◎ Jealous, domineering boss vs. mild-mannered, broke little guy
Zhu Mi has a clean-cut, alluringly cool face, so he works as a plant at a matchmaking agency run by a friend.
He only took the side job because he needed money. He never expected to run into Lu Linxun, the person he used to have a crush on.
The aloof top student has transformed into a polished, suited-up professional. The fingers that once twirled paper and spun pens now curl around a coffee cup. He's still as handsome as ever.
Zhu Mi has no intention of staying long. "With your great qualities, you could find any boyfriend you want. Why do you have to make me pretend?"
"We went to the same school." Lu Linxun taps the profile card on the table. "And you look like you really need the money."
Schoolmates. Sure.
Remembering the love letter that was returned to him, Zhu Mi is still angry.
He bluffs, "You should find someone else. After all, you and I... dated."
Lu Linxun was in a serious car accident in college, and the story about his supposed amnesia even made the campus news.
Back then, plenty of people confessed to him and tried to get close by claiming they had "dated while he had amnesia." Lu Linxun had long since grown tired of hearing it.
He knows perfectly well that he never lost his memory, because the accident and his injuries were fake.
But this schoolmate in front of him is such a bad actor that he can't even finish his lie before his neck turns bright red.
Lu Linxun stares at those evasive eyes and almost begins to doubt himself.
"We can pretend we're getting back together after a breakup, too. I'll pay extra."
Zhu Mi doesn't understand why Lu Linxun would believe a lie meant purely to gross him out.
Not only does he believe it, he keeps asking Zhu Mi for details about their relationship.
Like when they first held hands, where they first kissed, what positions he likes in bed, and whether he's ever thought about getting back together over the years.
Zhu Mi puts up with it all for the money.
He makes up stories through his tears to fool the real deal, then puts on a fake smile and helps the real deal fool his elders and clients. He makes enough money to fatten his wallet, until Lu Linxun discovers that old love letter.
When his lies are exposed, Zhu Mi makes a quick escape.
Whoever wants the fake-boyfriend job can have it. He's not giving the money back!
Until one day, someone takes him away from a matchmaking event and drags him straight into a bedroom.
Their hips pressed together, Lu Linxun looks down and demands, "You were smiling so happily. Did you write him a love letter, too?"
"I... and him... Mm!"
As Zhu Mi's thoughts turn hazy while Lu Linxun kisses him until their lips draw apart in a string, he wonders: Could this be some new way of collecting a debt?
# Pretty faces always fall into the same river again and again
# And then awkwardly start swimming in it
Theme: Love is trust, and love is doubt.
