Does Even a Side Character Have to Be Forced into a Relationship?!

Shen Bai is a minor gong character in a wealthy-family danmei novel.

Shen Bai has been dating his boyfriend for five years. Their relationship isn't as dramatic as the protagonists', but it's steady, a gentle, long-lasting kind of love.

Everything changed when Shen Bai was twenty-seven.

His boyfriend suddenly dropped to his knees in front of him!

The moment his boyfriend knelt, Shen Bai thought he'd cheated on him.

But after listening to him sob through the whole story, Shen Bai thought cheating would have been better.

His boyfriend's investment had failed. He'd squandered all the savings the two of them had worked for over the years and was buried in debt.

Worse, he hadn't just run up debts in his own name. He'd also borrowed a substantial amount under Shen Bai's name.

Altogether, the debts came to six or seven million.

Even more absurdly, his boyfriend had sold him off to pay them back!

Shen Bai: What?!

Wait, this is a society governed by law. Even if it's a danmei novel, shouldn't people still have rights? Why is there human trafficking now?

Just as Shen Bai was fretting over the debt, the creditor showed up.

Shen Bai took a closer look. The creditor seemed strangely familiar...

Well, would you look at that! Wasn't this the protagonist shou from the book, the one as noble and immaculate as the moon?

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Song Qinghui took off his black leather gloves and leaned against the doorway, smiling faintly at Shen Bai.

"Mr. Shen, I assume you already know everything about your ex-boyfriend."

Shen Bai: "Um, actually, we haven't broken up yet."

Although Shen Bai had asked to break up, his boyfriend had cried nonstop and threatened to jump off a building if they split up, so they'd put the matter on hold for the time being.

Song Qinghui's smile froze, but he quickly recovered and gestured behind him.

"Then there's no time like the present. I brought him here, so you can break up with him right in front of me, "

"Let's break up."

[You are my carefully laid plan, and also the desire I've plotted for so long.]

Shen Bai x Song Qinghui

Steady, gentle husband-material gong x seductive, darkly obsessive beauty shou

One-on-one, both are virgins, and they spoil each other.

Reader's guide and disclaimer:

1. The gong is not weak, not a beauty, not everyone's darling, and not bad in bed. He's strong and steady in both body and mind, with husband-material qualities in spades.

2. The shou has a pretty dark flavor, but becomes a little more normal around the gong (?).

3. The shou has a very intense one-sided crush early on, but this is actually a story about a couple mutually in love. I define it as mutual spoiling, but some readers have said the gong spoils the shou more, so I've marked it accordingly. Please decide for yourself whether it's for you.

4. This is told from the gong's perspective, but at its heart it's about a couple's everyday romance. Gong fans, shou fans, and readers who favor either side, please don't read it. I beg you, trust me. Spare yourself and spare me. Don't make yourself miserable.

5. The gong will pay off the ex-boyfriend's debt. The reason is complicated and hasn't come up yet, but you can think of it this way: the ex-boyfriend once saved the gong's younger brother's life. His brother still died, but the two of them depended on each other, so he was very important to the gong. The gong is the sort of honest person who always repays a kindness. That's also why he agreed to date the ex-boyfriend. Aside from the debt, he and the ex-boyfriend will have no further romantic entanglements.

6. I've piled on so many disclaimers already. Please go easy on me and don't scold me. Even if you do, I won't dare scold you back, but I'll meekly delete the comment.

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