Cruel Words

County-Town Fiction | Everyday Life | The Best Years | Bittersweet | Mutual Pining |

Wu Chuo was once a favorite topic of conversation over tea in the Hardware City. His parents had him in their fifties, and he was the same age as his older brother's son.

After his parents and brother and sister-in-law all died, Wu Chuo watched his nephew run around like a madman and learned to accept his fate.

Finding Li Yu's ID card was a coincidence. Just as he made out the photo beside the name, a hand reached out in front of him. The voice was rather impatient:

"Mine."

Moving from a bright, bustling metropolis to an old, noisy urban village in a county town left Li Yu seething with irritation.

He hated this place with a passion.

But here, he met someone.

His neighbor across the hall was a wisecracking, sharp-tongued schemer with a mind as full of holes as a wasp's nest.

And yet, because of him, Li Yu gradually found himself growing reluctant to leave.

After a heavy rain, half of the unsafe building Li Yu lived in collapsed. Wu Chuo threw open his door and took him in.

Steam rose in the bathroom, hiding Wu Chuo's eyes and blurring Li Yu's vision.

They stood silently in the mist, like opponents facing off, or perhaps simply hesitating.

The second Wu Chuo turned to switch on the light, Li Yu reached out, pushed him against the wall, and kissed him.

The bewilderment of being in an unfamiliar place became two hands clasped tightly together.

Those same hands taught Wu Chuo that he didn't have to accept his fate.

Reader's Guide:

1. Wu is the top, Li is the bottom. Both are virgins.

2. A rollicking tale of life in the urban-rural fringe.

3. Writing this blurb is so hard. So hard! --!

4. Of course it's a happy ending.

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Blurb: [Jing Bolin X Lin Hengzhou]

[Jing Bolin X Lin Hengzhou]

It took Jing Bolin only seven years to rise from obscurity to becoming a double-crowned Best Actor. His path to fame was so smooth it was downright enviable.

After taking a break from acting, he looked back on his rise to fame and realized that two factors had been indispensable.

One was luck. The other was Lin Hengzhou.

Lin Hengzhou came from a wealthy family and had powerful connections. In just a few short years, he had secured the position of CEO of Shengshi Group.

Yet whenever people online mentioned him, the first thing that came to mind wasn't his reputation as a business tycoon, but the gay film A Sea of People.

The film became an overnight sensation when it premiered, and its two male leads shot to fame overnight.

The film was fairly tame, and since both leads were newcomers, their interactions could be stiff and occasionally awkward. Even so, that didn't stop netizens from shipping them like crazy.

Everyone thought the two actors would ride their popularity to success. Then one day, Lin Hengzhou announced that he was leaving the entertainment industry.

After that, he vanished from show business.

The two leads' story ended in tragedy onscreen. In real life, Lin Hengzhou and Jing Bolin went their separate ways. One took over the family business, while the other worked to build his career. For years, they never appeared together again, leaving countless netizens heartbroken and full of regret.

Later, after recovering from an illness, Jing Bolin returned to the spotlight. To help a friend out, he joined an outdoor variety show.

The production team was awful: they gave each guest a wristband and told them to find a teammate at the airport. There were six contestants in total. Stuck in traffic, Jing Bolin arrived last. The moment he spotted someone wearing the same wristband, his smile froze for a second.

Whether by accident or on purpose, the trailer froze on that moment too. And, as luck would have it, the shot was from Jing Bolin's point of view, so netizens got to see Lin Hengzhou, who had been gone from the public eye for years.

The netizens went wild:

"I remember now! I remember everything!"

"Girls, Mom and Dad are getting back together!"

"Our ancestors were rich!"

"Production team! Go wild and stir things up! Don't be afraid! We'll have your back!"

At eighteen, Lin Hengzhou had been brash and untamed, like a flame that would never go out. Now, he was gentle and refined, like a steady mountain.

As comments streamed across the screen, Jing Bolin remembered too: he and Lin Hengzhou really had shared something once.

[Heartbreaker X Wild Dog]

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