Too Late

[My Love Rival Is Pathetically Weak] is now complete. The ending involving the supporting character's hit-and-run has been revised. Everyone involved has faced legal consequences. Thank you to the readers for your suggestions and questions. I know that my emotions and state of mind while writing are no excuse for getting things wrong. Once again, I apologize for my carelessness and ignorance! I also want to thank and apologize to everyone who followed the story and supported me with subscriptions while it was updating!!!

Eight years ago, Jiang Sixian witnessed a car accident. His parents were the ones responsible.

He saw a college student fall into a pool of blood. Blood covered the young man's face, making his features impossible to see.

He was young, but he thought his parents should take responsibility. Instead, they left while the young man was still clinging to life. Jiang Sixian watched the man teetering on the brink of death and saw pain, hatred, despair... in his hideous scars.

From then on, that real event became a nightmare that haunted him night after night for eight years.

He often woke up from it in a panic.

At nineteen, he met Lu Xueqian, a man whose cold expression held not a trace of warmth.

He was an architectural designer, yet he always wore a glove on his right hand, never taking it off, not even to draw plans.

Jiang Sixian couldn't stand him. He thought he was misanthropic, cold, and heartless...

When their collaborator introduced them and told Jiang Sixian to call him Brother Lu, Jiang Sixian put on a fake smile and said with impeccable manners, "Uncle Lu."

Lu Xueqian glanced at him indifferently, unfazed by the insult.

Lu Xueqian seemed aloof and proud, completely out of place among other people.

The more Jiang Sixian watched him, the more he wanted to drag him down from his pedestal.

But even though he wanted to bring him down, once he learned that Lu Xueqian's right hand was impaired, he became that hand for him, patiently drawing plans and bringing all his ideas to life on paper.

Then the day the truth came to light arrived.

It turned out they had met long ago. This was the very man who had lived, covered in blood, in Jiang Sixian's dreams for eight years.

Anger, guilt, grief...

The tangled emotions tore at his heart.

He had run away once, eight years ago. This time, he couldn't run again. Jiang Sixian felt he ought to stay by his side.

He would be his hand and his light for the rest of his life, illuminating the long road ahead.

"I'm sorry. I came too late."

Sharp-tongued, kind, and calculating seme & cold, dashing, and not at all what he seems uke

P.S.:

Both are each other's only partner.

They save each other.

It's a healing story, more or less.

Also, the seme really is foul-mouthed, but once he falls in love, he's incredibly sweet.

Because of the serious traffic accident, both of them have some degree of post-traumatic stress disorder.

From the uke's perspective, the title could be "How a Scheming College Student Stole My Body and Heart but Never My Money". Hahahahahaha!

Thanks for reading. Stay or go as you please.

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Next novel: [Foul Play]

Jiang Tun first met Jiang Hongye in the school cafeteria. He was accidentally punched during a brawl, and the two of them got into a fight that ended as abruptly as it began.

The second time they met was after the class reshuffle in their sophomore year. Not only did they end up in the same class, but their teacher also paired them up as deskmates, calling them the class's two "troublemakers."

Other deskmates got along just fine. The two of them immaturely drew a boundary between their desks. If either crossed it, they had to take a punch and call the other "Dad."

The whole class knew that the two big shots in the back row got into a fight every few days. Punching arms and kicking legs counted as a warm-up.

-- Getting used to each other, sophomore year:

Other deskmates studied hard and helped each other.

The two of them covered for each other so they could skip class, rank up in games, and play basketball.

-- Becoming confidants, senior year:

Other deskmates talked about the future and planned which university to attend.

The two of them started lamenting life and decided to keep each other in line and make one last push.

Later, the whole class was stunned. The two big shots huddled together after class to work on problems. During lunch break, they even rested their heads together, with a school uniform draped over them to block everyone's view.

Jiang Tun calmly replied, "Blocking the light."

Classmate A: "...You only have one school uniform between you?"

Classmate B: "Are the curtains just for decoration?!"

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Jiang Hongye loved listening to Jiang Tun sing. He knew Jiang Tun dreamed of becoming a singer and putting on a spectacular concert.

They met in high school, and Jiang Hongye was by Jiang Tun's side throughout his rise to becoming a top-tier star. They went from disliking each other to supporting one another.

The company had a rule that Jiang Tun couldn't date while he was at the height of his popularity. He agreed, but then broke the rules by meeting Jiang Hongye and kissing him openly.

After Jiang Hongye rose to become a top-tier star, internet users dug up his improper relationship with a top-tier singing star. He was attacked online by rabid fans and sent horrifying packages.

Jiang Hongye punched every paparazzo who came his way, making it clear he wasn't someone to mess with. During that time, the two of them clashed and nearly broke up.

Later, Jiang Tun's nationwide tour brought him to the city where they had met. In front of everyone, he announced that Jiang Hongye was his boyfriend and that they had been together for nearly ten years.

At the same time, it was his final concert before retiring from the music industry.

"I bid farewell to poetry and distant horizons, and set out to find my dreams and the way home."

First love for both / both are school bullies / both are poor students / sweet romance

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