Only Fools Believe in Love

[Blurb]

Zhang Yuze wakes up after a nap and discovers that he has transmigrated into a novel about a scumbag top and a pathetic bottom. He has become a lovesick bottom who can't have the top he wants and clings to him relentlessly.

The original scumbag top, Xu Li, witnessed his parents' marriage fall apart and his father abusing his mother. Since then, he's lost faith in marriage and love.

He even has a famous saying: "Only idiots believe in love."

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After Zhang Yuze transmigrates into the book, do you think he'll use his knowledge of the plot to put on a face-slapping revenge story, humiliating the scumbag, making a comeback, and sending him through a groveling romance arc?

No way, because he doesn't believe in love either.

After his first love betrayed him and toyed with his feelings, leaving him wearing a huge green hat, Zhang Yuze shares the scumbag's opinion.

Only idiots believe in love.

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He thought he and Xu Li would never cross paths again.

Who could have guessed that one day, Xu Li, burning with a high fever, would suddenly reach out to him, looking provocative and reckless?

After swallowing a fever reducer, Xu Li suddenly says, "You don't believe in love, and neither do I. Medical science says the truth comes from practice. Let's date and see if this thing actually exists."

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Doctor Zhang is shocked by Xu Li's ability to act on every whim.

But somehow, he nods and agrees.

He thinks: It's just a farce.

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At the end of the story, they stand side by side on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. They can look up and see the Eiffel Tower from a balcony covered in red and white roses, with the shimmering Seine in the distance.

Xu Li takes a sip of coffee and suddenly asks, "Will you marry me, boyfriend?"

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Doctor Zhang is still shocked by Xu Li's ability to act on every whim.

But this time, he presses his lips together and gazes at the pale pink sunset over Paris.

Without hesitation, he smiles and says, "Yes. Let's go tomorrow."

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"Do you believe in love?"

"No."

"Then why are you getting married?"

"I don't need love, but I need you."

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Reader's guide:

1. Character types: Zhang Yuze, a brutally sharp-tongued human icebox, vs Xu Li, a shameless, foul-mouthed drama queen of a dog.

2. The protagonists swear. Don't read if you dislike that.

3. Add it to your favorites, and you might get a long update!

4. Content warnings: mutual tops, neither is sexually inexperienced. After they get together, they are each other's only romantic and sexual partners.

Theme: Even after setbacks, keep believing the world is beautiful