A laid-back guy paired with a dominant partner who pampers him

Chapter 2

Soon, curious netizens flooded Su Yunyi's comment section:

- "Sister, you're so lucky! Who did you have dinner with? Could it be with the great actor Zhai Chen…?"
- "I feel the same way! Ahhh, I'm shipping them!"
- "Is there a chance… it was with Xia Xingli?"
- "Definitely not. What are you thinking? Based on Xia Xingli's look this morning, I bet he got rejected by the goddess."

I rolled my eyes and handed the phone back.

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**3**

Looking at Su Yunyi, I figured she probably hadn't noticed that I blocked her.

How does someone so absurd get to be the lead actress? I can't take it anymore.

"So, you don't like Su Yunyi anymore?" 
Brother Chen asked cautiously.

"Yep, my mind is clear now. I think slacking off and just taking on a couple of roles here and there sounds good."

After all, I am a rich kid. Back when I was simping for Su Yunyi, I would shower her with expensive branded bags and all sorts of luxury items.

Su Yunyi always accepted them and then said a few words to give me hope.

All the money I spent over the years felt like it went down the drain—I thought to myself.

Brother Chen saw that I seemed genuinely fine and relaxed a bit.

Just as he was about to say something, his phone suddenly vibrated.

After answering, Brother Chen rushed to me, eyes sparkling:

"A variety show saw that you deleted your Weibo posts overnight. They want to take advantage of this moment to make a big move, and they’re even willing to pay extra to have you!"

I thought about it. Going on a variety show could be a good thing, and it would make my dedicated fans happy.

It would also give me a chance to finally shake off the "simp" label.

"Sounds great! Let's do it!" 
I hurriedly agreed, afraid the show might change its mind if I waited even a second longer.

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**4**

The show involves a group of people living together on a secluded island for a few days.

The production team doesn’t send anyone to pick us up; we have to get to the island on our own.

This part of the show was actually in the original novel. The variety show is broadcasted live the entire time, and it's a key moment where the male and female leads start to develop feelings for each other.

That means not only am I going, but Zhai Chen and Su Yunyi will also be there.

Like in all sweet romance stories, the female lead faces danger while on a mission, and the male lead comes to find her. They end up spending the night together in a cave.

And my role? To annoy Zhai Chen throughout the show, which ends up making the viewers hate me. After the live broadcast, I was cursed out so badly that I trended on social media.

How typical.

The peaceful sea breeze made me suddenly remember my tragic ending: getting stabbed to death by Zhai Chen's men.

Wait a second.

If I keep my distance from Su Yunyi and form a good relationship with Zhai Chen, could I avoid this terrible fate?

As soon as the idea hit me, I made my goal for the show clear: get on good terms with Zhai Chen.

I arrived on the island on my private yacht.

When I got there, the famous actor Zhai Chen, the veteran celebrity Chen Xiao, and the popular singer Jiang Wanwan were already present.

With me joining, Su Yunyi was the only one left to arrive.

As soon as my private yacht docked, all the cameras turned toward me.

When I stepped off the yacht wearing sunglasses, the comments in the live stream went wild:

- "OMG! Isn’t that Xia Xingli? The production team really dares to bring him on! Isn’t Su Yunyi coming later too?"
- "No way! Is Xia Xingli going to simp for our goddess on this show? Gross~"
- "Didn’t he delete all his Weibo posts? Maybe there’s a surprise in store."

As soon as I stepped onto the island, my phone was confiscated, so I had no idea what people were saying in the live stream.

I gave a simple self-introduction to the production team’s camera and then greeted the other guests before standing beside Zhai Chen.

Everyone knows how obsessed I am with Su Yunyi, so normally, I should have found an empty spot and waited for her. But instead, I stood right next to Zhai Chen.

Even Zhai Chen looked at me with slight confusion, as if asking why I was standing beside him.

"Hello, Mr. Zhai Chen." 
I looked at his cool face and gave him a bright smile.

"Hello."

Zhai Chen seemed to think it was a bit rude to stare at me like that, so he quickly averted his gaze.

- "What’s going on? Is this washed-up star trying to leech off our actor’s fame?"
- "Xingli has the right to stand wherever he wants, okay?"

There were some loyal fans of mine in the comments, and even though they knew I simped for Su Yunyi, they still supported me unwaveringly.

I could cry for my dear fans. You’re in for a treat!

Zhai Chen and I didn’t talk much. We just stood there waiting for Su Yunyi.

After standing for almost 20 minutes, she still hadn’t arrived. Even the director was starting to get annoyed.

I rolled my eyes inwardly. How can someone be late to a show? Her attitude was too much.

A while later, Su Yunyi finally appeared, wearing high heels and a white lace dress.

I was speechless. Sis, the meeting point is a beach, and the director even suggested wearing sneakers and casual clothes.

It was obvious that everyone had similar thoughts as me.

But since Su Yunyi was a big star, no one dared to say anything.

According to my old character, I would have rushed over to support Su Yunyi by now, but I was no longer the person I used to be.

The other guests and I just watched as she awkwardly made her way over.

Forcing a smile, she greeted us and then walked straight to me.

Her eyes were full of grievance, as if accusing me of not helping her. What she said next was even more ridiculous:

"Xingli, could you give me this spot? I want to stand here."

She spoke in such a pitiful tone that it almost sounded like I’d taken her spot.

"Why should I? The director didn’t say anything about assigned spots."