What Should I Do About My Boyfriend Always Flirting with Me?

My Online Crush Is My Childhood Friend's Mortal Enemy, currently serializing!

Blurb: [Elegant but wickedly possessive top, a gentleman at heart × Unruly, defiant, hot-tempered bottom with plenty of fighting prowess]

In his eighteen years, Tao Yuan has never been in a relationship. Even the feeling of liking someone is painfully rare for him.

He leaves his small hometown for the city. Making money and staying alive are his only motivation, so meeting Qin Yichen is completely unexpected.

The handsome, gentlemanly man reaches out and pulls him out of the mud. Qin Yichen understands why he bristles at everyone, tolerates his intense and stubborn moods, and tells him with open arms:

You have to live for yourself.

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Their meeting feels like fate.

At dusk, in a repair shop, the young man wears a black T-shirt smudged with dust. He bends over, picking through the tools at his feet. His tight jeans outline his round, pert backside.

Qin Yichen lets his gaze linger, then the young man turns around. His round, bright eyes meet Qin Yichen's, his soft black hair rippling in the breeze, his cheeks pale.

Qin Yichen raises a hand in greeting. The young man looks sweet, but his eyes are cold and impatient. His gaze pauses for a moment before he puts on a distant, perfunctory smile and walks away.

Something stirs in Qin Yichen's heart.

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A chance encounter, then passing strangers.

But Qin Yichen keeps appearing in Tao Yuan's life, more and more often. His intentions couldn't be clearer.

"You look like my little brother. I just want to help you."

He offers him a job, looks after him, and treats him with gentle, thoughtful care. Tao Yuan thinks that unless his brain is broken, he should be able to see how complicated people's hearts are. What's more, it doesn't take long for Qin Yichen to lay his cards on the table.

"I like you. I want to pursue you," Qin Yichen says.

Tao Yuan's brow twitches. His face stiffens, and he says coldly, "I don't like men."

"But you like me."

"..."

Some people sure think highly of themselves. Tao Yuan can't beat him, so he'll just leave. But after only two steps, Qin Yichen blocks his way, pressing him back into a corner.

"Yuanyuan." Qin Yichen calls him by the affectionate nickname. Before Tao Yuan can react, his feet leave the ground. Qin Yichen lifts him by the waist and pins him to the counter behind him, using his strength to make his point.

Tao Yuan expressionlessly raises his head and meets Qin Yichen's round, bright eyes.

Qin Yichen smiles faintly and leisurely undoes the top two buttons of Tao Yuan's shirt, revealing his beautiful, delicate collarbones.

"Do you like me?" The gentlemanly question comes again, polite as ever. "Answer properly."

[Elegant but wickedly possessive top, a gentleman at heart × Unruly, defiant, hot-tempered bottom with plenty of fighting prowess]

Reader's Guide:

1. Both are virgins. The top had a first love when he was young, but he had only just begun to understand his sexuality and mistook his feelings for love. He dated, but they never slept together. The top isn't a scumbag. In this story, "elegant but wicked" means well-mannered on the outside, scheming on the inside, not a true villain.

2. This isn't realistic fiction. It's a fairytale, and there are no issues of unequal status or backgrounds. They love each other, and that's all that matters.

Coming Soon: My Online Crush Is My Childhood Friend's Mortal Enemy

Also known as: My Childhood Friend Is Up to No Good! [Sincere, devoted, aloof top × Tsundere, cold, shameless bottom, two campus heartthrobs, college setting]

[Starts January 10]

Ye Xingmian has been straight for eighteen years. He never imagined he'd fall for Qi Yan. And who is Qi Yan? His childhood friend and mortal enemy!

Childhood friends are easy enough to understand. After all, they once had a happy childhood, inseparable as can be. But Qi Yan after they grew up... Ye Xingmian wipes away a bitter tear and would rather not talk about it.

In short, he, Ye Xingmian, is tall, handsome, gentle, and considerate, the quintessential campus heartthrob. Yet because Qi Yan is like a bug in his life, he's still single and completely immune to romance.

