Pretending to Be Deeply in Love

Shen Chuyao is handsome, comes from a good family, and gets great grades, but he is a total player.

He neither accepts nor rejects anyone who confesses to him. In short, he keeps them dangling, fishing for willing bites without even offering bait.

He is so outstanding that countless people still rush to join his pond, one after another.

Unfortunately, Shen Chuyao doesn't want to choose any of them. Then one day, a fish named Chu Yuzhi barges into his pond, and Shen Chuyao realizes he might be about to get caught in his own game.

Chu Yuzhi, the most dominant Alpha among the high schoolers in Xijiang City, has a secret.

He's lithromantic.

So even though plenty of people pursue him, he doesn't like any of them.

Whenever Chu Yuzhi pursues someone, he makes a huge, very public spectacle of it, but he never confesses. If the other person confesses first, he turns them down without hesitation.

That's why people often call him a jerk.

Because of a bet with a friend, Chu Yuzhi starts pursuing Shen Chuyao like crazy.

At first, he only means to have a little fun. But as time goes on, he realizes he's fallen for him.

Even worse, he discovers that Shen Chuyao really is a player. Chuyao's pond is full of fish besides him, and every single one is exceptional.

At last, Chu Yuzhi panics. He can't sit still anymore.

If he doesn't confess soon, his darling will belong to someone else.

From then on, Chu Yuzhi launches a series of operations to capture Shen the Player.

First, he secretly drives all the other fish out of the pond.

Then he confesses to Shen Chuyao like crazy.

The pond owner, Shen Chuyao, stares at his pond, now empty except for one fish, and scratches his head. "Where did my fish go? I put so many huge fish in here. Where did they all disappear to?"

#The sea may be vast, but Shen Chuyao's pond is even bigger#

#When your rivals in love are everywhere on campus#

#How Chu Yuzhi became a walking, talking jealousy machine#

#How Shen Chuyao, the pond owner, went broke and got caught in his own game#

This novel is also known as Hooked.

[Second version, screenshot taken 2020.9.10]

Reading guide:

1. A physically overpowered pursuer who often chases people, is lithromantic, and is bold and flamboyant gong X a top student who's also physically overpowered, constantly pursued, a green tea schemer, and beloved by everyone shou. One-on-one, happy ending.

2. An ABO world. No childbirth, with some original worldbuilding.

3. Due to certain circumstances, both characters have flaws in their personalities, and they will help each other heal.

4. The gong is lithromantic and enjoys pursuing people, but only pursuing them: he doesn't date and has no exes. The shou is loved by everyone and enjoys being pursued, but has never accepted anyone, doesn't date, and has no exes. You could call them an unconventional scum gong and scum shou couple. If you can't accept a scum gong and scum shou, please don't read this!

4. If it's not your thing, please don't read it. Please don't scrutinize its ranking. A character's values are not the author's values.

[Screenshot taken 2020.5.2, currently building up a stockpile of chapters]

Theme: Keep moving toward the light, and a beautiful future will be waiting for you.