My Love Rival Seems to Have a Crush on Me

[Apologies to all readers. I started this book too hastily and hadn't worked out the setting. On top of that, final exams, an internship, and my thesis are coming up, so I really can't keep writing. I'm putting it on hiatus for now 😭]

Song Guanshan is a wealthy second-generation heir with excellent grades and good character. Both his parents are alive, he has a fortune worth billions, and a gentle boyfriend. Apart from being inexplicably unpopular, he has almost nothing to worry about.

Until one day, he wakes up from a nap on an Italian diamond bed and discovers that he accidentally slept with his love rival.

The love rival is covered in bruises, has swollen red eyes, two suspicious handprints on his waist, and was woken after only a few hours of sleep. He says, "..."

Song Guanshan says, "..." Tsk.

I really want to lift that head.

His love rival is Huo Ying, the infamous gang leader from their high school days. They say his family is involved with the underworld, and that he was cracking people's skulls with steel pipes back in middle school. He's so vicious no one dares provoke him. He even once got into a huge fight with Song Guanshan for stealing his love letter.

Song Guanshan has always hated him, and has no idea how they ended up in the same bed.

The love rival is furious when he hears this. "You don't know? If you don't know, why didn't you let me go last night?"

"I thought you liked it."

"I was struggling the whole time!"

Song Guanshan argues his case. "My friend Gao Yang told me that everything in bed is part of the fun. No means yes, stop means keep going, too much means not enough, and struggling means forced play."

The love rival: "..."

The love rival: "I kept yelling, 'Fuck your mother, you idiot, let go of me!'"

Song Guanshan thinks deeply. "You mean dirty talk?"

*

The love rival slams the door on his way out.

He leaves a warning: "Forget it. Pretend none of it happened."

But Song Guanshan is a kind person. He believes that making a mistake isn't the scary part. The scary thing is refusing to admit it or change after realizing you're wrong.

Song Guanshan decides to make it up to Huo Ying properly.

The first time, he gives Huo Ying some expensive designer clothes, telling him they're his gold-digging boyfriend's favorite brand.

The second time, he considers Huo Ying's physical condition and tries to get him to bend over in the bathroom so he can check him and apply some medicine.

The third time, he remembers that Huo Ying is his love rival, who likes his boyfriend and once stole his love letter and got into a huge fight with him over it.

So, to make it up to Huo Ying, Song Guanshan breaks up with his boyfriend, Fang Yizhi, then turns to Huo Ying and says, "I'll teach you how to win him over."

The results are remarkable.

Huo Ying is so moved that his face turns red.

Greatly encouraged, Song Guanshan keeps making it up to Huo Ying after breaking up with his boyfriend. From holding hands to going on dates, he guides Huo Ying step by step on how to win Fang Yizhi over, especially in bed.

Although Huo Ying always looks sullen and unhappy.

But afterward, Song Guanshan eats the snacks Huo Ying brought him, wraps himself in the bathrobe Huo Ying draped over him, and sits cross-legged on the sofa with his hair still damp from Huo Ying washing it, watching Huo Ying cook in the kitchen with a cold expression. He thinks Huo Ying has a good chance of winning Fang Yizhi over.

The guy even takes good care of his love rival.

Until Song Guanshan's family discovers he's into men and kicks him out. With nowhere to go on a rainy night, he knocks on Huo Ying's door.

Huo Ying lets him in, makes him some porridge, feeds him medicine, and carefully dries his hair. He scolds him for being sick in the head, while lying in bed with a hoarse voice and his eyes shut, "listening" to Song Guanshan teach him how to win Fang Yizhi over.

After the lesson, Song Guanshan stares at him for a long time. Huo Ying lowers his head and looks away, then gets up and tries to leave.

But someone calls out to him from behind.

"Huo Ying," Song Guanshan says, tilting his head. "How much longer are you going to keep pretending?"

*

An eccentric, big-hearted golden retriever 1 x a hot-tempered, cool guy with a love-struck heart 0

Reader's guide:

1. The couple is 1v1 from beginning to end, both are each other's first and only, and they dote on each other.

2. A slow-burn campus slice-of-life story, occasionally bittersweet, but no major heartbreak.

3. The bottom has always had a crush on the top. The love rival is a misunderstanding.

Theme: Live well