The Genius Who Plays Dumb and the Big Shot with Foolproof Idiot Syndrome

[Dark History, Don't Read]

As the youngest satellite navigation researcher at the Institute of Electronic Science, Cen He is praised by everyone as a refined and elegant gentleman. Only those close to him know that he suffers from an extreme case of intolerance for stupidity: seeing an idiot might kill him.

Yet he is forced to take on the job of mentoring interns, spending every year side by side with a new batch of clueless rookies.

He can tell that every newcomer is on edge, doing their best to play up their strengths to win his approval, even resorting to lies and fraud.

Honestly, it's pretty dull.

Then he meets the clumsy Gong Xingque.

Unlike the other idiots who think they're clever, Gong Xingque seems to be just the right kind of stupid.

He constantly makes Cen He wonder why he can't bring himself to get angry with him, and why he finds him cuter the more he looks at him.

Like a skilled hunter weaving an enticing trap, he waits patiently in the shadows for Cen He to leap into it of his own accord.

When night falls, Cen He takes off his white lab coat and puts on a sharply tailored designer suit, making a dazzling entrance at a banquet on behalf of his old-money family.

Then he unexpectedly meets a pair of familiar smiling eyes.

Gong Xingque, the only son of a rising business magnate, raises his champagne flute and smiles at him as if they were strangers meeting for the first time.

But where no one else can see, he clutches Cen He's hand with desperate intensity, his eyes red.

Only Gong Xingque knows how he carved out a path to Cen He's heart among all those people pretending to be clever in hopes of winning his favor.

To win Zhou Yu's attention, one must always pretend to misplay the strings.

A genius hides his brilliance in clumsiness, all to win the smile of your glance.

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Ten years ago, Gong Xingque burst onto the scene as a boy genius, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

But no one knew how empty he felt inside. The genius persona was nothing but a mask his parents had forced on him, and the hardships behind his success had left him exhausted.

Then he saw a true genius, someone who seemed to despise everything, yet selflessly guided others like a satellite.

So he chased that satellite for ten years, until at last he captured a signal meant only for him.

#What you think was our first meeting was a reunion I spent ten years earning#

A research genius with a hatred of stupidity, the bottom, x, an attacker who pretends to be dumb and is hopelessly in love. Together, the husbands take on the world of satellites.

A few things to know before reading:

1. Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting.

2. They are each other's first love, one-on-one, with an older bottom. Cen He is six years older than Gong Xingque. A sweet-and-sour romance.

3. The satellite navigation information comes from the internet, so don't scrutinize it too closely.

Core theme: Face setbacks without fear and keep moving forward.