During break, his best friend Zhao Pengfeng overhears some girls chatting in the hallway. They say Lin Ji is sweet, handsome, and well-mannered, the darling of one of the richest families in the country.
He scoffs.
He and Lin Ji have been thick as thieves since middle school. He even knows what color Lin Ji's underwear is.
The family's darling? Of those three Chinese characters, Lin Ji only fits the one meaning "little."
That is, until the school holds a parents' meeting. Zhao Pengfeng spots familiar faces from the financial papers coaxing Lin Ji to come home with his mother.
Zhao Pengfeng can't sleep. He's afraid his buddy is suffering, but he's also afraid his buddy might be driving a Land Rover.
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Lin Ji is twisted into a lovesick spiral, secretly crushing on the top student and campus heartthrob in his class. But the other guy is straight, so Lin Ji is ready to bury his tender feelings.
One night, the two are assigned to clean the sports field as punishment. From a dark corner comes the sound of an intimate encounter between two boys.
Lin Ji: "Let it go in one ear and out the other. Don't take it to heart. It's normal for straight guys to be biased about this stuff."
Du Jing: "...I never said I was straight."
Lin Ji: "Huh?"
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Lin Ji pretends to be a couple with a female friend for half a day, and happens to run into Du Jing.
Du Jing secretly takes his hand, then, when no one's around, pulls him into his arms and buries his face against Lin Ji's shoulder, warm breath brushing his neck.
Du Jing's eyes turn red and wet. "Break up with her, okay?"
Lin Ji: "Huh?"
* A sweet little story of mutual pining
* The seemingly perfect student and campus heartthrob is actually a crybaby, lovesick top × Lin Ji, the bottom who can take on ten guys at once
Du Jing's thought process as he secretly pines:
Having a crush means quietly watching from afar → Your crush suddenly starts dating someone, and even though it (makes you cry) (kills you), you have to let him go with a smile → You fail to let go, but would rather die than be the other man → Just kidding. How else are you supposed to get together with your taken crush if you don't become the other man?
Lin Ji's thought process:
My crush is straight → I'm not sure, maybe I'll test the waters → Holy crap, he really is straight! → Time to make my escape
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[Coming soon: Because I'm Too Pretty, I Put All My Points into Being Sweet-Talking]
Preview:
Take a good look. This man's name is Qi Xia.
In the Infinite World, every ultra-S-rank powerhouse knows of him, but no one dares speak his name. He's a terrifying, powerful rules anomaly.
Rumor has it he has eight heads, nine arms, and 108 eyes, enough to make children cry at night.
It's said that whenever an ultra-S-rank powerhouse dies in the Infinite World, this mighty being takes their soul away and torments them day after day.
After this guy transmigrates to the human world, he can't help correcting the rumors: "Hey... Those people are living and eating just fine at my place. I've gone through several chefs because they ate so much."
So, to salvage his reputation, Qi Xia joins humans on their missions and transforms into an elegant, haughty prince and a sweet-talking confidant who showers his older brothers and sisters with praise.
"You're ultra-S-rank, big brother? That's amazing!"
"Your sword is so fast, big brother! So this is what S-rank is like? Amazing!"
The brothers, won over and floating on air: "Hehehe, he called me big brother. Hehehe."
Qi Xia, keeping his accomplishments to himself: Got them wrapped around my finger.
Qi Xia praises the brothers, then the sisters, then the younger guys, then the monsters. After earning the little praise-master achievement, he discovers that...
A shadowy monster coils around Qi Xia, squeezing his neck as it pulls him into its arms. With reddened eyes and a hoarse voice, it says, "Try calling someone else that one more time."
1. A haughty, noble, sweet-talking young master bottom × possessive, obsessive, loyal-dog tops split from one original
2. The bottom is a big-brother enthusiast
3. A touch of being adored by everyone
Theme: A love that goes both ways is always beautiful
""Catch a big bug for the author~ The last sentence should be "harmony", it seems wrong