Yu Zeyang sensed something was wrong with the world from a young age. All kinds of outrageous romances seemed to happen around him.
Like brothers turning against each other over a young man who serves wine, an uncle and nephew falling for the same person, a stepmother and stepson, and a tortured romance where one pursues while the other runs...
Every time he learned about another one, Yu Zeyang thought he would gradually go from being utterly shocked to becoming completely unbothered.
But the truth was
No.
Heavens, this world has lost its mind. He can't go on living!
So when he awakened one day and learned he was inside a wildly melodramatic novel, he felt a strange sense of relief.
What a close call. It turned out he wasn't the one with a problem. It was the world.
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As a member of the wealthy elite, Yu Zeyang was stuck right at the center of all the drama, and there was no guarantee he wouldn't get dragged into it.
At last, after accidentally drinking a prize-winning bottle of red wine that had been meant for someone else, he passed out in spectacular fashion.
When he opened his eyes, his mind was full of, “Oh no! My virtue!” But he found himself perfectly fresh and clean, with nothing but a dull ache in his hungover head.
A young man was leaning against the table beside the bed. He raised an eyebrow. “Awake? Relax, I didn't do anything. Since you're up, pay for the room yourself. I'm leaving.”
Watching him walk away without a backward glance, Yu Zeyang felt not the slightest bit offended. Instead, a deep sense of having found a kindred spirit welled up in him, and before he knew it, his eyes were red. “Wait! Buddy, don't go!”
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They became close friends for one reason alone: Yu Zeyang wouldn't take no for an answer. He treated Su Jinzhou as a lifeline, a utopia, an unspoiled paradise.
Gradually, they stopped distinguishing between what was yours and what was mine. They even added each other's fingerprints to the locks of their private homes.
So when Yu Zeyang wandered into the basement and stumbled upon the filthy desires Su Jinzhou had hidden in the darkness, he froze, unsure whether he should leave forever or...
No. He couldn't run anymore.
Footsteps sounded behind him. The young man strolled over and stopped in front of him, twirling a pair of solid-gold handcuffs around one finger.
“Hmm? Scared? Why would you be afraid of me, Yangyang? Have I not been acting, normal enough?”
[In an unhealthy world, fall in love in a healthy way, though maybe... it's not all that healthy]
[Reader's Guide]
1. The old blurb has been retired, but the story is still set in a modern university.
2. Archived in multiple places.
Core message: Study hard.