[Black-bellied gong + tsundere shou + mutually exclusive devotion + identity reveal warning + rekindled love]
Chen Anci: I’m aromantic.
Lu Linchuan: I’m emotionally detached.
And then the two of them got together.
Campus forum: [The couple I ship is real!]
Chen Anci: Nonsense.
Lu Linchuan: Quite the opposite.
Walking to school and back together, side by side.
Even their backpack charms come as a pair.
[If this isn’t real, then nothing is!]
Chen Anci stubbornly denies it to the bitter end. “Lu Linchuan, are you just pitying me?”
Lu Linchuan looks at his reddening ear tips and smiles. “No. I’m here to love you.”
Only later does Chen Anci realize that the so-called untouchable beauty was just laying a vast web of traps behind that innocent facade.
“You’re quite the actor,” he says, then turns and runs.
Years later, when they meet again, Chen Anci is trapped in the other man’s arms with nowhere to run.
The man murmurs, “So, how far along is the conquest now?”
Chen Anci’s heart pounds like a drum. Through gritted teeth, he replies, “…Zero.”
Lu Linchuan lowers his head and kisses his eyes. “That’s all right. I can start over and let you convince yourself you’re in love with me for the rest of your life.”
