After I Accidentally Sent My Rival a Photo of My Abs [Showbiz]

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Jiang Xi recently got engaged. Worried her fiance might be a scumbag who was marrying her as a cover for being gay, she asked her younger brother Jiang An, a former Best Actor who was good at flirting, to test him.

Jiang An added the man using a secondary WeChat account. While entering his prospective brother-in-law's WeChat ID, he mistyped one digit and added his own industry rival instead: the newly crowned Best Actor Xing Zhi, who was six years younger than him.

After accepting the friend request, Xing Zhi sent him a single message: [?]

Unaware he'd added the wrong person, Jiang An sent him a photo of his abs, with the message: [Do you like this type?]

Some time later, Jiang An went to see his sister, Jiang Xi.

"Your fiance really is a scumbag marrying you under false pretenses. He's already arranged to get a hotel room with me tonight.

"Want to come with me and catch him in the act?"

Jiang Xi stared at him in disbelief. "He was jailed three days ago. He can't use his phone... Who have you been chatting with this whole time?"

Jiang An: ???

·

Jiang An shot to fame at a young age, winning Best Actor at nineteen.

With his exceptional bone structure and rare, effortless charisma, he seemed blessed by the heavens.

But his brash, arrogant, and unruly personality made enemies, and he was blacklisted for years. Only recently had he finally managed to make a comeback.

His biggest rival was Xing Zhi.

Xing Zhi was also only nineteen when he won Best Actor. With his stunning looks and natural acting talent, his distinctive presence made him an overnight sensation.

Now only twenty-two, Xing Zhi was already one of the hottest young actors around.

Ever since Xing Zhi debuted, people had constantly compared him to Jiang An.

The two had terrible chemistry, and everyone said they couldn't stand each other.

No one knew that when Xing Zhi was still a poor student, he had idolized Jiang An.

He spent a whole year saving up from odd jobs to buy Jiang An a limited-edition guitar.

When Jiang An received the gift, he smiled sweetly.

But later, Xing Zhi saw a post exposing him:

Jiang An had thrown all the gifts from his fans into the trash can in the hallway. His guitar was among them.

Xing Zhi's admiration had been treated like garbage by Jiang An.

At a fashion gala, the twenty-eight-year-old Jiang An brushed past the twenty-two-year-old Xing Zhi. Disdain and indifference showed in his eyes, and he completely ignored the glass of wine Xing Zhi raised to him.

That night, Xing Zhi discovered Jiang An had added him using a secondary account.

Then he saw a photo of the abs belonging to Jiang An, that heartless, haughty, untouchable flower on a high peak...

***Inspiration***

"I shouldn't have rescued you from the fire.

"A rose like you

"should have been thrown by me into a desert with no end,

"until your breath grew faint,

"and one drop of rain bought me a single 'darling.'"

Fansen, The Urge to Kill a Rose

[Reading Guide]

1. Jiang An didn't actually throw the gifts away. There's more to the story.

2. Sweet romance, one-on-one.

Xing Zhi (top) x Jiang An (bottom)

3. Younger, scheming, black-tea top x carefree, flirtatious beauty bottom

4. No real-life inspirations. Please don't associate the characters with anyone.

5. The bottom has acted in kissing scenes before; the top hasn't and will get jealous about it. Please take note if this bothers you.

6. Modern alternate universe, where same-sex marriage is legal.

*Coming next: This Is a Distress Call [Crime Investigation]. Blurb:

"Every wrong turn led me to you."

Hermann Hesse

·

Lian Chao is transferred from a provincial capital to a remote city to investigate a brutal serial murder case spanning ten years.

After officially joining his new unit, he meets a forensic pathologist named Song Yin.

Later, Lian Chao sleeps with Song Yin.

Before that, Song Yin leaves him with three unforgettable impressions

The first comes after they solve a case together. Song Yin, with his pale, sickly, somewhat neurotic yet exceptionally beautiful face, hands Lian Chao a letter.

It reads: "Please, save me. Someone has threatened to kill me..."

The second time, Lian Chao tracks down the serial killer and chases him to a luxurious villa.

There he finds Song Yin sitting in a trashed living room, apparently the victim of a robbery.

The beauty's clothes are disheveled, and several suggestive, suspicious marks dot his collarbone beneath his collar.

With a cold gaze and a face like a demon's, Lian Chao shows no mercy as he points his gun at Song Yin's forehead.

"Get down on your knees. Hands above your head."

Song Yin obeys. Kneeling, he looks up at Lian Chao, his eyes seeming to hold a soft, lingering spring rain.

"My ex-boyfriend escaped through the back door. He wants to kill me.

"Captain Lian, can you protect me?"

The third time is when they end up in bed together.

At their most intimate moment, Lian Chao handcuffs Song Yin.

As his wrist aches, Song Yin's chin is gripped hard, forcing him to look up into Lian Chao's inscrutable eyes.

"You little liar, you don't even have an ex-boyfriend.

"So who is the serial killer?"

"Who says I don't have an ex-boyfriend?"

Song Yin turns around in Lian Chao's arms, baring a back covered in scars. In a gentle voice, he says,

"Isn't my ex-boyfriend you?"

"Lian Chao, you're my ex-boyfriend. And you're the killer, too."

"Have you really forgotten what happened back then?"

Song Yin weaves a web to draw Lian Chao into it willingly.

·

On a rainy night when he was twelve, Song Yin is woken by someone knocking on his window.

"Is anyone there? Help me, let me in!"

Song Yin opens the window, and a boy climbs into his bedroom, carrying the mingled scent of rainwater and blood.

Wiping the blood from his face, he tells Song Yin,

"Thank you. My name is Lian Chao.

"The 'chao' in 'spring tides come with the late rain.'"

From then on, spring rain in Song Yin's eyes smells of blood.

[Reading Guide]

1. Lian Chao (top) x Song Yin (bottom)

Police captain top x flirtatious, gorgeous forensic pathologist bottom

The bottom has a slight sadistic streak.

2. The protagonists commit no crimes.

3. There's an overarching plot as well as standalone cases.

Theme: Live earnestly and embrace love.