I'm the Top-Tier Star's Secret Crush

Food blogger x lead singer of a band | secret crush | partly set in the entertainment industry | 1v1, both virgins

Yun Shuang rear-ended a people carrier in her company's parking lot, and fell in love at first sight with the guy who got out of it.

She sent her friend a sneaky photo of his back:

[Curly hair, lean muscles, monolids, a high nose bridge, beautiful hands, and great style! How did the heavens take everything I like and mold it into one person? I hereby declare him my crush of the year!]

Her friend sent back a screenshot of a Weibo profile:

[Too bad. More than ten million girls have the same crush as you. You'd have to wait in line all the way to France, and you still wouldn't get a turn.]

-

The band Cloudy were the breakout newcomers of their time. They'd reached the top as soon as they debuted, dominating the music charts and sweeping the award shows. Under the spotlights, they were unstoppable.

The band's leader, Mu Ze, was talented both as a songwriter and a composer. His song "Rainy Day" had kept him at the top of the list of band members fans most wanted to see go solo for years.

Mu Ze was not only incredibly talented, but handsome too. What reassured his fans most was that, after all these years since his debut, he'd never had even the tiniest rumor about a romance.

[Fans: Only a good boy who stays out of trouble deserves to be famous!!!]

-

Cloudy appeared as guest performers on the food and lifestyle show where Yun Shuang was a regular.

The director shoved a cue card into Yun Shuang's hands, telling her to ask the most offensive question about their private lives.

"Mu Ze..." Yun Shuang began, bracing herself. "Is there a girl you like?"

Just as she thought he definitely wouldn't answer, Mu Ze shot her a cool glance. "There is."

Yun Shuang sucked in a breath. At the producer's signal, she continued with an even more offensive question. "Then... would you tell everyone what type of girl she is?"

Mu Ze gave her an inscrutable smile. "The type who doesn't recognize me."

Yun Shuang: ?

-

After moving into her new place, Yun Shuang discovered that the top-tier star she'd just offended lived right across the hall.

Yun Shuang: "I'm really not a sasaeng fan!"

Mu Ze glanced at the cooking utensils beside her and said mildly, "Do you take private chef jobs?"

Yun Shuang: "If the pay's right..."

Mu Ze: "One hundred thousand a month."

-

Her family kept pressuring her harder and harder to get married. With nowhere else to turn, Yun Shuang secretly took out her phone in the open kitchen and snapped a picture of Mu Ze's back as he fiddled with a guitar in the living room.

Yun Shuang: [Grandpa, my boyfriend is still in the rising phase of his career. We can't make our relationship public!]

Then, without warning, her grandpa showed up at her home and insisted on meeting her boyfriend. Once again out of options, Yun Shuang stopped Mu Ze as he was about to leave for the recording studio.

Yun Shuang: "Um... I have a very unreasonable request. I hope you'll agree."

Mu Ze raised an eyebrow. "Go on."

Yun Shuang: "Could you be my boyfriend..."

Mu Ze: "Sure..."

Yun Shuang: "The fake kind!"

Mu Ze's expression turned cold. "No."

-

At Cloudy's fifth anniversary concert, Mu Ze performed an unreleased song called "Clear Skies."

The melody was light, the lyrics sweet, and the whole song reeked of being in love.

The fans wailed as they listened. He'd definitely found someone!!!

They weren't disappointed. That very night, entertainment reporters caught a certain food blogger getting into Mu Ze's people carrier.

One look at her side profile was all it took for fans to dig up Yun Shuang's personal information before the night was over.

The top comment under the trending topic came from one of Mu Ze's longtime fans: [From clouds to rain, Mu Ze's been secretly in love with you for so many years. Sob, sob. Wishing you 99 years together!]

"Don't believe rumors or spread them!" Yun Shuang said, patting her chest. "It's all just fans making things up!"

Still dazed by the flood of trending topics, Yun Shuang wanted to explain herself. The moment she logged into her account, a high school classmate she'd lost touch with years ago called her.

"I told you back then that Mu Ze liked you! You refused to believe me!"

Yun Shuang's eyes went wide as saucers. "Mu Ze and I knew each other before?"

Her classmate fell silent. "Don't tell me you two sat in front of and behind each other for half a year... and you still forgot his name."

Yun Shuang turned around, stunned. The man who'd been resting with his eyes closed had opened them and was staring at her.

"So," Mu Ze said, his lips lifting into a faint smile, "are you still going to explain things to your fans?"

Theme: You are the most precious.