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This story has been revised. The newest version is posted on DB Reading under the title Tremble. If you want to keep reading, you can find it there. Thank you all for your support!

[Warm, domineering, short-tempered daddy-type seme who is gentle only toward his love (Lu) x aloof, reserved uke who knows how to lure him in (Liang)] They’re both only interested in each other, and are completely, completely, completely infatuated with one another~

1.

Liang Zhu, an aloof senior forecaster at the meteorological bureau, has lived alone for more than twenty years.

An unsatisfactory boyfriend, a grandfather who depends on him and whom he depends on, and a nine-to-five job make up his unchanging life.

One afternoon, Lu Ziyang barges into his life without warning. During their first, rather dramatic encounter, Lu teases him for "crying so prettily," and Liang runs off as if he’s seen a ghost, thinking that he must never run into this inexplicable person again.

After that, they keep meeting again and again under all kinds of "coincidental" circumstances...

Well, if they keep meeting, so be it. Liang never imagined that one day this man would show up at the office, squeeze in beside him at the same workstation, and smugly call him "teacher."

Teacher, we’ve been desk mates for so long. Surely we count as friends by now?

Teacher, which do you like, plain milk or strawberry milk for breakfast?

Teacher, let me walk you back to your dorm.

Teacher, let me take you for a drive.

Teacher, teacher, teacher...

Liang Zhu realizes that he’s gotten so used to Lu Ziyang calling him "teacher" that it actually feels strange when he doesn’t hear it for a day...

2.

The more Liang Zhu looks at Lu Ziyang, the more he likes him. Then the alarm bells suddenly go off in his head: I have a boyfriend! Just then, the arrival of a strange woman completely changes the situation. He discovers that his now-ex boyfriend not only cheated on him, but may also have another side he’s kept hidden.

As if that weren’t enough, that same summer, his grandfather suddenly falls ill, while Liang himself is struck by a devastating disease through no fault of his own...

From then on, Lu Ziyang no longer calls Liang Zhu "teacher."

He ruffles Liang Zhu’s hair and says, "Call me Brother Yang."

Brother Yang will beat up the bad guys for you, take care of you, and protect you.

Happy ending, one-on-one romance.

A little bittersweet, but so much fun.

Warmth always, moving moments abound.

Content warning: The ex won’t stay gone (though the protagonist hates him). He doesn’t disappear until near the end of Volume Two.

The entire story is finished and complete.

Technical feedback is welcome~

Theme: No one can truly be an island unto themselves. We all need someone to care for us