What Could a Sweet, Wily Little Darling Possibly Be Up To?

Everyone knows that Lu Xianzhi, the top guy at A University, marches to the beat of his own drum.

While the whole school is hoping that the handsome, brilliant Tan Jingmo will let his icy expression soften, Lu Xianzhi remains unmoved. He doesn't even look at Tan Jingmo's photo before calling the unattainable campus crush tacky.

One blunt remark, and the whole school erupts.

As the campus's notorious bad boy, Lu Xianzhi would never fall for popular tastes. He even has a discerning eye, spotting a poor little thing standing in the middle of the road, nearly getting hit.

The poor little thing is a new student, obviously unfamiliar with his surroundings and so flustered he doesn't know what to do with his hands. Somehow, he awakens Lu Xianzhi's long-dormant urge to help someone.

Lu Xianzhi catches the poor little thing in his arms just before he falls.

Though the other boy's face is cool and distant, he's so slender he looks like he might be knocked flying at any moment, and Lu Xianzhi's heart softens. Almost without thinking, he helps carry the boy's luggage and takes it to his dorm. The boy's lovely, clear smile dazzles him, leaving him flustered.

Afterward, Lu Xianzhi worries back and forth, wondering if his poor little thing got hurt again today and had to be looked after by the student council president, or if he'll get injured tomorrow and have the class sports representative carry him to the hospital. He grows so anxious that he loses control and wants to make the boy his, confessing in front of everyone.

But the poor little thing just blinks at Lu Xianzhi, his clear, innocent eyes clouded by a faint mist of tears. "I'm tacky..."

Lu Xianzhi: "How could you be? You and Tan Jingmo may share a surname, but you're much cuter than that campus crush."

Unexpectedly, the poor little thing's lips curve in a smile that no one notices. It vanishes in an instant, but he looks up again and tilts his head with feigned innocence. (What harm could a coy, delicate little thing possibly have in mind? JPG) "But I'm Tan Jingmo."

Lu Xianzhi: "...?"

[Reading Guide]

1. A tsundere bad-boy top who talks big but falls hard X a seemingly aloof, distant, proud, and vengeful bottom with a coy, teasing side

2. A couple you need a microscope to spot, one-on-one, happy ending.

3. The little guy keeps track of his affection points in the first few chapters. Please skip if that's not your thing.

4. All stories and plot ideas are original. Please create respectfully. Don't treat me as an idea bank, and stop leaving comments saying you'll take my ideas for inspiration.

Coming soon: I'll Pamper My Little Deaf Husband! [Campus]

Xia Zhixing, who has hearing loss, has a sweet, fair face and a habit of fluttering his eyelashes that makes people feel protective of him.

The one thing that makes everyone uneasy is that at age seven, he went to live under the same roof as the Lu family's most hot-tempered young master.

According to rumors, the young master of the Lu family has a terrible temper. He never repeats himself, and especially hates people who can't understand what he says or look confused because they can't hear him clearly. It's practically become a rule everyone in the Lu household is on guard against breaking.

Mr. Lu is worried too. He rushes back from a business trip, afraid he'll be one step too late and his son will have beaten up his friend's child.

Instead, just as he hurries to stop his son, he sees the boy carrying a plate of mango pudding and awkwardly signing to Xia Zhixing, "Do you like this?"

Mr. Lu: "...?"

How could his little tyrant, who never gives anyone the time of day, have transformed completely in just one day away? Since when does he know sign language?

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Xia Zhixing has hearing loss and is a poor little thing who has been overlooked since childhood. He's always been used to keeping to himself.

But the Lu family's young master, Lu Jingchuan, is a source of constant trouble for him.

According to rumors, the young master of the Lu family has a bad temper, keeps everyone at arm's length, and is impossible to approach. Xia Zhixing doesn't mind, and is actually relieved he won't have to interact with him.

But then he gets a parasol whenever he goes out.

A rubber duck appears when he takes a bath.

And someone else comes along to help him lather up...

