After I Decided to Secretly Love You Forever

My next story will be called When I Returned to Ping'an Town and Crawled Around in the Dark. The blurb is below. Feel free to add it to your collection if you're interested~

Yu Li said, "I'll be in love in secret for the rest of my life."

Yu Li, the undisputed champion of doing nothing, just wants to live a quiet, peaceful life without a ripple.

So, on the very first day he fell for Lin Yiyao, he set a time limit on his feelings.

Once we graduate from high school, we'll go our separate ways and never see each other again. He never intended to let Lin Yiyao know how he felt.

Lin Yiyao said, "You're my best friend."

Lin Yiyao asked Yu Li to design a signature for him, something he would write for the rest of his life. Yu Li: Sure, buddy.

Lin Yiyao asked Yu Li to let him stay the night. Yu Li: Sure, buddy.

Lin Yiyao said, "I'm dating someone, but we're still bros." Yu Li: This time, I can't, buddy.

High school wasn't nearly as peaceful as Yu Li had imagined. They went from being the best of buddies, to strangers who wouldn't even nod when they met, to friends on borrowed time, riding a night train to Guangzhou together. Yu Li thought that was the end of it.

Who could have known his secret wouldn't stay buried? On the last day of high school, Lin Yiyao found out.

But nothing changed. They didn't see each other once in the six years that followed.

Then, six years later, while Yu Li was living a calm life in a comfortable city, Lin Yiyao suddenly sent him a message just like the one he'd sent back in high school.

"Le-ge, can I stay at your place tonight?"

The man he'd once secretly loved, the man he thought he'd gotten over, had barged back into his life.

Lin Yiyao not only moved into the apartment Yu Li had rented because it was just the right size for one person, he also wanted to sleep beside him and squeeze his way into Yu Li's life.

On his birthday, Lin Yiyao told him, "You used to like me, didn't you? I want to be with you. I don't want us to be apart anymore."

Yu Li rejected him without a second thought. He'd never considered being with anyone, not six years ago and not six years later.

His life was supposed to be plain and simple. He only needed himself. Liking Lin Yiyao was such a hassle. Dating was such a hassle. Letting someone into his life was such a hassle.

High school in the first half, city life in the second.

Happy ending.

An ordinary, awkward, easygoing pushover bottom who ranks first at doing nothing

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An innocent top at first, later a little scheming and a little sly

The story is complete. It enters paid chapters on May 9!

When I Returned to Ping'an Town and Crawled Around in the Dark

A gloomy, obsessive top x a goofy, talkative bottom

A coming-of-age melodrama set around the turn of the millennium, full of angst, melodrama, and chuunibyou antics.

When Fang Qian first came to town, he was unemployed.

Good in a fight, tough as nails, and shameless. That was Tong Ming's assessment of him.

The first time they met, they fought. The second time, they traded insults.

Just as things seemed destined to make them sworn enemies, Tong Ming took Fang Qian's side when he fought his enemies.

Fang Qian: I'm touched!

Fang Qian thought Tong Ming had joined forces with him because he was captivated by his personality. Then one day, Tong Ming told him it was because watching someone as pathetic as him pretend to be tough was amusing.

Fang Qian: What? Are you crazy?

Fang Qian never expected Tong Ming to take him in when he had nowhere else to go, and even let him sleep in his bed.

He marveled at how lucky he was to have such a thoughtful friend, then accidentally found the diary Tong Ming had torn up beneath his pillow. Every line was filled with things he couldn't say about Fang Qian. Even the erotic dream Fang Qian had after getting drunk had been about Tong Ming!

Fang Qian was stunned. Buddy, is this okay?

Tong Ming didn't need friends. He didn't even like talking to people. But Fang Qian was like a cicada perched on the old locust tree behind his courtyard in summer, buzzing in his ear nonstop.

He told Fang Qian, "It's amusing watching someone as pathetic as you pretend to be tough."

But Fang Qian told him, "Laughing at your pain doesn't make me happy at all."

Fang Qian barged into his life every day, making sure he was noticed. But he was nice to everyone, so Tong Ming wasn't special.

He was jealous of the friends who spent every day glued to Fang Qian, jealous of the people in Fang Qian's erotic dreams, and hated the scent of perfume clinging to him.

When Fang Qian was kicked out of his home, Tong Ming even cheered inwardly. He found a way to bring him home and left his diary beneath his pillow...

Unfortunately, Fang Qian wasn't willing to love a man. He made Tong Ming choose: stay friends or never see each other again. Tong Ming asked him, "Can you stand having someone who fantasized about you pretending to be your friend every day?"

Fang Qian: …

Tong Ming knew Fang Qian couldn't bear to lose him. All he had to do was give him a little hope, and Fang Qian would cling to him until he brought him back to his own courtyard.

Feel free to add it to your collection if you're interested~

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