After a Straight Guy Falls for His Old-Fashioned Boss Online

[Carefree, adorable straight guy bottom x uptight, celibate boss whose heart finally catches fire]

[Older top, size difference, goofy sweet romance]

Mu Ran is a rookie office worker, shuttling between his rented apartment and the office every day, finding little ways to enjoy himself despite the grind. The one thing he can't laugh off is how stiff and difficult his boss is.

Being strict about work would be one thing, but he even meddles in everyday matters. What is he, a boss? More like the devil himself!

Luckily, he has a sweet online boyfriend who always comforts him. He just has to grit his teeth, keep working, and earn plenty of money so he can meet his darling in person and marry him!

Then, during a company trip, the hotel runs short on rooms, and Mu Ran has the rotten luck of sharing one with his boss. He hides in the bathroom and sends his darling a voice message complaining.

When he returns to the room, his boss is sitting upright on the sofa, looking at his phone. Mu Ran throws a set of military-style punches at his back from a distance, only to hear a voice message suddenly play out loud:

"Darling, save me! I have to share a room with my awful boss, and it's a room with one big bed!"

His boss turns around. His handsome face, usually so stern, shows an unusually vivid expression. He's stunned.

Mu Ran is stunned too.

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Pei Zhiyu has spent years in the workplace, hardening his heart. But then he finds that his new subordinate is far too naive, can't separate work from personal life, and treats his coworkers like family.

If this keeps up, he'll get hurt sooner or later.

His sympathy gets the better of him for once, and he messages Mu Ran to offer some advice. He never expects the guy to cling to him right away and ask him to start dating just a few days later.

The day he gets confessed to: How could this be? I'll have to teach this newbie a lesson for not knowing his place tomorrow!

The next day: Damn it, he's so cute...

He decides to take the relationship seriously, but then Mu Ran quits without a word.

The red exclamation mark in their chat window, indicating that he's been blocked, is glaringly conspicuous.

[Bonus Scene 1]

Quitting on impulse feels great, but finding a new job is hell. Mu Ran trembles in his rented apartment as he searches for work, when suddenly he hears a knock at the door.

Mu Ran: "I don't remember ordering takeout..."

He opens the door. A tall man in a suit stands there, glaring at him.

"You ordered your darling."

[Bonus Scene 2]

Mu Ran discovers that ever since they got together, Pei Zhiyu has been coming up with more and more tricks. He's nothing like the serious, celibate old man he seemed to be.

"Think I'm uptight? Hmm?"

"Actually, being uptight is a very good quality in a boss... Ahhh, stop doing that there!!"

Top: 30, bottom: 22

Both are each other's first, first love for both, 1v1, happy ending, goofy sweet romance

Theme: Love life.