You're Not the First to Want to Be My Boyfriend

Lu Yue has had countless admirers since childhood (at least, that's what he thinks). Harassed beyond endurance, he finally snaps. A friend introduces him to someone and gives him a business card. The person on it can pretend to be his boyfriend for a while whenever he needs, and the price is negotiable. The guy's name is Luo Jingshu, and he's a college student too. Lu Yue has seen friends get swindled out of both money and affection in similar situations, so before they even meet, he decides to keep things strictly professional and talk business only. But when he sees Luo Jingshu, he thinks Luo probably has a tragic, miserable background, perhaps a bedridden mother and younger siblings who need tuition money. He's willing to hear him out. - Luo Jingshu is a theater major at the university next door. Short on money and opportunities, he decides to broaden his horizons and bring his act to the masses. He's played plenty of roles, but this is his first time playing someone else's wife. “Hello.” “One hour is a hundred yuan. Two hours gets you ten percent off. Monthly subscribers get an amazing 25 percent discount. Please spend responsibly.” Lu Yue looks at Luo Jingshu. “A year.” Luo Jingshu: “...Honey, I'm at your beck and call.” - Luo Jingshu really does take his job seriously. After all, Lu Yue is an annual subscriber, and a vvvvvvVIP like that deserves to be looked after. During their time together, Lu Yue asks if there are any upgrade options. “Of course, boss.” Luo Jingshu is overjoyed. Handsome, loaded bosses aren't easy to come by. Lu Yue gazes at him intently. “Is there an option to upgrade from fake boyfriend to real boyfriend?” Luo Jingshu: “...” A businesslike, alluring wife (Luo Jingshu, shou) x a fake innocent, greedy college boy who starts out strictly professional and later blurs the line between work and private life (Lu Yue, gong) *Please check out my next novel, Treasured Pearl Never Saw It Coming [Reborn]. A pure-hearted, sweet, innocent fool, gentle and soft to the utmost, x a cool, powerful gong with pathological control issues. In his past life, Qiu Baozhu was useless. After his family went bankrupt, Wei Shu, who had risen to power out of nowhere, kept him like a dog, controlling and raising him. Baozhu was timid and submissive. If Wei Shu wanted to control him, so be it; he didn't dare object. That is, until Wei Shu put a pair of shackles on him. “Wei Shu...” “Baozhu, I'm doing this for your own good. This world is dangerous.” When Wei Shu's birthday party was crowded, Baozhu used a birthday cake to coax the keys out of him and escaped. He ran, crying all the while. He didn't want Wei Shu to lock him up at home. He didn't like being forced to eat healthy food or wear clothes in Wei Shu's preferred style. He didn't like spending time with Wei Shu. Even if Wei Shu scoured the world for precious jewelry to add to his collection, Baozhu still didn't like him. Baozhu wanted to be free. While fleeing, Baozhu was hit full force by a truck. When he opened his eyes again, he had been Reborn. He was seventeen again. His family hadn't gone bankrupt yet, and Wei Shu was still a poor student. They weren't close yet, either. The turning point that brought him and Wei Shu closer was supposed to happen that afternoon, when debt collectors surrounded Wei Shu and beat him up. In his past life, Baozhu couldn't stand by and had stepped in to help... The same people beat Wei Shu up again, at the same time and place. This time Baozhu didn't help. He just watched from hiding. Wei Shu was taciturn, but he fought viciously, nothing like a high schooler. Still, he was outnumbered and clearly at a disadvantage, taking a brutal beating. Baozhu didn't help. He just anonymously called the police. The next day, Wei Shu came to see Baozhu. “Qiu Baozhu, did you call the police?” Baozhu turned deathly pale with fright. Had he... had he been found out? But Wei Shu's next words were: “Mind your own business.” Baozhu's face flushed red. He was mortified. Wei Shu had never spoken to him like that in his past life. No matter how angry Wei Shu got, he would still gently call him Baozhu. Baozhu. How... how could he talk to him like that? - In this life, Baozhu's family didn't go bankrupt. That was good. But then came the bad news: Wei Shu fell for him again. Baozhu turned Wei Shu down and packed his things, ready to run away. With Wei Shu's temperament, if Baozhu refused to obey him, he'd lock him up again! But after Baozhu rejected him, nothing happened. Wei Shu even started keeping his distance. Baozhu was dumbfounded, then felt aggrieved. “How could you do that...” Theme: Though battered by a thousand trials, one remains steadfast, no matter how fiercely the winds blow from every direction.