Claiming by force | Archenemies become brothers-in-law | The untouchable falls from grace
Untouchable, chaste bottom Pei Cuizhuo x carnivorous, refined scoundrel top Huo Bingchen
At some point, Huo Bingchen's gaze began to drift toward Pei Cuizhuo against his will.
Pei was his younger brother's high school classmate and college roommate, as well as his sworn enemy.
His younger brother had always been flamboyant and carefree, the center of attention wherever he went. When he came across the aloof and exceptional Pei Cuizhuo, he immediately became restless, competing with him over everything and finding fault with everything he did. They had competed from high school through college, yet in the end, Pei Cuizhuo still hadn't so much as noticed him.
When Huo Bingchen learned his brother would be attending the same university and studying the same major as Pei, and even asked him to figure out a way to get the two of them assigned to the same dorm room, he saw right through it at once.
His little brother was going to fall for this slender young man.
Only the foolish kid hadn't realized it. Egged on by his equally foolish friends, he destroyed Pei's dreams, career, and future, and went after his parents.
The once untouchable academic prodigy was utterly cast into the dust.
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One day, Huo Bingchen ran into Pei Cuizhuo in the entrance hall as he returned from his morning run. Pei was hurrying out.
The housekeeper told him that the young man had come early that morning to beg the second young master to show mercy, only to be mocked and insulted.
Acting on impulse, Huo called out to the disheveled man and held out his hand, introducing himself.
"I'm your classmate's older brother."
Pei's eyes were red-rimmed, but his dark pupils shone startlingly bright. He still carried that aloofness, untouched by worldly troubles, and an indomitable pride that held him upright even as he teetered on the brink of collapse. His wariness and defensiveness could not hide it.
After a moment's hesitation, he reached out his hand.
The instant Huo clasped that cool, firm hand, his body began to tremble uncontrollably.
The filthy desire that had suddenly surfaced in his eyes was completely hidden behind his elegant, gold-rimmed glasses.
"Maybe I can help you."
He had indulged his younger brother's antics for so long. It turned out it had all been for this moment.
P.S.:
The main story is told in third person and centers on the bottom. The cannon-fodder top, Huo Bingzhou, has a major role.
Big Brother Huo gets the forced-relationship storyline, while Second Brother Huo gets the archenemies and brother-in-law romance, with the brothers competing for the same man.
Theme: Stand up against bullying.