You Don't Like It When We Really Break Up

[Blurb written at 5:00 a.m. on 2025.9.9, screen-recorded and archived]

Blurb:

If Heyang is the leader of the short-video world, then Bian Zhiyu is the handsome-face king who holds up half of Heyang.

As for the other half, Bian Zhiyu would rather not mention it.

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Everyone knows that Bian Zhiyu, the handsome-face king of the beauty section, and Chen Xingjian, the king of the gaming section, are bitter rivals who can't stand each other. They argue whenever they meet, and trading barbs in each other's livestreams is nothing unusual. Their fans often fight viciously over it online.

At the annual awards ceremony, the two won the Internet's Most Savage Feud award, making their mark in internet history.

But... Chen Xingjian, one of the main players in this whole drama, has a secret:

He's a huge fanboy of Bian Zhiyu.

For personal reasons, Bian Zhiyu suddenly announced that his account would go on hiatus for a year. His fans were left clamoring for content, waiting in tears for his return.

Having lost his only way to see Bian Zhiyu, Chen Xingjian was climbing the walls every day. He'd watched Bian Zhiyu's dozens of makeover videos so many times they were practically worn smooth.

Until one day, six months later, the company signed a big influencer from the same platform, who showed up out of nowhere as his new roommate.

The moment Chen Xingjian opened the door for his new roommate, he saw the face he'd been longing for day and night for half a year.

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Bian Zhiyu returns, having signed with his rival's company. Along with his return comes a new project from the livestream operations team: have the two of them pretend to be a couple.

Chen Xingjian is a hundred percent on board, but says, "You want me to fake a relationship with him? Are you crazy, or am I?"

The operations manager patiently explains, "You're just pretending anyway. It's not like it'll become real if you play along."

Bian Zhiyu is a hundred percent against it, but says, "I don't mind."

The day Bian Zhiyu's account returned, the collaborative video he made with Chen Xingjian set off a storm across the internet, which had been quiet for too long.

The video's comments split into two camps. One was the fans of both sides, who never got tired of fighting:

[Obviously a publicity stunt. Bian Zhiyu can shine on his own.]

[They're using Chen Xingjian as Bian Zhiyu's blood bag. Maizui Entertainment, have you no heart!]

[Maizui Entertainment should go bankrupt.]

The other camp was passersby who were too busy thirsting over their looks to care about anything else:

[What are you all babbling about in the comments? They're so handsome, let me drool!]

[Hey, handsome guys, I'll steal my grandma's bean-curd stick to raise you.]

[Four suits minus three suits, and they're still incredibly handsome.]

Besides them, a shipper community had sprung up in the cracks, stubbornly shipping them to the point of madness:

[Give me a bite of enemies-to-lovers.]

[Leopard and kitten, I was born for this.]

[Chen Xingjian, you have to investigate Bian Zhiyu!]

The operations manager: Haha, you fell for it!

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The collaborative video was a great start, but Chen Xingjian was doing a terrible job of learning how to fake a relationship.

Standing too close to Bian Zhiyu made his skin crawl. Accidentally touching him made Chen Xingjian jerk back as if electrocuted. Seeing Bian Zhiyu smile made him reflexively mock him.

The operations manager: You two used to fight online so much that it's become a conditioned response.

Bian Zhiyu: Got it.

That night, Bian Zhiyu proposed desensitization therapy to Chen Xingjian.

Chen Xingjian: "What kind of desensitization therapy?"

Bian Zhiyu: "Simply put, date me."

As Bian Zhiyu's fanboy, Chen Xingjian successfully dreamed of the person he had a crush on.

After desensitization therapy, he no longer felt itchy, didn't get shocked, and stopped reacting defensively. The "Xing Knows" ship took the internet by storm. Even passing dogs had to take a bite.

But only the two people involved knew they weren't a real couple. They were merely working hard to desensitize themselves in order to create sweet moments for their fans.

Until a paparazzi photo taken on May 20 was about to become a trending topic.

In the photo, Bian Zhiyu was carrying a bouquet of roses and walking alongside a handsome man who was 185 centimeters tall. They were acting intimately, with an unmistakably flirtatious air.

#BianZhiyuRumoredToBeDating#

#BianZhiyuOnAMay20DateWithAMysteriousMan#

#XingKnowsIsOver#

That night, Bian Zhiyu received a flood of harassing texts from Chen Xingjian.

[Who is that man?]

[You have terrible taste.]

[You must be starving to eat just anything.]

Bian Zhiyu: "Keep bothering me and we're breaking up."

Chen Xingjian: "Fine, let's break up!"

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One minute after the breakup, Chen Xingjian was furious, fuming with rage.

One hour after the breakup, Chen Xingjian was miserable, utterly heartbroken.

One day after the breakup, Chen Xingjian... got absolutely wasted and cried on livestream: "Bian Zhiyu, we've been broken up for a whole day now. Can we get back together?"

That night, the trending topics exploded again.

Bian Zhiyu: You don't actually want to break up, do you? :)

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Reader's guide:

* A tough-talking, cool gong who says one thing and means another x a detached beauty shou who's a master at training dogs

* An enemies-to-lovers story that will blow up your feed

* 1v1, physically and emotionally exclusive

Theme: Haven't thought of one yet.