(The blurb is written in first person, while the story itself is in third person!)
My name is Lu Junxiao, and I have a childhood friend named Xie Mingheng.
They say that because my mom craved spicy food while she was pregnant with me, and Aunt Yu, who was two months behind her, craved sour food, the old wives' tale that sour cravings mean a boy and spicy cravings mean a girl convinced her that our families could become in-laws through their children.
The idea was certainly lovely, but unfortunately I was a boy, and even more unfortunately, Aunt Yu had a boy too. My mom's dream was shattered, which was certainly worth feeling sorry for, but in return I gained an absolutely wonderful childhood friend. Awesome!
We grew up together until we were eighteen. Just when I thought life would carry on in its peaceful, cozy way, a transfer student in our class suddenly awakened my past-life memories, which hadn't been completely washed away by inferior Granny Meng's soup. I remembered that my clueless buddy Xie Mingheng was the tragic second male lead in a youthful angst novel, and that transfer student was the heroine. In the future, Xie Mingheng, a hopeless romantic, would get jealous over the heroine and fight the male lead for her, give up his recommendation for a guaranteed university place for her, and lose his life saving her. Then, overcome with guilt, the heroine would leave the country, while the male lead stayed behind, pining for her. In the end, the heroine would be moved by the male lead's devotion, overcome her psychological hurdles, and get together with him...
Xie Mingheng! Do you really have to suffer for love?!
To make sure my buddy lives to a ripe old age, I fill his ears with the glories of staying single every day, hoping he'll give up his bitter, hopeless love and choose a chance to keep on living.
This story is also called:
What Can I Do to Save You, My Hopelessly Romantic Bro?
About How the Person I Have a Crush On Keeps Hoping I'll Become a Monk
Sunny, outgoing, sociable school heartthrob bottom * refined scoundrel, fatherly genius top
Theme: Be a dashing young man in your golden years, and never waste your youth.
