Why Is My Straight Junior Getting Better and Better at Flirting?

[Male-Male Romance + Both Pure and Faithful + Younger Man + Comedic Push and Pull + The Mantis and the Oriole]

A teasing upperclassman who likes to play hard to get × a scheming younger student who pretends to be straight

Xu Yuan, a cheerful ray of sunshine in his first year of graduate school, refuses to settle for less in love. After weathering countless disastrous romances, he is still single and has never dated.

After coming across a guide to turning straight guys gay on the campus forum, he sets his sights on Liao Jie, a cool, aloof third-year student with a rebellious streak who plays basketball. Xu Yuan plans to make him his prey and win him over one step at a time.

Xu Yuan secretly thinks of himself as a mantis and Liao Jie as an unsuspecting cicada, openly making the first move and flirting with him at every opportunity.

It never occurs to him that this seemingly slow-witted, clueless straight guy has been secretly watching him for ages. Liao Jie deliberately plays dumb and goes along with all his tricks, quietly waiting for the right moment to become the oriole and turn the tables.

Outside, Liao Jie is a campus wolf cub who keeps everyone at arm’s length and rejects all advances. He makes an exception for Xu Yuan, indulging his closeness, getting awkwardly jealous, and quietly accommodating him.

Just as Xu Yuan thinks his plan is about to succeed, Liao Jie suddenly takes control and completely turns the tables.

Xu Yuan: “I was supposed to be the hunter. How did I end up under his thumb?”

Liao Jie chuckled. “Senior, I won this game from the very start.”

A lighthearted, funny story of mutual secret crushes, sweet tension, and a role-reversal. The cold-faced younger student is clingy and jealous only with his senior.

Liao Jie (younger top) × Xu Yuan (older, teasing bottom)