Tide Songs Around the Island

[Not necessarily a happy ending. It could be an open ending or a bad ending. Please don't read if that's a concern.]

[This is a short story. The protagonist on the receiving end of the romance was a supporting character in the dating show novel and has liked someone else before. Please don't read if that's a concern.]

"Zhai Qi."

"What?"

"At least you know to tighten your core when you cry."

"..."

1. A delicate, introverted little artist who loves his work, Zhai Qi, on the receiving end of the romance x Wen Zhaoxi, a boxer who's usually gentle and kind but loves saying naughty things to his husband.

2. Credit for the background image on the cover goes to @Yun Li You Ge Xiao Xiao Yun.

Theme: Even people afraid to love can say, "I love you."