My Childhood Friend, the Younger Student, Suddenly Turned Gay

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When Qiu Hong was little, a boy named Qiao Qing was often sent to stay at his house.

The boy called him "Ge" every day for seven years.

Qiu Hong was a top student from childhood, handsome, and kind. The only imperfection was...

At eighteen, he came out in that conservative little backwater of a county, barely on the map.

From then on, he cut off all contact with his hometown.

In his second year of grad school, his parents called to tell him that Qiao Qing, his childhood friend whom he hadn't seen in five years, had also been admitted to K University.

One look at the photo, and the little brat had grown into a 187-centimeter-tall badminton-playing athlete with broad shoulders and a narrow waist.

Qiu Hong: Fine, I might as well go pick him up.

When they met again, the eighteen-year-old boy fixed him with wolfish eyes and called him "Ge" every chance he got, making Qiu Hong feel guilty.

Because his parents were busy with work, Qiao Qing was often sent to the Qiu family home.

When he was sick, Qiu Hong took care of him. When he couldn't solve a problem, Qiu Hong patiently taught him. When he got into a fight with someone, Qiu Hong sorted it out...

Naturally, he fell in love with his older brother.

Those secret feelings had barely waited for the stirrings of puberty when Qiu Hong vanished from his life for good that summer, at eighteen.

After five years of studying as hard as he could, he finally got the acceptance letter from K University he'd dreamed of.

Later...

Qiu Hong was pinned by Qiao Qing in a corner of the empty gymnasium. Sweat trickled from his brow onto the wooden floor as the boy pulled off his headband, casting a shadow over Qiu Hong's tear-bright eyes.

Qiu Hong: "When did you turn gay?"

Qiao Qing's Adam's apple bobbed. "Ge, maybe I was before you."

Theme: Perseverance leads to success.