So My Childhood Friend Has Been Secretly in Love with Me

[Slow-Witted Chatterbox Bottom (Yi Linchuan) vs. Scheming, Devoted Top (Gu Chen)]

Yinghua High's heartthrob Yi Linchuan was handsome and refined, born into a wealthy family and accustomed from childhood to being admired and pursued.

The only person he cared about was his childhood friend, who was better than him in every way: Gu Chen, heir to the Gu Group and a top-tier star.

Because...

When Gu Chen saw him leisurely eating breakfast, he would set aside his celebrity aura and say, "Don't bother clearing your hands. I'll wipe down your desk for you."

When Gu Chen caught him sneaking a peek at his answers, he'd put down his homework and ask, resigned yet indulgent, "What gossip are you sharing with me this time?"

When Gu Chen knew he was afraid of thunder and saw him shivering in the dorm at night, he'd rush back from the set to comfort him. "Don't be scared."

So some people started saying, openly and in private, that Gu Chen liked him.

Yi, young master that he was, would always retort with one line: "I'm straight! We're childhood friends!"

Later, disaster struck the Yi family. Unable to take the blow, Young Master Yi went to a bar to drink himself into a stupor.

In his haze, he spent a reckless night with Gu Chen, who had hurried over to find him.

Terrified that he'd defiled his childhood friend, Yi Linchuan, a "straight man," fled abroad that very night.

It wasn't until he heard rumors that Gu Chen planned to enter an arranged marriage, and that the other party was a man, that he finally returned home, his heart aching with jealousy.

At an upscale restaurant, Yi Linchuan prodded the beef on his plate and asked timidly with his head bowed, "You're going to enter an arranged marriage? With a man?"

"Mm." The elegant, handsome man across from him answered calmly.

Yi Linchuan's heart was as battered as the beef he'd been poking. He lowered his head even further and spoke more timidly. "Marriage isn't child's play. An arranged marriage without love won't end well."

Gu Chen looked up at him, his tone cool. "Then who would I have a happy ending with?"

"Me!" Yi Linchuan hurriedly looked up.

Gu Chen gave a wry smile and swapped his perfectly cut beef for Yi Linchuan's mangled portion. "Aren't you straight?"

Yi Linchuan stared at the neatly cut pieces of beef in front of him, his heart pounding. His ears turning red, he mumbled, "Maybe... I've bent."

[Please Note]

1. One-on-one romance, both are virgins, happy ending.

2. A sweet romance from school days to adulthood. The arranged marriage partner is also the bottom.

3. To make the characters more appealing, their personalities are slightly different from those in "School Heartthrob."

4. The first version of this blurb was written on February 10, 2021.

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