After the Hated Catfish's High-and-Mighty Heartthrob Persona Crashes

1.

Ji Yun is an inferior Omega from the lower district. He's pale and timid, and even his pheromones smell like rotting fruit, making him naturally the most despised outcast at the Federal Air Force Academy.

After suffering years of bullying by Alpha pheromones, Ji Yun turned dark, becoming a catfish who enjoys playing with the feelings of male Alphas online.

By chance, Ji Yun discovers that Huo Qixing, the aloof campus beauty who always looks at him with disgust, secretly has a lewd side and likes watching suggestive-content creators.

With a secret mission to carry out in three months, Ji Yun decides to go all in.

2.

Huo Qixing, an S-class Alpha, actually suffers from Pheromone Dysregulation Syndrome. It's his biggest secret, and the reason he finds the pheromones of the academy's most-hated inferior Omega, Ji Yun, so sweet and tempting.

To keep anyone from discovering his condition, Huo Qixing has to pretend he hates Ji Yun, while desperately holding back the urge to mark him thoroughly.

[Big brother, do I look cute in this little skirt?]

Huo Qixing frowned, about to delete the inexplicable harassing message that had appeared in his inbox, when his finger slipped and opened the explicit video in the chat.

In the video, a pale-skinned Omega wore a cute little skirt. The skin on his chest was dazzlingly white, and a waist cincher pulled his waist into a slender line. The hem barely covered the tops of his thighs. His long legs were folded as he knelt sideways, revealing a lace garter around his thigh.

For some reason, Huo Qixing thought this person's figure looked just like that inferior Omega at school who always left him confused. In a moment of impulse, he sent a reply:

[Not bad. Got anything else?]

3.

At first, Ji Yun's catfishing business didn't go smoothly.

Huo Qixing was too guarded. He always replied with a chilly single word or issued a terse command, hardly seeming like a guy obsessed with suggestive videos.

Determined to make the aloof campus beauty take a spectacular fall, Ji Yun tried even harder to reel him in. Every day, he sent all kinds of sexy pictures or lowered his voice to whisper sugary, coy little love notes.

Then one day, Ji Yun noticed that Huo Qixing's attitude toward him had clearly changed.

Hah, an S-class Alpha? Nothing special.

He struck while the iron was hot, and their chats grew more and more explicit. At last, Huo Qixing couldn't hold back and was the first to suggest meeting in person.

Once the time was right, Ji Yun gave a disdainful smile and deleted him without hesitation.

With his goal accomplished, Ji Yun happily packed his bags and plunged into a remote wilderness where no one could find him to carry out his mission.

At the team meeting the next day, their leader walked in with a man in military uniform and said, "Ji Yun, this is Major Huo. He'll be your main partner for the next two months. Take some time to get acquainted."

Ji Yun looked up and met Huo Qixing's dark eyes. Putting on a calm front, he greeted him. "Hello, Major Huo."

Huo Qixing held out his hand and shook his, coolly and without warmth. "Hello."

After observing Huo Qixing all day and seeing no change whatsoever in his attitude, Ji Yun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

That night, Ji Yun returned to the dorm and took off his clothes to get ready for a shower.

Click. The door lock snapped shut.

Ji Yun turned around. Huo Qixing stood against the wall, looking him up and down. "What, don't like wearing skirts anymore?"

Ji Yun, who had no idea his cover had been blown, knew he'd gotten himself into trouble. He turned to run, but Huo Qixing grabbed him by the collar and hauled him back.

Ji Yun was on the verge of tears. He never imagined that one day someone else would actually act on all the dirty things he'd said.

In the darkness, Huo Qixing's gaze was deep and intent. "Baby, weren't you the one who said you wanted to meet sooner? Why did you delete me?"

A cool guy who's all bark and secretly sincere gong x a charming flirt who's not what he seems shou

S-class Alpha x Inferior Omega

[Reading Guide]

1. Both are virgins, 1v1, happy ending. Comments on individual paragraphs are open, so feel free to leave one!

2. Contains original worldbuilding, no real-life inspiration.

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Blurb:

In his second year studying abroad, Zhu Nanxin's family goes bankrupt and cuts off his funding.

To finish his degree, he becomes a workaholic, taking jobs all over campus and beyond, but still can't afford the exorbitant tuition.

Just when he's at the end of his rope, Zhu Nanxin receives a private message from a stranger.

"Sorry, blogger. I used your photos to start an online relationship, and now the other person is really into me and insists on meeting in person. Could you go in my place? I'll pay you!"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Zhu Nanxin is delighted.

Even though he keeps a low profile, someone stole his photos. As expected, good looks are just as impossible to hide as poverty.

Zhu Nanxin cheerfully replies: No worries, liking handsome guys is only natural. You don't even have to pay me for something this small, I'd be happy to...

Before he can finish typing, the other person sends a flurry of photos.

"These are the pictures I used! Do you still have this skirt?"

A skirt? Confused, Zhu Nanxin opens the photos and zooms in.

The picture shows a girl wearing a fitted light-blue shirt and a short black-and-gray plaid skirt.

Who is this beauty?

Zhu Nanxin stares at the photo, thinking for several seconds before remembering that this must be from one of those club-game dares he lost: wear women's clothes and post a photo.

...So he has to pretend to be a girl and meet a man in person?

As a straight guy through and through, Zhu Nanxin gets goosebumps just imagining it.

He is about to refuse when the other person messages again: "The pay is $5,000, paid per day."

...The evil power of money!

Broke enough to consider selling his blood, Zhu Nanxin finally accepts the job.

Following the instructions, he puts on heavy makeup, dresses in a little skirt, and heads to the restaurant.

His date is handsome and well-dressed, with several luxury shopping bags beside him. At a glance, he seems like an idiot with more money than sense.

Putting on a sweet voice, Zhu Nanxin walks over. "Excuse me..."

Before he can finish, the person across from him looks up, gives him a once-over, and smiles meaningfully. With handsome features, he says, "Hello."

SOS!

Can someone tell him why his "online boyfriend" is Lu Sixing, the nemesis he hasn't seen in years but who still shows up in his nightmares all the time?

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Zhu Nanxin has hated Lu Sixing for as long as he's known him.

That rude, pretentious jerk has only gotten more imposing over the years, while Zhu Nanxin has fallen this far. He's so furious he could spit blood.

Fortunately, Lu Sixing doesn't recognize him. Not only does he fail to recognize him, he's also incredibly clingy.

The huge contrast sends Zhu Nanxin's vanity soaring, and a wicked idea pops into his head.

He's going to toy with this poser. Once Lu Sixing is completely hooked, he'll drop the act, reveal he's a man, and disgust him!

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As a natural-born gay, Zhu Nanxin is exactly the kind of person Lu Sixing despises most.

He thinks that with his pretty face and wealthy family, he can make straight women fall head over heels, turn lesbians straight, and make gay men fall for him at first sight.

He's the very picture of a championship-level straight guy.

He thought they'd never cross paths again.

Until Lu Sixing discovers that his friend has stolen his posts to create an online persona and start a relationship.

And the online girlfriend is... Zhu Nanxin.

Lu Sixing never imagined that the young master of old would sink so low as to dress as a woman to make money.

He invites Zhu Nanxin out, intending to humiliate him.

But watching him put on a sweet voice and act cute is actually pretty entertaining.

Straight? Yeah, right.

Lu Sixing sneers to himself.

Wouldn't it be even more fun to turn this straight guy gay?

A cute, clueless straight guy with a little bit of a scheming streak x a manipulative guy who's full of tricks and great at putting on an act

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