How Long Has This Been Going On

Rebellious rich kid Chi Xueyan is forced into his eleventh blind date. He cuts straight to the chase: *"I’ve got a terrible temper, snore in my sleep, and have countless exes I never deleted. If you can handle all that, let’s get married right now."* The strikingly handsome man across from him, He Qiao, falls into an odd silence before nodding. Then he drops a bombshell: he’s a transmigrator who knows Chi Xueyan is the villainous side character in this novel’s world, destined to marry the male lead, Lu Siyi. In his obsessive one-sided love, Chi Xueyan will lose himself, commit atrocities, and meet a tragic end. Unable to stand by and watch the lively Chi Xueyan suffer this fate, He Qiao proposes a contract marriage to derail the plot—after all, he’s a workaholic straight guy who just wants to use his knowledge of the book’s events to build a career and help society. Chi Xueyan listens, then has an epiphany: *Reverse psychology. Scaring off a blind date by faking textbook schizophrenia? Masterful.* He jots down the tactic and picks up the check as thanks. Soon after, Chi Xueyan meets a man who checks every box on his list of ideal traits and boldly asks for his name and number. The man coldly replies: *“Lu Siyi.”* Chi Xueyan: *"...!!!"* That name is *way* too familiar. Two weeks later, Chi Xueyan and He Qiao—his eleventh blind date and self-proclaimed transmigrator—exchange rings and a kiss under the doting gazes of family and friends. At first, He Qiao is wary of the novel’s scheming, venomous villain. After their faux romance convinces everyone and they marry, he plans to focus solely on work and keep their lives separate. But once settled, Chi Xueyan starts earnestly studying the novel’s plot, occasionally dropping by He Qiao’s office. Unlike the employees’ assumptions of a spoiled, meddling spouse, he usually just curls up on the couch with a blanket, quietly reassessing his fictional life. Sometimes, he’ll abruptly ask: *“Did Lu Siyi *really* never like me even a little?”* *"...No."* *“No taste.”* Chi Xueyan scoffs, rolling over. *“How’d *he* become the male lead? You’re obviously way better.”* Somehow, He Qiao’s investment proposal suddenly loses its appeal. *What a scheming villain.* On their first anniversary, He Qiao prepares a lavish dinner and roses. Under Chi Xueyan’s bewildered stare, he finally asks the question gnawing at him: *“You’re actually kind-tempered and sleep quietly. So…”* He feigns nonchalance. *“Did you *really* never delete your exes?”* Chi Xueyan: *"..."* *What a scheming straight guy.* --- **★ Genius Villain (bottom) × Straight Guy with Layers (top) — A Game of Cat and Mouse.**

**Physical copy pre-sale starts on June 8. Details on Weibo @温泉笨蛋** **New story 《Endless Summer》 is now available!** Ji Tong transmigrated into a novel—a city wish-fulfillment story where a cannon fodder relies on a system to rise to the top and win the love of a bigshot. Excited, Ji Tong asked: *Did I become the tragic but beautiful cannon fodder or the cool, domineering bigshot?* Customer Service: *Hello, you’ve transmigrated into a very beautifully designed system.* Ji Tong: *?* Customer Service: *After checking, we found that you share the same name as the system. Since ‘系’ is a polyphonic character, you were lucky enough to get this transmigration opportunity.* Ji Tong: *…* Left with no choice, Ji Tong shouldered this novel burden, working diligently to serve the novel’s tragic cannon-fodder protagonist, Pei Qingyuan. But pretending to be an artificial idiot was dull, so Ji Tong’s sole joy became teasing the icy high schooler Pei Qingyuan—dubbed “happy education.” If things went too far, he’d just blame it on a virus. For example: - Sneaking a tear-jerking romance novel into the pile of professional knowledge uploaded to Pei Qingyuan. - Building an amusement park in Pei Qingyuan’s consciousness space. - Adding bizarre, wildly varied options to Pei Qingyuan’s upgrade rewards… Ji Tong: *Ruanruan, [white cat with a heart on its butt] is the longest option, so it must be the most useful!* Pei Qingyuan: *…It’s pronounced ‘Yuan,’ not ‘Ruan.’* Ji Tong: *Sorry, I’ll run a virus scan tomorrow!