The Price of Being Everyone's Crush

Song Xing is universally disliked, and he knows it. His parents died when he was young, and he was adopted by a couple with mental illnesses. He suffered terribly, and eventually sent them to prison himself.

His faded clothes and long hair hanging over his eyes made him barely noticeable in a crowd. They also attracted gossip and bullying.

He didn't care. His only wish was to get through high school in peace. Once he left, everything would be fine.

But Song Xing never expected his high school life, calm as an ancient well, to be upended by one person.

Ji Heng.

The school's darling: good family, handsome, and gentle. How could someone like him possibly take an interest in Song Xing?

Song Xing's first instinct told him that Ji Heng's approach couldn't mean anything good. But so what?

With high school nearly over, perhaps he could leave behind a little something different after all.

Song Xing warned himself countless times not to give away his heart. But when he heard Ji Heng talking about how disgusting he was, just like everyone else, it still hurt.

He lowered his eyes. Let it end here, this game that should never have begun.

First-person narration.

Villainous queen bottom; the top is a hopeless romantic.

The pursuit-and-regret arc takes up a large part of the story.

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Li Mu is about to start his final year of high school. His grades are below average and erratic. His hair is a little long, covering his eyes, and his complexion is pale from years of poor nutrition. A bad home life, bad personality, bad grades: all these things piled up together.

They made Li Mu the class outcast, the one everyone disliked and ignored.

But after two years, he'd grown used to it. If he could just get through one more year in peace, he could start a new life and live for himself.

Then, one day, an unexpected voice appeared in his mind: [The Universally Disliked Aura has worn off.]

He heard the strange voice and thought he'd imagined it. But from that day on, everything changed completely.

More eyes began turning his way. Classmates who used to barely acknowledge him grew friendly, treating him with extraordinary warmth.

Even Shen Zhixing, who'd always been at odds with him, looked at him with a cloying, burning gaze, like candy melting in the sun and giving off a sickly-sweet scent.

When did Shen Zhixing realize there was something different about Li Mu? Even he didn't know.

Was it a fleeting glimpse of Li Mu's pale, slender waist? A chance sight of his vulnerable expression? Or had he been bewitched by those dark eyes, always touched with a hint of coldness, and come to want them fixed on him alone?

He'd thought he was the only one who felt this way. But it turned out there were countless others who felt the same.

Anxiety, jealousy, and possessiveness took root deep in his heart and mind, growing like a tree thriving in the sunlight.

Li Mu was trapped beside the dorm bed, his ankle held tight. His eyes were red, tears rolling down his pointed chin, only to be kissed away one by one by warm, damp lips.

“Baby...”

Someone murmured in the throes of passion.

Both leads are over eighteen! No dating in high school! No intimate contact!

The Aura on the Gloomy, Universally Disliked Guy Has Worn Off

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Tuxedo cats are the strongest fighters among cats. They can beat tigers and kick lions, and they're braver than the sky is high.

There's a legend among humans: if your cat goes missing, give a tuxedo cat a few dried fish as a reward, and it's like putting out a wanted poster. Your cat will soon be caught and brought back.

And the King was the biggest feline boss in the Jiaxing neighborhood.

One day, a new man moved into the neighborhood. The King went to investigate, only to find that the man was incredibly weak. Since the whole neighborhood was his territory, he wouldn't allow anyone to bully anything in it.

The King gallantly stepped in, rescued the man, and sauntered away. He never expected the man to cling to him from then on.

The man followed behind him, holding dried fish. “Meow, meow.”

The King finally lost patience and turned into a human to yell at him. “What are you meowing for? My name is King! Stop following me! Go away!”

The man saw the King's human form, blushed, and looked dazed. “K-King... I'll take care of you. No, wait, you take care of me, King...”

The King meowed. “Not a chance!”

Later

The King raged. “Stop getting into my den! You're squashing it!”

The man gazed at him with hearts in his eyes, looking dizzy. “Then come to my den, King. Mine is bigger...”

Seeing all his underlings get into the habit of raising humans, the King looked at the man in front of him. Well, he supposed he could raise one, too.

Theme: Despair and hope are two sides of the same coin; great hatred is precisely the starting point of great love.