Xia Zhixing and Lu Jingchuan go to school together, come home together, and live together.

Everyone teases Xia Zhixing that since he's staying at the Lu house, he must be Lu Jingchuan's little sidekick.

Until one day, they turn around to see Lu Jingchuan hugging Xia Zhixing, rubbing his cheek against Xia Zhixing's soft hair and refusing to let go, earnestly coaxing him and signing to make up...

Lu Jingchuan: (signing, Do you like this? JPG)

Xia Zhixing: (silent JPG)

Lu Jingchuan: (signing, What about this? JPG)

Xia Zhixing: (turns away JPG)

Lu Jingchuan: (runs around to the other side) (signing, Don't be mad anymore JPG)

Lu Jingchuan: (looking wronged, trying to appease him) (signing, It's all my fault. I shouldn't have secretly kissed you in a hurry JPG)

Later, everyone knows that Lu Jingchuan is the one Xia Zhixing instinctively relies on, the closest thing to an ear in Xia Zhixing's silent world.

[Reading Guide]

1. A sweet, reserved deaf bottom who's used to being alone X a loyal younger top who clings to and pampers his husband every day

2. A sweet childhood-friends romance from beginning to end~ Investing in this husband is a sure bet!

Coming soon: I'll Protect My Little Mute Husband [Campus]

The Song family's young master, Song Zhitai, was born unable to speak. He rarely interacts with anyone and always curls up alone in a corner, a sight that inspires pity.

What makes everyone uneasy is that he lost both his parents, was rejected by his uncle at age seven, and was handed over to the Lu family's young master to be his study companion.

After all, rumors say the Lu family's pampered young master, Lu Yaner, has a terrible temper, no patience, and is hard to approach. Say even half a wrong thing and he'll hate you. What chance would a little mute who can't speak have?

Everyone in the Lu household is worried.

The first day Song Zhitai enters the Lu house:

The head chef, away on a training course, rushes back in a frenzy, afraid the Song family's young master will be bullied and thrown out by his own young master.

The second day Song Zhitai enters the Lu house:

A distant cousin of the Lu family barges in, afraid Song Zhitai will be cursed at and bullied by his hot-tempered younger brother.

The third day Song Zhitai enters the Lu house:

Everyone in the Lu household is on high alert, afraid that if they let their guard down for a moment, the young master will do something to Song Zhitai.

But no matter how carefully they watch, they still can't stop the Lu family's young master, Lu Yaner, from appearing in front of everyone with a straight face and a plate of fruit, signing, "This one's for Taitai."

Everyone: (nodding repeatedly) As long as he doesn't hit Song Zhitai...

Young master: "This one's for Taitai too!"

Young master: "And this one's for Taitai as well!"

The Lu family members suddenly remember that the young master never interacts with anyone, and stare in dawning shock: Wait!? Taitai? Which Tai!?

They still can't accept reality.

Not until their master carries Song Zhitai through the door and calls out, "Lu Yaner."

Only then do they see Lu Yaner pulling Song Zhitai away and signing with absolute conviction, "This one's Taitai's too!"

Mr. Jiang: "..."

The Jiang family: "..."

Help, help! How did the Lu family end up with two little mutes?!

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Later on,

The Lu family's young master, who grew up alongside Song Zhitai, knows everything from astronomy to geography. He becomes the top student in his class and year, and a well-known competition winner.

But when Song Zhitai panics and accidentally splashes a drink [that is ice cold] onto the young master's expensive suit at a bar...

They still see the young master, fluent in eight languages and a polished public speaker, signing in frantic, nonsensical gestures: "Taitai, did you get burned?"

Everyone: ...

That day, everyone learns that Song Zhitai might not be the one who's blinded by love...

But the Lu family's young master, Lu Yaner, certainly is.

[Reading Guide]

1. Bottom-focused story

2. A naturally mute, pitiful bottom X a wealthy and powerful top who pampers his husband beyond reason

Theme: Respect others and make rational judgments.