After I Bullied a Down-and-Out Foreign Young Master, He Became Clingy

The person on the cover is the pursuer.

There's a school-life novel in my upcoming works list: [Black-Bellied, Unhinged Teen*Energetic Sunshine Teacher]. Please add it to your reading list! Scroll down for the blurb.

Blurb:

Bickering couple + healing + personal growth. Sweet romance.

[Sunny and innocent / airhead beauty / international student / loyal pursuer * impulsive and quick-tempered / soft on the inside, tough on the outside / street vendor / tsundere recipient]

Under the sun, Lucas's blond hair looked like golden silk, and his blue eyes were like jewels. That was Yu Doufu's first impression of him. Yu thought this foreigner was beautiful, and believed they would become friends.

Unfortunately, they never did. Yu Doufu could never have imagined that three days later, he would corner this pretty boy in a bathroom and point at his nose, shouting, "You'd better apologize to me!"

Yu Doufu was a poor street vendor who made a living selling jianbing. He could barely manage to say, "How are you?"

Lucas was the eldest son of a wealthy British businessman. He had never lifted a finger to do housework and was untouched by the grime of ordinary life.

Their backgrounds were worlds apart, and they couldn't speak each other's language. No one knew how they became enemies who sparked off each other every time they met, and no one could have guessed that one day they would end up in bed together.

Overnight, this foreign kid completely ruined Yu Doufu's tough, imposing image. Yu swore he would never let himself be made a fool of again.

Lucas could have inherited a fortune, but his father sent him to study in China after he did something that brought shame upon the family. He couldn't even speak Chinese. Fortunately, he met a kind young man who made him look forward to his new life.

But that young man turned around and tried to beat him up. Lucas didn't want to lose this friend.

After asking around, he found out that the young man, Yu Doufu, was very poor. Wasn't that convenient? Money was the one thing Lucas had plenty of.

So he stayed up late studying Chinese, determined to learn to speak fluently so he could win Yu Doufu over.

At last, he decided to use his money to make a move. The first thing he did was announce that he wanted to buy fifty of Yu Doufu's jianbing.

Seeing the disbelief on Yu Doufu's face, Lucas couldn't help feeling pleased with himself. "How could you not fall for me now?"

But Yu Doufu didn't fall for him or go crazy over him, and he certainly didn't bang his head against a wall for him. Instead, he flew into a rage.

"Are you picking a fight on purpose?"

*

If you can't beat them, avoid them. Yu Doufu had always believed in that. But it seemed he couldn't even do that.

When the city enforcement officers came charging toward his poor little food stall, Yu Doufu looked at Lucas with tearful eyes. Lucas was clinging to his cart and refusing to let go.

"Let me go first, okay?"

"No," Lucas replied, more decisively than instant noodles.

"..."

At that moment, Yu Doufu realized Lucas was the disaster sent from heaven to ruin his life!

And three months later, this disaster showed up at his apartment door with a blanket and pillowcase in his arms.

Yu Doufu's face twitched with anger as he blocked the doorway.

"What are you doing?"

"Moving in with you."

Lucas answered so casually that Yu Doufu instantly lost his temper.

"Are you uncomfortable in that fancy private dorm of yours? My place is tiny. Why do you have to come crowd into it?"

Lucas didn't think he was causing Yu Doufu any trouble. He only pouted, looking aggrieved. "It's so lonely living alone."

"I'm not lonely living alone."

"I am."

"..."

#From bitter rivals to lovers#

Reader's guide:

1. They are each other's first and only. There will be other people pursuing them, but absolutely no cheating! Happy ending.

2. The pursuer is younger. The recipient is two years older.

3. The pursuer's Chinese is poor at first. In the main text, his English dialogue will be rendered in English or Chinese depending on its complexity. (A quiet note from the author: My English isn't very good either, so the English in the story is all simple words. It won't affect your reading experience.)

4. The characters aren't perfect, and their growth is part of the story.

5. A slow burn, a sweet, down-to-earth romance, with lots of sugar and very, very few angsty moments.

6. This story grew out of the author's curiosity about what might happen when two people who don't speak each other's language meet. It's grounded in reality and doesn't involve political elements. Please read with an open mind!

Upcoming novel 1

The Most Difficult Student in This Class Is You

A healing story about redemption and turning one's life around.

[Sweet-faced but dark, unhinged / brooding / tough-talking but soft-hearted / troubled student * optimistic and cheerful / energetic little sun / teacher from the class next door]

As the least experienced teacher at Xiaohe Town Middle School, Jiang Ningdong immediately ran into the school's most troublesome problem student.

He was unpredictable, and his moods changed without warning. He got into fights and smoked, acting nothing like a student should. He was Li Fengchun, the boy everyone at school avoided.

He was like a stray dog that no one dared approach or try to discipline.

Only Jiang Ningdong wasn't afraid of getting bitten. He took the initiative to approach Li Fengchun and learned that the boy had suffered from bullying at school for a long time.

His wild behavior was nothing more than a way to protect himself.

As Jiang Ningdong got to know him better, he discovered a hidden strength in Li Fengchun: he was naturally bright.

"You're good at school! Why don't you put your energy into studying?" Jiang Ningdong leaned closer and looked straight at Li Fengchun.

"Mind your own business." Li Fengchun looked disgusted.

A few days later.

"I've marked the key points for you. Take a look." Jiang Ningdong handed Li Fengchun all the textbooks he'd been saving.

"..." Li Fengchun quietly took them and said nothing.

A few months later.

"Why don't you come to my place for tutoring? Let's try to get you into the honors class next year, okay?" Jiang Ningdong smiled like a beam of sunlight shining into a dark room.

"..." Li Fengchun was silent for a few seconds, then blushed shyly. "You're really hard to shake off..."

From then on, the school had one less aimless stray dog wandering through life and one more honor student earnestly studying for the college entrance exams.

On the day Jiang Ningdong sent Li Fengchun away to attend university in another city, he repeatedly told him to keep working hard and grow up to be someone useful to society.

Li Fengchun just nodded and agreed to everything he said.

A second before boarding, Li Fengchun blushed and made a request he knew was too much.

"When I graduate from university, will you be my boyfriend, Teacher?"

"What?" Jiang Ningdong thought he'd misheard.

"I want..." Li Fengchun lifted his head, his eyes completely sincere. "I want to date you!"

Jiang Ningdong smiled and agreed over and over, thinking it was just a way to comfort the boy and help him focus on his studies.

He never imagined that four years later, the first thing Li Fengchun would do upon returning was throw him onto the bed and pin him down so he couldn't fight back.

"A promise is a promise. You taught me that. Have you forgotten?" Li Fengchun grinned as he held Jiang Ningdong's wrists down.

Only then did Jiang Ningdong regret it. The little stray dog had grown up and turned into a big bad wolf!

"You really are..." Jiang Ningdong pushed at Li Fengchun, who was kissing him. He only had a chance to complain when he paused for breath. "So hard to shake off..."

That's all! Please add it to your reading list!

Theme: Friendly communication, mutual respect, learning from one another, and building a better tomorrow