Married First, Fell in Love with My Crush Later

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Bo Song never imagined he'd meet his unrequited love at a matchmaking date.

Huan Baiheng raised an eyebrow and called him "senior" with a teasing smile. Even a man who considered himself mature and steady, and rarely lost his composure, couldn't stop his ears from turning red.

"Shall we get married on paper?" Bo Song asked, thinking it might be possible. Huan Baiheng was three years younger than him, after all, and wasn't in a hurry at his age.

Huan Baiheng paused, then shook his head with a teasing smile. "A real married couple."

They set the wedding date quickly. On the day of the ceremony, all the guests arrived, and the venue was decorated with grand romantic flourishes. Bo Song was nervous and restless, but outside the dressing room he overheard Huan Baiheng chatting with a friend.

"I have to get married eventually. It doesn't matter who it is."

The answer was exactly what he expected. Bo Song's lashes trembled, and he turned to leave.

Huan Baiheng didn't like him, he knew that. Huan Baiheng had someone he liked, he knew that too. It wasn't that person, so it didn't matter who it was.

Bo Song was drunk on his wedding day and carried into the bridal suite. The man's solid frame pressed down on him, carrying the rich scent of alcohol. Bo Song shuddered.

Huan Baiheng's movements paused. In the darkness, the man's voice was low and hoarse, his soft laugh accompanied by warm breath. "Want to do it?"

Only then did Bo Song realize that being a real married couple meant more than the words themselves. It also meant a certain kind of intimacy.

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Huan Baiheng wasn't opposed to getting married. He just wanted someone quiet whom he didn't dislike. A well-informed friend told him they'd run into a college senior on a matchmaking date at a restaurant.

He remembered Bo Song: the gentle, taciturn heartthrob of the art department, always in a white shirt, neat and refreshing. So he pulled a few strings and became the other matchmaking candidate.

The man in his memories hadn't changed much since they were young. If anything, time had only deepened his gentle, refined air. But when the other man said, "marriage on paper," it was an unexpectedly new surprise.

It didn't quite fit the personality he'd imagined. And when he declined, the gentle, quiet man across from him fluttered his lashes and lowered his head awkwardly. A blush spread behind his ears like rosy clouds.

Bo Song looked beautiful at the wedding.

His black suit made him look noble and elegant. His every gesture was gentle and courteous. Huan Baiheng was even more certain that he was a perfect marriage partner, and that the marriage would put an end to the irritating rumors.

He carried the drunk man back. Those beautiful eyes opened without warning, brimming with mist... and alarm, like the soft, furry paw pads of a little animal gently stepping on his heart.

Huan Baiheng wasn't in a hurry. Even though the man beneath him was so beautiful that his heart raced, he only kissed him lightly and was about to get up and leave, when the person beneath him hooked a leg around his.

Bo Song pressed his lips against his, his heart pounding like a drum.

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"You took the first step toward me, and I gave you everything I had without holding anything back."

"I give it to you, and together we'll fall."

Reader's guide:

1. Adult content / bittersweet romance

2. Initially aloof, later completely smitten top x gentle, devoted bottom; age gap, with the top younger

3. The top has no unrequited love. They're mutually in love, with the arrows drawn extra thick!

Coming soon: Delusional Surrender

Xia Ran grew up surrounded by love, and was a little spoiled.

When he accidentally learned that his parents planned to divorce, he got angry and started acting out. First, he applied to universities in another province and gave his doting parents the silent treatment to show his dissatisfaction. But when his rebellion got him nowhere, he took things up a notch.

He decided to find a boyfriend and threaten his parents into staying together. Before long, he hooked up with his senior's older brother.

Jiang Qi was much older than Xia Ran, and Xia Ran wasn't his ideal type. At first, he didn't have much patience for him, but he couldn't resist Xia Ran's occasional attempts to seduce him.

It was too hot in summer. In the middle of a video call, Xia Ran suddenly took off his clothes. His slender frame unexpectedly had a youthful beauty, and when he bent over without thinking, a glimpse of soft, pale skin entered Jiang Qi's view.

His long, shapely legs and the soft, full curves barely concealed by the cotton fabric often left Jiang Qi at a loss.

Worse still, Xia Ran was very good at acting cute. Jiang Qi had seen his share of lovers, but even he couldn't resist falling for Xia Ran.

But it turned out the romance was all a lie.

Jiang Qi never imagined he'd be played by someone so much younger than him.

The person he'd cherished and coaxed, holding him in the palm of his hand, had treated his feelings like a game and walked away. But then Xia Ran heard something and came chasing after him.

Jiang Qi never got an explanation. The person before him was crying like pearls falling from a broken string, asking only whether he could stay.

Greedy people lose every gift they've been given.

But half a month later, when Xia Ran was still waiting outside his home, looking up at him with tears in his eyes, Jiang Qi's heart softened all over again.

The kid doesn't know how to love, he thought. I'll teach him slowly.

Theme: Be true to yourself, and live with courage and confidence!