The Straight-Laced Nice Guy Is Targeted by a Madman at an Elite American School

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The blurb for my upcoming story, Just for That One Good Meal, is below. Add it to your collection if you're interested.

A 180 cm, earnest research nerd x a 198 cm, gloomy North American ghost

Xie Chi is a small-town exam ace who got a full scholarship to PU and went to study in North America.

His daily routine is a three-point circuit: apartment, part-time job, laboratory.

Recently, Xie Chi picked up a part-time job that paid quickly.

He reads stories and sings lullabies to help a child fall asleep.

Harrison Rothschild is the heir to a North American business empire and PU's hugely popular basketball team captain.

His life has gone smoothly, except for that wretched insomnia.

One day, he quickly falls asleep listening to a voice message of his little nephew being sung to sleep. The next day, he commandeers his nephew's phone.

He discovers that the Asian international student is the honey in the messages, and his hunt begins.

At the intercollegiate tournament, Harrison wins the championship, and the screams nearly bring all of PU crashing down.

Xie Chi watches his roommate, who is screaming along with everyone else, in confusion.

His roommate sheepishly explains, "He's the heir to a North American business empire, and he looks like he really knows what he's doing. Who wouldn't want to hit on him?"

Xie Chi is stunned. Slowly, he says, "I'm straight." Harrison is exactly the kind of person he least wants to get involved with.

But soon, Harrison becomes his new roommate. Xie Chi can't shake the feeling that someone is watching him, and from then on he keeps mysteriously losing things.

Until one day, he accidentally enters the wrong room and finds it full of his belongings. He tries to leave, but Harrison traps him in his arms.

Unable to wriggle free, Xie Chi says earnestly, "Harrison, stealing is wrong."

Harrison bursts out laughing. "Honey, you're so cute." Someone this cute deserves to be gobbled up by him.

P.S. They are both each other's first and only.

Content warning: The gong dresses as a woman in one scene. He isn't into cross-dressing; he does it to please the shou.

Upcoming story: Just for That One Good Meal

Yan Zhi is the well-known YouTube singing creator ZZ on his main account, and a creator of culinary disasters on his second account.

After moving to the UK to study, Yan Zhi discovers that the British seem to have bizarre eating habits. Everything is unbearably awful, whether in the cafeteria or at restaurants. So, full of confidence, he starts cooking student meals.

After setting the kitchen on fire several times and serving one culinary disaster after another, he gives up.

After work, Axel opens YouTube as usual. ZZ still hasn't posted a new video or started a livestream. Axel's insomnia is severe, and he can only fall asleep listening to ZZ sing.

The creator has mysteriously disappeared lately, and even the old videos are no longer helping.

The comments are full of people begging for an update. Axel decides to play a random video to fall asleep, when he suddenly spots a comment: You think the creator stopped posting, but maybe he's about to starve to death.

Axel follows the comment trail to ZZ's second account. ZZ's rambling posts there are cute, and soothing too.

But the second account hasn't posted any videos either. There are only photos of culinary disasters, captioned: If I don't get anything good to eat soon, I'm gonna die in Britain.

Axel promptly signs up for cooking classes to learn Chinese cuisine. He takes a photo and messages ZZ: Let me treat you to dinner.

Yan Zhi eats the food and is moved to tears. Right then and there, he wants to hire Axel as his personal cook. He'll pay anything.

After meeting Yan Zhi, Axel realizes no video can compare to how cute he is in person. He takes the opportunity to say, "I need a roommate. Move in with me, and I'll cook for you."

Their life together begins. Yan Zhi thinks his roommate is acting strange. He seems to be gay.

For the sake of good food, Yan Zhi puts up with it.

His roommate wants to be his boyfriend, and he...

Isn't exactly opposed to the idea.

A friend complains, "You're really giving yourself to him just for a meal?"

Yan Zhi replies, "What can I do? The food in Britain is too awful. We can always break up when I go home."

When Axel finds out, he says, "I've already won your stomach. How could I fail to win you over? Don't even think about breaking up."

Theme: Stand on your own two feet and strive for success.