The Beauty from Our One-Night Spring Fling Ran Away!

A little reading tip: I’m adjusting the update schedule to qualify for the rankings, so I’m keeping the word count under control. The whole novel is already written, so you can safely start reading or save it for later. Hope you enjoy it, babies! My next novel is The Husband, Did You See a Ghost?! 【A naturally flirtatious, oblivious, unlucky and stubborn cat-like bottom X a cold on the outside, shameless on the inside, sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, roguish top】 Wen Shiqing’s life as an unlucky guy can be summed up in one word: divided. A PhD in electronic information engineering? Absolutely. Every paper he submits gets accepted, he can code in his sleep, and his juniors call him a walking computer! But his personal life? His career? That’s where he’s a max-level good-for-nothing, with the god of bad luck practically glued to him. He puts cold water in the pot when making instant noodles, and inevitably forgets to plug in the cooker when boiling eggs. At work, little pests seem to have it in for him: first, a coworker secretly changes his code and deletes his backups; then his boss steals his work and frames him, with one dirty trick after another. This idiot just spends every day reflecting on himself: I’m doomed. I must have been born under an unlucky star, with a permanent bad-luck debuff! His love life is even worse. After dating his boyfriend, a fellow PhD student, for several years, he finds out that the man has been going on dates with women behind his back. He whispers in bed about how much he loves Wen Shiqing, while openly giving another woman a wedding ring! Wen Shiqing packs up and bolts. Damn it, he’s met a jerk. Could he possibly be any more unlucky?! But he never imagined that things could get even worse: on his first day at his new job, he crashes straight into the company CEO’s arms! Who is Xu Linran? He likes watching his father lose face and his half-brother make a fool of himself. Whether he’s in a good mood depends on whether his enemies are behaving themselves. His life is so monotonous, it’s practically unhinged. No one expected President Xu, the one person his father couldn’t handle, to fall into the hands of an unlucky guy. Before meeting Wen Shiqing, President Xu spent every day building his business, picking fights with the Xu family, and watching his enemies suffer. Life was so dull. After meeting Wen Shiqing, President Xu spends every day hunting down the company mole, getting jealous, getting jealous, and getting insanely jealous, all while stubbornly refusing to admit it! I’m a freaking straight man! When someone at the company frames Wen Shiqing, Xu Linran slaps the culprit, then turns and quietly tells Wen Shiqing, “It wasn’t your fault!” When he sees Wen Shiqing discussing work with a coworker, Xu Linran fumes inwardly: Transfer him. Transfer him. Transfer them all! The whole company trembles. Why has President Xu been so temperamental lately? Did he have another falling-out with his family? Then, after the two somehow end up in bed together for a night, Xu Linran wakes to discover that Wen Shiqing has vanished from his world. Two years later, Xu Linran corners Wen Shiqing at a restaurant while he’s on a blind date. His eyes red, he asks, “You slept with me. Weren’t you going to take responsibility?” Wen Shiqing: “???” 【Silly little scene】 The assistant looks at the project team roster, now half empty, and completely loses it. He bravely asks, “President Xu! We really can’t transfer anyone else! If we do, there’ll be no one left to work on the project!” Xu Linran glances at the roster. “There are still three people. Their skills aren’t up to par. Why keep them?” He turns and catches sight of Wen Shiqing, earnestly revising code with a completely innocent look. Delighted, he thinks: Those useless idiots don’t deserve to say another word to him. Why keep them around? Transfer them all! Wen Shiqing looks at the dwindling number of men on the team, then at his growing workload. He can’t help stopping his boss. “President Xu, I really want to ask you something. Do you... particularly dislike... male coworkers?” Xu Linran’s expression stiffens. He puts on a cold face and insists, “This is strictly business.” Wen Shiqing rubs the back of his head and murmurs, “But why do I get the feeling you’re jealous?” The decisive, roguish big shot’s Adam’s apple bobs. He’s speechless on the spot. P.S. Reading guide 1. The top turns the bottom gay. The top initially believes he’s straight, and after meeting the bottom, has no romantic feelings for women or any other relationships with them. 2. There’s a six-year age gap, with the top being older. 