My Jealous Ex-Boyfriend Always Wants to Cuddle

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[The blurb for my upcoming novel, You Can Stop Pretending, is at the very bottom. Please add it to your reading list!]

[Blurb]

Song Yuchen's friend has a half-brother, an illegitimate son they fight over tooth and nail.

The young man has flawless features, bright, captivating eyes, and a smile that's especially irresistible.

Song Yuchen is the one who falls for him at first sight.

But the other man deliberately gets close to him to get back at his stepbrother.

"Song Yuchen, stay away from him."

"Date me instead."

"Could you please take charge of me, just this once?"

Song Yuchen follows his whim and falls into the trap, deciding to play along. "Sure."

Later, the situation accidentally comes to his friend's attention, and the brothers turn on each other.

Behind the door, the young man brazenly admits everything. "I just can't stand seeing you happy. So what if I take him from you?"

That day,

Song Yuchen unilaterally ended their little game of love.

And disappeared, taking himself out of the other man's life.

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At a friends' reunion three years later, the missing Song Yuchen returns.

When they meet again by chance, Rong Shi is no longer the smiling boy Song Yuchen remembers. His words are icy, and he is like a wolf ready to bite at any moment.

"Song Yuchen, you care about him so much, you love him so much. You can be with him, but not with me, is that it?"

"Should I start calling you sister-in-law again?!"

Song Yuchen pretends not to care. Before turning away, he gives Rong Shi the same two words as before: "Sure."

Neither Rong Shi nor his brother can stand seeing the other happy.

Rong Shi especially can't stand seeing his brother with someone who treats him so well.

Rong Shi approaches Song Yuchen, hoping to drive a wedge between him and his brother.

But Song Yuchen is the only person who makes him feel cherished, indulged, and loved.

He doesn't have to fight tooth and nail with anyone to receive Song Yuchen's affection.

Just as he is lost in this love he has stolen,

just as he decides to bury the reason he approached Song Yuchen deep inside for the rest of his life...

Song Yuchen no longer wants him.

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For every year Song Yuchen was gone, Rong Shi spent a year falling apart.

Rong Shi only wanted to see Song Yuchen care about him again, so he turned years of heartbreak into cold words.

But Song Yuchen treats him with indifference, and he can no longer bear to watch Song Yuchen walk away.

At last, pushed to the brink, his eyes redden. "...Don't."

He cautiously reaches for Song Yuchen's hand. "You never said we were breaking up, and I never agreed. Song Yuchen... we never separated."

"Come back..."

"Please..."

#The leads only love each other, body and soul

#The shou and his friend are just friends

#An unconventional groveling arc, not told in reverse; there are misunderstandings, and each side misunderstands different things

#The gong is a little harsh at first; his feelings are explained after the novel goes premium

#Neither lead is a scumbag, and neither is a doormat

#Before the breakup, the gong never actually hurt the shou

#They get back together at the start; the overall tone isn't angsty

#See the author's note in Chapter One for more

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Upcoming Novel: You Can Stop Pretending

Ye Yun has spoiled his younger brother since childhood, turning him into an extreme older-brother obsessive.

His brother can leave home and their parents, but he can't bear to be apart from Ye Yun, his older brother.

It's like a man terrified of ghosts seeing one: he'll be in hysterics and ready to die in seconds.

So after his younger brother begged and pleaded for him to move with him to college, Ye Yun, a freelancer, reluctantly agreed to move in with him.

An older-brother obsessive who clings to you is one thing. One who brags about you is another.

During the first week of living together, Ye Yun's younger brother showed him off to his roommate.

The roommate had sharp, defined features, pale skin like it was dusted with frost and snow.

When he was expressionless, he seemed aloof and cold, as if nothing could reach him.

Yet whenever he faced Ye Yun, there was a mischievous edge to him that was impossible to resist.

Ye Yun knew the young man was just being playful. He never took his deliberate approaches or jokes seriously, always meeting them with a smile.

Until one day, the young man grabbed his wrist and refused to let go, his tone firm but not quite serious. "Ye Yun, give me a chance."

That day, Ye Yun lost his gentle smile for the first time. He slowly pried the other man's hand away, his rejection unmistakable.

When the young man demanded a reason to give up, Ye Yun deliberately said, "I like well-behaved people."

