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Shi Yuan, with a face that could launch a thousand ships, was always the center of attention wherever he went. That is, until he got into Cambridge University in England and met his greatest rival in life—his roommate. During their time living together, they exchanged fewer than ten sentences. Shi Yuan, ever perceptive, thought to himself: As the saying goes, “handsome guys despise each other”—he’s jealous I’m better-looking than him. Sure enough, just as Shi Yuan suspected, he noticed his roommate constantly staring at him. This could very easily escalate into a criminal case! Unless… he and his roommate had a child together, blending their superior genes to surpass the roommate in looks, thereby diverting his attention. Too bad! He was a man, and ironclad straight! Until a few months later. Shi Yuan stared in horror at his slightly rounded belly: “Urgh—” What was going on? Wasn’t he straight? So… his relationship with his roommate wasn’t a crime thriller—it was a movie?!
Hawthorne Theodore Cavendish—a distant relative of the British royal family, the youngest billionaire duke in England. The Duke attended Trinity College, Cambridge, living alone in his dormitory and refusing all disturbances. Until one rainy night, an Eastern beauty knocked on his door. The beauty’s lovely lashes were damp from the rain, shy and timid, like a budding pink maiden lily. He smiled, eyes curving: “Hello, I’m your new roommate.” The Duke: … The words of refusal died in his throat. The Duke planned to slowly win over this seemingly easy-to-bully new roommate, like boiling a frog in warm water. Little did he expect that his roommate would drop out midway and run away—pregnant.
Two years later, Shi Yuan returned to England with a mixed-race baby, taking up a part-time job as a Chinese chef at a private estate. The conditions were great, the scenery beautiful, and the pay high. The only downside was that the estate owner was a duke, rumored to be arrogant, obsessive about cleanliness, difficult to get along with, and annoyed by children.
Hawthorne: …Good news: His wife was back.
Bad news: His wife had a baby with someone else and was straight.
No matter. Hawthorne comforted himself.
Who said a duchess couldn’t be straight?
He was determined to be the stepfather.