3. Neither character is a virgin. The top is 35, and the bottom is 29. Please keep an open mind. 4. The bottom changes partners. 5. The top later pursues the bottom through a painful period of regret. There’s a little angst, but overall it’s a sweet little romance. Please add my upcoming novels to your reading list: 1. The Husband, Did You See a Ghost?! (Coming in October) 【A scheming, devoted older top X a silly, adorable straight-man bottom】 Shi Wenbei works in the traditional family business in western Hunan: corpse-driving. Put simply, he escorts locals who died far from home back to their hometowns. His professional creed: The dead deserve respect, and the deceased must be laid to rest. Not one person gets left behind. But a few days ago, he was the one who died first. After completing a big job, he was on his way back to the village with his pay when two highway robbers slit his throat. Then they set his body on fire, leaving not even a whole corpse behind. In the Hall of the King of Hell, the judge flips through the ledger of good deeds, clicking his tongue as he reads. “Shi Wenbei, your corpse-driving brought good fortune. You escorted hundreds of people home. The underworld acknowledges your good deeds and grants you a chance to return to life.” Shi Wenbei is overjoyed. “Coming back to life sounds great! Can I keep doing my old job?” The judge: “...I’ve arranged a good body for you. Go on.” Shi Wenbei: “A body? What kind of body?” The judge: “A rich young master, twenty-eight years old. He’s been bedridden for ten years and just passed away.” Me: “...Fine. It’s better than a grave.” When he opens his eyes again, he’s lying in a hospital bed so soft he sinks into it, surrounded by machines beeping and whirring. Good grief, this ‘ghost city’ is livelier than the markets back in western Hunan. A man sits by the bed. He’s handsome, with delicate features. His eyes are red as he stares at Shi Wenbei, who has just woken up. His voice trembles. “Wen Yu, you’re finally awake!” Wen Yu? Oh, that’s this body’s name. He Yu, the only son of a wealthy family. He was supposedly attacked when he was eighteen, got into a car accident, and spent ten years in a coma. Shi Wenbei opens his mouth. His throat hasn’t been used in ten years, and the sound that comes out barely sounds human. “But... who are you?” The man pauses, then smiles, though his eyes darken. “I’m Lu Feng’an. Your... lover.” A lover?! In his last life, Shi Wenbei was a corpse-driver who had never even held a woman’s hand. Now, on the very first day of his new life, he has a partner. But why is it a man?! Shi Wenbei: “...Oh.” The man: “You used to call me your husband.” Shi Wenbei: “???” Shi Wenbei: “...Husband???!!!” 【Little scenes】 1. 【About studying】 Lu Feng’an: “Wenbei, you’re thirty. You should go to college.” Shi Wenbei: “Why would I go to college? I can’t even recognize all the characters.” Lu Feng’an: “I’ll teach you. One character at a time.” Six months later, the entire He family is in an uproar: their young master, who was paralyzed for ten years, has been accepted to the university where his partner teaches! A reporter corners him for an interview. “How did you manage that?” Shi Wenbei, expressionless: “All thanks to my husband. Every night, he threatened me with a peachwood sword until I memorized my lessons.” Lu Feng’an: “Well... it’s called supportive education.” 2. 【About seeing ghosts】 Late at night, Shi Wenbei is fast asleep when someone suddenly pokes him awake. Lu Feng’an holds up a compass, looking solemn. “Wenbei, there’s something nasty in this room.” Shi Wenbei: ... (In my last life, I dealt with nasty things every day. In this life, the nastiest thing here is you.) With his eyes still closed, he accurately grabs a pillow and hurls it at him. “Lu Feng’an! That’s the cat you adopted last night!” Cat: “Meow.” 3. 