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[My next serial is currently updating, qwq: "I Won Over My Straight Roommate Through Online Dating." The blurb is at the end.]

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[Blurb]

35-year-old wealthy painter gong (Zou Sui) x 18-year-old frail student shou (Shu Changyi)

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Shu Changyi is late and arrives during class time, but the school gates aren't open.

Not wanting to anger his father, who always thinks he hasn't studied hard enough, he gives up on going home and decides to find somewhere else to pass the time.

But just then, an older man appears in front of him.

After hearing about Shu Changyi's predicament, the man actually invites him over to his house.

Thinking he has nothing on him and nothing to lose, Shu Changyi accepts the invitation.

Later, he learns that the man is named Zou Sui and is a painter who often comes to the school to sketch. Whenever they meet, the man invites him to model.

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Shu Changyi has long suffered the negative effects of his family background. To protect him, Zou Sui brings him to live at his home and takes care of him as if he were his own child.

"Changyi, it's raining and chilly today. Remember to wear a coat."

"Changyi, you worked hard on your exams. I'll make you something delicious."

Little by little, Shu Changyi falls for the man before him.

The old Shu Changyi was like an innocent child: "I won't come home this late again. I'm sorry."

Now, Shu Changyi's ears turn red as he clutches the hem of his clothes with one hand and offers Zou Sui a bouquet of red roses.

Zou Sui simply sets the flowers aside as if it were nothing and says, "I'll go make you dinner."

Shu Changyi knows Zou Sui will always see him only as a child.

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But during the time Shu Changyi gives up on becoming his lover, Zou Sui begins sitting in a room covered with portraits of Shu Changyi, lost in thought.

Shu Changyi considers finding somewhere else to live, but Zou Sui grips his wrist tightly. "You're not allowed to leave."

That day, in the height of summer, cicadas shrilled noisily. Sunlight traced the window frame before sinking over the two of them.

Zou Sui asks him carefully:

"...May I kiss you?"

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*Tips.

*The gong has dated women.

*They save each other.

*The gong and shou are neither adoptive family nor in a sugar-daddy arrangement. The gong is simply lending a helping hand.

*If anything in the setting doesn't match reality, it's for the sake of the plot. Thanks for understanding.

[Preorder blurb: "I Won Over My Straight Roommate Through Online Dating"]

Cheng Yinian has had a crush on his accounting major roommate, Chen Xiangsui, for over a year. But since Chen Xiangsui is completely straight, he has never dared to reveal his feelings.

One day, Cheng Yinian, a game streamer on a certain platform, discovers that Chen Xiangsui watches his streams every day and is one of the top spenders in the chat.

Although they share a dorm room, Chen Xiangsui barely speaks and rarely starts conversations, so Cheng Yinian doesn't dare approach him rashly.

To get closer to his roommate, Cheng Yinian specifically sends him the contact details for his private alt account.

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Chen Xiangsui takes the bait and adds Cheng Yinian's alt account.

[The two of them in real life]

Cheng Yinian: "Xiangsui, sorry... can I call you that?"

Chen Xiangsui: "I'm not used to it. Call me by my full name."

[The two of them online]

Cheng Yinian: "Then, big brother, want to see the white stockings I'm wearing today?~"

Chen Xiangsui: "...Let me see."

As their conversations grow increasingly heated, Cheng Yinian senses that Chen Xiangsui's attitude toward him in real life is gradually softening, and that the way he looks at him is getting more and more peculiar, though Cheng Yinian can't figure out why.

Until Cheng Yinian accidentally sees the nickname Chen Xiangsui has given his alt account on his phone: Yinian-Nian.

Cheng Yinian: ...?

Oh no, when did he blow his cover?!

Theme: Overcoming obstacles.