You’ve Got Some Nerve

A new neighbor moved in next door.

Broad-shouldered and long-legged, with brown hair and green eyes, he stood in the hallway at a height of nearly 1.9 meters. Even the motion-activated lights seemed to shine more eagerly than usual.

Ming Su was taking out the trash when he accidentally met the man's gaze. His heart fluttered like a startled deer, and he wondered if the guy had Slavic ancestry.

Otherwise, how could anyone be so handsome!!!

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Ming Su is a well-known danmei author on a certain Chinese web-fiction site. Before starting every new story, he has to angrily write ten thousand words of intimate scenes, or else the romance gets stuck like a PowerPoint presentation.

To prepare for his new novel, he spent a fortune on a lifelike, heated toy.

But the delivery guy's hand slipped, and he dropped it off next door.

By the time Ming Su rushed over to retrieve it, his handsome neighbor had already opened the package.

He tried to talk his way out of it. "Actually, if I said this belonged to a friend of mine, would you believe me?"

Clearly, not even a dog would believe him.

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On the very first day Chu Fang moved in, he fell in love at first sight with his gorgeous neighbor.

When he learned the other man had a long-distance boyfriend, he planned to patiently wait for them to break up.

But as he waited, he discovered that the gorgeous neighbor's long-distance boyfriend was impotent, while the neighbor himself had a very high sex drive.

Chu Fang suddenly decided that there was no need to wait for the neighbor's happiness.

He'd just steal him away.

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Day one of stealing him away:

Chu Fang: He doesn't mind?

Ming Su: Who??

Day two of stealing him away:

Chu Fang: I'll work hard to make it official.

Ming Su: Kiss me, hubby.

Day three of stealing him away:

Chu Fang: He has a boyfriend, but it's not me.

Ming Su: Hug me, hubby.

N days later:

Chu Fang: You and him aren't a couple?!

Ming Su: Huh?!

Chu Fang: @.@

Aren't you?!

[Bonus Scene 1]

Chu Fang: You're so bold when you write about me. Why do you start crying the moment we get down to business?

Ming Su: It's not the same! Yours is so, so...

Chu Fang: Hmm?

Ming Su: TT

Now I finally understand why the bottoms in novels say they can't take it!

[Bonus Scene 2]

The two had been together for a while.

One day, Ming Su's childhood friend came to visit, and Ming Su wanted to introduce his boyfriend.

Chu Fang: An ex meeting your current boyfriend? Is this a declaration of war?

The two of them: ??

Reader's Guide:

1. Younger top, size difference, 178 vs. 193 cm. The top is mixed-race and has Slavic ancestry.

2. The bottom thinks they're dating, while the top thinks he's the other man's side piece and keeps trying to make it official.

3. The bottom has had his left lower leg amputated and must always wear a prosthesis. There is no medical miracle. Please don't read if this bothers you.

4. Both are each other's first, happy ending.

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Saving the World with Cards

[Chuunibyou bottom vs. a top who pretends to be aloof]

Jin Xinian is a junior copywriter at a game company. Naturally curly hair, black-rimmed glasses, dark circles, plaid shirts and jeans: he's so pale he looks like a vampire who never sees the sun.

But at night, his beauty and combat stats automatically max out, and he saves the world with his cards.

The bewitchingly beautiful phoenix is him. The soul-stealing succubus is him. The golden-haired, green-eyed elf prince is him. The sacred and pure God of Light is him, too.

The Sloth card before meeting him: Humanity must all be made to stay in bed.

After meeting him: Aww, it's late. Aren't you going to get some rest?

The Mermaid card before meeting him: Humanity must be drained dry by my charms.

After meeting him: I'll leave the task of draining everyone dry to you~

No matter how mischievous the card, once it meets Jin Xinian, it has to behave.

The only problem is that using cards with dark attributes gives him a fever, so he might need a partner.

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Lou Lanxue is the chosen one, perfectly suited to a dark deck.

Once, Jin Xinian drove away his nightmares using the appearance of the God of Light. Since then, Lou Lanxue has kept a beautiful figure like a moonlight-white flower in his heart, and firmly believes that the other man is a god from another world.

Just when he thought he'd never meet him in this life, he realized that the unremarkable junior copywriter in his company's writing department might be a magical girl.

Evidence one: Every night, he transforms, and he's completely different from the person he is by day.

Evidence two: He has a cow cat by his side that can talk.

Lou Lanxue didn't want trouble and had planned to turn a blind eye. But the next second, the junior employee transformed into the person he had cherished in his heart...

Jin Xinian, who had just used a card: What? I'm the boss's beloved?!

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On the rainy night Lou Lanxue first saw a god, he was trapped in a nightmare.

Then a beam of light fell beside his bed. The god looked down at him and touched his brow with a fingertip. The nightmare receded like the tide.

After that, he was never afraid of nightmares again, and a new figure began appearing in his dreams.

Golden, glowing, as if it might disappear at any moment.

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The app Kaliaome is as essential to card characters as water is to fish.

Every wild card that enters the card pool eventually gets recommended the app by its seniors. From then on, it discovers a whole new world and embarks on the path of both writing and drawing, never to return.

N days after downloading Kaliaome, the irritable, affection-starved Nightmare card posted a video titled "Exclusive Memories: Jin Xinian's Pregnancy Diary." It's still trending to this day.

N days after downloading Kaliaome, the shy, timid Vine card transformed into a lush green presence and became the fandom's most acclaimed artist of tentacle-play art.

One day, Jin Xinian discovered the app.

Jin Xinian: ??? What is this??

The cards: Oh no, run!

● Both are each other's first love, happy ending.

● This isn't the kind of save-the-world story where the characters roam heaven and earth. It's a gradual, gentle kind of world-saving, with a warm, healing tone. I hope readers come away feeling warm inside.

● The bottom's transformation is like a dress-up game. He was good-looking to begin with, and later, when he takes off his glasses and cuts his bangs, he dazzles everyone. His face absolutely does not change!

● Using the cards makes him gush over the bottom because he's just so, so beautiful, with all kinds of gorgeous outfits, hair ornaments, hand and foot accessories, and chokers. Ahhh, I'm drooling!

● The author got to indulge in their favorite fantasies, and hopes readers who click in will enjoy themselves too ^0^

Theme: I love you in every form.