When it came to the name Min Haofeng, Qu Tianyao couldn’t have been more familiar with it.
The drama he was about to start filming was a TV adaptation of a novel called Sweet Wife, Honeyed Love, and the male lead of that drama was named Min Haofeng and the actor playing him… was none other than Qu Tianyao himself.
He hadn’t wanted to take the role in the first place, but his manager begged and pleaded, and the company kept piling on the pressure, so he had no choice but to accept.
As for why he’d been reluctant, that had to do with the original novel, The Wealthy CEO’s Sweet Darling Wife. The book featured a cannon-fodder female side character named Qu Tianyao who met a miserable end, a character whose name and personality were both strikingly similar to his own. Someone leaked that the author was one of his anti-fans, but the author insisted the character had no real-life model, and any resemblance was pure coincidence. Though the internet tore itself apart over the controversy, it brought massive popularity to both the book and Qu Tianyao himself.
The end result: the book became a huge hit and got adapted for the screen, and for the sake of publicity, they even invited him to play the male lead. And, entirely undramatically, he accepted.
Qu Tianyao looked up at this man claiming to be Min Haofeng. Eyes like cold stars, a straight nose, thin lips. Though a chill lingered on his face, his half-lidded phoenix eyes softened it somewhat, and his unkempt black hair gave him a touch of laziness.
To be fair, this man was very good-looking and compared to himself, he was better suited to the role of Min Haofeng.
Not that Qu Tianyao lacked confidence in his own looks. After all, he was famous for having a pretty face and no acting chops. If he had to grade himself, Qu Tianyao figured that on a scale of ten, he’d get at least an eight!
By now, Qu Tianyao was basically certain this had been deliberately arranged, and his manager was the prime suspect, probably planning to stir up some hype before filming began. After all, this wouldn’t be the first time the man had pulled something like this.
But going so far as to find a man to sleep with him was a bit much.
“I don’t know what my manager told you, but I knew nothing about this,” Qu Tianyao said, frowning. “I’ll tell the company they’re not allowed to hype this up, and there’s no need for you to keep up the act.”
Min Haofeng frowned at that too. “Qu Tianyao, what’s gotten into you today?”
Seeing that the other man wouldn’t back down, Qu Tianyao could only look at him like he was an idiot, only to meet the other man’s gaze, which was looking at him like he was the idiot. The two idiots stared at each other, and both finally sank into deep thought.
Judging by the man’s expression, he seemed to be serious. Could it be a case of the same name? Did such coincidences even exist in this world?
“You took my phone just now, didn’t you? Give it back,” Qu Tianyao said. “I need to contact my manager and have him come explain things to you.”
“Does your manager actually have any control over you?”
“None of your business. Hand it over!”
Perhaps Qu Tianyao’s half-threatening tone worked, because Min Haofeng actually did hand the phone over. Qu Tianyao glanced at the pink phone and fell silent.
It was the same model, but he was certain his phone was not that color.
Was this guy messing with him?!
“Weren’t you going to contact your manager?”
“Then give me back MY phone!”
Min Haofeng: “…”
Looking at the man’s speechless expression, Qu Tianyao began to feel genuinely confused. Had he gone color-blind?!