"It's basically a story about a pure-hearted straight guy who falls for his online goddess, only to discover that three of his roommates are behind her account, and then gets haunted by them like ghosts."
Yang Xi is as fair as his name suggests, with naturally pale, cool-toned skin.
When he was born, he was wrinkly and dark, so his great-grandfather, worried sick, slapped his thigh and named him Xi, meaning "fair." No one expected him to take the name so seriously and grow paler and paler. His father, on the other hand, could only sigh, thinking it was hardly manly for a boy to be so fair-skinned.
So, starting in middle school, Yang Xi's father made it a strict rule: he had to run under the sun every day.
Day after day, he ran to school, ran home, ran to deliver lunch to the fields, and ran to town to sell goat's milk. The phrase he heard most throughout his childhood was, "Xiao Xi, hurry up and run!"
He kept running until he finally made it, all the way to the prestigious university in the big city that everyone in his village dreamed of attending. His skin, however, hadn't changed one bit.
Far from home in the big city, Yang Xi met his three roommates, each of them a handsome specimen. Before he left for university, his grandmother had warned him over and over, "City people are tricky and not to be messed with! Either keep your distance or be extra sweet to them."
At first, he was on his guard. But once he got to know them, he decided his grandma had been worrying too much. Sure, his roommates were from the city, but they were all really nice.
Roommate Number One was quiet, but looked after him like a real big brother. He patiently taught Yang Xi everything, from using a shared bike to registering for classes online. He did, however, have a habit of staring at him for no reason, which gave Yang Xi the creeps.
Roommate Number Two was refined and gentle, and ranked among the top ten in their major. During finals week, he even gave Yang Xi one-on-one tutoring. Yang Xi was deeply grateful. Of course, it would have been even better if the top student didn't randomly grab his butt so often.
Roommate Number Three was a lively little internet celebrity who was always asking Yang Xi to join him in making intimate videos. He said lots of people would like Yang Xi if he did. Yang Xi was thrilled to hear it, but the comments beneath the videos were full of things he couldn't understand, like, "These brothers are the easiest to fool. Before you get in, they all think you're joking..."
Gradually, Yang Xi came to think of all three roommates as his closest buddies. He even opened up to them about his deepest secret: he had a crush on the long-distance running goddess from the university track team next door.
The goddess had a chic short haircut, and her healthy, honey-colored skin glowed in the sunlight. Her toned, well-proportioned muscles radiated strength. She was exactly his type.
But a goddess was still a goddess, and she seemed far beyond his reach.
When his three roommates heard about her, they immediately offered to get her contact information for him. He didn't take them seriously, but that very night, a friend request from the goddess popped up on his phone. She even sent a voice message. It was unmistakably the voice he had spent every day dreaming about.
And so began the online romance of Yang Xi, a pure-hearted virgin. Everything was sweet and wonderful, except for the goddess's occasional niche kinks, like asking for pictures of him in thigh-high stockings, which he didn't quite know how to handle (whisper).
But she was a goddess, after all. It was normal for her to have her quirks. He was just a little shy (very quiet whisper).
At last, they set a date to meet in person, choosing a hotel that made the imagination run wild.
At first, he was conflicted. The goddess was so bold, what if he lost his virginity that day? Nervous and anxious, Yang Xi arrived at the hotel room as agreed. After a while, there was a knock at the door.
He opened it and froze. There was no long-distance running goddess with honey-colored skin. Instead, there were three faces more familiar to him than any others.
Later, Yang Xi would often wonder: he'd spent his whole life running and running, so how had he never managed to escape these three bastards' grasp?
Reader's guide:
① The uke sees himself as a sunny, straight guy, 183 cm tall, with a lean build. In reality, he's a pure-hearted virgin with pale skin and a baby face, a little chick, lamb, and puppy, and a country bumpkin.
② There are many semes, not just the three roommates, but this is not an NP. It's 1v1 at different stages, with a final main love interest.
③ This is an indulgence piece based on the author's kinks. It'll probably be very submissive, dark, and tacky.
④ Nothing much to say, just more of that forced-straight-guy stuff.
(The blurb may be revised later.)
Theme: Sincerity deserves sincerity.
