After My Online Romance with My Crush Went Horribly Wrong

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Song Ci has had a crush on a guy for years. After hearing him say, "I'm not interested in gay men," Song Ci falls to his death.

Much later, when they meet again, Song Ci still can't help falling for him.

He hears that the guy has been playing a game lately. Song Ci's inner otaku takes over, and in the hope that maybe one day they'll play together, he gets hooked on the game too.

But the game isn't friendly to beginners. Online trolls show off their writing skills everywhere, and keyboard warriors would love to type an eight-hundred-character rant in a minute just to insult him...

Luckily, Song Ci finds a [pro-level gaming companion].

The companion is gentle and patient. He doesn't mind Song Ci's 0/8 record, carries him to victory every match, and eventually even stops charging him!

This kindness gradually seeps into every corner of Song Ci's life.

Song Ci isn't stupid. Stammering, he asks why the other man isn't charging him.

Gaming companion: "No particular reason. If I had to say, I'm trying to win you over because I like you."

That's how the two begin an online romance.

Until one day, the gaming companion invites him to a voice call and says he wants to meet in person.

Song Ci freezes. He would recognize that voice anywhere.

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His cousin gets caught dating by his family and is forced to quit gaming.

So he asks Ji Yang to take over his gaming-companion job.

Ji Yang is long past the age for gaming addiction, yet for some reason he develops feelings for a gaming buddy he's never met.

The other person is gentle and obedient, like the shy guy who's been showing up in front of him so often lately.

The sudden thought irritates Ji Yang, and his words come out barbed:

"I'm allergic to durian. You didn't know that?"

"I don't like it. Got it?"

Song Ci feels as if he's plunged into an ice cave and finally comes to his senses. He blocks every way to contact him, sadly packs up, and runs away.

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Day one after the breakup, Song Ci: I'm miserable. I want to cry.

Day two after the breakup, Song Ci thinks someone's following him (?).

Day three after the breakup, Song Ci... gets pinned in the corner of a back alley. The other guy alternates between crying and laughing like he's just escaped from a psychiatric hospital ().

Song Ci senses trouble. He realizes that by tomorrow, his pretty face might be impossible to look at.

It'll be all swollen from getting beaten up.

"The money, the money's already been settled. We..." have nothing to do with each other anymore.

Song Ci is terrified.

The other man gives a cold laugh. "If I didn't take the money, it means I don't agree. Break up? Don't even think about it!"

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Ji Yang gets dumped unilaterally. He spends the night tracking down his masked online boyfriend, intending to explain everything.

But the next day, he sees the other guy getting ready to start a new relationship.

Ji Yang grits his teeth: Fine. Great! Couldn't be better!

#He was harsh to fend off admirers and nearly chased his love away for good#

[First blurb, 2024/6/8]

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▼ The Wealthy Family's Male Housekeeper, Here for the Gossip, Not the Hardship

▼ A money-loving shou who lives for gossip x a ferocious gong who later puts away his claws and becomes a devoted husband

As the most conscientious employee in the quick transmigration world, Chi Qingyi (yi) passes one challenge after another and finally arrives at his well-earned retirement...

He gets hired by a wealthy family, but as their male housekeeper.

This family is no ordinary household.

The eldest young master is a bona fide domineering CEO. There are so many perfume bottles in his house that they could line up like dominoes.

He has a runaway little wife, and almost every day he puts on a confinement drama that Little Green River wouldn't be allowed to broadcast. His catchphrase is: "Who do you think you are? Hah, just a substitute."

Chi Qingyi: "Tell me (munch munch munch), when he lies (munch munch munch), does his nose get longer?"

The second young master's favorite thing isn't working. It's handsome young men. He hangs around karaoke bars, and everywhere he goes, he finds his one true love.

Recently, he's fallen for a young bartender working his way through school, without realizing it.

The young man's white shirt, washed until it's wrinkled, gets splashed with red wine again and again. In a tearful voice, he asks, "Brother Chi, this is his favorite white shirt. Do you think we can still get it clean...?"

Chi Qingyi smiles. "You should run."

He doesn't know if the shirt can be cleaned, but there's no way this second young master can be cleaned up at all!

The third young master is an unruly wolf cub. He loves street racing and acting edgy, and every day he wants to make Chi Qingyi sit down in the passenger seat of his car.

Chi Qingyi: "What are you, Ma Siwei?"

The fourth young master...

Oh, right.

The fourth young master is an illegitimate child. He's still out there somewhere and hasn't been brought home yet.

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Chi Qingyi spends his days cleaning up these men's messes while thoroughly enjoying the gossip.

But the family is rich and stingy.

In their mansion, which is over three hundred square meters, aside from Chi Qingyi and the elderly butler, who's nearly seventy, there's not another living soul to be found! Their gossip garden has no one to inherit it. What a tragedy...

Then one day, he finds a dusty young man at the front door who looks like a little beggar.

After Chi Qingyi begs them with tears and sniffles, the young masters make an exception and let him stay, making him the household's second male housekeeper.

Chi Qingyi, teary-eyed: "At least now there's someone to carry on after me..."

But the newcomer is a bit slow.

After watching him lose his bonus for the Nth time, Chi Qingyi shakes his head over and over.

The kid's still young and doesn't know any better. He'll have to teach him himself.

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Little scene:

"But the book clearly says this family has four young masters. What about the big boss?" Chi Qingyi closes the book and looks at his newly recruited apprentice.

The other man replies calmly, "Thanks to you, he turned over a new leaf."

#Enjoying gossip with the young masters#

#Huh? How did he suddenly become the head of the family?#

#Huh? Me? The family head's wife???#

Theme: Face your fears with courage, and don't be afraid of failure.