The Hated, Unpopular Star Is Spoiled by a Short-Tempered Tycoon

Also known as Boss, Boss, Tell Me Nie Jin was a gifted online singer five years ago, with fans everywhere. Then he appeared on a televised talent competition and was exposed for lip-syncing, bringing his career to a complete halt. At the time, he injured his left ear and developed severe PTSD from online harassment. He could never sing in front of people again. Five years later, at twenty-one and fresh out of college, Nie Jin was desperate for money and had no choice but to start singing again. But every audition rejected him. No one wanted a newcomer with hearing loss and a reputation for being underhanded. The only person who did audition him had designs on him, then turned the tables and blamed him instead. #Nie Jin rejected after seeking a sugar daddy to revive his career, quickly trending online. Nie Jin: (._. ) Fine. Guess I’ll go back to work a regular job. Just as he hit rock bottom, another handsome, broke guy stepped in. He stubbornly insisted on being Nie Jin’s one and only boss, and helping him clear his name. Thinking he’d found his champion, Nie Jin asked, “Boss, Boss, do you really think I sing well?” Boss: Who said that? I just can’t afford to sign anyone else. Nie Jin: Boss, Boss, which building is our company in? Boss: I can’t afford to rent an office, so it’s at my place. Nie Jin: Boss, Boss, then where’s my dorm? Boss: Also at my place. Nie Jin: ? What about my living allowance? Boss: I can’t pay that. You can eat with me. Nie Jin: ...Then what about the company’s other artists? Boss: You’re the only one. Nie Jin: ...Boss, I’m a legitimate artist. I sell my talent, not my body. Boss: Sure. I’m your boss, so if you won’t sell, I will. Nie Jin, pinned down: Huh? Two people from the start, and every other employee gets poached. Besides, Nie Jin only dares sing in front of people when his boss is by his side. He works until the early hours, and his boss stays with him until the early hours, never leaving his side. Even his manager says he’s clingy like a little kid who can’t be without an adult. Until one day, he sees his boss at a press conference, dressed in a suit, arm in arm with a female companion and chatting animatedly with everyone around him. It turns out the stingy boss who’d always stuck by his side was secretly the heir to a shipping empire! And a two-timing heartbreaker, too! A reporter asks Second Young Master Zou, who has spent years traveling incognito, why he suddenly decided to come home. Zou Jingyu, looking thoroughly impatient: “I went too big setting up my precious artist, and ran out of cash. My parents wouldn’t lend me any, so I had no choice but to come back and earn appearance fees. There’s enough to go around. How about you chip in?” The innocent reporter: ... His ship-king father: ... His speechless little sister: ... After wrapping up the tedious interview, President Zou is ready to pull out his phone and watch his sweetheart act cute, chatter away, and call him “Boss,” just the thing to soothe him. Instead, he sees a message: [Let’s break up. I have no interest in being the other woman.] Zou Jingyu: ... His precious artist: ... (looks up at the sky) Could you get the chat app to add an unsend feature that works for an hour? Later, Nie Jin’s fame sails overseas aboard the ship king’s ferries, reaching the whole world. The company’s precious cash cow has become impossible to manage, so his short-tempered boss writes a new set of rules just for him and posts them at the head of the bed: No singing in bed! No using your tongue to play the clapper! Laugh once, and half a year’s appearance fees get docked! Nie Jin’s eyes widen in shock: “Boss, darling, dock whatever you want, just don’t dock my pay!” As soon as the words leave his mouth, Zou Jingyu grabs him by the waistband: “You said it yourself. Don’t blame me for being ruthless when the time comes.” Little Nie, horrified: “Huh? Ah, ahhhhhhh, ” Zou Jingyu’s veins bulge as the bizarre melody rings in his ears. “I said no singing! I’ll dock every last cent you’ve got!” Tone-deaf, short-tempered, chatty, and playfully sophisticated top who pretends to be poor X naturally adorable, hearing-impaired but powerhouse singer bottom who can handle anything Monogamous pairing. The top is extremely, extremely, extremely controlling! He’s far too eager to throw himself at the bottom. Theme: Stick to your dreams, and you’ll shine in time.