My Straight Best Friend Wants to Be My Husband

[My new novel, The Real Young Master Is a Blind Country Boy, is now updating. Please add it to your collection~]

---Novel Blurb---

Wen Qing had been in love with his childhood friend, Xie Yan, since middle school.

In college, Wen Qing came out to Xie Yan... but only halfway.

"Yan, I like guys."

He looked cautiously at his best friend. "If that bothers you, then maybe we should..."

Before he could say "keep our distance," Xie Yan clapped him on the shoulder. "What are you talking about? I promised your parents I'd take good care of you in college."

Wen Qing thought their friendship would grow a little distant after he came out. Instead, Xie Yan treated him even better.

He bought him meals, fetched him water, took him shopping and out for fun, warmed his hands in winter, and let him lean on his shoulder at the movies. He took care of Wen Qing like he was precious. They were practically sharing a pair of pants.

At Jing University, students enthusiastically kept up their after-meal pastime of shipping the "two campus heartthrobs."

Wen Qing was terrified. Wen Qing was at a loss.

"Yan, should we ask the forum to delete the threads shipping us? I'm worried they'll affect you."

"Yan, should we throw out our matching outfits? What if people get the wrong idea about you?"

Xie Yan waved away each concern. "No need."

Wen Qing found it harder and harder to control his feelings for Xie Yan, so he decided to keep his distance.

He stopped answering calls, skipped gatherings, turned down movie invitations, and avoided seeing him whenever he could.

Xie Yan panicked. One day, he finally cornered Wen Qing against a wall behind the library and demanded, "Why are you avoiding me?"

Wen Qing stammered, unable to explain. He was trapped in Xie Yan's arms, his fair face bright red.

Then Xie Yan's next words left him utterly stunned.

"You called me hubby, and now you're suddenly avoiding me. Does that mean you don't like me anymore?"

"What?" Wen Qing was completely bewildered.

Xie Yan pulled up a photo on his phone. It showed the birthday present Wen Qing had given him, a watch, with a note tucked beneath the gift box: "Hubby, here's your birthday present. Do you like it?"

Wen Qing was twice as confused. "I didn't write that note!"

Xie Yan ignored him, looking as pitiful as a wronged puppy. "You don't want to call me hubby anymore?"

"...I do."

[Delicate ragdoll cat x Devoted golden retriever]

[Reading Guide]

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first and only. A campus romance with a sweet, silly tone, no angst, and no logic.

2. Alternate setting where same-sex marriage is legal. Everything in the story serves the protagonists.

3. Content warning: The receiver's lips were touched by a disposable character's mouth, but it was only a brief brush, not a kiss. Please don't read if this bothers you.

Upcoming Novel

The Real Young Master Is a Blind Country Boy. His blindness isn't physical, and this is a sweet story with no angst.

Blurb:

1.

When Ning Anran was thirteen, an accident left him blind in his left eye. Everyone in the village called him the little blind boy.

From then on, the little blind boy had one run of bad luck after another.

He was so unlucky that he got diarrhea during every exam and could only ever place in the top ten of his grade.

He was so unlucky that he tripped over a tree stump by the village entrance and scarred his face. He had to stand at the back during the chorus performance, which was how he met the son of the richest man in the country.

He was so unlucky that after turning in a wallet he'd found, he was pursued by criminals and accidentally helped the police crack a case.

Ning Anran had one unlucky adventure after another, but with no lasting harm, and eventually made it into Jing University.

His master told him that to regain his sight, he would have to find the person who had caused its loss.

Before he enrolled, his master also told him that he was actually the biological young master of the Ji family in the capital.

On registration day, Ning Anran had just walked through the school gates with his nylon bags when the eldest young master of the Ji family blocked his way.

"Little brother, will you come home with me?"

2.

Ling Yue came to find his friend, the eldest young master of the Ji family. From a distance, he saw a young man turn and run.

As soon as Ling Yue got out of the car, the young man seemed to sense him, set down his nylon bags, and looked over.

"Give me his contact information, and I'll consider saying yes," the young man told Ji.

After that, Ling Yue, head of the Ling Group, found himself being pursued by a handsome young man who was blind in one eye.

He was pestering the young master of the Ji family and setting his sights on Ling Yue, too?

President Ling had seen all kinds of people, and he was more than willing to teach this seductive little fox a lesson.

3.

Later, Ning Anran's bad luck led him to take the blame for something by accident, saving President Ling's life.

President Ling acted disdainful, but still couldn't stop himself from going to the hospital every day to bring soup and water and fuss over him.

As Ning Anran's injured leg healed, his milky-white left eye gradually returned to normal.

His good fortune had finally come back.

#What should I do if I feel a little guilty about getting back the good fortune that was rightfully mine?#

#What should I do if my last bout of bad luck gets me a domineering CEO husband?#

[The darling puppy, king of good fortune x The domineering CEO, a sharp-tongued but soft-hearted big bad wolf]

[Reading Guide]

* One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending, no angst. A sweet, melodramatic story in an alternate setting.

* His blindness isn't physical, and he will regain his sight.

Theme: Take the first step, and you'll discover how vast the world is