Lin Zhishi had a dream.
In it, his childhood friend went bankrupt. Taking advantage of his misfortune, Lin Zhishi mocked him mercilessly, brought him home, tormented him in every way, and finally had his way with him.
Lin Zhishi jolted upright, gasping for breath despite being at death's door. "Me, have my way with him? I like him? How come I didn't know?!"
Then he woke up to find that his childhood friend really had gone bankrupt.
Lin Zhishi: "..."
Worse, he discovered he was a supporting character in some novel on a certain flower-themed site, and the leads were him and his childhood friend. Next, he was supposed to act out a whole series of unspeakable scenes with him.
With a heart of stone, Lin Zhishi went to see his childhood friend.
In the rain, the man looked utterly miserable: pale, thin, gloomy, and broken.
Lin Zhishi's heart skipped a beat.
Oh no. I think I really might be into men.
[System: Host, please follow the plot and complete a series of tasks involving "humiliating," "imprisoning," and "tormenting" your childhood friend.]
Lin Zhishi looked at the mission panel, then at the beautiful man before him, whose eyes were gloomy and broken. After three seconds of silence, he reached out and pulled him into his arms.
"You're bankrupt? Great."
"Come home with me. I'll take care of you."
His childhood friend's expression changed at once. He really does have those kinds of feelings for me.
Lin Zhishi: "...No, listen, I'm really just following the plot because I have to."
His childhood friend sneered. "You were forced to kiss me last night, too?"
Lin Zhishi: "That really was part of the plot, "
His childhood friend: "And locking me up at home today?"
Lin Zhishi: "...That was part of the plot, too."
His childhood friend didn't believe him.
Because Lin Zhishi's gaze was so possessive yet restrained. It was obvious he'd fallen for him.
Lin Zhishi was pretty devastated, too.
Because he really had fallen for him.
But those "forced" things really were just plot missions!!!
Later on.
Lin Zhishi was locked up in a psychiatric hospital.
Standing beside the hospital bed, his childhood friend looked conflicted. "Are you actually sick?"
Lin Zhishi's gaze was clear. "I am."
"What's wrong with you?"
"I'm in love with you."
His childhood friend fell silent for three seconds, then suddenly bent down and kissed him.
"What a coincidence. Me too."
"Ever since you helped me fight someone when you were twelve."
Mutual pining (not really, since one of them figured it out and the other didn't).
[Bonus Scene]
The day his childhood friend made a comeback, he cornered Lin Zhishi against the wall.
"Now it's my turn to torment you."
Lin Zhishi smiled. "Go ahead. I'm willing."
His childhood friend: "..."
His childhood friend: "Damn, I love him even more."
So, can childhood friends become lovers?
Answer: They have to, whether they can or not. The System will make it happen.
Premise: As long as you work hard together, life will get better.
