After My Online Romance with the Brooding Campus Heartthrob Went Wrong

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Lin Yao took a job as a female cosplay model to make some money. At over 800 yuan an hour, it was insanely lucrative.

He didn't mind doing it himself, but for some reason, the photos ended up on the school forum, and more and more people started looking at him strangely.

Including their class's elegant, moonlight-bright class monitor.

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To make more money, Lin Yao also worked part-time as a virtual girlfriend on a social app, charging by the hour to earn some quick cash.

But recently, some rich fool suddenly paid a premium to book him for an entire year.

At first, he called Lin Yao "Sis" this and "Sis" that every day. After learning he went to S University, he even kept ordering takeout for him.

It made Lin Yao feel guilty.

Just as he was about to come clean to the fool, the other guy suddenly stopped acting all clingy and started harassing him with the "heavily edited" photos he'd posted on his feed.

"Is the mole on Sis's leg sweet? I want to kiss it."

"I'm so worked up. Sis, could you send me a voice message?"

Lin Yao: ?

If someone's going to harass him verbally, it's only fair he gets paid for it.

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Xie Sui'an had always known that Lin Yao had a boyfriend at the same school, but in a different year. So he'd never let his feelings show, and could only watch him from afar.

Until one day, he saw photos of Lin Yao dressed as a woman on the forum.

And behind the account that had posted them was the very boyfriend who supposedly loved Lin Yao so much.

Xie Sui'an finally couldn't hold back. He opened Lin Yao's account, which he'd kept pinned for ages, and sent him his first message.

If it meant Lin Yao would leave that scumbag, what was wrong with being the other man?

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Years later, Xie Sui'an, widely recognized as the youngest promising entrepreneur in the business world, was nearing the end of an interview when a young, lovestruck reporter asked him a personal question.

"Mr. Xie..." The reporter's cheeks flushed pink. After a moment's hesitation, she settled on something a little less personal. "What's the most unforgettable thing you've ever done?"

The whole room fell silent for a moment.

Xie Sui'an chuckled softly and said slowly, "Knowingly becoming the other man?"

The reporter: "?"

"Well, that's not all that remarkable." Xie Sui'an gave a faint, derisive smile, his gaze drifting over the crowd below the stage. "I was also swindled out of my money and seduced, and then the other person just walked away without a care."

He paused, then said, "And now he still dares to wander around in front of me as if nothing ever happened..."

"Does he think I'm a good person?"

The person hidden in the crowd, nearly outed by his ID number, stiffened. "..."

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On his first Lunar New Year abroad, Lin Yao happened to run into a fellow Chinese person doing random street interviews.

The interviewer asked him in Chinese, "Happy New Year! What's your wish for the year ahead?"

Lin Yao shook his head at first, then said, "I hope... everyone stays safe and well, year after year."

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1. The recipient has no ex. That's a lie, a lie!

2. The pursuer will be very clingy. At first, the recipient can't handle it and wants to run away.

3. The recipient looks like a love cheat, but secretly falls for the pursuer. They both love each other, they both do!

4. The pursuer becoming the other man is just a bit of fun (?)

Theme: True love above all