I Hear I'm Very Devoted

Wen Tingyu loved Bai Sicheng for nine years. He never missed a day of sending caring texts, worrying that Bai Sicheng might be cold or too warm, thinking of him before he'd even had time to miss him, worrying about him before he'd had time to worry. Everyone said he loved so humbly that he'd thrown away even his self-respect.

Bai Sicheng smugly told his friends, "Even the right to love me is something I granted him!"

To stay by Bai Sicheng's side, Wen Tingyu was willing to be nothing more than a substitute.

For nine years, Bai Sicheng treated Wen Tingyu as a disposable stand-in, calling him over whenever he wanted and sending him away whenever he pleased. He arrogantly took it for granted that Wen Tingyu couldn't live a single day without him.

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Wen Tingyu opened How Not to Let Your Emotional Intelligence Lose to a Robot Vacuum, copied entry number ninety-nine, and sent it to him.

[Sicheng, it's going to rain this afternoon. I've asked Assistant Lin to bring you an umbrella. It's cold, so remember to drink more hot water and less iced Americano.]

Max-Level Lover Daily Task (10/10)

Then Bai Sicheng's first love returned, and Wen Tingyu's good days, earning a million a month just by hitting Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V every day, came to an end.

With sorrow written all over his face, Wen Tingyu asked Bai Sicheng to break up.

Bai Sicheng casually lit a cigarette, assuming he was playing hard to get. His eyes held nothing but icy mockery. "You stayed by my side for nine years. I like that you know your place."

Wen Tingyu packed up and left, but Bai Sicheng thought he was just playing hard to get. Soon, he would come back crying and beg to get back together.

A month passed, and Wen Tingyu started going on blind dates. Bai Sicheng thought, He's taking one step back to move two steps forward!

Two months passed, and Wen Tingyu started dating. Bai Sicheng thought, He won't be able to keep this up much longer!

Three months passed, and Bai Sicheng drank himself into gastric bleeding. Half-conscious as he was rushed into the emergency room, he called Wen Tingyu. "Can we not break up? Please?"

Bai Sicheng quit smoking, quit drinking, and gave up everything Wen Tingyu disliked. But he sadly realized that even the dog Wen Tingyu had raised ranked higher than he did!

At first, Bai Sicheng thought Wen Tingyu was so in love with him that he never got angry.

Later, Bai Sicheng realized Wen Tingyu simply never got angry, and it had nothing to do with loving him.

Wen Tingyu's affection level toward everyone was a consistent 59. He trusted people too easily and was always being cheated out of his money until he ended up broke. On a bad friend's advice, he simulated being love-brained, hoping to fight fire with fire. In the ninth year of dating Bai Sicheng, Wen Tingyu had an extra hundred million in his account, but his condition hadn't improved at all!

[Reading Guide]

1. Leave your brain at the door.

2. If you like angsty, melodramatic stories, this has it all: stand-ins, first loves, a lover-chasing crematorium, mistaken identities, coerced love, broken hearts getting back together, and twists of fate.

3. No switching tops. One-on-one romance.

4. They only have each other.

5. Extremely melodramatic. Read it for the drama.

Theme: Strive relentlessly