A seemingly gentle but actually domineering, powerful seme X an initially naive and adorable, growing beauty uke
Happy ending, one-on-one romance, bittersweet and sweet
Ever since Xu Tingchen brought a little canary home from an auction, the delicate little bird has been clinging to him.
Looking after a little bird isn't simple. You have to be good at everything, from brushing its feathers and bathing it to applying medicine, bandaging wounds, and cooking and feeding it. You also have to hold it and soothe it late at night, comforting its emotional wounds.
After finally getting his bird's feathers fluffy and its complexion rosy, Xu Tingchen hadn't even had time to savor the long-lost sense of accomplishment before he realized there was another serious problem.
The little bird he'd so carefully raised had secretly developed romantic feelings for its keeper: him.
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Ji Lingzhi had been secretly in love with Xu Tingchen for a long time, and had realized that Xu Tingchen had known for ages but had deliberately pretended not to.
Was that a rejection? Ji Lingzhi didn't know.
He only knew that the atmosphere between them had gotten strange.
Xu Tingchen still acted like his usual guardian. He praised Ji Lingzhi when he listened and scolded him when he did something wrong.
His overpowering possessiveness in everyday life and his unreasonable protectiveness toward Ji Lingzhi in front of others were exactly the same as before.
But he wouldn't hold him anymore, and even seemed to be deliberately avoiding physical contact.
Ji Lingzhi confided in a friend and got a dismissive laugh in response:
"You call that a problem? A great man once said..."
It sounded impressive, so Ji Lingzhi hurriedly listened with rapt attention.
His friend said, "Men who are almost thirty and still haven't gotten laid are all like that!"
Ji Lingzhi: "..."
"Seduce him! Tempt him! You only need to use a little trickery, and you'll have him wrapped around your finger!"
Ji Lingzhi's mouth fell open in an O.
He had learned his lesson.
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Ji Lingzhi had finally figured things out, but Xu Tingchen was the one who suffered.
With a beauty right beside him, so vibrant and alluring, but off-limits to touch, it was like having an old kerosene barrel that could ignite at the slightest spark. For a man who had lived almost thirty years abstaining from sex, it was unbearable.
When war broke out, he took the chance to flee to the front lines.
Then news of his staged death accidentally reached Ji Lingzhi, who had stayed behind at home.
The fake death became a real one in the telling.
Ji Lingzhi was terrified. He set off in the middle of the night, traveling a thousand miles to chase after his beloved, crossing mountains and valleys.
When the misunderstanding was finally cleared up, Xu Tingchen belatedly realized:
He might have driven his wife away for good.
Theme: Breaking out of your cocoon and becoming a butterfly
Xiaobao, this is the seventh chapter and you have already been injured several times.