[Carefree, Sloppy Fixer-Upper Bottom vs. Deeply Wounded, Meticulous Turnkey Top]
Have you ever experienced love at first sight?
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Thunder boomed through the rainy night. A man covered in wounds collapsed outside the coffee shop. Mud had tangled even the strands of hair over his forehead, and his face, like a Greek statue, was utterly bloodless. Trembling, he clutched Bai Yunhe's trouser leg. "Save me, please..."
At that moment, Bai Yunhe was getting ready to close up in the pitch-dark shop. The sudden sight made him jump, and he shouted, "A ghost! A ghost! Aaaah!"
After Bai Yunhe's outburst, the man fell completely silent, his hand dropping limply to the ground. Once Bai Yunhe had calmed down, he tentatively kicked him twice. "Y-y-you... are you a person or a ghost? A-are you still alive?"
The man still didn't move.
Bai Yunhe took a swig of the last bit of brandy in his glass to work up his courage. In the spirit of humanitarianism, he turned the man over under the flickering lights and shone a light on his face.
One look, and it was love for a lifetime.
Bai Yunhe was usually happy to help his neighbors, but he wasn't the sort to meddle in other people's business. If the man's looks hadn't been so breathtaking, Bai Yunhe never would have gone to such extraordinary lengths to drag him inside and carefully clean his wounds.
Normally, in these peaceful times, a man suddenly turning up covered in wounds was sure to have some sort of shady connection.
But Bai Yunhe was a big-hearted sort. He didn't care whether the man was trouble. Since he'd rescued him, he was going to cling to him and keep him there!
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After shamelessly insisting the man stay, Bai Yunhe was pleased to discover that the man really was just as wonderful as he'd thought. He was practically a lucky charm.
Bai Yunhe's coffee shop was on a busy street, but its old-fashioned decor, nothing like the trendy Instagram aesthetic, had kept customers away. Ever since the man's arrival, however, business had picked up considerably. The beautiful women who came to see the man after hearing about him had nearly worn down the shop's doorstep.
Bai Yunhe wasn't happy about it anymore.
What are you looking at? He's my man!
Oh, wait. He didn't actually know if the man liked men...
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A month into Bai Yunhe's one-sided infatuation, the first "client" came knocking.
Only then did Bai Yunhe realize that the man's abilities went far beyond what he'd imagined.
What Bai Yunhe didn't know was that the gears of his own fate had quietly begun turning, without him even noticing...
Theme: Love is a deep and wondrous illusion.
