[The blurb for my next novel, My Roommate Keeps Dying and Coming Back to Life, is below. Please support it!]
[Boy band member gong x child star shou] [The story is told from the gong's point of view]
Because he starred in a drama about two male leads, he had to sell their pairing.
Because he had a terrible relationship with the other lead, he refused to sell their pairing.
Because he refused to sell their pairing, he got banished.
That's right, every cause has its effect.
Xiao You'an stared at the notice on his phone with mixed feelings, then couldn't help glancing at the other male lead sitting beside him, expressionless.
A hiking variety show? They can't terminate the contract unless their interactions meet the requirements?
How is that any different from being exiled?
Fu Ji'ang noticed his gaze and returned it with an eye roll.
Xiao You'an's mouth twitched.
He would never, ever sell a pairing with this guy.
*
During their first recording, the two were forced to interact, their expressions awkward and their movements stiff.
After the episode aired, they checked their phones and saw their CP popularity shooting up the rankings. The comments were a riot of color.
[I'm only watching because they're being forced to sell their pairing. This show really was the right choice for them.]
[Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect!]
[The entertainment industry's fakest CP is being shoved in your face. Just watch it. This is harder to find than the show itself.]
Xiao You'an's veins throbbed.
During their second recording, they acted like strangers, each going their own way. Fu Ji'ang went left, so Xiao You'an went right. Fu Ji'ang climbed a tree, so Xiao You'an found another way and headed for the river.
After the episode aired, their CP popularity surged again.
[I don't know if the others are in love, but these two are definitely pure hatred.]
[Sorry, but it feels like they really dated and then broke up. Are they pretending not to know each other?]
[Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect!]
[Perfect? All I see are two straight guys in despair.]
Xiao You'an quietly let out a breath of relief.
During their third recording, the two gave up in front of the cameras, swearing at each other and clashing head-on. They had no idea that the comments were already exploding with schadenfreude.
[Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect!]
[Hahahahahaha, it feels like they'd start fighting the second the cameras were off.]
[Funny? All I see are two straight guys who are perfect for each other.]
[I'm laughing so hard I could die. Show, don't you dare let these two go!]
Xiao You'an closed his eyes, resigned.
*
After a whole lot of chaos, Xiao You'an was shocked to discover that their CP had somehow climbed to third place on the entertainment industry's CP rankings and stayed there.
Fu Ji'ang, sitting beside him as they reviewed everything, pointed at the colorful comments all over the screen. "What does it mean when they keep typing 'perfect' like this?"
Xiao You'an sneered. "They're spitting at us, saying it's bad luck to put us together."
"Oh." Fu Ji'ang nodded.
Then he glanced at the camera opposite them, turned toward the floor, and spat repeatedly. "Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, bleurgh, bleurgh, bleurgh, bleurgh, bleurgh!"
Xiao You'an: "..."
Impressive. He wasn't even pretending anymore.
P.S.:
1. One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending. (The shou was molested as a child, and later got revenge.)
2. All the mountain-region place names in the story are fictional. Please don't match them to real places.
3. The author has no hiking experience. I did my best to research the topic and watch documentaries before writing this. If anything in the story contradicts real hiking knowledge, please trust reality.
4. The entertainment-industry plot is completely made up and has no logic. None of the characters are based on real people. Any similarities to reality are coincidental.
5. The tone gradually shifts from lighthearted to realistic. It includes workplace bullying and psychological trauma, so please read with care.
Upcoming novel:
[Cool on the outside, sweet on the inside, lazy powerhouse shou x flamboyant gong who gets jealous in silence all day]
At twenty-three, Fang Shujian used to be an advisor at the Supernatural Ability Regulation Bureau. After faking his death and retiring, all he wants is to be a lazy fish, sharing rent and waiting tables while staying out of trouble.
Maybe he'd offended too many people. Now karma had come for him.
His mysterious roommate got him caught in the crossfire when a group of thugs with unknown backgrounds showed up and trashed the restaurant where he worked. To keep his job, Fang Shujian was forced to act.
Amid the chaos, the roommate appeared out of nowhere and was accidentally killed, a kitchen cleaver sticking out of his head as he toppled to the ground.
