Stop Pretending

[Story Blurb]

The news that Chu Jinglan, the interstellar heartthrob, had gotten divorced set off wild celebrations across the Star Network. Everyone cheered that he had escaped the grave of marriage.

Chu Jinglan thought he and his ex-husband would never cross paths again.

That was until a fervent admirer appeared out of nowhere.

The mysterious Mr. Ying, the infamous leader of a group of space pirates, was rumored to have fallen in love. He spent every day hovering around Chu Jinglan.

Mr. Ying turned into a pitiful puppy. "Stop thinking about your ex-husband. Could you try liking me instead?"

Chu Jinglan pushed him away. "I'm more interested in money and power now."

Mr. Ying leaned in and licked his hand. "I'm very rich. All of it can be your dowry. Marry me~"

Chu Jinglan slapped him. "Get in line."

----------Bonus Scene----------

After one of those occasions,

Mr. Ying (in someone's secret identity): "Honey, do you love me or your ex-husband?"

Chu Jinglan gave it serious thought. "My ex-husband is very handsome."

Mr. Ying (in someone's secret identity): "Then what am I?"

Chu Jinglan: "My lover. You're not as handsome as him, but you're more obedient."

Mr. Ying (in someone's secret identity): "So do you love me or your ex-husband?"

Chu Jinglan: "Both."

In the middle of the night, someone bit the edge of the quilt and secretly cried. How could he do that? How could he love them both? ┭┮﹏┭┮

[Flirtatious, scheming fox bottom x split-personality, green-tea beauty top]

P.S.:

The top is mentally ill at the beginning. (Actually ill, that kind of ill.)

Before the top gets his way with him, the bottom takes the top role.

The top is chaste; the bottom isn't.

Both are powerful.

What Should I Do After Flirting My Nemesis into My Hands?

[Blurb]

Pei Xi, the only son of a wealthy family, should have had a smooth and easy life. Unfortunately, he met Qiao Xuchen, his archenemy.

One day, he and Qiao Xuchen transmigrated into a book together, landing in a story where the villain brutally tormented the protagonist from beginning to end.

In front of the mirror, Pei Xi looked at the face identical to his own and gave a wicked grin.

Since he'd transmigrated into the villain, Qiao Xuchen must be the protagonist.

Because Pei Xi had another identity: the author!

But even with the System keeping him in check, Qiao Xuchen still relied on the protagonist's plot armor and his complete ignorance of the story to pull off one outrageous stunt after another.

After getting sabotaged for the Nth time, Pei Xi could take no more. He used his author privileges to write a plot for Qiao Xuchen.

A hotel suite above a bar.

Qiao Xuchen pinned Pei Xi beneath him. "I didn't know you'd prepared a whole bedful of toys."

Pei Xi gritted his teeth. "It wasn't me."

The errand-running NPC had gone rogue, not only swapping their sedative for an aphrodisiac and making them each take half, but also setting up all this stuff!

"Is that so?" Qiao Xuchen didn't believe him at all.

In desperation, Pei Xi called out to the support System.

System: [Sorry, a plot that's already in progress can't be changed.]

Pei Xi: What the hell?!

Later, on a bright, sunny afternoon, Qiao Xuchen said something shocking: "Pei Xi, are you secretly in love with me?"

Pei Xi: "..."

He gazed at Qiao Xuchen with "deep affection." "What if I said yes?"

Qiao Xuchen recoiled as if he'd seen a ghost.

Pei Xi smiled "tenderly." He'd found a way.

After that, Pei Xi did his best to play the part of a devoted secret admirer.

He appeared out of nowhere after Qiao Xuchen was kidnapped, set his phone password to Qiao Xuchen's birthday, and risked his life to save him in a crisis...

At last, Qiao Xuchen believed him completely.

One afternoon, Pei Xi saw Qiao Xuchen confronting the family's private chef, a young man who had only recently graduated from college, at the company's front desk.

Curious, he hid nearby and listened in.

Qiao Xuchen said disdainfully, "Stop shamelessly hanging around here from now on."

The young man looked at him scornfully. "Who are you? What does it matter to you whether I come here or not?"

Qiao Xuchen snorted. "Of course it matters. I'm the boss's husband."

Pei Xi: ?

How come nobody had told him he was the boss?

[Cold, scheming, secretly passionate in public top x quick-witted, theatrical, short-tempered bottom]

P.S.:

A mostly comedic story. Don't take some of the scenes too seriously.

The top only drops his aloof facade in front of the bottom.

Both are chaste, one-on-one. They're too busy tripping each other up to notice anything else. (Isn't that just another way of having eyes only for each other?~)

At first, they can't stand each other. They're pure rivals.

Childhood friends who've known each other for twenty years, and sometimes act like elementary schoolers.

Bonus scenes appear in the author's notes from time to time.

All about the couple, no secondary pairings.

This will not be dropped! This will not be dropped! This will not be dropped!

No splitting them up, switching, or shipping them with others.

Theme: Nothing is impossible if you put your heart into it.