The Arctic Ocean and the Nile

Unrequited Love + Childhood Friends Turn Lovers + Slice of Life [Short-Tempered Beauty Returns Home to Start a Business (Shou) × Patient, Cunning Private Chef (Gong)] Blurb: After breaking up with his boyfriend, Lin Suiheng returned to his hometown alone to take care of his mother and stepfather's affairs. His hometown had changed a lot. Even the Lao Zhao Restaurant by his front door had a new sign. A bowl of bright red duck blood noodles had just been set on the table when a large, bony hand whisked it away and replaced it with steaming, overcooked noodles with shiitake mushrooms and cabbage. Lin Suiheng looked up and saw the person who felt both most familiar and most distant to him: Zhao Fangyan. "Take your time. When you're done, I'll take you there." As far back as Zhao Fangyan could remember, he and Lin Suiheng had never been apart. Lin Suiheng wasn't loved by either of his parents, so Zhao Fangyan brought him home to eat and stay. When Lin Suiheng got into trouble by teasing cats and dogs, Zhao Fangyan protected him, telling anyone who came after him, "Got a problem? Take it up with me." Later, they failed to get into the same high school. Zhao Fangyan asked a close friend to keep an eye on Lin Suiheng. He never expected that the two of them would end up together while looking after each other. When Zhao Fangyan heard the news, he took a moment to process it, then warned his friend like a big brother: "You'd better treat our Sui Sui well." He didn't say the rest in front of Lin Suiheng: "If you treat him badly, I'll beat you to death." So when Lin Suiheng appeared before him, pale and dazed, Zhao Fangyan was truly angry. He bottled up that burning anger until the day Lin Suiheng cried and called him Brother Yan, telling him he loved him. Then it exploded. Gripping Lin Suiheng by the neck, he asked him over and over whether he should have run off with someone else, and whether he knew he'd been wrong. For three days straight, Lin Suiheng couldn't get out of bed. Only after his back stopped hurting did Lin Suiheng finally realize what was going on. He planted his foot on Zhao Fangyan and asked why he hadn't told him sooner. But the next moment, Zhao Fangyan kissed him until his back went weak again. "I didn't dare force you." "But now that you're back, I'm not letting you leave." [Before You Read] 1. Lin Suiheng was in a relationship for seven years. Zhao Fangyan has never dated anyone. 2. The author is neither gong-focused nor shou-focused. I just want to tell a story. Readers who are extremely focused on one side or the other may want to skip this. 3. You don't need to tell me if you're dropping the story. Excessively harsh comments will be deleted. Theme: May those who meet never lose their way from each other, and those who part never meet again.