A Flirt on the Surface

Please add my upcoming stories to your collection: "Moonlight Embraces the Cinnabar Mole" and "The Misaligned Lives of the Backup and the White Moonlight." If you're interested, click to add them. The blurbs are below. =3= [Story Blurb] Shi Zhe is the campus heartthrob of Y University: handsome, long-legged, and stylish, with countless admirers. He's a charming playboy who dates one boyfriend after another, most of them for about a week. People call him "the top gong who escaped from the flower market." One day, Shi Zhe has just broken up with his latest boyfriend when he turns and whistles at Luo Xingzhi, the campus heartthrob from neighboring X University, who happens to be wearing the same outfit. He says flirtatiously, "Hey, handsome. Since we're dressed like a couple, how about adding me on WeChat?" Luo Xingzhi answers coolly, "Sure." Shi Zhe, who was only flirting on a whim: "...Huh???" Later, Shi Zhe clutches his nearly broken waist. "Luo Xingzhi, can you act like a human being?!" Luo Xingzhi: "Didn't you say you've been around the block and can handle anything?" Shi Zhe's face turns redder and redder. He says quietly, "That was just... talk." - There's a popular thread on the university town forum: How long will Shi Zhe and Luo Xingzhi stay together? Going by how often Shi Zhe has been changing boyfriends lately, anywhere from a week to half a month. Ten days, tops. One is the ultimate ice prince, the other the ultimate playboy. They're incompatible. Five days at most. But a month, two months, and half a year pass, and the two still haven't broken up. Onlookers: ...What happened to him being a playboy??? Later, a GIF goes viral on the forum. The famously cold and aloof campus heartthrob of the university town takes Shi Shizhe's hand, smiling warmly. Meanwhile, Shi Shizhe, who changes boyfriends like clothes and has been branded a playboy, turns bright red to the tips of his ears, as if they might drip blood. Onlookers: ??? [The seemingly cold, abstinent, but actually anything-but-abstinent devoted gong x the shamelessly flirtatious, but genuinely innocent shou who blushes at the slightest touch] Reader's Guide: * Childhood friends who meet again by chance * Shi Zhe is the shou [emphasis] * The leads are devoted to each other, body and soul, from beginning to end. No switching roles or pairings. * Set at university, though the story isn't entirely about campus life. * I only know the basics about the fields mentioned in the story, so please don't scrutinize them too closely. Divider Upcoming Story 1: "Moonlight Embraces the Cinnabar Mole" Yan Chaoyan is the fourth young master of the wealthy Yan family and a top-tier Alpha. At home, he's the pampered youngest child. Outside, he has a secret identity as a genius composer adored by countless people. The only imperfection in his life is a marriage contract with the scumbag Alpha of the Zhao family. The Zhao family was on the verge of ruin, and their marriage alliance with the Yan family brought them back from the brink. After attaining wealth and status, the scumbag Alpha, who benefited most from the alliance, went back on his word. His heart belonged to both a white moonlight and a cinnabar mole. While pursuing them both, he also sought out substitutes and spent his engagement period chasing Omegas. When someone mentioned his fiance, the scumbag Alpha sneered, "He never shows his face in public. Who knows, maybe he's too ugly to be seen." On the day the engagement is called off, the scumbag Alpha finally discovers that the fiance he slandered is the one he could never win over or let go of: the regret in his heart, his cinnabar mole. The scumbag Alpha regrets everything and desperately pursues Yan Chaoyan, only to be crushed to his knees by another top-tier Alpha's pheromones. The owner of those pheromones puts an arm around Yan Chaoyan and looks down at the scumbag Alpha. Wearing his usual gentle smile, his eyes brim with possessiveness toward Yan Chaoyan. "Sorry, he's taken." The scumbag Alpha looks up in humiliation and finally sees the person at Yan Chaoyan's side: his white moonlight, Wen Yujue. - Yan Chaoyan has heard of Wen Yujue, the eldest young master of the wealthy Wen family. He seems noble and refined, gentle as jade, but is actually aloof and distant, difficult to approach. Yan Chaoyan always thought he'd have little to do with Wen Yujue, until the day they met When they first meet, Yan Chaoyan discovers that Wen Yujue's gentle, tender voice could be the source of his inspiration. Yan Chaoyan, an absolute voice lover, is so captivated by the voice that he loses all sense. "Are you available to keep me company? Name your price." Wen Yujue's gaze is deep. "Let's be friends. For free." As their affection grows, Yan Chaoyan confesses directly: "What do I have to do to get you to be my boyfriend?" Wen Yujue leans in until their noses brush and says softly, "It's simple. Let me kiss you." Yan Chaoyan reaches out and takes the moon everyone looks up to but can never touch, because he alone receives that moon's undisguised devotion. Love at first sight x love that grows over time Pheromones: Frost and snow beneath the moon x mint rose The seemingly gentle white moonlight who is secretly calculating gong x the bold young master shou Content warnings: One-on-one romance, devoted in body and soul Dual A pairing, with some original worldbuilding Both leads have unhealthy possessiveness Upcoming Story Divider Upcoming Story 2: "The Misaligned Lives of the Backup and the White Moonlight" At the request of his childhood friend, Pei Yihao agrees to look after his friend's secret crush, a cannon-fodder shou living in China. Whatever the cannon-fodder shou wants, Pei Yihao provides, since his childhood friend is the one paying. When the cannon-fodder shou pursues a scumbag gong, Pei Yihao helps his friend persuade him not to walk into a trap. When the cannon-fodder shou learns that he's a substitute for the scumbag gong's white moonlight and is devastated, Pei Yihao spends the night keeping him company at home so he won't do anything rash, at his friend's request. But everyone thinks Pei Yihao is the cannon-fodder shou's devoted, lowly backup. Even the scumbag gong and the cannon-fodder shou think so. Scumbag gong: You like him, he likes me. As long as I'm around, you'll never have a chance. Cannon-fodder shou: Sorry, you're a good person, but I still like the scumbag gong. Pei Yihao: Could you say that again? I want to record it so my childhood friend will finally give up. - At the scumbag gong and cannon-fodder shou's wedding banquet, Pei Yihao accidentally gets drunk. When he wakes the next day, he finds fresh bite marks on his gland and another Alpha's pheromones all over him. The person lying beside him is the scumbag gong's white moonlight. - After an accident, Pei Yihao learns he isn't his family's biological son. The real young master who was switched at birth is the scumbag gong's white moonlight, Zhou Kai. Pei Yihao: Everything I have is yours. Zhou Kai gazes at him intensely. "Does everything include you?" Pei Yihao: ??? #Everyone thinks I'm a loser in life, but I'm actually the real winner# The outwardly gentle, inwardly calculating and possessive yandere gong x the optimistic, sunny, and extremely handsome shou Coffee flavor x caramel flavor: You're the only sweetness in my bitter life. Dual A, one-on-one romance Theme: Even when life is full of obstacles, stay true to yourself.