In a panic, Fang Shujian carried him home, wiped away the blood, bandaged him, and tucked him under a blanket. After the full routine of end-of-life care, the roommate breathed his last in perfect peace.
Fang Shujian was at his wit's end. He hadn't even finished a cigarette when he turned around and saw the dead guy sitting up, cheeks rosy, wrapped in a little blanket. He greeted him: "...Hi."
Fang Shujian: "?"
Trouble came one thing after another.
His former boyfriend, once the strongest fighter at the bureau and as cold as ice toward him; his rebellious, spoiled genius apprentice; and his old hacker friend, who had always looked down on him... His many former colleagues all charged into the run-down neighborhood to retrieve his roommate, who just wouldn't stay dead.
When they saw Fang Shujian, they all went crazy.
His ex took a job as a delivery rider in the neighborhood and stood outside his door every day, asking after him. His apprentice set up a jianbing stall at the entrance to the complex and never took his eyes off him. His old friend hugged him tightly and wept. "No wonder he looks so familiar. Turns out the old friend wasn't dead after all."
Surrounded by a flood of old flames, Fang Shujian was utterly baffled:
Why had everyone changed so much?
Meanwhile, outside the crowd, his usually cheerful and considerate roommate had gone strangely quiet, his eyes turning completely dark.
"...I was the first to see how wonderful Shujian is."
Fang Shujian noticed him, crossed through the crowd, and reached out with a faint smile. "Dinner?"
The roommate immediately abandoned the dark side, shoved through the crowd, grabbed his hand, and smiled brightly. "Coming, sweetheart!"
As they turned, the roommate and Fang Shujian's ex locked eyes, sparks flying.
Ex: "You'd better not close your eyes when you sleep tonight."
Fang Shujian: "Don't be mean to him."
Ex: "..."
Theme: Rise to the summit, gaze upon all things, and listen to every spirit beneath the heavens
I was suddenly curious about whether Mr. Wen's sentence "Shuang" 🐶 was because of Xiao Youan or Fu Jiang. After all, Xiao replied "Shuang" after he sent it, but Wen replied from the computer.
Is it over? 😭 I still feel like there are a lot of questions that I don't understand. 1. I feel that Fu Zai's family power is not simple, but why did he suffer from such problems when he was a child? No one in the family noticed it. He went out to film at such a young age, and his father went abroad with his brother. Although his mother was very busy, no one was arranged to follow him? And after being harassed for so many years, did the family really not notice at all? Looking at it this way, it feels like the child is completely neglected, but when he comes home later, he feels like the family values him very much. [Changed] 2. And what I said to Xiao when I met my brother, why did I feel that he focused on Xu Sheng's arrest, shouldn't he focus more on the pervert who had harassed and suppressed his brother for so many years? 3. I really care about how Xiao Dingliu idols handle the relationship between fans and love. I feel stuck in the middle. [Changed] 4. And that boss Wen, why did he take the initiative to help with the payment? Do you really like it or appreciate it? I guessed earlier that it might have something to do with my brother, but I didn't write about it here. [Joker] Will the author write more in the future? I just read this article today, and after reading it, I feel like I still have a lot of questions and it's over 😭 😭 😭 No, I won't be able to sleep (maybe there are some omissions that I didn't see 😭, which caused the above problems)
There is also a problem with the detergent. I take back what I said before that Wen Daoyun is not worthy of the name.
I thought it was my parents. I felt like both of them had good family backgrounds, so they didn't ask for help.
What a neurotic family atmosphere.
It turns out that my brother is really a good person. . . But if my brother is so powerful, why did Xiao Fu live like that before? Is it just because the matter didn't get serious and Xiao Fu didn't reveal anything strange to them? Very strange, very strange. . . I always thought that the Xiaofu family were all very ordinary people [changed]
Finally started pushing the boss
I'm sorry, Mr. Wen, I apologize for cricketing you in the previous chapters. My real sister thought you were Haoren [Shut up]
When I read it at 4 or 5 in the morning, the collection only had 601, but now it has 800+ [Cat Head]
Oh no, I also want to take a bite of a Rolls-Royce 😭