In his early twenties, Lin Xushen met the one who would become the moonlight in his heart. The man was refined, gentlemanly, talented, witty, and a natural-born heartthrob who belonged in the spotlight.
He gazed up at his moonlight's figure with careful reverence, seeing him as the only light in his own gloomy, tedious life. But it wasn't long before misfortune struck his moonlight again and again. At the height of his success, he fell from grace, and in the end, his young life was cut short amid endless abuse.
The next day, the despairing Lin Xushen was reborn, back in the days when his moonlight was still a student. To save him and keep the one he cherished from repeating the same mistakes, he worked hard to get into the university his moonlight attended, meeting him five years earlier than in his previous life.
He was nervous, and the closer he got, the more anxious he felt. He was so excited he couldn't sleep. At last, following the name he knew, he found his moonlight as a student
"I call out to you. Dare you answer with your head?"
"Why wouldn't I? If I catch it, you have to call me Dad!"
Lin Xushen watched two freshmen on the basketball court wagering with a ball, then looked at the familiar face, now with a touch of youthful innocence. Suddenly, he began to question his life.
Wait, who is this idiot who looks, sounds, and has the same name as my moonlight, and is betting that he can shoot a basketball by balancing it on his head?!
Who are you?! Give me back my elegant, handsome, deep, refined heartthrob of a moonlight!!!
"Thanks, classmate."
A few minutes later, after helping his moonlight, who had been knocked unconscious by a basketball, to the infirmary, Lin Xushen successfully said his first words to the Qilin Yi he had longed for day and night, but could never have.
There is no way my moonlight could be an idiot!
Looking at the sunny, cheerful young man grinning foolishly at him, Lin Xushen found the situation utterly absurd. He even suspected that, if he could be reborn, it wasn't impossible that some idiot's soul had possessed the person in front of him!
In his past life, all Lin Xushen could do was watch Qilin Yi from afar, helpless as he suffered. In this life, Lin Xushen was determined to stay by his side and protect him.
So, after they finally grew closer and became best buddies who could talk about anything, Lin Xushen heard Qilin Yi let the truth slip for the first time while drunk.
"If I ever fall for someone, I'll make sure to keep up my heartthrob persona in front of him. I'll act cool every day, then take him up a mountain to pray, and give him rose wine I made myself. Though I hear that's hard to brew... Osmanthus rice wine would be good too. Then, on his birthday, I'll use all my resources to give everyone at his company the day off! He'll be so touched and surprised!"
Lin Xushen, who had climbed a mountain and prayed with Qilin Yi in his past life, received a bottle of osmanthus rice wine that nearly gave him food poisoning, and then unexpectedly got the day off on his birthday and ran into Qilin Yi: "..."
Wait, I think I just learned something earth-shattering.
Qilin Yi looked wistful. "After all that, the person I love will definitely realize how much I like him, right?"
Lin Xushen broke down. "How on earth would he know?!"
"Huh? I think that's pretty direct. If he still doesn't understand how I feel, he must be really dense!"
"Your way of pursuing someone is so bizarre that no normal person would ever get it!"
"? Why are you suddenly so mad..."
Good grief.
Having become best friends with the moonlight in his heart, Lin Xushen found himself facing a new dilemma.
What do I do? He might have liked me in my past life, but I'm convinced he can't be gay.
What do I do? In this life, he already thinks of me as a buddy, but now I'm starting to read too much into things!
What do I do? He thinks of me as a buddy, and his whole image has fallen apart; he's not cool at all anymore, but I still like him so much!
Pairing: A two-faced, goofy, straight heartthrob gong, and a reborn shou who secretly loves him and is always ready with a snarky comment
A goofy, sweet little story, with both of them falling for each other
Theme: Be brave and say you love them out loud