The secondary couple from Older Brother [Entertainment Circle]: Xie Shao × Zhou Yi (80, 87)
High-functioning antisocial personality seme × sunny social disaster fanboy uke
[Synopsis]
Zhou Yi had gone to school in the UK since he was little. When his father fell ill, he decided to return to China for high school.
The first time he saw Xie Shao was at the opening ceremony. Xie Shao went onstage to speak as a student receiving financial aid, completely out of place among the wealthy young masters and ladies in the audience.
The second time he saw Xie Shao was in an alley behind the school, where a group of people were beating him up. Zhou Yi ditched the girl he was on a date with and went to play the hero and rescue the handsome guy.
At the time, he held out a hand to Xie Shao, who was sitting on the ground. “Are you okay?”
Xie Shao’s eyes were dark as he looked at him. He slowly took Zhou Yi’s hand, like the turning of fate’s gears, or the click of a lock.
If Zhou Yi had known the ill-fated relationship that awaited them, he never would have reached out.
He would have stayed far away from Xie Shao.
.
Zhou Yi got burned by Xie Shao twice.
The first time, Xie Shao turned him gay, and from then on he liked boys, or, more accurately, he liked Xie Shao.
The second time was after Xie Shao married his aunt. Xie Shao lied and said it was a fake marriage, and Zhou Yi believed him, right up until news broke that his aunt was pregnant.
Only an idiot would get burned a third time. This relationship should have ended long ago, so Zhou Yi decided to call it quits.
Xie Shao calmly asked, “Have you made up your mind? Even if I don’t agree?”
Zhou Yi said sarcastically, “You’re my uncle by marriage. You don’t have to agree to a breakup.”
Xie Shao walked over and held him, then spoke tenderly as he delivered a cruel threat. “Darling, why do you insist on making me angry? Don’t think about leaving. You have to belong to me forever, or I can do anything.”
Zhou Yi paid no attention to his threats.
Until, at the hundred-day celebration for his aunt’s baby, Xie Shao played an intimate video of himself and Zhou Yi in front of everyone.
Zhou Yi angrily punched Xie Shao. “Are you insane?!”
Xie Shao smiled unconcernedly. “The medical term is antisocial personality disorder. I warned you. I told you I could do anything. Darling, everyone has to know you’re mine, even if you don’t agree.”
Zhou Yi trembled with rage.
Xie Shao held him, his voice tinged with excitement. “You rarely make that face at me. It’s new, and… it turns me on. I really want to fuck you. Let’s go to a hotel.”
Zhou Yi closed his eyes in despair.
.
Xie Shao couldn’t feel other people’s emotions. Everyone’s face was blank to him.
Only Zhou Yi was different. In Xie Shao’s eyes, he was colorful and one of a kind.
He was the only splash of color in Xie Shao’s black-and-white world, and Xie Shao was never going to let him go.
Years later, unable to enter the country, Xie Shao went to great lengths to catch Zhou Yi at an airport in a West African country.
That splash of color had returned.
Xie Shao trembled with excitement. “See, Zhou Yi? I told you, you’re mine. Forever.”
Zhou Yi shoved him away with all his strength and yelled, “You bastard! What did I ever do to you? Can’t you leave me alone?! What is it you like about me? I’ll change, okay?!”
Xie Shao: “I like everything about you. What are you going to change?”
Zhou Yi: “You’re a lunatic!”
Xie Shao: “I’m attracted to men. Want to try castrating yourself?”
Zhou Yi: …
Xie Shao smiled and leaned closer. “I can help you. How about tonight?”
(A healthy relationship is certainly something to envy, but…)
Theme: No matter how many twists and turns they take, they can’t escape each other.
