Rekindled Romance / Fake Step-Siblings / Rental Apartment Fiction / Skin Tone Difference + Size Difference
A rough, wild-growing top x a gloomy, unhinged, flirtatious bottom
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The two brothers have terrible personalities. They were brought together as children when their families blended.
They hated each other at first sight. They didn't know how to talk or how to love, but were forced to tie their two miserable lives together, growing up tangled and at odds with each other.
Jiang Ye has lost count of how many times he's told Jiang Zhiyu to "get lost." Jiang Zhiyu swore he'd never set foot in Ningcheng again after the college entrance exams.
After they parted, Jiang Zhiyu drifted through Yancheng alone.
No one knew how much he missed the passionate kisses that summer, the strong abs, and the feeling of two people sweating and utterly spent on a tiny single bed.
"If you get a boyfriend out there, wear a condom. Then get the hell away and never come back." Those were Jiang Ye's instructions on their last night together. Jiang Zhiyu never forgot them.
Six years later, Jiang Zhiyu quietly returns to Ningcheng. After secretly watching Jiang Ye for half a month, he buys Jiang Ye's house and becomes his landlord, scheming every which way to win Jiang Ye back.
Family ties are fragile. I'll bind you to me with love.
[Little Scene]
At two in the morning, Jiang Zhiyu stands by the window, casually watching Jiang Ye bring his car to a stop. A moment later, his phone rings.
"Get downstairs. Now. Right now!"
The voice blasts through the phone into Jiang Zhiyu's eardrum, nearly deafening him. He holds the phone farther away and curls his lips into a sly smile. "What's the hurry? Wait a minute."
"What, did you take a gunpowder pill?" Jiang Zhiyu sits in Jiang Ye's car, idly fanning himself as he undoes two buttons. "It's hot. Turn up the AC."
"You've got some nerve!" Jiang Ye glances at his pale neck and catches the clean scent of him, clenching his jaw. "Did you learn to have one-night stands in Yancheng?"
Jiang Zhiyu smiles and says lazily, "Didn't you teach me? Just wear a condom if you have a boyfriend."
Jiang Ye's gaze darkens. "I'm warning you, you damn well grew up under my care. If you dare pull that shit right under my nose, I'll break your legs."
Jiang Zhiyu slowly closes his eyes and thinks: Sooner or later, you'll find out I'm allergic to condoms.
After a long while, he says lazily, "Brother, why are you so mad when I'm going on a date with someone else?"
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[Reading Guide and Content Warnings]
1. Bottom: Jiang Zhiyu; top: Jiang Ye. They aren't blood relatives and were never registered in the same household.
2. Both are sexually inexperienced; 1v1, no switching or breaking up.
3. The story uses flashbacks. Chapter titles are marked accordingly (N for present-day chapters, P for flashbacks, each making up 50% of the story). If you dislike flashbacks, proceed with caution.
4. This blurb was archived on August 1 as a record.
Theme: Saving each other
