Cool, aloof heartthrob who knows how to reel people in / Love-show battlefield / Exes chasing their lovers back / Everyone ends up falling for him
Jiang Qixue woke up five years in the future. His agent handed him a contract for a dating show.
The cast of this season of the wildly popular Huaxia dating show, So It Was You, was remarkably impressive. It included the hottest Best Actor, Fu Yanxiu, as well as plenty of rich, handsome heirs. They were all tall and long-legged, with eight-pack abs and dazzling talent.
Jiang Qixue also learned that this world was a novel.
The protagonist would shine on the dating show, while he, with an ordinary background and nothing but a pretty face, was a brainless, decorative extra destined to be cannon fodder. Because he relentlessly pursued the protagonist's love interest, Fu Yanxiu, he would end up hated by the entire internet.
Jiang Qixue glanced at the cast list:
Love interest one: Lu Shihan, the icy CEO.
Love interest two: Song Hemian, the refined but depraved professor.
Love interest three: Xu Yiqin, the puppy-like younger guy.
Love interest four: Sheng Chi, the genius race-car driver.
Jiang Qixue: No problem. I'll just lie back and do whatever.
He'd lost five years of his youth in a single nap, and life was suddenly that much shorter. Of course he was going to let loose and do as he pleased. He'd be old before long, so he might as well enjoy himself!
As a guy who loved good looks, he was in heaven surrounded by all these gorgeous dating-show contestants. Why waste his time hanging on Fu Yanxiu's every word? Wasn't being a player much more fun?
If he was going to be the villain, he might as well do it properly.
He was best at derailing the plot.
*
Jiang Qixue had lost five years of his memories. What he didn't know was that five years ago, he and Fu Yanxiu, the industry's top-tier star, had gotten together.
They had broken up three years ago, and it hadn't been pretty.
Fu Yanxiu's expression darkened when he saw the invitation to the dating show.
His agent said, "If you really don't want to go, I can turn it down for you."
"But if you don't, the spot might go to Shen Qingchen."
"You know Shen Qingchen's been pursuing Jiang Qixue ever since he became single again."
Fu Yanxiu curled his lip coldly. "Who said I wasn't going?"
"I'll just see how he cries and begs me to take him back."
"..." His agent trembled.
Are you sure he's the one who's going to beg you to take him back?
Once the show aired, everyone had a burning question:
Why is Jiang Qixue the only one who hasn't looked at you?
And why have you been staring at him every second of the day?
*
It was after the show started airing that Fu Yanxiu saw the unmistakable amazement in Jiang Qixue's eyes as he looked at the other contestants. A flicker of interest crossed his lovely face, and Fu Yanxiu's heart sank.
Back when they were dating, he would never have allowed Jiang Qixue to look at someone else for too long.
For the first time, those clear, beautiful eyes no longer reflected him.
Every love-interest contestant there had an extraordinary presence and a handsome face.
Back when they were dating, they would definitely have made Fu Yanxiu feel threatened.
No...
Back when they were dating, he never would have let Jiang Qixue spend time with so many exceptional men in the first place.
Fu Yanxiu was consumed by thoughts of how possessive and controlling he'd been back when they were together. Then Jiang Qixue received heart-fluttering messages from love interests one through four, and they all pursued him with fervor.
Even the other contestant on the receiving end looked at Jiang Qixue with unmistakable desire, willing to cross the line and take the lead for him.
#How did the decorative guy everyone hated become the nation's sweetheart?
#What do you do when your ex is everyone's darling?
The whole internet was shipping them:
[Holy crap, I can watch this without paying?!!]
[Honey, honey, look at me!]
[Wait, why is Best Actor Fu's face blacker than the bottom of a pot?]
Fu Yanxiu completely lost his composure.
When the dating show arranged a private hot-spring bath for two contestants, Fu Yanxiu swooped in first.
He cornered Jiang Qixue, whose skin was porcelain-white and whose figure was lovely.
"Could you stop looking at them and look at me instead?"
If Jiang Qixue would just take him back, Fu Yanxiu would even get down on his knees.
*
After Jiang Qixue let loose on the dating show, the whole internet didn't hate him at all. Instead, everyone was panting and calling him their beloved.
He flirted around until he became famous.
Please add my upcoming novels to your favorites!
Everyone's Most Hated Guy Goes Crazy and Becomes a Hit on a Dating Show: The dating show turns into a madhouse, and the guy everyone hates becomes everyone's darling.
I'm Pregnant with the Rich CEO's Baby: I tried to run away with the baby, but didn't make it.
I Married the Male Lead's Uncle, Who Was in a Vegetative State: Why has my rich husband opened his eyes?!
Theme: Between moonlight and snowlight, you are a third kind of beauty.
