The Powerful Man I Married Thinks I'm Secretly in Love with Him

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In his previous life.

Xia Yu worked hard to get ahead, devoting himself to nothing but work, and going out of his way to avoid Gu Chen, the powerful man he was set to marry.

After dying suddenly and being reborn.

Xia Yu's outlook changed completely. He decided to cling to Gu Chen, lie flat and live like a carefree slacker. Whenever he saw Gu Chen, he smiled like a flower.

By a stroke of fate, Gu Chen mistakenly believed Xia Yu had secretly loved him for years. After marrying Xia Yu, he took everything Xia Yu did as an attempt to flirt with him.

Xia Yu hated curry, but secretly put the curry chicken in front of Gu Chen.

Gu Chen: He really has been secretly in love with me for years. He even knows I love curry chicken, though nobody else does.

Xia Yu made himself a late-night snack.

Gu Chen, returning from a business trip in the middle of the night: Is he trying to capture my stomach first, then my heart? Tsk, how naive!

Gu Chen went to Xia Yu's room to look for him and found the door open, with Xia Yu wearing nothing but a bath towel.

Gu Chen: Is he trying to seduce me?

Xia Yu: I was just taking a shower and opened the door to air out the room.

In his previous life, Gu Chen never even touched Xia Yu. Combined with the rumors, Xia Yu began to suspect Gu Chen was impotent.

Later, Gu Chen pushed him onto the bed, then left his room five minutes later.

Xia Yu: Looks like the rumors aren't all just rumors. Gu Chen really is impotent!

Later still, Gu Chen pushed him down again and didn't leave all night.

Xia Yu: Rumors really can ruin a man!

When the time came for their divorce, Xia Yu happily waited for Gu Chen to hand him a 20-million-yuan check, just as he had in his previous life. Then he could spend the rest of his life living it up with his huge payout.

Gu Chen: I'll give you 20 million and my main bank card, too. Can we stay married?

Xia Yu: ???

Xia Yu: Aaaah! Why is everything different after being reborn?

A carefree, oblivious flirt who just wants to lie flat x a cool, aloof CEO who overthinks everything and convinces himself he's being pursued

P.S. This is a fictional setting where same-sex marriage is legal. There is no real-life inspiration.

My new novel, Doctor He and Teacher Ye, is complete. Here's the blurb:

After his adoptive father is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Ye Kechen returns from a major city to his hometown of Yancheng. His father's attending physician recommends a specialist who is vacationing in Yancheng.

The specialist looks barely thirty. Ye Kechen subtly expresses his doubts: "Doctor He, hospitals in big cities have better medical resources than small towns. I'd like to transfer my dad to one."

He Qingcen, who works at a major hospital, looks at him knowingly and says calmly, "I don't recommend transferring him."

So cocky?!

Ye Kechen turns to the internet to look up He Qingcen's resume. When the page displaying his credentials pops up, Ye Kechen falls silent for five minutes.

His adoptive father says to Ye Kechen, "You and Doctor He would make a good match. I just don't know if he's into men like you are."

Ye Kechen thinks: Doctor He is so cool and accomplished. I doubt even a woman as beautiful as a goddess could catch his eye, let alone another man.

Later.

Doctor He wraps his arms around him from behind and murmurs in his ear, "A woman as beautiful as a goddess can't catch my eye, that's true. But you can."

Later still.

Doctor He disappears from his life without a trace.

When they meet again, the cool, refined Doctor He drops all pretense of civility and glares at him, clenching his jaw so hard it almost cracks. "Who gave you permission to be with him?"

Coming soon: The Socially Anxious Streamer and the Scheming Mogul's Arranged Marriage. Here's the blurb:

A socially anxious streamer and a calculating CEO fall in love after an arranged marriage

Xu Yi is socially anxious. When he spots someone he knows from a distance, the thought of having to greet them makes his scalp tingle with nerves. Sharing a room with a stranger makes him so uncomfortable he'd rather vanish into the ground.

To avoid socializing, he decides to become a streamer. Awkward offline but outgoing online, he's a popular singer on a livestreaming platform!

People who don't know what he does say that the Xu family's youngest son has been spoiled rotten. He never leaves the house, keeps a completely upside-down schedule, and is addicted to games. He's nothing but a good-for-nothing!

Song Weiyang is outgoing and can handle himself in any situation. But as the CEO of the Song Group, he doesn't need to socialize proactively. He's surrounded by people who are adept at dealing with others.

The Song and Xu families have an arranged marriage. Everyone assumes Song Weiyang will marry the Xu family's capable, intelligent, and beautiful eldest daughter. No one expects him to specifically ask to marry their youngest son.

The reason is simple: Song Weiyang has no interest in putting effort into a marriage. He wants a spouse who is absorbed in their own hobbies, won't cling to him, and can treat him with mutual respect while keeping their distance.

As it turns out, his keen eye for investment is just as sharp when it comes to choosing a spouse. Xu Yi fits the bill perfectly.

After the wedding.

Whenever Song Weiyang is home, Xu Yi never leaves his "gaming room";

Many times, Xu Yi is eating at the table when he sees Song Weiyang come home, and immediately puts down his chopsticks and runs back to his room;

After six months of marriage, despite living under the same roof, Song Weiyang has seen Xu Yi only a handful of times, let alone had him cling to him.

Song Weiyang should be perfectly happy with this arrangement. But as he watches the terrified little white rabbit who avoids him like a beast and fears him like a snake or scorpion, his brow furrows more and more.

Gradually, the cold and ruthless man who makes decisive moves in the business world becomes this at home:

Song Weiyang: Xu Yi, come here and tie my tie.

Xu Yi, stiff as a board: I... I don't know how.

Song Weiyang: Come here. I'll teach you!

Xu Yi, thinking, Help me: ...

Song Weiyang: It's such a waste for us to sleep in separate rooms. Xu Yi, starting today, you're moving into my bedroom!

Xu Yi, heartbroken: Could I... not move in? I... I'm used to sleeping alone.

Song Weiyang: Then you'll just have to get used to sleeping with someone!

Xu Yi, thinking, I'll never get used to this in my life: ...

One day, Song Weiyang accidentally entered a livestream. The streamer was clearly making up a "friend" to complain about, and launched into an impassioned rant:

How can anyone be so helpless? He needs me to tie his tie when he gets dressed, serve him soup when he eats, and run his bathwater when he takes a bath... He's almost thirty, but can't even take care of himself. Unbelievable!

And the worst part? He's so stingy! There are tons of rooms in the house, but he insists we sleep in the same one. His excuse is that sleeping in separate rooms would waste electricity! Aaaah!!! I'm so mad!!! What do you think, can I still keep this friend?

Fans: What's going on? Why do I think the streamer and his friend are so cute together? Ah! Ah! Ah!

Song Weiyang: Why does this streamer's voice sound more and more familiar? It seems to be coming from Xu Yi's "gaming room" next door.

He pushes open the door to the "gaming room," which hasn't been fully shut. Xu Yi is wearing headphones and speaking to the screen. His voice matches the one coming from the phone streaming live right beside him...

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