How Does My Cunning Childhood Friend Keep Blowing His Cover?

[The completed novel next door, So Much for Being Best Friends [Sports], is a super-sweet romance disguised as a story about best friends! Come check it out~]

[Coming soon: The Demon Lord Is Obsessed with Teacher-Disciple Play. A shameless, unattainable-ideal immortal venerable bottom VS a super-serious stand-in demon lord top. The victims' alliance of the ideal and the stand-in puts on an act for each other every day and has a blast sprinkling sugar everywhere. If you're interested, please add it to your favorites~ Pretty please QwQ]

[Blurb]

Shen Feng is late, skips class, gets into fights, and ranks first in his grade. The teachers and students at school all keep their distance from him, but the new transfer student, Su Mai, is always finding ways to get close.

On his first day, Su Mai takes the seat beside Shen Feng and keeps calling him deskmate.

On his second day, Su Mai tracks down Shen Feng's rented apartment, rents another vacant room there, and starts walking to and from school with him.

On day N after transferring, Shen Feng discovers that the person who has been boosting his gaming account for months, in addition to being his deskmate and roommate, is also Su Mai.

He's absolutely everywhere!

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In a fit of anger, Shen Feng runs away from home and stays at a friend's place. On his friend's recommendation, he adds an anonymous WeChat account where people can vent.

[What should I do about the new transfer student who keeps clinging to me?]

[Cling back. Fight magic with magic.]

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Shen Feng thinks this makes sense and starts clinging back even more aggressively.

At school during the day, he holds Su Mai's hand under the desk while they listen to class.

At their rented apartment in the evening, he curls up under the covers beside Su Mai as they work through practice problems.

At the internet cafe on weekends, he squeezes into a chair with Su Mai and hugs him while they play ranked matches.

After months of this, the method still hasn't worked at all, so Shen Feng consults the venting account again.

[What do I do if clinging back doesn't work?]

[Confess. Scare him off.]

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One night, after finishing his practice problems, Shen Feng turns over and pins Su Mai between his arms. Stammering, he says, "I... I like you. Want to date?"

Su Mai's lips curve into a smile. He tilts his face up and gently kisses the corner of Shen Feng's mouth. "Sure."

Shen Feng freezes for a second, then races back to his room at the fastest speed of his life to confront the venting account.

[What kind of terrible advice was that? What do I do if he accepts my confession?]

[Date him for now. Break up when he loves you the most.]

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Later, before Shen Feng can find the right time to break up, he gets to witness the account owner blow their cover in spectacular fashion.

[The bed's warm. Come work on practice problems.]

Shen Feng: ???!!!

Su Mai: Oh no, I switched accounts by mistake.

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[Cold on the outside, warm-hearted, tsundere and prickly bottom x warm on the outside, cold on the inside, scheming and manipulative top]

P.S.:

1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, strictly one-on-one, happy ending.

2. A little bittersweet, but sweeter overall.

3. Modern alternate setting with lots of original worldbuilding. Please don't compare it to real life, thanks.

4. Author's notes may include bonus scenes.

5. Shen Feng (bottom) x Su Mai (top)

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Coming soon: I Really Did Come Back to Beat You Up

Wen Xueshi, a top-tier professional esports player, is betrayed by a teammate at the height of his career. After his team terminates his contract, he loses hope and jumps into the deep sea.

When he wakes up again, Wen Xueshi discovers he has transmigrated back to his high school days. Back then, he was a delinquent who caused trouble, indirectly leading to his mother's death in a car accident and his father's eventual death from grief.

This time, Wen Xueshi decides to "turn over a new leaf" and teach his past self how to behave.

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On his first day after transmigrating, Wen Xueshi rescues Ci Lin, who is being surrounded by thugs in an abandoned factory.

Ci Lin slumps to the ground and wipes the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Mind your own business."

Wen Xueshi plants a foot on him, grabs his dyed-blond hair, and says coldly, "Dye it black. Also, pay protection money."

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On his second day after transmigrating, Wen Xueshi waits outside an internet cafe with a huge bag of workbooks for Ci Lin.

Ci Lin angrily flips the workbooks over. "Are you nuts? I'm not doing them."

Wen Xueshi immediately slaps him. "Pick them up. Do them."

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On his third day after transmigrating, Wen Xueshi catches Ci Lin trying to skip class by climbing over the school wall.

Ci Lin clings to the top of the wall and shouts, "Why are you always following me?"

Wen Xueshi knocks him down with a stick. "Get back to class."

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On day N after transmigrating, Wen Xueshi is supervising Ci Lin's practice problems as usual, but Ci Lin just keeps looking at him expectantly without picking up his pen.

Wen Xueshi: "Don't look at me. Look at the questions."

Ci Lin: "Did you forget something?"

Wen Xueshi: "?"

Ci Lin: "You haven't beaten me up yet."

Wen Xueshi: "..."

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Later, Ci Lin gets into a university he's happy with. Wen Xueshi accompanies him to register for the new term and unexpectedly runs into the teammate who betrayed him in his previous life at the dormitory.

Ye Xiqian approaches with his phone in hand. "Bro, can I add you on WeChat?"

Wen Xueshi feels nothing but disgust and is about to refuse when Ci Lin pulls him into his arms from behind. "Don't call him that. This is my brother. He doesn't add people on WeChat."

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