The person he loved married someone else. At the wedding, Li Ye was heartbroken. He hid behind the crowd to wipe away his tears, then went to a bar to drown his sorrows.
He never expected to run into his rival in love, Chu Yaoyi, who had also just been dumped.
Ever since childhood, Chu Yaoyi had been the kind of kid parents pointed to as an example. Only Li Ye knew he was mentally ill, couldn't stand seeing anyone else happy, was as mean as a ghost, and looked down on everyone.
Li Ye and Chu Yaoyi had practically grown up together, but Li Ye had always been a little afraid of him. Even as rivals in love, he usually avoided him whenever possible, terrified that Chu Yaoyi might catch him and subject him to a round of cutting remarks. Li Ye could even imagine what he would say: "What makes you think you deserve to like the same person as me?"
But what was coming couldn't be avoided forever.
Chu Yaoyi got drunk. He staggered to his feet, grabbed Li Ye by the collar, and said ominously, "This is all your fault."
A decent man doesn't pick a fight with a lunatic, even when he's heartbroken himself.
No matter what Chu Yaoyi said, Li Ye just replied, "Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, it's all my fault."
Until Chu Yaoyi said, one word at a time, "I want to sleep with you."
His dignity was at stake. Frightened, Li Ye stopped backing down and fought back. Then... he accidentally pulled his rival's pants off.
He saw that beneath his rival's clothes, besides the parts all men had, there was also a little flower.
After several seconds of silence,
Li Ye's eyes widened in shock. He looked at Chu Yaoyi's pale face, then at the little flower, and suddenly covered his eyes with his hands. "I'm blind!"
A headbutt was the answer.
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When he woke up again, he was already in the hospital.
Chu Yaoyi impassively slapped a piece of paper down in front of him. "Sign it."
Li Ye looked closer. It was a marriage agreement.
Li Ye: "...?"
Chu Yaoyi: "You saw my secret. To stop you from telling anyone, I'll have to keep an eye on you every second from now on."
Li Ye was furious: "...Is that even reasonable? I won't agree!"
Chu Yaoyi gave him a casual glance. "Your parents already agreed."
Li Ye: "."
And so, they got married with everyone's blessings.
Li Ye had already prepared himself for a miserable life, but before long, he noticed something was off.
The hidden compartment in Chu Yaoyi's study was full of photos of him from different periods of his life.
When Chu Yaoyi got drunk, he broke character and called Li Ye "hubby."
Every page of Chu Yaoyi's diary was densely filled with the name "Li Ye."
"I thought we were rivals in love, but it turns out you were coveting my body. What a beast."
Li Ye (a somewhat goofy, optimistic top) x Chu Yaoyi (a short-tempered intersex bottom)
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Theme: The whole world is full of roads, as long as you're brave enough to strive
