Resilient, hard-luck vocalist and visual uke x passionate, straightforward, jealous gravity-type ACE seme
Pei Huanyang joined the agency at fifteen and trained for four years. At nineteen, he entered a survival show where thirty contestants competed for five debut spots, and won by a landslide. He thought he would debut alongside the trainees who had trained with him for four years. But during the second performance, the show announced that Xie Zhixin, former lead singer of a Korean boy band, would be joining as a surprise challenger. What’s more, he made the group with the second-highest score.
Pei Huanyang knew rationally that it all came down to fan votes, but emotionally, he couldn’t accept it. So he had always been cold toward Xie Zhixin. He never went out of his way to make things difficult for him, but avoided him whenever possible. Xie Zhixin seemed to notice his resistance, and the two never had much to do with each other.
A year later, rumors spread that they didn’t get along.
It wasn’t exactly wrong, Xie Zhixin thought.
But just when the rumors were at their fiercest, Xie Zhixin nearly fell off the stage. Pei Huanyang reacted in a flash and pulled him back.
The video edit went viral in an instant.
The rumors that they didn’t get along were instantly disproved.
Some people even started shipping them.
“People ship a couple this absurd??”
That was what Xie Zhixin thought, but he still accepted the agency’s plan to have the two interact more.
Pei Huanyang, however, didn’t look like he wanted to cooperate.
In a low voice, he said, “I’m not interested in you.”
Xie Zhixin smiled at the camera, pretending he hadn’t heard a thing. He interacted with Pei Huanyang “affectionately,” then let go of his hand the moment the cameras turned away.
“What a coincidence. I’m not interested in you either.”
One late night, Pei Huanyang saw him dancing until his old back injury flared up again. “If you can’t handle this intensity, don’t push yourself so hard.”
Then he immediately added, “Don’t get the wrong idea. I’m not worried about you. I just don’t want you to wreck yourself and affect our performance next month.”
Later, during a group livestream, Xie Zhixin absentmindedly said, “Hey, where did I put that book?”
Behind him, Pei Huanyang smiled and tilted his head, mimicking him: “Where did you put it?”
Fans: “They’re so real!!! Are they actually together?”
They say that when you like someone, you unconsciously imitate the way they speak!
Later still, the agency announced that it would pair Xie Zhixin with someone else for publicity. Pei Huanyang finally snapped and cornered him against the wall. “You can only fake a couple with me.”
2026.7.8
Theme: People who pursue their dreams always shine.
