He Must Have a Secret Crush on Me!

Pre-registration is open for He Must Think I'm His Replacement! Please add it to your collection~ Everyone knows that Su Huai, the little genius ranked first in his year at Heng High, is the school bully Lu Yubei's devoted lackey. They've known each other for three years, and for all that time Su Huai has taken care of Lu Yubei in every possible way. They sit together in class and share a dorm room after school. Su Huai is always there whenever Lu Yubei calls, does all his homework for him, and even rushes back overnight by taxi to cook and bring him medicine when he gets sick, despite being eighty miles away at a competition. As a self-proclaimed straight-as-a-lamppost straight guy, Lu Yubei reflects: He must have a crush on me! =v= His friends and the whole Heng High shipping crowd shout: He definitely has a crush on you! So when is he going to confess? Lu Yubei waits and waits, rehearsing how he'll turn Su Huai down over and over in his head. Just as he starts to think that Su Huai's love for him is so pitiful that he might as well reluctantly accept his confession... Su Huai runs away. Holding the university admission letter for a school in the same city as Su Huai, Lu Yubei stands in the little woods where they agreed to meet and gets rained on all night. The next day, burning with a fever of 39 degrees, he repeatedly calls a number that's already been disconnected. He is absolutely furious. “Didn't we agree you had a crush on me? Where are you???” * After his family's investments fail and they suddenly go bankrupt, Su Huai has no choice but to transfer back to X City to finish high school. Confident in his excellent grades, he's thinking about applying for a full tuition waiver when, just after passing the entrance exam and before he can even ask, a mysterious rich man offers to sponsor him. The rich man is generous, giving him 500,000 yuan and a smartphone with a SIM card already installed. He has just one request: for all three years of high school, keep an eye on his rebellious son, whose ambitions are sky-high but whose achievements are nowhere near them. And, of course, if Su Huai can also look after him, help him with his studies, and get him into a good university, that would be even better. The salary after the job is done will be negotiated separately. On his first day at school, Su Huai looks at Lu Yubei, whose flamboyant white hair is splayed over his desk as he sleeps soundly beside him. Then he glances at the string of digits in the bank notification confirming the money has just arrived. He smiles faintly and slips his phone back into his desk. “There's no shame in earning a living.” So, after three successful years of high school, he takes his final payment and heads overseas. He never expected that the haughty white-haired boy, who seemed like he would never bow his head to anyone, would spend that rainy night crying as he waited for him. Ten years later, they meet again. The rebellious boy has become Mr. Lu, a taciturn man whose heart is colder than a knife that's spent ten years gutting fish at a supermarket. The beautiful prodigy has blossomed into the dazzling head of a promising unicorn company. Lu Yubei, immaculate in his suit, looks coldly at the man across from him, who is sprawled on the sofa, too drunk to stand. He sneers, “It's been years, but you don't look much better than you did when you were with me.” The man looks up. His beautiful face is even more breathtaking than it was back then. After a few seconds of silence, he says softly, “...Who are you?” Lu Yubei (eyes wide with shock, unable to believe it, trying not to cry, heartbroken and ready to die): ...Wait, what's going on? Didn't he have a crush on me... at least, didn't he used to have a crush on me???? Huh???? Huh???? Hardworking, quietly saving money bottom x straight guy top who thinks he's being secretly loved and waits every day for the bottom to confess He Must Think I'm His Replacement! He Yu has always known his childhood friend Lin Zhiyi has a crush on his older brother, He Xingzhou. For his brother's sake, Lin Zhiyi skipped three grades. At fourteen, he not only went to the same high school as He Xingzhou, but later graduated from university and went overseas with him for further study. Unfortunately, his brother is completely straight and never noticed his childhood friend's feelings. At thirty, he finally got back together with his first love. At He Xingzhou's wedding, Lin Zhiyi was so overcome with emotion that he couldn't stop his tears from falling. He Yu watches from the sidelines with a cold laugh, then turns away with an air of arrogant confidence. Serves Lin Zhiyi right for not liking him and insisting on liking his brother. That night, Lin Zhiyi, who had stayed up for several nights to finish a project and dragged himself to his friend's wedding despite being overwhelmed with sleepiness, suddenly receives a marriage alliance contract from his friend's younger brother. Across the negotiating table, the man clasps his hands together, his gaze deep and intent. “I heard your project needs funding. As it happens, I need a marriage partner for appearances. If you marry me, we can maximize our mutual benefits.” “Besides, my brother and I look a lot alike. I don't mind if you treat me as him. You've had a crush on him for years, haven't you?” Lin Zhiyi looks up at the other man. Beneath his forced coolness, his lips are trembling slightly with nerves. A question mark slowly appears in Lin Zhiyi's mind. “...Huh? Wait, why don't I know that I've had a crush on that young master for years?” * On their wedding day. One of their friends, who knows all the complicated details: “But he doesn't like you, does he?” He Yu (putting on sunglasses, coolly): “Doesn't matter. I don't like him either. It's just a business marriage. I don't care.” Friend number two: “Take off your sunglasses!” He Yu: TAT!!! * Bonus scene: Only a handful of people in their social circle know that the arrogant, unruly second son of the He family quietly got married himself after attending his brother's wedding. Rumor has it his spouse is an unbelievably gorgeous beauty, but he's kept them under wraps and no one's ever seen them. At last, one day, a pack of bored friends barges into the castle Young Master He has so carefully built, and finally finds out who this beautiful, lucky spouse really is. Holy crap! What kind of kept lover is this? Isn't that the professor from University YY, the youngest ever, who was just on CCTV News today and has just won the XXX Award?! Marriage first, love later. Each other's first love. Cool, alluring beauty x energetic little wolf-dog Message: Say what you feel, loud and clear