【About repaying a debt of gratitude】 Shi Wenbei: “What do you even like about me? In my last life, I only collected your corpse once.” Lu Feng’an: “That’s not all. You escorted me the whole way, without missing a single mile.” Shi Wenbei: “...That was my job.” Lu Feng’an: “So this life, it’s my turn to see you home.” Shi Wenbei: “...See me home... where?” Lu Feng’an: “Into my heart.” Shi Wenbei: “...” Shi Wenbei: “Lu Feng’an, you teach feng shui, but you’ve picked up romantic lines pretty quickly!” 2. Man, You’ve Got My Attention! 【A peacock-strutting top X a cool, burdened bottom】 You Jia, heir to an entertainment empire and a perennial peacock who loves to show off. He’s never been insulted like this in his life: the waiter carrying trays at Zhiting Bar actually turned him down!!! “Sorry, I’m not interested.” You Jia is shattered on the spot. Fine, man. You’ve got my attention. He decides he’s going to win him over. He pays off his debts, stands up for him, and even plans to have someone deal with his six-year-old “love rival.” Then he discovers that his “rival” is his own niece, dressed in a pink skirt and sweetly calling him “Uncle.” You Jia: (⊙o⊙)…Fine, I’ll spoil my niece too. Just as he’s about to win his darling over His darling joins his entertainment company, gets caught up in a romance rumor with an award-winning actor, and breaks up with him. His darling tries to uncover the truth by working undercover for his enemy, and actually betrays him. His darling gets himself sent to prison. You Jia spins in circles. “How can a husband as wonderful as mine just disappear?!” Three years later, Lu Song gets out of prison. You Jia says, “Who cares?” But his legs have already carried him off to pick Lu Song up. Later, Lu Song wins Best Actor and comes out on stage in front of the whole world: “You Jia, am I good enough to pursue you now?” You Jia: “Uh...” Silly version: 【The playboy he looked down on eventually became irresistible】 Friend: “I heard you’ve got your eye on that waiter from Zhiting?” You Jia: “I do. But he isn’t interested in me.” Friend: “Why not?” You Jia: “He said he’s not interested in rich playboys.” Friend: “So what are you going to do?” You Jia: “Pursue him.” Friend: “How?” You Jia: “First, I’ll make him owe me money.” (One year later) Friend: “Where’s your darling?” You Jia: “In prison.” Friend: “???” You Jia: “He has his own pace. He says he needs to atone, so he told me to wait.” Friend: “Are you going to?” You Jia: “I have my own pace too.” Later, the whole internet is sharing award-winning actor Lu Song’s acceptance video: “You Jia, I won Best Actor. This time, I’ll pursue you.” You Jia: Great! Now everyone in Jiangcheng knows I’m his wife. No! I’m his husband!!! 3. Your Majesty, I’ve Come to Marry You 【A domineering emperor who takes what he wants X a clear-headed, long-suffering bottom】 Shen Mosheng is pinned to the imperial bed by Yin Jiu, his robe open as Yin Jiu looks down at him. “Young master, did you miss me?” “I wouldn’t dare.” Yin Jiu smiles. “Three years apart, and you’ve learned to say you wouldn’t dare. You used to dare to rebel against heaven itself.” Shen Mosheng looks at him. “You used to say you’d listen to me for the rest of your life.” Yin Jiu falls silent. When Yin Jiu was fourteen, he stood in the slave market and asked Shen Mosheng, “Young master, will you give me a name?” Shen Mosheng said, “How about Ah Hu? Protect me for the rest of my life.” Yin Jiu nodded with all his might. Young master, from now on, you’ll be my whole life. Later, Yin Jiu took blades for him, faced calamities for him, and went through every dangerous ordeal in his place. Shen Mosheng asked if he was afraid. He said, “I’m afraid you’ll be left without me, young master.” Shen Mosheng’s heart suddenly ached. On the night he turned eighteen, Shen Mosheng made up his mind to give himself to Yin Jiu. Yin Jiu held him close and kissed him, asking, “Young master, do you regret it?” Shen Mosheng shook his head. Yin Jiu smiled and said, “It’s a promise. Whoever takes it back is a puppy.” Loving him was something Shen Mosheng would never regret in this life. The night Shen Mosheng’s father forced him to marry, Yin Jiu knelt outside his room. “Young master, I’ll take you away.” “If we leave, my father will kill you.” “I’m not afraid of dying.” “I am.” Shen Mosheng pressed himself against the door, digging at it until his fingertips