[ABO, dual male leads, seme-focused + younger partner (four-year age gap) + reunion after years apart + unrequited love fulfilled + unconventional teacher-student relationship + monogamous, both inexperienced]
An Alpha who was forced to grow from a cheerful young master into a dependable business tycoon × a gentle, resilient Omega music theory teacher (B to O)
To pay off his debts, Song Shixu enters the entertainment industry, though he never wanted to. After someone injects him with an unknown drug, he is rescued by the young master he taught for a year several years ago.
Four years later, the once lively boy has become much more composed after a series of upheavals.
Later, Song Shixu realizes that Shi Beichen is still the same as before. The only difference is that the guy who used to joke around with him has secretly been in love with him for years.
They reunite sooner than expected, and Shi Beichen suddenly discovers that Song Shixu, who should have been doing well, is being bullied.
Shi Beichen thinks: If only I'd known Song Shixu was so bad at taking care of himself, I wouldn't have gone abroad back then just because I was worried about dragging him into my troubles.
Shi Beichen also knows that back then, it was his only choice.
“Shi Beichen, are you stupid?”
“I'm not stupid. I like you. I love you.”
“Teacher Song, you were the first to come into my life before, and you still are now. I will never let you go.”
This is probably a story about an ardent eighteen-year-old boy whose secret crush, buried deep in his heart, is gently returned by his beloved Teacher Song four years later.
It's a very good book. I suddenly realized that I have read the author's book (the one about Jiang Hanliu and Lu Chengfeng). Come on (>ｽ<)