He Is Klein Blue

[Simplified Chinese edition signed; follow updates on Weibo: @Shi Mei Mei Gong Zhu]

Ji Yinlan loves sunbathing on the little rooftop above the school building. It’s warm and quiet, and nobody bothers him. Lying there, he feels as if the whole world belongs to him.

But one day, a stranger barges into his world. Instead of taking a nap during lunch break, the guy sits in the corner with his head down, memorizing vocabulary. And he insists on reading the words aloud.

Ji Yinlan hadn’t planned on picking a fight with a model student, but the guy keeps repeating the same word over and over. Lying above him, Ji Yinlan can practically feel his ears growing calluses.

The knowledge makes its way into his head in the most aggravating way possible. At last, Ji Yinlan can’t take it anymore. He rolls over and pokes his head out, looking down at the guy below.

“s-e-r-e-n-d-i-p-i-t-y! Serendipity! Dude, you’ve been mumbling the same word for ages and still haven’t memorized it? You’re already keeping people awake, so could you at least change the word?”

“...”

The boy in the corner looks neat and tidy, with a crisp uniform and a clean-cut air about him. He glances up at Ji Yinlan but says nothing. He simply looks away and lowers his head, no longer reading the words aloud.

The world grows quiet again. Beneath the blazing summer sun and the noisy chorus of cicadas, Ji Yinlan rests his head on his arm and closes his eyes again, thoroughly content.

In the corner below, Xu Zui sits cross-legged. He looks at the physics exercises spread across his lap, hesitates for a long time, then looks up at the little rooftop.

Only a few sparse weeds poke over its edge. The bold, outspoken boy is nowhere to be seen.

Xu Zui looks away and takes a blue notebook from beneath his exercise book. He writes down the words he had been repeating for ages but never dared to say aloud.

You are my serendipity.

You are the beautiful surprise I never expected.

You are Klein Blue.

You are Klein blue.

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Be passionate, be free, get your wish, and grow wild.

A slightly obsessive, naturally flirtatious, extremely introverted bookworm top

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A slightly tsundere, short-tempered, outgoing school bully bottom

Unrequited love

One-on-one romance, devoted physically and emotionally, happy ending, bottom’s POV

2023.10.13

---Coming soon: Your Persona Has Collapsed---

Jiang Nan’an is a talented actor of the new generation, devoted to his craft. He avoids variety shows, publicity stunts, and hype, and is known in the entertainment industry as an aloof, untouchable beauty.

In reality, away from the cameras, he has a bizarre personality and abysmal people skills. He knows nothing about social etiquette, can’t take the slightest bit of unfairness, and flies into a fit at the drop of a hat. His mental state is alarmingly beautiful.

To maintain his taciturn persona, his agent forbids him from acting like himself on camera. Jiang Nan’an has always kept his work and private life strictly separate, until one day, the hashtag “Jiang Nan’an Spring’s passionate confession” shoots to the top of the trending list.

When people click on it, they find a screenshot from the comment section of Spring, a streamer who plays games on a certain platform:

“[Pinned] Jiang Nan’an V: Bro, you’re wrong. You’re so completely wrong. Do you know that every night I leap out of bed screaming in the middle of the night, helplessly going mad and wailing, with nobody caring about me? The only way I can force myself to calm down is by slapping myself. But the moment I see your face, your hands, and your out-of-this-world plays, I burst into tears, hating myself for not being you. I love you. Do you hear me? I love you. The worst mistake you ever made was stealing my heart!”

“[Author’s reply] Spring: ? Anyone who points out the ruler’s mistakes to his face deserves the death penalty.”

By the time his agent makes the 198th call, Jiang Nan’an is frighteningly calm.

If I tell you I was drunk, lost my mind, and forgot to switch accounts, would you believe me?

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Jiang Nan’an’s cool, aloof persona collapses overnight, and he has no way to explain himself. He temporarily puts all his work aside and stays home to reflect on his mistakes.

Sure, it was his fault for not checking which account he was using. But if we’re being extremely generous, couldn’t that game streamer called Spring also be at fault?

What kind of decent person holds a contest to see who can shower him with the most praise, then reposts the link and forces people to join in?

The more Jiang Nan’an thinks about it, the more speechless he becomes. Then, later on, he is invited to take part in a gaming variety show. Backstage, he spots a man sucking on a lollipop. The name tag on the man’s chest clearly displays the word Jiang Nan’an hates most: “Spring.”

“Jiang Nan’an?”

The man spots him too. He looks him over, then drawls in a lazy Beijing accent:

“You’re the little star who got me trending? I took a lot of flak because of you.”

Whenever Jiang Nan’an thinks about what happened, he wants to hang himself with a rope.

“Is that why you pinned my comment at the very top right away?”

“Come on, don’t be like that. We were just messing around because we had nothing better to do. Whoever gave the best praise got pinned and worshipped by everyone. You left the competition so far behind that nobody could catch up.”

The man speaks lazily. The candy clicks softly against his teeth as he chuckles, acting completely carefree.

“You were so sincere, I thought you were really in love with me.”

A stunning top-tier celebrity, a calm, madly intense man-eating flower of an aloof beauty bottom

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A mute groom, a seductive gaming streamer who’s a cunning old fox from Beijing’s elite circles, top

Theme: Be self-reliant and treat everyone sincerely