Go Ahead and Make This Pure-Hearted College Boy Fall for You

* A scheming, resentful seme who willingly lets himself be deceived × a pretty-boy-chasing, flirtatious little con-artist uke

* Younger seme / size difference / tattoo artist uke × college student seme

Xu Yuechen has gone bankrupt again. Again.

The coffee shop he opened on nothing but enthusiasm has completely closed down. This time, he has only 7,845 yuan and 70 cents to his name.

As he's fretting over what to do, his friend’s younger brother, Chen Yuman, arrives to attend university and needs a place to stay for the summer.

Chen Yuman is shy and politely offers to help out at Xu Yuechen's shop.

What shop does Xu Yuechen have?

Just a secondhand wooden table, two chairs with broken legs, and a single chipped glass left in the rundown place.

Still, it works.

A new shop needs someone to unload deliveries, right? Someone to paint, right? Someone to attract customers, right?

He has another mouth to feed at home, so asking the kid to do a little work isn't unreasonable, is it?

Chen Yuman knows how to make himself useful and is easy on the eyes.

Best of all, he's muscular, broad-shouldered and long-legged, with a ridiculously handsome face.

So Xu Yuechen keeps him around.

“Work hard. I believe in you, so I'll let you be a silent partner.”

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The coffee shop gets turned into a tattoo studio, and Chen Yuman, as the silent partner, cares even more about the place than Xu Yuechen, the owner.

For two months, Chen Yuman keeps busy working, while Xu Yuechen never stops talking.

“Chen Yuman, you can actually lift such a heavy box? That's amazing.”

“This is delicious, Chen Xiaoman. You're the best cook I've ever met.”

“Wow, you can do that too? You're so cool, little bro.”

“Why don't you stay and work for me your whole life?”

Every time Xu Yuechen says something like that, Chen Yuman presses his lips together and says nothing. Sometimes, Xu Yuechen catches a glimpse of his red ears.

Xu Yuechen thinks he's got the pure-hearted college boy wrapped around his finger

until the vacation ends and Chen Yuman really does cling to him and refuse to leave.

Xu Yuechen laughs in exasperation. “Why are you always following me? Go do something with your life.”

Chen Yuman reaches over and closes the shop door. “Bro, were you lying to me when you said all that?”

Xu Yuechen freezes at the look in his eyes. Then Chen Yuman leans in.

“It's fine. Keep lying to me. I don't mind.”

Not long afterward, Xu Yuechen rubs his sore back and finally realizes: Who's actually fooling whom here? Damn it, this college boy, you really can flirt!

---Reading Guide---

1. 1v1, SC

2. Younger seme

3. I'll add more if I think of anything

Theme: Don't fear difficulties. Keep moving forward. Every step along the way counts!