Hidden Affection

Six years ago, Ning Zhi stole a kiss from Shen Yizhi and was caught red-handed. Shen Yizhi mercilessly rejected her.

Six years later, fate brought them back together. By a twist of fate, they registered their marriage on the very first day same-s*x marriage became legal. They agreed it was a transaction—no feelings involved.

To make this marriage last a little longer, Ning Zhi decided to hide her true feelings.

二

Ning Zhi downloaded a dating app, acting indifferent while filming with Shen Yizhi during the day, and venting freely to a mysterious online friend at night.

I’ve never met someone harder to get along with—cold and strict.

She actually looks quite pretty when she smiles, but she only smiles at others.

She actually wants to ditch me and walk the red carpet with someone else—how outrageous! That’s practically equivalent to cheating in a marriage.

But it’s fine, I don’t like her anyway. I don’t want to walk with her.

Occasionally, Ning Zhi would feel a pang of sadness—she couldn’t even confide her true feelings to a stranger she met online.

Fortunately, the mysterious online friend was kind. Despite being busy and carrying an air of aloofness similar to Shen Yizhi, they never found her bothersome.

Then one day, the app introduced a “listen together” feature, and Ning Zhi decided to try it out with her mysterious online friend.

After listening for a while, Ning Zhi noticed on the song page that their avatars were placed side by side, with a small line of text below reading, “3 meters apart, listened together for 2 minutes.”

Ning Zhi turned her head blankly to look at the wall behind her, where Shen Yizhi, who slept in a separate room, lived next door.