My Cold, Alluring Rival Has the Young Master Wrapped Around His Finger

[Rivals to lovers + two male leads + secret crush becomes mutual + emotional push and pull + falling for each other through self-delusion + seductive schemer + cat-like top + mutual salvation + angsty melodrama + sweet, doting romance] [Cool, seductive, scheming black-cat top × sunny, roguish, handsome, arrogant rich-boy bottom] Rumor has it that the spirited young master Lu Zaiye and the perfect top student Yi Qingchuan have never gotten along. Whenever Lu Zaiye sees him, he starts needling him before they’ve exchanged three words, openly and behind his back, and he’s said plenty of nasty things. Yi Qingchuan has sabotaged Lu Zaiye’s attempts to flirt with girls, even going to any lengths to steal away his admirers. They’ve been at each other’s throats from high school through college. Everyone thought they’d keep it up forever, until one of them destroyed the other. Lu Zaiye thought so too. Until… he saw Yi Qingchuan’s transformation with his own eyes. Can you believe it? His nemesis is actually a cat! Lu Zaiye fled in a panic and started taking the long way around whenever he saw him. A few days later, Yi Qingchuan cornered him in the storage room. Thinking he was about to be silenced, Lu Zaiye heard him say: “My form has been unstable lately. You have to protect me.” Lu Zaiye: ??? Lu Zaiye: Are you crazy? - Ever since learning Yi Qingchuan’s secret, Lu Zaiye has felt that something is increasingly off. What kind of nemesis changes your clothes when you’re drunk, plays games with you as a duo, and deliberately finds chances to run into you? Lu Zaiye gets it: Yi Qingchuan wants to make up with him! Later on, Lu Zaiye makes a major discovery: his nemesis… seems to have a crush on him! What makes it even more troubling is that he’s straight. #He’s just trying to make nice and smooth things over# #I think I might be Yi Qingchuan’s secret crush# #I’m not into guys, but if Yi Qingchuan confessed, I wouldn’t exactly say no# *Includes some elements from the game Honor of Kings