Secretly Keeping My Beautiful Childhood Friend

Blurb One: Xia Mang was rejected by his parents for being intersex and left in his hometown, where he lived with his disabled grandmother. When he was seven, he met nine-year-old Wei Junfeng, who was spending the summer in the countryside. From then on, Wei Junfeng made a point of helping little Xia Mang. Xia Mang saw him as his salvation. He was determined to keep his secret, being intersex, for the rest of his life. He couldn’t bear the thought of his benefactor hating him. But he was found out at sixteen all the same. Blurb Two: Wei Junfeng really couldn’t understand why nobody wanted Xia Mang. He thought Xia Mang was the cutest, prettiest, and most well-behaved boy in the world. Xia Mang said he didn’t know how to repay him, and that he was willing to do anything for him. Looking at Xia Mang’s beautiful, delicate face, Wei Junfeng’s heart pounded. He swallowed and thought: ...Does he really mean anything? A few things to know before reading: 1. The biggest potential dealbreaker is right there in the blurb. Uh, does anyone actually come to LJW for pure romance stories about intersex characters? This is a niche preference, so please don’t read if it’s not for you. I don’t mind criticism; you’re free to comment as you like, but I’ll delete comments insulting other readers who follow the story or calling them tasteless. I hope to find readers who enjoy intersex stories so we can have fun together =v= 2. The top and bottom are both ordinary people. The top’s family is a little wealthy, but in an ordinary-person kind of way. 3. The top is a hopeless romantic, and so is the bottom. It’s just two hopeless romantics falling in love. He loves him so much, and they’re both especially sappy and lovey-dovey. If that’s your thing, give it a try. There won’t be a career plot, and I won’t be making a case or explaining things, so please don’t analyze it. I’m begging you! TAT I’ve given up trying to be subtle, so here are two more intersex stories I’m accepting advance reservations for: Dreaming of the Son of Heaven Beneath the Nine-Palace Canopy Huai Yong, the regent who holds power over all under heaven and is notorious for his wickedness, has three secrets: One, he is intersex. Two, he actually has a sincere heart. Three, he is dying. (Here, “he” is used in the classical sense to refer to both men and women, regardless of gender.) A free story, written to get back into the swing of things. There are 10,000 words to sample in the “Advance Reservation Preview.” This is a melodramatic mystery, and it’s free because it’s extremely melodramatic. The Pope’s Secret One day, the young King Rainey returned with a baby. Though the child’s mother was unknown, he cherished the baby like a precious jewel, defied all opposition, and insisted on naming the baby heir to the throne. The people wondered just how lowborn the little prince’s mother must be for her identity to be kept secret. And how could the newly appointed Pope Xuefei fail to condemn such an unorthodox act? How could Pope Xuefei possibly tell anyone that he was the one who’d given birth to the child... (I originally planned to start this one, but got stuck because I have to change the title. I’m planning to use an ancient Roman setting and am still doing research. If you have any good suggestions for a new title, please let me know.) Theme: Good love should make people shine.