The Little Liar Has Been Sent to the Crematorium

(Please add my upcoming book, "The Honest Man Doesn't Want to Love Anymore [The Ex's Pursuit]" to your reading list! Blurb at the end!)

[The ex's pursuit, melodramatic, mutually each other's first and only, happy ending]

Yu Sui's greatest talent in romance is breezing through a crowd of admirers without letting a single one touch his heart, coming and going without a care.

But of all people, he fell for a mad dog.

In that dilapidated, abandoned house, he picked out Zhou Xingjian at first sight: battered, yet proud.

When Zhou Xingjian swept him with a look of disgust and contempt, Yu Sui's whole body shuddered as if struck by electricity. It stirred up his fierce desire to conquer, as a man.

Yu Sui had never cared about anyone before, and this was the first time he'd humbled himself to pursue someone. He never expected the kid to dismiss him completely, treating his kindness like trash. But the more Zhou Xingjian acted that way, the more excited Yu Sui became. He desperately wanted to pin him beneath him and see the unwilling look on his face as he submitted.

But before Yu Sui could make him his, Zhou Xingjian got to him first, then ran off without a trace.

Yu Sui lit a cigarette afterward, looked down at the red marks covering his body and the mess on the floor, and cursed hoarsely, "Fuck."

He never thought he, Yu Sui, would fall flat on his face in love one day, especially not over some kid five or six years younger than him.

He was devastated. After a period of gloom, he soon bounced back.

Later, he had almost forgotten the guy when the kid came running back. Like a mad dog, he yanked Yu Sui away from his little lover without a word, pinned him down, and fucked him again, snarling threats as he went: "You were the one who came after me first, bro."

"Now you have to take responsibility."

Carefree, daring-to-love rich-kid shou × proud, mad-dog gong

Reader's guide: 1. Mutually each other's first and only. The shou has an ex, but they never did anything.

2. Melodramatic, old-school, ex's-pursuit trope, happy ending.

Blurb for "The Honest Man Doesn't Want to Love Anymore [The Ex's Pursuit]":

Honest assistant shou × flamboyant star gong

In his second year of high school, An Ming was Chi Xinglan's little sidekick. He queued up to buy him breakfast, covered for him when he skipped class, and took the blame for all his rule-breaking.

In his final year of high school, An Ming had his right hand broken for Chi Xinglan and was forced to give up taking the college entrance exam.

But he finally won Chi Xinglan over, married him, and became the person closest to him.

At 20, An Ming became Chi Xinglan's assistant, following him in and out of the entertainment industry. In everyone's eyes, he was a shameless green-tea schemer, clinging to Chi Xinglan and using dirty tricks to get into his bed.

An Ming didn't care about the rumors. Lying beside Chi Xinglan, he quietly counted up all the ways he could make money next.

He knew Chi Xinglan never admitted in public that they were lovers.

But that was fine. Chi Xinglan was an award-winning actor.

Of course an award-winning actor couldn't just announce his private life to the world.

When An Ming was 25, the hashtag #ChiXinglanConfirmsHisRelationship topped the trending topics.

The lover was An Lin, his half-brother.

So Chi Xinglan hadn't been unable to come out. He simply hadn't wanted to.

An Ming knew it was time for him to leave. He obediently left the divorce papers behind and disappeared without a trace.

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Chi Xinglan thought An Ming was a great sidekick.

All he had to do was crook a finger, and An Ming would come running after him like a dog.

He mocked An Ming's childish pursuit while enjoying his adoring gaze. So he gave An Ming a meaningless title, like tossing him a bone.

He always thought An Ming would cling to him for the rest of his life, like a vengeful ghost.

Never did he imagine that only after seeing the divorce papers and ring An Ming had left behind would he realize...

He was the one clinging to An Ming like a vengeful ghost.

An Ming had only been using him to get what he needed, nothing more.

Theme: Even in adversity, keep growing toward the light