So Much for Being Straight: Were You Pretending?

Lazy, pretty bottom who loves fishing x health-conscious, energetic top who drinks goji berry tea every day

Secret crushes | First loves for both | Pretending to be straight | Size difference | College campus

/Who says I’m straight?/

/You did./

Li Zhiyun: I have a crush on Qin Shaoyi, but my friend says he looks like a straight man through and through.

Qin Shaoyi: I have a crush on Li Zhiyun, but my friend says he’s dreamed of marrying a gorgeous, sweet wife and keeping her in a golden cage ever since he was a kid.

So Li Zhiyun and Qin Shaoyi have been working hard to keep up their "straight guy" act.

When their acts fall apart, their friend gets strung up and beaten by the two of them.

*

Thanks to his aggressively masculine looks, Qin Shaoyi has caught the eye of plenty of guys at school, and a number of them made advances within a month. Eventually, he got sick of being pursued and told one guy who kept flirting with him, "I’m straight. Don’t bother."

The guy was so shocked he could hardly believe it. How did this guy look straight at all? From then on, a rumor spread around Ancheng University that Qin Shaoyi had said, "I’m straight. Don’t bother."

Qin Shaoyi never expected those words to work so well. That guy never approached him again, and the others in their circle steered clear of him too.

But Qin Shaoyi never expected those words to drive away the person he loved as well. Because of them, Li Zhiyun gave up on confessing his feelings to Qin Shaoyi for good.

Li Zhiyun: "Are you straight?"

Qin Shaoyi gave a reluctant nod. "...Yeah."

Li Zhiyun: "What a coincidence. I’m straight too."

So they had no choice but to pretend to be straight in front of each other.

*

Because of a bet, Qin Shaoyi diligently and without complaint brought Li Zhiyun breakfast every day for two years, getting up early and staying up late to do it. From high school to college, he did it for two whole years, only to find out it had all been a trick. Qin Shaoyi hated being lied to more than anything.

After he found out.

Li Zhiyun admitted, "I was the one who tricked you. I’m sorry."

Qin Shaoyi: "Ha. Li Zhiyun, you really did it. Did you think I was an easy mark?"

Li Zhiyun: "No. If you’re really angry, I can pay you back for the breakfasts from those two years?"

Qin Shaoyi’s face darkened as his anger grew. "Li Zhiyun, do you think I have no right to be angry? Nice try. You think you can make this go away by paying me back?"

Li Zhiyun: "Then how about I bring you breakfast for two years too? Or you could beat me up if that’d make you feel better?"

Qin Shaoyi: "I want to know why you lied to me."

But Li Zhiyun lowered his eyes and said nothing.

*

After the gay guy pretending to be straight gets found out.

Qin Shaoyi: "I’m finally getting a wife!"

Li Zhiyun: "My back aches every day, and my mouth hurts."

Roommates and friends: "Weren’t you two supposed to be straight???"

*

After Li Zhiyun and Qin Shaoyi get together.

A friend suddenly asks Qin Shaoyi, "Brother Yi, do you know goji berries nourish the liver and kidneys? You drink them every day. Can your little chestnut handle all that?"

The friend was worried about Li Zhiyun. Qin Shaoyi looked like the kind of college guy who was very good in bed, and now he was drinking tea to boost his stamina...

Qin Shaoyi: "I had no idea."

Li Zhiyun: "No wonder my back and legs ache every day. No more drinking that stuff, and you’re not allowed in my bed anymore!"

Qin Shaoyi: "Honey, you can’t treat me like this!!"

/

Blurb for the next book, My Childhood Friend Came Back to Life Again:

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Fourteen years ago, at just twelve years old, Shen Mingyan had already become the most mischievous, calculating, and unruly alpha in Xijing City. One day he’d pull up all the flowers in someone’s garden, the next he’d beat up their kid. But he was the son of the head of the powerful Shen family, so no one dared to mess with him.

Even the Shen family couldn’t control him. The only person who could was the young master of the Ye family, Ye Siyi, whom Shen Mingyan kept by his side every day. Ye Siyi was handsome, obedient, and did well in school, the perfect good kid in any parent’s eyes. He and Shen Mingyan were complete opposites. No one knew how the little tyrant had managed to trick such a well-behaved kid into playing with him.

Only Shen Mingyan’s friends knew that he coaxed Ye Siyi into calling him "big brother" every day with candy and a smile.

But then a car accident unexpectedly killed Shen Mingyan and his parents. That year, the upper echelons of Xijing City were thrown into turmoil. The Shen family changed hands, while the Ye family rose to become the most powerful family in the city.

Fourteen years later, a new power player appeared in Xijing City: Pei Mingran. They said the head of the Pei family was ruthless, cold, aloof, and never smiled.

Someone lamented, "Looks like the whole sky over Xijing City is about to change."

Meanwhile, the once well-behaved Ye Siyi had become Xijing’s little tyrant. He was carefree and had a bad temper.

Though he was an omega, he liked teasing omegas, and he was a fierce fighter who could take on three alphas at once.

Two rumors about Ye Siyi were circulating in their circle.

First, Ye Siyi didn’t like alphas. He liked omegas.

Second, Ye Siyi would marry the Shen family’s eldest son, Shen Mingchen.

Ye Siyi just shrugged. He didn’t really care.

Until the man named Pei Mingran appeared.

The first time Ye Siyi met Pei Mingran, he asked, "Mr. Pei, have we met somewhere before?"

It really did sound like a pick-up line.

Hearing this, Pei Mingran’s gaze darkened, and a turbulent emotion stirred in his usually impassive eyes.

They were old friends meeting again, yet unable to acknowledge each other.

Later, someone saw Ye Siyi pin Pei Mingran against a wall and beat him up.

Within six months, the truth about the Shen family’s past, buried for fourteen years, came to light. Pei Mingran’s identity as Shen Mingyan, the Shen family’s second young master, was revealed too.

Once everything was clear, Pei Mingran was still Pei Mingran.

He held Ye Siyi and buried his face in the crook of his neck. This huge alpha looked like a child who had found his way home, his voice full of hurt as he said, "Honey, please forgive me. I have no one but you."

Pei Mingran burrowed into Ye Siyi’s arms and took advantage of him, demanding kisses and hugs.

Ye Siyi: ...

Can someone please do something about him?

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