My Habit of Cringing on Their Behalf Is Acting Up Again

Meeting up with your long-ago ex-boyfriend is never a good sign. Si Shen had imagined their reunion many times. Maybe it would be warm and moving, or perhaps they'd still be in love and get back together. He never expected that Ran Tu, that charlatan, would be just as hopeless as ever, eyeing his money and trying to scam him out of it, along with his virtue. The instant their sparks collided, they transmigrated into a book together.

Their identities hadn't changed, and neither had their surroundings. The only difference was that a whole bunch of crazy friends and relatives had suddenly appeared around them. Si Shen glanced at the book's title with an indescribable expression: He Flees, He Pursues, Neither Can Escape!

Si Shen: ...

Ran Tu: Ha!

Are you crazy? Is there something wrong with you?

Worse still, after they transmigrated, there wasn't a single normal person around him. Please, he just wanted to go to work in peace. He didn't want to spend every day acting out some deranged Mary Sue drama. Why were these things so popular among adults?

But Si Shen's doctor friend would call him in the middle of the night to ask with concern, "Did your stomach act up today?" / "No, thanks!"

Si Shen's lawyer friend would wave a hand during a company acquisition and say, "Just sign. I'll handle the rest. I won't let any of them get away! They owe you, and they'll pay!" / "Are you crazy?! This is a friendly business deal!"

Si Shen's police officer friend would cheerfully invite him to go clubbing at an arcade in the middle of a dinner party. "Come on, tonight's going to be amazing! You know what I mean~" / "I hope you have a good reason for that promotion!"

In this book, Si Shen and Ran Tu were sworn enemies. Their friends and relatives surrounded Si Shen every day, guarding against fire, theft, and Ran Tu. Every one of them was even crazier than the charlatan Ran Tu. To Si Shen's horror, he started thinking that Ran Tu wasn't so bad after all, and might even still be salvageable.

Si Shen: I admit I used to be a little too harsh with you.

Ran Tu: It's fine. Easy fix, just support me. [Big toothy grin.jpg]

Just as Si Shen's doctor, lawyer, police officer, and other friends kept doggedly making trouble for his sworn enemy, Ran Tu packed himself up and delivered himself straight into Si Shen's bed. "Come on~ Let's have some fun~"

Si Shen: Have you finally gone crazy too?

Ran Tu: Grins broadly.

After their friends caught them in the act of falling in love, some went crazy, others had a fit, and one baffling line after another followed. Si Shen gritted his teeth and rubbed his forehead. "Shut up. I'm embarrassed for you!"

His friends: "We can't hear you, Si Shen's chanting."

They were even more domineering than him, and absurdly self-confident, completely letting themselves go.

Ran Tu: Ha! Can your toes dig out a whole courtyard by now?

Si Shen: Shut up.

----------Bonus Scene---------

Assistant: President Si, you've been neglecting your wife for five days.

Si Shen: So? Has he learned his lesson?

Assistant: No. He used your WeChat account to post on Moments and drum up more business.

Si Shen: Ran Tu!!! You lying scammer!

Diligent, hard-working, only normal salaryman gong × cheerful, lazy, lie-flat shou who relies on the gong to change his luck, a charlatan

Si Shen × Ran Tu

#Not your typical getting-back-together romance, with plenty of goofy everyday fun √

#A record of friends and family going crazy, surrounded by unconventional personalities

#No misunderstandings, devoted 1v1 romance, pure fluff. This novel is also known as The Daily Embarrassment of Having Unconventional Friends, The Unlucky Salaryman's Internet-Crazed Meltdowns, Internet Cringe Fiction: Neither You Nor I Can Escape, and Hello, How Long Have You Been Like This?...

#The shou is a lazy, flirtatious fish, with a half-baked psychic-medium constitution. He doesn't do well without the gong, but together with him, he has the good-fortune-of-a-husband constitution √

(Description updated on 2023-03-12, screenshot archived)

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