Weren't We Supposed to Be Mortal Enemies?!!

[After three years of trading barbs with my nemesis, he suddenly says he likes me?!

Well, I like him too.]

*

Cheng Ling swore he really couldn't stand Pei Tingyu. Throughout their three years of high school, he often wondered how anyone as hypocritical, sharp-tongued, cold, and arrogant as Pei Tingyu could even exist.

After spending two and a half years competing with Pei Tingyu for top grades and driving himself into the ground, Cheng Ling swore that once he started college, he would never again pay the slightest bit of attention to anything Pei Tingyu did in the neighboring department!

An old classmate from their major, A, casually said after hearing this, "Really? Then I guess I won't tell you that Pei Tingyu entered a competition and won first prize..."

"What competition?" Cheng Ling immediately put down his phone and leaned over, frowning as he pressed for details. "Did he enter by himself? When was it? Is there a link? Send it to me."

"..." Old classmate A gave Cheng Ling a speechless look.

Cheng Ling didn't notice his old classmate's exasperation at all. He kept muttering to himself, "What kind of competition was it? He's only a first-year. What competitions can he enter? He studies physics, so was it some kind of physics innovation contest...? But I thought those were in the second half of the year. Could it be..."

A: "..." He really had believed Cheng Ling's nonsense.

*

One day, at a hot spring resort.

Through the billowing steam, Cheng Ling looked dazed and said, "Pei Tingyu, um... don't you think things feel a little weird between us...?"

Pei Tingyu smiled. "...A little."

Cheng Ling avoided his gaze. "Then... I should get going."

"Don't go." Pei Tingyu took Cheng Ling's hand, his gaze deep. "There's something I want to tell you..."

Cheng Ling's neck turned red, and he stammered, "Pei Tingyu, listen, I-I'm not ready yet. Don't say just anything. I need to prepare..."

Pei Tingyu laughed. "Prepare for what?" He was the one about to confess. Why was Cheng Ling so nervous?

"...To turn gay," Cheng Ling muttered, his voice growing softer and softer.

"..." Pei Tingyu took a deep breath.

Cheng Ling always caught him off guard. Pei Tingyu hadn't even confessed yet, and Cheng Ling had already said yes.

Was there anyone in the world better than Cheng Ling? No, there wasn't.

"Cheng Ling..." Pei Tingyu pulled him tightly into his arms, trembling.

*

In the parking lot, Pei Tingyu and Cheng Ling stood there dumbstruck, staring in disbelief at a Mercedes with its window open in the distance...

Inside the Mercedes, the man in the driver's seat was pressing the passenger down and kissing him passionately...

Of course, two men together wasn't a problem. After all, they were a couple too. But the thing was...

If Pei Tingyu and Cheng Ling's eyesight and memories weren't failing them, then the two men kissing hungrily like dry tinder and blazing fire in the distance were none other than each other's biological older brothers, Cheng Zhijun and Pei Yan???!!

A few seconds later, Pei Tingyu and Cheng Ling looked at each other, both reading an indescribably heavy emotion in the other's eyes.

"Pei Tingyu," Cheng Ling said hoarsely, "...Can your family accept having two sons and still ending up without any descendants...?"

"...I think so," Pei Tingyu replied with difficulty. "...What about your family...?"

"...I think... they can too..." Cheng Ling tilted his head to look at the sky. "In ten or eight years, they should be able to come to terms with it..."

Main couple: Pei Tingyu (top) x Cheng Ling (bottom). A cool, sharp-tongued top who is warm-hearted beneath his cold exterior x an enthusiastic, kind bottom who is cool-hearted beneath his warm exterior.

Side couple: Pei Yan (top) x Cheng Zhijun (bottom). A scheming, rebellious top with the unexpected devotion of a loyal dog x a gentle, reserved, steady, mature bottom.

1. Happy ending. Sweet. Both couples are each other's only love and first relationship.

2. The side couple has very little page time in the main story and won't appear on their own. I'll write their story separately in the extras.

3. The story is set during the school year. Hehe, the thought of both families being so united makes me want to laugh wickedly. I'm so mischievous, haha.

4. The two have a misunderstanding and aren't good at expressing themselves, but forgive them since they were fourteen and fifteen at the time. They were teenagers, sensitive, insecure, proud, awkward, and fiercely competitive... The fact that they spent three years bickering without actually getting into a fight is pretty impressive.

5. New chapters every night at nine.

Theme: Study hard and keep improving