Do You Still Remember You're Straight? [Book Transmigration]

Everyone who knows He Wei knows that Xu Yanqing is the apple of his eye, someone nobody else is allowed to touch.

Xu Yanqing knows perfectly well that He Wei cherishes him so much simply because they have been best friends since childhood.

He transmigrated into a book after dying. In the story, he is a brooding bottom who wants to forcibly "turn a straight man gay," while He Wei is a bona fide steel-straight man.

In the original story, the brooding bottom even drugs his straight childhood friend in an attempt to turn him gay. But it changes nothing, and instead destroys their friendship completely.

Xu Yanqing certainly won't do any of the stupid things the brooding bottom did. Not only does he deliberately keep his distance from He Wei, he also plans to study abroad during his graduate program.

But after he confesses his feelings and leaves, He Wei reacts rather differently from how he does in the original story.

In the original, after their relationship falls apart, He Wei says the cruelest thing he can think of to get rid of the brooding bottom: "If I ever see you again, I'll jump off this building..."

The meaning is clear: the straight childhood friend would rather die than look at the brooding bottom again.

But after Xu Yanqing leaves, what he hears is: "Xu Yanqing, if you don't come back, I'll jump off this building..."

Xu Yanqing: "..."

Why is the plot not going quite the way I remember?

Is this man, who cries, throws a tantrum, and threatens to kill himself, really the homophobic straight man from the original story?

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Bonus scene:

One day, Xu Yanqing is determined to keep his distance from He Wei, so he refuses to let him into the bathroom to bring him his pajamas.

He Wei: "I even know you have a blue birthmark on your inner thigh. What exactly are you embarrassed about?"

Xu Yanqing: "...It just isn't happening."

He Wei walks over. "When we were kids, we used to bathe in the same tub all the time. Why have you become like this now that you've grown up?"

"Get lost."

"Or are you just not confident about your body? You really don't have to be. You have a V-line, a waist that's slim but strong, and two long, straight, pale legs. Your skin is fairer than most girls'..."

Xu Yanqing: "..." What will it take to make He Wei shut up?

One day later, a buddy asks He Wei what his ideal type is.

He Wei answers without hesitation, "Someone with a V-line, fair skin, a slim waist and straight legs, fox eyes, and a blue birthmark..."

Buddy: "..." Is this guy seriously not just describing Xu Yanqing? You sneaky gay bastard. I can't believe I ever bought your act and thought you were straight!

Content warnings: The bottom is mildly beloved by everyone; there are minor top and bottom characters; the bottom has a crush on the top.

Couple dynamic: Possessive, clingy big puppy × aloof beauty

The novel has been revised. Pirated versions are incomplete, and I do not recognize any text published under the same pen name on any site other than Jinjiang.

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"The Background Character's American School Harem Showdown"

Jiang Chao transmigrates into a melodramatic danmei novel as a despised, insignificant background character. The plot has reached the point where the protagonist top has lost interest in him and sends him abroad to study.

Jiang Chao: This is bad. I just got here and he's already sick of me. Will he still send me money after I go abroad? QAQ

As everyone knows, getting rid of a minor character is as easy as whipping cream.

If Jiang Chao gets annoyed, all he'll do is fluff up and walk away...

For other people, studying abroad is a way to polish their resumes. For him, it's exile to the frontier.

But Jiang Chao never expected that this background character would find himself caught in a harem showdown at an American university.

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Jiang Chao attends classes during the day and works at night. Then, without warning, his financial support gets cut off, forcing him to juggle several jobs.

He teaches Chinese to his employer's adopted son at their estate, takes a part-time job in Major League Baseball (MLB), and works at a top tech company through CPT (Curricular Practical Training)...

A few months later, a group of men have inexplicably gathered around Jiang Chao.

They include his employer, who owns several estates (a gloomy, obsessive ghost of a man); a professional baseball player with an incredible physique (a sunny hunk); and a wealthy business tycoon (an ambitious schemer).

They take turns pursuing him, wishing they could keep him all to themselves as they pour out their love for him.

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Jiang Chao never imagined that his employer, who seemed world-weary and restrained, had secretly taken photos of him and hidden them in shadowy corners of the estate, consumed by unending, surging desire;

that the baseball player, who seemed sunny and cheerful, would wish to keep him locked away through the long winter months, repeatedly making him confirm his love;

or that the ruthless, arrogant, imposing schemer would give him the one pure place in his heart, willing to give up all his money and status just to keep Jiang Chao by his side...

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The protagonist top happens to remember the canary he discarded and has someone follow Jiang Chao.

One photo after another is strewn across the table.

Watching Jiang Chao's radiant smile in the photos, the protagonist top clenches his fists tighter and tighter.

So the canary he once kept has long since climbed into someone else's high nest...

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Bonus scene:

Jiang Chao is held beneath a tall, broad-shouldered man.

The man's icy blue eyes are as clear as the sea.

"Echo, have I ever told you that when we first met, I was drawn to your voice?"

Jiang Chao doesn't remember, but he knows he was drawn to the man's eight-pack abs.

They felt amazing to touch ovo

Jiang Chao feels the man's muscles tense. "Why do you say that?"

"Because your voice is lovely. I wonder if you sound even better when you cry out?"

Their breaths intertwine once again.

"Then why don't we find out?"

Couple dynamic: Sunny, handsome Western hunk × aloof Eastern beauty (Top 2 is a gloomy, obsessive ghost of a man; Top 3 is an ambitious schemer)

The size difference is everything

The top is an athlete. At first, the suitors are the ones with one-sided feelings for the bottom. This is not a stock-picking story. The protagonist transmigrates into the book; both leads are virgins; happy ending.

Theme: The most important thing about loving someone is your own heart.