After making rodent-person-style vlogs about international students, Lu Xun unexpectedly went viral online.
Unlike other international students' polished daily routines, he ate only one meal a day to save money, often pairing canned beans with expired bread. His signature line was, "Expired? Still edible! Take it up with my stomach acid!" Viewers couldn't help saying how heartbreaking it was.
Lu Xun stayed up late and woke up late, keeping the same schedule as back home. He slacked off in class and barely spoke to his classmates, earning him the nickname of the most socially awkward international student online.
But no one knew that during his first week in the UK, Lu Xun had been outgoing enough to passionately kiss the most popular guy at school at a party, cling to him and call him "hubby," and insist on adding him on WeChat.
The next morning, straight Lu Xun decided, with great reluctance, to give the rich upperclassman he'd kissed a try so he wouldn't end up in a UK-based creep PDF.
He thought that if he used hot-and-cold tactics, pretended to be so clingy he couldn't live without the other guy, constantly checked up on him, and acted like an unreasonable brat, the rich upperclassman would gradually get sick of him and break up with him.
But months passed, and not only did the other guy show no signs of breaking up, he often took the initiative to hug and kiss him...
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After one of their friends got conned out of money and sex by a sugar baby pretending to be innocent, Kong Xiangyan also ran into a gold digger.
At a party, the other guy pretended to be drunk and fell into his arms, his eyes rimmed red as he asked for his WeChat.
A gold digger he might be, but he was devastatingly beautiful.
Kong Xiangyan gave him his WeChat, planning to play along and punish the gold digger until he was disgraced.
A few months later, when his friends asked about the gold digger, the mixed-race man had a look of carefree confidence in his deep-set eyes, and his voice was sweet as he said, "What gold digger? Never heard of one. Oh, right, I'm seeing someone. I'll arrange for you to meet my boyfriend sometime."
His friends: ???
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After Lu Xun's vlogs went viral, the top comments were always screenshots of delicious food, tagging him: "Bean Boy, this food blogger is in the same city as you. If all else fails, go mooch a meal from him!!"
Lu Xun clicked on the blogger's profile and saw that he never showed his face. His videos started with preparing the food, and his long, slender hands, with their prominent knuckles, were so handsome they made you want to lick the screen.
He quietly followed the account, planning to comment on a few videos and build up a rapport so he could mooch a meal at the blogger's place and finally eat something good.
A few months later.
Lu Xun stared blankly as the door closed behind him. "...Upperclassman? You... you can cook Chinese food?"
"Mm. I learned specially for you." The other man's expression was calm, and his deep features looked even more cool and handsome under the dim lights. The sound of the door locking behind them was decisive. "If you want to eat... you know what you have to call me."
[Reading guide]
1. Couple: a gloomy, clueless, beautiful influencer bottom x a rich second-generation top who seems to have everything under control and endless romantic experience, but is actually a hopeless romantic
2. One-on-one, HE, both are each other's first, sweet fluff.
Theme: Protect the one you love, no matter when.