After the Love-Struck Fool Was Destroyed

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Blurb:

A long-suffering, devoted-to-love gong who never complains x a heartless, selfish, ungrateful shou

1.

Everyone else: Zhou Wang is a man of few words.

His friends: He's just mature and dependable!

Everyone else: He's ruthless!

His friends: He's just loyal to his friends!

Everyone else: He's antisocial and hard to get along with!

His friends: He's here to study, not make friends with you.

Everyone else: He's love-brained!

His friends: ...

His friends: Well, we can't really argue with that.

Zhou Wang: perfect physique, mature and reliable, strong in a fight, a capable host and cook.

He has just one fatal flaw: he's love-brained.

Even a little kid can't help comforting him: "There are plenty of flowers in the world. Why pine after just one? You're a grown man, don't hang yourself from a single tree~"

Zhou Wang: "Mm. You're a grown man. I'm a little man."

2.

Outsiders say Chen Ge is gentle and courteous, a true gentleman, like an orchid growing in a secluded valley, its brilliance understated. But some flowers are poisonous: the brighter their colors, the more deadly the poison.

Only he knows that deep down, he's cold-hearted and selfish, skilled at scheming, no different from ordinary people in this world. In fact, the real him is even more despicable than most.

Yet one person worships him like a god and obeys his every word.

Chen Ge wants to know just how much someone can tolerate for love. He takes things too far by accident, and just like that, the other man is almost gone, and he's going out of his mind.

I never had any illusions about you. I know you are foolish, frivolous, and empty-headed, and yet I love you. I know your ambitions, your ideals, and that you are mercenary and vulgar, and yet I love you. I know you are second-rate, and yet I love you.

-- W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil

I'm terrible at writing blurbs. In short, it's a case of Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai: one is willing to hit, the other is willing to take it.

The shou is a handful, and a bit crazy. The gong is a handful too, because he brings it on himself.

Most important: You can insult these two all you want, but don't you dare insult me!

My completed novel: My Life as the Villain's Husky

Theme: Be honest with one another and scheme less, and you'll get further in life.