Category: I Only Like Your Made-up Persona

　 Beneath the magnificent, glittering nebula, the two embraced, exchanging a warm, lingering kiss. The starlight blanketed their shoulders, concealing their deepest desires for one another. Xia Xiqing reached for Zhou Ziheng’s hand, intending to hold it, but as he loosened his grip, he accidentally dropped the switch to the universe. 　 As he stumbled…

　 Xia Xiqing never imagined that Zhou Ziheng would return this painting to him on his twenty-sixth birthday. As he gazed at his name engraved on the frame’s plaque, his eyes stung slightly. The painting had vanished for years, and he had almost embraced a mindset of avoidance—not seeking it, not thinking about it. It…

Just because of that one comment Xia Xiqing left in the discussion thread, Zhou Ziheng was on cloud nine for a whole week. Every day, whether there was a reason or not, he’d find himself grinning like an idiot at Xia Xiqing and doing all sorts of strange things. One day, Xia Xiqing was curled…

　 “You…” Zhou Ziheng gripped Xia Xiqing’s shoulders, too furious to speak. “What about me?” Xia Xiqing wrapped an arm around his neck, smiling suggestively. 　 Though furious, Zhou Ziheng couldn’t vent his anger at Xia Xiqing. Just as he was boiling over, a familiar voice suddenly echoed from the staircase, “Zhou Ziheng?” He turned…

　 Winter arrived abruptly, a bitterly cold wind sweeping through Beijing, the air thick with a chill. Xia Xiqing was framing a new painting when the phone suddenly rang. “Hello…” Xia Xiqing put on his headphones, still pressing the edge of the frame in his hand. “Who is it?” 　 “Brother!” Xia Xiuze’s voice was…

　 On October 24, the XXX Public Security Subbureau apprehended Wei, a suspected drug offender, in a residential complex based on a public tip. Authorities seized 21.6 grams of crystal meth and 53.2 grams of heroin at the scene. A urine test confirmed positive for heroin. Wei is currently under administrative detention by police… 　…

　 Online speculation about Xia Xiqing’s sexuality has erupted into a heated storm, triggering a wave of discussions on same-sex topics that shows no signs of abating. On the very night of the third day since his sexual orientation was exposed, the marketing blogger dropped another bombshell—[Exposing the Chaotic Private Life of a Young Heartthrob…

Zhou Ziheng stood motionless, his fingers clutching the small handwritten letter. Head bowed, the brim of his black hat obscured his deep eyes and concealed his thoughts, leaving him silent for a long while. Xia Xiqing couldn’t fathom what had overtaken him. His heart beat restlessly, a surge of emotion—somewhere between panic and shame—climbing within…

　 “I understand.” Song Nian tucked the contract back into her hand and rose from the sofa. When she looked up again, her face had regained the confident smile befitting an actress. “I wrestled with this decision for a long time before coming here today. But I don’t regret it.” After Song Nian left, Zhou…

 “Alright, that wraps up our first round!” The main MC had barely finished speaking when backstage staff brought out another spinner. “This wheel features many classic punishment methods from our show’s past. Now we invite the winning team—our Red Team—to spin the wheel and choose this round’s punishment!” 　 Fans below the stage chanted Xia…

　 “I’ll have Xiao Luo pick you up tomorrow at noon. You don’t have class tomorrow, right?” Zhou Ziheng unlocked his front door, slipped into his slippers, and walked inside. The living room was empty, but the lights were on, and a half-empty cup of coffee sat on the coffee table. “Got it.” 　 “Do…

　 After wrapping up filming, Zhou Ziheng dyed his hair black again. With the shooting schedule concluded, he returned to his villa in Xishan to spend a few days with his parents before heading back to P University for the September semester. Zhao Ke was thrilled to see Zhou Ziheng back on campus, thinking he…

A month and a half flew by in the blink of an eye. The entire crew raced against the clock, finally managing to wrap up the final scenes by mid-August. A heavy downpour earlier had thrown the entire schedule into disarray. The crew first filmed the later scenes where Gao Kun fell gravely ill, for…

It had been raining for over two weeks straight, flooding most of the neighborhoods where filming was scheduled, completely disrupting the production team’s plans. Jiang Yin had flown to Wuhan specifically for a meeting. Fortunately, the original shooting schedule had been tightly packed, compressing two months of filming into one and a half, leaving ample…

　 After filming that scene, Xia Xiqing really did have a dream. In the dream, his mother sat beside him, holding his small, soft hand. She dipped it in paint and drew stroke by stroke on the canvas. The sunlight was so rich it seemed like honey about to drip down, enveloping everything in a…

　 Behind every adult lies a child sealed away by time, frozen in growth. A twisted, cruel childhood, tempered by time, had simmered into an immunity shot. It silently pierced Xia Xiqing’s skin, injected into his bloodstream, stripping him of any capacity to feel love from his very core—and robbing him of faith in it.…

　 The sudden words of thanks made Xia Xiqing’s ears burn. A flood of thoughts surged within him, yet he found himself at a loss for words. 　 Zhou Ziheng grabbed his shoulders, spun him around, and embraced him from behind, pressing his chest against Xia’s back as he gently guided him forward. “Huanya Group……

　 As night fell completely, Zhou Ziheng clasped his hand tightly as they stepped out of the mint-green aquarium that had once belonged only to them. Outside the underpass, it was like a different world—people bustling by, shoulder to shoulder. Both of them put on masks and slipped into the busy crowd. 　 “Question time.”…

“Yes, I’m not worthy.” Zhou Ziheng lowered his head and took a half step back. “I’m just an actor, yet I can’t even put on a decent performance in front of you. I say I want you to care about me… but I can’t even manage a single intimate gesture. At my level, I truly…

　 Xia Xiqing was utterly exhausted. The moment he entered the dressing room, he pulled out a recliner and collapsed onto it. The makeup artist gently removed his makeup only to find him already fast asleep. She quietly closed the door, letting him rest for a while. 　 He later woke up from the heat,…