Living Off My Childhood Friend, Enjoying the Life of an Overseas Student

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* A handsome, secretly passionate mixed-race seme x a pampered, spoiled, indolent, short-tempered young master uke

Because he spent every day doing nothing but living off his parents, young master Ji Xu has his allowance cut off by his mother and is shipped off to study in the UK.

The person his mother appoints to manage his money is his childhood friend and sworn enemy, Wei Zhiheng, whom he fell out with two years ago.

With no money to his name, Ji Xu has no choice but to cling to his sworn enemy to survive.

Ji Xu originally planned to make Wei Zhiheng so miserable that he would return his money and kick him out. But on the very first day after he arrived, Wei Zhiheng pinned him down on the sofa, and the two of them nearly got physical.

Ji Xu: ?

Best bud, what are you doing?!

Even stranger, although they'd fallen out two years ago and were supposed to have nothing more to do with each other, Wei Zhiheng obeyed his every word. He gave in to everything and accommodated him at every turn.

When Ji Xu wanted a drink, Wei Zhiheng drank his way across London with him.

When he craved home cooking, Wei Zhiheng cooked for him himself.

When he wanted to travel, Wei Zhiheng planned everything so he wouldn't have to worry about a thing.

Ji Xu gradually got used to it. After all, Wei Zhiheng had treated him this way ever since they met. But their classmates were baffled when they saw them together. "Are you two really not a couple?"

Ji Xu: "We're not."

Wei Zhiheng: "Right. I've only celebrated his birthday twice every year since we met, had a ring engraved with his name, filled my photo albums with pictures of him, and made my reminders all about the things he likes. I only came to the UK alone at eighteen so I could take him and run away with him someday."

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After making peace with Wei Zhiheng, Ji Xu started to feel that something was off about his childhood friend.

Why was Wei Zhiheng always staring at his lips?

Why did Wei Zhiheng look so unhappy just because he had exchanged a few words with a good friend?

Why did Wei Zhiheng get a nosebleed just because he wore a skirt?

Even Ji Xu, as dense and straight as they come, could tell something was up.

The art scene is absolutely full of gay people. It's practically everywhere.

Ji Xu cautiously asked, "Bro, are you...?"

Wei Zhiheng: "Yes. I like you."

He nearly fainted...

But Ji Xu, who considered himself straight, didn't distance himself from his childhood friend.

He was a young master who had never lifted a finger around the house, and Wei's generous support was just too good. He wanted to keep enjoying it.

But his best friend liked him!

It was fine. Ji Xu was talking himself into it.

After all, being loved by such a handsome man was something to be proud of.

But he was a man!

*

Gay people were everywhere in the UK, and even straight Ji Xu wasn't spared. A blond, blue-eyed upperclassman began pursuing him in all sorts of ways.

After the self-proclaimed straight-as-an-arrow Ji Xu rejected him repeatedly to no avail, he became terrified of gay people.

Wei Zhiheng, whose jealousy was boiling over, seized the opportunity and offered Ji Xu a cure: "Date me."

Ji Xu: ?

Do you think I'm an idiot?

But under Wei Zhiheng's sweet talk, "idiot" Ji Xu decided to give it a try.

It was Wei Zhiheng, after all, his best friend. Maybe it would cure him.

Instead, Ji Xu became even more terrified of gay people.

Was Wei Zhiheng even human? He used treatment as an excuse every time! Three little kisses a day, and a full-on session every three days!

He couldn't take it anymore!

But by the time Ji Xu came to his senses and begged for mercy, Wei Zhiheng wouldn't give him the chance.

He'd been secretly in love with Ji Xu for so many years. How could he let go so easily?

Reading Tips:

* Wealthy-family childhood friends, mutual pining, rekindled romance

* He turns a straight man gay; the uke is a clueless blockhead who has yet to realize his feelings

* The uke has a tendency to attract everyone, while the seme is completely devoted to his wife

Coming Soon: Mistook the Wrong Man for My Husband After Losing My Memory

After ordinary office worker Duan Shujin wakes up in a hospital bed, he discovers that he has lost his memory.

The first person to open his hospital-room door is a handsome, gentle man. He brings him fruit and softly asks how he's feeling.

Duan Shujin only remembers that he has a husband he has loved for many years, so he softly calls out, "Honey?"

The "husband's" hand shakes, and apples roll all over the floor.

*

Yin Yanzhi doesn't reject the title. Instead, he starts diligently playing the role of Duan Shujin's "husband."

Yin Yanzhi inserts himself into every part of Duan Shujin's life and never leaves his side. As long as Duan Shujin calls him "Honey" sweetly, Yin Yanzhi will do anything he asks.

Soon, the company employees notice that Mr. Yin, usually a workaholic through and through, now leaves work on the dot every day with a thermos in hand.

Why does the usually stern Mr. Yin pull out his phone during meetings and grin foolishly at the screen?

After a thorough analysis, everyone reaches the same conclusion: Mr. Yin is in love.

So some bold employees secretly follow Mr. Yin, hoping to find out who the boss's wife is.

They are stunned and can't believe their eyes.

The boss's wife! How could the boss's wife be Duan Shujin, the timid guy who lets everyone order him around?

They're all doomed for exploiting Duan Shujin...

*

It isn't until after Duan Shujin is discharged that his real husband, a top-tier star and singer who'd been at odds with him, returns to the country.

The real husband sees Yin Yanzhi behaving intimately with Duan Shujin and steps forward to demand to know who he is.

Duan Shujin tilts his head, wraps his arms around Yin Yanzhi's and asks airily, "This is my husband. Who are you?"

Since Duan Shujin still hasn't regained his memory, Yin Yanzhi hogs the title of "husband" and keeps the real husband at arm's length.

After Duan Shujin is discharged and returns to work, Yin Yanzhi keeps things strictly professional with him at the office. But at home in the evening, he pins Duan Shujin down and makes him call him "Honey."

Only after he's tormented the amnesiac too much does he finally let go, tenderly kissing the tears at the corners of his eyes. "I'm sorry, darling. I'll do it again next time."

*

Yin Yanzhi once never believed he would fall for a new employee.

When Duan Shujin first joined the company, Yin Yanzhi called him into his office and scolded him.

He forgot why. All he remembered later was that Duan Shujin looked rather pretty when he cried that day.

Why cry so prettily? His company didn't need any more pretty ornaments.

A day later, he discovered that he'd misunderstood Duan Shujin. He'd only been made the scapegoat.

Yin Yanzhi apologized and chatted with him for a while, then realized Duan Shujin was humble and handsome. And up close, he was exactly Yin Yanzhi's type.

He'd been wrong. After talking to Duan Shujin a few times, he was completely won over.

The company could use a pretty ornament, after all.

For the first time, he felt the urge to pursue someone.

But just as he was preparing to ask Duan Shujin out, he saw him embracing another man and calling him "Honey."

Yin Yanzhi immediately thought, If only that were me...

Duan Shujin's smile must be beautiful.

Tips:

* An outwardly unflappable but actually devoted, loyal, and utterly besotted seme x an outwardly innocent, honest but actually cunning and scheming uke. Handsome seme, beautiful uke.

* The uke switches partners; the seme is like the other man who steals the husband.

* Both are sexually inexperienced; the uke was forced to be with his ex-husband for certain reasons.

* Very melodramatic and full of tropes. The uke develops a tendency to attract everyone later on.

Theme: Cherish the person before you