On Our Wedding Day, I Gave My Love Rival an Urn

ABO / Sweet romance / Two male leads / Rivals-to-lovers / Romantic tension

Hua Yunque is a renowned artist, known as "the most dazzling blade in the art world." Outwardly, he's flamboyant and radiant, the center of attention wherever he goes. At home, he's a severely antisocial shut-in who avoids going out whenever possible. His most strenuous exercise is a burst of finger speed while gaming, and his most valuable possessions are the limited-edition figurines and antique art supplies filling his home.

Yuan Chan is the heir to an old-money family, known in their circle as an "Alpha android." He speaks little and shows even less emotion. His only hobby is extreme sports. They say he's never lost control of his emotions once in his life, and that he spends his ruts shut away in a dark room, entertaining himself with downhill speed and locking carabiners.

On the day Hua Yunque returned to the country, before his thirty suitcases had even landed, he unpacked an urn he'd mailed to Yuan Chan himself.

Yuan Chan, expression unchanged: "It's pretty. I'll keep it for now."

Hua Yunque: "Give me one reason you won't throw it away."

Yuan Chan: "Because you gave it to me."

Hua Yunque had assumed this would be an utterly ordinary, tiresome family-arranged marriage: just go through the motions, do their own thing, and stay out of each other's way. Until he accidentally opened Yuan Chan's computer and found a folder called "Sparrow."

Inside were over 1,300 photos, all candid shots of him painting overseas over the past three years. The angles were artful, the lighting considered, the composition professional. It looked exactly like the work of a stalker whose secret crush had become an obsession.

Hua Yunque: "You call this 'passing by on a business trip'?"

Yuan Chan: "I call it reference material."

Hua Yunque: "Which of us is the artist?"

Yuan Chan: "I'm the collector."