Clouds Know No Joy

[This story has been revised. The complete version is only on Jinjiang! The entire story costs no more than 4 yuan to subscribe to. Writing is hard work, so please don't read pirated copies. Thank you!] [Now serializing: "Doctor Guan Is Playing Hard to Get Again After Marriage." Please add it to your favorites. *Rolls around cutely and begs*] "Wild type" professor x frail calligrapher who pretends to be obedient Everyone thought Shen Yan had given up his playboy ways, but no one expected him to return to the world of pleasure even though he already had a beauty in his arms. At a dinner party, someone teased him: "Teacher Wen, you became famous at a young age and are incredibly talented. What, have you gotten tired of the genius calligrapher too?" Shen Yan didn't even raise his eyes. "He's a block of wood, stiff and boring. I got tired of him ages ago." Wen Yan saw just how brazen Shen Yan was. "I want to get married." "Stop fooling around. Aren't things fine the way they are?" * The next day, news that Wen Yan was engaged spread across the entire city. The groom wasn't Shen Yan. It was Shen Yan's sworn rival, Ji Zhiyuan. * Ji Zhiyuan is aloof, arrogant, and unfriendly. Even though he's rich and handsome, no one dares approach him casually. On a rainy night, Wen Yan, eyes red, knocks on Ji Zhiyuan's door. "Do you want to make Shen Yan lose face?" Aloof Ji Zhiyuan: "Of course." Wen Yan: "Then marry me." Unfriendly Ji Zhiyuan: "Okay." That... was way too fast. Wen Yan hadn't even managed to squeeze out a tear yet. * Only after the fact does Shen Yan realize that Wen Yan said he wanted to get married, but never said he wanted Shen Yan to marry him. He never imagined that one day he would lose so miserably. Just as Wen Yan never imagined how easily he would get what he wanted. From beginning to end, all Wen Yan wanted was Ji Zhiyuan. After they marry, Ji Zhiyuan even thinks, well, since I forced this melon off the vine, I might as well accept that it isn't sweet. Ji Zhiyuan: Wife, come cuddle. Wen Yan: ? He tells everyone, whether they want to hear it or not: "How did you know I got married? That's right, I married Teacher Wen." Wen Yan: ?? * When Wen Yan discovers that he's the one who got played, he can't be bothered to maintain his refined, proper image anymore. He clings to the man's waist and acts coy. "Not pretending anymore?" "Nope. Let's be honest with each other." That night, the sofa and Wen Yan both fell apart. Wen Yan speaks in a soft, weak voice: "Professor Ji, maybe you should go back to pretending?" Ji Zhiyuan: "No more pretending." [Bonus scene] Standing before a wall covered in artworks, Ji Zhiyuan's gaze deepens. "Your calligraphy really is beautiful." "Is the calligraphy beautiful, or am I?" Wen Yan moves closer. The man turns his gaze toward him, his expression hardly innocent. "Teacher Wen, the writing reflects the writer." Note: Shen Yan is a scumbag supporting character, a truly awful one. He is not the gong. He's a playboy who realizes the truth too late, with a happy ending for the scum. Wen Yan never liked Shen Yan. He got close to him only to take an indirect route to get closer to Ji. Nothing physical ever happened between them. The shou is in poor health and has a somewhat frail shou characterization. A mostly cozy, everyday-life story, with a slightly slow burn. Introducing the next story, "Dear Doctor Guan" Blunt, but honest, surgeon x capybara-like cultural relic conservator Pei Qi is a young cultural relic conservator. He spends every day with a group of veteran craftsmen and still hasn't sorted out his love life. A relative offers to set him up: "He's a handsome doctor. He removed my appendix, and he's very skilled. It didn't hurt at all." Pei Qi has no experience with blind dates and doesn't know that being able to remove an appendix is considered an advantage. The relative says, "One of you fixes things, the other fixes people. You're a perfect match." Pei Qi thinks... that's reasonable. One day, they arrange to meet. "Hello, Teacher Pei." The tall, handsome appendix doctor politely holds out his hand. The striking brows and eyes behind the silver-rimmed glasses bring back Pei Qi's dead memories. In his mind, he sees the man holding his waist, his eyes filled with desire, calling him "baby" in a low voice. The young man breaks into a cold sweat, and his appendix begins to ache faintly. "H-Hello." The appendix doctor quickly lets go of his hand, adjusts his glasses, and says evenly, "You should already know the basics about me from that night." Pei Qi hurriedly averts his eyes, the man's husky words echoing in his ears: "Baby, take off my glasses for me." One dark, windy night, Pei Qi goes home with some big guy he doesn't know from a bar and ends up in bed with him. After fleeing in a miserable state, he berates himself for his out-of-control behavior. That's why Pei Qi decides to go on a blind date and face his own needs. But... How does he end up on a blind date with the guy he doesn't know from the bar... What a wild, chaotic sequence of events. The appendix doctor: "You ran away that morning?" Pei Qi can't bring himself to look up and can't come up with a good excuse. "I went downstairs to buy breakfast. Do you believe me?" Wow, that's a terrible lie. The man opposite him nods and says only three words: "Marry me?" Pei Qi: "?" The appendix doctor: "Is there a problem?" Well... there doesn't seem to be. - One day after they get married, Pei Qi goes downstairs to buy breakfast. Someone says gloomily, "This time, don't go and lose it again." Pei Qi: "..." Pei Qi thinks Guan Yue has probably been holding a grudge all along, so he can only offer a weak explanation: "I really didn't do it on purpose..." Someone: "Then why did you go on a blind date so quickly?" Pei Qi responds quickly this time: "You did too." Someone: "I didn't." - You will never understand that I showed up at that cafe because I knew. You would be sitting across from me. Theme: Tricks are precious, but true love is worth more.