After the Socially Anxious Couch Potato Was Kept by His Childhood Friend

A severely socially anxious, cute, laid-back shou x a scheming older gong

Jing Qing x Qin Cong

Jing Qing had just graduated from university. Faced with the 996 and 007 work schedules advertised on BOSS Zhipin, he chose to go live with his childhood friend, Qin Cong.

There was no other reason. Jing Qing had severe social anxiety and couldn’t find a decent job.

After moving in with his childhood friend, he happily decided to lie flat.

For some reason, Qin Cong treated him exceptionally well.

At home, Jing Qing didn’t have to lift a finger. He had everything brought to him, from clothes to meals.

Even when Qin Cong went out to work, he’d set the air conditioner to 26 degrees, turn on the computer, and carefully prepare breakfast and lunch before leaving.

Qin Cong treated him so well that Jing Qing grew a little suspicious. He couldn’t help asking, “Are you scared to live alone in such a big house?”

Qin Cong: ...

Then, without changing his expression, he hummed in agreement.

The young man smiled and clung to him. “It’s okay. I’m here, so don’t be scared!”

*

Jing Qing was perfectly content to lie flat at Qin Cong’s place. He had everything he needed, except for social interaction with the outside world.

Jing Qing didn’t mind being socially anxious, but Qin Cong did.

When the university research institute held a team-building event, Jing Qing tried to stay home, but he couldn’t escape being taken along by Qin Cong.

As soon as they entered the private room, a flurry of eyes turned their way, and everyone started gossiping as if they were looking at monkeys.

Jing Qing was so scared he hid behind Qin Cong and secretly pinched him. “I told you I didn’t want to come!”

After dinner, a bold colleague took advantage of Qin Cong’s absence to approach Jing Qing and ask what his relationship with Qin Cong was.

Don’t ask me!!!

Jing Qing stammered, “We’re... very, very close.”

Just then, Qin Cong came over and stood beside him with his arms crossed. “We’re going home.”

As soon as he saw Qin Cong, Jing Qing quickly took his arm and let out a huge sigh of relief. “Don’t wander off by yourself. It’s dangerous. You should bring me along.”

But he let out that sigh too soon.

That night, Qin Cong made sure to teach him a lesson in person.

Jing Qing gripped the sheets and gave a soft hum. “Are you mad because I said we’re very, very close?”

Qin Cong: “Yes. Are we only very close?”

Jing Qing huffed angrily. “So you don’t think of me as your best friend? Fine, then I’ll move out!”

Qin Cong couldn’t follow the young man’s train of thought and fell silent for a moment.

The next second, Jing Qing gazed at him expectantly. “Qin Cong, hurry up and stop me.”

Qin Cong came to his senses and indulged him, lowering his eyes. “Don’t go, okay?”

Hmph. (.-`ω´-)

*

And so Jing Qing once again, quite naturally and without the least bit of shame, became a little emperor in Qin Cong’s home.

He was living so comfortably that when he heard Qin Cong’s family was looking for a suitable match for him, the thought weighed so heavily on his mind that he couldn’t sleep.

That night, Jing Qing tossed and turned, then shook Qin Cong awake. “Qin Cong, I’ve realized something. I have to say it!”

The young man’s fair skin was dotted with red marks. The man’s eyes opened slightly. “What is it?”

“I like you!”

Qin Cong scoffed and slowly hummed in acknowledgment.

Jing Qing had only just closed his eyes when the young man climbed onto his waist. Jing Qing asked urgently, “You can’t go to sleep! You haven’t told me whether you like me!”

Qin Cong pulled him into his arms and lazily said, “I don’t like you.”

Jing Qing blinked. “Impossible. You do like me!”

“Ahhh, hurry up and say you like me!”

“Qin Cong!!!!”

The man held the struggling cat in his arms and asked, “I’ve touched you, held you, kissed you, and slept with you. Jing Qing, isn’t it a little late to ask now?”

“But what if! What if you just have a high sex drive? Hurry up and say you like me.”

Qin Cong laughed in exasperation and pinned him down, speaking one word at a time. “I’ve had my eye on you since you started high school. I like you so much it hurts. Do you understand?”

Jing Qing: O.O

*

Qin Cong is a researcher at A University. His scientific achievements are directly proportional to his handsome face. The people trying to get his attention on the university confession wall stretch all the way from A City to France.

He’s also famous for being cold and keeping people at a distance, enough to make anyone think twice before approaching him.

Jing Qing put away his phone and looked down at the man tying his shoelaces. He really was handsome, but was he really cold and distant...?

The man looked up and asked, “Why are you looking at me like that? Is wifey still hungry?”

Jing Qing looked away. Maybe he wasn’t so cold after all!

* Happy ending, single-couple romance.

* The shou has limited social skills and is innocent by nature.

Theme: Be careful when you fall in love.