At a freshman gathering, Xu Heyang confessed to his dream girl, Lin Xiayu, and was brutally rejected. He drank himself into a stupor.
He kept mumbling, "Xiaoyu, don't go..."
The next day, he woke up in the restroom with his hands tied up with a man's belt, his lips swollen, and three buttons popped off his shirt.
Straight and homophobic, Xu Heyang was furious. He'd been rejected and then forcibly kissed by a man. Unfortunately, he'd blacked out, and couldn't remember the face of the man who'd kissed him.
To track the guy down and teach him a lesson he wouldn't forget, Xu Heyang started investigating the people around him one by one. He even asked his childhood friend and close buddy, Zhou Zhengnan, to help.
His childhood friend Zhou Zhengnan was a well-known finance major and top student: tall, handsome, from a wealthy family, and always gentle and polite. They'd been close as childhood friends for years.
Most importantly, Zhou Zhengnan was straight, too. He was the only person Xu Heyang trusted.
When Zhou Zhengnan heard that he'd been forcibly kissed by a man, he comforted him and promised to help find the culprit.
So Xu Heyang and his childhood friend started investigating. When he carefully asked some of their friends about it, one of them mysteriously handed him a book titled "A Guide to Spotting Gays."
The title on the first page read, "How to tell if someone of the same sex is into you? Check all that apply."
First: They take the initiative to share their daily life with you (√) - Zhou Zhengnan messages him every day to let him know what he's up to.
Second: They do anything you ask (√) - When Xu Heyang wanted pan-fried buns from a certain shop, Zhou Zhengnan went out in the pouring rain late at night to buy them from a place 15 kilometers away.
Third: They're always there to offer emotional support (√) - Zhou Zhengnan always answers every question he asks.
Fourth: They make you feel completely safe and always show up when you need them (√) - Whenever Xu Heyang is upset or hurt, Zhou Zhengnan is always the first to appear.
Xu Heyang saw that every box was checked, scoffed that it was some cheap street-stall book, and tossed it aside. He and Zhou Zhengnan were just bros, weren't they?
He hadn't found the culprit, and now he was supposed to believe Zhou Zhengnan liked men? And had a crush on him?
What kind of international joke was that? They'd been socialist brothers for years, and were just really close, that's all.
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Then one day, Xu Heyang saw a female account named "Yuzhou" logged into Zhou Zhengnan's WeChat. It was the ID of Xu Heyang's online dating partner, and he realized things might not be as simple as he'd thought...
And that wasn't all. He realized that his gaming buddy, online chat buddy, and even the account that liked their fanfiction on Weibo all seemed to be Zhou Zhengnan's alternate accounts.
Note:
1. Oblivious, straight bottom x seemingly cheerful, gentle, and polite, but actually jealous, possessive, and obsessed top
Theme: Face your feelings and love life
