How Not to Date

A rich second-generation uke who thinks he's a seme X an abstinent beauty, a CEO gong who is devoted at first and ruthless later

Just after returning to Chengdu, Lu Tingyue meets Sheng Xianxue at a gay bar while looking for someone. The man is tall, long-legged, narrow-waisted, and strikingly handsome.

Lu Tingyue goes over to flirt with him, only to discover he's an ice-cold beauty. He is immediately intrigued.

But things get off to a bad start, and the beauty gives him the cold shoulder right away.

The next time they meet, Lu Tingyue assumes Sheng Xianxue is gay and planning to trick a woman into marriage. Pretending to be Sheng Xianxue's secret lover, he single-handedly ruins the man's blind date.

Although Sheng Xianxue is aloof and hard to approach, Lu Tingyue shamelessly keeps throwing himself at him. He doesn't care when he's rejected, thinking he'd gladly die beneath the beauty's dress pants and still consider it a life well lived.

But once he learns that Sheng Xianxue is straight, he decisively parts ways with him.

What he doesn't know is that straight man Sheng Xianxue has already taken a liking to him.

Lu Tingyue refuses to get together with him, no matter what.

The two keep pulling and pushing, until Sheng Xianxue, driven to desperation, uses force to make Lu Tingyue submit.

Lu Tingyue hates Sheng Xianxue, but Sheng Xianxue moves him in his own way. A grand confession of love makes him fall completely.

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1. Everything is fictional except for the place names.

2. The uke has always been a seme before meeting the gong. The gong has never dated. Neither has an ex.

3. The uke can be a bit difficult sometimes, so a chase-your-spouse crematorium is inevitable. But this is a romance, and the chase-your-spouse arc is only one part of it.

Theme: White as the snow on the mountain, bright as the moon among the clouds