Also known as: The Face of an Old Friend, So You Were Never Dead
“So you’re still alive. You might as well never show your face again.”, Xu Yinzhao
Two male leads, two female leads, with a plot. All characters are adults.
[Hengyin pairing] Maybe there’s a little bit of a coming-of-age romance.
Mainly a male-male romance!
The plot and romance develop side by side.
Bai Gongheng = Bai Xuanming (they’re the same person. The story will explain why later.)
Main couple: Bai Gongheng (male) x Xu Yinzhao (male)
Side couple: An Linglong (female) x Xia Qianqiu (female)
Xu Yinzhao: He and I really are just brothers!
Bai Gongheng: Exactly! Why would anyone think we’re a couple?
An Linglong: So that’s what you city folk call brothers!
Xia Qianqiu: In my village, we call that a couple or a married pair...
Confessions and such only appear in the bonus chapters. The main story is all romantic tension and push-pull?
Anyway, they’re as straight as a right angle.
Xu Yinzhao is a “straight man” who thinks he’s straight?
The crowd can see it clearly! You two are a couple!
Note: The special chapters and bonus chapters have nothing to do with the main story, so you don’t have to read them. They’re purely the product of the author having a random idea. Special chapters only appear around holidays, until the book ends.
The pairings won’t be split up or reversed.
