The Survival Show Mentor Is My Biggest Antis' Fan Leader

My next book will feature a goofy puppy bottom and a cold, patient top. It's a cute, quirky little sweet treat. The blurb is at the very bottom!

Straightforward, clingy mixed-race top x slow-witted, mild-mannered nobody bottom

Top who mangles Chinese x bottom whose native language is exasperation

Luo Jia is a little idol in a struggling group. He has all the potential to become a huge star, but his career has been plagued by bad luck. After five years since his debut, he returns to being a nobody.

To change his fate, he resolutely joins SG Entertainment's idol survival show.

On the day of his audition, he meets Cheng Yue'an, a popular singer known as SG's "crown prince."

Mixed-race, strikingly handsome, and 190 centimeters tall, he could make a living off his looks alone, but he's also a singer-songwriter and producer who has written hit songs for many boy groups. And now he's... showing up to compete on a boy group survival show?

Isn't that an unfair, next-level advantage? He sticks out during practice, far too dazzling to blend in.

Yet this favored son of heaven reveals his identity the moment they meet: "Senior Luo Jia, I'm your solo fan who hates everyone else."

Luo Jia: ?

Luo's inner monologue: This fake foreigner is so blunt. I probably shouldn't take everything he says at face value.

He has so many fans. What if they accuse me of riding his coattails and cyberbully me? Better keep my distance.

Before the competition, the two unexpectedly appear in the same photo. It gets tens of thousands of reposts in just minutes, and Luo Jia's Weibo followers skyrocket overnight. A ship called "An Family" is born, even though Cheng Yue'an's face isn't even visible in the photo!

Luo Jia: How can a royal favorite be this terrifying?

His manager warns him over and over: Talk to him more on the show, and make sure you team up with him!

Wait, it seems he doesn't have to make an effort to get close. The royal favorite comes right over on his own.

Luo Jia is maliciously edited on the show and swallowed up by a flood of bad reviews. He breaks down.

Cheng: A song only needs to be expressed by a suitable singer, to convey the songwriter's feelings or something the singer relates to, and then reach the audience.

Cheng: And you are the center chosen by fate in my heart! Come on, repeat after me: I'm the best!

Luo: Help, this is so awkward, I want to run away.

But Cheng Yue'an traps him between his tall frame and the bay window. They're so close their breaths mingle, and Luo Jia can't move or escape.

So he can only do as he's told.

Later, Luo Jia's ranking and popularity on the show soar.

Luo: Oh my god, is he really my solo fan who hates everyone else? Wait, am I actually going to become famous?

Cheng Yue'an is invited to join his own company's survival show as a mentor.

PD: You'll be a hidden mentor! You'll appear as a contestant at first! You can choose one contestant to debut!

He refuses outright.

One day, outside the company, Cheng Yue'an's gaze is drawn to someone strikingly handsome. Isn't that Luo Jia, the singer whose songs are good but who never gets famous?

Cheng: I've changed my mind.

And so, the hidden mentor disguises himself as a contestant and cheerfully joins the competition, embarking on a journey of all kinds of hard work (and courtship).

After spending some time with Luo Jia as his roommate and teammate...

Cheng: As expected of me. I have great taste.

Later, the genius singer, whose Chinese isn't very good, finally learns what "solo fan who hates everyone else" really means and freezes on the spot.

Cheng: Senior, please let me explain...

But when he thinks about it, he really has done plenty of things like a solo fan who hates everyone else: dissing rival groups and even quitting an entertainment company in reverse...

It's over. There's no way to explain this now.

[How to Enjoy This Story]

1. The bottom has plenty of talent and is focused on his career.

2. The top and bottom are each other's first love and soulmates.

3. Plenty of ensemble scenes with contestants, boy group performances, and forum-style posts.

Cold and aloof, but does the laundry with a straight face, patient top

Cute, but a goofy dog at heart, high-needs bottom

Xiao Bi doesn't wreck the house, bark excessively, or make a fuss. He beats 99% of East Asian beagles and earns the title of once-in-a-lifetime good beagle.

He also gets the chance to be reborn, but he isn't reborn as a carefree young master. Instead, he becomes Tao Xiaoman, a poor Chinese student in Japan, struggling to make ends meet.

The Reincarnation Office: Don't tell anyone your true identity, including your owner, Jiang Yiqing!

Tao: But if I don't tell him, how am I supposed to live with him and stay together forever?

The Reincarnation Office: People who love each other will be together forever.

Tao Xiaoman takes notes: 1. I can't tell my owner I'm a dog.

2. I have to make him fall in love with me.

Jiang Yiqing is the eldest son of a family of doctors, a cold top student, and a committed materialist. His studies have recently hit a snag, and his thesis isn't going well, so he needs to recruit a new test subject.

None of the applicants are suitable. He doesn't expect much from the last one either, but to his surprise, they turn out to be a perfect match.

The obedient-looking boy with droopy puppy eyes is called Tao Xiaoman.

The boy who looks so well-behaved sees him for the first time and shouts, "Master! I've finally found you!"

His voice rings out, shocking the entire research lab.

Jiang: ?

Tao: Master, I've missed you so much, wuuu...

Jiang Yiqing instinctively covers his mouth. The boy actually sticks out his tongue and gives Jiang's palm a happy lick.

The other Chinese students: Holy crap... Who knew Jiang was into such kinky stuff in private?

Jiang: What kind of test subject is this? Let him go as soon as we're done.

When Tao Xiaoman's test results come in, they turn out to be a perfect match for Jiang Yiqing's research. Jiang Yiqing takes the initiative to stop Tao Xiaoman.

Even if the guy is a stalker with a crush on him, failing to get his degree means he'll have to go home and inherit the family business... For the sake of his degree, Jiang Yiqing puts up with it.

That one act of patience leads to Tao Xiaoman moving right into his home.

Tao: The puppy's got the upper hand!

Ever since Jiang Yiqing started living with Tao Xiaoman, his peaceful life studying abroad has become a mess.

One month later: Tao Xiaoman has set the kitchen on fire noticeably fewer times this week. Good, he's improving.

Three months later: I'm managing your studies for your own good. Why do you whine and sulk whenever I say something? ...But why is this silly boy so cute when he pouts? I want to kiss him.

Six months later: Xiaoman, don't bother other people unless you have to. I'm the exception. And don't talk to other male students at school.

A Little Scene:

One day, Jiang Yiqing comes home. Great, the whole room looks like it's been bombed again. He's used to it by now, a patient man who's reached the highest level.

But amid the mess, he meets a pair of damp, reddened eyes.

Tao Xiaoman clutches his clothes, his bottom sticking up high, his puppy eyes looking as if they're filled with tears.

Tao: Master... I feel awful. Can you help me?

Theme: Hold fast to your dreams and persevere through every setback