The Fake Young Master and His Straight Childhood Friend Enter a Contract Marriage

Gu Xiu accidentally transmigrates into a wealthy-family novel as a disposable supporting character.

He is the fake young master who was switched at birth in the story. He has been secretly in love with Lu Yanqing for years, loving him so much that he is willing to throw away his dignity, groveling and fawning over him of his own accord.

After the real young master is found, Lu Yanqing falls for him at first sight. The original Gu Xiu is driven mad with jealousy. Seeing Lu Yanqing treat the real young master with such care, he targets him at every turn and commits one wicked deed after another, until he suffers a face-slapping defeat and meets a truly miserable end.

After transmigrating, Gu Xiu still has time to set the plot straight.

He won't even spare Lu Yanqing a glance, remaining unmoved no matter how much he and the real young master show off their affection.

Everyone who knows Gu Xiu thinks he's putting on an act, appearing calm on the surface while secretly consumed by jealousy.

Only Gu Xiu knows that he's set his sights on the original owner's childhood friend, who also happens to be Lu Yanqing's sworn enemy: Zhou Linhuai.

The Zhou family wields immense power. Zhou Linhuai is carefree but keeps himself chaste, living boldly and freely, with a perfectly proportioned physique. Gu Xiu feels possessive the moment he sees him.

Now this is a man who hits all his buttons.

Unfortunately, Zhou Linhuai has no interest in men. He couldn't be straighter.

Is there still time to turn him gay?

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When Zhou Linhuai is at his wits' end over his family's constant attempts to marry him off, Gu Xiu places a marriage contract before him. "You handle your family, and I'll shut everyone else up."

Thinking Gu Xiu wants to provoke Lu Yanqing, Zhou Linhuai readily agrees.

The day news of their marriage breaks, high society is rocked like an earthquake.

Zhou Linhuai thinks that after marrying Gu Xiu, they'll go on just as before: each busy with his own affairs, leaving the other alone, occasionally getting together for a meal, drinks, and a chat. Even sleeping in the same bed won't mean anything special.

But gradually, he begins to realize that his childhood friend is acting more and more strangely.

When Gu Xiu scrapes his ankle, he'll rest his leg on Zhou Linhuai's lap and ask him to apply ointment. When he's drunk, he'll hug Zhou Linhuai as he sleeps, pressing his face to Zhou Linhuai's chest and acting spoiled. And when Zhou Linhuai gets sick, Gu Xiu fusses over him and brings him homemade congee made with love.

That time, Zhou Linhuai was so thoroughly creeped out that he told Gu Xiu to just say what he wanted and stop playing games.

Gu Xiu blinked innocently. "Then, instead of playing games, can I play with you?"

Zhou Linhuai: "..."

This guy must have been rattled into losing his mind.

He firmly stated where he stood, telling Gu Xiu not to use him as a rebound to heal old wounds. Even if every other man in the world turned gay, he never would.

But after that...

When Zhou Linhuai notices Gu Xiu looking at Lu Yanqing a little too long, he forcefully turns his head back.

When Gu Xiu rests a leg on him in his sleep, Zhou Linhuai lies awake staring at the ceiling, parched and unable to sleep all night.

After Gu Xiu attends an event, Zhou Linhuai takes a detour of dozens of kilometers just to "happen to be passing by" and drive him home.

Zhou Linhuai is completely unaware of how these little things are getting under his skin.

Until a blizzard...

Hearing that Gu Xiu is stranded on a mountain, Zhou Linhuai immediately speeds over. The moment he sees him, the tension in his body finally eases.

Seeing the tip of Gu Xiu's nose red from the cold, Zhou Linhuai is overcome with concern. He opens his black coat and pulls Gu Xiu tightly into his arms, resting his chin against Gu Xiu's crown as he murmurs, "You got to have your fun. Does the offer still stand?"

Only after their contract expires does Gu Xiu learn that Zhou Linhuai had long since fed both copies of the agreement into a shredder.

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Same-sex marriage is legal setting √ Straight-guy-falls-hard trope √

Theme: Love bravely