After the Contract Expires

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Synopsis:

Lu Huaiqiu has secretly liked Lin Tianye for many years. Before he could bring him home, he paid someone to discreetly find out what kind of person Lin Tianye liked.

Lin Tianye: "A mature business elite in a suit and tie, the sort of adult who drinks coffee without even adding sugar. Got it?"

Lu Huaiqiu: !!!

He has a sweet tooth and hates coffee. If he has to drink it, he needs at least five sugars. As for formalwear, he avoids it whenever he can. Worse still, the last impression he left Lin Tianye with before going abroad was of him clutching Lin Tianye's sleeve at the airport, nearly crying himself unconscious.

So, for the three years of their marriage of convenience, Lu Huaiqiu diligently played the role of the person Lin Tianye liked: a business elite in a suit and tie, a mature adult who did nothing but frown or smile and had no other unnecessary expressions.

Although their marriage hadn't gotten off to a perfect start, Lu Huaiqiu believed he and Lin Tianye had long since become a loving couple. Until, on their third wedding anniversary, he pushed open the door with a huge bunch of roses in his arms

The apartment had been completely redecorated to look just as it had before their marriage, as if he had never been married at all.

Lu Huaiqiu: ...

What happened? Why was it like this?

From Lin Tianye's perspective, marrying a longtime friend in a marriage of convenience wasn't a big deal. Besides, Lu Huaiqiu really had helped the Lin family solve a huge problem.

Finding a suitable same-sex partner wasn't easy, and marrying someone he knew well seemed like a good idea.

But he never imagined he'd be subjected to three years of cold treatment after the wedding.

Lin Tianye, who had long forgotten the ideal type he'd casually made up to get someone off his back: Hey, did I do something to offend you?

Lu Huaiqiu x Lin Tianye

Both are CEOs.

[Younger top] [Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting]

Cover art thanks to @Three-Year Cicada

Theme: Be honest with each other, communicate properly, and solve your problems.