* Ji Tong: *So, do you want the cat? 0.0* His “happy education” accompanied his host from school uniforms to suits, speeding Pei Qingyuan’s growth until his rise to the top was imminent—and the bigshot’s true love was within reach. But Ji Tong soon realized Pei Qingyuan didn’t seem thrilled. In fact, when Ji Tong cheered eagerly for the arrival of the bigshot’s true love, Pei Qingyuan mercilessly crushed them instead. Ji Tong: *!!!* Ji Tong: *Ruanruan, the script isn’t supposed to be “love-hate, break-up-and-make-up” ahhhh!!!* Pei Qingyuan: *Mn, so I’m running a virus scan on it.* As the host’s romance plot derailed further, his career path also shifted toward building an android body for AI. Ji Tong grew uneasy. That unease peaked when he found Pei Qingyuan had redecorated the consciousness-space amusement park into a romantic date spot. Ji Tong: *Host, calm down!!! Humans and systems have no future—I’m just an emotionless AI…* But the next second, the *Host Taming Log* he’d secretly stashed away fell into Pei Qingyuan’s hands. *“Human and system? Emotionless? Taming?”* Under Pei Qingyuan’s increasingly dangerous tone, Ji Tong watched helplessly as he tossed the white cat with the heart-shaped butt out the door, leaving only the two of them. *“Ruan… no, Yuanyuan, let me explain—”* A whisper sounded right by his ear. *“You’ve tamed me, little liar.”* --- **Mischievous system (shou) × Step-by-step scheming tragic beauty (gong)** --- ★Check out the fluffy sweet romance *How Long Has This Been Going On?* in my portfolio—complete and ready to binge~★ --- **========== Below is the upcoming story preview ==========** ### **《Endless Summer》** Rebellious rich kid Chi Xueyan was dragged to his 11th blind date. He cut to the chase: *I’ve got a terrible temper, snore like a chainsaw, and haven’t deleted any of my countless exes. If you’re cool with that, let’s go get married right now.* Opposite him, the handsome He Qiao fell into a strange silence, then nodded. He even admitted he was a transmigrator—that Chi Xueyan was the villainous side character in this novel’s world, destined to become the husband of the male lead, Lu Siyi, before spiraling into obsession, committing atrocities, and ultimately meeting a tragic end. Unable to bear seeing the still-vibrant Chi Xueyan suffer this fate, He Qiao proposed a contractual marriage to avoid the plot, insisting he was just a workaholic straight guy who wanted to use the novel’s knowledge to develop his career and help people. Chi Xueyen listened, then had an epiphany: *Ah, reverse psychology. Scaring off a blind date with textbook schizophrenic delusions—this guy’s a master.* He promptly took notes, then picked up the tab as thanks. Soon after, Chi Xueyan bumped into a man who checked every box on his aesthetic list. He pounced without hesitation, asking for his name and number. The man coldly replied: *“Lu Siyi.”* Chi Xueyan: *…!!!* That name was *way* too familiar. Two weeks later, Chi Xueyan exchanged rings and a kiss with his 11th blind date and self-proclaimed transmigrator, He Qiao, under the watchful eyes of family and friends. At first, He Qiao was wary of the novel’s scheming, ruthless villain Chi Xueyan. After their fake-marriage-for-convenience successfully fooled their families, he planned to focus solely on his career and ignore him. But once life settled, Chi Xueyan began earnestly studying the novel’s plot, often turning up at He Qiao’s office. Unlike the employees’ expectations of a spoiled, troublemaking CEO spouse, Chi Xueyan mostly curled up on the couch with a blanket, quietly reflecting on his fictional life. Occasionally, he’d suddenly look up and ask: *“Did Lu Siyi really never like me, even a little?”* *“…No.”* *“No taste.”* Chi Xueyan rolled over with a snort. *“How the hell did he become the male lead? You’re way better than him!”* For some reason, the investment proposal in He Qiao’s hands suddenly lost its appeal. *What a scheming villain.* On their one-year contractual anniversary, He Qiao prepared the most romantic dinner and the reddest roses. Under Chi Xueyan’s puzzled gaze, he finally asked the question that had been nagging him: *“You’ve got a great temper, you sleep quietly, so…”* He Qiao feigned nonchalance. *“Did you really never delete your exes?”* Chi Xueyan: *…* *What a scheming straight guy.* --- [**Genius-in-love villain (shou) × Not-what-he-seems straight guy (gong)**] [**More upcoming stories in my portfolio—daily updates guaranteed, come bookmark me =3=!**]