Ji Ze x Gai Yuan
Older entertainment industry investor and producer x younger former delivery worker, now a rising star
Early story: Gentle, touch-starved, impotent caretaker cat gong x avoidant attachment, the more you chase, the faster I run, little mouse shou
Later story: A man with emotional-purity issues who'd become a third wheel for love, straightforward dog gong x a catlike shou who rebuilds himself, playing hard to get and reeling him in
Blurb
On July 22, 2023, a torrential rainstorm hit Hangzhou. Gai Yuan would never forget that day.
He wiped out while delivering food, made an absolute fool of himself on a hookup, and, worst of all, this impotent old geezer just wouldn't leave him alone and started pestering him!
Then filming began on a new drama, and the impotent old geezer turned out to be his sugar daddy?!
• First meeting:
Ji Ze: “My name is Ji...”
Gai Yuan: “Want me to lick you now?”
• Second meeting:
Ji Ze: “It's okay, I'm into stomach care.”
Gai Yuan: “Why didn't you say so earlier? My face was getting sore.”
• Third meeting:
Gai Yuan: Pale-faced, drenched in sweat.
Ji Ze: “Quit acting. If it hurts that much, get up and take your medicine!”
• Fourth meeting:
Ji Ze: “Sign here under Party B on this erectile function rehabilitation plan.”
Gai Yuan: “This is an unequal treaty that strips me of my rights!”
• The Nth meeting, three years later:
Gai Yuan: “I have a boyfriend, you know.”
Ji Ze: “But you're still missing a side piece.”
Content warnings: The leads are not each other's firsts. Dialogue-driven, slow-paced. Both gong and shou have strongly bonded non-CP partners, and struggle a lot internally. During their time apart, there is a change of gong.
*F marks chapters told in flashback (extra reading order)
Core theme: Adults saving each other through love.
