Childhood Friend Dependency Syndrome

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● This novel:

A passionate, naive, silly puppy x a cold, calculating top student

They grew up together, their lives steeped in each other like air. Falling in love with him felt like the most natural thing in the world.

Back when computers were just becoming commonplace and KFC was every kid's ultimate dream, Jiang Chuyi learned that Xie Zhuxiao, his childhood friend, was gay!

Xie Zhuxiao was the top student year after year: cool, handsome, and good at making money. The perfect student in his teachers' eyes, the perfect son in his mother's, and the kid all the neighbors wished they had. And he was gay?

Deeply shocked, Jiang Chuyi soon accepted it, thanks to his lifelong, unconditional tolerance and unwavering support for Xie Zhuxiao.

The second shock came when he learned Xie Zhuxiao already had someone he liked.

Jiang Chuyi couldn't help thinking: Do gay people fall for someone that easily?

He acted unbothered, but lay awake that night.

Somehow, without realizing it, he had already become dependent on Xie Zhuxiao, and couldn't bear the thought of sharing him with someone else.

Not long afterward, he accidentally knocked over Xie Zhuxiao's diary. As he hurriedly closed it, he caught sight of one page covered in his own name.

While he was wondering about it, he suddenly noticed a line at the very bottom of the page:

I want to kiss every inch of him.

The boy who had always hidden in the darkness finally stepped out of it. His gaze was dark and feverish as his long fingers gently encircled Jiang Chuyi's waist.

● The Vile Believer

At first, Jiang Tinglan had hesitated a little when he reached out to Zhou Si.

The boy's gaze was fierce, his whole body bristling with wariness. He had not lost his animal instincts, and seemed ready to bite him at any moment.

"Bodhisattva."

Zhou Si heard someone call Jiang Tinglan that.

Some people are born into infinite light. With their refined looks and gentle smiles, they need only casually wave their wealth around to become "Bodhisattvas" in this mortal world.

Others are born to live in the depths of night, where all filth mingles in the darkness and the line between good and evil grows blurred. They are driven away and called "filthy things." They are often hurt, then silently lick their wounds.

Zhou Si had lived this way for eighteen years and believed he would go on living this way forever.

Until he heard Jiang Tinglan ask, "Would you like to come home with me?"

The fierce little wolf looked at the hand reaching for him and stumbled after it.

Later, Jiang Tinglan told Zhou Si, "Si sounds too plain. Let's change it to Si, meaning unrestrained. You should live without fear or restraint."

Jiang Tinglan ruffled his hair. "You're not a cat or dog I picked up. You're a wolf cub."

Jiang Tinglan gently corrected him. "Don't keep watching me when you walk. What if you fall?"

But how could he not look at him?

In the wolf cub's world, there was only his Bodhisattva.

His greedy gaze and his inescapable yearning were only the first signs...

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Jiang Tinglan was used to doing good deeds, and had planned a wonderful life for Zhou Si. In the end, the feedback from his psychologist was this: every moment, his heart was clamoring to possess someone. He had done something immoral in a dream, and it tormented him.

Jiang Tinglan was startled. "Possess who?"

Late at night, half asleep, he felt someone enter his room and kneel on the floor. A cool kiss began at his fingertips, then, with the reverence of a pilgrim, traveled over every patch of exposed skin.

Jiang Tinglan's heartbeat stopped for a moment. Warm breath brushed his ear, followed by a low, hoarse voice:

Brother, I am your most vile believer.

Older love interest, seven-year age gap.

Kindhearted, gentle shou x obsessive, taciturn wolf-cub gong

Theme: Make your choices, then take responsibility for them.