A cool, sharp-tongued, straight guy who likes to roast people in his head, the bottom X a sunny, cheerful, fanfic-writing black-bellied schemer, the top
A love story between an old-fashioned young person and a genuinely young person...
Xi Shi, an engineering grad student, has recently been reading a famous male-oriented web novel.
The protagonist can defeat anyone and anything, and his personality is a lot like Xi Shi's.
Xi Shi: This is so satisfying. I really feel like I'm right there in the story.
Usually so absorbed in his research that he's completely out of touch with pop culture, Xi Shi accidentally discovers a wonderful thing called "fanfiction" and quickly starts looking for more of the same.
After reading tens of thousands of words, he discovers... the protagonist and his good buddy, the second male lead, are practically joined at the hip.
Xi Shi's calm expression cracks.
The straight guy is shocked. The straight guy can't believe it. The straight guy can't understand it.
Not up to date enough to know what it means to "go for the jugular," he types with trembling hands in the comments: "How can you write these two characters like that? Isn't it disgusting?"
Then a whole army of fanfic writers and "Big Names" descends on him, firing off hundreds of angry replies.
"Big Name": Get lost. This ship is just like me and my crush, we're so made for each other we could fuck the heavens and shoot the earth.
Xi Shi: These two characters are just good buddies. Also, the phrase is "made for each other." Have you ever read a book?
"Big Name": ...Damn straight guy.
"Big Name": What good buddies act like this? [Image] [Image] [Image]
Xi Shi: Stop making things up. The protagonist blablabla... Even if he really were gay, he'd still be the man in the relationship.
"Big Name": So you're the protagonist's father-in-law? Don't come at me, rival shipper. Blocked.
Xi Shi: ...
Xi Shi angrily logs off, just as his advisor's son, Liang Zhichao, asks him out for a meal.
Liang Zhichao is cheerful, handsome, fit, and radiates straight-guy energy from head to toe.
Talking with Liang Zhichao makes Xi Shi feel like his brain, which had crashed after being contaminated by gay stuff, is finally back online.
Suddenly, Liang Zhichao's eyes light up, a hint of excitement in his voice. "Senior, you read this book too?"
Thrilled to meet a fellow fan, Xi Shi smiles. "Yeah."
But his smile soon fades, because... he discovers that Liang Zhichao's account has the same username as that "Big Name."
At the same time, he also sees that "Big Name's" secret diary about her crush.
1. One-on-one, both virgins
The bottom is straight and devoted to his studies, with no interest in romance
2. Nothing else for now. I'll add more if there is
Theme: Do people doing scientific research have time to fall in love?!
