My Scheming Childhood Friend Regrets It

Blurb One

Good boy Zhuang Xiaoxing once did something completely out of character.

He fell for his cool, handsome childhood friend Yan Chen. They spent most of their teenage years flirting, but he never once said those three words.

That is, until Yan Chen exposed the truth in front of all their family and friends.

There was nothing wrong with Zhuang Xiaoxing except that he was timid and easily embarrassed. Faced with such a scene, he immediately lost his nerve.

He booked a last-minute flight that very night and fled across the ocean. He stayed away for five years, yet could never let go of the longing that stretched across thousands of miles.

So Zhuang Xiaoxing came back. The first thing he did after landing was look for Yan Chen.

Five years later, Yan Chen was taller, more composed, and even more handsome. Most importantly, he hadn't forgotten him either!

Zhuang Xiaoxing was overjoyed!

He threw himself into the happiness of rekindling a lost love, wishing he could offer every beautiful thing in the world to the lover he had found again.

But how many dreams of happily getting back together can really come true?

In a VIP room at an upscale jewelry store, he heard a familiar voice next door, soothing the speaker's soon-to-be fiancée.

"It was just an act. I still haven't made him pay for humiliating me back then."

Zhuang Xiaoxing was stunned. He went home and cried all night. Once he had cried himself dry, he finally saw things clearly.

So he followed the "script" Yan Chen had laid out for him, step by step, until he watched Yan Chen declare his happiness in an even grander ceremony.

Only this time, Zhuang Xiaoxing wasn't part of Yan Chen's happiness.

Under the amused gazes of everyone around him, Zhuang Xiaoxing smiled and offered his congratulations, even presenting a gift he had made with his own hands.

He turned and walked away once again. But compared to five years ago, he felt much lighter. It was the joy of having paid his debt.

Blurb Two

Yan Chen thought he hated Zhuang Xiaoxing with all his heart, and he used that hatred to make himself stronger, step by step.

Strong enough to keep hating Zhuang Xiaoxing while courting him, leading him right into a trap he had carefully laid.

But when revenge was finally his and he watched Zhuang Xiaoxing walk away, looking so dejected, Yan Chen didn't feel nearly as satisfied as he had imagined.

Later, when he discovered that a "baby-faced, busty" young man had suddenly appeared at Zhuang Xiaoxing's woodcarving shop, clinging to him every day and calling him "big brother," he could no longer sit still...

Content warning: Mild groveling, a bittersweet romance, both leads have their flaws, no switching love interests, happy ending.

Sweet, adorable woodcarver bottom X scheming art dealer top

Screenshot of the blurb posted on Weibo: 2023.08.08

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