bled. “I’m afraid you’ll die. Go.” Yin Jiu stayed silent for a long time, so long that Shen Mosheng thought he had left. Then he said, “Young master, you’ll regret this.” Shen Mosheng did not open the door. It was the greatest regret of his life. During the three years Yin Jiu spent rebelling, Shen Mosheng watched from the capital as he fought his way to the dragon throne. On the day Yin Jiu ascended the throne, he seized Shen Mosheng and brought him back to the palace. “Do you regret it?” Yin Jiu asked. “What does Your Majesty want me to regret?” “Not leaving with me back then.” Shen Mosheng looked at him and suddenly smiled. “Your Majesty, you confiscated my family’s estate and killed my father. Now you ask whether I regret it. What do you think?” Yin Jiu’s face went pale. He was afraid. Yin Jiu took consorts and male lovers, parading them in front of Shen Mosheng every day. A eunuch reported, “His Majesty will be spending the night in Consort Liu’s palace.” “Mm.” “His Majesty asks if you have anything you’d like me to tell him.” “Tell His Majesty this on my behalf: the spring night is short. May His Majesty take good care of his health.” That night, Yin Jiu smashed three teacups. The next day, he took another consort. Yin Jiu gripped Shen Mosheng’s chin and asked, “Don’t you have a single thing you want to say to me?” “What I said was the truth.” “You’re lying!” “I wouldn’t dare.” Yin Jiu let him go, his eyes red. “Even if you hated me, that would be better than this.” Shen Mosheng never told him that he didn’t hate him for killing his father. He hated that Yin Jiu thought he no longer loved him. That night, Yin Jiu got dead drunk and barged into Shen Mosheng’s bedchamber, pinning him to the couch. “What do you want?” Yin Jiu asked hoarsely. “Tell me. I’ll give you anything.” “I want Your Majesty to let me leave the palace.” Yin Jiu froze. After a long pause, he said, “Anything but that.” “Then there’s nothing I want.” Yin Jiu suddenly buried his face in the crook of Shen Mosheng’s neck, his voice muffled. “You said you’d protect me for the rest of my life.” Shen Mosheng’s hand trembled. Yin Jiu had probably forgotten. He had said that to Shen Mosheng when he was fourteen. My Ah Hu, do you still remember? 【Little scenes】 【Scene 1: The Peach Blossom Curse】 A Taoist tells Shen Mosheng that he’ll suffer a peach blossom curse this year, and someone must take it on his behalf. Shen Mosheng asks, “How do I ward it off?” The Taoist says, “Stay by his side. Turn away every bad match that comes near.” Shen Mosheng nods and looks at Yin Jiu. “Ah Hu, did you hear that?” Yin Jiu, expressionless: “I heard.” In less than a month, a cold-faced young man has “escorted” every matchmaker who comes to the Shen residence back to the gate. There are twenty of them in all. Madam Shen slaps the table in anger. “I’m trying to find him a spouse, not a bad match!” Yin Jiu: “The young master said they all count.” Shen Mosheng laughs so hard in his room that he can barely stand. 【Scene 2: Bitter Enemies】 The palace is abuzz with rumors that His Majesty and the “empress he seized” are bitter enemies. The evidence: His Majesty smashed three teacups. His Majesty took another consort. His Majesty hasn’t set foot in the empress’s chambers for half a month. Then one day, at morning court, the officials kneel for ages before His Majesty finally arrives, draped in a plain white outer robe embroidered with ink bamboo. A sharp-eyed senior official recognizes it: the empress’s robe. The entire hall falls silent. Only Consort Liu understands what’s going on. That very night, she starts packing her bags. 【Scene 3: Getting Sick】 Shen Mosheng coughs once in the middle of the night. Yin Jiu: “Call the imperial physician.” Shen Mosheng: “...I’m just thirsty.” Yin Jiu: “Call the imperial physician.” Shen Mosheng sighs. “Ah Hu, I’m fine.” Yin Jiu stares at him for a long time. Then he scoops Shen Mosheng up, blankets and all, and carries him to his own bedchamber. “Then come sleep in my room. I’ll watch over you.” “Your Majesty has court tomorrow morning.” “I can skip court.” Yin Jiu keeps walking. “You can’t get sick.” The next day, the officials wait outside the hall for two hours before they finally hear: “There will be no court today.” Core theme: Love yourself before loving someone else.