Li Miuqi is handsome, quick-witted, hardworking, and ambitious.
He worked hard and traveled all over the place, eventually rising from an ordinary police officer to become the head of the Criminal Behavior Analysis Unit.
Then his childhood friend, Bai Shiyuan, whom he hadn't seen in ten years, barged back into his life as the unit's specially appointed criminal profiler.
Bai Shiyuan had gone from a delicate-looking boy to a long-haired beauty half a head taller than him, but Li Miuqi couldn't bring himself to be happy.
Ten years ago, they'd promised to be friends for life, but Bai Shiyuan had suddenly left without a word one day. As an adult, Li Miuqi knew friendship didn't last forever, but he still couldn't let go of Bai Shiyuan breaking his promise.
So when Bai Shiyuan fussed over him, he brushed him off and spoke rudely.
When Bai Shiyuan brought him tea and water and ran errands for him, he threw the water in Bai Shiyuan's face.
When Bai Shiyuan was injured by a criminal, Li Miuqi took him to the hospital, then kicked his wound, making Bai Shiyuan yelp in pain.
He thought he could get revenge on Bai Shiyuan that way. But one late night, he had a dream.
In the dream, he was back on the rooftop where they'd last met ten years ago.
But Bai Shiyuan looked as he did ten years later, his gaze sinister and his lips sealed.
"Don't move!" Li Miuqi raised his gun and shouted angrily. "Put your hands up! You're under arrest!"
Only then did Bai Shiyuan look at him, walking toward him one step at a time.
He should have pulled the trigger, but he couldn't. This time, he wanted Bai Shiyuan to leave without looking back, just as he had ten years ago.
Li Miuqi didn't dare meet Bai Shiyuan's eyes. Inside, he was utterly lost, but he had to keep up a calm facade, terrified Bai Shiyuan would see through him.
But this time, Bai Shiyuan didn't leave without a word like he had ten years ago. Instead, he pulled Li Miuqi into a tight embrace, bit his lips, and pried open his tightly shut mouth.
"Li Miuqi." He heard Bai Shiyuan call his name. "I won't leave again."
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After earning his doctorate in psychology, Bai Shiyuan turned down his advisor's offer to stay and returned home to become a criminal profiler for the Hong Kong police.
One reason was the Bai family's unsolved case. The other was Li Miuqi.
As a boy, Bai Shiyuan had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and antisocial tendencies. The doctor said his emotional cognition was different from other people's, and that he would have to spend the rest of his life receiving psychiatric treatment in a foreign country.
He and Li Miuqi lost touch, but he never expected that, through countless nights abroad, Li Miuqi would keep appearing in his dreams.
In the dreams, Li Miuqi had grown from a handsome young boy into a mature, striking man.
The only thing that hadn't changed was those amber eyes.
Li Miuqi turned his head aside, seemingly unable to bear looking at him any longer.
He only gave a low laugh, caressed Li Miuqi's face, and kissed him.
Now that they had reunited, he would make sure Li Miuqi stayed by his side forever.
Even if his methods were too cruel, even if Li Miuqi came to hate him completely, he would never let go.
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Li Miuqi: What should you do if your childhood best friend suddenly becomes a complete stranger?
Bai Shiyuan: Obviously, fuck him.
Li Miuqi: ??? That's not right, is it?
Li Miuqi: Wait, what are you doing? Don't come any closer! Aah%#@*#...
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A seemingly rational, emotionally intelligent, but actually controlling, dark, and unhinged top VS a seemingly sunny, energetic, but actually sensitive, love-struck bottom
Criminal profiler VS detective
Set in an alternate 1990s Hong Kong-style world
Theme: Loving delicious food
