothing happened, pulls up his pants, and leaves. Zhu Shengting doesn't chase after him. Until On the seventh day after their reunion, He Yan unexpectedly receives a contract for an ex-couple dating show. Among the confirmed guests is his one and only ex. He Yan rolls his eyes as he signs. A dating show? As if. Even a dog wouldn't get back together with an ex. Their once-beloved CP is now a pair of exes. The fans don't know whether to be thrilled that their ship had once been real or heartbroken that they'd been apart for seven years. With trepidation, they watch the dating show and see He Yan is supposed to go on a date with someone else, but Zhu Shengting arranges things so that he takes his place. He Yan indirectly gives his consent. He Yan rolls his eyes at Zhu Shengting, who just keeps smiling at him. He Yan secretly blushes. Sheng Yan CP fans: Wait, why isn't this the tragic, passionate love story I imagined?! Are you making us part of your little game? "I've prepared myself for the fact that you might never forgive me, because I made that choice on my own." "Thank you for being so softhearted, and for loving me so much." Zhu Shengting x He Yan [The restrained, cunning, playboy-king handsome top who plays dumb to catch his prey x the sweet, alluring beauty bottom who seems gentle and distant but instinctively knows how to flirt] Enemies-to-first-loves / rekindled romance / dating-show exes / no groveling chase Reader's guide: 1. From their past through their future, the top and bottom only ever love each other, completely and passionately. The top is younger by one year. No switching roles. 2. The story follows the timeline in the blurb. It's a feel-good story with a bittersweet edge and includes some fandom culture. The author's notes explain certain terms. 3. The dating show is inspired by the variety show EXchange. The story takes place in a world where same-sex marriage is legal, seven years later. There are no real-life inspirations. 4. ★The first ten chapters have been carefully edited. The main plot is unchanged, but some details and foreshadowing have been added or removed, a few minor plot holes fixed, and some narrative perspectives adjusted. To readers following along, thank you for reading them again!★ 5. The entertainment-industry setting includes forum posts and fan comments. If that's not your thing, please skip it! 6. There are no real-life inspirations, so please don't mention real people in the comments! *bows* Blurb written 2024.2.18 [Blurb for my next novel, I Accidentally Married a Ghost. Please add it to your library!] When Ruan Xinyuan was three, he developed a strange illness. His fortune-teller grandmother rescued him from the brink of death, but told him he had to marry a man before turning eighteen or he would die. The man had to meet three conditions: 1. He had to be born on the first day of the first lunar month, just like Ruan Xinyuan. 2. He had to be ten years older than Ruan Xinyuan. 3. He had to have a mole at the center of the back of his neck. A committed materialist, Ruan Xinyuan absolutely refuses to believe that a healthy, lively person like him could just die for no reason if he doesn't get married! Besides, what are the odds of finding someone who meets all three conditions? * A week into his first year of college, Ruan Xinyuan fills in for his best friend from a neighboring school and attends a class. The moment the man at the front of the room turns around to write his name on the board, Ruan Xinyuan spots a mole at the center of the back of his neck. Ruan Xinyuan frantically searches B University's website and forums to find out who the man is. Qi Xun, a famous associate professor of history at B University: handsome, refined, and accomplished for his age. More importantly: 1. He was born on the first day of the lunar new year, just like Ruan Xinyuan. 2. He is exactly ten years older. 3. He has a mole at the center of the back of his neck. Ruan Xinyuan is stunned, but as a committed materialist, he absolutely On the fifth day of inexplicable, unexplained stabbing pains in his heart, "Afraid to die," Ruan Xinyuan shows up with ninety-nine roses and proposes to Qi Xun, the famous man at B University. Ruan Xinyuan shamelessly lies: "Professor Qi, I've actually had a crush on you for a long time. Could you please, for the sake of my sincerity, skip dating and marry me right away?" Ruan Xinyuan had been prepared for a long campaign. One second later, Qi Xun calmly says, "Okay." * Two months after marrying Qi Xun, Ruan Xinyuan starts to feel that something about his husband is off. For instance, Qi Xun sometimes has an appetite beyond all reason, but at other times can go a whole day and night without food and never feel hungry. And Ruan Xinyuan discovers that when Qi Xun accidentally cuts his finger, it heals in less than ten seconds. Then, following his grandmother's advice on how to cure his illness, Ruan Xinyuan begins slowly seducing Qi Xun so they can make up for the wedding night they missed. With his back aching from exhaustion, Ruan Xinyuan closes his eyes and hazily feels Qi Xun kissing his forehead, eyes, nose, and lips... Then, in a voice husky with longing, Qi Xun says "This is the nine hundred and thirty-seventh year since I died. I've finally found you." Ruan Xinyuan, a not-so-committed materialist, realizes: His husband might not be human. He might be a ghost. Quirky, straightforward, sweet bottom x chaste ghost top who has been hiding his obsessive, deranged side for nine hundred years Ruan Xinyuan x Qi Xun Theme: In a season filled with brilliant starlight, never fail the love of someone sincere.