I Picked Up My Rival's Empathy Doll

For twenty-five years, Zhou Xuqing had always had things his way and lived life on his own terms.

Didn't want to study? He dropped out!

Wanted to become an idol? He debuted!

Interested in acting? He took a male lead role for fun!

Then he hit the biggest setback of his life:

He was forced to star in a show with his rival, Gu Yiheng, as the two male leads.

The fans of the two sides fought like crazy, while the idols themselves had only just met.

Zhou Xuqing: “Hey! I heard there's a really good restaurant nearby. Want to go?”

Gu Yiheng: “Let me see your character profile... You only wrote this much?”

They exchanged a look, both knowing exactly what the other was thinking: I can't get along with this person.

Zhou Xuqing really disliked Gu Yiheng.

Gu Yiheng was arrogant, uptight, sharp-tongued, and extremely conceited.

He even gave Zhou Xuqing a cotton doll that looked exactly like Gu Yiheng himself.

Zhou Xuqing disdainfully twisted the doll's thigh.

Gu Yiheng fell flat on his face.

Zhou Xuqing: ?

*

Gu Yiheng had a cotton doll that shared all five senses with him.

For his own safety, he carried the doll everywhere.

But one moment of carelessness, and the doll fell into the hands of his rival, Zhou Xuqing.

Gu Yiheng wanted it back, but his way of speaking got the better of him:

“Are you stupid?”

“Even Pinocchio's better at acting than you. At least he's good at lying.”

“Hey, give me back my doll.”

On the surface, Zhou Xuqing was unruffled. “Sorry.”

At night, in his hotel room, he vigorously rubbed the doll's face. “Good grief, I've never met anyone this full of himself!”

“Is that how you ask someone for a favor? You should at least buy me an ice pop!”

After venting, Zhou Xuqing fell asleep. The next day, he went to the set and greeted Gu Yiheng with his usual professional smile.

Huh? Why was Gu Yiheng's face bright red?

Gu Yiheng, his face still flushed, said, “Here, a little pudding. And... I'm sorry.”

Zhou Xuqing: ?

But Gu Yiheng was pretty cute when he apologized with a red face.

(///v///)

*

Zhou Xuqing realized that something even worse than acting in a show with his rival, Gu Yiheng, was happening: he was falling for him.

With nowhere to confess his feelings, Zhou Xuqing could only play with the cotton version of Gu Yiheng every night.

Kissing it, pinching it, stroking it...

Some little objects turned out to be pretty handy.

In the morning, Gu Yiheng stormed over to Zhou Xuqing, wrapped up from head to toe and unsteady on his feet.

His eyes were red at the corners. “Stop using cotton swabs!”

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Even after they started dating, Zhou Xuqing still didn't return the doll.

He rubbed the doll with one hand and held the trembling Gu Yiheng with the other, smiling sweetly.

“Still going to talk tough, hubby?”

A cool guy on the outside, always making snarky comments on the inside (Zhou Xuqing) x cold to everyone else, sharp-tongued with those close to him (Gu Yiheng)

Theme: Discover the bright spots in other people