After gender swapping, my best friend and I hardcore BL (Boys' Love) became top influencers.

Seeing that Ling Tinglan was determined not to sell to her, Su Xingran didn't press the matter further.

As the saying goes, "If the mountain won't come to me, I'll go to the mountain."

Although Ling Tinglan refused to collaborate with him on business projects, that didn't stop him from taking the initiative towards her in their daily interactions. As for the rest, let the CP fans handle it; they'll enjoy it.

However, you have to be careful not to be too proactive. It's like a shrew is being forced to be overly affectionate. If she's also blind and brings along an ugly partner, then you're in big trouble.

To put it bluntly, you can have a crush on your partner, but you absolutely cannot be clingy. Being love-struck is a sweet spot, a sweet spot; if being love-struck doesn't reciprocate, then you're just a "spoiled wife."

Su Xingran initially thought that if the two of them could cooperate, they could sell even more, at least preventing him and Ji Yan, as a couple, from dominating the market.

Thinking of this, Su Xingran gritted her teeth inwardly. It's good to have a big family business. Orange Wind Entertainment is quite famous in the industry, but it still can't compare to Tianhua's deep foundation.

It's clearly a CP (couple pairing) created by two people, but in the fandom, there are still more fans of Tianhua (Tianhua's real name). If this continues, the CP will do far less to help him than hinder him. It's better to plant seeds for future collaborations so that it's easier to cut ties later.

On the other side, Ling Tinglan returned to the dormitory with a boxed lunch and wandered over to Jiao Wangshu in a daze.

"What's wrong? Why do you seem so distracted?"

Jiao Wangshu's voice was a little hoarse, but she still forced herself to eat a couple of bites of lunch despite feeling uncomfortable.

While peeling an orange for Jiao Wangshu, Ling Tinglan clicked her tongue in amazement, "You have no idea, Su Xingran just secretly contacted me. He actually wanted to do some BL (Boys' Love) stuff with me!"

"Seriously, are all you guys, whether you're in a boy band or just doing it, like this? I've really seen something new today. This is the first time I've met someone who seems even more professional at selling bromance than you."

As a sister, I know her best. Jiao Wangshu is a fujoshi (a female fan of male-male romance), she started shipping male-male relationships when she was thirteen. But what about Su Xingran? He himself says he is straight, but what straight man is that skilled at selling fujoshi?

At this moment, Ling Tinglan miraculously started sharing a brain with Su Xingran, and everyone gained a deeper understanding and appreciation of each other's "straight male" attributes.

On the contrary, Jiao Wangshu was not surprised at all. "He won't lie to you on this point. After all, only straight men can sell without any taboos or burdens, just like me and you."

"Because we both know that it's absolutely impossible for us to develop feelings other than friendship and family affection, that's why you don't feel any psychological burden when you're engaging in BL (Boys' Love) with me. At most, you might feel a little embarrassed during some intimate interactions, which is a normal human sense of shame."

But if you're selling bromance with other people, you'll be dealing with 100% opposite-sex strangers. Knowing you as I do, it would be strange if you weren't uncomfortable.

However, Su Xingran's initiative to invite her this time gave Jiao Wangshu a sense of crisis and new inspiration.

"By the way, do you know about 'Thai BL'?"

"What kind of new term is this?"

Ling Tinglan remained expressionless; he was numb. Ever since his gender was swapped to a parallel world and he was forced into this program, every day had been a revelation of his understanding.

You know, he used to be just a little girl who loved looking at handsome guys, only caring about their faces. What's with all this talk about BL? You city folks are so cunning!

Knowing that this was indeed beyond Ling Tinglan's comprehension, Jiao Wangshu did not deliberately keep her in suspense.

He explained, "'Thai BL' refers to BL dramas in Thailand. Their business model is very interesting. The couples are all tied together. Once a couple decides to start working together, they can collaborate on one drama after another, selling both on and off screen."

Not only that, their companies, colleagues, and even family members help with the promotion. As long as they don't officially announce the end of the partnership, they can promote anything, no matter how risqué.

"So I think we can refer to this model in the future."

Jiao Wangshu casually uttered something that once again shocked Ling Tinglan: "Anyway, we can't debut, and we don't have any special skills, so our way of making money in the future will be by selling our on-screen couple status. Looking at it this way, this model is simply tailor-made for the two of us."

"If the industry of selling homoerotic content loses you, it will be like the West losing Jerusalem."

Looking at the blush on Jiao Wangshu's face, Ling Tinglan couldn't tell whether he was excited or had a fever.

"Take it easy, you'll be wasting all your talent for selling bromance if you don't have a healthy body."

As she spoke, Ling Tinglan patted Jiao Wangshu's back very casually, helping him catch his breath while unbuttoning his pajamas with her other hand.

"Why is your back all sweaty? Change your clothes, take your medicine, and rest for a bit later. I'll go ask the dorm supervisor for leave for you..."

Ling Tinglan's frame was already larger than Jiao Wangshu's, and with Jiao Wangshu now ill, he appeared even more frail. From behind, his entire body seemed to be nestled in Ling Tinglan's arms, making them appear incredibly intimate and ambiguous.

Just then, the dormitory door creaked open a crack, and then slammed shut again with a bang.

"That's... Li Shu?"

Jiao Wangshu squinted, and in a daze, she seemed to see a blurry figure that resembled her roommate, Li Shu.

Why was he running so fast?

Without even looking up, Ling Tinglan casually lifted Jiao Wangshu's arm, gently tugged at it, and the sleeve slid down.

"I don't know, maybe he wasn't full and was in a hurry to get to the cafeteria for another meal."

What they didn't know was that Li Shu hadn't gone far at all. He ran into the dormitory of his colleagues from the same company next door, ignored everyone's stares, and plopped down on the ground.

Ye Zhile, who was curling her hair, was startled. "Why are you in such a panic? Did you see a ghost?"

Li Shu stared blankly, "It's scarier than encountering a ghost..."

"3502, I can't go back..."

Her voice was so pitiful and delicate, it even sounded like she was crying.

Ignoring Ye Zhile's idiotic look, he just kept muttering to himself, "So the rumors were true, Ling Tinglan and Jiao Wangshu really are a couple..."

Ye Zhile rolled her eyes after finally understanding what the other person was saying. "I thought it was something big. This is common knowledge, everyone talks about it like this in private, it's nothing unusual~"

Li Shu was almost in tears. "Why didn't anyone tell me?! I only suspected it before, but I never expected to see it with my own eyes just now!"

"What! What! What did you see?!"

Upon smelling the gossip, Ye Zhile threw down her curling iron, ignoring her hairstyle, and approached Li Shu with sparkling eyes.

Li Shu instinctively flinched and stammered an explanation, "N-nothing... I just saw Jiao Wangshu lying disheveled in Ling Tinglan's arms, and then Ling Tinglan was unbuttoning his clothes..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhile released Li Shu's hand and sighed expressionlessly.

"You know too much."

"We were teammates, so I'll 'collect your corpse' tonight."

Li Shu:! ! ! ∑(°Д°ノ)ノ