The Flirtatious Straight Man Returns with a Child

【Older, lovesick, resentful pursuer × sharp-tongued, teasing, married-type partner; rekindled romance】 【Five years ago: seemingly proper young boss × sweet, socially awkward nerd; a double delight!】 When Min Xicai heard that his childhood friend's younger sister had gone on a blind date with a divorced man who had a child, he was so angry that he immediately agreed to go confront the man. But when he arrived, he saw someone he had never expected. His ex, the person he'd been searching for for five years: Shu An. Min Xicai: You have a kid? Shu An: He's a little over four. He goes to kindergarten. Min Xicai: So this blind date is... Shu An: I want to find a partner and start a family. Min Xicai was shattered. They had been so happy back then, yet Shu An had left without a word. Overnight, he packed up all his things and vanished from Min Xicai's life as if he had disappeared off the face of the earth. Min Xicai was miserable. Min Xicai drank to drown his sorrows. He wanted to know exactly how he fell short of that strange woman. Shu An: This is my child... Min Xicai: Open the door. I'm here to help you take care of him. His friends hinted, both openly and subtly, that he was raising another man's child, but Min Xicai didn't care. He was more than happy to do it. He never expected to see something so shocking. “Shu An, what’s the scar on your stomach?” - Shu An is a senior office worker in the company's management team. Behind his polished professional image, he's an uncommon single father, working nonstop while still having to pick his child up from kindergarten. He tells people the child was conceived on impulse. So people describe him as both “too stupid to use a condom” and “at least somewhat responsible.” Only he knows that someone else was supposed to wear one. Five years after leaving Min Xicai, his work is steady and his career is on the rise. He decides to go on a blind date and find his child a stepmother. Who could have imagined that his search would lead him straight to Min Xicai? The child's looks, the missing mother... Shu An knows that one day he won't be able to keep the child's secret any longer. But when he thinks of the sweetness and recklessness they once shared, he can't bring himself to say a word. Bonus Scene: Even after marriage, Min Xicai still has plenty of stamina, and Shu An enjoys it too. But Min Xicai is much more careful than before. To avoid history repeating itself, he always takes every possible precaution. One day, Shu An suddenly asks, “Um, maybe we could try without a condom?” Min Xicai: No. We have to use one. Shu An: It doesn't feel very comfortable. Min Xicai: What if you get pregnant? Shu An: If it happens by accident, we'll have the baby... Min Xicai considers this. Min Xicai puts it into practice. At last, they come together without a barrier, and they don't stop even when the bed is about to collapse. Shu An stares blankly at the ceiling, thinking Min Xicai finally wants another child with him. “My vasectomy report.” “Now we can go without one whenever you want.” Min Xicai × Shu An A competitive, easily rattled man × someone who became a person's unattainable ideal just by breathing A winding journey that still brings them back together Reunited from the very beginning; the story alternates between five years ago and five years later, with the child woven throughout Theme: The heart knows what it wants.