My Childhood Friend Came Back and Won't Leave Me Alone

As a bona fide rich second-generation heir, Zhou Lianxun was spoiled rotten. His one and only setback in his twenties was falling for his childhood friend, the famously popular Cheng Yilin.

Cheng Yilin, eldest son of the Cheng Group, was rich, handsome, and an excellent student: the kind of perfect child other parents wished they had, and the object of countless people's admiration.

Zhou Lianxun never dared reveal how he felt.

Until his nineteenth birthday, when they both got drunk and everything that shouldn't have happened did.

When Zhou Lianxun woke up, Cheng Yilin had disappeared. He chased him overseas, only to hear: "I'm sorry. It was a mistake. I'm straight. Go home."

After that, Zhou Lianxun came to his senses: love was something not even a dog should get involved in.

Three years passed. Then he heard Cheng Yilin was coming back to the country.

Zhou Lianxun said he didn't care. If they ran into each other, he would just pretend they didn't know each other.

What he never expected was that Cheng Yilin, usually so gentle, refined, and concerned with his dignity, would come back and shamelessly cling to him instead???

Zhou Lianxun throws a party to celebrate his bar's opening.

Cheng Yilin follows behind him: "Take it easy on the drinks. They're bad for you."

Zhou Lianxun scoffs: "What's it to you?"

Zhou Lianxun parties late into the night.

Cheng Yilin tries to talk him down: "Don't stay up so late. It's bad for you. You could drop dead."

Zhou Lianxun snaps: "If you're sick, go get treated. Quit jinxing me!"

Zhou Lianxun knows Cheng Yilin feels guilty about what happened back then. Seeing him hang around bars and thrive in their social circle, Cheng Yilin thinks he's become a good-for-nothing playboy and wants to drag him back onto the right track.

In that case, Zhou Lianxun is certainly not going to let him down. He deliberately acts like he's "throwing his life away" in front of Cheng Yilin, making the golden boy everyone talks about worry, lose his temper, and even get into a fistfight with someone over him.

But he never imagined that one day this golden boy would beg him like a madman: "Could you fall for me again?"

A perfectionist, homophobic, clueless pursuer trying to win back his love, mixed-blood top x sharp-tongued, foul-mouthed, stubborn, fun-loving but faithful bottom who pretends to be a playboy

Please note:

1. Neither character is perfect. The top is a work-in-progress and isn't dominant at first. Once he realizes he likes the bottom, he starts pursuing him head-on. The bottom has a fiery temper and never holds back.

2. The story opens with their reunion, with few flashbacks. The details will probably be in the extras.

3. Both are virgins, 1v1, happy ending. A little melodramatic and bittersweet. Readers with strong character preferences, beware.

Theme: Time is the greatest healer. It can heal anything and make every obstacle disappear.