Then, after taking a crushing blow to his pride from the very culprit behind it all, he gets driven into an online relationship just to save face!

But he never expects his online crush to be Qi Yan. He and Qi Yan are dating.

What do people do when they're dating? Hold hands, hug, kiss, and... sleep together? Ye Xingmian shudders and hastily packs a bag to run away in the middle of the night. But when he steps outside, he runs straight into his neighbor and childhood friend.

Qi Yan's usually cool, aristocratic, expressionless face softens into a tender look. "Where are you going, Mianmian?" Ye Xingmian feels a chill down his back as Qi Yan closes in, and hurriedly shouts, "Don't come any closer!"

Qi Yan stops, presses his lips together, and says quietly, "Weren't you the one who said you liked me and wanted to see me?"

"I fucking thought you were a woman!" Ye Xingmian wants to scream for help. This guy has no shame!

"What difference does it make if I'm a man or a woman?" A sorrowful shadow falls over Qi Yan's lowered lashes. "Does it matter to you? I've liked you for a long time. I really, really like you."

Ye Xingmian freezes, questioning himself. Qi Yan steps closer and hooks a finger around his.

"..."

With gentle words and a heartfelt confession that burns into his mind, Ye Xingmian is stunned, his mind blank and his heart soft. By the time he finally shakes off his bizarre thoughts and comes to his senses, overwhelmed by inexplicable feelings...

He's already in Qi Yan's bed?!! Great, he's the one on the bottom!

The next morning, Ye Xingmian clutches his lower back and grimaces. He packs his bag again and drags himself back to the dorm, his butt hurting like hell. Only then does he remember that Qi Yan goes to the same college as him! Where is he even supposed to run?

Ye Xingmian covers his face and sobs, mourning his poor backside.

[The romance is unfolding, and their identities are about to be revealed...]

Ye Xingmian is dating!

His boyfriend seems a little strange. He's not clingy or affectionate, and he's even a little aloof, but at least he's a real, living boyfriend. Ye Xingmian thinks he can put up with it.

But as they spend more time together, something feels increasingly off. Ye Xingmian says ten things and his boyfriend replies to just one. No video calls, no voice messages, just cold texts. What's going on?

He realizes the worst may be true: he's been made into a backup option and a doormat! With a heavy heart, Ye Xingmian has to break up. A scholar may be killed, but not humiliated.

But his usually cold, emotionless boyfriend loses control for the first time and sends him a thousand-word essay. He says he's just introverted and bad at talking, and ends with, "It's just because I like you so much." Ye Xingmian is so flustered he completely surrenders.

Once Ye Xingmian learns it was a misunderstanding, he feels guilty. But his boyfriend suddenly changes into another person, asking after him constantly. If he's hungry, he orders him food; if he can't sleep, he tells him stories. If he's upset, he complains about the childhood friend, and his boyfriend listens carefully without ever getting annoyed.

A man experiencing love for the first time is completely swept away, unable to resist the sweetness. Ye Xingmian is moved and bursting with affection. What kind of heavenly boyfriend did he find?

So even if his boyfriend has some unusual interests, that's fine. It's perfectly normal for two men, Ye Xingmian declares confidently in a voice message, patting his chest.

"Would you think I'm strange?" his boyfriend asks timidly in a WeChat message. Ye Xingmian comforts him warmly. "Of course not. It's adorable."

So to show that he truly respects his boyfriend's interests, he watches novels, listens to audio dramas, and even watches anime with him. No problem at all.

But why does it start to feel a little sweet as he watches?

And why does he have the unsettling feeling that his boyfriend ships him with his mortal-enemy childhood friend? And why does Qi Yan seem like a different person, too?

Why does Qi Yan always sneak glances at him? And why is he suddenly smiling and flirting with him? Ye Xingmian never wanted to break the ice!!!

Then, one night, in their long-dormant WeChat chat, Qi Yan forgets to switch accounts and sends him an uncensored, high-definition...

Ye Xingmian can't sleep all night.

Theme: There's always a sunrise in life. Have the courage to run toward it.