Also known as Temptation and Holding the Sun in My Arms
[A gloomy, twisted, possessive gong x a sunny, cheerful, innocent little sun of a shou]
Xu Yang has a childhood friend named Zhou Xiangnan.
When they were kids, Zhou was cute and easy to pick on.
After Xu Yang protected him once, he started following Xu Yang everywhere.
The two were inseparable as they grew up.
He stayed behind Xu Yang when socializing, when studying, and even when fighting.
But lately, something seems off about Zhou Xiangnan.
When Xu Yang talks to someone, Zhou stares at them intensely.
When Xu Yang tutors someone, Zhou stares at them intensely.
When Xu Yang fights someone, Zhou rushes over and punches that person.
Xu Yang asks him in private:
Do you like the person I was talking to?
Was the person you punched your rival in love?
You don't have a crush on the person who asked me for help with their studies, do you?! He's a guy!
Zhou Xiangnan's eyes, hidden beneath his hair, burn with intensity.
He says, "I like you."
Xu Yang runs away in a panic.
Later, Xu Yang says, blushing, "I think I like you too."
Zhou's gaze darkens. "Do you know what kind of love I have for you?"
He steps forward, grips Xu Yang's wrists, wedges a knee between his thighs, and presses upward.
His hot breath brushes Xu Yang's ear.
He says, "Can you accept this kind of love?"
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Zhou Xiangnan has known Xu Yang since they were little.
At one year old, during the first-birthday object-grabbing ritual, Xu Yang grabbed a fountain pen, while Zhou grabbed Xu Yang's foot and refused to let go.
At five, Xu Yang helped him beat up the bullies who had picked on him.
At twelve, Zhou started thinking that the people surrounding Xu Yang were a nuisance.
At seventeen, Zhou Xiangnan says:
Why can't you look only at me, smile only at me, love only me?
Look at me. Look at me!
Childhood friends, school story.
Theme: Sunshine and warmth