Ji Shi is an exemplary university student by day and a hugely popular cosplayer in private.
For the first twenty years of his life, his only disgrace was a failed online relationship.
The reason? His online partner, a handsome Slavic man, thought he was a girl.
As soon as Ji Shi found out, he ended things immediately. His online partner might be a homophobic, straight Russian man. He couldn't even imagine what would happen if the other man found out he'd been tricked by a gay guy.
Fortunately, Russia was vast and far away. Their lives were like parallel lines that would never intersect.
Until the department chair handed him a recommendation letter for an exchange program at Moscow State University.
Ji Shi hesitated. Should he go to Russia?
Ilya was a top student in the physics department at Moscow State University.
Lately, he'd been miserable because his online partner had blocked him, even though he hadn't done anything wrong.
He was ready to book a flight to China and demand an explanation, but then he discovered that the new exchange student was his online partner, his boyfriend.
The little liar had the nerve to pretend not to know him. Did he think Ilya wouldn't recognize him without the women's clothes?
Ji Shi was confused too. Why did that Russian guy in his research group keep glaring at him so fiercely?
Ilya blocked Ji Shi at the doorway. "Honey, this is your account, right?"
Ji Shi felt the sky collapse. How could he have ended up in the same research group as his former online partner? "I didn't mean to deceive you. When I realized you thought I was a girl, I broke up with you."
Ilya narrowed his eyes. "First, I don't have a gender identity disorder. Second, I never agreed to break up, boyfriend."
Theme: Communication between hearts.
