In his second year studying abroad, Zhu Nanxin’s family goes bankrupt and cuts off his financial support.
To finish his studies, he becomes the ultimate work-study king, taking jobs all over campus and beyond, yet still struggling to cover the exorbitant tuition.
Just as he’s at the end of his rope, Zhu Nanxin receives a private message from a stranger.
“Sorry, blogger. I used your photos to date someone online, and now they’re completely obsessed with me and insist we meet in person. Could you go in my place? I’ll pay!”
After a brief stunned pause, Zhu Nanxin is secretly delighted. Even though he’s so low-key, someone stole his photos. As expected, good looks are just like poverty: impossible to hide.
He’s just about to reply when the other person sends a flurry of photos.
“These are the ones I used! Do you still have this dress?”
A dress? Confused, Zhu Nanxin opens the photos and zooms in.
The picture shows a girl wearing a fitted light blue shirt and a black-and-gray plaid miniskirt. Who’s this beauty?
Staring at the person in the photo, who looks nothing like him, Zhu Nanxin thinks for a long time before remembering that this was probably a challenge he lost during a club game: dress up as a girl and post a photo.
...So he’s supposed to pretend to be a girl and meet a man?
As a straight guy through and through, just imagining the scene makes Zhu Nanxin’s skin crawl.
He’s about to refuse when the other person sends another message: “The pay is $5,000, paid daily.”
The almighty power of money!
So broke he’s almost ready to sell his blood, Zhu Nanxin finally accepts the job.
Following the instructions, he puts on heavy makeup and a little dress, then heads to the restaurant.
His blind date is good-looking and well-dressed, with several luxury shopping bags by his hand. He looks like a fool with more money than sense.
Putting on a high-pitched voice, Zhu Nanxin walks over. “Excuse me...”
Before he can finish, the person across from him looks up, surveys him from head to toe, and smiles knowingly, his features handsome. “Hello.”
SOS!
Can someone tell him why his “online boyfriend” is Lu Sixing, his sworn enemy, whom he hasn’t seen in years but who still appears in his nightmares all the time?
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Zhu Nanxin has hated Lu Sixing for as long as he’s known him.
That conceited jerk with no manners has only gotten more impressive over the years, while Zhu Nanxin has fallen this low. Zhu Nanxin is so furious he could throw up blood.
Thankfully, Lu Sixing doesn’t recognize him. Not only that, he’s being incredibly clingy.
The huge contrast makes Zhu Nanxin’s vanity soar, and a wicked idea comes to mind.
He’s going to toy with this poser. Once Lu Sixing is completely smitten, Zhu Nanxin will pull down his pants and reveal who he is, just to disgust him!
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As a natural-born gay man, Zhu Nanxin is exactly the kind of person Lu Sixing hates most.
Just because he has a pretty face and a rich family, he confidently assumes he can make straight women fall madly in love, make lesbians change their orientation, and make gay men fall for him at first sight.
A textbook, top-tier straight guy.
Lu Sixing thought they would never cross paths again.
Until he discovers that a friend has stolen his social media posts to create a persona and date people online.
And the online girlfriend is Zhu Nanxin.
Lu Sixing never imagined the once-spoiled young master would sink so low as to make money by pretending to be a woman.
He arranges to meet Zhu Nanxin, intending to humiliate him.
But seeing him flirt and act cute in that high-pitched voice turns out to be pretty entertaining.
A straight guy? He must be pretending, Lu Sixing sneers inwardly.
Wouldn’t it be even more fun if he could turn this straight guy gay?
A cute, clueless straight guy with a little cunning × a scheming guy who’s very good at putting on an act
[Reading Guide]
1. Happy ending, one-on-one romance
2. Both leads are each other’s first and only
3. A sweet romance focused on feelings
4. The inspiration, central premise, and blurb have all been archived
Theme: Keep striving through life
