The Cunning Charmer Who Lures the Untouchable Beauty

[Please add my next sister story, The Scheming Tease Turns His Straight Roommate Gay, to your favorites!] In crematorium romance novels, there's a certain type of character the author defines as "incapable of loving." They're cold and indifferent to their partners, and they never say what's on their minds. Chen Qingtang realized that his husband, Shen He, was exactly that kind of person. Throughout their years of marriage, Shen He had always been lukewarm toward him. Even in his final moments, Chen Qingtang still thought he wasn't loved. When he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn back to the day he and Shen He first met in college. Chen Qingtang finally understood, and realized that Shen He had actually loved him desperately. After Chen Qingtang died in a car accident in his previous life, Shen He became so depressed that he took his own life to follow him. Shen He was simply incapable of loving, and on top of that, he was reserved, proud, and tight-lipped: the textbook crematorium romance hero who chases after his wife. Chen Qingtang considered the matter. This man could still be worth keeping if he took him home and trained him a little. Reserved and proud? Incapable of love? Then I'll just bait him, and keep him hooked until the bitter end. Chen-style rules of seduction: - Never make the first move, and take no responsibility. - Flirt all you want, but never put out the fire. - Enjoy the ambiguity, but never define the relationship. He would make the flower on the mountain peak come down from his pedestal of his own accord, just to run to him. From the moment Shen He first met Chen Qingtang, he had a sense of danger. The young man's dark, calm eyes watched him quietly, as if they were going to drag him into some kind of abyss. His instincts told him to stay away from Chen Qingtang, yet, strangely, he was drawn to him. Little by little, he grew close to Chen Qingtang. He remembered Chen Qingtang's tastes, how he liked to dress, and every little thing he liked. At a gathering, their friends saw how close they were and teased them, "Is something going on between you two?" Shen He paused, frowning. "We're just friends." But the next day, Chen Qingtang suddenly became very polite with him. He stopped eating and going to class with him, and no longer looked at him with that intent gaze. Chen Qingtang took back the special treatment he'd given him. Watching Chen Qingtang pair off with someone else, laughing and chatting happily, Shen He felt inexplicably restless. At last, like a defeated puppy, he stopped Chen Qingtang himself. "Don't treat me like this." One day, Shen He heard Chen Qingtang talking in his sleep, calling his name with deep affection... Shen He suddenly realized that Chen Qingtang liked him. But Shen He was straight. They couldn't be together. So, the next time they got close, Shen He couldn't take it and pushed him away. The next day, Chen Qingtang began avoiding him, not even letting him look his way. Chen Qingtang pulled away so quickly that Shen He grew angry. His unpredictable attitude made Shen He fret, but there was nothing he could do. Only then did Shen He realize that he was already hopelessly in love with this man. He couldn't stand having Chen Qingtang out of his life. In the end, Shen He lost control and cornered him in their dorm room, his eyes filled with possessiveness as he struggled to beg, "Stay by my side. I'm going crazy. What's wrong with me...?" Chen Qingtang smiled, pleased with himself, and wrapped his arms around Shen He's neck. His voice was gentle, but his words were cruel. "Of course, you're falling in love." A seemingly innocent, dark-hearted teasing bottom x A seemingly pure-hearted flower on the mountain peak who is actually a lovesick, loyal puppy of a top Content warnings: 1. Both are each other's first, and both are pure. This is a very sweet romance with no angst. 2. The top is quite innocent at first, but later becomes lovesick and obsessive. Also, he really doesn't know how to love and is very slow to catch on. 3. A dog-training romance. The top wasn't a scumbag in his previous life, he simply didn't realize he was in love. The story will explain the reasons and the emotional entanglements between the top and bottom in their previous life. Here's a preview of the next sister story, The Scheming Tease Turns His Straight Roommate Gay Blurb: Lin Nan has an extremely homophobic roommate. When the roommate learned his sexual orientation, he even repeatedly wiped down any desk Lin Nan had touched with wet wipes. Lin Nan didn't care much about this stone-cold straight guy. Until one day, while Lin Nan was in the bathroom, he suddenly heard rapid, heavy breathing from the dorm room, tinged with restlessness and frustration. He couldn't help pressing his ear against the door... A deep, masculine voice, openly lost in self-indulgence, occasionally letting out a couple of hoarse curses. It was so sexy it made his scalp tingle. Lin Nan felt an itch of desire, his cravings stirring inside him. - Turn him gay, then sleep with him. It only takes two steps to seduce a straight man: Figure out what turns him on. Pretend to be the prey, and wait for him to take the bait. After Zhou Yao learned Lin Nan was gay, he wanted to stay as far away from him as possible. Until one day, Lin Nan suddenly started dressing as a girl. Zhou Yao was disgusted. What kind of man dresses like a woman? Who does he think he's fooling? But strangely, even though he looked down on it, he couldn't control where his eyes went. When Lin Nan asked what he thought, he even gave him a serious opinion... What the hell? Without even realizing it, Zhou Yao and Lin Nan had become close. Once, a friend brought up Lin Nan and said their relationship had improved a lot. Had they gone from enemies to friends? Zhou Yao's expression immediately darkened. "Impossible. I hate gay people most of all." But over the next few days, Lin Nan started dressing as a girl more and more often, swaying around in front of him. It felt as if a cat's paw were scratching at Zhou Yao's heart. He told himself, That's a man. He's a disgusting gay man. I can't, at least I shouldn't. Lin Nan's skirts grew prettier and prettier, and he took turns wearing sexy off-the-shoulder tops and very short shorts. Zhou Yao tried his best to hold back, but in private he couldn't help peeking at him with red eyes. Until one day, Lin Nan wore black stockings, and Zhou Yao could no longer resist. He pinned Lin Nan in a corner and demanded a kiss. Lin Nan's beautiful, striking eyes gleamed with a strange, triumphant smile. "Aren't you straight?" Zhou Yao came to his senses at once, breaking out in a cold sweat. At some point, rumors began to spread around campus that Zhou Yao was bullying Lin Nan. Because someone had seen a scene like this: - Zhou Yao gripping Lin Nan by the neck, both of them flushed, with a wound at the corner of Lin Nan's lips. A friend came to Zhou Yao to ask if it was true. Zhou Yao inexplicably flew into a furious, embarrassed rage and admitted that he hated Lin Nan. All at once, Lin Nan's little skirts disappeared. He stopped dressing as a girl. Zhou Yao began to miss something, and his heart felt inexplicably constricted. Worse, he was going crazy and starting to think he could want Lin Nan even in men's clothes. Zhou Yao felt like his whole world was collapsing. He was endlessly tormented and interrogated by the battle between reason and desire. When Lin Nan finally dressed as a girl again, Zhou Yao couldn't resist pouncing on him and demanding what he wanted. Anger and longing made his eyes redden. "What do you want from me?!" Lin Nan narrowed his eyes with a smile and patted his face. "You hate me? Then why do you keep acting so pathetic around me, baby?" At that moment, Zhou Yao understood: he had completely fallen for Lin Nan. Theme: Live toward the sun, live in the present, and keep looking ahead