After Picking Up a Troubled Fool

Lin Mu was an unwanted orphan, withdrawn by nature and surrounded by rumors. Everyone said he was cursed to bring misfortune to those around him.

But then he glanced out the classroom window at the filthy fool staring blankly at him.

Well, here's someone who isn't afraid of dying.

He took the fool home, cleaned him up, and raised him. Aside from being clingy to an absurd degree, the fool was ridiculously handsome, aced every competition problem, effortlessly subdued criminals, and was even an amazing cook.

Lin Mu: ...Wait, weren't you supposed to be a fool?

After a long separation, the foolish beggar reappeared as a billionaire investor behind the scenes at a charity gala, dressed in a fine suit, aloof and noble.

Lin Mu hit a wall while seeking funding for his students, then approached him with some trepidation. "Do you remember..."

The man glanced over, his expression unfamiliar. "Sorry, who are you?"

He had changed his name. He was no longer called Lin Xiaoyi.

And Chen Huai was no longer the foolish beggar who had once depended on him for everything.

But later, Chen Huai returned to the mountains.

Immaculate in his bespoke clothes, Chen Huai looked completely out of place in the shabby earthen house.

As Lin Mu packed his things and headed for the door, Chen Huai pinned him against the wall.

The man, usually as cold as frost and snow, clutched his lapel and breathed shakily, just like the fool who used to cling to him.

He accused him in despair: "Lin Xiaoyi, you're going to leave me again, aren't you?"

Sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, tsundere shou × obsessive, devoted, love-struck gong

[1v1 / Both Pure / Happy Ending]

An extremely mutual love story about two lonely pups finding comfort in each other. The gong has a cognitive disorder, but he isn't foolish in the traditional sense, and he will recover.

Slow burn. Mutual healing in the first half, then a second chance at love after a breakup!

Content warning: The shou has a physical deformity (underdevelopment).

Also known as Love Hard to Read.

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As a freelance designer, Lin Wangyue spends every day at home, doing nothing but work. He's quiet and withdrawn, cut off from the world.

One day, while strolling through the university campus he has always dreamed of attending, a handsome stranger suddenly grabs him by the wrist.

Lin Wangyue turns around and meets the young man's cool, sharp gaze, full of restraint. Aside from being taller and more mature, he looks exactly like the person Lin Wangyue used to hallucinate when he was having an episode.

But he'd already recovered and stopped taking his medication ages ago.

Six years ago, Lin Wangyue left without a word, disappearing as if he had vanished from the face of the earth without leaving a trace.

Jiang Qing searched everywhere for him in vain, then applied to the university they had agreed on, clinging to his last shred of hope.

His prayers were finally answered: he had found his moon.

But the moon furtively dragged him into a small grove, not only feeling him up but also murmuring, "This hallucination is way too realistic this time..."

Jiang Qing: ?

After they added each other as friends, Jiang Qing received Lin Wangyue's first message since their reunion:

"I won't take my medicine anymore. Don't disappear."

Jiang Qing has loved Lin Wangyue for nineteen years. Lin Wangyue has a bad memory and has forgotten him twice.

The memories he lost have been carried along with him, surging wildly beneath a seemingly calm surface.

With each passing day of longing, they seep into every crack in his soul.

It's all right. If we start over, I'll still love you.

#Asking for help online: What do I do when my boyfriend keeps thinking I'm a hallucination?#

#Top comment: Cook up a meal#

[Sensitive, gentle shou × cool, top-student gong]

Mutual pining / Mutual healing / Reunion after a long separation / Second chance at love

Theme: Love others and yourself. Never give up.