Tidally Locked

School setting / sickly character and childbirth / loyal, paraplegic gong x cool and sickly shou

Shen Nanting is a repeat student.

On the first day of school, after repeating two grades, he showed up at Fu Wenzhao's classroom door with his books in his arms. His oversized, old uniform hung loosely on his small frame. "Excuse me, is this Class Three, Grade One?"

Fu Wenzhao set down his pen. The sunlight fell at an angle across the little guy's face, casting a lovely shadow.

"That's him, the omega with the pheromone disorder. His family is really poor, too..."

"Oh, I heard he sleeps during the day and sells his body at night?"

Whispers filled the room. Fu Wenzhao frowned, took the little guy's books, and set them on the empty desk beside him. "Sit with me."

Shen Nanting said nothing. He took out his Chinese textbook and began studying without even looking up.

Fu Wenzhao couldn't help smiling. "Dummy, you're holding your book upside down."

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Later, Fu Wenzhao discovered that the first half of the rumor was actually true. Shen Nanting really did have a pheromone disorder, slept through class every day, and never did his homework.

In the early summer when he was seventeen, Fu Wenzhao's first rut hit him hard. After school, he secretly followed the little guy, intending to confess to him. But Shen Nanting stopped outside a KTV and, seeing that no one was around, slipped inside.

Could it be that he really did... sell his body at night?

Fu Wenzhao clenched his fists.

After they married, Shen Nanting's back and legs never recovered properly after Fu Wenzhao's mother pushed him down the stairs.

One day, while Fu Wenzhao was in a meeting at work, he received a text from the housekeeper saying the little guy wasn't feeling well. He hurried home, only to be struck head-on by a speeding car.

Fu Wenzhao was paralyzed.

Shen Nanting quit his job and devoted himself entirely to helping him recover, but months passed without any progress.

With his belly swollen with child, Shen Nanting lay quietly asleep against Fu Wenzhao's chest. But he grew hotter and hotter, and his lemon-scented pheromones surged out.

"Hubby, I... I feel awful..."

During his heat, the little guy curled into a ball, clutching his belly and moaning in pain, but all Fu Wenzhao could do was help him with his hand.

He gazed at the exhausted little guy in his arms, who had fallen into a deep sleep, and for the first time, wept uncontrollably.

The next day, Fu Wenzhao made a decision...

*The meaning of "tidal locking":

There is an astronomical term called "tidal locking." The Moon is tidally locked to Earth, which means it always shows the same face to humanity. Pluto and Charon, however, are the only pair in the solar system that are tidally locked to each other.

*Reader's guide:

1. Both leads have only ever been with each other; one-on-one romance throughout.

2. There is little emphasis on illness during the school years. The gong is paralyzed later on, but eventually recovers.

3. Sweet romance, with childbirth.

Theme: Every Pluto has its own Charon.