When the Straight Guy Catches the Male Lead’s Eye

This story is complete. My next gong-centric story, Everyone Covets This Prince, is coming soon. Blurb: Yuan Qi is straight, but every friend around him is gay, and all the people who have confessed to him since childhood have been men. Poor guy has to survive among a crowd of gay men, trembling in fear. After an accident, he transmigrates into a world where everyone is into the opposite sex, changing from a handsome, wealthy adult into... a soft, adorable little kid. In this new world, people only understand relationships between men and women. There’s not a single historical record of a same-sex couple. Having been surrounded by gay men for so long, Yuan Qi is overjoyed. He thinks, Surely no one of the same sex will like me now. Later, he makes a good friend. Shi Suian is adorable and pitiful, so Yuan Qi takes him under his wing and protects him as he grows up, like a devoted dad. It’s only later that Yuan Qi discovers the world he transmigrated into is a novel. And his good friend, Shi Suian, is the male lead of the book, otherwise known as the child of destiny. In the future, he’ll grow into a powerful, influential bigshot and win the secret admiration of countless beauties. Yuan Qi falls silent and looks at the young man who has now grown up beside him. After a brief three seconds of thought, he comes around. “No big deal. I’m jealous you’ll have so many admirers, but as long as you don’t forget me when you get rich, we’ll still be friends.” Shi Suian looks at him, lowering his eyes to hide the longing in them. “...Mm.” Shi Suian has always been unlucky. His mother died young, his father didn’t love him, and his father’s mistress took over the household with her illegitimate son, sending young Shi Suian to the countryside. Everything he went through told him he was a child nobody wanted. But he never expected to meet someone who would approach him of their own accord and give him a chance at salvation. He always thought he saw Yuan Qi only as a friend, a brother. Then one day, Yuan Qi praised the school beauty in front of him, and the possessiveness and jealousy surging through him terrified him. That was when he realized that in a world where everyone was attracted to the opposite sex, he had developed feelings for another boy. He was different. He was... a monster. Shi Suian was terrified and afraid, but Yuan Qi lifted him out of the dust, gently brushed him off, and earnestly told him, “No, you’re not.” In this love that sets us apart from the world, we are the first, and we are the only ones. Our love will break through the world’s shackles and carry us along a flower-strewn road. Gong: Usually gentle, sometimes mischievous, transmigrated into a book. Shou: An insecure, sensitive, possessive male lead in a wish-fulfillment story. Bonus scene: Onlooker: Shi Suian is sneaky and cunning. He’s no good. Yuan Qi: Impossible, absolutely impossible! He’s super well-behaved! Onlooker: ... You must be blind. Notes: 1. The story starts when they’re children. 2. The blurb has been revised, but the story’s setting and background remain unchanged. 3. I’ll add more if I think of anything. 2023.3.2 Theme: Anything is possible.