I'm the One My Crush Has a Crush On

Tang Qicheng accidentally saw a photo in a reader group. The silver-haired man in it wore a bold, carefree smile, and Tang Qicheng was instantly smitten. But after they exchanged contact information, he discovered that the man was Xia Cixin, the noisy neighbor he'd cursed out just days earlier, as well as a professional player on the CR team owned by his older brother.

For a moment, both of them felt awkward.

Tang Qicheng had just started to back out when he looked at Xia Cixin's face again.

A sucker for good looks, he immediately caved and admitted he was wrong.

By chance, neighbors became roommates. Xia Cixin was considerate and gentle, an excellent cook, and almost always gave Tang Qicheng whatever he wanted. Most importantly, there were solid muscles hidden beneath his shirt. Tang Qicheng fell for him little by little.

Just as Tang Qicheng thought he could keep living such a carefree life, he came across an old, yellowed photograph. On the left was him as a young man. On the right was a skinny, dark-skinned kid with a red spiky punk haircut.

Memories long buried came flooding back. Eight years ago, full of adolescent bravado and passion, he had once helped a kid who'd dropped out of school and was doing illegal odd jobs, and who was being deliberately bullied.

Tang Qicheng held up the photo and demanded, "Why do you have a picture of me and that brat?"

Xia Cixin smiled mischievously. "That kid was me."

"..."

Tang Qicheng's expression slowly fell apart. Holding the photo, he couldn't make the silver-haired model's face in front of him match up with the punk kid.

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At the WOG World Championship, Xia Cixin led CR to victory. The camera followed his gaze to Tang Qicheng in the front row, crying his eyes out.

Xia Cixin shed his icy Demon King persona from the competition, his eyes crinkling as he smiled and gently comforted him. "There's tissue in the inner pocket of the second compartment of your bag. If you keep crying, your eyes will swell up. We won."

Tang Qicheng nodded with both hands over his face, then shot Xia Cixin an affectionate glare through his fingers. The wedding ring on his left ring finger glittered brightly.

The audience erupted in cheers and screams that nearly lifted the roof.

Note: The age gap is three years. There are no romantic feelings while the protagonists are underage.

Here's the blurb for a new novel

In City A, the Ling family had twin alpha brothers who looked alike but had completely different personalities. The older brother, Ling Yu, was steady and reserved, while the younger brother, Ling Sui, was outgoing and cheerful. They had completely different interests, too.

But they fell for the same person: Ling Sui's fiance, the omega Yun Luoqiu, who was widely regarded as a good-for-nothing with nothing going for him but his looks.

Yun Luoqiu was sensitive and perceptive. He noticed Ling Yu's unusual feelings and, after avoiding him as much as he could, decided to come clean to Ling Sui.

Ling Sui didn't believe him at all. He scoffed. "There's no way my brother would be interested in you."

"Even if he went into heat and got locked in a room with you, he wouldn't lay a finger on you."

His words proved prophetic. A few days later, Yun Luoqiu and Ling Yu were locked in the same room.

Ling Yu cast off his usual stern demeanor, yanked off his tie, and flung away his inconvenient glasses, cornering the omega who tried to escape.

The alpha's eyes were red-rimmed and glistening. "Please, look at me."

Outside the room's one-way glass, Ling Sui was cuddling and kissing someone else.

Ling Sui's impatient words from a few days earlier suddenly flashed through Yun Luoqiu's mind. "Have you had enough?"

"You're an omega who can't live without an alpha. You can't get by without me."

Coming back to himself, the beautiful omega lifted a hand to wipe Ling Yu's tears away. Like a siren enchanting her prey, he said, "All right."

Theme: Love can overcome any obstacle.