[Sweet Cookie vb: Rabbit Kaka] [Highlight: For a better reading experience for more readers, please do not project real people into the comments or mention celebrity names. This work does not accept any form of editing or reposting. Please support the official version, thank you~~~] Synopsis: As the premier ship magnet within the girl group Sweet Day, Qi Ke has countless in-group CP pairings, yet her relationship with the captain, Song Yushi, alone seems ordinary and completely lacking in CP chemistry. Their three hundred ship fans are mocked online every day: "A ship this hard to chew on, are your teeth still okay?" The fans remain Buddhist about it: "We already said we'd jump off a building; ask again and call it a random forced ship." Someone even made an alt account called: "Have Qi Ke and Song Yushi met today?" Three years later, the girl group disbands. Qi Ke and Song Yushi each stay gorgeous in their own way and continue being unfamiliar with each other. Then one day, one fandom shipping scholar says, "Wait, I think I finally get the chemistry of QiYu." And so, one sweet clue after another gets dug up. Qi Ke's ring was a gift from Song Yushi. Qi Ke and Song Yushi share a wardrobe, with countless matching items. During Sweet Day's second tour, when Qi Ke spoke about the person who stayed with her through her most obscure, nameless years, the one she looked at was Song Yushi. In the final episode of season three of the group's reality show, the video of Song Yushi's solo dance was filmed by Qi Ke, and when Qi Ke voted for the prettiest member in the group, the one she chose was Song Yushi. Netizens: "If the next season of that dating show doesn't have those two, I'm not watching. Hurry up and get out here and do bundled promo together!" The fans have gone so crazy shipping them that even the company can no longer sit still. It summons the two of them and proposes a CP marketing strategy. Song Yushi: "... But we've already broken up." Company: "!!!" Qi Ke: "How do I form a promotional CP with my ex-girlfriend in a way that's convincing enough to feel real, but still doesn't let her notice that I still like her? Urgent. Waiting online!" Half a year later. @HaveQiKeAndSongYushiMetToday: Thanks for the invite. We're dating. The first-vocal sweetheart who can be cool or sweet x the aloof all-round captain. A powerful pair. Reunion after a breakup. Younger love interest. If it isn't sweet, it doesn't cost money. Naturally gay x deeply closeted. None of the characters are based on real people; please do not map them onto the real entertainment industry. For the sake of most readers' experience, comments mentioning celebrity names will be deleted. Advance collection blurb for "Doing Promo with My Love Rival [Entertainment Circle]": Xu Shuyan and Lin Yi are the imperial ship within the girl group The Notes. They have seven hundred thousand CP fans, live permanently in the dead center of the ship charts, and won the year's overwhelming first place on the "The Truth Is Real" CP ranking. Yet nobody knows that in private the two of them are romantic rivals who dislike the sight of each other. At one event site. Xu Shuyan: "What are you looking at?" Lin Yi: "I'm glaring at you, obviously!" CP fans: "They made eye contact in today's event photos [yes], she loves her so much! I'm eating this eye-contact sugar!" Lin Yi: "Come any closer and I'll call the police." Xu Shuyan: "You think I want to? Today's promo KPI still isn't finished. Get over here and sell some yuri." Lin Yi: "Ugh." CP fans: "The two of them are in love. Yanzhiyouyi is real!" After doing promo like this for more than half a year, the entire entertainment industry has come to regard Xu Shuyan and Lin Yi as The Notes' one true yuri pairing. Then the teammate they both secretly love is exposed for dating, leaves the group, and gets married. In an instant, a secret crush becomes heartbreak. On the night of the wedding, Lin Yi drowns her sorrows in alcohol and raises a glass to Xu Shuyan: "Our promo ends here. Starting today, Yanzhiyouyi is BE." Xu Shuyan stares at her, tilts her head back to finish the wine in her glass, grabs her by the face, and says one word at a time: "Fine." The next day, Lin Yi wakes up in Xu Shuyan's bed. Lin Yi: !!! #LoveRivalsBecomeLovers #PromoTurnsReal #TheStoryOfHowIFellForMyLoveRival