Love Comes Knocking Next Door

After suddenly learning the truth about how he was kidnapped as a child, Zhou Ji has no choice but to move from the northern city where he has lived for years to a small town in the south he has never visited. Feeling terribly lonely, he wants to get along with his new family's sour-faced older brother. He just ends up taking things in a different direction. Tan Shang has always known he was a substitute, but he has still been happy. After the boy he replaced comes back, he realizes that his sense of belonging no longer seems to come from his adoptive parents. Instead, it starts coming from the younger brother who is always wandering around in front of him. Zhou Ji: I just wanted us to get along. Why did you think I liked you? Tan Shang: So, want to date? Zhou Ji: ... (Is he crazy?) A self-deluding, outwardly cold but warm-hearted, supposedly proper man vs. a bold, rebellious, sunny, cheerful, genuine man. Reader's Guide: One-on-one romance, both leads have only ever been with each other, familiar tropes, pseudo-incest, realistic setting (long-winded plot and elementary-school-level writing). Nothing in this story has any connection to the real world! Do not project yourself onto it or compare it to reality! (This is a world I created, so of course I can write it however I want.) Exclusively published on Jinjiang. Thanks for supporting the official version (pirated copies make for a worse reading experience). Recommended completed works: Mutual Promise: Two top students, mutual crushes, a relationship they both pursue, and a second chance after a breakup. A Poor Showing: A story about two jerks who despise each other and are also attracted to each other. Give In: Falling in love a second time. It was him ten years ago, and it's still him ten years later. Theme: Be sincere and brave, and keep moving forward.