Wild Dog and Mad Dog

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Cheng Shu was born and raised in Qiancheng. His mother was gone from the time he was little, and people called him a bastard. The father he depended on was a gambling addict.

At eighteen, Cheng Shu had decided to start working as soon as he finished high school. But one day, after getting into a fight on his way home, he found a man standing in the tiny courtyard of his shabby home.

The man wore a white shirt, black suit pants, and leather shoes. He was carrying a suitcase and said he had rented a room online. Cheng Shu thought he looked like a scammer.

The man's name was Liang Shenyan. He had come from a big city to get away for a while. After settling in, he handed Cheng Shu a thousand yuan. "Here. For living expenses."

Cheng Shu took it without hesitation and tucked it into his pocket. "Thanks, boss."

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The small town of Qiancheng was a summer retreat. Liang Shenyan took in the mountains, the water, and the people. After spending time with Cheng Shu, he thought the boy was like wild fruit from the mountains: beautiful, pure, and easy to like.

One day, Cheng Shu was shelling lotus seeds in the courtyard when he turned around and saw Liang Shenyan standing there. With an irritated look, Liang Shenyan said, "I'll pay you. Sleep with me."

Cheng Shu's mind went blank. "Are you insane?"

After that day, neither of them brought it up again. They lived under the same roof, seeing each other every time they turned around.

Awkwardness mingled with something more.

Then Cheng Sanshun suddenly collapsed and was rushed to the hospital. Cheng Shu barely had a cent to his name, so he took a stack of bills to Liang Shenyan and said with difficulty, "Come with me to pay these."

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Liang Shenyan fell in love. Cheng Shu gave his heart.

Liang Shenyan would stroke Cheng Shu's hair and say, "Grow up well, Cheng Shu."

He would also say, "I'll stay by your side."

Their relationship had to stay hidden. When some ignorant brat threw a rock at Cheng Shu's head, Liang Shenyan held the kid down and made him swallow a bellyful of water. Cheng Shu sat beside him with blood running down his head, laughing that he looked like a rabid dog.

From autumn to winter, the little house looked shabby from the outside, but inside, everything had changed. It had become a home.

Before the New Year, Cheng Shu was leaning against Liang Shenyan and reading when his mother came back. He thought he was dreaming. Now that the house had begun to feel like a home, there was one more person in it.

Later, the people of the small town gradually moved away.

Cheng Shu never returned.

Not until six years later, when Liang Shenyan brought him back and asked, "Are you scared?" Only then did Cheng Shu realize there was nothing to fear. He had been born here and grown up here.

[Reading Guide]

1. Rich young master gong x small-town boy shou. Neither character is perfect, and both have their flaws.

2. 1v1, HE, slice of life, blunt yet awkward, with a second chance at love.

3. Note from 2023.08.09: I drew the cover myself ^-^

4. Pirated copies are shameful and don't match the original. The novel will be revised from time to time.

[Please add my ongoing novel, So You Invited Me QAQ]

Lu Xu first met Gu Sucheng when they were both still in diapers. They used to roll around together in the hay.

He babbled excitedly and waved a hand, punching Gu Sucheng.

As they grew up, Gu Sucheng became Lu Xu's inseparable friend, his very best friend in the world.

Lu Xu once wanted to take Gu Sucheng and roam the world with their swords, but they never made it that far. Their friendship nearly capsized instead.

Luckily, through a twist of fate, they ended up living under the same roof in their senior year of high school, and spent their last year together.

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After they moved in together, Lu Xu realized Gu Sucheng seemed to be reverting to his old ways.

Lu Xu: "What are we having for dinner?"

Gu Sucheng: "Go hungry."

Lu Xu: "Where did I put my English book?"

Gu Sucheng: "On my head."

Lu Xu: "Are you in love?"

Gu Sucheng: "..."

That very day, Lu Xu packed his things and spent the night at an internet cafe. The next day, he even avoided Gu Sucheng in class.

Was Gu Sucheng in love with him? He had no idea!

Gu Sucheng: "I kissed you, and you didn't refuse."

Lu Xu: "I was asleep! That's called kissing someone without their consent!"

During winter break, Gu Sucheng showed up at his front door with his suitcase, leaving Lu Xu unable to turn him away.

Lu Xu: Oh no, my head's itching. Can lovesickness be contagious?

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Later, they went their separate ways, scattered far and wide. After breaking up, they could no longer be each other's very best friends.

Six years later, his polished, presentable ex-boyfriend dropped back into his life. There was none of the awkward entanglement Lu Xu had imagined, only words as nasty as ever.

Gu Sucheng: "Pay me back."

Lu Xu stared at him in disbelief and blurted out, "Are you crazy? You've held on to ten yuan for this long!"

Gu Sucheng draped his coat over his arm. "Didn't you call me stingy? Ten yuan is still money."

But Lu Xu realized he might want to get back together after all.

Gu Sucheng: . Is he asking me to come back?

A cheerful, carefree puppy x a fake cool guy who's actually sharp-tongued and secretly adorable. Childhood sweethearts, close friends since childhood, who dated, broke up, and rekindled their old love after years apart.

Theme: Never give up striving in the face of hardship