They All Say We're Secretly Married

Newly crowned Best Actor Qin Zhuoan has a hoarse, raspy voice that has been widely criticized. It's so rough he can never use his real voice when filming, and anyone acting opposite him gets thrown off. He rarely records interviews, never appears on variety shows, and skips promotional tours. Fans can only see him in theaters.

As a result, he's a homebody. In all his years in the industry, he's had zero dating scandals, no risk of a career-ending scandal, and an enormous number of devoted fans. Everyone feels protective of this mute, cool guy.

A sudden controversy revealed that this unusual Best Actor had actually been a member of a hugely successful boy band for decades, and the long-buried stories from that era stirred up a storm.

As it turned out, he'd been sabotaged back then, and that's why his vocal cords were damaged.

In a fierce fan war between two top-tier stars, Yuan Yuhan, the leader of Qin Zhuoan's boy band, stepped forward to defend him and show his support.

Then the tide turned, and CP fans appeared out of nowhere.

Qin Zhuoan: The company set this up, right?

Yuan Yuhan: No. The PR plan they sent me originally said something else.

Qin Zhuoan: ?

Yuan Yuhan: But now the company wants us to play it up. Just bear with me.

Qin Zhuoan: Wait, play what up between us?

Yuan Yuhan: ...

To capitalize on this sudden surge of attention, a travel-reality show following old friends was custom-made for the two of them. They teamed up with several other pairs of old friends and set off.

Qin Zhuoan: Please take care of me on my variety show debut.

Yuan Yuhan: Sure. I'll make sure you're taken care of in every way.

The more people dug into their childhood-friend history, the more they found. One day, the hashtag "They've been secretly married for ages" hit the trending charts.

The two of them: How did we not know about this?

[Angora rabbit seme x lynx uke] (I, too, have started making these bizarre comparisons.)

Newly crowned Best Actor x boy band leader

Two strong childhood friends. Basically, two small animals who look fierce.

Half road trip, half variety show, with forum posts

Just a simple CP to ship

*The blurb's so long. I can't promise anything else, but this book is definitely about them spoiling each other, knowingly flirting, and naturally falling in love. The uke makes the first move, but the feelings were mutual all along.

An'an, the only seme of mine who knows how to be in love from the start ()

Theme: Spending the long years of life together