A Guide to Falling in Love with Your Best Friend

Lu Yu (gong) x Wu Ruoxing (shou)

Some people spend a lifetime tangled up with someone as a close friend, missing their chance for a lifetime. Then he dies young, and you fall apart. At last, you understand that only by willingly taking a step back can a lover become a close friend.

What if you could start over?

When they were young, the two of them drank and acted crazy late into the night, laughing until they couldn't catch their breath. Years later, they realized that the other person had been crying.

If they could start over, what would happen when he jokingly said, "Why don't we give it a try?"

P.S. The blurb isn't entirely original; the inspiration came from a summary posted by a reader.

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After Tang Yu found out he was the fake young master, he packed his bags and left with nothing. He'd planned to team up with the real young master and make a great success of things, but then he awakened a mind-reading System that let him hear everyone's dark thoughts at all times. The constant flood overloaded his brain and brought him to the brink of collapse several times.

Only when he was with Zhou Chengjin did all the thoughts disappear, giving him a moment to breathe.

So Tang Yu became the indispensable assistant to Zhou Chengjin. No matter how tricky or demanding Zhou Chengjin's requests were, Tang Yu always found a way to carry them out perfectly.

Everyone knew Assistant Tang would give his life for President Zhou.

Then one day, Tang Yu personally got rid of the mind-reading System inside him. He cheerfully said goodbye to Zhou Chengjin and went home hand in hand with the real young master. Zhou Chengjin was left completely dumbfounded.

Tang Yu: a shou who's always clearheaded and rational.

Zhou Chengjin: a gong who puts everything into helping Tang Yu grow and accepts all his flaws.

P.S. The fake and real young masters share only familial affection.

Bonus scenes:

1. Assistant Tang took three days off under the pretense of going on a blind date, but stayed home gaming with someone instead. In the middle of it, President Zhou called him on video and asked in confusion:

"You and a guy...?"

Assistant Tang: "He's not from Henan. He's a proper registered resident of Yongzhou, with a house, a car, and savings. And he's pretty handsome."

2. Assistant Tang was called back to work overtime and helped his boss fend off drinks, secretly pouring them under the table.

Afterward, Tang hadn't touched a drop, while President Zhou, sitting beside him, had a shoe full of booze.

3. After they moved in together, President Zhou established the first house rule: No regional discrimination, but no people from Henan allowed in the house.

Tang Yu, the only person there whose ancestral home was in Henan: "

Theme: Life goes on, and love never fades.