The Business Awards

Every Day I Have to Promote With My Ex After We Break Up

* Tsundere sweetheart bottom × secretly passionate, shamelessly aloof top

Natural-born actor with a flair for drama VS hard-working drama addict

Yujia Yun always kept up a laid-back image in public, claiming he was just “having fun in the entertainment industry.” That was until people dug up an artsy short film he had made with rising star Gu Xu. The chemistry between them onscreen was so tender and intimate that even one extra glance was enough to make your cheeks burn.

Rumor had it that he and Gu Xu had fallen in love while filming, lived together for years, and were still going strong. Gu Xu had even cast Yujia Yun as the second male lead in his new series, all so he could enjoy a publicly funded romance.

Others said that the only reason an actor as mediocre as Yujia Yun had chased his dream in show business was to follow in Gu Xu's footsteps.

The rumor that they'd fallen in love while filming was true. Their onscreen attraction carried over into real life, and they took a kissing scene as the start of their relationship.

One was a little oblivious: “What does your body wash smell like? Do you fall for people while filming? When you found out you'd be filming a boys' love story, did you have reservations, or did you think dating a guy was no big deal?”

The other was busy convincing himself: “He's flirting! He's testing me! He's asking me to date him!”

Their relationship began entirely because of a misunderstanding, and their breakup was hardly dignified either. They fought, blocked each other, and battled over their pet. Every time they met, they had to say, “What a nuisance!”

So the rumors that they were still going strong were false. They'd broken up long ago. They just happened to end up in the same production, bickering to each other's faces and making snide remarks behind each other's backs. That was the real them.

On the surface, they did everything for the sake of the production. They acted together through sheer professionalism, completely unwillingly and with great reluctance.

In reality, for six years after their breakup, they never stopped finding excuses to get close to each other's lives.

[Regret is a wound that never heals. The more you love, the more it hurts. Hate is the cure.]

* No real-life inspirations. I research the entertainment industry online, so please forgive me if anything comes across as offensive.

Please add my upcoming serial to your reading list: My Substitute Lover Is an Alpha I Hate

Cold-on-the-outside, unhinged-on-the-inside lawyer A × cool, flirtatious detective O (no secret identities)

Sharp-tongued boss A × silly receptionist O (secret identities)

Bounty hunter A × married housewife O (secret identities)

Main storyline + episodic cases / fake substitute, genuine mutual salvation / faked death / romance and crime-solving side by side

In Li You's eyes, Shen Can was no different from an Alpha who went into heat anywhere.

He got close to Shen Can only to obtain the information he needed.

And Shen Can let him have his way for an even simpler reason: Li You reminded Shen Can of the person he had once loved most.

The dates, the sex, all that tenderness were nothing but Shen Can trying to make up for the regrets of his first love.

Each had their own agenda, each got what they wanted, and when it was over, they would cut ties and go their separate ways. That was how it should be, in Li You's eyes...

Li You had an “implantable mind-reading System.” When it first activated, it helped him uncover the truth about his father's involvement in a criminal case.

After the case was solved, Li You handed over the mind-reading ability and volunteered to accept legal responsibility for the illegal operations behind the System. But since the System still had practical value, he was recruited.

Years later, Li You had a new identity and worked tracking special offenders. A work assignment brought him back to the familiar city, where he went undercover as a receptionist at a well-known local law firm.

One of the firm's partners was named Shen Can, the same name as the Alpha Li You hated most.

When he saw Shen Can again, Li You diligently played the part of a silly Omega who kept failing the bar exam but refused to give up.

Shen Can wasn't as arrogant as his colleagues claimed. The first time he stepped into the office and saw the newly hired receptionist, he froze, then went deathly pale.

After that, whenever Shen Can looked at the new receptionist, his gaze seemed to be fixed on someone else, full of unspoken meaning.

As for who he was really looking at, who could say?

The Special Offender Tracking Team had exceptionally capable members, and in just a few years they became a legend in law enforcement.

That legend hit a snag when a masked bounty hunter in black repeatedly beat them to the clues and captured the criminals they were pursuing.

The hunter was ostentatious, loved stealing the spotlight, and seriously obstructed police work. Li You had fought him several times but never managed to unmask him.

Until one fight left a wound on the hunter's forehead, and the next day that same wound appeared on the body of the Alpha he hated.

More and more coincidences like that piled up, and Li You had no choice but to grow wary.

The thoughts the mind-reading System couldn't reach had already become increasingly obvious beneath their mutual scheming. Their constant clashes were nothing but proof that neither could let go.

During one more confrontation, Li You was caught off guard and pinned in a corner. A familiar scent brushed the skin behind his ear, and someone chuckled softly: “Your pheromones smell wonderful.”

[One-on-one romance, and the mutual attraction is intense!]

Theme: I love my job, and my job loves me