When Two Secretive Tycoons' Secret Identities Are Exposed, They're Forced to Marry

At three in the morning, an explosive post appeared on the all-purpose wall for the senior class at Some Academy.

In just three seconds, it received 248 likes.

"I'll check every single comment. Hand over all your phones, and I'll ship you all home to reflect." The dean of discipline's comment was liked so many times it was pinned to the top. The students were being unbelievably brazen.

Here's what the post said:

The top student in the senior science division, Qi Shuyun, actually asked the frosty-faced boy from Class 3-1 out and spent the night with him at a hotel 1,300 meters beyond campus. You can imagine what happened, hehe. Our star's stamina is truly one of a kind, reaching for the heavens. Oh, my god, Yi Shen!

The rumor took off immediately.

Roommate No. 1, swooning online without a thought: "So restrained, so gentlemanly, so attentive to the details. Absolutely perfect! My crush is amazing. The hotel was over a kilometer from school, so considerate of his bedmate's privacy!"

Qian Yi was lying in bed, eyes not even fully open. He reached under his pillow for his phone. "It takes four hours to drive out of this suburb. There's only one hotel in the whole area, and it's exactly 1,300 meters from the school. Heh."

Roommate No. 2, rushing to defend his precious boy: "Brother Qian! You're the universally recognized aloof, tsundere bottom. Aren't you going to fight back? What about your innocence?!"

Qian Mo lowered his eyelids slightly. The screen's white light made his pale gray eyes look even lighter. One corner of his mouth twitched, and then he let out a sigh of appreciation that only someone in the know could understand. "Oh, he really is pretty cute when he cries."

Roommate No. 3, known as the human loudspeaker, immediately lost his composure. "What?!"

The next morning, the rumor spread from one person to ten, then a hundred, filling every room: "Did you hear? That night on March 2, the big shot got Qian Yi to make him cry."

By the morning of the third day, it had spread from a hundred to a thousand, flying all over campus:

"Extra, extra! Qi something-or-other, the big shot from the senior class, got pinned down and made to cry by that outrageously frosty-faced guy from Class 3-1. When the big shot went to the cafeteria this morning, someone even had to help him walk!"

Qi Shuyun said expressionlessly, "My knee joint is injured."

"Holy crap, it's bad enough to injure your knee?!"

"Sob, sob, our big shot! We love you so much. How could you be the bottom?"

The words reached Qi Shuyun's ears. He stopped and turned his head slightly. Starlight fell with the breeze, and his dark gray eyes gleamed like precious gems, as if he were a rare collectible. "If I love him, he can do whatever he wants."

"You heard him! He doesn't love him! A hookup leaves its scent, not its heart! Our heartthrob is so handsome even when he's a jerk!"

Qi Shuyun forced the twitch from the corner of his mouth and gave them a polite, gracious smile. "..."

"Aaaah, that scoundrel Qi is so handsome when he smiles! I love him!"

At eleven that night, after evening study, Qian Yi stood beneath a roadside tree with a schoolbag on his back. The hood of his black sweatshirt was pulled tightly over his head, almost completely hiding his already palm-sized face. Apart from the patch of snow-white collarbone showing, he blended into the darkness unless you looked carefully. Just as Qian Yi reached for the car door in front of him, a familiar voice came from across the car. "Qian Yi."

Qian Yi lowered his voice. "You've got the wrong person."

Qi Shuyun paid no attention to his denial and continued as if finishing an earlier thought. "Why do you look so much like a friend of mine?"

Qian Yi tugged at his hood. "You're blind."

Qi Shuyun tilted the corner of his mouth. "Is that so? That friend is my fiancee. I don't think I'd mistake her."

The person across from him slammed the car door shut. Before Qi Shuyun could get a proper look, all that remained was the car's exhaust.

Theme: Kindness, courage, and a love of life