On his eighteenth birthday, Xu Chi received a special gift.
It was an e-reader that could display only one book. To his astonishment, the book's contents were shockingly explicit, with tags including: danmei, multiple partners, coercion, in public, toys, physical and emotional abuse, forbidden love...
The protagonist was his cool, moonlike childhood friend, Ji Mianchu.
At the very top of the e-reader was a line of text: [Please assist the System in completing the story.]
Xu Chi was horrified. He dismissed it as an over-the-top prank and shoved it to the bottom of a box.
He thought the book was just a cruel joke, until he ran into the first "top" in the story and saw him fall in love with Ji Mianchu at first sight and try to get close to him. That's when he realized the story in the book was real.
His best friend, aloof on the outside but warm inside, awkwardly caring toward him, and softhearted as an ice-skin rice cake, would soon suffer something devastating.
He would be imprisoned in the name of love, abused, and eventually lose his last shred of hope and choose to jump from a building, ending his young life.
Xu Chi would never let that happen.
The System forced him to advance the plot. To protect his best friend's innocence, Xu Chi gritted his teeth and decided to do it himself!
[Plot: Top 1 pins Ji Mianchu against the wall and kisses him by force]
Xu Chi pushed his best friend back with one hand, then slapped both hands against the wall with a bang. He shut his eyes, trembling, and leaned forward shakily, but lost his nerve halfway and backed away. He did this several times, unable to make up his mind.
Ji Mianchu: "...Are you doing push-ups?"
Xu Chi: "Aaaah, I'm straight!!!"
Ji Mianchu: "?"
A passing friend glanced at them with a mixture of disdain and familiarity. "You two have boundless energy every single day."
Xu Chi: "..."
Ji Mianchu: "..."
Ji Mianchu sighed helplessly and gently pressed a hand to Xu Chi's forehead. "What are you freaking out about now?"
Xu Chi couldn't explain. "Wah."
2024.05.03
Content notes:
1. Ji Mianchu x Xu Chi: cool on the outside, warm inside, aloof moonlight beauty x righteous straight guy who'd take a knife for his buddies (?)
2. Xu Chi alters the story before anything in the book happens. At heart, this is a silly, soft little couple falling in love.
Theme: Love is about considering each other.