Little Pearl

[This novel is under contract for an unabridged print edition. Follow @Shimiandeng for updates on its progress.]

Straight college student Yu Jingming is bound to a versatile Romance System and forced to win over his aloof roommate.

As Yu Jingming carries out his missions against his will, the System's mood-checking feature lets him discover something strange:

Whenever Yu Jingming tries to please Gu Chen, flowers bloom above Gu Chen's expressionless face. Whenever Yu Jingming makes Gu Chen angry, little storm clouds drift over his head.

So his roommate isn't really an iceberg, and his roommate likes him.

Later...

Gu Chen: I need to go out for a bit. You... let go first.

Yu Jingming is forced to carry out a romance mission, and he can't let go of Gu Chen no matter how tightly he hugs him. Unable to explain, he holds it in for so long that his eyes turn red.

Gu Chen (stiffly patting Xiao Ming's head with a poker face): ...I'm not leaving. Don't cry.

Yu Jingming screams inwardly again: That's not what I meant at all!!! I don't want to be hugging you either, okay?! I'm straight!

A sweet 1v1 story about the everyday life of a college student majoring in Japanese: an outwardly cold, inwardly warm top student gong, Gu Chen, × a cluelessly gay, academically struggling shou, Yu Jingming.

[Content Warnings]

1. A very, very ordinary and uneventful story. The plot's logic exists solely to serve the romance.

2. Cross-dressing gag.

3. The shou in the secondary couple is an experienced player, and their story is melodramatic and angsty (but has a happy ending). Read with caution if that's not your thing.

Cover art courtesy of Yuzhou Youyong Studio~

Thanks for reading~

Theme: Happy learning and happy romance