Cold and slow-to-react bottom x sharp-tongued, deeply devoted top
Because he had never loved him, they could be friends.
Because he had never loved him, he could choose to forgive him.
He agreed to stay not because he loved him too much and could forgive him, but because he didn't love him and could accept it.
The bottom always knew his arranged-marriage partner had a first love he couldn't forget.
But he didn't care, because there was someone he couldn't forget either.
The first time they met, he said outright, "I know you have someone you can't forget. As it happens, so do I."
He had no idea the top's first love was him. The top was too stubborn to explain.
After they married, the bottom was often busy with work and rarely home. The top hoped every day that he would come back, but was too proud to say anything, so the bottom knew nothing and didn't care.
When the bottom got tangled up with his ex, the top quietly took care of him from the sidelines.
Their relationship gradually improved. Jealous and carried away, the top asked for a divorce, and the bottom agreed.
Afterward, the top regretted it, but the bottom had never liked him, so of course he wouldn't soften toward him.
Only after the divorce did the top finally grow up. He stayed by the bottom's side and protected him like a loyal guard. Only then did the bottom learn that he was the top's first love.
The top watched people come and go around the bottom, watched him marry someone else.
The bottom's new husband loved him dearly, but was far too insecure. The bottom grew annoyed, felt their relationship was unhealthy, and said, "If it really bothers you, we can split up. You can't bring yourself to do it, so I'll be the one to say it."
The top seized his chance, making snide remarks at every turn, and the original partner was replaced by the man who came between them.
After the bottom divorced, his feelings for the top gradually changed. One day, he said to him, "Let's give this a try."
Please note:
1. This is a series of one-on-one relationships. After divorcing the main top, the bottom will have a marriage with someone else.
2. The bottom's first love, his second husband, and the main top are all virgins. Each loves the bottom with unwavering devotion until death.
3. The bottom genuinely loves his first love in the beginning. After he stops loving him, he briefly loves his second husband. Only after divorcing his second husband does he fall in love with the main top.
4. The top and bottom's feelings are unequal.
5. The ending firmly follows Jinjiang's one-on-one route.
P.S. Don't insult the bottom. Insults will be deleted.
Theme: Learning to love