We Fought to the End, and Got Our HE with My Childhood Friend

Lin Xi is bankrupt!

From a rich second-generation kid living in a villa to a broke second-generation kid living in a shabby little apartment, Lin Xi hasn't lost everything. He's still drowning in debt.

There are always more people who show up to celebrate your successes than those who offer help when you're down. Everyone who used to fuss over Lin Xi now avoids him, afraid he'll ask to borrow money.

Lin Xi says, "Don't panic. You get back up where you fell."

Before Lin Xi can even get back up, his longtime rival, Gu Lin, now a major player in the business world and the so-called childhood friend, makes a forceful return from overseas.

Lin Xi: "What, you flew all the way back from overseas just to watch me make a fool of myself?"

Gu Lin: "No, I didn't. I wouldn't do that."

Onlookers, enjoying the show online: Those two really are mortal enemies. Gu Lin heard the news and rushed right back to see Lin Xi's downfall.

Wait, this isn't how the story is supposed to go. Everyone was here to watch them fight, so why are they getting together? (In every sense of the word.) Weren't they supposed to be mortal enemies? How did we end up back at the loving childhood-friends plotline?

New story recommendation:

The Years My Black-Bellied Younger Brother Pretended to Be Good

Blurb:

Everyone knows Shen Zhe is obsessed with spoiling his younger brother.

If anyone bullies his brother, he immediately steps in.

When a girl asks him to walk around campus with her, he excitedly takes her to watch his younger brother play basketball.

When a girl invites him to dinner, one call from his brother is enough for him to hurriedly turn her down.

Someone spreads a rumor that Jiang Yan is gay.

Shen Zhe: "That's a lie! Someone's spreading rumors about my brother."

Then Shen Zhe happens to spot his younger brother fooling around with another man in a gay bar.

Shen Zhe: "..."

There's nothing wrong with being gay, but those lousy men aren't good enough for his brother. He'll personally vet any man his brother dates.

Jiang Yan: "I have a phobia of physical intimacy. I'm not good enough for those men."

Shen Zhe: "You are! You're more than good enough! You have a phobia of physical intimacy? Come on, I'll help you with exposure therapy."

First they hold hands, then they hug, and finally they take things further.

Shen Zhe: "Wait, we don't have to go all the way."

They are not blood-related and do not share a household registration. The shou sees the gong fooling around with other men. It's all an act by the gong.

Overprotective younger-brother-loving shou VS brilliant, scheming gong

Theme: It's all for the sweetness