*The title is adapted from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
A fake-sweet, two-faced bottom x a loyal, possessive, domineering top who turns dark
Hou Yingning is back, and Qiao Langxing is telling everyone he wants to get back together with him.
But Hou Yingning can't get Qiao Langxing to come to him, so he has no choice but to go teach the little liar a lesson himself.
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Qiao Langxing is the most down-and-out playboy in Liancheng. Once the pampered only son of the wealthy Qiao family, he saw his world change overnight.
Qiao Langxing can do nothing but eat, drink, and have fun. Now that his family backing is gone, everyone is waiting to see him lose the airs of a young master.
Hou Yingning is Qiao Langxing's opposite in every way. Born poor, he spent his childhood living under someone else's roof and never even finished college, yet now he is treated as an honored guest and invited back to Liancheng.
A breeze came from who knows where, and news that Qiao Langxing and Hou Yingning were getting back together spread across Liancheng.
The source of the rumor was none other than Qiao Langxing himself.
Their old friends couldn't resist their curiosity, and the relatives eyeing the Qiao family fortune grew uneasy. All eyes turned to Qiao Langxing.
"I know he's back. I'm planning to go see him tomorrow."
"We grew up together. What's there to be awkward about?"
"Awkward? Yingning's a good person."
"Date again? If he's willing, I guess so."
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Not long after Hou Yingning returned to Liancheng, he repeatedly heard from old classmates and acquaintances that Qiao Langxing wanted to get back together with him.
Back then, he'd been forced to leave, and Qiao Langxing had ended things abruptly, disappearing without so much as a word. Hou Yingning had to make Qiao Langxing stew and beg for forgiveness, and only then would he... only then would he say yes!
But after waiting and waiting, Qiao Langxing never showed up. Instead, Hou Yingning heard that he was flaunting his love life everywhere.
Hou Yingning couldn't sit still. He went to catch Qiao Langxing himself.
At a high-profile wedding that had drawn the attention of the whole city, Qiao Langxing was once again given a hard time by his parasitic relatives, all honeyed words and daggers. They even asked why Hou Yingning hadn't come with him, and whether they were breaking up again.
Qiao Langxing wore an innocent smile on his pretty face. "No, my husband has just been..."
"Langxing."
Hou Yingning, who the gossip said wouldn't attend, appeared without warning. "Your husband's late, sweetheart. Has anyone been bullying you?"
Qiao Langxing's almost perfect fake smile froze. Hou Yingning had an arm around his shoulders, and Qiao Langxing looked into his abyssal eyes.
"No... Uh, hu-hus..."
"Your husband's here. What are you nervous about?"
Theme: Humility, courage, thoughtfulness, and loyalty.
