The new transfer student was smart and handsome, and he sweet-talked Shao Rong every day. Before Shao Rong knew it, he'd been lured into a relationship. Who knew that being friends was easy, but being boyfriends came with so much trouble? They had a little fight every other day and a huge fight every three days. Shao Rong had finally had enough and dumped him.
Being single is great. Being single keeps you safe.
Five years later, they ran into each other again at someone else's wedding. The man was sitting in the lounge, staring in Shao Rong's direction. His eyes were pitch-black and unfathomably deep, fixed on him like a hunter eyeing his prey. In the blink of an eye, though, it was almost like an illusion.
He looked perfectly respectable, with the lights spilling across him. He was just like a great villain who'd returned to exact revenge.
Lin Xingyan had resented Shao Rong ever since he was dumped without mercy all those years ago. He'd never admit that he still cared about him. But then the two of them filmed a horror-escape variety show and gained a wave of CP fans.
Fans: Ship, ship, ship! This is so good! Lin Xingyan has to like Shao Rong.
Lin Xingyan, furious: Screw that! I'd rather starve to death and jump off a cliff than like him!
Shao Rong slung an arm around a male guest who was filming with them. Lin Xingyan stared at the guest as if he were the enemy who had murdered his father. The internet turned it into a meme and teased him relentlessly.
Fans: What a petty man.
Lin Xingyan angrily threw his phone.
Shao Rong knocked over a vase, and Lin Xingyan shielded him, getting a huge bump on his forehead. He was furious, so Shao Rong waited on him hand and foot, bringing him tea and water.
Viewers: Brother Yan is so manly and boyfriend material! Rongrong is so sweet, like a little wife~
Lin Xingyan: What's the use of being sweet? He still dumped me just like that!
Shao Rong got trapped in an escape room for two hours and couldn't find the door. A request for help came over the speaker. Lin Xingyan: He can't even get out of an escape room this simple? He must've left his brain at home. I'm not helping.
Not long after saying that, Lin Xingyan suddenly turned around and went to rescue him. The viewers imagined a caption for the moment: Holy crap, the one who's trapped is my wife!
Lin Xingyan was speechless at the netizens' antics. He put his phone face down on the table and repeated to himself: Focus on work. Nothing else matters.
He deliberately ignored his messages for a few days and finally managed to get into work mode.
Secretary: Young Master Lin, um, maybe you should go online and take a look.
Lin Xingyan snapped: "Just focus on your work! Why are you online all day? Do I pay you to surf the internet? Is the Poly60 material ready or not?!"
Secretary: "...I'll get right on it."
Lin Xingyan suppressed his growing curiosity and kept looking at reports for another three minutes. Then he quietly picked up his phone and discovered that a high school classmate had posted that Shao Rong had dumped him, and that he'd gotten completely drunk and begged him through tears not to break up, but still couldn't change his mind.
Lin Xingyan's face fell. His dignity was in tatters.
He opened the door and roared: "Find out who the bastard is that leaked this!"
The secretary, who had been working just fine: "...All right."
Theme: On life's journey, only by facing hardships without fear can we keep moving forward, continue surpassing ourselves, and reach new heights.
