A straight-laced, homophobic college guy top x a love-struck bottom who's cold on the outside and a homemaker on the inside
"You bastard."
When You Sui hears this, he's climbing over the school's back wall.
A man in a well-tailored suit emerges from behind the classroom building. A handprint is clearly visible on his handsome, refined face as he talks on the phone without expression.
He looks disheveled, but remains composed.
Seeing You Sui perched on the wall like a monkey, he still has the nerve to sneer, "Did you pull a muscle?"
You Sui: "..."
Sure, okay.
*
That very day, You Sui gets an assignment from a teacher in the press club: interview an outstanding alumnus.
He looks at the name and freezes: That guy in the suit?!
It's over. His interview is dead before it even begins.
To get the inside scoop, You Sui keeps trying to buddy up to him. He invites him out for late-night snacks again and again, eats pound after pound of crawfish, and finally manages to get their friendship off the ground, however shakily.
*
Shen Xizhou built his business from scratch and is now the head of a publicly listed company, with business skills to match.
He can manage a company with ease, then put on an apron and cook up a feast. Aside from his stubborn mouth, there's not a single part of him that isn't soft.
The only problem is that he has terrible taste in people and is hopelessly lovestruck.
You Sui is so shocked he nearly has a heart attack and spits blood. Seeing his thesis heading for disaster, he rolls up his sleeves and gets involved.
*
Shen Xizhou's abusive boyfriend is the campus heartthrob of their school's physical education department, all bulging muscles.
You Sui: He signs up for a taekwondo class that very night, hits the punching bag and lifts weights every day, and keeps an eye on the guy's workouts.
The scumbag cheats on Shen Xizhou and gaslights him every day: "Every man makes this kind of mistake," and "You're getting old and can't satisfy me. What's wrong with me fooling around?"
You Sui: He records a guide to being a decent man that very night and plays it for the guy from every direction.
The scumbag gets jealous of the company and its shares, sweet-talks Shen Xizhou, and even tries to blackmail him with private photos.
You Sui: He wakes the guy up that very night and gets him to contact the PR team and draw up a contract, making sure ownership of the company and shares is locked down tight.
Just as Shen Xizhou's love-brain seems about to be cured, You Sui beams with the satisfied smile of a proud father.
Great, his buddy is safe, and so is the interview.
He doesn't notice that Shen Xizhou has stopped making cutting remarks, that his waist goes increasingly soft whenever You Sui is around, or that his eyes have grown gentle and misty. Every day, Shen Xizhou cooks for him and brings him meals, finds him resources, and helps him with his research.
You Sui, a straight guy: We're real bros. I'm glad I had your back.
Then he accidentally finds Shen Xizhou's will in the study. It promises that after his death, his entire estate will go to... You Sui?!
You Sui: ???
Turns out the love-brain never went away. It just shifted targets, and even evolved :)
#How do I explain to my teacher that I'm listed as the interview subject's spouse#
#I had my buddy's back, and somehow ended up as his wife#
#A high school boy's chastity is harder than a diamond, and a college guy's is no different#
Theme: Love is a flower that grows out of the mud