A Guide to Unrequited Love

996: Qin Qing, here’s your script. You play a supporting male character secretly in love with the male lead. Your role is simple—just obediently suffer. Qin Qing: Suffer? 996: Yes, any problem with that? Qin Qing (smiling): No, no problem at all. 996: Great, if there’s no issue, let’s start filming! Ready, first scene—action! A few scenes later… 996 (frustrated): Cut, cut, cut! Qin Qing, what the hell are you doing? You’re a tragic supporting character—how did you steal all the male leads? Qin Qing: Sorry, force of habit. 996 (furious): Force of habit?! You stole all the protagonist’s scenes and call it force of habit? If you’re this capable, why play a tragic support—go be a Casanova instead! Qin Qing (smiling): How did you know that was my reputation before acting? 996 (slams script): ...This show is impossible to film! Content Warnings: Charismatic, alluring beauty (bottom) vs. fragmented supreme deity (top).