The young man scoffed and turned away, his face expressionless.

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No one thought someone like Jiang Ce, who did whatever he pleased and cared about nothing, would ever fall for anyone.

Jiang Ce himself was just as arrogant, convinced that no one could ever stir his heart.

Even when he first heard his roommate talk about his kind and wonderful older brother, and couldn't help following Ye Yun with his eyes.

Even when he kept finding excuses to get Ye Yun's attention, unable to resist acting up just to see Ye Yun smile at him helplessly.

Even when he finally grabbed Ye Yun's wrist and jokingly asked him to give it a try.

Even when Ye Yun cruelly rejected him and he scoffed as he turned away, he still believed it.

Until he showed up in front of Ye Yun again, acting as though he didn't care.

Ye Yun began keeping his distance, no longer reacting emotionally to him at all.

He even started acting as if Jiang Ce didn't exist.

And when Ye Yun began smiling warmly at other people, just as he once had with Jiang Ce...

Jiang Ce could no longer take it. His expression darkened, his temper flared, his true nature came out, and his eyes burned red with anger.

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Ye Yun thought that after rejecting Jiang Ce, they would never cross paths again.

He never imagined that a few days later, Jiang Ce would corner him beneath a tree.

The young man's voice was no longer playful. He earnestly promised, his words strained, "Ye Yun, I'll behave."

Then he followed through, shedding his rough edges and holding on to Ye Yun's hand. "I've been good."

"Could you... please not let go of me?"

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Upcoming Novel 2: The Abstinent Movie Emperor Begs Me to Touch Him Every Day

When Xia Nanchu's mother got a sudden urge to cook, she accidentally burned their house down.

So during summer vacation, he had to stay at his mother's best friend's house.

The women hit it off during a late-night chat and spontaneously decided to go on a trip. The next day, they left Xia Nanchu a note saying they'd gone, but didn't tell him someone else would be coming to the house.

The newcomer was tall and elegant, broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, and long-legged. Most importantly, he had the face of the movie star Xia Nanchu had admired for years.

Xia Nanchu's eyes widened slightly. Was... he dreaming?

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Xia Nanchu considered himself a respectable, innocent little artist. He just liked secretly drawing intimate scenes, and somehow his work had made him famous.

The most common subject in those drawings was the movie star he had a crush on, Rong Yan, the mysterious son of his mother's best friend. Rong Yan was also completely straight.

Xia Nanchu carefully kept his secret identity and his little crush under wraps.

On the first day he became the movie star's roommate, he was tackled to the floor. "..."

The man wrapped a hand around his slender, pale wrist and guided it beneath his own clothes. Pain and restraint showed on his face, while breathless sounds that made Xia Nanchu's cheeks burn filled his ear. "Touch me..."

Xia Nanchu closed his eyes. Why hadn't this dream ended yet?

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After a night of this and that, Xia Nanchu woke up wishing he were dead.

He later learned that Rong Yan hadn't been able to shake off his character from his last film and had temporarily developed a skin hunger.

Under a confidentiality agreement, Xia Nanchu's manager begged him to take a side job as the movie star's remedy.

There were two reasons:

First, as few people as possible should know about the movie star's skin hunger.

Second, Xia Nanchu was practically family, and since he was a man, he could be trusted.

Xia Nanchu lowered his head in silence. Maybe he shouldn't be trusted...

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No one knew that the dependable Xia Nanchu seemed straight and was so proper and clean-cut that he looked like a blank sheet of paper.

But whenever Rong Yan needed him, Xia Nanchu secretly brought the scenes he had once drawn to life on the man's body, just a little.

Then one day, his drawings reached Rong Yan.

The night Xia Nanchu tried drawing something new, there was something different in the man's gaze.

The man coaxed him. "Good boy, hold on a little tighter."

And then Xia Nanchu...

Xia Nanchu became the one experiencing the scenes in his drawings.

The day after his secret identity was exposed, Xia Nanchu ran away.

When the man caught him, his gaze darkened. His voice was gentle, as though he was afraid of frightening him. "Chuchu, we need to talk."

Xia Nanchu trembled, tears hanging from the corners of his eyes. "Talk... I'll talk, all right? Just don't... don't put your hand any farther in..."

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Theme: Love the right person and do the right thing. 2022.4.18