After Falling for a Cool, Cocky Guy

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College campus novel: Even a Heartthrob Has to Pass CET-6

Natural, straightforward beauty shou x secretly affectionate, tsundere fatherly gong

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The first time Wen Shu met Pei Xian, he thought the younger student was a total bad boy. He wore a black hoodie, was covered in tattoos, had shoulders twice as broad as Wen Shu's, and smelled so strongly of cigarettes that Wen Shu had to cover his nose. He immediately figured this underclassman was a troublemaker.

Later, Wen Shu joined the debate team. At every practice, Pei Xian looked lazy and unmotivated, but would pull Wen Shu aside afterward to ask him questions.

"Captain, how should I argue this definition?"

He was always clinging to him, too.

"Captain, we have a competition tomorrow and I'm so nervous. Can I sleep with you?"

Later, Wen Shu heard that this cool guy was apparently socially anxious.

After observing him closely, Wen Shu noticed that Pei Xian always sat at the back during class, far from the others. And when Wen Shu stood very close to him, he saw Pei Xian's hands trembling. That convinced him even more that Pei Xian wasn't a bad boy, just socially anxious.

But ever since Wen Shu started acting a little friendlier toward Pei Xian, why had he become like a dog let off its leash?

"Wen Shu, you look so sexy when you dance."

"Wen Shu, do you want to date someone?"

But Wen Shu didn't dare, and didn't want, to accept anyone again.

On New Year's Eve, Wen Shu was drenched in sweat.

Pei Xian took his hand. "Wen Shu, you're covered in sweat. Let me 'wipe' you clean."

Wen Shu said nothing, silently giving his consent as he felt a shiver run through him.

That night, Pei Xian's usually arrogant face was flushed red. All the sharpness he showed in debate was gone. He just kept whispering "Thank you" in Wen Shu's ear.

Ever since Pei Xian saw Wen Shu dance during military training, he had been like a dog who'd found his owner.

The way Wen Shu danced and worked up a sweat in the middle of the field, his pink shoulder-length hair seemingly glowing under the lights.

At first, Wen Shu didn't seem to like him much. Later, Pei Xian learned to behave and acted like a good boy around him. It didn't work very well, but at some point Wen Shu began looking after him for no apparent reason. Pei Xian didn't know why, but he was happy to be taken care of.

Pei Xian worked on his bad habits. Wen Shu didn't like the smell of cigarettes, so he quit smoking. He didn't like him smelling of alcohol, so he stopped drinking. He didn't like his tattoos, so Pei Xian got them removed.

Whatever Wen Shu wanted, Pei Xian could do. Everyone around him said he was acting like a lovesick puppy, but he didn't care.

So he grew more and more greedy. The day before a competition, he decided to take a gamble.

He went to Wen Shu and confessed his greedy wish. When Wen Shu agreed, Pei Xian knew he had won his bet. As he held Wen Shu, dressed in pajamas, in his arms, he buried his face in Wen Shu's neck and breathed in his scent, overcome by a feeling of satisfaction.

On the night they made their relationship official, he finally got to do what he'd wanted to do all along.

Content warnings: 1. The shou has shoulder-length hair.

2. This is a college campus novel. The main story doesn't enter the working world, though there may be extra chapters.

3. The gong smokes, drinks, and has tattoos, but he's a pure-hearted boy. Both leads are each other's first and only. There are debate scenes.

5. They save each other.

[This is an upcoming novel set at the same university]

Even a Heartthrob Has to Pass CET-6

Also known as: I Want to Make Foreigners "Die"

The title and synopsis may be tweaked a little, but the general idea won't change.

Shen Bai thought getting 423 on the CET-6 exam was unlucky enough, until the day before his sophomore year began, when he dreamed that if he didn't pass CET-6 before his junior year, he would become a character in a novel he'd written.

Shen Bai scoffed. He didn't write anything serious. After his CET-6 score came out, he'd angrily become an English-titled content creator online. Every day, he posted heartthrob novel excerpts on the platform to attract readers, only to reveal an English vocabulary word at the most thrilling, suspenseful moment.

Comments: [Knowledge sneaks into your brain in the most underhanded way.]

Though people in the comments cursed him for clickbait, he felt great watching them learn against their will.

He never expected that, when school started, one emotional scene after another he'd written would come true. He had become the heartthrob?! Shen Bai suddenly realized: Right, he'd written the novel in first person!

The clean-freak, tall, athletic student had broad shoulders and long legs. He called Shen Bai, an art student, a weakling with no muscles, and looked down on him every time. "With those skinny arms and legs, your waist isn't even as thick as my thigh."

Until one day, after basketball, he started taking the towel Shen Bai offered him and secretly trying to drink from his water bottle. When he was caught, he shamelessly said the water tasted sweeter after Shen Bai had drunk from it.

Shen Bai was disgusted. "That towel was for my roommate! And the water tasted sweet because I added honey!"

The elite student council president usually wore silver-rimmed glasses and looked aloof and refined. When he saw Shen Bai wearing a short skirt for a club activity, he immediately turned cold, thought him shameless, and said stiffly, "Who would buy a skirt like that for no reason?"

Until one day, Shen Bai discovered that he was the pervert who'd been sending him short skirts. None of the clothes he'd sent reached below the knee.

Shen Bai frowned. "What a freak." (Cursing under his breath.)

The green-tea underclassman, a golden-haired puppy-eyed beauty of Chinese-French descent, called Shen Bai his ideal type the first time they met. He was his muse, the source of all inspiration, and claimed he couldn't create anything without him.

Whenever he saw the others, he'd act pitiful and say, "I hope you other big brothers don't think I'm taking up too much of his time. Sorry, I'm just younger."

The other three: ...

Shen Bai backed away again and again. "No emotional manipulation. If you can't graduate, don't blame me!"

His straight-laced, abstinent roommate had an eight-pack and a perfect figure, but never unbuttoned the top of his shirt. He constantly criticized Shen Bai's pretty clothes, acting like a nagging father.

But then he started acting strange, putting an arm around Shen Bai and hugging him. Sometimes he'd come out of the shower with his upper body bare and say, "I can be your model." He'd even blush and tug at his gray sweatpants, saying, "I wouldn't mind doing it with you."

Shen Bai was furious, then got a little more furious, and decided to study for CET-6. "Abandon, abandon, give up, give up."

(In a daze.)

Staring blankly at his English study book, Shen Bai had a wild thought: If I start writing a historical livestream novel now, could I bring the ancestors back to life and make the world speak one language?

Natural, straightforward beauty shou x secretly affectionate, tsundere fatherly gong

[Before you read]

1. This isn't a pick-your-guy story. The gong is the roommate. One-on-one, and both leads are each other's first and only.

2. The shou really is beautiful. The gong only pretends to be a "father" figure. It's just a little trick straight guys use to attract attention.

3. The others don't like the shou because of the novels he wrote. They only think that way because their first impressions of him shaped their opinions.

4. CET-6 isn't very important to the plot; it's just a gimmick, though English words do appear in the story.

Theme: Start with me if you want to reduce misunderstandings