You're Invited Tonight

[Possessive, patriarchal top x confident, flamboyant little-peacock bottom] (Not an actual peacock!) (Drafting now, will start posting once I have enough followers~)

Xia Ling is Mingchuan TV's rising star and undisputed leading host. Even as traditional media declines, his programs continue to draw high ratings.

Why, you ask?

Under the studio spotlights, Xia Ling flashes a dazzling smile. "Obviously, it's this face of mine."

One day, a friend messages him: "A company wants you to host its annual gala. Interested?"

Xia Ling: "What? Are you kidding? I'm Mingchuan's top host, with three years of the highest ratings and two journalism awards. And you want me to host a company gala?"

His friend: "The appearance fee is 200,000."

Xia Ling replies instantly: "Don't you think I'm perfect for hosting a company gala?"

Everything goes smoothly on the night of the gala... except he gets drunk and accidentally sleeps with the CEO of the company.

The man is dressed in a suit, serious and chaste when giving his speech at the gala, yet at a time like that he grips Xia Ling by the waist and brushes his lips against his ear. "Who knew someone with such a beautiful voice would sound so good moaning?"

-

He Chengli met Xia Ling five years ago.

Back then, Xia Ling wore a simple white T-shirt and still looked a little like a student. He had an easy warmth about him when he spoke to people, and his smile made him seem especially innocent and harmless.

At one glance, He Chengli never forgot him.

They meet again at the company's annual gala.

From his hair to his heels, the man onstage is immaculate. The stage seems to adore him. Every smile and gesture shines, and all eyes are drawn to him the moment he appears.

He has grown into a beautiful little peacock.

He's so striking that he attracts too many lecherous stares. That's not the little peacock's fault. He'll take care of them.

But getting drunk and crawling into a strange man's arms, then following him back to his room without a care, is a huge mistake.

The strange man, He Chengli, pins Xia Ling down with one hand as he gropes him. His gaze is as dark as ink.

Mistakes must be punished.

-

After waking up to discover he'd slept with the man behind the 200,000-yuan appearance fee, Xia Ling hides his inner panic behind a composed exterior.

He gets dressed, covering the marks all over his body, and forces himself to stay calm. "Mr. He, please give me your personal email address."

He Chengli: "...My email?"

Xia Ling: "I'll send you my recent health checkup report. Last night was an accident. Please don't take it to heart."

He acts as though he's dealt with this kind of thing many times before.

He Chengli gives a cold laugh, with danger lurking in it.

Careless, irresponsible, and apparently flirting with everyone... He's making one mistake after another.

No matter. He'll teach him, little by little.

-

Xia Ling thinks he's dealt with everything and hurries off, silently reassuring himself: It's fine, it's fine. Someone as busy as He Chengli will forget about this soon enough.

A few months later, news spreads that He Chengli, who never agrees to media interviews, has taken part in a profile interview program on Mingchuan TV.

Everyone asks the program's host, Mingchuan TV's top presenter Xia Ling, how he managed it.

Xia Ling puts on a polished smile, but all he can think of is He Chengli kissing his ears and the side of his face again and again from behind last night.

The man's low, husky voice seems to echo in his ear:

"Baby, you're only this obedient in bed."

Reading guide:

1. Both are each other's first and only, one-to-one romance. Possessiveness and force are part of the fun, but intimate acts will never go against either character's wishes.

2. Confident, flamboyant little-peacock bottom x possessive, patriarchal top. The bottom is beautiful and handsome; the top is purely handsome. The bottom is both proud and tsundere. The top's "dad" is a fatherly type, not someone with a domineering attitude. I'll do my best to keep things within bounds.

3. Set in a fictional world. All people, places, organizations, programs, and news are fictional and have no real-life models (emphasis added).

4. More to come if I think of anything

Blurb dated 2025.8.8

Theme: Everything happens for the best.