I Cried, But I Was Faking It

Please check out and bookmark my new novel next door, When a Green Tea Drama Queen Decides to Break Up. It's about a fussy little drama queen who awakens to his own consciousness and makes a scene about breaking up, and a domineering CEO with intense possessiveness and control issues who is genuinely unwell but endlessly indulgent toward the little star. Blurb: Everyone in Class 7 of No. 3 Middle School knows that the new transfer student, Song Mingwang, is a rare oddball, with intelligence and social skills that are inversely proportional. On his very first day, he accidentally treated his deskmate's desk like a trash can. To make matters worse, his deskmate was none other than Cheng Wang, the legendary top dog of No. 7 Middle School. Watching Cheng Wang expressionlessly pick up the bag from the bear-shaped cookies he'd tossed onto the desk, Song Mingwang blinked, and tears as big as beans poured down his face. "I'm sorry." Cheng Wang: "..." Seeing him cry harder and harder, Cheng Wang furrowed his brows and finally spoke. "Forget it." As soon as the words left his mouth, Song Mingwang's tears stopped as abruptly as a faucet being shut off. He said, dead serious, "The research theories in books really didn't lie to me. People do feel sympathy when someone like them acts vulnerable." Cheng Wang: "..." Song Mingwang shrugged, looking like he was asking for a smack. "And just so you know, this theory works even better between people of the same sex. See? You went soft." Cheng Wang: "...Fuck." Little scene: One day, Song Mingwang was sprawled over his desk, looking listless. When Cheng Wang beside him got up, he tugged at his clothes. "Bring me a carton of banana milk and some bear-shaped cookies. I want the original flavor." Cheng Wang acted as if he hadn't heard and walked straight out. The others thought to themselves that the transfer student really was dreaming. How could Brother Wang possibly bring him snacks? But when they saw Cheng Wang put a bag of assorted snacks on Song Mingwang's desk, everyone was stunned. Song Mingwang pouted and complained. "I asked for the original flavor." Cheng Wang clicked his tongue. "I'll get it next time." Everyone in Class 7: "..." Reader's guide: The uke is a conversational genius and a master at stepping on people's sore spots. If that's not your thing, please don't read. No baiting or provoking. Comments like that will be deleted, so behave. You don't need to leave a comment if you drop the novel. Come and go as you please. The gong dotes on the uke. They save each other. Extreme uke- or gong-fans, stay away. My new novel next door is out now: When the Dog Emperor Became Everyone's Darling Yin Huai woke up in the body of the villainous young emperor in a political intrigue novel. The officials in court dared not speak against him openly, but cursed the dog emperor behind his back. Yin Huai played his part as the dog emperor to perfection. When he heard that the powerful, gentle Prime Minister Wen was going to marry, he immediately set out to abduct the man's fiancee and bring her into the palace. When he heard that the aloof Imperial Preceptor hated pineapple, he sent him pineapple cakes, pineapple pastries, pineapple soup, and pineapple incense every few days. When he heard that a foreign prince had ended up in their country, he went straight to a brothel, bought him, and brought him back as a personal guard to fetch water and wash his feet. When he heard that his younger imperial brother was plotting a rebellion, Yin Huai would show up at his residence now and then in his dragon robes, wearing a different one for every season, spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Yin Huai thought he was doing an excellent job as a dog emperor, until one day he discovered... The Prime Minister whose fiancee he had snatched had a room full of portraits of him. The Imperial Preceptor had a special box containing every piece of pineapple Yin Huai had ever sent him. The prince had given up his revenge and was happy to stay by his side as his guard. His younger brother had rebelled because he wanted to take the throne, marry Yin Huai, and lock him away in the harem. Yin Huai declared, "I was wrong. You're the real dogs." Theme: Face adversity and stand by your convictions