I Became the Sleeping Pill for My Tsundere Nemesis

After ten years studying cardiac surgery abroad, Song Ye returned to China. The moment he landed, a voice suddenly appeared in his head: [You are a highly effective sleeping pill.]

"QAQ?" The staunch materialist paid it no mind.

Looking up, he immediately spotted his old nemesis, Lu Ming.

First impressions... there weren't any. Lu Ming smacked him hard in the face, then whacked the back of his head before grabbing his ear and dragging him off. "So you do know how to come back."

Song Ye held back the anger he'd been bottling up for ten years. "...Just you wait."

At the welcome-home dinner, he traded barbs with Lu Ming and, under the table, pinched his thigh hard. Seeing Lu Ming grimace in pain, his usual cool demeanor gone, Song Ye hadn't even started laughing when Lu Ming tilted sideways and fell into his arms in front of both families... and fell asleep?

Didn't they say he suffered from severe insomnia?

Song Ye gradually discovered that if he touched Lu Ming even once, Lu Ming would fall asleep. It didn't matter where they were, or what time it was. Song Ye had to drag or carry him to bed.

Lu Ming used a cup Song Ye had drunk from, and fell asleep.

Lu Ming squeezed Song Ye's chest after his workout, and fell asleep.

Lu Ming sucked on Song Ye's injured finger, and fell asleep.

Touch, saliva, sweat, and blood were all useless. That left only one last body fluid...

With red-rimmed eyes, Lu Ming tore at his clothes. "Help me..."

Song Ye struggled to dodge. "We're brothers, we can't... Wait, let me wash up first!"

*

They'd done everything they should and shouldn't have. By day, Song Ye was his assistant and nanny; by night, his sleeping pill and body pillow. Song Ye couldn't take it anymore. "What do you take me for?"

A trace of loneliness flashed in Lu Ming's eyes. "...A friend."

"Damn it!" Song Ye had finally worked up the courage to take that step. "I li, "

Lu Ming swayed and fell into his arms. He hadn't fallen asleep. His heart condition had relapsed...

Bonus scene:

Recipient: "Do you like my younger brother? When we were in school, you brought him breakfast every day."

Seme: "Giving him a boiled egg means I like him? Then what about the egg-stuffed pancakes with two eggs I brought you every single day for three years, rain or shine?"

Recipient: "...A son's filial offering."

Seme: "...Bullshit. That was hospice care."

*

The recipient slept straight through until two in the morning. When he opened his eyes, the figure by his bed startled him. "Are you crazy, climbing into my bed in the middle of the night? Don't tell me you're planning to do something to me."

Seme: "I'm worried you'll sleep forever and leave me to arrange your funeral."

Recipient: "You're worried about me?"

Seme: "...I'm adjusting to the time difference. It's lunchtime over there, and I'm hungry. Looking at you is ruining my appetite."

*

Recipient's younger brother: Does anyone else get it? My childhood friend suddenly became my sister-in-law!

Their mothers: Those two have kissed each other's mouths raw. Why aren't they together yet? Let's write some fanfiction and tease them!

Seme's older sister: Why does my little brother bark at his own sister, then wag his tail at the neighbor's big brother?

A few reading tips:

1. All the medical knowledge comes from the internet. Don't take it seriously or try to imitate anything, cuties!

2. The recipient wears women's clothes just a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny bit!

3. Both are each other's one and only. The seme pursued the school belle who liked the recipient, but only to make him jealous. He had no real feelings for her!

4. Chapters 85, 86, 87, and 89 contain angst. The seme and recipient are deeply in love, but external conflicts arise, putting the recipient through emotional and physical pain. Chapter 89 puts the seme through emotional pain. Feel free to skip these chapters if you're sensitive to angst!

The blurb for After the Scum Seme Is Bound to a Male Virtue System:

There is a certain kind of person in this world:

They are cold-hearted and self-serving, hiding their schemes behind a kind facade. They deliberately get close to powerful yet tragic people, using false concern to trick them into giving their whole hearts, then climb on their shoulders to get everything they want.

Afterward, they coldly abandon their penniless lovers and walk away.

They are known collectively as scum semes.

The Male Virtue System gives them a chance to start over: [Our motto is: Reject being a scum seme and uphold male virtue!]

The scum semes at first: Scornful.

The scum semes later: Studying every word.

(Secretly switched young masters) Black-bellied younger biological young master scum seme x sinister family head recipient with disabled legs

You are the real young master, maliciously switched at birth and abandoned outside the family. Disguised as a pure-hearted college student, you deliberately seduce your uncle, the family head, make him fall for you, swindle his money, and, after getting your revenge, lock him away in a psychiatric hospital and abandon him.

When you get a second chance, a guy calling himself the Male Virtue System shows up at your door: "Deceiving, exploiting, and neglecting your wife violates male virtue. ZAP!"

You: ???

(Ancient setting) Emperor scum seme who discards those who have outlived their usefulness x general recipient stripped of his military command and made a male consort

You are an overlooked little prince who is treated with cold indifference. During the struggle for the throne, a young general protects you, rebels, and forces his way into the palace. He stains himself with blood and suffers wounds and illness. Yet after you ascend the throne, you fear he has too much power. You cripple him, strip him of his command, and confine him in the rear palace as your male consort, then ignore him.

When you get a second chance, a guy calling himself the Male Virtue System shows up at your door: "Deceiving, exploiting, and neglecting your wife violates male virtue. ZAP!"

You: ???

(Interstellar espionage) Rebel leader scum seme pretending to be a devoted husband x Imperial major general recipient

You are the leader of the largest rebel army, and your sworn enemy is the Empire's most famous major general. By day, you blow up his starships and steal his energy supplies. By night, you play the devoted husband, cook dinner, and wait for him to come home. But while he sleeps, you steal military secrets, then do nothing as he is tortured after being hauled before a military tribunal.

When you get a second chance, a guy calling himself the Male Virtue System shows up at your door: "Deceiving, exploiting, and neglecting your wife violates male virtue. ZAP!"

You: ???

Core theme: Lovers will end up together, and their romance will never fade