Don't Hide from Me

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Shen Shiqing is the Shen family's adopted son: a beautiful, obedient, sickly flower vase, and the object of countless young masters' fantasies.

During his more than ten years with the Shen family, he lived on thin ice, yet still suffered their cruelty and abuse.

Before a banquet, the head of the Qin family spoke to him a few times. The Shen family then treated him as a gift to curry favor with Qin Baiyan and sent him to the man's room.

The Qin Baiyan of the rumors is just like a traditional domineering CEO: cold, aloof, eccentric, and loathes such tacky tricks.

Shen Shiqing trembles and curls up in the corner of the bed, watching as the man is about to leave.

Not caring whether the man's eyes are full of indifference, Shen Shiqing reaches out and grabs his wrist, as if clinging to the only lifeline he has. "Mr. Qin, please, save me."

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Qin Baiyan does save Shen Shiqing, taking him away from the Shen family and giving them a "grand gift" to help him get even.

With Qin Baiyan's protection, no one dares covet Shen Shiqing anymore.

But he's still afraid of Qin Baiyan. First, the rumors about him are terrifying. Second, the man is just too... ferocious in bed.

Shen Shiqing wants to please Qin Baiyan but has no experience, so he asks a friend for advice.

Friend: "Ask him when he'll be home tonight, then wait for him."

Shen Shiqing: "Huh, do I have to ask?"

Friend: "You never ask?"

Shen Shiqing: "He's home at nine every night... to kiss me."

Friend: "You love baking, right? Make him a cake and take it to his office."

Shen Shiqing: "I don't need to take it..." Qin Baiyan eats the scraps left over from his baking in the kitchen every day. He says he likes the scraps.

Friend: "Then buy some sexy lingerie and spice things up."

Shen Shiqing: "There's no need to spice things up..." He only has to moan a couple of times before Qin Baiyan nearly breaks the bed.

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Shen Shiqing thinks he's found a benefactor. When he hears a rumor that Qin Baiyan is going to marry someone else, he decides it's time for him to bow out.

"Sir, thank you so much for taking care of me this past year. I'm planning to open a dessert shop somewhere else..." Shen Shiqing is looking forward to his new life.

But when the other man gets home, he goes mad.

Shen Shiqing doesn't know how Qin Baiyan found him. He only knows that the moment he opens the door, the man pounces on him, pinning him beneath himself and kissing and caressing him urgently, as if he's a precious treasure that was lost and found again.

"Shen Shiqing, you've included everything in your new life... except me."

That day, his omnipotent Mr. Qin cried.

Shen Shiqing is confused. "Sir, aren't you getting married?"

Qin Baiyan: "You ran away. Who would I marry?"

"Shen Shiqing, don't you dare hide from me again."

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Qin Baiyan thinks he's fallen for Shen Shiqing, and fallen deep.

So he decides to propose.

Then, while he's planning the details, his wife runs away...

Note: One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first. The leads aren't perfect characters!

A slightly melodramatic sweet everyday romance that gradually goes off the rails. This is a freewheeling story, and the various plot points are nonsensical. If you don't like that, run!

A countryside CEO who loves gardening vs a sickly little foodie

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Old-fashioned archaeologist vs trendy journalist, handsome cat-like bottom

Wen Xu first meets Shi Yuanchuan at the archaeological dig where he's reporting on location.

The man climbs out of the pit wearing a dusty gray work jacket.

His outfit is so unfashionable, but that face is just too handsome.

True to his looks-obsessed nature, Wen Xu approaches him and strikes up a conversation. "Hello, I'm a reporter from the city. Could you take me to Professor Shi?"

At the time, the man is drinking with his head tilted back. His thick Adam's apple bobs in the sun. Hearing Wen Xu, he slowly lowers his eyes. "What do you want him for?"

Wen Xu nudges his empty frames up his nose and says with a straight face, "I want to interview him."

The ruggedly handsome man looks at him suspiciously.

Thinking his identity as a reporter has been questioned, Wen Xu straightens his back. "I really am a reporter!"

He just got his permanent position!

But the ruggedly handsome man suddenly points at Wen Xu's glasses. "What happened to your lenses?"

Wen Xu: "..."

Does he have to be so unfashionable? These are part of the look!

At a loss for an explanation, Wen Xu sighs. "Just take me to Professor Shi."

"I'm Shi Yuanchuan." The man's eyes are still fixed on the empty round frames. "Or I could help you look for your lenses first."

Wen Xu: "..."

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That was how Wen Xu first met Shi Yuanchuan.

Back then, he didn't know he'd develop pheromone dysregulation syndrome.

He never imagined that it would lead him to hastily marry an Alpha whose pheromones were a close match for his own.

And he never imagined that this Alpha would be Shi Yuanchuan.

Shi Yuanchuan is a top-tier Alpha and a professor of archaeology. He's either lecturing in a classroom or digging in a pit.

But he really does have a face that's handsome even when he's covered in dirt.

Wen Xu figures that since they're already married, they might as well make a life together.

But... Shi Yuanchuan doesn't seem to like him at all.

It's bad enough that he's hardly ever home. When he is home, they never have sex with their clothes on.

Wen Xu could live with having sex, but Shi Yuanchuan is terrible at it, never kisses him, and hardly talks to him.

Wen Xu is hurt and feels like he's being treated as a tool.

One night, the same thing happens again.

Shi Yuanchuan is bent over him, working up a sweat.

The more Wen Xu thinks about it, the angrier he gets. He can't live like this!

So he arches his back and moans, "Let's get divorced."

Shi Yuanchuan freezes for a moment, but still says nothing and just gets even more intense.

Wen Xu can't help rolling his eyes.

Shi Yuanchuan bites down on his heated gland and pumps in a multiplied dose of high-concentration pheromones. "You're not thinking clearly right now. Once you are, you won't want a divorce."

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From childhood onward, Shi Yuanchuan has devoted himself to archaeology, turning a deaf ear to everything beyond his work, until... he meets a trendy little cat who wears glasses without lenses.

Through a twist of fate, he actually marries Wen Xu and brings him home.

After the wedding, the doctor says Wen Xu's condition requires frequent comforting and pheromones, so every time Shi Yuanchuan comes home, he works hard in bed.

But he can't help having some perverted urges toward Wen Xu.

Afraid of scaring his kitten-like Wen Xu, he can only hold back and keep his desires under control, quietly giving him pheromones.

But Wen Xu still wants a divorce.

He absolutely, absolutely will not agree.

Note: Details subject to revision.

ABO world. There won't be pregnancy in the main story. We'll see about extras; there will be some original worldbuilding!

The top is very stiff and straightforward at first, but he'll be trained later! The bottom is a catlike, bratty little troublemaker! He can be a little difficult and temperamental. There's a big difference in their builds, so please proceed with caution if that's not your thing!

A super sweet story, a mindless bedtime treat. Every setting in the novel exists to serve this couple!

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