Being Straight Is Just Your Lie

Ling Zheng likes his neighbor, Lang Yuexi.

He was frail and sickly as a child, and Lang Yuexi always looked after him. How could he not fall for someone who was so good to him?

He told Lang Yuexi this secret before the college entrance exams. Lang Yuexi was slightly surprised, but still agreed to be with him.

Every time they held hands, hugged, or kissed, Ling Zheng was the one who took the initiative. Lang Yuexi merely went along with it.

When Ling Zheng planned to take their relationship further, Lang Yuexi ran away in a panic.

Ling Zheng was so heartbroken that he fell seriously ill.

After realizing that Lang Yuexi was a complete and utter straight man, Ling Zheng understood that these unrequited feelings couldn't go on. He decided to give up.

When Lang Yuexi heard Ling Zheng's confession, he thought it was a joke. He never imagined Ling Zheng was serious.

He could hardly refuse any request from Ling Zheng. Once he'd agreed to something like that, there was no taking it back.

To keep his fragile porcelain-doll of a friend from getting hurt, he forced himself to watch scenes of men getting intimate with each other, even though they made him feel sick.

But when it came down to the real thing, he still ran away.

After Ling Zheng broke up with him, Lang Yuexi felt a vague sense of loss, but thought Ling Zheng had gotten better and turned straight.

So he continued being a good older brother to him.

At a student union gathering, Lang Yuexi got drunk. As soon as he stepped out of the restaurant, he saw Ling Zheng waiting at the entrance.

Lang Yuexi naturally walked over to him, but another male student got there first.

He watched helplessly as Ling Zheng and the other student prepared to leave without sparing him even a glance.

Jealousy hit him all at once, mixed with the alcohol. Lang Yuexi grabbed Ling Zheng's hand and demanded, "Where are you going with him? Didn't you see me?"

The other guy pulled Ling Zheng's hand away and said with a touch of annoyance, "Senior, Ling Zheng came to pick me up."

Lang Yuexi sobered up completely. So Ling Zheng hadn't turned straight. He just didn't like him anymore.

A frail, tsundere beauty bottom x a loyal, sunny, cool-guy top

Reading Guide:

1. Set during their university years.

2. The top dotes on the bottom. He likes him but doesn't realize it, and the bottom only likes him.

3. Everyday life, older top, one-on-one, bittersweet and sweet romance, happy ending.

Revised the blurb on 2024.8.17. Added the frail-health detail and the fact that the leads had dated.

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Next up: After Becoming an Incubus, I Keep Wanting to Cuddle Up to My Nemesis

Jiang Qianyin and Jin Yushuo are well-known rivals. They compete for opportunities and status, and their fans are constantly at each other's throats.

When Jiang Qianyin received an invitation to star in a film, he spotted Jin Yushuo at the filming location.

When rivals meet, Jiang Qianyin can only pretend to be friendly in front of the cameras, while secretly rolling his eyes at the other man several times.

After work, Jiang Qianyin started feeling unwell, then lost consciousness.

When Jin Yushuo opened his door, he saw the face of the person he hated most. He angrily told him to get out.

But Jiang Qianyin acted completely out of character, hooked his hand around Jin Yushuo's, and walked into the room.

They spent a wild and absurd night together. Jin Yushuo discovered that he and Jiang Qianyin were exceptionally compatible. Just as he was about to reconsider their relationship...

Jiang Qianyin woke up completely, and his world fell apart.

On set, Jin Yushuo felt secretly pleased whenever he saw Jiang Qianyin occasionally rubbing his waist and furrowing his brows while working.

Jin Yushuo had thought it was a one-night stand because Jiang Qianyin had drunk too much.

He never expected Jiang Qianyin to keep showing up for dozens of days in a row, ignoring him during the day but knocking on his door at night.

Jin Yushuo increasingly felt that something was off between them, so he called a halt.

"This thing between us... without a name or commitment, it doesn't feel right..."

Jiang Qianyin stopped in the middle of things. "You don't like it? Then forget it."

The next day, Jin Yushuo saw Jiang Qianyin chatting and laughing with the director. That night, Jiang Qianyin even knocked on the director's door with a script in hand.

Unable to take it anymore, Jin Yushuo grabbed Jiang Qianyin by the collar and dragged him back to his room.

"You were complaining about your sore waist all night, and now you've got the energy to go to someone else's room?"

Jiang Qianyin deliberately moved closer to Jin Yushuo and smiled triumphantly. "Then rub my waist for me?"

Reading Guide

1. Sweet romance, both virgins, one-on-one, happy ending.

2. A beautiful bottom who says one thing but means another x a handsome, sunny, puppy-like top.

3. The bottom only turns into an incubus at night. His personality is different during the day and at night, and he doesn't remember what happens at night.

4. Blurb written on 2022.8.30

Theme: Love should be spoken aloud.